N.Y. County Law § 387: Board of managers; general powers and duties

§ 387. Board of managers; general powers and duties. The board of

managers 1. Shall elect from among its members, a president and one or

more vice-presidents. It shall appoint a superintendent of the hospital

who shall be also the treasurer and secretary of the board, and it may

remove him for cause stated in writing and after an opportunity to be

heard thereon after due notice; and may suspend him from duty pending

the disposition of such charges. Said superintendent shall not be a

member of the board of managers and shall be a graduate of an

incorporated medical college, with an experience of at least three years

in the actual practice of his profession.

2. Shall determine the amount of time required to be spent at the

hospital by said superintendent in the discharge of his duties.

3. Shall have the general superintendence, management and control of

the said hospital, of the grounds, buildings, officers and employees

thereof, of the patients therein and of all matters relating to the

government, discipline, contracts and other affairs thereof; and make

such rules and regulations as may seem to be necessary for carrying out

the purposes of such hospital.

4. Shall maintain an effective inspection of said hospital and keep

itself informed of the affairs and management thereof; shall meet at the

hospital at least once in every month, and at such other times as may be

prescribed in the by-laws; and shall hold its annual meeting at least

three weeks prior to the meeting of the board of supervisors at which

appropriations for the ensuing year are to be considered.

5. Shall keep in a book provided for that purpose, a proper record of

its proceedings which shall be open at all times to the inspection of

its members, to the members of the board of supervisors of the county,

and to duly authorized representatives of the state department of social

welfare.

6. Shall make to the board of supervisors of the county annually, at

such time as said supervisors shall direct, a detailed report of the

operations of the hospital during the year, the number of patients

received, the methods and results of their treatment, together with

suitable recommendations and such other matters as may be required. Such

report may be printed for general distribution.

7. Shall notwithstanding any other general or special law erect all

additional buildings found necessary after the hospital has been placed

in operation and make all necessary improvements and repairs within the

limits of the appropriations made therefor by the board of supervisors,

provided that the location of the buildings and the plans and such part

of the specifications as shall be required by the state commissioner of

health for such additional buildings, improvements or repairs shall

first be approved by the state commissioner of health. Any change in

such location or plans shall also be first approved by the state

commissioner of health and the state commissioner of health and his duly

authorized representatives shall have the power to inspect such county

hospitals during the course of the construction of such additional

building for the purpose of seeing that such plans are complied with.

8. Unless by an arrangement satisfactory to the board of managers and

approved by the state commissioner of health such nursing service is

otherwise provided by the county, shall employ a county nurse, or an

additional nurse or nurses if it deems necessary, for the discovery of

tuberculosis cases and for the visitation of such cases and of patients

discharged from the hospital and for such other duties as may seem

appropriate; and shall cause to be examined by the superintendent or one

of his medical staff suspected cases of tuberculosis reported to it by

the county nurse, or nurses, or by physicians, teachers, employers,

heads of families or others; and it may take such other steps for the

care, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis as it may from time to

time deem wise.