In governmental hospitals, statutes often limit facility to

• A. private sector contractors
• B. a person formally associated with the governmental unit operating the hospital
• C. patients themselves
• D. physicians from outside the unit

Answer: (B)

In government-operated hospitals, the management and control of the facility are vested in a person formally connected to the governmental unit that runs the hospital. This ensures accountability and oversight by the public authority, keeping the hospital’s operations aligned with public policy, budgetary rules, and civil service standards. External private contractors may provide services under contract, but they do not own or lead the facility. Patients receive care, not governance, and physicians from outside the unit may practice there but are not the ones authorized to run the facility. Therefore, the statutes typically designate the administrator or manager who is officially connected to the government entity operating the hospital.