Florida Statutes Title XI Chapter 155 - Hospitals
- 155.01 - County Commissioners May Act As Trustees Of Stock Of Hospitals.
Whenever the owners of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of a corporation created for and engaged solely in the operation of a hospital...
- 155.02 - Rule Against Perpetuities Inapplicable.
No such trust shall be invalid by reason of the rule against perpetuities nor shall the rights of the persons creating the same, their heirs,...
- 155.03 - Duties Of County Commissioners.
Should the board of county commissioners accept such trust, it shall administer the same until the termination of the trust; providing, however, that nothing herein...
- 155.04 - County Hospitals; Petition; Election; Establishment.
(1) Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county in the state shall be presented with a petition signed by 5 percent of the resident...
- 155.05 - County Hospitals; Establishment Without Election.
If the county commissioners of any such county, by reason of funds on hand, or donations, or otherwise, are able to build and establish a...
- 155.06 - County Hospitals; Trustees; Appointment, Terms.
Should a majority of all votes cast upon the question be in favor of establishing such county public hospital, or should the board of county...
- 155.07 - County Hospitals; Organization; Officers; Powers; Bonds; Travel Expenses.
The said trustees shall, within 10 days after their appointment, qualify by taking the oath of office and organize a board of hospital trustees by...
- 155.08 - County Hospitals; Seal; Evidence.
The board of trustees as herein constituted shall adopt a common seal, and certification under the seal of the board of hospital trustees, signed by...
- 155.09 - County Hospitals; Secretary And Treasurer; Minutes; Accounts; Public Inspection; Bond.
The board of trustees shall elect from its members a secretary and treasurer whose duties it shall be to keep full and correct minutes of...
- 155.10 - County Hospitals; Rules And Regulations.
The board of trustees shall make and adopt such bylaws and rules and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the hospital...
- 155.11 - County Hospitals; Deposit Of Moneys; Payments.
(1) All moneys received for such hospital shall be deposited in any bank designated by the said board of trustees, and placed to the credit of...
- 155.12 - County Hospitals; General Powers Of Trustees; Duties; Tax Levies; Etc.
The board of hospital trustees shall have power to appoint a suitable superintendent or matron, or both, and necessary assistants, and fix their compensation and...
- 155.13 - County Hospitals; Vacancies In Trustees.
Vacancies in the board of trustees occasioned by resignations, removal, or otherwise, shall be reported to the Governor of the state, who shall fill such...
- 155.14 - County Hospitals; Bonds; Maturities; Interest; Etc.
Whenever any county in this state shall have provided for the appointment of hospital trustees and has voted a tax for hospital purposes, as authorized...
- 155.15 - County Hospitals; Procuring Lands For Hospital.
If the board of hospital trustees and the owners of any property desired by them for hospital purposes, cannot agree as to the price to...
- 155.16 - County Hospitals; Residents; Nonresidents; Fees; Contagious Diseases; Etc.
Every hospital established under this law shall be for the benefit of the inhabitants of such county and of any person falling sick or being...
- 155.17 - County Hospitals; Rules For Physicians, Nurses, Etc.
When such hospital is established, the physician, nurses, attendants, the person sick therein and all persons approaching or coming within the limits of same, and...
- 155.18 - County Hospitals; Discrimination Against Doctors; Etc.
The board of trustees of any hospital organized under this chapter is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations governing the granting and revoking of privileges...
- 155.19 - County Hospitals; Training School For Nurses.
The board of trustees may establish and maintain in connection with such hospital and as part thereof, a training school for nurses, and upon completion...
- 155.20 - County Hospitals; Charity Patients; Hospital Charges.
The board of hospital trustees shall have power to determine whether or not patients presented to such public hospital for treatment are subjects of charity,...
- 155.21 - County Hospitals; Donations; Etc.
Any person or persons, firm, organization, corporation or society, public or private, desiring to make donations of money, personal property, or real estate for the...
- 155.22 - County Hospitals; Purposes Are Public.
The purpose for which any county hospital established under the provisions of this law shall be used are hereby declared public purposes. Such purposes shall...
- 155.23 - County Hospitals; Federal Loans, Aid, Etc.
The board of county commissioners of any county desiring to establish and maintain a hospital under the provisions of this law shall be and are...
- 155.24 - County Hospitals; Additional Funds.
In addition to the tax which may be levied under the provisions of this law, the board of county commissioners may allocate to the hospital...
- 155.25 - Levy Authorized For County Hospital Purposes.
(1) Whenever any board of county commissioners shall deem it necessary to erect, equip, or repair a public hospital in the county or erect and equip...
- 155.40 - Sale Or Lease Of County, District, Or Municipal Hospital; Effect Of Sale.
(1) In the interest of providing quality health care services to the citizens and residents of this state, and notwithstanding any other provision of general or...
- 155.401 - Power Of Special Taxing District To Appropriate Proceeds From Sale Or Lease Of Hospital Or Health Care System To Economic Development Trust Fund.
Notwithstanding any other general or special law, the purposes for which a special taxing district may appropriate funds from the sale or lease of a...
- 155.4011 - Conflicts.
To the extent that any general or special law is inconsistent with or otherwise in conflict with ch. 2012-66, Laws of Florida, such conflicting provisions...
- 155.41 - Exceptions For Sales Or Leases.
Section 155.40(3), as created by this act, shall apply retroactively to all sales, leases, or other contracts entered into pursuant to this section prior to...
- 155.45 - Retirement Annuities Authorized.
A hospital which provides retirement coverage under the Florida Retirement System and which is terminating coverage because the hospital is closing is authorized to purchase...
Last modified: September 23, 2016