173. The board of directors must,(1) appoint the executive director and senior management officers;
(2) confirm the designation by the executive director of the complaints officer responsible for the application of the procedure for the examination of complaints filed by users referred to in section 29;
(3) appoint physicians and dentists, assign a status and grant privileges to them and determine the obligations to be attached to such privileges;
(4) appoint pharmacists and assign a status to them, where pertinent;
(4.1) enter into service contracts in accordance with section 259.2 whenever required;
(5) allocate financial resources to every institution under its administration and determine the portion of those financial resources that is to be reserved for the payment of family-type resources and intermediate resources attached to the institutions.