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2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5201. Definitions

As used in this chapter:
"Bond" includes any interest-bearing obligation, including promissory notes.
"Hospital or health center" means any and all medical facilities and approaches thereto and appurtenances thereof. Medical facilities shall include any and all facilities suitable for providing hospital and medical care, including any and all structures, buildings, improvements, additions, extensions, replacements, appurtenances, lands, rights in lands, franchises, machinery, equipment, furnishing, landscaping, approaches, roadways and other facilities necessary or desirable in connection therewith or incidental thereto (including, without limitation, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, continuing care facilities, self-care facilities, medical office facilities, clinics, out-patient surgical centers, alcohol, substance abuse and drug treatment centers, laboratories, research facilities, sanitariums, hospices, facilities for the residence or care of elderly or chronically ill individuals or individuals with disabilities, residential facilities for nurses, interns, and physicians and any other kind of facility for the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention, or palliation of any human illness, injury, disorder, or disability), together with all related and supporting facilities and equipment necessary and desirable in connection therewith or incidental thereto, or equipment alone, including, without limitation, kitchen, laundry, laboratory, pharmaceutical, administrative, communications, computer and recreational facilities and equipment, storage space, mobile medical facilities, vehicles and other equipment necessary or desirable for the transportation of medical equipment or the transportation of patients.
Code 1950, § 32-276.1; 1975, c. 295, § 15.1-1515; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587; 2000, c. 468; 2006, c. 658; 2023, cc. 148, 149.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5202. When governing bodies may declare need for commission

Governing bodies may adopt resolutions declaring the need for hospital or health center commissions in political subdivisions, if they find that the public health and welfare, including the health and welfare of persons of low income in such subdivisions and surrounding areas require the acquisition, construction, financing, or operation of a hospital or health center.
Code 1950, § 32-277; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1516; 1997, c. 587; 2006, c. 658.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5203. Effect of adoption of resolution

In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the hospital or health center commission, such commission shall be conclusively deemed to have become created as a body politic and corporate, and to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the governing body of each locality for which the commission is created declaring the need for such commission, and, if more than one political subdivision is involved, that it unites with the other political subdivisions in declaring such needs. A copy of the resolution, certified by the clerk of the locality by which it is adopted, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.
Code 1950, § 32-278; 1950, p. 243; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1517; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5204. Members of commission; quorum; compensation; expenses; removal and vacancies

A. A hospital or health center commission shall consist of the following number of members based upon the number of political subdivisions participating: for one political subdivision, five members; for two, six members; for three, six members; for four, eight members; and for more than four, one member for each of the participating subdivisions. The respective members shall be appointed by the governing bodies of the subdivisions they represent, may be members of such governing bodies, may be residents of such subdivisions, and shall be appointed for such terms as the appointing body designates. A member shall hold office until the earlier of the effective date of his resignation or the date on which his successor has been appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. The powers of the commission conferred by this chapter shall be vested in and exercised by the members in office. A majority of the members then in office shall constitute a quorum. The commission shall elect its own chairman and shall adopt rules and regulations for its own procedure and government. The commission members may receive up to $50 for attendance at each commission meeting, not to exceed $1,200 per year, and shall be paid their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Any commission member may be removed at any time by the governing body appointing him, and vacancies on the commission shall be filled for the unexpired terms.
B. In Chesterfield County, the number of commission members shall be seven and their terms may be staggered as the appointing body designates. Such members shall not be removable at any time by the County's governing body except for malfeasance or at the end of the member's term.
Code 1950, § 32-279; 1978, c. 83, § 15.1-1518; 1979, c. 719; 1980, c. 86; 1993, c. 266; 1997, c. 587; 2006, c. 658; 2007, cc. 472, 813; 2014, c. 735.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5206. Appropriations to commission

