Sec. 3.
If a majority of all the votes cast upon the question are in favor of establishing a county public hospital, the board of commissioners shall proceed at once to appoint 9 trustees chosen from the citizens at large of the county with reference to their fitness to such office, 1 of whom shall be the chief executive officer of the hospital and not more than 3 of whom may be licensed physicians, who shall constitute a board of trustees for the public hospital. The trustees shall hold their offices until the end of the next following calendar year. In September, prior to the expiration of their terms of office, the board of trustees shall submit to the board of commissioners the names of not more than 2 qualified candidates for each appointment or reappointment. The board of commissioners, at its October meeting, shall appoint for terms commencing next January 1, 3 trustees for 2 years, 3 trustees for 4 years and 3 trustees for 6 years. As terms expire thereafter appointments shall be made for 6 years in the same manner. Appointments to unexpired terms shall be made in the same manner. All appointments and reappointments shall meet general eligibility qualifications hereinbefore stated.
History: 1913, Act 350, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 10860 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 231, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 7065 ;-- CL 1948, 331.153 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 81, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 167, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1971
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 350 of 1913 - Public Hospitals (331.151 - 331.169)
Section 331.151 - County Public Hospital; Contagious Diseases; Establishment, Referendum.
Section 331.151a - Repealed. 1960, Act 43, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1960.
Section 331.152 - Referendum; Election Procedure, Ballots.
Section 331.153 - Board of Trustees; Appointment; Number of Trustees; Qualifications; Terms.
Section 331.154a - Board of Trustees; Employee Retirement or Pension Plan.
Section 331.155 - Repealed. 1971, Act 167, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1971.
Section 331.156 - Board of Trustees; Bond Issuance, Referendum.
Section 331.158 - State Board of Health; Approval of Building Plans; Bids, Advertisement.
Section 331.159 - Annual Appropriation.
Section 331.160 - County Hospital; Admission, Payment of Compensation, Regulations, Nonresidents.
Section 331.162 - Board of Trustees; Acceptance of Donations.
Section 331.164 - Nurses' Training School; Establishment.
Section 331.164a - Nursing Home Facilities; Establishment.
Section 331.165 - Insanity; Examination Room.
Section 331.166 - Tubercular Patients; Accommodations, Rules, Head Nurse.
Section 331.167 - Charity Patients; Determination; Compensation for Care.
Section 331.168 - Indigent Tubercular Patients; Contracts for Care.
Section 331.169 - Dependent Children; Accommodations and Care.