CHAPTER 3. Officers and Employees [4300. - 4321.]
Heading of Chapter 3 renamed from Article 3 (of former Chapter 2) by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.
§§ 4300–4321 · 22 sections
- § 4300 As used in this chapter, “officers” of a state hospital means: (a) Medical director. (b) Hospital administrator. (c) Hospital director. (d) Chief of police…
- § 4301 (a) The Director of State Hospitals shall appoint and define the duties, subject to the laws governing civil service, of all of the following officers: (1) A…
- § 4302 The Director of State Hospitals shall have the final authority for determining all other employee needs after consideration of program requests from the…
- § 4303 Salaries of resident and other officers and wages of employees shall be included in the budget estimates of, and paid in the same manner as other expenses of,…
- § 4304 The primary purpose of a state hospital is the medical and nursing care of patients with mental health disorders. The efforts and direction of the officers and…
- § 4305 (a) Subject to the rules and regulations established by the department, and under the supervision of the hospital director, the medical director of a state…
- § 4306 (a) Subject to the rules and regulations established by the department, under the supervision of the hospital director, the hospital administrator shall be…
- § 4307 The hospital director is the chief executive officer of the hospital and is responsible for all hospital operations.
- § 4308 (a) If a vacancy occurs in a hospital under the jurisdiction of the Director of State Hospitals, the Director of State Hospitals shall appoint, as provided in…
- § 4309 The hospital director is responsible for the overall management of the hospital. In the hospital director’s absence, one of the other hospital officers, or in…
- § 4311 (a) The chief of police services at the hospital shall be responsible for preserving the peace in the hospital buildings and grounds and may arrest or cause…
- § 4312 The hospital director may establish rules and regulations not inconsistent with law or departmental regulations, concerning the care and treatment of patients,…
- § 4313 The chief of police services, supervising investigators, investigators, and each hospital police officer have the powers and authority conferred by law upon…
- § 4313.5 (a) Designated investigators of state hospitals shall request a sexual assault forensic medical examination for any resident of a state hospital who is a…
- § 4314 (a) The Director of State Hospitals may set aside and designate any space on the grounds of any of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the department…
- § 4316 (a) Subject to rules and regulations adopted by the department, the hospital director may establish a sheltered workshop at a state hospital to provide…
- § 4317 At each state hospital at which there is established a sheltered workshop, there shall be a sheltered workshop fund administered by the clinical director. The…
- § 4317.5 The hospital director, subject to rules and regulations adopted by the department, may in addition to establishing a sheltered workshop, provide other…
- § 4318 Each state hospital shall, prior to the discharge of any patient who was placed in the facility under a county Short-Doyle plan, prepare a written recommended…
- § 4319 To ensure a continuous level of competency for all state hospital treatment personnel under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals, the…
- § 4320 To ensure an adequate supply of licensed psychiatric technicians for state hospitals, the State Department of State Hospitals, to the extent necessary, shall…
- § 4321 (a) (1) The criminal history check authorized by this section is limited to an employee, prospective employee, contractor, subcontractor, and volunteer whose…