ARTICLE 7. Hospitals Managed by Board of Hospital Trustees

Article 7 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.

§§ 37600–37625 · 48 sections

§ 37600 This article applies only to cities where a municipal hospital has not been established.
§ 37601 Upon receiving a petition signed by 15 percent of the city electors, the legislative body shall submit to the electors at a general or special election the…
§ 37602 If a majority of the votes cast at the election is for the proposition, the municipal hospital is established.
§ 37603 With the consent of the legislative body, the mayor shall appoint a board of seven hospital trustees to manage the hospital. Trustees may be residents or…
§ 37604 The trustees shall hold office for three years. The members of the first board shall classify themselves by lot so that the terms of two trustees expire at the…
§ 37604.1 The board of trustees shall serve without compensation except that the city council, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of the city…
§ 37604.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term of any member of the board of trustees shall expire if he or she is absent from three consecutive regular…
§ 37605 The board of hospital trustees shall meet at least once a month at the time and place it fixes by resolution. The president, or in the absence of the…
§ 37606 (a) Except as provided in this section or Section 37624.3, all of the sessions of the board of trustees, whether regular or special, shall be open to the…
§ 37606.1 (a) When a municipal hospital established pursuant to this article is managed by a board of trustees that is appointed by the mayor, the city council may meet…
§ 37607 The board shall appoint one of its members president. That member shall serve for one year and until a successor is appointed. In the president’s absence, the…
§ 37608 The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept.
§ 37609 The board may make and enforce all regulations necessary for the administration, protection, and maintenance of the hospital and hospital property.
§ 37609.1 (a) The rules of the hospital, established by the board of trustees pursuant to this article, shall include all of the following: (1) Provision for the…
§ 37610 The board may establish a nurses’ training school in connection with the hospital, prescribe a course of study, and provide for the issuance of diplomas to…
§ 37611 The board may purchase any property necessary for equipping a hospital and nurses’ home.
§ 37612 If the board determines that the city legislative body has not provided suitable buildings for the hospital, it may purchase real property and erect, or rent,…
§ 37612.1 Except as provided in this section, by resolution, the board of trustees of a municipal hospital may authorize the disposition of any surplus property of the…
§ 37612.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipal hospital, or any affiliated nonprofit corporation upon a finding by the board of trustees of the…
§ 37612.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a recommendation by the board of trustees and upon a finding by the city council that it will be in the best…
§ 37613 The board may administer any trust created for the hospital. It may receive property situated in or out of the State by gift, devise, or bequest and hold it in…
§ 37614 The board may prescribe the duties and powers of the hospital administrator, secretary, and other officers and employees of the hospital. The officers and…
§ 37614.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a municipal hospital may enter into a contract of employment with a hospital administrator, the duration…
§ 37615 The board may perform any other act necessary to carry out the provisions of this article, including any thing which an individual might do which is necessary…
§ 37615.1 Each local municipal hospital shall have and may exercise the following powers: (a) To purchase, receive, have, take, hold, lease, use, and enjoy property of…
§ 37615.2 The board of trustees may purchase real property, and erect or rent and equip those buildings or building, room or rooms as may be necessary for the hospital.
§ 37615.3 The board of trustees shall be responsible for the operation of all hospitals owned or leased by the city, according to the best interests of the public health…
§ 37615.4 The board of trustees, with the consent of the city council, may provide for the operation and maintenance through tenants of the whole or any part of any…
§ 37615.5 (a) The board of trustees may do any of the following when it determines that the action is necessary for the provision of adequate health services to the…
§ 37615.6 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Medical Practice Act, the board of trustees may contract with physicians and surgeons, health care provider groups, and…
§ 37615.7 The municipal hospital may maintain membership in any local, state, or national group or association organized and operated for the promotion of the public…
§ 37615.8 The board of trustees may, by resolution, change the name of the municipal hospital. The change in the name of the municipal hospital shall be effective upon…
§ 37616 On or before July 31st in each year, the board shall report to the legislative body the condition of the hospital on June 30th preceding, with a statement of…
§ 37617 If other provision has not been made for maintenance of the hospital, the legislative body may levy a special tax, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with…
§ 37618 Instead of the tax levy, the city legislative body may raise the necessary funds by a bond issue pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 43600) of…
§ 37618.1 Exclusively for the purpose of securing state insurance of financing for the construction of new health facilities, the expansion, modernization, renovation,…
§ 37618.2 A municipal hospital may borrow money and incur indebtedness in an amount not to exceed 85 percent of all estimated income and revenue for the current fiscal…
§ 37618.3 All certificates of indebtedness or other evidence of indebtedness shall be issued after the recommendation by a three-fifths vote of the board of trustees of…
§ 37618.4 (a) A municipal hospital may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board of trustees, issue negotiable promissory notes to acquire funds for any…
§ 37619 The revenue derived from the tax and money otherwise acquired for hospital purposes shall be placed in the hospital fund and expended for the purposes of this…
§ 37620 If payment into the fund is inconsistent with the conditions of any gift, devise, or bequest, the board shall provide for the preservation of the money, and…
§ 37621 The board may issue warrants for payments from the fund after due audit. The president and secretary of the board shall sign the warrants.
§ 37622 The city treasurer shall pay the warrants without further order.
§ 37623 Unless inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, the title to property acquired for hospital purposes vests in the city. Actions involving the property…
§ 37624 The board of trustees shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations, or bylaws, providing for appellate review of any action, decision, or recommendation of the…
§ 37624.2 The governing body or the hearing officer, if one is appointed, shall have the same power with respect to the issuance of subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum…
§ 37624.3 The governing body of the hospital may order that the hearing pursuant to this article, and hearing on the reports on the hospital medical audit or quality…
§ 37625 (a) A member of a municipal hospital’s medical or allied health professional staff who is an officer of the municipal hospital shall not be deemed to be…