Kansas Statutes 80-2517. Same; lease of hospital property; contracts for management of hospital; authority to sue
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 80-2517
- Board: means a hospital board which is selected in accordance with the provisions of this act and which is vested with the management and control of an existing hospital or a hospital established under the provisions of this act;
(b) "hospital" means a medical care facility as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 80-2501
- 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.
- 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
- Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, evidences of debt and things in action, and digital assets as defined in the revised uniform fiduciary access to digital assets act, Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) The board may enter into written contracts for: (1) The lease of any hospital property to any person, corporation, society or association upon such terms and conditions as deemed necessary by the board;
(2) the lease of real property to be used for hospital purposes from any person, corporation, society or association upon such terms and conditions as deemed necessary by the board;
(3) the lease of personal property from any person, corporation, society or association upon such terms and conditions as deemed necessary by the board. Any such contract may provide for the payment as compensation for use of such personal property a sum substantially equivalent to or in excess of the value of the personal property under an agreement that the hospital shall become, or for no further or a merely nominal consideration has the option of becoming, the owner of the personal property upon full compliance with the provisions of the contract;
(4) the management of any hospital with any person, corporation, society or association upon such terms and conditions as deemed necessary by the board.
(b) The board may sue in its own name or in the name of the hospital. The board may be sued and may defend any action brought against it or the hospital.
(c) The board is not subject to the cash-basis law.