All hospitals located within each of the several counties which are not principally dependent for their maintenance and operation upon state or federal appropriation are authorized to furnish any indigent person with proper medical or surgical care and attention, to be paid therefor in the manner provided in this chapter.

29 Del. C. 1953, § ?7201; 57 Del. Laws, c. 228, § ?4; 57 Del. Laws, c. 747, § ?1;

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7201

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302