Any political subdivision for which the commission is created is authorized to make appropriations to the commission from available funds, or from funds provided for the purpose by bond issues, for the acquisition of land or improvements to land, and/or the construction, improvement, maintenance and operation of any hospital or health center operated or controlled or proposed to be operated or controlled by the commission. The political subdivision may also transfer to the commission, with or without consideration, real or personal property for any or all of such purposes.
Code 1950, § 32-281; 1975, c. 295, § 15.1-1520; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5207. Issuance of bonds by political subdivisions and validation thereof

Any political subdivision for which the commission is created may issue its general obligation bonds in the manner provided in the Public Finance Act (§ 15.2-2600 et seq.) in furtherance of the establishment, construction and enlargement of a hospital or health center. All such bonds issued prior to June 1, 1975, for such purposes by any political subdivision are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed, and all proceedings taken prior to such date to authorize the issuance of bonds for such purposes by any political subdivision are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed, and all such bonds may be issued pursuant to the Public Finance Act.
Code 1950, § 32-281.1; 1975, c. 295, § 15.1-1521; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5208. Issuance and sale of bonds

Any bonds issued by a hospital or health center commission may be issued in one or more series, shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as the commission by resolution may prescribe. Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the commission determines.
Code 1950, § 32-282; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1522; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5209. Provisions to secure payment of bonds

Any commission resolution authorizing the issuance of any bonds may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds, (i) pledging any or all revenues of the hospital or health center to secure the payment of the interest on such bonds and to create a sinking fund to retire the principal thereof at maturity; (ii) providing for the granting of a lien on, or the creation of a security interest in, any property, real or personal, of the commission as security for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, such bonds and the due and punctual performance of any agreements made in connection therewith; (iii) providing for such schedule of fees and charges as will produce funds sufficient to pay operating costs and debt service until such bonds are retired; and (iv) prescribing the rights, obligations, powers and duties of the commission, the trustee under any trust indenture under which the bonds are issued, and the bondholders, in connection with or pertaining to such bonds.
Code 1950, § 32-283; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1523; 1994, c. 759; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5210. Bonds made legal investments

Any bonds issued pursuant to the authority of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this Commonwealth and all political subdivisions thereof, all insurance companies and associations, and all savings banks and savings institutions, including savings and loan associations, in the Commonwealth may properly and legally invest funds in their control.
Code 1950, § 32-284; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1524; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5211. Bonds payable from revenues of hospital or health centers

Any bonds issued under this chapter shall be payable only from the revenues and receipts of the hospital or health center for the acquisition, establishment or construction of which the bonds were issued and from any property the commission has made subject to a lien to secure such bonds. The bonds and other obligations of the commission shall not be a debt of any locality or of the Commonwealth, and neither the commission members nor any person executing the bonds or other obligations shall be liable personally thereon by reason of the issuance thereof.
Code 1950, § 32-285; 1950, p. 244; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1525; 1994, c. 759; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5212. Property of commission exempt from foreclosure or execution sale and judgment lien

No interest of the commission in any property, real or personal, shall be subject to sale by foreclosure of a mortgage, trust indenture, or any other instrument, either through judicial proceedings or the exercise of a power of sale contained in the instrument. All commission property shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or judicial process shall issue against the commission. No judgment against the commission shall be a charge or lien upon its property, real or personal.
Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the owner of a leasehold interest granted by the commission from granting a lien or other security interest in his leasehold which would be subject to sale or foreclosure as provided in any instrument creating the lien or other security interest. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the commission from granting a lien on, or creating a security interest in, commission property, real or personal, to secure any bonds issued under this chapter, any of which property will be subject to sale or foreclosure as provided in the instrument granting such lien or creating such security interest.
Code 1950, § 32-286; 1975, c. 295, § 15.1-1526; 1979, c. 719; 1994, c. 759; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5213. Receiver

The commission may, by its trust indenture given to secure bond issues or other obligations, provide for the appointment of a receiver of the hospital or health center or that part thereof acquired or constructed from funds received from a sale of bonds secured by the pledge of its revenues. If a receiver is appointed, he may enter, take possession of, operate and maintain such hospital or health center or part thereof; collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues or other charges arising therefrom in the same manner as the commission might do; keep such moneys in a separate account or accounts; and apply the moneys in accordance with the obligations of the commission as the court directs.
Code 1950, § 32-287; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1527; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5214. Eminent domain

