§ 170-40 — Rules and regulations for operation of hospital

(a) Every public hospital established under this Article shall be maintained for the benefit of the inhabitants of the township by which it is established who are sick, injured, or maimed, but every inhabitant of the township who is not a pauper shall pay to the board of directors or to a designated employee of the board reasonable compensation for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine, or attendance, according to the rules and regulations prescribed by the board. The public hospital shall always be subject to reasonable rules and regulations adopted by the board of directors to render the use of the hospital of the greatest benefit to the greatest number. The board of directors may exclude from the use of the hospital all inhabitants and persons who wilfully violate any of the reasonable rules and regulations established by the board. The board of directors may extend the privileges and use of the public hospital to persons residing outside of the township upon terms and conditions prescribed by the board of directors in its rules and regulations. (b) When a public hospital is established and in operation, the physicians, nurses, attendants, patients, and all persons approaching or coming within the limits of the public hospital, and all furniture and other articles used or brought there, shall be subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the board of directors.

Legislative History

(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1735; P.A. 86-739; 88-62.)