CHAPTER 2. Board of Directors [32100. - 32155.]
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 932.
§§ 32100–32155 · 70 sections
ARTICLE 1. Election and Organization §§ 32100–32111 · 21 sections
- § 32100 The elective officers of a local hospital district shall be a board of hospital directors consisting of five members, each of whom shall be a registered voter…
- § 32100.001 The board of hospital directors shall meet on the first Monday subsequent to 30 days after the completion of organization of the district and shall organize by…
- § 32100.01 A petition to increase the number of members of the board of directors of any district providing at least 225 hospital beds from five to seven members may be…
- § 32100.02 The election of directors to fill the additional vacancies on the board created by expansion shall be an election at large. A director elected at the election…
- § 32100.03 If the majority of votes cast in the election specified in Section 32100.01 are in favor of expansion of the board of directors, the board of directors of the…
- § 32100.04 A district which has added additional directors pursuant to Section 32100.01, but has not been divided into zones, may, in the manner provided by Section…
- § 32100.05 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 32100 and 32100.01, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization…
- § 32100.1 A petition for election of directors by zones may be signed and filed with the board of directors by registered voters residing within a local hospital…
- § 32100.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term of any member of the board of directors shall expire if he or she is absent from three consecutive regular…
- § 32100.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32100, the members of the first board of directors of a health care district formed, after the effective date of the act that added…
- § 32100.5 A hospital district general election shall be held in each local hospital district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each…
- § 32100.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the voters of the Eden Township Hospital District may file a petition with its board of directors pursuant to the…
- § 32100.7 Notwithstanding Section 32100.01, the Board of Directors of Valley Health System, a local hospital district, may adopt a resolution to increase the number of…
- § 32100.8 (a) The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this section: (1) “Board of supervisors” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra…
- § 32101 All registered voters residing within the territory comprising a district organized under this division are qualified electors.
- § 32103 (a) The board of directors shall serve without compensation except that the board of directors, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of…
- § 32104 The board of directors shall provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings and the manner of calling the same, and shall establish rules for…
- § 32106 (a) Except as provided in this section, Section 32155, or the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5…
- § 32107 A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
- § 32110 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), no person who is a director, policymaking management employee, or medical staff officer of a hospital owned or…
- § 32111 (a) A member of a health care district’s medical or allied health professional staff who is an officer of the district shall not be deemed to be “financially…
ARTICLE 2. Powers §§ 32121–32140 · 45 sections
- § 32121 Each local district shall have and may exercise the following powers: (a) To have and use a corporate seal and alter it at its pleasure. (b) To sue and be sued…
- § 32121.1 By resolution, the board of directors of a local hospital district may delegate to its administrator the power to employ (subject to the pleasure of the board…
- § 32121.2 Except as provided in this section, by resolution, the board of directors of a local hospital district may authorize the disposition of any surplus property of…
- § 32121.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital district, or any affiliated nonprofit corporation upon a finding by the board of directors of the…
- § 32121.4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation, upon a finding by the board of directors of the…
- § 32121.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a health care district may enter into a contract of employment with a hospital administrator,…
- § 32121.6 If a health care district enters into a written employment agreement with a hospital administrator, including a hospital administrator who is designated as a…
- § 32121.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the transfer of assets by El Camino Hospital, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (“El Camino…
- § 32121.8 The El Camino Hospital-Corporation may provide for the operation and maintenance through tenants of the whole or any part of the El Camino Hospital, and for…
- § 32121.9 A district that leases or transfers its assets to a corporation pursuant to this division, including, but not limited to, subdivision (p) of Section 32121 or…
- § 32122 The board of directors may purchase all necessary surgical instruments and hospital equipment and equipment for nurses’ homes and all other property necessary…
- § 32123 The board of directors may purchase such real property, and erect or rent and equip such buildings or building, room or rooms as may be necessary for the…
- § 32124 The board of directors may establish a nurses’ training school in connection with the hospital, prescribe a course of study for such training and after the…
- § 32125 (a) The board of directors shall be responsible for the operation of all health care facilities owned or leased by the district, according to the best…
