NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1249

SENATE BILL 877

AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN STATUTES RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A GENERAL BUSINESS MANAGER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE APPOINTMENT OF BUSINESS MANAGERS FOR HOSPITALS AND RESIDENTIAL CENTERS FOR THE RETARDED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 122-1.4, as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the third paragraph in its entirety.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 122-25 is hereby amended and rewritten to read as follows:

"G.S. 122-25.  Superintendents and Business Managers of Hospitals and Residential Centers for the Retarded: Personnel. The Commissioner of Mental Health, with the approval of the State Board of Mental Health, shall appoint a Medical Superintendent for each hospital. The Medical Superintendent shall be a medical doctor duly licensed in North Carolina with approved training and experience in psychiatry. The appointment shall be for a term of six (6) years. The Commissioner of Mental Health shall also, with the approval of the State Board of Mental Health, appoint for a term of six (6) years a Superintendent of each residential center for the retarded. Such Superintendent shall be a medical doctor duly licensed by the State of North Carolina with approved training and experience in pediatrics or psychiatry.

"The Superintendent of each institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Mental Health shall be responsible for the employment of all personnel at the said institution, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Mental Health.

"The Business Manager of each State mental hospital or residential center for the retarded shall be appointed by the Superintendent of the institution, with the approval of the General Business Manager, Commissioner of Mental Health and the State Board of Mental Health. The Business Manager shall be responsible to and subject to the supervision and direction of the Medical Superintendent of the institution in the over-all administration of the institution. The Business Manager will keep the General Business Manager informed regarding the fiscal management of the institution and the management of physical properties and equipment and cooperate with the General Business Manager in the performance of his duties as pursuant to G.S. 122-1.4. The Business Manager of each institution should be a person of demonstrated executive ability who has had training and experience in fiscal administration and in the management of physical plants, properties and equipment of public institutions or comparable enterprises, and who is a person of good character, and otherwise qualified to discharge his duties."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1969.