30:9-25 - Board of managers of maternity hospital; duties and powers - New Jersey Statutes

30:9-25.  Board of managers of maternity hospital;  duties and powers
    When a county maternity hospital shall have been built and is ready for occupancy, the director of the board of chosen freeholders shall with the consent and approval of the board, appoint a board of managers consisting of 5 members, residents of the county, 1 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, 1 for 2 years, 1 for 3 years, 1 for 4 years and 1 for 5 years and their successors shall be appointed for a term of 5 years.  A vacancy arising from any cause except expiration of term shall be filled by appointment in the same manner but for the unexpired term only.  The members shall serve without compensation.

    The board of managers shall have the control and government of the hospital  and the care and custody of the buildings;  it may appoint and remove at  pleasure a superintendent or warden, and such other officers and employees as  it may deem necessary, and fix their compensation with the approval of the  board of chosen freeholders, except that such employees who hold positions and  employments in the classified service of Civil Service shall be subject to the  provisions of subtitle 3 of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes;  it may adopt and  establish suitable by-laws with respect to the terms of admission, support and  discharge of patients and such rules and regulations as it shall deem  necessary.

     Amended by L.1959, c. 11, p. 64, s. 1, eff. March 9, 1959;  L.1961, c. 89, p.  640, s. 1, eff. July 6, 1961.