Title 34, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

Triplicate receipts shall be issued by the secretary of the board of trustees for all moneys received, showing the amount of money received, the date of its receipt, and the person from whom, and the purpose for which it was received. The original of such receipt shall be deliver…

Whenever any county within this state shall become obligated to and does pay the hospital bills and charges for any of the persons defined in § 34-8-11 as "county charges without means," the county in such case shall have a lien upon all of the property, real and personal except …

Whenever any county within this state, maintaining and operating a hospital under the provisions of this chapter, is requested to and does furnish the use of its hospital and its facilities to any person or to any member of such person's family, who may be other than persons defi…

The lien provided for in § 34-8-15 shall cease at the end of ninety days after the rendering of the last service or the last use of the facilities of such hospital, unless the board of county commissioners shall direct the county auditor to cause to be filed with the register of …

Whenever directed by the board of county commissioners, of the county maintaining and operating a hospital under the provisions of this chapter, the auditor of said county shall cause to be filed in the office of the register of deeds of such county a verified statement containin…

The lien provided by § 34-8-15 shall be foreclosed as provided by chapter 28-14 , and all property acquired by the county upon any such foreclosure shall be disposed of as provided by said chapter. Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1906 as added by SL 1957, ch 120 .

The board of county commissioners of any county maintaining, operating, or leasing to any organization a county hospital shall appropriate from the general fund an amount sufficient to operate and maintain the county hospital. Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1909 as enacted by SL 1951, ch…

The board of county commissioners in any county in this state may issue the bonds of the county for the purpose of purchasing an existing hospital and site, upon an appraisal by a board established by usual procedure with or without equipment and supplies, or other suitable build…

The board of trustees shall at least once in each month pay to the county treasurer all moneys received by them as hospital fees or otherwise, which shall be by him deposited in the county hospital fund, which fund shall be available for the payment of any expenses incurred in op…

Warrants drawn by the board of county commissioners for the payment of expenses of operating and maintaining the hospital shall be upon vouchers approved and signed by the president and secretary of the board of trustees. Source: SL 1919, ch 282 ; SL 1929, ch 210 , § 9; SDC 1939,…

The board of county commissioners of any county in which no county hospital has been established may establish one or more wards in any public or private hospital situated in the county, or any adjoining county for the use of the county under such regulations as may be agreed upo…

The board of county commissioners may by resolution or ordinance submit the question of establishing and maintaining a county hospital to the voters of the county at any regular election or at a special election called for that purpose. The election shall be held in the manner an…

The county commissioners of any county operating a county hospital which was established pursuant to the vote of the people shall have the authority to construct and equip improvements and additions thereto and for that purpose may borrow money and issue negotiable bonds without …

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 34-8-4.1 , it shall not be necessary to submit the question of the bond issue to the people excepting that if within thirty days from the publication of the official minutes of the meeting of the county commissioners in which the resolution to …

In lieu of issuing bonds to purchase an existing hospital, with or without equipment and supplies, or other suitable buildings or to purchase a site, erect, establish, and maintain a county hospital, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax, not to exceed sixty cents per …

On the completion of a county hospital the operation and management thereof shall be the responsibility of the board of county commissioners of the county owning such hospital and the board shall establish rules and regulations for its operations. Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1904 as a…

To manage or assist them in the management of a county hospital, the board of county commissioners may appoint a board of trustees consisting of five competent and responsible freeholders of the county, one of whom shall be a legally qualified physician or nurse, in which case on…

A governing board of a hospital subject to chapter 34-8 shall reasonably and properly determine, subject to the right of judicial review, the membership of the professional staff of the hospital and delineate the staff privileges, but it shall not discriminate between licensed pr…