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Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.05.040 AS 47.32.090 AS 47.32.130

AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.110 AS 47.32.140

AS 47.32.030 AS 47.32.120 7 AAC 12.630. Governing body. (a) Each facility, with the exception of birth centers, hospice agencies that do not provide inpatient care on agency premises, and intermediate care facilities for individuals with an intellectual disability or related condition, must have a governing body that assumes responsibility for implementing and monitoring policies that govern the facility’s operation and for ensuring that those policies are administered in a manner that provides quality health care in a safe environment. The facility must provide to the department the name, title, and mailing address for

(1) each owner of the facility;

(2) each person who is principally responsible for directing facility operations; and

(3) the person responsible for medical direction. (b) The governing body shall

(1) adopt, and revise when necessary, written bylaws providing for

(A) election or appointment of officers and committees;

(B) appointment of a local advisory board if the governing body is outside the state; and

(C) frequency of meetings;

(2) appoint an administrator, in accordance with written criteria;

(3) maintain written records on the appointment of members to the medical staff, and the granting of privileges based on the recommendations of the medical staff;

(4) require medical staff to sign an agreement to follow the bylaws of the medical staff;

(5) establish appeal procedures for applicants for and members of the medical staff;