Sec. 13.035.  EMPLOYMENT OF HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS.  (a)  The department shall employ a qualified hospital administrator for each public health hospital.
(b)  A hospital administrator employed under this section is not required to be a licensed physician.
(c)  The hospital administrator may delegate a power or duty of the administrator to an employee.  The delegation does not relieve the hospital administrator from the responsibility.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0056, eff. April 2, 2015.