192.230. The department of health and senior services shall be empoweredand authorized to conduct a complete survey of all of the hospitals, bothpublic and private, and all health centers and units in the state, and to makea public report of such survey and findings, and recommending a state plan forthe construction of such additional hospital and health center facilities asmay be deemed advisable by the department of health and senior services afterconsultation with the state board of health, described in section 192.240.
(L. 1945 p. 972 ยง 1)