Chief Executive Officer as head of the hospitals; appointment of personnel; negotiation of collective bargaining agreements

19 V.I.C. § 244a — under V.I. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation.

19 V.I.C. § 244a

(a) The Chief Executive Officer shall serve as the head of the hospital to which he is appointed and shall:(a) appoint and remove the Medical Director, and the Chief Financial Officer with the advice and consent of the respective District Board;(b) appoint and remove all managerial personnel, health care providers and all other professional and nonprofessional personnel, subject to the provisions of Title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 25, section 530 relating to procedures for employee dismissals, demotions and suspensions and 531 relating to the prohibition against discrimination on account of non-merit factors, the rules and regulations of the Corporation promulgated pursuant to section 245(e)(2) of this chapter, and any collective bargaining agreements and subject to the V.I. Government's budget constraints and allotment process; and(c) with the assistance of the Chief Negotiator, negotiate all non-economic provisions of collective bargaining agreements which affect the management and operation of the health care facility. The Chief Negotiator, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officers, shall negotiate all economic provisions of collective bargaining agreements which obligate the General Fund. All collective bargaining agreements shall be subject to the approval of the Governor. The Chief Executive Officers and the Chief Negotiator shall develop administrative policies and procedures to implement the provisions of this subsection.

(a) appoint and remove the Medical Director, and the Chief Financial Officer with the advice and consent of the respective District Board;

(b) appoint and remove all managerial personnel, health care providers and all other professional and nonprofessional personnel, subject to the provisions of Title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 25, section 530 relating to procedures for employee dismissals, demotions and suspensions and 531 relating to the prohibition against discrimination on account of non-merit factors, the rules and regulations of the Corporation promulgated pursuant to section 245(e)(2) of this chapter, and any collective bargaining agreements and subject to the V.I. Government's budget constraints and allotment process; and

(c) with the assistance of the Chief Negotiator, negotiate all non-economic provisions of collective bargaining agreements which affect the management and operation of the health care facility. The Chief Negotiator, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officers, shall negotiate all economic provisions of collective bargaining agreements which obligate the General Fund. All collective bargaining agreements shall be subject to the approval of the Governor. The Chief Executive Officers and the Chief Negotiator shall develop administrative policies and procedures to implement the provisions of this subsection.