§ 145A.5 — Order of approval

Iowa § 145A.5

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IV: PUBLIC HEALTH
• Ch. 145A: AREA HOSPITALS

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When a plan is approved, the officials approving the plan shall jointly issue an order of
approval. The order shall specify the area to be merged, the maximum rate of tax to be
levied for debt service and operation and maintenance of the proposed area hospital in the
portion of the merged area within each political subdivision, the proposed location of the
hospitalbuilding,theestimatedcostoftheestablishmentofthehospital,andanyotherdetails
concerning the establishment and operation of the hospital the officials deem pertinent. The
order shall be published in one or more newspapers which have general circulation within
the merged area once each week for three consecutive weeks, but the newspapers selected
need not be published in the merged area. The published order shall contain a notice to the
residents of each subdivision of the proposed merged area that if the residents fail to protest
as provided in this chapter, the order shall be deemed approved upon the expiration of a
sixty-day period following the date of the last published notice.

Legislative History

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §145A.5]