The commission shall have the right to acquire by eminent domain any real property, including fixtures and improvements, which it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter after it adopts a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described therein is in the public interest and necessary for public use. The commission may exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of any applicable statutory provisions now in force or hereafter enacted for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by any locality.
Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired; however, no property belonging to any locality, government, religious corporation, unincorporated church or charitable corporation may be acquired without its consent.
Code 1950, § 32-288; 1950, p. 244; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1528; 1997, c. 587; 2005, c. 928; 2006, c. 673.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5215. Records and reports

The commission shall keep and preserve complete records of its operations and transactions, which records shall be open to inspection by the participating subdivisions at all times. It shall make reports to such subdivisions annually and at such other times as they may require.
Code 1950, § 32-289; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1529; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5216. When court may enter order declaring need for commission no longer exists

Whenever it appears to commission members that the need, as stated in § 15.2-5202, for such commission no longer exists, the members may, after ten days' notice to the governing body of the locality establishing a commission pursuant to §§ 15.2-5200 and 15.2-5202, file a petition with the circuit court for such political subdivision or for any of such political subdivisions. Upon the production of satisfactory evidence in support of the petition, the court may, in its discretion, enter an order declaring that the need for such commission in the locality or combination thereof no longer exists and approving a plan for completing the business of the commission, the payment or assumption of its obligations, and the transfer of its assets.
Code 1950, § 32-290.1; 1970, c. 150, § 15.1-1530; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5217. Finality of order; effect

If the court enters an order as provided in § 15.2-5216 that the need for the commission no longer exists, such order shall be final and, except for completing its affairs in accordance with the plan approved by the court, its authorities, powers and duties to transact business or to function shall cease to exist as of the date set forth in the court order.
Code 1950, § 32-290.2; 1970, c. 150, § 15.1-1531; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5218. Appeal from order; supersedeas

Any party aggrieved by such order may appeal to the Court of Appeals and a supersedeas may be granted in the same manner as is now or hereafter shall be provided by law and the rules of court applicable to civil cases. Any party aggrieved by a judgment of the Court of Appeals rendered pursuant to this section may appeal to the Supreme Court, and a supersedeas may be granted in the same manner as is now or hereafter shall be provided by law and the rules of court applicable to civil cases.
Code 1950, § 32-290.3; 1970, c. 150, § 15.1-1532; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 489.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions › § 15.2-5219. Chapter supplemental; application of other laws; consent of local governing bodies or other agencies not required

The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for doing the things authorized herein and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws; the issuance of revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other laws applicable to the issuance of bonds. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, none of the powers granted to the authority under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the supervision or regulation or require the approval or consent of any locality or any commission, board, bureau, or agency of any of the foregoing.
2006, c. 658.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5300. Finding and declaration of necessity

It is declared that conditions resulting from the concentration of population of various cities of the Commonwealth require the construction, maintenance and operation of adequate hospital facilities for the care of the public health, for the control and treatment of epidemics, for the care of the indigent and for the public welfare. In various cities of the Commonwealth, adequate hospital facilities are not available to the inhabitants, and, consequently, many persons, including persons of low income, are forced to do without adequate medical and hospital care and accommodations. These conditions cause an increase in and the spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the Commonwealth and impair economic values. The aforesaid conditions also exist in certain areas surrounding such cities, and these conditions cannot be remedied by the ordinary operations of private enterprises. The providing of adequate hospital and medical care are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired. It is in the public interest that adequate hospital and medical facilities and care be provided in such concentrated centers of population in order to care for and protect the health and public welfare. The provisions hereinafter enacted are declared as a matter of legislative determination necessary in the public interest.
Code 1950, § 32-213; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1533; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5302. Creation of hospital authorities

In each city there shall be a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, with such public and corporate powers as are set forth in this chapter, to be known as the "hospital authority" of the city.
Code 1950, § 32-215; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1535; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5303. Not to function until council declares need

