What, Henry the VIIIth is in charge? No, if they are Catholic, the Bishop has a great deal to say.
You wrote:
“What, Henry the VIIIth is in charge?”
Yes, the secular government has more say over hospitals than the Church in America.
“No, if they are Catholic, the Bishop has a great deal to say.”
I don’t think so. If that were the case then why did Bishop Olmstead have to excommunicate a hospital nun recently?