Article 1. General of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 101. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this
chapter:
(a) "County" means the County of San Luis Obispo.
(b) "Governing board" means the governing body of the hospital
authority.
(c) "Hospital authority" means the separate public agency that may
be established pursuant to this chapter by the San Luis Obispo
County Board of Supervisors to manage, administer, and control
General Hospital and the Family Care Centers.
(d) "General Hospital" means the licensed general acute care
hospital that, as of January 1, 1999, owned and operated by the
County of San Luis Obispo, together with all additions to, or
replacements of, that facility.
(e) "Family care centers" means the outpatient, ambulatory care
clinic facilities that are, as of January 1, 1999, licensed as part
of General Hospital, as well as all additional or replacement
outpatient facilities that may be licensed as part of General
Hospital after January 1, 1999.