No authority shall transact any business or exercise its powers until or unless the council of the city by resolution declares at any time hereafter that there is need for an authority to function in the city.
Code 1950, § 32-216; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1536; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5304. How need determined

The determination as to whether there is a need for an authority to function may be made by the governing body on its own motion or upon the filing of a petition, signed by 100 registered voters of the city, asserting that there is need for an authority to function in the city and requesting that the governing body so declare.
Code 1950, § 32-217; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1537; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5305. What constitutes need

The council may adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for a hospital authority in the city if it finds (i) that there are inadequate hospital facilities and medical accommodations from the operations of private enterprises in the city and the surrounding area, or (ii) that the public health and welfare, including the health and welfare of persons of low income in the city and the surrounding area, require the construction, maintenance or operation of public hospital facilities for such inhabitants.
Code 1950, § 32-218; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1538; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5306. Effect and sufficiency of resolution declaring need

In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of a resolution of the governing body declaring the need for the authority. Such resolution shall be deemed sufficient if it declares that there is such need for an authority and finds in substantially the foregoing terms (no further detail being necessary) that either or both of the conditions enumerated in § 15.2-5305 exist in the city. A copy of such resolution duly certified by the clerk shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.
Code 1950, § 32-219; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1539; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5307. Appointment, qualifications, tenure and compensation of commissioners

An authority shall consist of not more than 15 commissioners appointed by the mayor, and he shall designate the first chairman. No more than three commissioners shall be practicing physicians. No officer or employee of the city, with the exception of the director of a local health department, shall be eligible for appointment; however, no director of a local health department shall serve as chairman of the authority. No local health director who serves as a hospital authority commissioner shall serve as a member of the regional health planning agency board simultaneously. No practicing physician shall be appointed to such authority in the City of Hopewell.
One-third of the commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated by the mayor to serve for terms of two years, one-third to serve for terms of four years, and one-third to serve for terms of six years, respectively, from the date of their appointment. Thereafter, the term of office shall be six years. No person shall be appointed to succeed himself following four successive terms in office; no term of less than six years shall be deemed a term in office for the purposes of this sentence.
A commissioner shall hold office until the earlier of the effective date of his resignation or the date on which his successor has been appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. In the event of a vacancy in the office of commissioner by expiration of term of office or otherwise, the remaining commissioners shall submit to the mayor nominations for appointments. The mayor may successively require additional nominations and shall have power to appoint any person so nominated. All such vacancies shall be filled from such nominations. A majority of the commissioners currently in office shall constitute a quorum. The mayor may file with the city clerk a certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner, and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner. A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his services, but he shall be entitled to the necessary expenses including traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.
Code 1950, § 32-220; 1960, c. 305; 1968, c. 783, § 15.1-1540; 1977, c. 158; 1979, c. 719; 1986, c. 240; 1997, c. 587; 2005, c. 630; 2006, c. 658; 2007, c. 813.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5308. Officers and agents

When the office of the first chairman of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its commissioners. An authority shall select from among its members a vice-chairman, and it may employ a secretary, technical experts, and such other officers, agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. An authority may employ its own counsel and legal staff. An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers or duties as it deems proper.
Code 1950, § 32-221; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1541; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5309. Effect of inclusion of existing hospital

If the authority and the trustees, directors or managers of any nonprofit or charitable hospital in a city should agree upon and consummate a transaction whereby the nonprofit or charitable hospital should thereafter be included within the hospital project or projects of the authority, the number of commissioners of such authority shall be increased to not exceeding fifteen. The additional commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor from nominations of the commissioners then in office, and the terms of the additional commissioners shall be arranged by the mayor in making such appointments as follows:
The terms of one-third of the commissioners shall expire in two years or less, one-third in four years or less, and one-third in six years or less, concurrently with the expiration of the terms of the commissioners then in office.
Code 1950, § 32-222; 1960, c. 305; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1542; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5310. Authority and commissioners must comply with law and contracts

