§ 25-02-01.1 — Maintenance of state hospital accreditation - Governing body membership - Authority

North Dakota § 25-02-01.1

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 25: Mental and Physical Illness or Disability
• Ch. 25-02: State Hospital

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- Authority.
1. The department of health and human services shall seek appropriations and resources
sufficient to ensure maintenance of the state hospital's accreditation by the joint
commission and certification by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services or by
similar accrediting and certifying organizations and agencies possessing hospital
standards recognized by the health care industry and accepted by the department.
2. The department, in consultation with the state hospital, shall create a state hospital
governing body and shall by rules, policies, or bylaws describe the powers and duties
of the governing body. The department shall compensate members not employed by
the department in the amount of one hundred dollars per day and reimburse members
for expenses incurred in attending meetings in the amounts provided by sections
44-08-04 and 54-06-09.
3. The governing body must be composed of the commissioner of the department of
health and human services or designee; the director of the division of behavioral
health of the department or designee, who shall serve as chairman of the governing
body; the state hospital superintendent; the state hospital medical director; a
representative of the department's fiscal administration division; a behavioral health
consumer selected by the mental health association; and a legislator selected by the
legislative management. The governing body may include other persons as appointed
by the governing body.