Welfare and Institutions Code section 14057.5

“Contract hospital” means a nonprofit medical facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, with which the board of supervisors of a county which does not maintain a county hospital has executed a contract, currently in effect, to care for medically indigent individuals.

Source: Section 14057.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=14057.5. (updated Jan. 1, 1973; accessed Jul. 14, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/welfare_and_institutions_code_section_14057.5

Original Source: Section 14057.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=14057.5. (last accessed May 12, 2025).