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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66833</law_id><section_number>15.2-5342</section_number><catch_line>Incidental powers</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, in addition to all of the other powers herein conferred upon it, to do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the powers expressly given in this chapter.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-257; 1979, c. 719, &#xA7; 15.1-1577; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
