New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 7 - HOSPITALS › Part 4 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MINERS' COLFAX MEDICAL CENTER › Section 7.7.4.8 - GOVERNING BOARD

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The
				governing board is a board of trustees, the members of which are appointed by
				the governor of the state of New Mexico with the advice and consent of the
				senate. One member of the board shall be a licensed physician, two members
				shall be miners or their representatives and two members shall be
				representatives of the general public. Members of the board shall be appointed
				for staggered terms of five years each.
B. The board of trustees is a body corporate
				under the name of the "board of trustees of miners' hospital of New Mexico" and
				has the power to sue and be sued, to contract, to acquire land by purchase or
				donation, and to do all other things in furtherance of its duties to provide
				for the operation of a medical center and to determine, set, and execute
				medical center policy. The board of trustees shall supervise and control all
				functions of the operation and management of the medical center. The board of
				trustees has absolute discretion to take whatever action may be necessary in
				the best interest of the medical center, including but not limited to: full
				power and authority with regard to the medical staff; authority to approve all
				medical staff by-laws, rules and regulations, to suggest amendments of these to
				the medical staff and to amend them with due consideration to medical staff
				recommendations; authority to oversee all aspects of the medical staff
				operations to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state laws and with
				standards proposed by the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare
				organizations.
C. By duly-adopted
				medical staff by-laws governing appointments to the medical staff of the
				hospital, the board shall provide a system of continual review and evaluation
				of the quality of health care being rendered at the hospital. The medical staff
				by-laws shall assure the board of trustees that any patient treated by the
				medical center shall receive quality care.
D. Members of the board of trustees owe a
				fiduciary duty of care and loyalty to the bedical center. A trustee shall avoid
				active participation in a transaction in which they or a corporation with which
				they are associated has a significant interest. Members of the board of
				trustees shall adhere to the Conflict of Interest Act,
				10-16-1,
				et seq., NMSA 1978. Disclosures of financial interests shall be made to the
				secretary of state during the month of January of each year pursuant to
				10-16-10,
				supra. In addition, the conflict of interest statements required by
				10-16-10,
				NMSA 1978 shall be submitted to the chairperson of the board and to the medical
				center's chief executive officer.
E. Trust eligibility requirements shall be
				established by the board with due regard to the statutes and trust requirements
				governing the medical center and its responsibilities as the miners'
				hospital.