Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-30-104: Rules and regulations - Expenditures and receipts -

Hospital fund - Personnel.

The board of control shall adopt rules and regulations for its

own guidance and for the governance and operation of the municipal

hospital, not inconsistent with this article, which shall be subject

to the approval of the municipal governing body. It shall have

exclusive control of expenditures of all moneys collected and

deposited to the credit of the municipal hospital fund, of the

hospital building or buildings, and of the care and custody of the

grounds, rooms, or buildings purchased, leased or set apart for the

hospital. All money received by the board on account of the

operation of the hospital, or otherwise, shall be paid by the board

to the municipal treasurer, who shall deposit the same in a special

account in the municipal treasury to be designated the "hospital

fund." Such moneys shall be paid out only upon warrants authorized

by the board, drawn and signed by its secretary, and countersigned

by its president. The board shall have authority to establish a

petty cash fund, not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00) at any one time, for use in maintaining the hospital,

which money shall be expended by the superintendent of the hosptial

on forms prescribed and authorized by the board of control. The

board of control shall have authority to appoint, and remove, a

suitable superintendent, or matron, or both, and necessary

assistants and nurses, and to fix their compensation, all of which

shall be subject to the approval of the municipal governing body.