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NRS 450.500 Conveyance or lease of hospital to nonprofit corporation. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 450.490, the board of county commissioners of any county for which a public hospital has been established pursuant to NRS 450.010 to 450.510, inclusive, or established oth…

NRS 450.510 County whose population is less than 100,000 may contract with community nonprofit hospital for care of indigent patients; enlargement or alteration of hospital. 1. The board of county commissioners of any county whose population is less than 100,000 may contract with…

NRS 450.520 Determination that emergency exists before submission of certain questions at special election. 1. For the purposes of NRS 450.043, 450.060 and 450.280, a special election may be held only if the board of county commissioners determines, by a unanimous vote, that an e…

NRS 450.525 Membership of hospital in purchasing group. 1. A county hospital may, with the approval of the governing body of the hospital, become a member of a purchasing group for the purpose of purchasing supplies, materials, equipment and services used by the county hospital. …

NRS 450.530 Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and services through certain purchasing contracts or purchasing group without complying with certain requirements for competitive bidding. A county hospital that is authorized pursuant to NRS 450.191 or 450.525 to purchase su…

NRS 450.550 Definitions. As used in NRS 450.550 to 450.760, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Board of trustees” means: (a) A board of hospital trustees: (1) Elected pursuant to NRS 450.620 and a physician who is appointed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 450.6…

NRS 450.560 Establishment of district on motion of board of county commissioners. 1. The board of county commissioners of any county may of its own motion establish a hospital district in the manner prescribed in NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive. The establishment of a hospital …

NRS 450.570 Notice of intent to establish district: Contents; publication. The notice of intent to establish a hospital district must: 1. State the name of the proposed district and the name of the county or counties in which the proposed district is located. 2. State the time an…

NRS 450.580 Objections to formation of district; hearing. 1. At or before the time fixed for the hearing of the proposed establishment of a hospital district, any person interested may file written objections to the establishment of the district with the clerk of the board of cou…

NRS 450.590 Establishment of district: Petition of owners of property; adoption, contents and publication of resolution of intention to establish district; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if 25 percent or more of the holders of title or evidence of tit…

NRS 450.600 Hearing on petition. Upon the hearing of the petition, the board of county commissioners shall determine whether or not the petition complies with the requirements and purposes of NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, and must hear all competent and relevant testimony of…

NRS 450.610 Resolution creating district. If after a hearing, the board of county commissioners determines that the creation of the proposed hospital district is desirable, the board shall by resolution provide for the creation of such district, designating the name of the distri…

NRS 450.620 Enactment of ordinance regarding number, terms and election of trustees; service of board of county commissioners ex officio as board of trustees. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 450.625, if a hospital district is created pursuant to NRS 450.55…

NRS 450.625 Trustees of district that includes territory within more than one county. 1. If a hospital district created pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, includes territory within more than one county, the board of trustees of the hospital district must consist of th…

NRS 450.630 General powers and duties of board of trustees; rules and regulations. The board of trustees shall: 1. Carry out the spirit and intent of NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, in establishing and maintaining a hospital in each district created pursuant to NRS 450.550 to …

NRS 450.635 Closed meetings of board of trustees. 1. A board of trustees may hold a closed meeting exempt from the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS to discuss: (a) Providing a new health care service in the county hospital district or materially expanding a health care service th…

NRS 450.640 Employees and staff of hospital: Appointment to board of chief of staff of physicians for district hospital; appointment by board of chief executive officer and necessary assistants for hospital; compensation; removal; admission. The board of trustees may: 1. After th…

NRS 450.650 Budgets. The board of trustees of each county hospital district shall prepare annual budgets in accordance with NRS 354.470 to 354.626, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1389; A 2011, 2731)

NRS 450.660 Tax levies; disposition of proceeds. 1. At the time of making the levy of county taxes for that year, each board of trustees shall levy a tax sufficient, together with the revenue which will result from application of the rate to the net proceeds of minerals, to raise…

NRS 450.665 Powers of board of trustees: Borrowing of money and incurrence or assumption of indebtedness; limitations and conditions. 1. The board of trustees may borrow money and incur or assume indebtedness on behalf of the county hospital district if the total amount of the in…

