§323F-8  Chief executive officer; exempt positions.  (a)  The corporation board may appoint, exempt from chapter 76 and section 26-35(a)(4), a chief executive officer of the corporation whose salary shall be set by the corporation board.  The chief executive officer may also appoint up to eighteen other personnel, exempt from chapters 76 and 89, to work directly for the chief executive officer and the corporate board.

     (b)  The corporation board or its designee may discharge its exempt personnel with or without cause; provided that removal without cause shall not prejudice any contract rights of personnel.

     (c)  The corporation's chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee may appoint, exempt from chapters 76 and 89, hospital administrators, assistant administrators, directors of nursing, medical directors, and staff physicians, to facilitate the management of facilities within the corporation; provided that directors of nursing appointed before July 1, 1998, may maintain their civil service status as provided in chapter 76 by so communicating in writing to the chief executive officer by October 31, 1998.  Hospital administrators and assistant administrators appointed before July 1, 1983, may maintain their permanent civil service status as provided in chapter 76. [L 1996, c 262, pt of §2; am L 1998, c 229, §7; am L 2000, c 253, §150; am L 2002, c 148, §38; am L 2004, c 16, §6]