Every city may:

(1) Establish, construct, purchase, and maintain hospitals and medical clinics and regulate the same;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-9-1

  • 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

(2) Lease any hospital and medical facilities to persons and private or public corporations, limited liability companies, associations, or other organizations for the purpose of operation for a period, not to exceed ninetynine years, provided that in the opinion of the governing body the needs of the municipality can best be served thereby;

(3) Receive and accept financial aid from counties for the erection and construction of public hospitals upon such conditions as may be agreed upon and to irrevocably obligate itself to repay such county for such aid out of common revenue in the event the operation and maintenance of the hospital is discontinued or abandoned for any cause by the city.

Source: SL 1887, ch 73, art IV, subdiv 61; CL 1887, § 885, subdiv 61; SL 1890, ch 37, art V, § 1, subdiv 62; RPolC 1903, § 1229, subdiv 62; SL 1913, ch 119, § 53; RC 1919, § 6170 (10); SDC 1939, § 45.0202(2); SL 1947, ch 196; SL 1951, ch 240; SL 1959, ch 265; SL 1964, ch 140; SL 1968, ch 180; SL 1978, ch 62, § 34; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 1994, ch 351, § 55.