Title 19 — Health
55 chapters · 745 sections in this title.
19 V.I.C. § 240 Findings and purpose
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(a) The Legislature of the Virgin Islands hereby declares that:(a) Quality, comprehensive health care should be available to every resident of, and visitor to, the Virgin Islands.(b) Efficient, affordable health care delivery must be available and accessible throughout the Virgin…
19 V.I.C. § 241 Definitions
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(a) As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is clearly otherwise required from the text:(a) “Board” means the Boards of Directors of the V.I. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation.(b) “Corporation” means the V.I. Government Hospitals and Health Facili…
19 V.I.C. § 242 Corporation purposes
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(a) It is the purpose of the V.I. Governmental Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation to:(a) provide quality, comprehensive health care through the efficient management of hospitals and health facilities; and(b) formulate and coordinate major health care hospital policy for …
19 V.I.C. § 243 V.I. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation
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(a) There is hereby created the Virgin Islands Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation. The corporation is a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation of the Government of the Virgin Islands. It shall have those powers and duties expressl…
19 V.I.C. § 244 Powers of the corporation
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(a) The V.I. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation shall have the power to:(a) sue and be sued subject to the limitations and requirements of existing law applicable to the Government of the Virgin Islands; Provided That, the Corporation may report any individual…
19 V.I.C. § 244a Chief Executive Officer as head of the hospitals; appointment of personnel; negotiation of collective bargaining agreements
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(a) The Chief Executive Officer shall serve as the head of the hospital to which he is appointed and shall:(a) appoint and remove the Medical Director, and the Chief Financial Officer with the advice and consent of the respective District Board;(b) appoint and remove all manageri…
19 V.I.C. § 245 Relationship of the corporation to the V.I. Government
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(a) The V.I. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation is a public entity of the Government of the Virgin Islands and shall be exempt from taxation on the moneys and properties of the corporation or any properties under its jurisdiction, control, or supervision. (b) …
19 V.I.C. § 245a Competitive bidding
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(a) All purchases and contracts for supplies or services and equipment, except for personal services, made by the Corporation or the respective District Boards, including contracts for facilities of the Corporation, shall be made after advertisement for bids sufficiently in advan…
19 V.I.C. § 245b Exemption of corporation's property from execution, liens or taxes
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(a) All property of the corporation, including funds, shall be exempt from judicial process of every kind, including, without limitation, attachment, levy, execution and sale by virtue of an execution, and no judgment shall be a lien or charge against the corporation's property o…
19 V.I.C. § 246 Duties of the corporation
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(a) It is the duty of the corporation and the corporation shall:(a) submit to the Governor and the Legislature, within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year, a complete and detailed report of its operations and accomplishments, receipts and expenditures, assets and liabili…
19 V.I.C. § 247 Restrictions of the corporation
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(a) No member of the Board of Directors or either District Governing Board shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, as principal, surety, or otherwise, in any contract, the expense or consideration whereof is payable out of funds of the corporation. (b) Nothing in this ch…
19 V.I.C. § 248 Protection of the corporation
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(a) Members of the Board, committees and employees of the hospital while acting within the scope of their authority as directors, officers, committee members or employees shall not be subject to any personal or civil liability resulting from the exercise of any of the corporation…
19 V.I.C. § 249 Termination of the corporation
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The corporation and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by law. Upon termination, all corporate rights, property, assets and funds shall thereupon vest in and be possessed by the Government of the Virgin Islands.
19 V.I.C. § 251 Short title
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This subchapter may be cited as “The Virgin Islands Caregiver Advice, Record and Enabling Act” or “The V.I. CARE Act.”
19 V.I.C. § 252 Purpose
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The purpose of this subchapter is to facilitate the discharge of patients who require long-term caregiver services, provide notice to, and involve caregivers in the hospital’s discharge plans for the patient, and assist patients and their caregivers by providing discharge plans t…
19 V.I.C. § 253 Definitions
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(a) “Admission” means the formal acceptance by a hospital or other inpatient health care facility of a patient who is placed in an inpatient setting to be provided with a room, medical care, treatment, or observation for at least forty-eight consecutive hours. (b) “Post Discharge…
19 V.I.C. § 254 Caregiver—opportunity to designate
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(a) A hospital shall provide each patient or, if applicable, the patient’s legal guardian with at least one opportunity to designate at least one caregiver no later than 24 hours after the patient’s entry into a hospital and prior to the patient’s discharge or transfer to another…
19 V.I.C. § 255 Notice to designated caregiver
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(a) A hospital shall notify the patient’s caregiver of the patient’s discharge or transfer to another hospital or facility as soon as practicable, but not later than 24 hours before the patient’s actual discharge or transfer to the other facility. (b) A notification of a patient’…
19 V.I.C. § 256 Instruction to designated caregiver
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(a) As soon as practicable, but not later than 24 hours before a patient’s discharge from a hospital, the hospital shall consult with the caregiver and the patient regarding the caregiver’s capabilities and limitations and issue a discharge plan that describes a patient’s after-c…
19 V.I.C. § 257 Non-interference with powers of existing health care directives
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Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to affect the rights of an agent operating under a valid power-of-attorney or health care directive, as provided under chapter 11 of this title.
19 V.I.C. § 258 Limitations
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Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to create a private right of action against a hospital, a hospital employee, or an individual with whom a hospital has a contractual relationship, or to otherwise supersede or replace exiting rights or remedies under any other provision…
19 V.I.C. § 259 Regulations
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The Department of Human Services shall promulgate regulations to implement this subchapter, including, regulations to further define the content and scope of any instruction provided to caregivers.
19 V.I.C. § 261 Hospital Accounts
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(a) Each District Board shall establish and maintain separate bank accounts and may make direct fiscal disbursement from such accounts to pay all necessary costs and obligations of the health care facilities under its jurisdiction. Revenues generated by each hospital and health f…
19 V.I.C. § 262 Procurement of gifts, grants and loans
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The Board of Directors may secure gifts for and loans to the District Boards from private individuals, foundations and federal government agencies and may use such gifts, grants and loans for any lawful purpose specified by the donor or lender and may form for-profit subsidiaries…