Georgia Code
Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities
§ 31-7-75. Functions and Powers

Every hospital authority shall be deemed to exercise public and essential governmental functions and shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following powers:
History. Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, § 5; Ga. L. 1945, p. 349, § 1; Ga. L. 1957, p. 116, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1805, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 15, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 103, § 2; Ga. L. 1969, p. 805, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1970, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1140, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 712, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 22; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1566, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 310, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1391, § 3; Ga. L. 1995, p. 901, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 24; Ga. L. 2003, p. 569, § 2.
Cross references.
Certificate of need required for offering of health care facilities and services, § 31-6-40 .
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2001, “not for profit” was substituted for “not-for-profit” in paragraph (25).
Law reviews.
For survey article on local government law, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 225 (1982).
For annual survey of local government law, see 35 Mercer L. Rev. 233 (1983).

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