(a) The Board shall hire or contract an Administrator, who shall be its Chief Executive Officer. The Administrator’s duties and compensation, salary and endowments, shall be determined by the Board. The Administrator shall meet the following minimum qualifications:

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(1) shall have graduated from a recognized college or university with a Master’s Degree in hospital administration, health services management or a related field, plus six (6) years of experience in hospital administration or healthcare services management, of which three (3) years must have been experience as an administrator in a hospital setting; or

(2) shall have graduated from a recognized college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in hospital administration, health services management, or a related field, plus eight (8) years of experience in hospital administration or healthcare services management, of which five (5) years must have been experience as an administrator in a hospital setting;

(3) shall have experience in negotiating and directing activities related to obtaining reimbursement from government programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid or the Medically Indigent Program of the government of Guam; and

(4) shall have experience in negotiating contracts with external parties, including third party payers, vendors, insurance carriers and other contracting parties.

(b) The Board shall set the tenure of office for the Administrator of the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority. The Board may hire the Hospital Administrator by direct employment as an unclassified employee of the government of Guam, or by personal services contract, as the Board deems necessary to attract and retain a qualified Administrator. However, the term of employment for the position of Administrator shall not end six (6) months prior to nor six (6) months after an election for Senators, and Governor and Lt. Governor. The Board by an affirmative vote of at least five (5) members may renew the contract of the Administrator. Similarly, the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members may terminate the services of the Administrator for cause in the same manner and procedure as a Trustee may be removed pursuant to § 80107 of this Chapter. Upon a change of administration of the government of Guam after a gubernatorial election, no courtesy resignation shall be requested by the new administration nor offered by the Administrator of the Hospital.

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(c) The Administrator shall have full charge and control of the operations and maintenance of the Hospital. The powers of the Administrator shall include:

(1) to recommend rules and regulations for adoption by the Board of Trustees, and to see that all rules and regulations of the Hospital are enforced;
(2) to ensure compliance with all federal and local regulations; (3) to act as liaison to the governing body for the medical,
nursing, and other professional staff and all facility departments;

(4) to attend, unless excused by the Board, all meetings of the Board and to submit written reports on the affairs of the Hospital each month;

(5) to keep the Board advised on the needs of the Hospital and approve demands for payment of obligations within the purposes and amounts authorized by the Board;

(6) to prepare and cause to be prepared all plans and specifications for purchased services and the construction and repair of equipment and facilities operated by the Hospital and serve as the Hospital’s Chief Procurement Officer;

(7) to devote that person’s time to the business of the Hospital, to select and appoint the employees of the Hospital, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, and to plan, organize, coordinate and control the services of such employees in the exercise of the powers of the Hospital under the general direction of the Board;

(8) to prepare, within one hundred twenty (120) days from the end of each fiscal year, an annual report of the results of the operations for the preceding fiscal year and the financial status of the Hospital on the last day thereof;

(9) to perform and issue such other additional duties as the Board may require; and

(10) to arrange for the burial of any fetus not claimed by its mother or father within thirty (30) days.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 14-029:1 (May 27, 1977) as GC § 49005. Subsection
(b)(9) added by P.L. 15-112:3 (Mar. 14, 1980). Codified as 10 Guam Code Ann. § 80107.

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Repealed and added by P.L. 25-150:8 (July 7, 2000). Repealed and added by P.L. 30-
190:1 (Aug. 28, 2010).

2013 NOTE: This section was originally codified as GC § 49008, entitled, “”Exemption from Taxation.”” Codified as 10 Guam Code Ann. § 80110. Repealed and reenacted as 10 Guam Code Ann. § 80115 by P.L. 30-190 (Aug. 28, 2010).