§ 16-24-2-13 — Admission of nonresidents; liability for care and treatment

Indiana § 16-24-2-13

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 24: TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITALS
• Ch. 2: Operation of County Tuberculosis Hospitals in Allen, St.

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(a) Whenever the superintendent receives an
application for the admission of a patient from another county, the
superintendent shall notify the person to appear at the hospital if the
following conditions are met:
(1) It appears that the person has tuberculosis, or a similar
disease.
(2) There is a vacancy in the hospital.
(3) There is no pending application from a patient residing in the
county in which the hospital is located.
(b) If, upon personal examination of the patient by the medical staff
of the hospital, the superintendent determines that the patient has
tuberculosis, the superintendent shall admit the patient to the hospital.
The patient is a charge against the executive of the county sending the
patient, at a rate to be fixed by the board of managers but not to exceed
the per capita cost of maintenance, including a reasonable allowance
for interest on the cost of the hospital. The bill shall, when verified, be
paid by the auditor of the county. The county executive of the
contracting county shall investigate the circumstances of the patient
and of the patient's relatives legally liable for the patient's support. The
county executive has the same authority as a township trustee as
administrator of township assistance in similar cases to collect,
according to the patient's or the patient's relatives' financial ability, the
cost of the maintenance.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-11-6-12.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.168.