Art 11 prec Div 22 - Hospitals and Sanitariums
(65 ILCS 5/11‑22‑2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑22‑2) Sec. 11‑22‑2. In the event any municipality has established a public hospital in accordance with the provisions of this Division 22 and in the further event the corporate authorities shall determine that the hospital is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was established, or that those purposes would be better served through the operation of the hospital by a corporation, hospital, health care facility, unit of local government or institution of higher education, the corporate authorities may by ordinance authorize the transfer, sale or lease of the hospital to such corporation, hospital, health care facility, unit of local government or institution of higher education within or without the corporate limits of the municipality, or may authorize the sale or lease of the hospital to any mental health clinic which obtains any portion of its funds from the Department of Human Services (as successor to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities). Such transfer, sale or lease may be on such terms and under such conditions as the corporate authorities may deem proper without regard to any provisions of Division 9 or 10 of Article 8 or Divisions 75, 76, 77 and 78 of this Article 11. At least 10 days prior to the adoption of an ordinance under this Section, the corporate authorities shall make the proposed ordinance conveniently available for public inspection and shall hold at least one public hearing thereon. Notice of this hearing shall be published in one or more newspapers published in the municipality, or if there is none published in the municipality, in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality, at least 10 days prior to the time of the public hearing. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the place where copies of the proposed ordinance will be accessible for examination. In the event that prior to the sale or lease of the hospital pursuant to this Section, a labor organization has been recognized by the hospital as the exclusive representative of the majority of employees in a bargaining unit for purposes of collective bargaining, and in the further event that a purchaser or lessor subject to the National Labor Relations Act retains or hires a majority of the employees in such a bargaining unit, such purchaser or lessor shall recognize the labor organization as the exclusive representative of the majority of employees in that bargaining unit for purposes of collective bargaining, provided that the labor organization makes a timely written assertion of its representational capacity to the purchaser or lessor. (Source: P.A. 89‑507, eff. 7‑1‑97.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑1) Sec. 11‑23‑1. Whenever at least 100 electors of a city with a population of less than 100,000 present a petition to the city clerk of the city asking that an annual tax, not to exceed .06% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, be levied each year on all taxable property of the city for the establishment and maintenance of a public hospital, or for the purchase and maintenance of an existing nonsectarian public hospital, within the city, the city clerk shall certify the proposition for submission at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: "Shall a ....% tax, for establishing and maintaining (or for purchasing and maintaining) a public hospital be levied against the taxable property of the city of ....?" and shall specify the rate of taxation mentioned in the petition. If a majority of all votes cast on the proposition are in favor of the proposition, the tax specified in the notice shall be levied and collected annually in the same manner as are other general taxes in the city, and shall be known as the hospital fund. However, municipalities authorized to levy this tax on July 1, 1967, shall have a rate limit of .06%, or the limit in effect on July 1, 1967, whichever is greater. Thereafter, the city council shall include an appropriation in the annual appropriation ordinance of such sums of money as may be necessary to defray all necessary expenses and liabilities of the hospital. This annual hospital tax shall be in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes under Section 8‑3‑1 and shall be exclusive thereof and not included within any limitation of rate or amount for other municipal purposes. The foregoing limitations upon tax rates may be increased or decreased under the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 81‑1489; 81‑1509.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑2) Sec. 11‑23‑2. In case an annual hospital tax has been levied and collected under this Division 23 for 3 or more consecutive years, and the city has not established or maintained, or purchased and maintained, a hospital in accordance with this Division 23, the mayor of the city, with the approval of the city council, may authorize the payment of all funds in the city treasury derived from that tax, to any nonsectarian public hospital within or without the corporate limits of the city maintained for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the city who are sick or are injured or maimed. These funds, when so turned over to such a hospital, shall be used solely for its maintenance under the sole control of the management of the hospital. Thereafter, funds derived from this annual hospital tax shall be turned over to that hospital as soon as received by the city, until the city council shall provide otherwise by an ordinance approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon at any election. The city council may order such ordinance certified by the clerk and submitted by the proper election authority to the voters at any election in accordance with the general election law. The management of such a hospital shall submit to the city council a semi‑annual report of the expenditure of such funds as have been received from the city from the hospital tax. (Source: P.A. 81‑1489.