263.18 - TREATMENT OF PATIENTS -- USE OF EARNINGS FOR NEW FACILITIES.
263.18 TREATMENT OF PATIENTS -- USE OF EARNINGS FOR
NEW FACILITIES.
1. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics authorities may
at their discretion receive patients into the hospital for medical,
obstetrical, or surgical treatment or hospital care. The university
of Iowa hospitals and clinics ambulances and ambulance personnel may
be used for the transportation of such patients at a reasonable
charge if specialized equipment is required.
2. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics authorities shall
collect from the person or persons liable for support of such
patients reasonable charges for hospital care and service and deposit
payment of the charges with the treasurer of the university for the
use and benefit of the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics.
3. Earnings of the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall
be administered so as to increase, to the greatest extent possible,
the services available for patients, including acquisition,
construction, reconstruction, completion, equipment, improvement,
repair, and remodeling of medical buildings and facilities, additions
to medical buildings and facilities, and the payment of principal and
interest on bonds issued to finance the cost of medical buildings and
facilities as authorized by the provisions of chapter 263A.
4. The physicians and surgeons on the staff of the university of
Iowa hospitals and clinics who care for patients provided for in this
section may charge for the medical services provided under such
rules, regulations, and plans approved by the state board of regents.
However, a physician or surgeon who provides treatment or care for an
expansion population member pursuant to chapter 249J shall not charge
or receive any compensation for the treatment or care except the
salary or compensation fixed by the state board of regents to be paid
from the hospital fund. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 167, §47, 66