Indiana § 16-22-2-3 Governing board; qualifications; appointments; terms; residence
limitations

Indiana Statutes

§ 16-22-2-3 — Governing board; qualifications; appointments; terms; residence limitations

Indiana § 16-22-2-3

Title 16HEALTH

Art. 22COUNTY HOSPITALS

Ch. 2County Hospital Governing Boards

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Ind. Code § 16-22-2-3 (2026).

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(a)This section applies to hospitals operated under IC 16-12-1 (before its repeal on July 1, 1993).

(b)The management of a hospital shall be under the control of a governing board consisting of eleven (11) members. Three (3) of the members of the governing board must be the members of the county executive.

(c)Subject to subsection (e), if the hospital is acquired or equipped without the aid of a hospital association:

(1)three (3) members of the governing board shall be appointed by the county executive; and

(2)five (5) members of the governing board, one (1) of whom may be a licensed physician, shall be appointed by the county fiscal body.

(d)Subject to subsection (e), if the hospital is acquired or equipped with the aid of a hospital association:

(1)four (4) members of the governin

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(a) This section applies to hospitals operated
under IC 16-12-1 (before its repeal on July 1, 1993).
(b) The management of a hospital shall be under the control of a
governing board consisting of eleven (11) members. Three (3) of the
members of the governing board must be the members of the county
executive.
(c) Subject to subsection (e), if the hospital is acquired or equipped
without the aid of a hospital association:
(1) three (3) members of the governing board shall be appointed
by the county executive; and
(2) five (5) members of the governing board, one (1) of whom
may be a licensed physician, shall be appointed by the county
fiscal body.
(d) Subject to subsection (e), if the hospital is acquired or equipped
with the aid of a hospital association:
(1) four (4) members of the governing board, one (1) of whom
may be a licensed physician, shall be appointed by the hospital
association;
(2) two (2) members of the governing board shall be appointed by
the county executive; and
(3) two (2) members of the governing board shall be appointed by
the county fiscal body.
(e) Not more than two (2) members of a governing board appointed
under this section may reside in a county other than the county in
which the hospital is located. A member who is not a resident of the
county in which the hospital is located must:
(1) be an Indiana resident; and
(2) be appointed upon a submission made under section 11 of this
chapter by the governing board of the hospital to the appointing
authority.
(f) The term of an appointed member of the governing board is two
(2) years, except a person appointed by the county executive under
subsection (c)(1) or (d)(2) serves a one (1) year term. Thereafter, the
persons appointed by the county executive to succeed initial persons
serve two (2) year terms.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-1-3(a), (b), (c),
(d), (e), (g).]