348.2 Consolidation — powers of trustees. In all counties of the state having a population of one hundred thirty-five thousand inhabitants or over, and in which consolidation of hospital service has been completed as contemplated in this chapter, said board of hospital trustees shall: 1. Have general supervision and care of all grounds and buildings in said county and city occupied and used for public hospital purposes. 2. Have control and supervision over the physicians, nurses, attendants, and patients in all such hospitals. 3. Establish, maintain, and supervise, at a convenient place in such city located in said county, an emergency station for the treatment of emergency cases, including such venereal treatment as may be necessary for the protection of the public. 4. Establish, as early as funds are available, as a department in connection with said hospital, a suitable building or place for the isolation and detention of persons afflicted with contagious diseases subject to quarantine. [C27, 31, 35, §5368-a2; C39, §5368.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §348.2]
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