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑3) Sec. 11‑23‑3. In the event any municipality has established a city public hospital in accordance with the provisions of Section 11‑23‑1 and in the further event the corporate authorities shall determine that the hospital is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was established or that those purposes would be better served through the operation of the city hospital by a corporation, hospital, health care facility, unit of local government or institution of higher education, the corporate authorities by ordinance may authorize the transfer, sale or lease of the hospital to such corporation, hospital, health care facility, unit of local government or institution of higher education within or without the corporate limits of the city, or may authorize the sale or lease of the hospital to any mental health clinic which obtains any portion of its funds from the Department of Human Services (as successor to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities). Such transfer, sale or lease may be on such terms and under such conditions as the corporate authorities may deem proper without regard to any provisions of Division 9 of Article 8 or Divisions 75, 76, 77 and 78 of this Article 11. At least 10 days prior to the adoption of an ordinance under this Section the corporate authorities shall make the proposed ordinance conveniently available for public inspection and shall hold at least one public hearing thereon. Notice of this hearing shall be published in one or more newspapers published in the municipality, or if there is none published in the municipality, in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality, at least 10 days prior to the time of the public hearing. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the place where copies of the proposed ordinance will be accessible for examination. If a city public hospital is transferred, sold or leased as authorized by this section and if no bonds issued under the provisions of Section 11‑23‑6 or Section 11‑23‑13 are outstanding, the city council may transfer any excess funds remaining in the Hospital Fund to the general fund of the city to be expended for capital expenditures only and not for operating expenses of the city. In the event that prior to the sale or lease of the hospital pursuant to this Section, a labor organization has been recognized by the hospital as the exclusive representative of the majority of employees in a bargaining unit for purposes of collective bargaining, and in the further event that a purchaser or lessor subject to the National Labor Relations Act retains or hires a majority of the employees in such a bargaining unit, such purchaser or lessor shall recognize the labor organization as the exclusive representative of the majority of employees in that bargaining unit for purposes of collective bargaining, provided that the labor organization makes a timely written assertion of its representational capacity to the purchaser or lessor. (Source: P.A. 89‑507, eff. 7‑1‑97.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑4) Sec. 11‑23‑4. When such a city council has decided to establish and maintain, or to purchase and maintain, a public hospital under this Division 23, the mayor, with the approval of the city council, shall appoint a board of 3 directors for the hospital. One of the directors shall hold office for one year, one for 2 years, and one for 3 years, from the first day of July following their appointments. At their first regular meeting the directors shall cast lots for the respective terms. Before the first day of July each year thereafter, the mayor, with the approval of the city council, shall appoint one director to take the place of the retiring director, who shall hold office for 3 years, and until his successor is appointed. The city council may, by resolution, increase the membership of the board to 5 directors. Such resolution shall not effect the terms of the incumbent directors. Before the first day of July following the adoption of such resolution the mayor with the approval of the city council, shall appoint 3 directors, one to succeed the incumbent whose term expires and the 2 additional provided for in the resolution, for terms of 3, 4 and 5 years from July 1 of the year of the appointment. Thereafter, upon the expiration of the term of any director his successor shall be appointed for a term of 5 years and until his successor is appointed for a like term. If the city council has, by previous resolution, increased the membership of the board to 5 directors, the city council may by new resolution increase the membership of the board by 2 new members in any one year up to a maximum of 11 directors. Such new resolution shall not affect the terms of incumbent directors. Before the first day of July following the adoption of the new resolution the mayor with the approval of the city council shall appoint a sufficient number of directors so that there will be a successor for the full term of each incumbent whose term expires, and the 2 additional provided for in the resolution for terms of 4 and 5 years from July 1 of the year of appointment. Thereafter, upon the expiration of the term of any director, his successor shall be appointed for a term of 5 years and until his successor is appointed and qualified for a like term. The mayor, with the consent of the city council, may remove any director for misconduct or neglect of duty. Vacancies in the board of directors, however occasioned, shall be filled for the unexpired term in like manner as original appointments. No director shall receive compensation for serving as a director. No director shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in the purchase or sale of any supplies for the hospital. (Source: P.A. 86‑739.