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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69574</law_id><section_number>15.2-5323</section_number><catch_line>Study and investigation concerning plan</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="53">Hospital Authorities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Powers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>An <span class="dictionary">authority</span> shall have power to investigate hospital, medical and health conditions and the means and methods of improving such conditions; to determine where inadequate hospital and medical facilities exist; to study and make recommendations concerning the plan of any <span class="dictionary">city</span> in relation to the problem of providing adequate hospital, medical and nursing facilities; and to provide adequate hospital, medical and nursing facilities for the inhabitants of such <span class="dictionary">city</span> and surrounding area, including persons of low income in such <span class="dictionary">city</span> and area.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-237; 1979, c. 719, &#xA7; 15.1-1556; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
