Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-13-36 (2026)
Employment of administrator; administrator's powers and duties
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) A board of trustees may enter into a contract of employment with an administrator, the duration of which shall not exceed five (5) years, but which may periodically be renewed for additional years, provided that the duration of any such renewal contract shall not exceed five (5) years.
- (2) The administrator shall be the chief executive officer of the community hospital. Subject to any conflicting bylaws, resolutions, rules or regulations adopted by the board of trustees, the administrator's duties and powers shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
- (a) To employ and discharge employees, as needed for the efficient performance of the business of the community hospital and prescribe their duties;
- (b) To supervise and control the records, accounts, buildings and property of the community hospital and all internal affairs, and maintain discipline therein, and enforce compliance with, and obedience to, all rules, bylaws and regulations adopted by the board of trustees for the government, discipline and management of said hospital, and its employees and staff.
- (c) To attend meetings of the board of trustees and to keep the trustees advised of hospital business.
- (d) To exercise any of the powers of the board of trustees as described in Section 41-13-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, which have been delegated, by resolution or through the board bylaws, to the administrator.
Laws, 1985, ch. 511, § 7, eff. 7/1/1985.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1989–2000 · leading case: Levens v. Campbell, 733 So. 2d 753 (Miss. 1999).
Levens v. Campbell, 733 So. 2d 753 (Miss. 1999). “Although she did not raise the issue in the trial court, Levens now asserts that she had a statutory property right under Miss.Code Ann. § 41-13-36 (1993), which gives the administrator of the community hospital the power to "employ and discharge employees, as needed for the…”
Gloria Johnson v. The Sw. Mississippi Reg'l Med. Ctr., 878 F.2d 856 (5th Cir. 1989). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 41-13-36 (Supp.1988). The appellants argue that the qualifying language added to the statutes restricts the power of community hospitals to terminate their employees and bestows a property interest on such employees.”
Roberts v. Walthall Cnty. Gen. Hosp., 96 F. Supp. 2d 559 (S.D. Miss. 2000). “” See Miss.Code Ann. § 41-13-35(5)(n). The Johnson Court also noted that the amended statute provided that the administrators of community hospitals, are given the power to “employ and discharge employees, as needed for the efficient administration of the business of the…”
Anne C. Levens v. Cindy Campbell (Miss. 1997). “Although she did not raise the issue in the trial court, Levens now asserts that she had a statutory property right under Miss. Code Ann. § 41-13-36 (1993), which gives the administrator of the community hospital the power to "employ and discharge employees, as needed for the…”
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