Role of Marin General
Marin General Hospital is not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporation, whose mission is to provide healthcare services to the residents of Marin County. The corporation operates Marin General Hospital under a lease with the Marin Healthcare District.
The Board of Directors is local and comprised of thirteen voting and two non-voting directors. The thirteen voting directors include two physicians, eight lay community representatives who must be residents of Marin County, two directors appointed by Sutter Health, and the Chief Executive Officer who serves as ex officio director with vote. The two non-voting directors are the Chief of the Medical Staff and the Chair of the Volunteer Council. All directors other than ex officio directors serve three-year terms and may not serve more than two consecutive terms.
Two of the six lay community representatives are nominated by the Marin General Medical Staff and four are nominated by the Marin General Board Nominating Committee.
The Marin General Hospital Board holds primary responsibility for governing the Marin General healthcare delivery system, overseeing quality of health care services, ensuring the hospital is operated for the benefit of the community, establishing the strategic plan and developing operating and capital budgets submitted for approval to Sutter Health.
The Marin General Hospital board initiates and sets all operating policy for Marin General Hospital. Decisions concerning operations of Marin General Hospital are also made locally, although certain major non-routine decisions are subject to approval of the Sutter Health Board. Examples of decisions made entirely at the local level are:
- Patient care staffing decisions
- Approving the addition of new physicians to the Hospital Medical Staff
- Planning and approval of community benefit activities
- Decisions concerning the terms of labor contracts with labor unions representing Marin General employees.