Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

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 district, which has been divided into zones pursuant to Section 32100.1, shall by resolution divide the district into sev…

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 32100.1, divide the district into zones, except that the resolution of the board of directors shall divide the district into s…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 32100 and 32100.01, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a single hospital district may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and (n) of Section 56886 of th…

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 district, equal in number to at least 15 percent of the number of votes cast in that district for the office of Governor at the …

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 meetings, or from three of any five consecutive meetings of the board and the board by resolution declares that a vacanc…

(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 this section, in the County of Trinity shall be elected at large. (b) At their first meeting, the members of the directo…

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 even-numbered year, at which a successor shall be chosen to each officer whose term shall expire when the successor takes office purs…

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 provisions of Section 32100.1, to elect its directors either by zones or from zones; provided, however, that the petition …

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 members of its board of directors from five to seven without the necessity of a petition or approval thereof by voters res…

(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 Costa. (2) “County” means the County of Contra Costa. (3) “District” means the West Contra Costa Healthcare District. (4) “Dis…

All registered voters residing within the territory comprising a district organized under this division are qualified electors.

(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 the board, may authorize the payment of not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per meeting not to exceed six meetings a c…

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 its proceedings and may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as may be necessary for the exercise of…

(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 of the Government Code) all of the sessions of the board of directors, whether regular or special, shall be open to the p…

A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.

(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 operated by a district shall do either of the following: (1) Possess any ownership interest in any other hospital serving the …

(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 interested,” for purposes of Section 1090 of the Government Code, in any of the contracts set forth in subdivision (b) mad…

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 in all courts and places and in all actions and proceedings whatever. (c) To purchase, receive, have, take, hold, lease,…

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 of directors), and discharge, such subordinate officers and employees as are necessary for the purpose of carrying on the…

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 the district at fair market value by any method determined appropriate by the board. The board of directors of a local h…

(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 district that it will be in the best interests of the public health of the communities served by the district and in order …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation, upon a finding by the board of directors of the district that it will be in the best interests of the district to provide additional diversification of facilities, may lease a…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a health care district may enter into a contract of employment with a hospital administrator, including a hospital administrator who is designated as chief executive officer, the duration of which shall not exceed four yea…

If a health care district enters into a written employment agreement with a hospital administrator, including a hospital administrator who is designated as a chief executive officer, the written employment agreement shall include all material terms and conditions agreed to betwee…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the transfer of assets by El Camino Hospital, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (“El Camino Hospital-Corporation”) that owns and operates El Camino Hospital, located in the City of Mountain View, pursuant to a transfer a…

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 that purpose may enter into any lease agreement that it believes will best serve the interest of the El Camino Hospital Dis…

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 Section 32126, shall act as an advocate for the community to the operating corporation. The district shall annually report…

The board of directors may purchase all necessary surgical instruments and hospital equipment and equipment for nurses’ homes and all other property necessary for equipping a hospital and nurses’ home.

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 hospital.

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 completion of the course, provide for the issuance of diplomas to graduate nurses.

(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 interests of the public health and shall make and enforce all rules, regulations and bylaws necessary for the administration, gov…

(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 pursuant to this division, and for that purpose may enter into any lease agreement that it believes will best serve the …

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the lease in existence immediately preceding January 1, 2006, between the Grossmont Healthcare District and the Grossmont Hospital Corporation that was entered into on May 29, 1991, may be renegotiated or extended for up to an…

(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 necessary for the provision of adequate health services to communities served by the district: (1) Enter into contracts with…

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 the district. The board of directors shall fix the amount of the bond to be given by such treasurer and shall provide fo…

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 or more population, as determined by the 1950 census, may, without establishing a fund for capital outlays and without the…

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 existing health facilities, and the initial equipping of any such health facilities under Cha…

(a) Exclusively for the purpose of securing federal mortgage insurance, federal loans, federal loans or grants or guaranteed loans issued pursuant to the federal Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 1921, et seq.), as amended by Public Law 109-171 on Februar…

(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 over to the county treasurer of the county in which the district was organized, in which case and from and after the date o…

(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 organization of physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, and dentists licensed to practice in this state who are permitted to prac…

No hospital established by the board of directors pursuant to this article which permits sterilization operations for contraceptive purposes to be performed therein, nor the medical staff of such hospital, shall require the individual upon whom such a sterilization operation is t…

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Medical Practice Act, the board of directors of a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation may contract with physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, health care provider groups, and nonprofit corporations for the rendering of p…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation may contract with a physician and surgeon or podiatrist for the rendering of professional services in the hospital, for the purpose of assuring that a…

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, including, but not limited to, tax revenues, operating income, and any other miscellaneous income received by the district, fr…

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 other evidence of indebtedness in an amount not to exceed five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assess…

(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 subject to the restrictions and requirements imposed by this section. The maturity of the promissory notes shall not be late…

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 it for the purpose, borrow money on certificates of indebtedness, promissory notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, i…

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 into a line of credit with a commercial lender that is secured, in whole or in part, by the accounts receivable or other int…

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 health and welfare or the advancement of the efficiency of hospital administration, and in connection therewith pay dues and …

(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 board of directors shall let any contract involving an expenditure of more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for ma…