Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 216.010 (2026)
Repealed, 1978
✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: County containing city of second, third, fourth or fifth class may establish and maintain hospital. History: Repealed 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 19. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 91. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 938e-1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1949–1968 · leading case: Demunbrun v. Browning, 223 S.W.2d 372 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949).
Demunbrun v. Browning, 223 S.W.2d 372 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). “Section 216.010 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes is as follows: “Any county containing a city of the second, third, fourth or fifth class may, through its fiscal court, establish and erect a hospital for the use of its citizens, and for that purpose the fiscal court may acquire…”
Rather v. Allen Cnty. War Mem'l Hosp., 429 S.W.2d 860 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “Under the statutes providing for county hospitals, KRS 216.010 to 216.050, the hospital is not a legal entity capable of being sued as such, so the attempt to make it a party was meaningless.”
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