ARTICLE 1. Administration [1440. - 1462.]
Article 1 added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1993.
§§ 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…