Legal Opinion
Opn. No.
New York Attorney General Reports
Decided August 26, 1981Published
1Opinion of the Court
Owen B. Walsh, Esq. Second Chief Deputy County Attorney, Nassau County
You inquire whether physicians employed by a county medical center and designated in the competitive class of the civil service must be afforded a hearing upon stated charges prior to their removal.
The board of managers of a county hospital has responsibility for the management of the hospital and "shall appoint and may at pleasure remove resident, visiting and consulting physicians and surgeons" (General Municipal Law, § 128 [4] [5]). You informed us that your local civil service commission has designated certain…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Auburn Police Local 195 v. HelsbyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Matter of Mercer v. DowdNew York Court of Appeals · 1942
- Auburn Police Local 195 v. HelsbyNew York Court of Appeals · 1979