Effective - 28 Aug 2012
205.042. Trustees — organization — powers and duties — expenses. — 1. The trustees, within ten days after their appointment or election, shall qualify by taking the oath of civil officers and organize as a board of health center trustees by the election of one of their number as chairman, one as secretary, one as treasurer, and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary, but no bond shall be required of them.
2. No trustee shall receive any compensation for his services performed, but he may receive reimbursement for any cash expenditures actually made for personal expenses incurred as such trustee, and an itemized statement of all such expenses and money paid out shall be made under oath by each of such trustees and filed with the secretary and allowed only by the affirmative vote of all of the trustees present at a meeting of the board.
3. The board of health center trustees shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for its own guidance and for the government of the county health center as may be deemed expedient for the economic and equitable conduct thereof. It shall have the exclusive control of the expenditures of all moneys collected to the credit of the county health center fund, and of the purchase of site or sites, the purchase or construction of any county health center buildings, and of the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings purchased, constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose. All moneys received for the county health center shall be credited to the county health center and deposited in the depositary thereof for the sole use of such county health center in accordance with the provisions of sections 205.010 to 205.150. All funds received by each county health center shall be paid out through an electronic funds transfer system in an amount within that approved by the board of health center trustees or upon warrants ordered drawn by the treasurer of the board of trustees upon properly authenticated vouchers of the board of health center trustees.
4. The board of health center trustees may appoint and remove such personnel as may be necessary and fix their compensation; and shall in general carry out the spirit and intent of sections 205.010 to 205.150 pertaining to establishing and maintaining a county health center.
5. The board of health center trustees shall hold meetings at least once each month, and shall keep a complete record of all of its proceedings. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
6. One of the trustees shall visit and examine the county health center at least twice each month.
7. When the county health center is established, all personnel and all persons approaching or coming within the limits of same, and all furniture and other articles used or brought there shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe.
8. The board of health center trustees shall determine annually the rate of the tax levy, except that the rate so determined shall not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the vote of the people of the county.
9. The board of health center trustees may enter into contracts and agreements with federal, state, county, school and municipal governments and with private individuals, partnerships, firms, associations and corporations for the furtherance of health activities, except as hereafter prohibited.
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(L. 1951 p. 779 § 205.045, A.L. 1957 p. 690, A.L. 1973 S.B. 253, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1069, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1094)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII - Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs
Section 205.010 - Petition of voters — maximum tax rate — submission of question.
Section 205.020 - Form of ballot — vote necessary to adopt.
Section 205.041 - Trustees, election, ballot — vacancies, how filled.
Section 205.042 - Trustees — organization — powers and duties — expenses.
Section 205.050 - Purpose of health center.
Section 205.060 - Limitations on use of facilities.
Section 205.070 - Center may accept gifts.
Section 205.080 - Building plans — bids.
Section 205.090 - Report to county commission — estimated budget.
Section 205.100 - Director of public health center — appointment.
Section 205.110 - Qualifications of employees.
Section 205.120 - No discrimination in healing methods.
Section 205.141 - Tax levy noncharter first class counties, exception.
Section 205.150 - Determination of tax levy (first class counties).
Section 205.160 - Establishment and maintenance of hospitals — bonds.
Section 205.161 - County commission may issue revenue bonds — purpose — how payable.
Section 205.162 - Bonds, rate, denomination, maturity — negotiable.
Section 205.165 - Investment of moneys in an investment company, when.
Section 205.170 - Board of trustees — tenure — vacancies.
Section 205.180 - Election of trustees, when required — ballot.
Section 205.195 - Bylaws of board of trustees, contents — applications to practice, contents.
Section 205.210 - Hospital tax levy (first class charter counties).
Section 205.220 - Determination of tax levy (first class counties).
Section 205.230 - Appropriation of general fund, when.
Section 205.240 - Property condemned, when.
Section 205.250 - Specifications — bids — notice.
Section 205.260 - Jurisdiction of towns.
Section 205.270 - Beneficiaries of hospital.
Section 205.280 - Board to prescribe rules.
Section 205.290 - Title to donations.
Section 205.300 - Equal privileges to practitioners — rights of patient.
Section 205.310 - Training school for nurses.
Section 205.320 - Board to provide detention room.
Section 205.330 - Board to determine charity patients.
Section 205.340 - Tuberculous residents, how cared for.
Section 205.350 - County commission may purchase land for county hospitals — issuance of bonds.
Section 205.360 - County poor to be kept in county hospital.
Section 205.370 - County commission to make rules and regulations — expenses, how paid.
Section 205.371 - Revenue bonds authorized, when — not an indebtedness of the issuing authority.
Section 205.374 - County hospital property, sale of, procedure for, receipts, how used.
Section 205.379 - Authority to employ counsel granted — counsel, how paid.
Section 205.460 - Tax for hospital purposes — petition for election.
Section 205.470 - County commission to appoint board of trustees.
Section 205.480 - Vacancies, how filled.
Section 205.490 - Members shall elect officers, adopt bylaws — quorum.
Section 205.500 - Treasurer to give bond.
Section 205.510 - Secretary — salary — duties — compensation of treasurer.
Section 205.520 - Board to control expenditures — employ help.
Section 205.530 - Meeting of board — report.
Section 205.540 - Bequests and donations accepted by trustees.
Section 205.550 - Special taxes for hospital collected as township taxes.
Section 205.560 - Discontinuance of tax, when — disposition of property.
Section 205.565 - Grants for caring communities programs.
Section 205.765 - Health and welfare department authorized — certain counties excepted.
Section 205.767 - Director of health and welfare, appointment, compensation, assistants.
Section 205.780 - Additional powers of board — employees (second class counties).
Section 205.800 - Board, organization (second class counties).
Section 205.810 - Treasurer — bond — duties (second class counties).
Section 205.820 - Board — records — reports (second class counties).
Section 205.830 - Board to furnish relief — investigations — prosecutions (second class counties).
Section 205.840 - Board of police commissioners to aid social welfare board (second class counties).
Section 205.860 - Compensation fixed by county commission (third and fourth class counties).
Section 205.880 - May be agent for department of social services (third and fourth class counties).
Section 205.910 - Cooperation with state employment bureaus (third and fourth class counties).
Section 205.930 - Investigation of poor, sick and delinquent (third and fourth class counties).
Section 205.940 - Records of cases kept (third and fourth class counties).
Section 205.950 - Report of work and proceedings (third and fourth class counties).
Section 205.961 - Family support division to regulate.
Section 205.963 - Food stamps not to be distributed unless county has program, exceptions.
Section 205.964 - Reimbursement to federal government, how made.
Section 205.968 - Facilities authorized — persons to be served, limitations, definitions.
Section 205.971 - Tax levy, approval, use.
Section 205.972 - Maximum tax — ballot form.
Section 205.973 - Employers of workshop participants not liable for city head tax.
Section 205.975 - Definitions.
Section 205.976 - Department to establish service areas.
Section 205.977 - Tax authorized.
Section 205.979 - Election — notice — ballot form — how conducted.
Section 205.980 - Tax to be levied and collected, when — rate — deposit of funds collected.
Section 205.981 - May contract for services — length of contract.
Section 205.983 - Joint financing, procedure — treasurer to be bonded.
Section 205.985 - Existing facilities may be utilized.
Section 205.986 - Powers and duties of board of trustees.
Section 205.987 - Duties of department as to standards — to be met, when.
Section 205.988 - Additional duties of department.
Section 205.989 - Payment for services — services not to be denied for inability to pay.