Indiana Code
Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities
16-23-1-3. Governing Board; Members; Allowable Name of the Board; Actions Legalized

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

Indiana Code

Title 16. Health

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

16-23-1-19.5. Insurance

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

16-23-1-25. Superintendent; Personnel; Business Manager; Pension or Retirement Plan; Powers and Duties

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