450.191 - Contract for management of hospital. - Nevada Statutes

450.191  Contract for management of hospital.

      1.  The governing body of a county hospital may contract with a company which manages hospitals for the rendering of management services in a county hospital under the ultimate authority of the governing body.

      2.  The agreement may provide:

      (a) That the administrator of the hospital must be an employee of the company which manages the hospital; and

      (b) That the hospital may, in accordance with the requirements of NRS 450.530, purchase supplies, materials and equipment through the purchasing contracts of the company which manages the hospital, or through a purchasing group, without complying with the requirements for competitive bidding set forth in chapter 332 of NRS.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1101; A 1979, 444; 1987, 295; 1999, 191)