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑5) Sec. 11‑23‑5. Immediately after their appointment the directors shall meet to organize by the election of one of their number president and one as secretary and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary. They shall adopt such by‑laws, rules, and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the hospital as may be expedient and not inconsistent with ordinances of the city. They have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all money collected to the credit of the hospital fund. All money received for the hospital shall be deposited in the city treasury to the credit of the hospital fund, and drawn upon by the proper city officers upon the proper authenticated vouchers of the hospital board. The board has the power to purchase or lease ground and to occupy, lease, or erect appropriate buildings for the use of the hospital. It has the exclusive control of the supervision, care, and custody of the grounds, leases, and buildings constructed, leased, or set apart for that purpose. The board has the power to appoint a suitable superintendent or matron, or both, and necessary assistants, to fix their compensation and to remove such appointees. The board in general shall carry out the spirit and intent of this Division 23 in establishing and maintaining or in purchasing and maintaining a public hospital. The board is authorized to approve the provision of any service and to approve any contract or other arrangement not prohibited by a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, incorporated under the General Not‑For‑Profit Corporation Act, and exempt from taxation under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code. One or all of the directors shall visit and examine the hospital at least twice each month and the board shall make monthly reports of its condition to the city council. (Source: P.A. 86‑739.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑6) Sec. 11‑23‑6. The corporate authorities of a city specified in this Division 23 may provide that bonds of the city be issued for the purpose of (1) constructing and equipping a hospital building or buildings, (2) purchasing and maintaining an existing nonsectarian public hospital within the city's corporate limits, or of (3) reconstructing, repairing, remodeling, and improving, or of (4) extending and equipping, an existing hospital building or buildings now owned and operated by the city. These bonds shall be authorized by an ordinance and shall mature at such time, not to exceed 20 years from their date of issue, and bear such rate of interest, not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, payable annually or semi‑annually, as the corporate authorities may determine. The ordinance providing for the issuance of these bonds shall be submitted to the electors of the city at an election conducted in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be certified by the municipal clerk and submitted by the proper election authority. If a majority of the votes cast on this proposition are favorable, the bonds shall be issued for the purpose and in the amount specified in the ordinance. Prior to July 1, 1944, however, in the event that aid is to be received from any agency of the Federal Government in the construction of the project for which these bonds are to be issued and a declaration of that fact is set forth in the ordinance providing for the issuance of the bonds, the ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage, without submission to the electors and notwithstanding any provision in this Code or in any other law to the contrary. The declaration of the corporate authorities that the project is to be paid for either in whole or in part by a grant from a Federal agency, as set forth in the ordinance, is conclusive. These bonds shall be signed by the president and secretary of the hospital board and by the mayor and city clerk, or commissioner of accounts and finance of the city, and shall be payable out of the taxes to be collected for hospital purposes in that city. With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts. (Source: P.A. 86‑4.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑7) Sec. 11‑23‑7. Every hospital established or purchased under this Division 23 shall be maintained for the benefit of the inhabitants of the city in which it is established who are sick, injured, or maimed. But every inhabitant of that city shall pay to the hospital board, or to such officer as it shall designate, reasonable compensation for occupancy, nursing, care, medicines, or attendance, according to the rules and regulations prescribed by the board. The hospital shall always be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the hospital board may adopt in order to render the use of the hospital of the greatest benefit to the greatest number. The board may exclude from the use of the hospital all inhabitants and persons who wilfully violate those rules and regulations. The board may extend the privileges and use of the hospital to persons residing outside of the city but within this state, upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe by its rules and regulations. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑8) Sec. 11‑23‑8. The board of directors, in the name of the city, shall receive and collect from such inhabitants or persons the compensation specified in Section 11‑23‑7 as often as once in each month. The board shall pay over to the city treasurer all compensation received or collected during the month, and shall take the city treasurer's receipt therefor. At the city council's regular monthly meeting the board shall also report to the city council the names of persons or inhabitants from whom this compensation has been received or collected, the amount so received or collected from each, and the date when so received or collected. The board of directors shall make an annual report to the city council on or before the second Monday in June, stating (1) the condition of their trust on the first day of June of that year, (2) the various sums of money received from the hospital fund and from other sources, (3) how that money has been expended and for what purposes, (4) the number of patients, and (5) such other statistics, information, and suggestions as they may deem of general interest. