CONNECTICUT STATUTES AND CODES
Sec. 19a-487. Mobile field hospital: Board of directors.
Sec. 19a-487. Mobile field hospital: Board of directors. (a) There is established
a board of directors to advise the Department of Public Health on the operations of the
mobile field hospital. The board shall consist of the following members: The Commissioners of Public Health, Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Public
Safety and Social Services, or their designees, the Secretary of the Office of Policy
and Management, or the secretary's designee, the Adjutant General, or the Adjutant
General's designee, one representative of a hospital in this state with more than five
hundred licensed beds and one representative of a hospital in this state with five hundred
or fewer licensed beds, both appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health. The
Commissioner of Public Health shall be the chairperson of the board. The board shall
adopt bylaws and shall meet at such times as specified in such bylaws and at such other
times as the Commissioner of Public Health deems necessary.
(b) The board shall advise the department on matters, including, but not limited
to: Operating policies and procedures; facility deployment and operation; appropriate
utilization of the facility; clinical programs and delivery of patient health care services;
hospital staffing patterns and staff-to-patient ratios; human resources policies; standards
and accreditation guidelines; credentialing of clinical and support staff; patient admission, transfer and discharge policies and procedures; quality assurance and performance
improvement; patient rates and billing and reimbursement mechanisms; staff education
and training requirements and alternative facility uses.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 57; P.A. 07-252, S. 65.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 07-252 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting "mobile field hospital"
for "critical access hospital", effective July 12, 2007.
See Sec. 19a-490 for definition of "mobile field hospital".
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