39-1318. HOSPITAL BOARDS — DUTY TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CLINICS. The betterment and protection of the public health and care of the sick and afflicted are hereby declared to be the established and permanent policy of the state of Idaho, the duty is hereby imposed upon the hospital boards provided for by this act of acquiring, constructing, improving and maintaining public hospitals or medical clinics within their districts for the necessary care and treatment of persons requiring medical services.
History:
[39-1318, added 1965, ch. 173, sec. 1, p. 340; am. 1976, ch. 132, sec. 1, p. 497.]