Whenever a nursing home is a party to a proceeding seeking equitable relief pursuant to § 68-11-213(a) or § 29-1-103 and in such other proceedings in which the court with jurisdiction over the matter finds that complete relief cannot be awarded to a person with a just claim without invoking this section, the nursing home resident protection trust fund shall be subject to the order of the court for the purposes of assisting with the costs of relocating indigent residents upon the voluntary or involuntary closure of a nursing home, of reimbursing residents for any personal funds lost while held in trust by a nursing home, or of maintaining, in the interests of the residents' health and safety, the on-going operation of a nursing home pending the conclusion of the legal proceedings.Acts 1987, ch. 312, § 3.
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