The hospital shall have an organized governing body, or designated person(s) so functioning, that has overall responsibility for the conduct of the hospital in a manner consistent with the objective of making available high quality patient care. The governing body shall be the supreme authority in the hospital, responsible for the management of the hospital and appointment of the medical staff. The governing body shall adopt bylaws in accordance with legal requirements and with its community responsibility, identifying the purposes of the hospital and the means of fulfilling them, and shall at least:
1. Be in writing available to all members of the governing body.2. Contain the name of the governing body.3. State the manner in which the members of the governing body, the officers and the administrative personnel are selected, the terms for which they are elected or appointed, and their duties and responsibilities.4. Specify to whom authority for operation and maintenance of the hospital, including evaluation of hospital practices, may be delegated; and the methods established by the governing body for holding such individuals responsible.5. Provide a schedule of meetings of the governing body at sufficiently frequent intervals to permit it an evaluation of the performance of the hospital as an institution and to carry on necessary planning for the proper developments and growth of the hospital, with written minutes to be kept of all such meetings.6. Provide the method of appointment, re-appointment, and removal of members of the medical staff.7. Provide mechanisms for the formal approval of the organization, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the medical staff and its department in the hospital.Facility Discontinuation/Closure of Service:
1.Discontinuation of Service: Facilities proposing the closure/discontinuation of patient medical care services that are listed on the facility's hospital licensure application and/or a Certificate of Need (CON) regulated service, shall notify the Department in writing a minimum of 30 days prior to closure and include the effective closure date. The notification to the Department shall include, but is not limited to: A. The type of services that will no longer be provided due to closure;B. The reason for closure;C. The location where the patients have been/will be transferred;D. The plan for storage of patient medical records; andE. Plan for notifying the public.2.Closure: Facilities proposing the permanent closure of a hospital shall notify the Department in writing at of the intent to close a minimum of 30 days in advance of the closure date. The notice of closure shall include, but is not limited to:A. Effective date of permanent closure;B. The number of beds eliminated;C. Summary of services being eliminated;D. A description of the nearest available comparable services in the community;E. The Plan for the maintenance and retention of the patient medical records; andF. On the date of closure, the license shall be returned to Department.15 Miss. Code. R. 16-1-41.5.1
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