§ 16-24-1-23 — Care and treatment of county nonresidents; payment; liability

Indiana § 16-24-1-23

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

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(a) Whenever a superintendent receives an
application for the admission of a patient with tuberculosis from the
county executive of any other county, the superintendent shall notify
the person to appear at the hospital if there is:
(1) a vacancy; and
(2) no pending application from a resident of the county in which
the hospital is located.
(b) If the superintendent is satisfied that the patient has tuberculosis,
the superintendent shall admit the patient to the hospital. The patient
is a charge against the county executive of the county sending the
patient, at a rate to be fixed by the board of managers. The rate may not
exceed the per capita cost of maintenance, including a reasonable
allowance for interest on the costs of the hospital. The bill shall, when
verified, be audited and paid by the auditor of that county.
(c) The county executive shall investigate the circumstances of the
patient and of the patient's relatives legally liable for the patient's
support, and has the same authority as the township trustee as
administrator of township assistance to collect the cost of the patient's
maintenance according to the patient's relatives' financial ability.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-11-1-9.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.166.