§ 16-24-1-20 — Admission to hospital; applications; discrimination; payment for services

Indiana § 16-24-1-20

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 24: TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITALS
• Ch. 1: County Tuberculosis Hospitals; Power of County Board

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(a) Any resident of the county in which the
hospital is located who desires treatment in the hospital may apply in
person to the superintendent or to a physician for examination. If the
physician finds that the person has tuberculosis in any form, the
physician may apply to the superintendent of the hospital for the
person's admission. The superintendent shall forward application forms
without charge to any physician in the county, upon request. If
practicable, application for admission to the hospital shall be made
upon the forms. Upon receipt of the application, if it appears that the
patient has tuberculosis and if there is a vacancy in the hospital, the
superintendent shall notify the person to appear at the hospital. The
superintendent shall admit a person to the hospital if, after an
examination, the superintendent is satisfied that the person has
tuberculosis.
(b) All applications must meet the following conditions:
(1) State whether, in the judgment of the physician, the person is
able to pay in whole or in part for the person's care and treatment.
(2) Be filed and recorded in a book kept for that purpose in the
order of receipt.
(c) When the hospital is completed and ready for the treatment of
patients, or whenever there are vacancies, admission shall be made in
the order in which the names of applicants who are certified by the
superintendent to have tuberculosis appear in the application book.
(d) A patient shall not be discriminated against because the patient
or the patient's relatives contribute to the cost of the patient's
maintenance, in whole or in part. A patient may not pay more for the
patient's maintenance than the average per capita cost of maintenance,
including a reasonable allowance for the interest on the cost of the
hospital. An officer or employee of the hospital may not accept from
any patient any fee, payment, or gratuity for services.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-11-1-6.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.7.