Section 425. Boards of visitors; reports to commissioner and governor

1.
  The board of visitors of each hospital in the department  shall  make  a
  written  report  to the commissioner and to the governor within ten days
  after each inspection, such report to be signed by  each  member  making
  the  inspection.  Such report shall state in detail the condition of the
  hospital and of its patients, and such other matters pertaining  to  the
  management  and  affairs  thereof  as  in  the  opinion  of the board of
  visitors should be brought to the attention of the commissioner  or  the
  governor,  and  may  contain recommendations as to needed improvement in
  the hospital or in its management.
    2. Each board of visitors shall make to the commissioner in January of
  each  year  a  detailed  report  of  the  results  of  its  visits   and
  inspections,  with suitable suggestions and such other matters as may be
  required  of  it  by  the  commissioner  for  the  year  ending  on  the
  thirty-first  day  of  December  preceding  the day of such report. Such
  report shall be prepared by  a  committee  of  the  board  of  visitors,
  subject to the approval of the board.