11-1431. Purposes of the nonprofit corporation The board of supervisors may enter into an operating agreement only with a nonprofit corporation with articles of incorporation or bylaws that provide that the primary purposes of the corporation under this chapter are to: 1. Provide quality, cost-effective health care services for individuals, families and communities residing, employed or located, as applicable, in the sponsoring county and elsewhere. 2. Act as a provider of health care services for compensation. 3. Assume the responsibility for managing, maintaining and operating health system assets that are transferred to the corporation pursuant to a lease agreement. 4. Provide health care to the public. 5. Promote public health. 6. Support and facilitate medical and public health research and clinical education for health care professionals.
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