§ 3631. Special powers of the corporation. In order to effectuate the\npurposes of this title, the corporation shall have the following\nadditional powers, except as limited by this title, the public health\nlaw, the mental hygiene law, the social services law, the education law,\nthe civil practice law and rules, and any other applicable law or\nregulation:\n 1. To operate, manage, superintend, and control any health facility\nunder its jurisdiction and to repair, maintain, and otherwise keep up\nany such health facility, and to establish, collect, and adjust fees,\nrentals, and other charges for the sale, lease, or sublease of any such\nhealth facility or real property, subject to the terms and conditions of\nany contract, lease, sublease, or other agreement with the county;\n 2. To provide health and medical services for the public, directly or\nby agreement or lease with any person, firm, partnership, limited\nliability company, or private or public corporation or association\nthrough or in the health facilities of the corporation or otherwise, and\nto make internal policies governing admissions and health and medical\nservices; and to establish, collect, and adjust fees and other charges\nfor the provision of such health and medical services; and to provide\nand maintain training programs for resident physicians, post-graduate\nclinical fellows, graduate students, other allied health professionals\nand intern medical services; and to sponsor and conduct research,\neducational, and training programs;\n 3. To provide uncompensated care to persons in need of health care\nservices without the ability to pay;\n 4. To provide, maintain, and operate a medical transport service;\nprovided, however, that nothing in this section shall prohibit the\ncorporation from adopting a schedule of charges for medical transport;\n 5. To participate in managed care networks, fee-for-service, and other\njoint and cooperative arrangements for the provision of general\ncomprehensive and specialty health care services, directly or through\ncontract with other service providers or entities;\n 6. To establish subsidiary corporations or other entities in\naccordance with subdivision nine of this section:\n (a) to meet the demands of health care delivery changes; and\n (b) to market, manufacture, or develop products or services developed\nby the corporation's clinical and research activities;\n 7. To enter into contracts, leases, subleases, and other agreements\nfor the purpose of affiliating with a medical college or colleges,\nincluding the state university of New York, in conjunction with the\ncorporation's health facilities, which agreements may provide for the\nmanagement, operation, and staffing of health facilities, the\nreconstruction, renovation, or addition to health facilities; the\nprovision of necessary facilities, utilities, and services; and such\nother conditions or features necessary and proper for such purpose and\nfor the public health and general welfare;\n 8. To determine the conditions under which a physician may be extended\nthe privilege of practicing within a health facility under the\njurisdiction of the corporation, to promulgate reasonable internal\npolicies for the conduct of all persons, physicians, and allied health\npractitioners within such facility, and to appoint and grant privileges\nto qualified and competent clinical practitioners; and\n 9. (a) Except as provided in this subdivision or as expressly limited\nby any applicable state law or regulation, to exercise and perform all\nor part of its purposes, powers, duties, functions, or activities\nthrough one or more subsidiary corporations or companies owned or\ncontrolled wholly or in part by the corporation, which shall be formed\npursuant to the business corporation law, the limited liability company\nlaw, or the not-for-profit corporation law, in each case subject to all\nthe limitations provided in this title.\n (b) Any such subsidiary may be authori
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