2003 Minnesota Statutes

     376.009 County hospital defined; may have many 
  buildings, sites. 

    For the purposes of sections 376.01 to 376.06, "county 
 hospital" means any hospital owned or operated by a county which 
 may consist of any number of buildings at one location or any 
 number of buildings at different locations within the county.  
 The county board of any county that has not established a county 
 hospital may by resolution authorize a statutory or home rule 
 charter city in the county and its city council to exercise the 
 powers of a county and the county board under sections 376.01 to 
 376.07, in which case references in sections 376.01 to 376.07 to 
 "county" and "county board" refer to the city so designated and 
 its governing body, respectively. 

    HIST: 1955 c 808 s 1; 1985 c 109 s 10; 2003 c 127 art 12 s 11; 
 1Sp2003 c 21 art 10 s 11