The authority and its commissioners shall be under a statutory duty to comply or to cause compliance strictly with all provisions of this chapter and the laws of the Commonwealth and, in addition thereto, with each and every term, provision and covenant in any contract of the authority on its part to be kept or performed.
Code 1950, § 32-223; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1543; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5311. Removal of commissioner on charges of mayor

The mayor may remove a commissioner for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, but only after the commissioner has been given a copy of the charges against him, which may be made by the mayor, at least ten days prior to the hearing thereon and has had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.
Code 1950, § 32-225; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1544; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5312. Removal of commissioner on charges of obligee

Any obligee of the authority may file with the mayor written charges that the authority is willfully violating any law of the Commonwealth or any term, provision or covenant in any contract to which the authority is a party. The mayor shall give each of the commissioners a copy of such charges at least ten days prior to the hearing thereon and an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel and shall within fifteen days after receipt of such charges remove any commissioners of the authority who shall have been found to have acquiesced in any such willful violation.
Code 1950, § 32-226; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1545; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5313. Service on commissioner by mail

If, after due and diligent search, a commissioner to whom charges are required to be delivered hereunder cannot be found within the city where the authority is located, such charges shall be deemed served upon the commissioner if mailed to him at his last known address as it appears upon the records of the authority.
Code 1950, § 32-227; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1546; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5314. When commissioner deemed to have acquiesced in violation

A commissioner shall be deemed to have acquiesced in a willful violation by the authority of a law of this Commonwealth or of any term, provision or covenant contained in a contract to which the authority is a party if, before a hearing is held on charges against him, he has not filed a written statement with the authority of his objections to, or lack of participation in, such violation.
Code 1950, § 32-228; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1547; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5315. Record of removal proceedings

In the event of the removal of any commissioner, the mayor shall file in the office of the city clerk a record of the proceedings together with the charges made against the commissioner and the findings thereon.
Code 1950, § 32-229; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1548; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5316. Removed commissioner may appeal

Any commissioner thus removed may, within ten days after the mayor's action, appeal to the circuit court of the city, and the decision of such court shall be final.
Code 1950, § 32-230; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1549; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5317. Planning and zoning laws

All hospital projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning and zoning laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which the hospital project is situated.
Code 1950, § 32-231; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1550; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5318. Reports

The authority shall at least once a year file with the mayor of the city an audit report by a certified public accountant of its activities for the preceding year, and shall make any recommendations with reference to any additional legislation or other action that may be necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Code 1950, § 32-232; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1551; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5319. Appropriations by city

The governing body of any city in which the authority is located may make appropriations for the improvement, maintenance or operation of any public hospital or hospital project constructed, maintained, or operated by or to be constructed, maintained or operated by an authority.
Code 1950, § 32-233; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1552; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5320. Conveyance, lease or transfers of property by city to authority

In order to provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair or management of any hospital or hospital project or in order to accomplish any of the purposes of this chapter, any city may, with or without consideration or for a nominal consideration, lease, sell, convey or otherwise transfer to an authority, within such city, any real, personal or mixed property including, but not limited to, any existing hospital or hospital project as a going concern or otherwise, and including the assignment and transfer of any part of or all money, choses in action and other assets used or held for the use of such hospital or hospital project. In connection with any such transaction the authority involved may accept such lease, transfer, assignment and conveyance and bind itself to the performance and observance of any agreements and conditions attached thereto.
Code 1950, § 32-234; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1553; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5321. Chapter controlling

Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any city from establishing, equipping, and operating a hospital or hospitals or improving or extending existing hospitals and hospital facilities under the provisions of its charter or any general law other than this chapter.
Code 1950, § 32-235; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1554; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5322. In general

An authority shall constitute a body politic and corporate with perpetual succession, exercising public powers, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter. It may sue and be sued and have a seal with power to alter same at pleasure.
Code 1950, § 32-236; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1555; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5323. Study and investigation concerning plan

