2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                                A AB13 48

Amendment No. 48

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 13                                                                  (BDR 40‑436)

Proposed by: Committee on Health and Human Services

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

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Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 3 as sec. 5 and adding new sections designated sections 3 and 4, following sec. 2, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 3.  NRS 450.550 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     450.550  As used in NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

     1.  “Board of trustees” means:

     (a) A board of hospital trustees:

          (1) Elected pursuant to NRS 450.620 [;] and a physician who is appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 450.640, if applicable; or

          (2) Appointed pursuant to NRS 450.625 [;] and a physician who is appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 450.640, if applicable; or

     (b) A board of county commissioners, if that board enacts an ordinance which provides that the board of county commissioners is, ex officio, the board of hospital trustees [.] , and a physician who is appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 450.640, if applicable.

     2.  “District hospital” means a hospital constructed, maintained and governed pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive.

     Sec. 4. NRS 450.640 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     450.640  The board of trustees may:

     1.  After the board is formed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 450.620 or 450.625, increase the number of members who serve on the board by appointing, as a voting member of the board, one physician who is the chief of staff of physicians for a district hospital. The term of office of a member who is appointed pursuant to this subsection is 2 years, commencing on the date of appointment by the board of trustees. A vacancy in the term of a member appointed pursuant to this subsection must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.

     2.  Appoint a chief executive officer and necessary assistants for each hospital, and fix the compensations of such persons.

     [2.] 3.  Employ physicians, surgeons and interns, as the board determines necessary, and fix their compensation.

     [3.] 4.  Remove such appointees and employees.

     [4.] 5.  Remove persons who are appointed or employed pursuant to this section.

     6.  Control the admission of physicians, surgeons and interns to the staff by promulgating rules, regulations and standards governing such appointments.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to hospitals; authorizing the appointment of a physician to serve on the board of trustees of a public hospital or a county hospital district under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing membership of boards of trustees of public hospitals and county hospital districts. (BDR 40‑436)”.