2000 Minnesota Statutes

     376.06 Superintendent, hospital board; duties. 

    Subdivision 1.    Procedure, powers, pay, election.  A 
 county board which has purchased and constructed buildings for 
 hospital purposes may operate these buildings as a hospital and 
 may appoint a superintendent.  The board shall set the 
 superintendent's salary, term of employment, and powers and 
 duties; provide for the management and operation of the 
 hospital; and operate, control, and manage the hospital.  The 
 superintendent shall serve at the pleasure of the board.  If the 
 board determines that it is in the public interest, it may 
 appoint a hospital board of at least three, but not more than 
 nine members, who must be county residents and landowners, to 
 serve without compensation unless the county board authorizes 
 the payment of compensation and reimbursement of expenses for 
 service on the hospital board.  Notwithstanding section 375.44, 
 if compensation and reimbursement are authorized, they shall be 
 the same as authorized for service on the local social services 
 agency.  Subject to its supervision, the county board may commit 
 the care, management, and operation of the hospital to the 
 hospital board.  The county board may provide for the 
 organization and regulation of the hospital board, its duties 
 and the duties of the members, and regulations for the 
 management, operation, and control of the hospital.  The county 
 board may lease the hospital grounds and buildings to a hospital 
 association for terms it considers advisable.  Sections 376.01 
 to 376.06 do not permit any county board to purchase and 
 construct any hospital buildings or to pay for them without 
 first submitting the question to the vote of the people.  No 
 purchase or construction of buildings or payment may be made 
 unless a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition 
 vote in favor.  

    Subd. 2.    Commissioner on board, exception.  A county 
 commissioner may be appointed by the county board to any 
 hospital board under sections 376.009 to 376.09 except for any 
 hospital board operating a county hospital located in a city of 
 the first class.  

    HIST: (682) 1913 c 392 s 6; 1951 c 326 s 1; 1955 c 808 s 7; 
 1959 c 291 s 1; 1963 c 308 s 1; 1971 c 24 s 48; 1985 c 109 s 10; 
 1994 c 631 s 31