Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4301 · Chapter 3. Officers and Employees
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4301
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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.
(2) A hospital director.
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 12, Sec. 40. (AB 80) Effective June 29, 2020.
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