SECTIONS 101550-101565 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 101550-101565

101550. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey may by
ordinance or resolution order the formation of the Monterey County
Special Health Care Authority under this chapter that shall include
all of the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county.

101555. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
Monterey County Special Health Care Authority Act.

101560. Unless the context otherwise requires, this article governs
the construction of this chapter. As used in this chapter:
(a) "Authority" means the Monterey County Special Health Care
Authority.
(b) "Board" means the Monterey County Special Health Care
Authority Board.
(c) "County" means the County of Monterey.
(d) "Health care system" means any system established to arrange
for the provision of medical services.
(e) "Public agency" means the United States, the State of
California, any political subdivision, county, municipality,
district, or agency of the State of California or of the United
States and any department, bureau or commission of the State of
California or of the United States.
(f) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, limited liability company, trust, business trust, or
the receiver or trustee or conservator for any of the above, but does
not include a public agency.
(g) "The professional advisory board" means that advisory board to
the authority's board composed of nine health and medical care
professionals appointed by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors,
five of whom shall be nominated by the Monterey County Medical
Society, with at least one to be a member of the Monterey County
Chapter of the American Academy of Family Practice, one of whom shall
be nominated by Natividad Medical Center, one of whom shall be
nominated by the Monterey County Hospital Administrators'
Association, and two of whom shall be nominated by other
organizations in the County of Monterey representing other
professional health care providers.
(h) "The community advisory board" means that advisory board to
the authority's board appointed by the Monterey County Board of
Supervisors which is comprised of 15 persons who represent community
and consumer interests and who do not directly earn their income from
the provision of medical or health services.
(i) For the purposes of this part, the term "medical services or
medical benefits" does not include dental care or dental benefits.
(j) For the purposes of this part, the term "health care" does not
include dental care.

101565. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of
directors of the authority, members of its community advisory board,
members of its professional advisory board, and members of committees
of those boards, shall be deemed members of a peer review committee
within the meaning of Section 43.7 of the Civil Code.