50-5-404. Duties of department. The department shall:
     (1) prescribe minimum standards for the maintenance and operation of health care facilities receiving federal aid for construction under the state plan;
     (2) inventory existing hospital, medical, and related health care facilities;
     (3) survey the need for construction or alteration of health care facilities;
     (4) develop and administer a state plan for the construction and alteration of public and other nonprofit health care facilities;
     (5) if desirable, enter into agreements for the utilization of facilities and services of other departments, agencies, and institutions, public or private;
     (6) accept and deposit with the state treasurer and spend any grant made to meet costs of carrying out 50-5-402 through 50-5-411;
     (7) prepare and review a construction program in accordance with federal requirements that will provide adequate health care facilities to people in the state providing, as far as possible, for distribution throughout the state to make all types of services reasonably available to all persons;
     (8) submit to federal agencies state plans, including those for the health care facilities construction program and modifications of it providing for the establishment and operation of health care facilities construction activities in accordance with federal requirements;
     (9) make application to the appropriate federal agency for funds to assist in carrying out the survey and planning activities;
     (10) after approval of a plan by the appropriate federal agency, publish a description in newspapers having general circulation throughout the state and make the plan available upon request to all persons or organizations;
     (11) inspect construction or alteration projects approved by the appropriate federal agency and, if satisfactory, certify that work has been performed on the project or purchases made in accordance with approved plans and specifications and that payment of federal funds is due to the applicant;
     (12) require reports and make inspections and investigations as necessary or required by the federal agency;
     (13) contract with consultants for services which are performed on a part-time or fee-for-service basis not involving administrative duties.

     History: En. Secs. 182, 183, 184, 186, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Secs. 78, 79, 80, 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 69-5303, 69-5304, 69-5305(part), 69-5307; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 347, L. 1979.