(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be:
(1) a district resident;
(2) a qualified voter; and
(3) able to obtain a bond as prescribed by Section 1059.054.
(b) In addition to Subsection (a), a person who is elected from a commissioners precinct or who is appointed to fill a vacancy for a commissioners precinct must be a resident of that commissioners precinct.
(c) A district employee or member of the district's medical staff may not serve as a director.
(d) A person formerly employed by the district may not serve as a director before the second anniversary of the date of the termination of that person's employment by the district.