11-302. County tuberculosis sanitarium;
admission of patients


A. The board may provide, equip and maintain a separate building or separate part
of a building for the exclusive use and treatment of tubercular persons of the county,
which shall be known as the county tuberculosis sanitarium. If there is a nonsectarian
hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis in the county, the board may select that
hospital for such care and treatment.


B. A tubercular person of the county in need of hospital care or medical attention,
whether indigent or able to pay in whole or in part, may be admitted to the sanitarium,
or selected hospital, under rules and regulations prescribed by the board. A person not
an indigent who receives such care or attention shall pay for such services so far as he
is able to do so.