§ 5.20. Duty to provide health service and to require payment from those able to pay.

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A.

The county may acquire, construct, equip, extend, repair, maintain and manage, or contract for management, and operate, or cause to be operated through contract, hospitals, sanitariums, and clinics owned, supported or controlled by the county. The board of county commissioners may enact ordinances under which patients who are able to do so pay in whole or in part for their care and treatment.

B.

The county may act through an authority established by county government to accomplish or carry out any or all of the above outlined duties.

                    
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