Section 3-44-2 – Hospitals; joint operation with county; indebtedness authorized.
A. Any municipality may enter into an agreement with the county for the construction, maintenance and operation of a county-municipal hospital. B. A municipality or county is authorized to issue, separately, general obligation bonds or revenue bonds for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a joint county-municipal hospital. The bonds shall be issued in […]
Section 3-44-3 – Joint county-municipal hospitals.
If a county-municipal hospital is authorized, the board of county commissioners and the governing body of the municipality may jointly: A. lease the hospital upon such terms and conditions as they may determine to a person, firm, corporation, association or the county or municipality for the operation and maintenance of the hospital, provided that the […]
Section 3-44-4 – County-municipal hospital; board of trustees; powers.
A. A county-municipal hospital shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of five members who shall be appointed for two-year terms. Three of the trustees shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners and two of the trustees shall be appointed by the governing body of the municipality. B. Upon approval by […]
Section 3-44-5 – Hospitals; special charter towns; authority.
A. Any town incorporated, organized and operating under a special act of the legislature may, by resolution or ordinance: (1) own, maintain and operate hospitals, sanitariums and other institutions for the care of sick or indigent persons; (2) issue negotiable bonds for the construction of a hospital, sanitarium or other institution; or (3) upon such […]
Section 3-44-6 – Hospitals; expenditure of public funds.
The use of public funds for the operation and maintenance of a hospital pursuant to a lease authorized by Chapter 3, Article 44 NMSA 1978 is deemed to be funding to the hospital as a public institution, and the hospital facility and lessee thereof are subject to the laws of this state regarding the expenditure […]
Section 3-44-1 – Hospitals; authority.
A municipality may: A. control and regulate hospitals; B. construct hospitals and medical dispensaries; C. contribute to the support of any county hospital located within the municipality; D. own, maintain and operate hospitals; E. charge for hospital services rendered; F. lease the hospital, sanitarium or other institution upon such terms and conditions as the governing […]