(70 ILCS 920/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 1705)
Sec. 5.
The directors shall, immediately after appointment meet and organize, by
election of one of their number as president and one as secretary. The
board shall have power to establish and maintain a tuberculosis sanitarium,
and branches, dispensaries, and other auxiliary institutions connected with
the same, within the limits of the tuberculosis sanitarium district, for
the use and benefit of the inhabitants thereof, for the treatment and care
of persons afflicted with tuberculosis. The board shall have power to
acquire lands and grounds within such district for the aforesaid purposes
by gift, grant, legacy, purchase, lease or condemnation, and to occupy,
purchase, lease or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the use
of the sanitarium, branches, dispensaries and other auxiliary institutions
and activities connected therewith, but no such building shall
be constructed until detailed plans therefor have been submitted to and
approved by the Department of Public Health. When part of the facilities of
a sanitarium established and maintained under this Act are vacant and not
needed for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis or
when any such facilities are not being fully used, the board of directors
may extend the privileges and use of the sanitarium for: (a) the care and
treatment of persons who are afflicted with pulmonary diseases, other than
tuberculosis, referred by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all
of its branches and persons who are otherwise acutely ill or convalescent
or chronically ill, and upon such terms and conditions as the board of
directors may determine by its rules and regulations, or (b) rent the same
to any branch, department or agency of the state or federal government, or
to any municipal corporation, quasi municipal corporation, political
subdivision or body politic or agency thereof or to any not-for-profit
corporation or any non-profit organization or association, if such
lessee or lessees are engaged in the care and treatment of those who are
medically or mentally ill or in furnishing medical or health services. Such
vacant part or such facilities not being fully used may be used partly for
one or more of the uses set forth in (a) and (b), always provided that the
board maintains sufficient sanitarium facilities to care for all persons
afflicted with tuberculosis for whose care and treatment the district is
responsible. Any services provided by the district may be made available to
any rented facilities. Non-profit organization or association means any
organization or association, no part of the net earnings of which enures to
the lawful benefit of any person. The charge for providing care and
treatment of those so afflicted with pulmonary diseases, other than
tuberculosis, or those who are otherwise acutely ill or are convalescent or
chronically ill shall not be less than the cost of providing such care and
treatment.
(Source: P.A. 83-388.)
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