Community Memorial Hospital v. County of Ventura
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, Acting P. J.
Here we hold that a county’s policy of accepting paying patients at its public hospital is authorized by the Legislature, does not exceed the county’s police powers and does not constitute a gift of public funds. We also hold that a county is not a person subject to suit under the Unfair Practices Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17000 et seq.) or the unfair competition statute (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.) for acts relating to the operation of its public hospital. We affirm.
Facts
Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) is a private nonprofit general acute care hospital…
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