§ 16-23-1-3 — Governing board; members; allowable name of the board; actions legalized

Indiana § 16-23-1-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 23: MUNICIPAL AND OTHER TYPES OF
• Ch. 1: City Hospitals in Third Class Cities

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(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.]

Legislative History

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.