4. a. Public members of the board of directors of the health service corporation shall serve as directors of the domestic mutual insurer to the end of the term for which they were appointed and thereafter may be elected as directors of the domestic mutual insurer in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.17B:18-11 through 17B:18-17. Members of the board of directors of the health service corporation, other than such public members, shall be designated in the proposed certificate of incorporation and upon expiration of their designated terms may be elected in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.17B:18-11 through 17B:18-17.
b. The bylaws of the domestic mutual insurer shall provide for the appointment of officers, and may provide that the officers of the health service corporation serve to the end of the term to which they were appointed under the bylaws of the health service corporation.