2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 46 Public welfare and assistance :: RS 46:1056 Hospital director

§1056.  Hospital director

A.  The commission, with the approval of the medical staff, shall enter into a formal written employment agreement with a hospital director, hereafter referred to as "director" who has had experience in the field of hospital administration and is familiar with the principles and methods of hospital and institutional care.  He shall be a full-time employee of the district or of the hospital management firm and shall receive a salary fixed by the commission.

B.  If the director and commission enter into a formal written employment agreement, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, such agreement shall bind both parties to its terms.  Such written agreement shall provide for a fixed term of employment, specify the director's duties, and be renewable for an additional term or terms at the pleasure of the commission.  In the absence of a formal written employment agreement, the director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission.

C.  If a director is found incompetent, inefficient, or unworthy during the term of a written employment agreement, he shall be removable for such cause by a majority vote of the commission at any regular meeting for which the removal appears on the agenda or any special meeting after due notice.  The written employment agreement shall also specify that the commission shall give the director official warning and a reasonable opportunity to correct the indicated deficiencies prior to the commission's termination of the agreement.

Acts 1950, No. 420, §6.  Amended by Acts 1979, No. 726, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1112, §1.