The commission shall appoint a medical staff.  Such appointments shall be made upon the recommendations of the physicians who are authorized to practice within the hospital.  

It shall be the duty of the medical staff:

(1)  To provide professional care of the sick and injured in the hospitals;

(2)  To give advice and assistance to the commission and director relating to standards of operation and professional problems;

(3)  To participate in the educational activities of the district;

(4)  To promulgate rules and regulations for the conduct of the medical staff for approval of the commission;

(5)  To elect annually one of its members as chief of staff and to elect from its members the heads of any specialized services of the hospital; and

(6)  To approve the appointment of the hospital director made by the commission.  

Acts 1950, No. 420, §8.  Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §18.