50-4-602. Cooperative agreements, mergers, and consolidations allowed. (1) A health care facility may enter into a cooperative agreement with one or more health care facilities. A health care facility may also merge or consolidate in whole or in part with one or more other health care facilities.

(2) A physician licensed to practice medicine under Title 37, chapter 3, may enter into a cooperative agreement with one or more physicians licensed to practice medicine under Title 37, chapter 3.