An authority shall have power to investigate hospital, medical and health conditions and the means and methods of improving such conditions; to determine where inadequate hospital and medical facilities exist; to study and make recommendations concerning the plan of any city in relation to the problem of providing adequate hospital, medical and nursing facilities; and to provide adequate hospital, medical and nursing facilities for the inhabitants of such city and surrounding area, including persons of low income in such city and area.
Code 1950, § 32-237; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1556; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5324. Preparation and operation of hospital projects; facilities relating to health care; additional powers

An authority shall have power to prepare, carry out and operate hospital projects and to establish facilities to provide goods and services relating to health care.
The powers granted to an authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be exercised in cities or counties other than the city or county in which the authority has been organized. However, an authority shall not commence the exercise of any of these powers in any city in which another authority already has been organized.
Code 1950, §§ 32-238, 32-238.1; 1977, c. 159, § 15.1-1558; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1557; 1987, c. 432; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5325. Clinics and instruction programs

An authority shall have power to provide and operate outpatient departments, maternity clinics and any other clinics customarily operated in hospitals in metropolitan centers and to provide teaching and instruction programs and schools for medical students, interns, physicians and nurses.
Code 1950, § 32-239; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1559; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5326. Physicians and employees

An authority shall have power to provide and maintain continuous resident physician and intern medical services; to appoint an administrator or superintendent and necessary assistants, and any and all other employees deemed necessary or advisable and fix their compensation; and to remove such appointees.
Code 1950, § 32-240; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1560; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5327. Powers of nonstock corporations

An authority shall have all powers granted to corporations under the provisions of § 13.1-826, including, without limitation, the power to own or control stock and nonstock subsidiaries.
Code 1950, § 32-240.1; 1970, c. 554, § 15.1-1561; 1979, c. 719; 1986, c. 347; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5328. Bylaws and rules and regulations

An authority shall have power to adopt bylaws for the conduct of its business and to adopt necessary rules and regulations for the government of the authority and its employees.
Code 1950, § 32-241; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1562; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5329. Committees

An authority shall have power to appoint such committees or subcommittees as it deems advisable and fix their duties and responsibilities.
Code 1950, § 32-242; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1563; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5330. Construction, repair and management

An authority shall have power to do all things necessary in connection with the construction, improvement, alteration, repair, reconstruction, management, supervision, control and operation of its business, including but not limited to the hospitals and all departments thereof.
Code 1950, § 32-243; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1564; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5331. Donations

An authority shall have power to accept donations of money, personal property or real estate for the benefit of the authority and take title thereto from any person desiring to make such donations.
Code 1950, § 32-244; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1565; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5332. Regulating practice and nursing in hospital

An authority shall have power to determine and regulate the conditions under which the privilege of practicing within any hospital operated by the authority may be available to physicians, to promulgate reasonable rules governing the conduct of physicians and nurses while on duty in such hospital, and to establish and maintain a training school for nurses.
Code 1950, § 32-245; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1566; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5333. Rules as to patients

An authority shall have power to make rules governing the admission of patients to, and the care, conduct, and treatment of patients in, any hospital operated by the authority; to determine whether patients presented to the hospital for treatment are subjects for charity, to fix the compensation to be paid by patients other than those unable to assist themselves; and to maintain and operate isolation wards for the care and treatment of mental, contagious or other similar diseases.
Code 1950, § 32-246; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1567; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5334. Purchases or leases of hospital projects

An authority shall have power to take over by purchase, lease or otherwise any hospital project located within its boundaries undertaken by any government or by any city.
Code 1950, § 32-247; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1568; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5335. Acting with federal government

An authority shall have power to act as agent for the federal government in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation and management of a hospital project or any part thereof.
Code 1950, § 32-248; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1569; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5336. Cooperation with subdivision of Commonwealth

