N.M. Code R. § 7.7.4.11 – Administration of the Medical Center

A. The board of trustrees may provide for the management and administration of the medical center by contracting with a corporation engaged in providing management services in conformity with standards for an accredited hospital. The board of trustees may employ directly a competent, experienced, professional hospital administrator. In either case, a medical center administrator shall be secured and shall be the chief executive officer responsible for the management of the medical center.
B. The chief executive officer of the medical center shall have all authority and responsibility necessary to operate the medical center in all its activities and departments, subject only to policies issued by the board of trustees and to applicable federal and state laws and regulations. He or she shall act as the duly authorized representative to the board in all matters in which the board has not formally designated some other person to act. He or she shall report as directed to the chair between board meetings and to the board at each meeting.
C. The authority and duties of the chief executive officer shall include, but not be limited to: to sign, together with such other authorized board member, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments which the board has authority to execute except in cases where the execution shall have been expressly delegated by the board or by the by-laws or by statute; to carry out all policies established by the board of trustees; to conduct all activities of the medical center in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations; to prepare an annual budget showing the expected receipts and expenditures as required by the board and by departments of state government; as head of the medical center, to select, employ, control, and discharge all employees, consistent with the regulations of the state personnel board, and to develop and maintain additional personnel policies and practices approved by the board of trustees; to see that all physical properties are accounted for, safeguarded, and kept in a good state of repair and operating condition; to supervise all business affairs and to ensure that all funds are collected and expended to the best possible advantage; to assist the chief of staff, the medical staff, and all those concerned with the rendering of professional services to the end that the best possible care may be rendered to all patients; to submit regularly to the board of trustees, or its authorized committees, periodic reports of medical center services, statistics, and financial activities and to prepare and submit such special reports as may be required by the board of trustees; to attend all meetings of the board of trustees, of the committees on which he or she serves and other committees as necessary or required, and the medical staff executive committee; to perform any other duty that may be necessary or in the best interest of the medical center; to serve as the liaison officer and channel of communications for all official communications between the board of trustees and the medical staff.
[Recompiled 10/31/01]