Public Health Act
33. Recovery of cost of maintaining patient in hospital
33. Recovery of cost of maintaining patient in hospital
Any expenses incurred by a municipal council in maintaining in a hospital, or in a temporary place for the reception of the sick (whether or not belonging to such hospital), a patient who is not a pauper shall be deemed to be a debt due from such patient to the municipal council, and may be recovered from him after his discharge from such hospital or place of reception, or from his estate in the event of his dying in such hospital or place.(L.N. 41/1970, Sch.)Source: Kenya Law