1764 - General powers and duties of executive officer.
§ 1764. General powers and duties of executive officer. The chief executive officer of the authority shall be the administrator or superintendent or other person designated by the authority. Subject to the authority and as it may order, the executive officer shall: 1. Equip the hospital with all necessary furniture, equipment, appliances, fixtures and all other needed facilities and supplies for the proper care and treatment of patients and for the use of officers and employees thereof. 2. 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 of the authority for the government, discipline and management of the hospital and the employees and patients thereof. 3. Appoint such employees as may be deemed proper and necessary for the efficient performance of the business of the hospital and prescribe their duties. 4. Cause proper accounts and records of the business and operations of the hospital to be kept regularly from day to day, in books and on forms provided for that purpose; and see that such accounts and records are correctly made up for the monthly and annual reports to the authority, and present the same to the authority. 5. Receive into the hospital under the rules established by the authority, any person from the hospital district who is in need of hospital care, and from outside the hospital district provided there is a vacancy in the hospital and provided the reception of such person does not interfere with the proper care or treatment of persons living in the hospital district. 6. Cause to be kept proper records of the admission of all patients, their name, age, sex, color, marital condition, residence, occupation, place of last employment, names and addresses of their nearest relatives or friends, and other pertinent information as may be needed or necessary. He shall also cause a careful examination to be made of the physical condition of all persons admitted to the hospital; and shall cause a record to be kept of the condition of each patient when admitted and from time to time thereafter. 7. Discharge from said hospital any patient who is found to have recovered from his illness or injury sufficiently to be no longer in need of hospital care, or who shall wilfully or habitually violate the rules thereof, or who for any reason is no longer a suitable patient for treatment therein, and shall make a full report at the next meeting of the authority. 8. Collect and receive all money due the hospital, keep an accurate account of the same, report the same at the ensuing monthly meeting of the authority, and deliver the same to the treasurer of the hospital. The treasurer shall deposit the said hospital funds in a bank or banks designated by the authority in its name. Monthly statements of such accounts shall be delivered to the authority or as often as directed. 9. Establish and maintain out of hospital funds, not to exceed two hundred dollars at any time, or a larger amount if fixed by the authority, as a revolving petty cash fund for the payment of small emergency debts and to account to the authority at each monthly meeting, or as otherwise required, for all expenditures made during the preceding period from such fund. 10. Give a bond before entering upon the discharge of his duties in such sum as the authority shall determine to secure the faithful performance of his duties. A copy of this undertaking shall be filed with the Cattaraugus county clerk.11. Perform any other duties as directed by the authority.