§131E-250. Disposition of surplus property by public and State hospitals  


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  • (a)        As used in this section, "public hospital" has the same meaning as in G.S. 159-39. A State hospital is any hospital operated by the State.

    (b)        A public hospital or a State hospital may donate medical equipment it determines is no longer needed by the hospital to any of the following if the property so donated is to be used by a hospital or medical facility in another country:

    (1)        A corporation that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

    (2)        The United States or any agency of it.

    (3)        The government of a foreign country or any political subdivision of that country.

    (4)        The United Nations or an agency of it.

    (5)        Other eleemosynary institutions and groups.

(1993, c. 529, s. 7.6; 1995, c. 509, s. 73.)