Section 317 - Boards of trustees of other state institutions; powers and duties(a) The powers and duties of the boards of trustees of each State institution within the department caring for the mentally ill, feeble-minded, mentally retarded, mentally deficient, geriatric center patients and juvenile delinquents, shall be only as defined in this section:(1) To advise, assist and make recommendations to the superintendent with respect to the management and operation of the institution and with respect to any plans or programs for its improvement.(2) To keep under review all matters pertaining to the welfare and well-being of patients and juvenile delinquents and to make recommendations to the superintendent with respect thereto.(3) To advise and make recommendations to the Commissioner of Mental Health or the secretary, as the case may be, with regard to the selection and appointment of a superintendent in case of a vacancy.(4) To advise and make recommendations to the superintendent with regard to his selection of employes of the institution.(5) To develop and further means and methods of establishing proper relations and understanding between the institution (and its program) and the community in which it is located; and, to provide liaison between the institution and the community in order better to serve the interests and needs of both.(6) To make recommendations to the Advisory Committee for Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Advisory Committee for the Aging, and the Advisory Committee for Children and Youth, as the case may be, on matters of policy and program emerging from their intimate knowledge and experience of mental health, geriatric and juvenile delinquency programs in operation.(b) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to the boards of trustees in all of the State mental institutions, geriatric centers and youth development centers within the department caring for mentally ill, feeble-minded, mentally retarded, mentally deficient, and geriatric center patients and juvenile delinquents, as the case may be.1967, June 13, P.L. 31, No. 21, art. 3, § 317; 1967, Oct. 19, P.L. 459, No. 216, § 1.