Section 22-B2015. ADMINISTRATOR

 

2015.1The administrator shall be responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the day to day operation of the hospital. The administrator shall report and be directly responsible to the governing body in all matters related to the maintenance, operation, and management of the hospital.

 

2015.2The Administrator shall be present forty (40) hours per week during regular business hours, and shall be responsible for the operation of the facility twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week.

 

2015.3The administrator's responsibilities include:

 

(a)Making sure there is adequate attention to the management of the hospital twenty-four (24) hours of day;

 

(b)Providing for the protection of patients' health, safety, and well-being;

 

(c)Maintaining staff appropriate to meet patient needs;

 

(d)Designating a substitute, who shall be responsible and accountable for management of the facility, to act in the absence of the administrator;

 

(e)Developing and implementing procedures on collecting and reporting information on abuse, neglect and exploitation;

 

(f)Ensuring that investigations of suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation are completed and that steps are taken to protect patients;

 

(g)Developing and implementing procedures for the collection of data on and reporting of adverse events and unusual incidents, which may also be known as or include, sentinel events and near misses. Procedures must also include the implementation of corrective actions.

 

(h)Ensuring that bodies are held in the morgue no longer than thirty (30) days and that the hospital complies with the following:

 

(1)Reporting requirements provided by the Vital Records Act of 1981 (D.C. Law 4-34), and

 

(2)Notification and reporting requirements in the the Establishment of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Act of 2000 (D.C. Law 13-172); and

 

(i)Developing and implementing policies to ensure adequate and appropriate monitoring of infants and children when they are placed in patient care units without adult patients

 

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 8813 (August 15, 2008).