Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 31-3507 (2026)

Lease or sale. 

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Lease or sale. 

Such counties acting through their county commissioners shall have the right to lease such hospitals upon such terms and for such a length of time as they may decide, or to sell the same; provided, however, that no such lease or sale, except those leases entered into between such counties and the Idaho health facilities authority as provided in section 31-836, Idaho Code, shall be final or valid unless and until it has been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of said county voting on such question at an election held subject to the provisions of section 34-106, Idaho Code; except if a hospital district has been created under the provisions of chapter 13, title 39, Idaho Code, county commissioners shall have the right to lease, as provided in section 31-836, Idaho Code, such hospitals within a created hospital district to the hospital district without submitting the question of lease or sale to the qualified electors of the county or the respective hospital district.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1984–2021 · leading case: Caldwell Mem'l Hosp. v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 684 P.2d 1010 (Idaho Ct. App. 1984).
Caldwell Mem'l Hosp. v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 684 P.2d 1010 (Idaho Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “” Section 31-3507 provides: A county to which notice has been given pursuant to section 31-3504, Idaho Code, of a medically indigent person shall have the right to have said person removed to a hospital designated by the board of such county, if hospitalization is being provided…”
St. Luke's Health Sys. v. Bd. of Commissioners of Gem Cnty. (Idaho 2021). · cites it 2× “See I.C. §§ 31-3507, 31-3503(2). If the Board does not want to pay 9 a hospital for medically necessary, acute care, inpatient services, it has the legislative authority to contract with a provider for less-expensive services.”
St. Alphonsus Reg'l Med. v. Ada Cnty. (Idaho 2021). · cites it 2× “See I.C. §§ 31-3507, 31-3503(2). If the Board does not want to pay a hospital for medically necessary, acute care, inpatient services, it has the legislative authority to contract with a provider for less-expensive services.”
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