Except as provided in subsection 3:
1. Within 10 days after their appointment or election, the trustees shall organize as a board of hospital trustees by the election of one of their number as chair, one as secretary, and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary.
2. The county treasurer of the county in which the hospital is located shall be the treasurer of the board of hospital trustees. The treasurer shall receive and pay out all the moneys under the control of the board, as ordered by it, but shall receive no compensation from the board of hospital trustees.
3. In counties where the board of county commissioners is the board of hospital trustees, the chair of the board of county commissioners may be the chair of the board of hospital trustees or the board of county commissioners may, at its first meeting in January of each year, designate another of its members to serve as chair of the board of hospital trustees for a term of 1 year. The vice chair of the board of county commissioners may be the vice chair of the board of hospital trustees, or the board of county commissioners may, at its first meeting in January of each year, designate another of its members to serve as vice chair of the board of hospital trustees for a term of 1 year. The county clerk shall be the secretary of the board of hospital trustees. The county clerk shall receive no compensation from the board of hospital trustees.
[Part 3:169:1929; A 1955, 244]—(NRS A 1975, 1103; 1977, 931)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 450 - County Hospitals and Hospital Districts
NRS 450.006 - "Allied health profession" defined.
NRS 450.008 - "Purchasing group" defined.
NRS 450.010 - "Taxpayers" defined.
NRS 450.070 - Number; election; terms of office.
NRS 450.080 - Office of hospital trustee nonpartisan.
NRS 450.090 - Selection of county commissioners for membership on board.
NRS 450.120 - Officers of board.
NRS 450.130 - Compensation and expenses of trustees.
NRS 450.135 - Interest in purchase of supplies prohibited; exception.
NRS 450.140 - Meetings of board; quorum; closed meetings.
NRS 450.150 - General powers and duties of board.
NRS 450.160 - Rules and regulations.
NRS 450.170 - Visits and examinations of hospital; report to board of county commissioners.
NRS 450.191 - Contract for management of hospital.
NRS 450.200 - Condemnation of property for use by hospital.
NRS 450.240 - Management of county hospital by board; levy of tax for maintenance and operation.
NRS 450.260 - Collection or settlement of claims.
NRS 450.290 - Issuance of general and special obligation bonds by board of county commissioners.
NRS 450.300 - Applicability of Local Government Securities Law.
NRS 450.310 - Schedules of fees, rates and charges for services, facilities and commodities.
NRS 450.410 - Admission of paying patients; charges.
NRS 450.450 - General administration of hospital subject to regulations of trustees.
NRS 450.455 - Program for training resident physicians.
NRS 450.460 - School for training nurses.
NRS 450.480 - Use of paramedics for emergency care authorized.
NRS 450.485 - Contract for use of facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing.
NRS 450.490 - Conveyance or lease of hospital to corporation.
NRS 450.500 - Conveyance or lease of hospital to nonprofit corporation.
NRS 450.525 - Membership of hospital in purchasing group.
NRS 450.560 - Establishment of district on motion of board of county commissioners.
NRS 450.570 - Notice of intent to establish district: Contents; publication.
NRS 450.580 - Objections to formation of district; hearing.
NRS 450.600 - Hearing on petition.
NRS 450.610 - Resolution creating district.
NRS 450.625 - Trustees of district that includes territory within more than one county.
NRS 450.630 - General powers and duties of board of trustees; rules and regulations.
NRS 450.660 - Tax levies; disposition of proceeds.
NRS 450.670 - Powers of board of trustees: Issuance and sale of bonds for certain purposes.
NRS 450.700 - Board of trustees to determine status of patient and fix charges.
NRS 450.710 - Creation of district for sole purpose of contracting for services of hospital.
NRS 450.715 - Authority of board of trustees to contract for services of hospital.
NRS 450.720 - Contract for management of district hospital.
NRS 450.725 - Membership of district hospital in purchasing group.
NRS 450.800 - County or district hospital may contract for services.