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1 | | authority to designate or remove the
chief executive |
2 | | officer;
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3 | | (2) a single medical staff accountable to the board of |
4 | | directors and
governed by a single set of medical staff |
5 | | bylaws, rules, and regulations with
responsibility for the |
6 | | quality of the medical services; and
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7 | | (3) a single chief executive officer, accountable to |
8 | | the board of
directors, with management responsibility.
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9 | | (c) Each hospital building or facility that is located on |
10 | | a site
geographically separate from the campus or premises of |
11 | | another hospital
building or facility operated by the licensee |
12 | | must, at a minimum, individually
comply with the Department's |
13 | | hospital licensing requirements for emergency
services.
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14 | | (d) The hospital shall submit to the Department a |
15 | | comprehensive plan in
relation to the waiver or waivers |
16 | | requested
describing the services and operations of each |
17 | | facility or building and how
common services or operations |
18 | | will be coordinated between the various
locations. With the |
19 | | exception of items required by subsection (c), the
Department |
20 | | is authorized to waive compliance with the hospital
licensing |
21 | | requirements for specific buildings or facilities, provided |
22 | | that the
hospital has documented which other building or |
23 | | facility under its single
license provides that service or |
24 | | operation, and that doing so would not
endanger the public's |
25 | | health, safety, or welfare. Nothing in this Section
relieves a |
26 | | hospital from the requirements of the Health Facilities |