Section 4301 - Appointment of clinical director; program director; medical directors(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 hospital administrator.(3) A chief of police services.(4) Any other hospital employee appointed and deemed by the Director of State Hospitals to be an officer.(b) The Director of State Hospitals shall appoint a program director for each program at a state hospital.(c) The Governor, upon the recommendation of the Director of State Hospitals, shall appoint one medical director for the department and one medical director for each state hospital. The medical director of the department shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in California and shall be responsible for standards, research, coordination, surveillance, and planning for the improvement of medical care for the department.Ca. Welf. and Inst. Code § 4301
Amended by Stats 2020 ch 12 (AB 80),s 40, eff. 6/29/2020.Amended by Stats 2018 ch 424 (SB 1495),s 8, eff. 1/1/2019.Amended by Stats 2012 ch 24 (AB 1470),s 109, eff. 6/27/2012.