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TUSCON MEDICAL CENTER v. APACHE COUNTY

No. 2 CA-CIV 4955.

140 Ariz. 476 (1984)

682 P.2d 1143

TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER, an Arizona, non-profit corporation, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. APACHE COUNTY, a body politic, Defendant/Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Review Denied June 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Dickerman, Nuckolls, Edwards & Smith, P.C. by John Gabroy, Tucson, for plaintiff/appellant.

Stephen G. Udall, Apache County Atty. by Russell H. Burdick, Jr., St. Johns, for defendant/appellee.

Gammage & Burnham by Richard B. Burnham and Richard K. Mahrle, Phoenix, for amicus curiae St. Joseph's Hosp. and Medical Center.

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

The issue here is whether a private hospital which has rendered care to an indigent under A.R.S. § 11-297.01 must comply with A.R.S. § 11-622 by submitting a claim to the county before it can receive payment for its services. We hold that it does and affirm.

Tucson Medical Center (TMC) rendered emergency medical services from September 25, 1981, to December 2, 1981, to patient Baby Girl Browneyes, an indigent...

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