Indiana § 16-23.5-2-7 Executive board powers and duties; generally

Indiana Statutes

§ 16-23.5-2-7 — Executive board powers and duties; generally

Indiana § 16-23.5-2-7

Title 16HEALTH

Art. 23.5MEDICAL CENTERS; INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Ch. 2Medical Center Development Agencies

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Ind. Code § 16-23.5-2-7 (2026).

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The executive board has the following powers and duties:

(1)To devise a comprehensive plan for the development of a medical center within the county. The comprehensive plan must be recommended to and approved by the board of commissioners and the county council, if applicable, but only after the plan has been reviewed at one (1) or more public hearings within the county. The plan shall be developed through:

(A)consultation with the respective local plan commissions;

(B)surveys of existing public and private medical facilities;

(C)studies of land use plans for the county;

(D)identification of countywide medical or health services that are deficient and that could be provided by a medical center;

(E)identification of sources of medical, paramedical, and other personnel to staff or augm

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The executive board has the following
powers and duties:
(1) To devise a comprehensive plan for the development of a
medical center within the county. The comprehensive plan must
be recommended to and approved by the board of commissioners
and the county council, if applicable, but only after the plan has
been reviewed at one (1) or more public hearings within the
county. The plan shall be developed through:
(A) consultation with the respective local plan commissions;
(B) surveys of existing public and private medical facilities;
(C) studies of land use plans for the county;
(D) identification of countywide medical or health services that
are deficient and that could be provided by a medical center;
(E) identification of sources of medical, paramedical, and other
personnel to staff or augment the staff of a medical center; and
(F) study and identification of any other pertinent factors,
problems, and needs to be resolved within the plan.
(2) To hire or contract with qualified persons to assist the board
in carrying out the executive board's powers and responsibilities.
The executive board may hire a director who may hire qualified
persons or contract with them with the approval of the executive
board. The number of persons hired, their compensation, and the
terms of contracts are subject to review in advance by the county
council, who may alter the contracts and fix the number of the
persons and their compensation.
(3) To apply for, receive, and expend federal, state, private, local,
or other funds that may be made available for the purposes of the
agency and to meet any conditions that may be attached to the
expenditure of funds, all with the prior approval of the county
council, and subject to all state statutes and regulations governing
them. The county council may appropriate to the agency the
proceeds of a tax levied to fund a medical center cumulative
building fund or equivalent fund established under statute.
(4) To inform the board of commissioners, county council, and
other interested parties at least once every three (3) months of the
progress of plans for development, construction, or improvement
of medical center facilities.
(5) To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary
or incidental to the performance of the duties and execution of
powers provided in this chapter on behalf of the county, with the
approval of the county council.
[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation:
20-12-30.3-6(a) part.]