Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-424b

  • Hospital: means general hospital, critical access hospital or special hospital. See Kansas Statutes 65-425
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Medical facility: includes public health centers; psychiatric hospitals; health maintenance organizations as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 65-411

Any city, county, township or any combination thereof, or any hospital district heretofore or hereafter organized which is authorized to acquire a site, construct, reconstruct, equip, maintain, operate or lease a hospital is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire a site, construct, reconstruct, equip, maintain, operate or lease a medical facility in like manner as it is authorized to do in respect to hospitals. All the laws relating to hospitals which apply to any such city, county, township or any combination thereof, or any hospital district heretofore or hereafter organized shall be applicable to the acquisition of a site for and the construction, reconstruction, equipment, maintenance, operation and leasing of a medical facility by such city, county, township or any combination thereof and any hospital district insofar as the same can be made applicable.