{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-40","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-40","heading":"Title and purpose.","body":"(a)\tThis Part shall be known as the \"Hospital District Act.\"\n(b)\tIt is the purpose of this Part to authorize the creation of hospital districts to furnish hospital, clinical and similar services to the people of this State.\n(c)\tThis Part provides an additional and alternative method for the provision of hospital, clinical and similar services.\n(d)\tThis Part shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes. (1983, c. 775, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 131E. Health Care Facilities and Services.","Article 2. Public Hospitals.","Part 3. Hospital District Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_131E/GS_131E-40.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:12Z","sha256":"04401b2a722351495d70ea4e2d9f0598921ad0d1111657676bf0399e57929e2e","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-35-through-131e-39","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}