1. (a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by:

   1. (1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment;
   2. (2) equipping the buildings; and
   3. (3) administering the buildings and equipment for hospital purposes.

2. (b) The hospital system may include:

   1. (1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;
   2. (2) facilities for outpatient clinics;
   3. (3) dispensaries;
   4. (4) convalescent home facilities;
   5. (5) necessary nurses' domiciliaries and training centers;
   6. (6) blood banks;
   7. (7) research centers or laboratories; and
   8. (8) ambulances and other facilities or services the board considers necessary for hospital care.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.