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑9) Sec. 11‑23‑9. When such a hospital is so established or purchased, the physicians, nurses, attendants, patients, all persons approaching or coming within the limits of the hospital, and all furniture and other articles used or brought there shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the board of directors may prescribe. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑10) Sec. 11‑23‑10. Any person desiring to donate property for the benefit of such a hospital may vest the title to the property so donated in the board of directors created under this Division 23. That board or its successor shall hold and control this property, when accepted, according to the terms of the deed, gift or legacy of the property, and shall be a trustee of the property. (Source: P.A. 83‑388.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑11) Sec. 11‑23‑11. All physicians who are recognized as legal practitioners by the Department of Professional Regulation shall have equal privileges in treating patients in such a hospital. (Source: P.A. 85‑1209.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑12) Sec. 11‑23‑12. All public hospitals which were established and maintained, or purchased and maintained, under "An Act in relation to the establishment, purchase and maintenance of public hospitals in cities of less than one hundred thousand inhabitants," approved June 30, 1919, as amended, and which were being maintained immediately prior to January 1, 1942, shall be treated as properly established or purchased under this Division 23 and may be continued to be maintained under this Division 23. All cities whose electors have approved the levy of an annual tax for establishing and maintaining, or purchasing and maintaining, a public hospital under that Act may continue to levy the tax under this Division 23 without submitting the question of its levy to the electors for approval. The directors, other officers, and employees appointed under that Act who were in office or employed immediately prior to January 1, 1942 shall continue in their offices and employments under this Division 23 until the respective terms for which they were appointed have expired, subject to the provisions of this Division 23 as to removal. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑13) Sec. 11‑23‑13. The corporate authorities of any city with a population of less than 100,000 which has established a public hospital is authorized to issue and sell revenue bonds payable from the revenue derived from the operation of the hospital for the purpose of (1) reconstructing, repairing, remodeling, or extending, or (2) equipping or improving an existing hospital building or buildings, or any addition or extension thereto or (3) constructing and equipping a new hospital to replace an existing hospital and acquiring a site therefor, or (4) refunding any such revenue bonds theretofore issued from time to time when deemed necessary or advantageous in the public interest. These bonds shall be authorized by an ordinance without submission thereof to the electors of the city, shall mature at such time not to exceed 40 years from the date of issue, and bear such rate of interest not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, payable annually or semiannually as the corporate authorities may determine, and may be sold by the corporate authorities in such manner as they deem best in the public interest. However, such bonds shall be sold at such price that the interest cost of the proceeds therefrom will not exceed 7% per annum, based on the average maturity of such bonds and computed according to standard tables of bond values. With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts. The amendatory Acts of 1971, 1972 and 1973 are not a limit upon any municipality which is a home rule unit. (Source: P.A. 86‑4.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑14) Sec. 11‑23‑14. The corporate authorities of any such city availing itself of the provisions of Section 11‑23‑13 shall adopt an ordinance describing in a general way the building or buildings, or addition or extension thereto, to be constructed, reconstructed, repaired, remodeled, extended, equipped or improved. Such ordinance shall set out the estimated cost of such construction, reconstruction, repair, remodeling, extension, equipment or improvement and fix the amount of revenue bonds proposed to be issued, the maturity, interest rate, and all details in respect thereof and may contain such provisions and covenants which shall be part of the contract between the city and the holders of such bonds as may be deemed necessary and advisable as to the operation, maintenance, and management of the hospital, the establishment and maintenance of sinking funds, reserve funds, and other special funds, including construction funds, the fixing and collecting of rents, fees and charges for the use of the facilities of the hospital sufficient to produce revenue adequate to maintain such funds and to pay the bonds at maturity and accruing interest thereon, the issuance thereafter of additional bonds payable from the revenues derived from the hospital, the kind and amount of insurance, including use and occupancy insurance, to be carried, the cost of which shall be payable only from the revenues derived from the hospital, and such other covenants deemed necessary or desirable to assure the successful operation and maintenance of the hospital and the prompt payment of the principal of and interest upon the bonds so authorized. Revenue bonds issued under this Division 23 shall be signed by the president and secretary of the hospital board and by the mayor and city clerk or commissioner of accounts and finance of the city and shall be payable from revenue derived from the operation of the public hospital. These bonds shall not in any event constitute an indebtedness of the city within the meaning of any constitutional provision or limitation. It shall be plainly written or printed on the face of each bond that the bond has been issued under the provisions of Sections 11‑23‑13 and 11‑23‑14, that the bond, including the interest thereon, is payable from the revenue pledged to the payment thereof, and that it does not constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the city within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision. No holder of any such revenue bond has the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the city to pay such bond or interest thereon. This ordinance shall be published and shall take effect as provided in Section 1‑2‑4. