Florida Florida Statutes
§ 154.12 — Legal status of public health trusts
FS § 154.12Ch. 154
Statute text
View on source(1)Employees of a public health trust created pursuant to this part shall be considered to come within the terms of chapter 122 for purposes of inclusion in the State and County Officers and Employees' Retirement System and within the terms of chapter 121, for purposes of inclusion in the Florida Retirement System.
(2)Nothing contained in this part shall be deemed to provide an exclusive method by which counties may operate, gove>To cooperate with and contract with any governmental agency or instrumentality, federal, state, municipal, or county.
(m)To adopt and amend rules and regulations for the management and use of any properties under its control.
(n)To appoint originally the staff of physicians to practice in a designated facility owned or operated by the board and to approve the bylaws and rules to be adopted by the medical staff of a designated facility owned and operated by the board; such governing regulations shall provide, among other things, for the method of appointing additional staff members and for the removal of staff members.
(o)To employ certified public accountants to audit and analyze the records of the board and to prepare financial or revenue statements of the board; however, this paragraph shall not in any way affect any responsibility of the Auditor General pursuant to s. 11.45.
(p)To employ legal counsel.
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Legislative history
ss. 5, 6, ch. 73-102; s. 39, ch. 2001-266; s. 1, ch. 2013-93; s. 1, ch. 2014-120.