- § 32126 (a) The board of directors may provide for the operation and maintenance through tenants of the whole or any part of any hospital acquired or constructed by it…
- § 32126.3 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the lease in existence immediately preceding January 1, 2006, between the Grossmont Healthcare District…
- § 32126.5 (a) The board of directors of a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation may do any of the following when it determines that the action is…
- § 32127 The hospital district shall establish its own treasury and shall appoint a treasurer charged with the safekeeping and disbursal of the funds in the treasury of…
- § 32127.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of any district which is licensed to have 85 beds and located within a county of 2,000,000…
- § 32127.2 Exclusively for the purpose of securing state insurance of financing for the construction of new health facilities, the expansion, modernization, renovation,…
- § 32127.3 (a) Exclusively for the purpose of securing federal mortgage insurance, federal loans, federal loans or grants or guaranteed loans issued pursuant to the…
- § 32127.5 (a) Upon the adoption of a resolution of the board of directors of the district so providing, all funds on hand in the treasury of the district may, be paid…
- § 32128 (a) The rules of the hospital, established by the board of directors pursuant to this article, shall include all of the following: (1) Provision for the…
- § 32128.10 No hospital established by the board of directors pursuant to this article which permits sterilization operations for contraceptive purposes to be performed…
- § 32129 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Medical Practice Act, the board of directors of a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation may contract…
- § 32129.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation may contract with a physician…
- § 32130 A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness in an amount not to exceed 85 percent of all estimated income and revenue for the current fiscal year,…
- § 32130.1 A district is also authorized, when funds are needed to meet current expenses of maintenance and operation, to borrow money on certificates of indebtedness or…
- § 32130.2 (a) A district may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the district board, issue negotiable promissory notes to acquire funds for any district purposes…
- § 32130.5 The first board of directors of a district may, within a period of two years from and after the formation of the district, pursuant to a resolution adopted by…
- § 32130.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district may do any of the following by resolution adopted by a majority of the district board: (a) (1) Enter…
- § 32131 The board of directors may maintain membership in any local, state or national group or association organized and operated for the promotion of the public…
- § 32132 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, or in Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 4217.10) of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the…
- § 32132.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other provision of law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District, the…
- § 32132.6 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon approval by its board of directors, a health care district may use the design-build procedure…
- § 32132.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Last Frontier Health Care District, the design-build…
- § 32132.8 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Mayers Memorial Hospital District, the design-build…
- § 32132.96 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (d), a district that is authorized and elects to use the design-build process described in Chapter 4…
- § 32133 At least once each year the board shall engage the services of a qualified accountant of accepted reputation to conduct an audit of the books of the hospital…
- § 32134 The effective date of any contract entered into for the construction and leasing of any hospital building or facilities shall be the date of execution of said…
- § 32136 The board of directors may, without following the bidding provisions in Section 32132 hereof, let contracts for work to be done or for materials and supplies…
- § 32137 The board of directors may, by resolution, change the name of the district. The change in the name of the district shall be effective upon the filing of a…
- § 32138 (a) The board of directors shall acquire electronic data processing and telecommunications goods and services with a cost to the district of more than…
- § 32139 The board of directors shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget in a public meeting, on or before September 1 of each year, that conforms to…
- § 32140 Upon filing a petition under federal bankruptcy law, the board of directors shall provide written notice within 10 business days to the local agency formation…
ARTICLE 3. Hearing Procedures §§ 32150–32155 · 4 sections
- § 32150 The board of directors shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations, or bylaws, providing for appellate review of any action, decision, or recommendation of…
- § 32151 The secretary of the board of directors or the hospital administrator shall mail notice of the action or decision to the affected applicant or medical staff…
- § 32154 The board or the hearing officer, if one is appointed, shall have the same power with respect to the issuance of subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum as that…
- § 32155 The board of directors may order that the hearing pursuant to this article, and hearings on the reports of the hospital medical audit or quality assurance…