We have reviewed the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers letter 4420 dated 3 Rabi Al-Thani 1446 [7 October 2024], which includes the Royal Commission for Riyadh City Telegram 20240115075 dated 3 Rajab 1445 [14 January 2024], enclosed with it the draft Constitution of the King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and what the telegram of the commission included in this regard. His Excellency outlined that the Bureau of Experts of the Council of Ministers prepared in this regard its memorandum 1026 dated 26 Rabi Al-Awwal 1446 [30 September 2024]—as determined by the Permanent Committee of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs in minutes 343/46/M dated 2 Rabi Al-Awwal 1446 [6 September 2024]—His Excellency outlined what the General Committee of the Council of Ministers determined in this regard.
we hereby inform you of our approval of the following
First
The Constitution of King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital and Research Center is hereby approved in the form attached to the Bureau of Experts of the Council of Ministers Memorandum 3934 dated 18 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1445 [26 May 2024].
Second
Without prejudice to the competencies of the board of directors of the hospital in its new organizational form, stipulated in its constitution referred to in clause First above, the internal regulations in effect at the current hospital continue to apply until the board of directors of the hospital approves the regulations governing the administrative and financial affairs of the hospital and the regulations necessary to manage its affairs.
Third
The budget allocated to the current hospital in the Ministry of Health budget continues to operate until the end of the current fiscal year. It is permitted—by agreement between the Minister of Finance and the chairman of the board of directors of the hospital—to continue working with the budget allocated to the current hospital in the Ministry of Health budget after the end of the fiscal year for an additional period
not exceeding twelve months.
Fourth
The chairman of the board of directors of the hospital in its new organizational form shall agree with the Minister of Finance to determine the amount of an annual subsidy allocated by the state to the hospital, after the end of the period of the operation of the budget stipulated in clause Third above.
Fifth
The approval of the regulations governing the administrative and financial affairs of the hospital in its new organizational form and any amendment to them must be in agreement with the Ministry of Finance, and that is for the entire period during which the hospital receives the aid referred to in the aforementioned clause Fourth, and until it is discontinued and the hospital relies on its own resources.
Sixth
The ownership of all immovable and movable assets allocated to the current hospital are hereby transferred to the hospital in its new organizational form, and the hospital hereby replaces the current hospital in all rights, obligations, and contracts. The state shall guarantee any obligations that may arise from the implementation of this clause relating to the stage of the hospital replacing the current hospital or before it.
Seventh
The service of the employees in whose contracts the employer is replaced by the hospital in its new organizational form—according to clause Sixth above—is deemed continues, in accordance with the legal procedures.
Eighth
As an exception to the mechanism for appointing the chief executive officer of the hospital in its new organizational form mentioned in article 10 of the constitution referred to in clause First above, the current director of the hospital—at the time the aforementioned constitution comes into force—shall exercise the duties and competencies of the chief executive officer of the hospital in its new organizational form, stipulated in the aforementioned constitution, until the board of directors of the hospital appoints a chief executive officer of the hospital in accordance with article 10 of the constitution.
Ninth
The board of directors of the hospital in its new organizational form shall set a timetable within which the necessary changes that will occur to the hospital in accordance with the provisions of its constitution referred to in clause First above are completed.
Tenth
The Royal Commission for Riyadh City shall consider transferring the ownership of the hospital in its new organizational form to the Riyadh Foundation, and the commission shall make the necessary arrangements for this, propose the necessary amendments to the provisions of the relevant constitution, and submit a report on this, in order to complete the matters necessary in this regard.
Eleventh
The Board of Directors of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City shall include in both the final account and the annual report of the commission—before submitting them in accordance with paragraph 12 of clause Eighth of the organizational arrangements of the commission issued by Order O/312 dated 29 Rabi Al-Thani 1441 [27 December 2019]—a separate chapter related to the final account and the annual report for the hospital in its new organizational form.
so complete what is required by it
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud
Issued on: 21 Rabi Al-Thani 1446
Corresponding to: 25 October 2024
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5054 issued on -1 November 2024.