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Guide to Good Governance Forms

​Below are the forms referenced throughout the Ontario Hospital Association's Guide to Good Governance, Fourth Edition. Hospitals are encouraged to use and adapt these forms as templates to support their own governance processes and practices where appropriate.​ Individual forms can we downloaded through the links below or all for​ms can be downloaded as a folder. 

Form 2.1: Sample Statement of the Roles and Responsibilities of the Board

Form 3.1: Balanced Scorecards and Dashboards

Form 3.2: Balanced Scorecard and Dashboard Approach

Form 3.3: Quality Measures Dashboard

Form 3.4: Risk Assessment Framework Agenda Planner

Form 3.5: The Board’s Response to Emergency Situations

​​Form 3.6: Draft Whistleblower Policy

Form 3.7: Sample Chief Executive Officer Performance Evaluation and Compensation Policy 

Form 3.8: Chief Executive Officer Annual Priorities Review 

Form 3.9: Chief Executive Officer Confidential Board Panel Appraisal Form

Form 3.10: Chief Executive Officer Succession Planning

Form 3.11: Sample Chief of Staff Performance Evaluation Policy and Form

Form 3.12: Guidelines for a Management Resources and Compensation Committee

Form 3.13: Assessing Board Performance

Form 3.14: Governance Quality Indicators​

Form 4.1: Sample Accountability Statement

Form 4.2: Examples of Mandated and Voluntary/Optional Processes for Accountability, Transparency and Engagement

Form 4.3: Community Engagement – Key Considerations in Forming Advisory Bodies​

Form 4.4: Members' Legal Requirements and Governance Principles

Form 4.5: Entering into Accountability Agreements under the Connecting Care Act​

Form 6.1: Sample Board Policy on Confidentiality​

Form 6.2: General Principles Regarding Conflict of Interest

​Form 6.3: Sample Board Policy on Conflict of Interest

Form 6.4: Sample Board Code of Conduct

Form 6.5: Sample Position Description – Board of Directors

Form 6.6: Tips for Directors

Form​ 6.7: Annual Director Declaration and Consent

Form 7.1: Sample Board of Directors' Knowledge and Experience Matrix and Inventory

Form 7.2: Sample Guidelines for Director Selection​

Form 7.3: Sample Application for Board Membership – Long Form

Form 7.4: Sample Application for Board Membership – Short Form

​Form 7.5: Sample Director Recruitment and Selection Process

Form 7.6: Sample Board of Directors Nominations and Election Policy

Form 7.7: Overview of Director Election Processes

Form 7.8: Sample Board On-boarding Topics and Materials

​Form 7.9: Sample Board Peer Assessment Questionnaire

Form 7.10: Board E​valuation Process Overview

Form 7.11: Guideline on Creating a Board SelfAssessment Survey

Form 7.12: Sample Committee Self-Assessment Survey 

Form 8.1: Sample Board Chair Role Description

​Form 8.2: Sample Board Chair Selection Process Guidelines

Form 8.3: Tips for the New Chair

Form 8.4: Overview of Committees Referred to in Legislation

Form 8.5: Sample Quality Committee Terms of Reference 

Form 8.6: Sample Committee Responsibilities: Governance and Nominating Committee

Form 8.7: Committee Principles and Rules and Regulations

​Form 8.8: Sample Format for Committee Terms of Reference

Form 8.9: Comparison of Meeting Requirements

Form 8.10: ​Sample Format for Board Briefing Report

Form 8.11: Sample Board Annual Work Plan

Form 8.12: Sample Board Agenda Development Policy

Form 8.13: Sample Board Agenda

Form 8.14: Consent Agenda Policy

Form 8.15: Meeting Minutes Best Practices

Form 8.16: Sample Board and Committee Meeting Attendance Policy

Form 8.17: Sample Policy for Open Board Meetings

Form 8.18: Checklist for Developing a Policy for Open Board Meetings

Form 8.19: Procedure for Members of the Public Addressing the Board

Form 8.20: Annual Meetings of Members – Frequently Asked Questions

Form 8.21: Sample Policy for Meeting Without Management

​Form 8.22:​ Sample Meeting Effectiveness Survey

Form 8.23: Sample Meeting Evaluation

Form 9.1: Sources Documenting a Board's Governance 

Form 9.2: Sample Governance Audit Questionnaire

Form 9.3: ​List of Matters that Require a Special Resolution under the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act​

Form 9.4:​​ Sample Finance and Audit Committee Terms of Reference


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