The board of trustees may: 1. After the board is formed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 450.620 or 450.625, increase the number of members who serve on the board by appointing, as a voting member of the board, one physician who is the chief of staff of physicians for a district hospital. The term of office of a member who is appointed pursuant to this subsection is 2 years, commencing on the date of appointment by the board of trustees. A vacancy in the term of a member appointed pursuant to this subsection must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. 2. Appoint a chief executive officer and necessary assistants for each hospital, and fix the compensations of such persons. 3. Employ physicians, surgeons and interns, as the board determines necessary, and fix their compensation. 4. Remove such appointees and employees. 5. Remove persons who are appointed or employed pursuant to this section. 6. Control the admission of physicians, surgeons and interns to the staff by promulgating rules, regulations and standards governing such appointments. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1389; A 1987, 390; 2001, 469)
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