New Jersey § 30:9-23

§ 30:9-23.

Whenever a city of the first class has established or establishes a city hospital

or medical center with a capacity of more than one thousand beds and the said city

of the first class is located in a county of the first class which has established

or establishes hospitals and institutions rendering medical care, the governing bodies

of the county and municipality, in the management of their respective hospitals may

jointly agree to appoint a medical director who shall have supervision over all the

county and municipal hospitals, centers, or institutions which render medical treatment

or care to patients, a supervisor of nurses, a purchasing agent and any other persons

as said governing bodies may deem necessary in order to render joint service to the

county and municipal hospitals, centers or institutions, and may make and enter into

any joint contracts for the maintenance or proper repair of the buildings, facilities

and equipment thereof and for the furnishing of material and labor. The said governing bodies shall fix or regulate the salaries to be paid, determine

the proportion to be paid by the county and the municipality and shall have the power

to make any and all other necessary agreements and contracts to carry out the purposes

of this act. The person so appointed as medical director shall have the following qualifications:

he must be a graduate of a recognized medical college, holding a diploma therefrom;

must be admitted to practice as a physician, and must have been practicing medicine

or associated with medical institutions, or both, for a period of at least fifteen

years.