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  "section_number": "1058",
  "citation": "R.S. 46:1058",
  "heading": "Medical staff",
  "text": "The commission shall appoint a medical staff. Such appointments shall be made upon the recommendations of the physicians who are authorized to practice within the hospital.\n\nIt shall be the duty of the medical staff:\n\n(1) To provide professional care of the sick and injured in the hospitals;\n\n(2) To give advice and assistance to the commission and director relating to standards of operation and professional problems;\n\n(3) To participate in the educational activities of the district;\n\n(4) To promulgate rules and regulations for the conduct of the medical staff for approval of the commission;\n\n(5) To elect annually one of its members as chief of staff and to elect from its members the heads of any specialized services of the hospital; and\n\n(6) To approve the appointment of the hospital director made by the commission.",
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      "number": "46",
      "name": "PUBLIC WELFARE AND ASSISTANCE"
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      "number": "10",
      "name": "HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICTS"
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      "number": "I",
      "name": "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1950, No. 420, §8. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §18.",
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