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 450.640, if applicable; or (2) Appointed pursuant to NRS 450.625 and a physician […]
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 district is in addition to any other powers granted to a board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 450.010 to 450.510, inclusive. […]
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 and place fixed by the board of county commissioners for a hearing on the proposed establishment of the […]
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 county commissioners that proposes to establish the district. 2. At the hearing, the board of county commissioners […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if 25 percent or more of the holders of title or evidence of title to lands lying within the proposed district, whose names appear as such upon the last county assessment roll, present a petition to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the […]
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 offered in support or in objection thereto. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1388)
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 district and establishing the boundaries of the district. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1388)
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 450.625, if a hospital district is created pursuant to NRS 450.550 to 450.750, inclusive, the board of county commissioners shall provide by ordinance for: (a) The number of members of the board of trustees; (b) The term of office of the trustees, which must not […]
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 three members of the board of county commissioners that created the district and: (a) Three members of the board of county commissioners of each […]
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 450.750, inclusive. 2. Make and adopt bylaws, rules and regulations: (a) For its own guidance and the government of any such hospital; […]
The board of trustees may: 1. After the board is formed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 450.620 or 450.625, increase the number of members who serve on the board by appointing, as a voting member of the board, one physician who is the chief of staff of physicians for a district hospital. The term […]
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)
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 the amount so budgeted upon any real and personal property that is […]
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 indebtedness, excluding revenue bonds and other securities constituting special obligations which are not debts, does not exceed an amount equal to 10 percent of the total of the last […]
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 additionally secured by a pledge of gross or net revenues derived from the operation of hospital facilities; and 3. Special obligation bonds, payable solely from gross […]
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 district in which the hospital is located includes territory within more than one county, with the approval of the board of county commissioners of each of […]
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, inclusive, the board shall submit the question of issuing the bonds to the registered voters of the district in accordance with those provisions. […]
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 the board of trustees according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest […]
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 shall establish the criteria and procedures to be used in the determination of eligibility for medical care as medical indigents or subjects of charity. […]
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 hospital to provide the services of a hospital to the residents of the district. If such a contract is executed, the board […]
