California Government Code ARTICLE 7 - Hospitals Managed by Board of Hospital Trustees

• Section 37600.
  This article applies only to cities where a municipal hospital has not been established.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)
• Section 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...
• Section 37602.
  If a majority of the votes cast at the election is for the proposition, the municipal hospital is established.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 37607.
  The board shall appoint one of its members president. He shall serve for one year and until his successor is appointed. In his absence, the...
• Section 37608.
  The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
• Section 37609.
  The board may make and enforce all regulations necessary for the administration, protection, and maintenance of the hospital and hospital property.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch.
• Section 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 organization of...
• Section 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...
• Section 37611.
  The board may purchase any property necessary for equipping a hospital and nurses’ home.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 municipal...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 employees...
• Section 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 of which...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 every kind...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 nonprofit corporations...
• Section 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 health...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 37618.1.
  Exclusively for the purpose of securing state insurance of financing for the construction of new health facilities, the expansion, modernization, renovation, remodeling and alteration of...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 municipal...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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.(Added by...
• Section 37622.
  The city treasurer shall pay the warrants without further order.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
• Section 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 shall...
• Section 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 medical...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018