7 AAC 12.640. Administration

(a) Each facility, with the exception of birth centers, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, home health agencies, and ambulatory surgical facilities must comply with the provisions of this section.

(b) A facility must have an administrator, who is directly responsible to the governing body. The administrator shall

(1) coordinate staff services;

(2) provide liaison between the governing body and facility staff;

(3) report to the governing body regularly and at least annually on facility operations;

(4) provide written notice to medical staff of initial and annual or, if approved by the governing body, biennial appointments;

(5) evaluate for implementation recommendations of the facility's committees and consultants;

(6) ensure that the facility complies with program standards; and

(7) delineate responsibility and accountability of each service component of the facility to the administration.

(c) Each facility must have an institutional budget plan which includes an annual operating budget and a capital expenditure plan for a projected three-year period. A committee comprised of representatives of the governing body and administrative staff shall prepare the plan.

History: Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88; am 5/4/97, Register 142

Authority: AS 18.20.010

AS 18.20.060

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