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Statutes > Mississippi > Title-41 > 13 > 41-13-38§ 41-13-38. Provisions of certain loans by hospital; financial assistance to nonprofit groups.
(1) Any loan agreement entered into between a community hospital and a physician, employee or student pursuant to Section 41-13-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall contain a provision for repayment to the hospital no later than ten (10) years after the final date upon which any such payments are made, with or without interest. In the event of a default in repayment of a loan obligation, the community hospital shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees expended to collect the obligation and to all other rights and remedies of a general creditor. No loan agreement with a physician shall impose any condition of admitting a certain number or quota of the physician's patients to the community hospital.
(2) The board of trustees may provide financial assistance or provide grants to nonprofit health-care provider groups and other recognized nonprofit entities and charities where it is determined by the board that such action will benefit the health or welfare of the citizens of the service area.
Sources: Laws, 1985, ch. 511, § 8, eff from and after July 1, 1985.
