§ 46:1098.4 — Board nominations by Slidell Memorial Hospital

Louisiana § 46:1098.4

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 46: Public Welfare and Assistance

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§1098.4. Board nominations by Slidell Memorial Hospital
The board members from the Slidell Memorial Hospital medical staff shall be
nominated and appointed as follows:
(1) Two practicing medical staff members of Slidell Memorial Hospital shall be
nominated by the medical staff of the hospital. One nominee shall be the current chief of the
medical staff or his medical staff designee, and the other shall be a staff member who
regularly treats patients at the hospital and who has the majority of his practice at Slidell
Memorial Hospital. Both physician nominees shall have long-standing professional ties to
Slidell Memorial Hospital. Medical staff nominees are not required to reside within the
geographical boundaries of the district.
(2) The appointing authority shall appoint as members of the board the two nominees
of the medical staff.
(3)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a licensed
physician who is a member or former member of the board of commissioners elected
pursuant to this Section, is not prohibited from contracting, subcontracting with another
provider who contracts, owning an interest in an entity that contracts, or accepting
employment with Slidell Memorial Hospital, provided that the contract is related to the
licensed physician's practice of medicine or expertise as a licensed physician. However, such
licensed physician shall recuse himself from participating in any transaction before the board
relating to any contracts permitted by this Paragraph and entered into by him, by a provider
with which he subcontracts, or by any entity in which he owns an interest.
(b) All contracts permitted by this Section, entered into while the physician is a
member of the board of commissioners, shall be disclosed to the Louisiana Board of Ethics
within thirty days of the execution of the contract. The disclosure shall include the parties
to the contract, the purpose of the contract, and the date the contract was executed.

Legislative History

Acts 2020, No. 365, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.