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1981 Colorado Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1981)

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January 9, 1981
Paula Herzmark
Executive Director
Department of Local Affairs
1313 Sherman Street, Room 518
Denver, Colorado 80203
RE:   Compensation for licensed physicians performing services in
a county hospital's emergency room
AG Alpha No. LO LG AGACU
AG File No. CHR/AGACU/MK  (EDITED)
Dear Ms. Herzmark:
This is in response to your letter of May 7, 1980 requesting an
attorney general's opinion regarding the authority of a county
hospital to employ licensed physicians to perform services in the
hospital's emergency room, with compensation to be paid physi-
cians on a salary basis, an annual contract price, or a
per-patient charge,
QUESTIONS PRESENTED AND-CONCLUSIONS
Your request for an attorney general's opinion raises two spe-
cific areas of concern:
1. Do county hospitals have the right and authority to employ
licensed physicians to perform services in the hospital's emer-
gency room?
My conclusion is that county hospitals do have such author-
ity.
2, Whether compensation for such physicians should be on a
salary basis, an annual contract price, or a per/patient charge?
My conclusion is that compensation arrangements are con-
trolled by C.R.S. 1973, 25-3-304(2) and 25-3-314.
ANALYSIS
It is my opinion that the boards of trustees of county hospitals
have authority to contract with physicians for coverage of emer-

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