Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation may contract with a physician and surgeon or podiatrist for the rendering of professional services in the hospital, for the purpose of assuring that a physician and surgeon or podiatrist will be on duty in an outpatient emergency department maintained by the hospital, on a basis as does not result in any profit or gain to the district from the professional services of the physician and surgeon. For purposes of this section, the contract with the podiatrist shall be for those services which the podiatrist is licensed to practice pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.

(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 981, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1993.)

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 32129.5

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
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