- Board governance and accountability
- Defines Board oversight of strategy, capital allocation, executive leadership, financial integrity and risk. Provides for meeting calendars, advance materials, minutes, written consents, resolutions and tracking of delegated authority.
- Board committees and independence
- Includes Audit, Compensation, and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee charters; committee appointments; director questionnaires; independence assessments; and review of Board composition and compensation.
- Ethics, conflicts and whistleblower protection
- Covers business conduct, disclosure of conflicts, recusals, related-party review, confidential reporting of concerns, investigation procedures and protection against retaliation.
- Financial reporting and accounting
- Establishes documented financial reporting, monthly/quarterly/year-end close, balance-sheet reconciliations, supported accruals, journal-entry approvals, management review and financial-statement certification procedures.
- Revenue recognition and collections
- Addresses product and equipment sales, memberships, services, clinic licensing and royalties. Requires contract and fulfillment support, revenue and deferral schedules, receivable aging, cash application and reconciliation to accounting records.
- Cash, banking and payment security
- Provides for cash monitoring, authorized bank access, payment approvals, wire/ACH controls, independent review and segregation of payment preparation, approval and recording where practicable.
- Purchasing, expenses and payroll
- Requires expenditure authorization, invoice and receipt or milestone evidence, duplicate-payment checks, expense reimbursement support, approved compensation changes and payroll review.
- Inventory and fixed assets
- Covers receiving, shipping, inventory movement, lot/serial tracking where applicable, cycle and physical counts, valuation and obsolescence review, fixed-asset registers, depreciation and approved disposals.
- Segregation of duties and internal controls
- Separates authorization, custody, recording and reconciliation. Provides compensating reviews for limited staffing, system-access reviews, risk-control documentation, control walkthroughs and deficiency remediation.
- Equity, capitalization and financing
- Requires documented authority and available pool capacity for equity awards.Full text pending