Indiana § 16-22-2-3 - Governing board; qualifications; appointments; terms; residence limitations
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§ 16-22-2-3. Governing board; qualifications; appointments; terms; residence limitations
Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to hospitals operated under IC 16-12-1 (before its repeal on July 1, 1993).
(b) The management of a hospital shall be under the control of a governing board consisting of eleven (11) members. Three (3) of the members of the governing board must be the members of the county executive.
(c) Subject to subsection (e), if the hospital is acquired or equipped without the aid of a hospital association:
(1) three (3) members of the governing board shall be appointed by the county executive; and
(2) five (5) members of the governing board, one (1) of whom may be a licensed physician, shall be appointed by the county fiscal body.
(d) Subject to subsection (e), if the hospital is acquired or equipped with the aid of a hospital association:
(1) four (4) members of the governing board, one (1) of whom may be a licensed physician, shall be appointed by the hospital association;
(2) two (2) members of the governing board shall be appointed by the county executive; and
(3) two (2) members of the governing board shall be appointed by the county fiscal body.
(e) Not more than two (2) members of a governing board appointed under this section may reside in a county other than the county in which the hospital is located. A member who is not a resident of the county in which the hospital is located must:
(1) be an Indiana resident; and
(2) be appointed upon a submission made under section 11 of this chapter by the governing board of the hospital to the appointing authority.
(f) The term of an appointed member of the governing board is two (2) years, except a person appointed by the county executive under subsection (c)(1) or (d)(2) serves a one (1) year term. Thereafter, the persons appointed by the county executive to succeed initial persons serve two (2) year terms.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-1-3(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g).]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.80-2011, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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