§ 17:1519.9 — Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans; administration

Louisiana § 17:1519.9

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 17: Credit Union Law

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§1519.9. Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans; administration
A. The LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, through its
chancellor, shall continue to enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with
Tulane University Health Sciences Center, through its senior vice president,
and the secretary of Louisiana Department of Health, or his designee, for the
administration of the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans. For
purposes of this Section, administration shall include budgets, staffing,
medical services, contracting, and other administrative services. It also shall
include distribution of graduate medical education resources for the Medical
Center of Louisiana at New Orleans, except as provided in R.S.
36:254(A)(14).
B. Any such cooperative endeavor agreement shall include the
establishment of an administrative board.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 42:1101 et seq., the
administrative board shall be comprised of fifteen representatives, three from
the LSU HSC-NO, three from the Tulane University Health Sciences Center,
three from Xavier University, three from the Louisiana Department of Health,
one each from Dillard University and Southern University at New Orleans,
which collectively shall have one vote, and the chief executive officer of the
division, who will serve as an ex officio non-voting member. Each institution
shall have one vote with the exception of Dillard University and Southern
University at New Orleans. Each administrative board member shall have a
fiduciary duty to the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans.
(2) The administrative board shall have policymaking authority for the
administration of the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans.
C. The cooperative endeavor agreements shall require that
policymaking decisions by the administrative board require unanimous vote of
the institutions represented on the administrative board prior to
implementation.
D. Policymaking decisions or recommendations can include:
(1) The hiring and firing of the chief executive officer for the Medical
Center of Louisiana at New Orleans.
(2) The hiring and firing of the medical director for the Medical Center
of Louisiana at New Orleans.
(3) The addition, reduction, discontinuation, or transfer of medical
services.
(4) The establishment and maintenance of practices and procedures to
ensure compliance with the standards set by the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
(5) The establishment and maintenance of practices and procedures
designed to meet requirements of medical school accrediting bodies and
graduate medical education accrediting bodies.
(6) Annual distribution of house staff and faculty resources between
the LSU HSC-NO and Tulane University Health Sciences Center.
(7) The establishment of any contract or affiliation for medical services
or medical education.
(8) Amendments to the medical staff bylaws and hospital policies and
procedures.
(9) Any expenditures for new or expanded major clinical educational
research programs.
E. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, changes in the
responsibility for providing anesthesiology, radiology, and pathology shall
require the approval of the board through the chancellor of the LSU HSC-NO.
F. Any dispute arising out of matters pursuant to this Section may be
referred to non-binding arbitration by any one of the five institutions
represented on the administrative board.
(1) One arbitrator shall be selected by each institution represented on
the administrative board and those five arbitrators shall name an additional two
arbitrators to the panel, one of whom shall serve as chair.
(2) If the panel is unable to make a determination or if any one of the
institutions represented on the administrative board is not satisfied with the
determination of the panel, any one of the institutions represented on the
administrative board may appeal to the commissioner of administration for a
final determination.

Legislative History

Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 127, §2, eff. April 19, 2000; Acts 2003, No. 906, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.