Florida Statute 155.16 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 155
HOSPITALS

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F.S. 155.16

155.16 County hospitals; residents; nonresidents; fees; contagious diseases; etc.—Every hospital established under this law shall be for the benefit of the inhabitants of such county and of any person falling sick or being injured or maimed within its limits, but the board of hospital trustees may extend the privileges and use of such hospital to persons residing outside of such county upon terms and conditions as such board of trustees may from time to time, by its rules and regulations, prescribe. Every such inhabitant or person who is not a pauper shall pay to such board or such officer as it shall designate, a reasonable compensation for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine, and attendance, according to the rules and regulations prescribed by the said board. Such hospital always shall be subject to such rules and regulations as said board may adopt in order to render the use of said hospital of the greatest benefit to the greatest number; and said board may exclude from treatment and care any indigent or pay case having a communicable or contagious disease where such disease may be a detriment to the best interest of such hospital and a source of contagion or infection to the patient in its care, and all inhabitants and persons who shall willfully violate any rules and regulations of such hospital.

History.—s. 13, ch. 20905, 1941.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 155.16

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 155.16.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 155.16

Total Results: 9

Dade County v. American Hosp. of Miami, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-01-06

Citation: 502 So. 2d 1230, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 48, 1987 Fla. LEXIS 1376

Snippet: 302, Florida Statutes (1981); and, (3) section 155.16, Florida Statutes (1981). With regard to the first

Dade County v. American Hospital of Miami, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-04-03

Citation: 463 So. 2d 232, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 520, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 12565

Snippet: governmental programs or third-party payors.” See § 155.16, Fla. Stat. (1981). Affirmed. .The appealed partial

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1976-11-16

Snippet: Trustees of the Seminole Memorial Hospital, under ss. 155.16 and 155.20, F. S., to fix and prescribe higher

Roberts v. Peacock

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-01-02

Citation: 193 So. 548, 141 Fla. 214, 1940 Fla. LEXIS 762

Snippet: Co., 54 Fla. 635, 45 So. 574, 127 Am. St. Rep. 155, 16 L.R.A. (N.S.) 307, 14 Ann. Cas. 472; Viser v. Willard

Wells v. Cochrane

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1939-04-14

Citation: 188 So. 87, 137 Fla. 241, 1939 Fla. LEXIS 1812

Snippet: Co., 54 Fla. 635, 45 So. 574, 127 Am. St. Rep. 155, 16 L.R.A. (N.S.) 307,14 Ann. Cas. 472; Viser v. Willard

Christensen v. Commercial Fishermen's Asso.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1939-02-14

Citation: 187 So. 699, 137 Fla. 248, 1939 Fla. LEXIS 1814

Snippet: Coast R. Co., 54 Fla. 635,45 So. 574; 127 St. Rep. 155, 16 L.R.A. (N.S.) 307, 14 Ann. Cas. 472; Viser v. Willard

City of West Palm Beach v. Eppelman

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1938-06-09

Citation: 181 So. 894, 132 Fla. 686, 1938 Fla. LEXIS 1815

Snippet: 54 Fla. 635, 45 So.2d 574, 127 Am. St. Rep. 155, 16 L.R.A. (N.S.) 307, 14 Ann. Cas. 472; Viser v. Willard

First Nat. Bank of Gainesville v. Massey

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1937-10-18

Citation: 182 So. 187, 132 Fla. 113, 1937 Fla. LEXIS 1549

Snippet: 54 Fla. 635, 45 So.2d 574; 127 Am. St. Rep. 155, 16 L.R.A. (N.S.) 307, 14 Ann. Cas. 472; Viser v. Willard

First American Bank & Trust Co. v. Town of Palm Beach

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1928-07-17

Citation: 117 So. 900, 96 Fla. 247

Snippet: National Bank v. Armstrong, 59 Fed. 372, 8 C. C. A. 155, 16 U.S. App. 4, 465, 28 L. R. A. 231, the court being