(a) This section shall apply to any public hospital in this state, operated on a municipal-county basis, on a county basis, on a municipal basis or on a regional or statewide basis operating under the authority of any act or acts of the Legislature of Alabama, heretofore passed or hereinafter enacted, either local or general.
(b) The Board of Trustees or other like governing bodies of any hospital coming within the purview of this section is hereby authorized and permitted, but not required, to expend any funds such hospital has on hand by providing scholarships for the purpose of the educating and training of professional and technical personnel, and each such hospital, by and through its governing body, shall make and provide its own rules and regulations to govern the issuance of such scholarships.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 22-21-1 - Establishment of Hospitals by Local Authorities.
Section 22-21-2 - Appropriations for Indigent Persons in Hospitals.
Section 22-21-3 - Scholarships for Professional and Technical Personnel at Public Hospitals.
Section 22-21-4 - Annual Audit of Books and Records of Publicly Owned Medical Institutions.
Section 22-21-5 - Incorporation of Public Bodies Created Under Chapter; Powers of Same.
Section 22-21-8 - Confidentiality of Accreditation, Quality Assurance Credentialling Materials, Etc.
Section 22-21-9 - Name Tags, etc., Required for Nurses.
Section 22-21-11 - Mandatory Reporting of Any Injury Resulting From Gunshot; Liability.