Printable Format19-4609. Compensation and expenses of board members. Members of the board may be allowed compensation by the commission and, if allowed, such compensation shall be in an amount to be determined by the commission. All members may also be reimbursed for any actual and necessary personal expenses incurred as a member of the board, including an allowance for mileage, in the amount fixed under K.S.A. 75-3203, and amendments thereto, for each mile actually traveled while engaged in hospital business. An itemized statement of all such expenses and money paid out shall be kept and maintained and shall be filed with the secretary and the commission, which shall keep and maintain the same as a part of the public records of the county.
History: L. 1984, ch. 98, ยง 9; July 1.
Attorney General's Opinions:
Authority for determining compensation of hospital board members vested in county commissioners but hospital board may contract with hospital administrator. 1999-46.
County hospital board; terms of office, election thereto; involvement of county commissioners. 2000-28.
Same person may not serve concurrently as county commissioner and county hospital trustee. 2012-15.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. While county hospital board subject to open meetings act (K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq.), management company leasing from board is not. Memorial Hospital Ass'n, Inc. v. Knutson, 239 Kan. 663, 672, 722 P.2d 1093 (1986).