An authority shall have power:
1. To arrange with any city or with a government for the (i) furnishing, planning, replanning, installing, opening or closing of streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other places or facilities, (ii) acquisition by such city or government of property, options or property rights, and (iii) furnishing of property or services in connection with a project;
2. To arrange with the Commonwealth, its subdivisions and agencies, and any locality of the Commonwealth, to the extent that it is within the scope of each of their respective functions, (i) to cause the services customarily provided by each of them to be rendered for the benefit of such hospital authority, (ii) to provide and maintain parks and sewerage, water and other facilities adjacent to or in connection with hospital projects, and (iii) to lease or rent any of the dwellings or other accommodations or any of the lands, buildings, structures or facilities embraced in any hospital project and to establish and revise the rents or charges therefor.
Code 1950, § 32-249; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1570; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5337. Purchase or lease of property; sale of property

An authority shall have power to purchase, lease, obtain options upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise any property real or personal or any interest therein from any person, locality or government.
An authority shall have power to sell, exchange, transfer, or assign any of its property real or personal or any interest therein to any person, locality or government.
Code 1950, §§ 32-250, 32-251; 1979, c. 719, §§ 15.1-1571, 15.1-1572; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5338. Owning property

An authority shall have power to own, hold, clear and improve property and to insure or provide for the insurance of the property or operations of the authority against such risks as the authority may deem advisable.
Code 1950, § 32-252; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1573; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5339. Borrowing money

An authority shall have power to borrow money upon its bonds, notes, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness and to secure the same by pledges of its revenues in the manner and to the extent hereinafter provided and, in connection with any loan by a government, to agree to limitations upon the exercise of any powers conferred upon the authority by this chapter. This power shall include the power to refinance all or any portion of such debt, to renegotiate the terms of all or any portion of such debt, and to retire all or any portion of such debt prior to its maturity date.
Code 1950, § 32-253; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1574; 1997, c. 587; 2006, c. 658.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5340. Contracts

An authority shall have power to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the authority.
Code 1950, § 32-255; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1575; 1997, c. 587.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5340.1. Joint ventures; subsidiaries; investments

An authority shall have the power to:
1. Assist in or provide for the creation of domestic or foreign stock and nonstock corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, associations, foundations or other supporting organizations or other entities and to purchase, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, shares of or other interests in, or obligations of, any domestic or foreign stock and nonstock corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, associations, foundations or other supporting organizations, joint ventures or other entities organized for any purpose, or direct or indirect obligations of the United States, or of any other government, state, territory, governmental district or municipality or of any other obligations of any domestic or foreign stock or nonstock corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, association, foundation or other supporting organization, joint venture or other entity organized for any purpose or any individual. The investments of any entity wholly owned or controlled by a hospital authority that is an "institution," as such term is defined in § 64.2-1100 shall be governed by the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (§ 64.2-1100 et seq.).
2. Participate in joint ventures with individuals, domestic or foreign stock and nonstock corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, associations, foundations or other supporting organizations or other entities for providing medical care or related services or other activities that the authority may undertake to the extent that such undertakings assist the authority in carrying out the purposes and intent of this chapter.
3. Provide domestic or foreign stock and nonstock corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, associations, foundations or other supporting organizations, joint ventures or other entities owned in whole or in part or controlled, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the authority with appropriate assistance, including making loans and providing time of employees, in carrying out any activities authorized by this chapter.
4. Make loans and provide other assistance to domestic or foreign stock and nonstock corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, associations, foundations or other supporting organizations, joint ventures or other entities.
5. Transact its business, locate its offices and control, directly or through domestic or foreign stock and nonstock corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, associations, foundations or other supporting organizations, joint ventures or other entities, facilities that will assist or aid the authority in carrying out the purposes and intent of this chapter.
2006, c. 658; 2008, c. 184.
2023 Code of Virginia › Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns › Chapter 53 - Hospital Authorities › § 15.2-5340.2. Insurance

An authority shall have the power to procure such insurance, participate in such insurance plans or provide such self-insurance, or any combination thereof, as it deems necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter. The purchase of insurance, participation in an insurance plan, or creation of a self-insurance plan by an authority shall not be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of any sovereign immunity to which the authority or its commissioners, members, officers, directors, employees, or agents are otherwise entitled.
2006, c. 658.