Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Section 103.33 - Responsibilities(a) The chief executive officer shall be the official representative of the governing body.(b) The chief executive officer should be responsible for:(1) designation of an individual to act for him in his absence;(2) management of the hospital, commensurate with the authority conferred on him by the governing body and consonant with its expressed aims and policies;(3) attending all meetings of the governing body and appropriate meetings of the medical staff;(4) organizing the administrative functions of the hospital, delegating duties, and establishing formal means of accountability on the part of subordinates;(5) establishing such hospital departments as are indicated, providing for departmental and interdepartmental meetings and attending or being represented at such meetings, and appointing hospital departmental representatives to medical staff committees where appropriate or when requested to do so by the medical staff;(6) appointing the heads of administrative departments;(7) reporting to the governing body and to the medical staff on the overall activities of the hospital as well as on appropriate Federal, State, and local developments that affect health care in the hospital;(8) reviewing the annual audit of the financial operations of the hospital;(9) fiscal planning and financial management of the hospital;(10) developing, in cooperation with the departmental heads and other appropriate staff, an overall organizational plan for the hospital which will coordinate the functions, services, and departments of the hospital, when possible; and(11) ensuring that the agreements with service providers-that is, such as laundry, laboratory, and X-ray-specifically indicate that compliance will be maintained with applicable State regulations as would apply to the same services if provided directly by the hospital.The provisions of this § 103.33 amended through December 3, 1982, effective 12/4/1982, 12 Pa.B. 4129.The provisions of this § 103.33 issued under section 2102(g) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 532(g)); and section 803 of the Health Care Facilities Act (35 P. S. § 448.803).