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 847.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑23‑15) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑23‑15) Sec. 11‑23‑15. Revenue bonds issued on or after March 1, 1965 under Sections 11‑23‑13 and 11‑23‑14 may be redeemed by the municipality issuing them on such terms, at such time, upon such notice and with or without premium all as may be provided in the ordinance authorizing them. Revenue bonds issued prior to March 1, 1965 under Sections 11‑23‑13 and 11‑23‑14 may be redeemed on any interest‑paying date, by proceeding as follows: (1) a written notice shall be mailed to the holder of such bond 30 days prior to an interest‑paying date, notifying the holder that the bond will be redeemed on the next interest‑paying date; or (2) if the holder of such bond is unknown, then a notice describing the bond to be redeemed and the date of its redemption shall be published 30 days prior to an interest‑paying date in one or more newspapers published in the city, or, if no newspaper is published therein, then in one or more newspapers having a general circulation within the city. When notice has been mailed to the holder of such bond, or when notice has been published in a newspaper in case the holder of the bond is unknown, the bond shall cease bearing interest from and after the next interest‑paying date. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 13.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑24‑1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑24‑1) Sec. 11‑24‑1. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this Division 24, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean the following: (1) "Public hospital" means any hospital established and supported by any city of this state having a population of less than 100,000 inhabitants. (2) "Bonds" means bonds, interim certificates or other obligations of a municipality issued by its governing body pursuant to this Division 24. (3) "Public works project" means any reconstruction, improvement or betterment of a public hospital. (4) "To construct" means to reconstruct, to replace, to extend, to repair, to better, to equip, to develop, to embellish or to improve a public hospital. (5) "Construction" means building, repairing, construction, reconstruction, replacement, extension, betterment, equipment, development, embellishment and improvement of a public hospital. (6) "Federal agency" includes the United States of America, the President of the United States of America, the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, or any agency, instrumentality or corporations owned or controlled by the United States of America, which has heretofore been or may hereafter be designated, created or authorized by or pursuant to any act or acts of the Congress of the United States of America, to make loans or grants. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑24‑2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑24‑2) Sec. 11‑24‑2. Every city of less than 100,000 inhabitants which has established and is supporting a public hospital may: (a) construct any public works project within or without the city or partially within and partially without the city. (b) operate and maintain any public works project. (c) contract debts for the construction of any public works project, may borrow money and may issue its bonds to finance all or part of such construction. Any such city incurring any indebtedness as aforesaid, shall, before or at the time of doing so, provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within 20 years from the time of contracting the same. (d) acquire by purchase, gift or grant, and may hold and dispose of any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, or any right or interest in any such property in connection with any public works project. (e) perform any acts authorized under this Division 24 through or by means of its own officers, agents and employees or by contracts with corporations, firms or individuals. (f) do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly given in this Division 24. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑24‑3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑24‑3) Sec. 11‑24‑3. Except in pursuance of any contract or agreement theretofore entered into by and between any municipality and any Federal Agency, no city specified in Section 11‑24‑2 shall borrow any money or deliver any bonds pursuant to the provisions of this Division 24 after June 30, 1937. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) |
(65 ILCS 5/11‑25‑1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑25‑1) Sec. 11‑25‑1. The corporate authorities of any city with a population of 500,000 or more may establish, erect, and maintain hospitals, within or without the corporate limits of the city, for the segregation or treatment of inhabitants of the city suffering from any contagious or communicable disease. These hospitals are subject to supervision by the board of health of the city.
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