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Indiana Code Title 16. Health § 16-23-1-3

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 3. (a) A governing board shall manage the hospital.  The board consists of seven (7) members, all of whom must be qualified voters of the county in which the hospital is located.

(b) One (1) or two (2) of the members may be a licensed and practicing physician.  One (1) member may be a registered nurse.

(c) The governing board is a separate legal entity.

(d) This subsection is retroactively effective beginning January 1, 1971.  The name of the board may be styled as:

(1) “The Board of Trustees of __________ Hospital”, to include the full name of the hospital;

(2) the full name of the hospital;  or

(3) an assumed business name under which the board conducts the board's affairs.

Any legal action taken by a board after December 31, 1970, that is questioned solely because of the board's name under this section is hereby legalized and validated.

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