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urn: urn:us-la:rs:46:1058
citation: "R.S. 46:1058"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 46 › Chapter 10 › Part I"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1950, number: 420, section: 8, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1952, number: 127, section: 18, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Medical staff

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.

It shall be the duty of the medical staff:

(1) To provide professional care of the sick and injured in the hospitals;

(2) To give advice and assistance to the commission and director relating to standards of operation and professional problems;

(3) To participate in the educational activities of the district;

(4) To promulgate rules and regulations for the conduct of the medical staff for approval of the commission;

(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

(6) To approve the appointment of the hospital director made by the commission.