(a)        This Part shall be known as the “Hospital District Act.”

(b)        It is the purpose of this Part to authorize the creation of hospital districts to furnish hospital, clinical and similar services to the people of this State.

(c)        This Part provides an additional and alternative method for the provision of hospital, clinical and similar services.

(d)       This Part shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes.? (1983, c. 775, s. 1.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 131E-40

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3