Section 22-21-297
Certification necessary for treatment; exception.
No patient shall be treated or admitted to, except in the case of an emergency, to a regional referral hospital as an indigent unless and until the board of county commissioners of the county providing certification notifies the hospital that the patient is certified as an indigent and that he is approved by the board for treatment or admission.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-808, p. 1487, §8.)