CHAPTER 2.5. County Medical Facilities [1440. - 1498.]

Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1993.

§§ 1440–1498 · 33 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Administration §§ 1440–1462 · 23 sections

   • § 1440 As used in this chapter the term “board” means the board of supervisors of a county.
   • § 1441 The board of supervisors in each county may establish and maintain a county hospital, prescribe rules for the government and management thereof, appoint a…
   • § 1441.5 (a) A member of a county hospital’s medical or allied health professional staff who is an officer of the board of supervisors, or of a board or commission…
   • § 1442.5 (a) Prior to (1) closing , (2) eliminating or reducing the level of medical services provided by, or (3) the leasing, selling, or transfer of management of, a…
   • § 1443 The board may provide for transporting the needy sick to and from hospitals to which they may be sent by authority of the board, and may provide for…
   • § 1444 The board of supervisors in each county or city and county, having a population of one million or more, may purchase ambulances, establish and maintain an…
   • § 1444.6 If a county hospital requests an ambulance to transfer a mental health patient who is unstable and has a history of being assaultive to another facility,…
   • § 1445 Under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, and in addition to jurisdiction and powers otherwise conferred, the boards of supervisors in…
   • § 1446 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person, in order to be eligible for care, shall be a resident of the state and county wherein care is furnished…
   • § 1447 Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the county which is responsible for the payment of public assistance to any person…
   • § 1451 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board shall not let the care, maintenance, or attendance of the indigent sick or dependent poor by…
   • § 1451.5 The board may authorize payment for care provided, on or after January 1, 1962, to an indigent resident of the county in a hospital or medical facility located…
   • § 1452 The board of supervisors of counties of the 20th class and 40th to 58th class, inclusive, in connection with the administration of a county hospital may…
   • § 1453 The board of supervisors of any county in connection with the administration of any county hospital may establish in the county treasury a special fund to be…
   • § 1454 In any county where a county hospital has been established, any expectant mother who is unable to pay for her necessary care shall be admitted to the county…
   • § 1455 The board shall appoint a suitable graduate, or graduates, in medicine to attend such indigent sick or dependent poor in the county hospitals and almshouses.
   • § 1456 (a) In the interest of public health and safety the board of supervisors of any county which maintains a county hospital may by ordinance establish a hospital…
   • § 1457 (a) The State Department of Health Services, with the advice of the State Department of Social Services, shall prescribe the records to be kept by county…
   • § 1458 The board may provide a farm in connection with the county hospital or almshouse and may make regulations for working the same.
   • § 1459 No county hospital which permits sterilization operations for contraceptive purposes to be performed therein, nor the medical staff of such hospital, shall…
   • § 1460 (a) Upon a determination and establishment of the need to recruit and retain registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, X-ray technicians, laboratory…
   • § 1461 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the board of directors of any hospital subject to this chapter may order that any hearings on the reports of…
   • § 1462 (a) Except as provided in this section or Section 1461, all of the sessions of the board of directors of any hospital subject to this chapter, whether regular…
2. ARTICLE 2. Liability for Cost of Care §§ 1473–1475 · 3 sections

   • § 1473 The board of supervisors in each county may fix the rates to be charged patients admitted to any county hospital and may direct any county officer to collect…
   • § 1474 In collecting charges for care rendered under this chapter, the board may exercise all powers provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17400) of Part 5…
   • § 1475 Unless there exists a reciprocal agreement relating to the expense of medical care and treatment, it shall be the duty of every county to pay for the expense…
3. ARTICLE 4. Victims of Sexual Offenses §§ 1491–1492 · 2 sections

   • § 1491 In addition to any examination performed without charge to a victim of rape or other sexual assault pursuant to Section 13823.95 of the Penal Code, a county…
   • § 1492 A county hospital shall provide persons examined or treated in connection with rape or other sexual assaults with information regarding assistance which may be…
4. ARTICLE 5. Continuing Education §§ 1496–1498 · 5 sections

   • § 1496 As used in this article: (a) “Continuing education program” means educational programs designed to increase the knowledge and skills of health workers. (b)…
   • § 1496.5 Any county may conduct continuing education programs for non-county-employed licensed health workers or non-county-employed nonlicensed health workers as…
   • § 1497 (a) Any county health facility, including, but not limited to, hospitals, mental health facilities, and other public health facilities, may utilize its county…
   • § 1497.5 (a) Any county conducting continuing educational programs pursuant to this article shall charge and collect fees sufficient to defray the cost of such…
   • § 1498 Any county conducting a continuing education program pursuant to this article shall maintain individual records of attendance and the number of continuing…