NRS 450.620
Enactment of ordinance regarding number, terms and election of trustees

  • service of board of county commissioners ex officio as board of trustees.

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 exceed 4 years; and

(c)

The times and manner of the election of the trustees, which must be nonpartisan.

2.

If a hospital district specified in subsection 1 does not include territory within more than one county, the board of county commissioners may enact an ordinance providing that the board of county commissioners is, ex officio, the board of hospital trustees of the district hospital. If such an ordinance is enacted in a county:

(a)

The county commissioners shall serve as the hospital trustees of the district hospital during their terms of office as county commissioners; and

(b)

If hospital trustees have been elected pursuant to subsection 1, the term of office of each hospital trustee of the district hospital who is serving in that capacity on the effective date of the ordinance is terminated as of the effective date of the ordinance.

3.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 450.710, a board of county commissioners shall not enact an ordinance pursuant to subsection 2 unless it determines that:

(a)

The county has fully funded its indigent care account created pursuant to NRS 428.010;

(b)

The county has fulfilled its duty to reimburse the hospital for indigent care provided to qualified indigent patients; and

(c)

During the previous calendar year:

(1)

At least one of the hospital’s accounts payable was more than 90 days in arrears;

(2)

The hospital failed to fulfill its statutory financial obligations, including the payment of taxes, premiums for industrial insurance or contributions to the Public Employees’ Retirement System;

(3)

One or more of the conditions relating to financial emergencies set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 354.685 existed at the hospital; or

(4)

The hospital received notice from the Federal Government or the State of Nevada that the certification or license of the hospital was in imminent jeopardy of being revoked because the hospital had not carried out a previously established plan of action to correct previously noted deficiencies found by the regulatory body.

Source: Section 450.620 — Enactment of ordinance regarding number, terms and election of trustees; service of board of county commissioners ex officio as board of trustees., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-450.­html#NRS450Sec620.

450.550
Definitions. 450.560
Establishment of district on motion of board of county commissioners. 450.570
Notice of intent to establish district: Contents 450.580
Objections to formation of district 450.590
Establishment of district: Petition of owners of property 450.600
Hearing on petition. 450.610
Resolution creating district. 450.620
Enactment of ordinance regarding number, terms and election of trustees 450.625
Trustees of district that includes territory within more than one county. 450.630
General powers and duties of board of trustees 450.640
Employees and staff of hospital: Appointment to board of chief of staff of physicians for district hospital 450.650
Budgets. 450.660
Tax levies 450.665
Powers of board of trustees: Borrowing of money and incurrence or assumption of indebtedness 450.670
Powers of board of trustees: Issuance and sale of bonds for certain purposes. 450.675
Powers of board of trustees: Mortgage or pledge of personal property and acquisition of real property. 450.680
Election concerning issuance of bonds 450.690
Donations. 450.700
Board of trustees to determine status of patient and fix charges. 450.710
Creation of district for sole purpose of contracting for services of hospital. 450.715
Authority of board of trustees to contract for services of hospital. 450.720
Contract for management of district hospital. 450.725
Membership of district hospital in purchasing group. 450.730
Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and services through purchasing contracts or purchasing group without complying with certain requirements for competitive bidding. 450.750
Board of county commissioners in certain districts deemed local government responsible for transferring certain payments of money. 450.751
Dissolution of hospital district in county whose population is less than 700,000: Determination that dissolution is in best interest required 450.753
Dissolution of hospital district: Right of qualified electors to protest 450.755
Dissolution of hospital district: Hearing 450.757
Dissolution of hospital district: County clerk must file final ordinance of dissolution 450.759
Dissolution of hospital district in county whose population is less than 700,000: Unpaid taxes, levies and assessments are lien on property 450.760
Dissolution of hospital district in county whose population is less than 700,000: Retirement of outstanding debt and other obligations
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

§ 450.620’s source at nv​.us