As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Leadership Manual includes this customizable template, Authority in Absence of Administration. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Authority in Absence of Administration:

	POLICY: The Chief Executive Officer assumes overall responsibility for the operation of the hospital. In the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, that authority is delegated to the Assistant Administrator/Chief Operating Officer and then the Nurse Executive. In the absence of both of those individuals, the authority for the operation of the hospital is transferred to the Chief Financial Officer and following the Chief Financial Officer, the Marketing Director assumes overall control. If all administrative persons are out of the facility, the party in charge is the designated Nursing...
Second excerpt:
	...is the designated Nursing Supervisor who is delegated to Administrator on-call duties for that day. The lines of authority expressed in this policy may be amended at any time through a memorandum addressing a particular period of time. SUBJECT:AUTHORITY IN ABSENCE OFREFERENCE #1306ADMINISTRATIONPAGE: 1DEPARTMENT: HOSPITALWIDE OF: 1EFFECTIVE: APPROVED BY: REVISED: ...