The council is granted all powers necessary and appropriate to carry out and effectuate its public and corporate purposes, including but not limited to the following powers:

A. to adopt, amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the Hospital Equipment Loan Act;

B. to sue and be sued in its own name;

C. to have an official seal and alter it at will; D. to maintain an office within the state;

E. to make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers under the Hospital Equipment Loan Act;

F. to employ architects, engineers, attorneys, inspectors, accountants and health- care and financial experts and such other advisors, consultants, agents and other employees as may be necessary, and to fix their compensation;

G. to procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets, including surety bonds in such amounts and from such insurers as it may deem advisable;

H. to procure insurance or guarantees from any public or private entities, including any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States, to secure payment:

(1)     on a loan, lease or purchase payment owed by a participating health facility to the council; and

(2)     of any bonds issued by the council, including the power to pay the premium on any such insurance or guarantee;

I. to procure letters of credit from any national or state banking association or other entity authorized to issue a letter of credit to secure the payment of any bonds issued by the council or to secure the payment of any loan, lease or purchase payment owed by a participating health facility to the council, including the power to pay the cost of obtaining such letter of credit;

J. to receive and accept from any source contributions, gifts or grants of money, property, labor or other things of value to be held, used and applied to carry out the purposes of the Hospital Equipment Loan Act, subject to the conditions upon which the grants, gifts or contributions are made;

K. to provide or cause to be provided by a participating health facility, by acquisition, lease, fabrication, repair, restoration, reconditioning, refinancing or installation, health- related equipment to be located within a health facility in this state;

L. to lease as lessor health-related equipment upon such terms and conditions as the council may deem advisable and as are not in conflict with the provisions of the Hospital Equipment Loan Act;

M. to sell for installment payments or otherwise, to option or contract for sale and to convey all or any part of health-related equipment upon such terms and conditions as the council may deem advisable and as are not in conflict with the provisions of the Hospital Equipment Loan Act;

N. to make contracts and incur liabilities, borrow money at such rates of interest as the council may determine, issue its bonds in accordance with the provisions of the Hospital Equipment Loan Act and secure any of its bonds or obligations by mortgage or pledge of all or any of its property, franchises and income or as otherwise provided in the Hospital Equipment Loan Act;

O. to make secured or unsecured loans for the purpose of providing temporary or permanent financing or refinancing for the cost of health-related equipment, including the retiring of any outstanding obligations or advances issued and the reimbursement for the cost of any health-related equipment purchased within twelve months immediately preceding the date of the bond issue, made or given by any participating health facility for the cost of health-related equipment and to charge and collect interest on such loans for such loan payments and upon such terms and conditions as the council may deem advisable and as are not in conflict with the provisions of the Hospital Equipment Loan Act. Loans may be made to participating health facilities or to any bank, savings and loan association or other entity which will, directly or indirectly, provide to participating health facilities such financing, refinancing or reimbursement of the cost of health-related equipment;

P. to invest and reinvest its funds and to take and hold property as security for the investment of such funds as provided in the Hospital Equipment Loan Act;

Q. to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire health-related equipment or any interest therein, as the purposes of the council require;

R. to sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, assign, lease, exchange, transfer and otherwise dispose of or encumber all or any part of its property and assets;

S. to the extent permitted under its contract with the holders of bonds of the council, to consent to any modification with respect to the rate of interest, time and payment of any installment of principal or interest or any other term of any loan, loan note, loan note commitment, lease or agreement of any kind to which the council is a party;

T. to sell at public or private sale any loan or other obligation held by the council; U. to refuse to make loans or enter into leases for health-related equipment when not in the best interest of the program; and

V. to do any other act necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted by the Hospital Equipment Loan Act or reasonably implied from it.