Chapter 155 — Chapter 155
30 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 155.01 County commissioners may act as trustees of stock of hospitals
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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 shall execute a trust deed, or deeds, conveying a majority of the capital stock of such corporation to the board of county commissione…
Fla. Stat. § 155.02 Rule against perpetuities inapplicable
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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, legatees or assigns, to receive back their stock upon the termination of said trust be impaired or denied by reason of any application of …
Fla. Stat. § 155.03 Duties of county commissioners
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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 shall require the board of county commissioners to expend any funds of the county in the maintenance of such hospit…
Fla. Stat. § 155.04 County hospitals; petition; election; establishment
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(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 freeholders of such county, asking that an annual tax may be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a public hospital at a pla…
Fla. Stat. § 155.05 County hospitals; establishment without election
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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 public hospital without issuing bonds as provided in s. 155.04, then such board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to …
Fla. Stat. § 155.06 County hospitals; trustees; appointment, terms
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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 commissioners of any county establish a county public hospital as provided in s. 155.05, the Governor of the state shall immediately procee…
Fla. Stat. § 155.07 County hospitals; organization; officers; powers; bonds; travel expenses
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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 the election of one of their members as chair and one as secretary and treasurer and by the election of such other officers as they d…
Fla. Stat. § 155.08 County hospitals; seal; evidence
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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 the chair and attested by the secretary and treasurer, shall constitute sufficient evidence.
Fla. Stat. § 155.09 County hospitals; secretary and treasurer; minutes; accounts; public inspection; bond
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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 all the proceedings of the board of trustees, and keep a separate itemized account of all the expenditures and disbursements by said board of …
Fla. Stat. § 155.10 County hospitals; rules and regulations
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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 as may be deemed expedient for the economic and equitable conduct thereof, not inconsistent with this law, or the ordinance of the city o…
Fla. Stat. § 155.11 County hospitals; deposit of moneys; payments
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(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 the hospital fund and can be paid out only as bills for material supplies, equipment, wages, salaries, or other items of expense whatsoev…
Fla. Stat. § 155.12 County hospitals; general powers of trustees; duties; tax levies; etc
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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 shall also have power to remove such appointees and shall in general carry out the spirit and intent of this law in es…
Fla. Stat. § 155.13 County hospitals; vacancies in trustees
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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 vacancies in a like manner as the original appointments; appointees shall hold office for the remainder of the term in which t…
Fla. Stat. § 155.14 County hospitals; bonds; maturities; interest; etc
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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 by law, the said county shall issue bonds in anticipation of the collection of such tax in such sum and amounts as the board of …
Fla. Stat. § 155.15 County hospitals; procuring lands for hospital
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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 be paid therefor, they shall report the facts to the board of county commissioners and condemnation proceedings shall be instituted by the said …
Fla. Stat. § 155.16 County hospitals; residents; nonresidents; fees; contagious diseases; etc
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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 injured or maimed within its limits, but the board of hospital trustees may extend the privileges and use of such hospital to persons resid…
Fla. Stat. § 155.17 County hospitals; rules for physicians, nurses, etc
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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 all furniture and other articles used or brought there shall be subject to such rules and regulations as said board o…
Fla. Stat. § 155.18 County hospitals; discrimination against doctors; etc
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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 to treat patients in the hospital. Such rules shall provide that only those persons licensed to practice medicine…
Fla. Stat. § 155.19 County hospitals; training school for nurses
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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 of the prescribed course of training shall give to such nurses who satisfactorily complete the said course, a diploma.
Fla. Stat. § 155.20 County hospitals; charity patients; hospital charges
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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, and shall fix the charges for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine, and attendance, other than medical or surgical attendanc…
Fla. Stat. § 155.21 County hospitals; donations; etc
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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 benefit of such hospital shall have the right to vest title of the money, personal property, or real estate so dona…
Fla. Stat. § 155.22 County hospitals; purposes are public
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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 include the operation and maintenance of ambulance service in any county where the board of county commissioners so author…
Fla. Stat. § 155.23 County hospitals; federal loans, aid, etc
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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 hereby authorized and empowered to negotiate and make agreements with any federal agency lending or granting money for the purpose of er…
Fla. Stat. § 155.24 County hospitals; additional funds
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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 funds any other public moneys in possession of said board of county commissioners, not otherwise appropriated or allocated to other uses.
Fla. Stat. § 155.25 Levy authorized for county hospital purposes
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(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 an addition or additions to any public hospital, they shall give notice at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks in some new…
Fla. Stat. § 155.40 Sale or lease of county, district, or municipal hospital; effect of sale
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(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 special law, a county, district, or municipal hospital organized and existing under the laws of this state, acting by a…
Fla. Stat. § 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
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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 hospital or health care system to an economic development fund include the promotion and support of economic growth in such distric…
Fla. Stat. § 155.4011 Conflicts
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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 are specifically superseded by ch. 2012-66, Laws of Florida. A special tax district, public hospital, or municipal hospital i…
Fla. Stat. § 155.41 Exceptions for sales or leases
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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 the effective date of this act, except for:(1) Any not-for-profit corporation if the lease or financial support agreement h…
Fla. Stat. § 155.45 Retirement annuities authorized
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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 annuities for all personnel with 25 or more years of creditable service who have reached age 55 and who ha…