30:9-67 - Use of hospital; patients from without county
30:9-67. Use of hospital; patients from without county
A county hospital established under section 30:9-61 of this title shall be used to the extent of its facilities exclusively for the care and treatment of all persons in the county, indigent or nonindigent, afflicted with a communicable disease that in the judgment of the state or local board of health or executive officer thereof should be admitted therein.
The board of managers may make reasonable charges for the care and treatment of all nonindigent patients and moneys received therefor shall be expended under the direction of the board towards the support of the hospital.
In emergencies, the hospital facilities permitting, cases of communicable diseases from without the county may be received and the actual cost of the maintenance of such patients charged and collected.