Sec. 3. (a) A governing board shall manage the hospital. The board consists of seven (7) members, all of whom must be qualified voters of the county in which the hospital is located.
(b) One (1) or two (2) of the members may be a licensed and practicing physician. One (1) member may be a registered nurse.
(c) The governing board is a separate legal entity.
(d) This subsection is retroactively effective beginning January 1, 1971. The name of the board may be styled as:
(1) "The Board of Trustees of ______ Hospital", to include the full name of the hospital;
(2) the full name of the hospital; or
(3) an assumed business name under which the board conducts the board's affairs.
Any legal action taken by a board after December 31, 1970, that is questioned solely because of the board's name under this section is hereby legalized and validated.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-3 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.91-2002, SEC.15 and P.L.100-2002, SEC.16; P.L.149-2017, SEC.3; P.L.9-2022, SEC.28.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals
Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities
16-23-1-1. Application of Chapter
16-23-1-2. Appropriations and Tax Levies; Conditions
16-23-1-3. Governing Board; Members; Allowable Name of the Board; Actions Legalized
16-23-1-4. Appointing Board; Members; Oath
16-23-1-4.1. Governing Board Membership Limitation
16-23-1-5. Appointing Board; Meetings
16-23-1-6. Board of Directors; Conflicts of Interest
16-23-1-7. Governing Board; Vacancies; Candidates
16-23-1-8. Governing Board; Vacancies; Appointments
16-23-1-9. Governing Board; Terms
16-23-1-10. Governing Board; Time of Appointments; Continuation of Appointing Board Membership
16-23-1-11. Board of Directors; Certificates of Appointment; Oaths and Bonds
16-23-1-12. Governing Board Meetings; Time and Place; Quorum
16-23-1-13. Treasurer; City Clerk-Treasurer
16-23-1-14. Separate Treasurer
16-23-1-15. Duties of Treasurer
16-23-1-16. Governing Board Officers
16-23-1-17. Duties of Governing Board Officers
16-23-1-18. Compensation of Governing Board Members and Officers
16-23-1-19. Duties of Governing Board
16-23-1-20. Nonprofit Operation; Rate Reductions
16-23-1-21. Discrimination Prohibited
16-23-1-22. Equipment and Personal Property
16-23-1-23. Procurement Contracts; Trust Bids, Proposals, and Quotations
16-23-1-24. Loans in Anticipation of Taxes
16-23-1-26. Estimate and Budget
16-23-1-27. Tax Levy Without Anticipated Deficiency Prohibited
16-23-1-28. Anticipated Deficiency; Tax Levy
16-23-1-29. Appropriations; Special Hospital Aid Tax
16-23-1-30. Emergency Appropriations
16-23-1-31. Appropriation Approval; Review; Revision; Annual Reports
16-23-1-32. Hospital Aid Taxes; Collection and Deposit
16-23-1-33. Records, Books, Papers, and Physical Property; Inspection and Examination
16-23-1-33.5. Hospital Employee Salary Information
16-23-1-34. Gifts, Donations, Bequests, Devises, and Property in Trust; Acceptance and Control
16-23-1-35. Facility Construction, Improvement, and Repair by City Legislative Bodies
16-23-1-36. Bonds; Terms; Security
16-23-1-37. Facility Construction, Improvement, and Repair by Governing Board
16-23-1-38. Federal Funds and Grants; County Funds
16-23-1-39. Emergency Hospital Construction, Improvement, and Repair; Bonds
16-23-1-40. Cumulative Hospital Building Fund; Tax Rate; Investment
16-23-1-41. Claims Against Hospitals
16-23-1-42. Maintenance and Operation of Properties
16-23-1-43. City Classification Changes; Effect
16-23-1-44. Joint Hospital Operation
16-23-1-45. Governing Board; Rights and Powers; Sale and Lease of Real Property
16-23-1-46. Sale of Real Property; Trust Bids; Lease of Real and Personal Property; Loans
16-23-1-47. Board of Directors; Authority and Powers; Direct Financial Subsidies