Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a county hospital in a county having a population of more than sixteen thousand seven hundred (16,700) and less than nineteen thousand (19,000).

     (b) Subject to subsection (e), the hospital and the affairs and business of the hospital shall be under the management and control of a governing board consisting of seven (7) members as follows:

(1) Three (3) members must be members of the county executive.

(2) Two (2) members shall be appointed by the county fiscal body, one (1) of whom may be a licensed physician.

(3) Two (2) members shall be appointed by the county executive.

     (c) One (1) of the members initially appointed by the county fiscal body serves for one (1) year and one (1) of the members initially appointed serves for two (2) years. After the initial appointment, the members serve for two (2) years.

     (d) One (1) of the members initially appointed by the county executive serves for one (1) year and one (1) of the members initially appointed serves for two (2) years. After the initial appointment, the members serve for two (2) years.

     (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.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-1-3(h).]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.35-1997, SEC.2; P.L.91-2002, SEC.3 and P.L.100-2002, SEC.3; P.L.80-2011, SEC.4; P.L.119-2012, SEC.133; P.L.104-2022, SEC.108.