Sec. 47. (a) The board of directors has the authority and powers granted to boards of nonprofit corporations under IC 23-17, including the powers to do the following:
(1) Enter shared service agreements and other cooperative ventures.
(2) Join or sponsor memberships in organizations and associations that benefit the hospital.
(3) Incorporate other corporations.
(4) Allow members of the board or officers or administrators of the hospital to serve as directors of the following:
(A) Organizations or associations that benefit the hospital.
(B) Partnerships, limited liability companies, or other corporations.
(C) Shared service agreements and other cooperative ventures.
(5) Offer to the general public, directly or indirectly, products and services of any entity created under this subsection.
(6) Sue and be sued in the board's own name.
(7) Enter into contracts.
(8) Perform all other duties and exercise all other powers prescribed by law.
(b) The existence of authority or power under subsection (a) shall be determined in favor of the hospital if generally authorized or existing under IC 23-17. A resolution of the board of directors is presumptive evidence of a power.
(c) If a county or city fiscal body provides a direct financial subsidy to a hospital from a tax levy at the time a hospital exercises the hospital's powers under subsection (a), the hospital may not provide the funds from a tax levy to an entity created under subsection (a) for more than three (3) years. After three (3) years, all money, with interest, must be repaid in not more than ten (10) years.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-12.2-5-3 part; 16-12.2-5-39.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.251.
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