NRS 450.670 Powers of board of trustees: Issuance and sale of bonds for certain purposes. The board of trustees may issue and sell, for each district in its jurisdiction: 1. General obligation bonds, payable from taxes; 2. General obligation bonds, payment of which is additionall…

NRS 450.675 Powers of board of trustees: Mortgage or pledge of personal property and acquisition of real property. The board of trustees, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, if the board of county commissioners is not the board of hospital trustees, or, if the…

NRS 450.680 Election concerning issuance of bonds; applicability of Local Government Securities Law. 1. If a board of trustees desires to avail itself of the power conferred by NRS 450.670 and submission to the voters is required by the provisions of NRS 350.020 to 350.070, inclu…

NRS 450.690 Donations. Any person, firm, organization, corporation or society desiring to make donations of money, personal property or real property for the benefit of any district hospital may make such donations to the district. Any such donation is effective when accepted by …

NRS 450.700 Board of trustees to determine status of patient and fix charges. 1. The board of trustees may determine whether patients presented to the district hospital for treatment are subjects of charity. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 439B.330, the board of trustees shal…

NRS 450.710 Creation of district for sole purpose of contracting for services of hospital. 1. A board of county commissioners may create a hospital district in an area where no hospital district exists for the sole purpose of contracting with a public agency or a privately owned …

NRS 450.715 Authority of board of trustees to contract for services of hospital. The board of trustees may contract with a public agency or a privately owned hospital to provide the services of a hospital to the residents of the hospital district if it determines that: 1. There i…

NRS 450.720 Contract for management of district hospital. 1. The board of trustees may contract with a company which manages hospitals for the rendering of management services in a district hospital. 2. The agreement may provide: (a) That the chief executive officer of the hospit…

NRS 450.725 Membership of district hospital in purchasing group. 1. A district hospital may, with the approval of the board of trustees, become a member of a purchasing group for the purpose of purchasing supplies, materials, equipment and services used by the district hospital. …

NRS 450.730 Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and services through purchasing contracts or purchasing group without complying with certain requirements for competitive bidding. A district hospital that is authorized pursuant to NRS 450.720 or 450.725 to purchase supplies…

NRS 450.750 Board of county commissioners in certain districts deemed local government responsible for transferring certain payments of money. For the purposes of NRS 422.380 to 422.390, inclusive, if a hospital district created pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, incl…

NRS 450.751 Dissolution of hospital district in county whose population is less than 700,000: Determination that dissolution is in best interest required; ordinance of board of county commissioners; considerations; duties of county clerk. In a county whose population is less than…

NRS 450.753 Dissolution of hospital district: Right of qualified electors to protest; dissolution prohibited if majority of qualified electors protest; dissolution by final ordinance; recital of protests. 1. On or before the date fixed for the hearing on the dissolution of a hosp…

NRS 450.755 Dissolution of hospital district: Hearing; full consideration of all protests required; adoption of final ordinance of dissolution or ordinance of nondissolution by board of county commissioners. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 450.753, at the plac…

NRS 450.757 Dissolution of hospital district: County clerk must file final ordinance of dissolution; locations. Within 30 days after the effective date of each ordinance which is required for the dissolution of a hospital district pursuant to NRS 450.753 or 450.755, each county c…

NRS 450.759 Dissolution of hospital district in county whose population is less than 700,000: Unpaid taxes, levies and assessments are lien on property; power of board of county commissioners to collect. In a county whose population is less than 700,000: 1. All outstanding and un…

NRS 450.760 Dissolution of hospital district in county whose population is less than 700,000: Retirement of outstanding debt and other obligations; levy of property tax; disposition of property. In a county whose population is less than 700,000: 1. Before dissolving a hospital di…

NRS 450.800 County or district hospital may contract for or form separate organization to provide or contract for services. 1. In addition to having the powers conferred under chapter 277 of NRS, a county or district hospital may contract with a private hospital or other organiza…

NRS 450.810 Lease of naming rights relating to public hospital; ordinance establishing procedures for lease; enterprise fund for proceeds of lease, fees or charges and other money received for public hospital. 1. The board of county commissioners of a county in which a public hos…