2006 New York Code - Superintendent; General Powers And Duties.

 
    §  388.  Superintendent; general powers and duties. The superintendent
  shall be the chief executive officer of the hospital and subject to  the
  by-laws,  rules  and regulations thereof, and to the powers of the board
  of managers:
    1. Shall equip the hospital with all necessary furniture,  appliances,
  fixtures  and  other  needed  facilities  for  the care and treatment of
  patients and for the use of officers and employees thereof, and shall in
  counties where there is  no  purchasing  agent  purchase  all  necessary
  supplies.
    2.  Shall  have  general  supervision  and  control  of  the  records,
  accounts, and buildings of the hospital and all  internal  affairs,  and
  maintain  discipline therein, and enforce compliance with, and obedience
  to all rules, by-laws and regulations adopted by the board  of  managers
  for  the government, discipline and management of said hospital, and the
  employees and patients  thereof.  He  shall  make  such  further  rules,
  regulations  and  orders as he may deem necessary, not inconsistent with
  law, or with the rules, regulations  and  directions  of  the  board  of
  managers.
    3.  Shall  appoint  such  resident  officers and such employees as are
  authorized by the board of supervisors for the efficient performance  of
  the  business of the hospital, and prescribe their duties; and for cause
  stated in writing, after an opportunity to be heard, discharge any  such
  officer or employee at his discretion.
    4.  Shall  cause  proper  accounts  and  records  of  the business and
  operation of the hospital to be kept regularly from day to day, in books
  and on records provided for that purpose; and see that such accounts and
  records are correctly made up for the annual  report  to  the  board  of
  supervisors,  as  required by section three hundred eighty-seven of this
  article, and present the same  to  the  board  of  managers,  who  shall
  incorporate them in their report to the said supervisors.
    5.  Shall  receive  into the hospital in the order of application, any
  person found to be suffering  from  tuberculosis  in  any  form  who  is
  entitled  to  admission  thereto  under  the provisions of this article,
  excepting that if at any time there be more applications  for  admission
  to said hospital than there are vacant beds therein, said superintendent
  shall  give  preference in the admission of patients to those who in his
  judgment, after an inquiry as to the facts and circumstances,  are  more
  likely  to  infect  members  of  their  households  and  others, in each
  instance signing and placing among the permanent records of the hospital
  a statement of the facts and  circumstances  upon  which  he  bases  his
  judgment  as  to the likelihood of transmitting infection, and reporting
  each instance at the next meeting of the board of  managers;  and  shall
  also  receive  persons from other counties as hereinafter provided. Said
  superintendent shall cause to be kept proper accounts and records of the
  admission  of  all  patients,  their  name,  age,  sex,  color,  marital
  condition, residence, occupation and place of last employment.
    6.  Shall  cause  a  careful  examination  to  be made of the physical
  condition of all persons admitted to the hospital and  provide  for  the
  treatment  of each such patient according to his need; and shall cause a
  record to be kept of the condition of each patient  when  admitted,  and
  from time to time thereafter.
    7.  Shall  discharge from said hospital any patient who shall wilfully
  or habitually violate the rules thereof; or who is  found  not  to  have
  tuberculosis;  or  who  is found to have recovered therefrom; or who for
  any other reason is no longer a suitable patient for treatment  therein;
  and shall make a full report thereof at the next meeting of the board of
  managers.
    8.  Shall  collect  and  receive  all moneys due the hospital, keep an
  accurate account of the same, report the same at the monthly meeting  of
  the  board  of  managers,  and transmit the same to the treasurer of the
  county monthly on or before the tenth day of the month.
    9. Shall before entering upon the discharge of his duties, give a bond
  in  such  sum  as  the  board  of  managers may determine, to secure the
  faithful performance of such duties.
    10. May  attend  such  courses  in  the  diagnosis  and  treatment  of
  tuberculosis  and  in  hospital  administration  at a state tuberculosis
  hospital as may be established and which he may be authorized to  attend
  by the board of managers of his hospital. Subject to appropriation being
  made  therefor,  the  necessary  expenses  in traveling to and from such
  state tuberculosis hospital for the purpose of taking such courses shall
  be a county charge.