1. (a) If a county does not have a county tuberculosis hospital, the county executive may, by contract, arrange for the care and treatment of the county's citizens in a tuberculosis hospital in another county. The contract must state the minimum number of patients to be sent to the institution for any one (1) year and the amount of compensation to be paid by the county executive.
2. (b) The county fiscal body contracting for the care and treatment of tuberculosis patients shall appropriate out of that county's general fund sufficient money for the care and treatment of tuberculosis patients. The fund constitutes a special fund for the care and treatment of tuberculosis patients if the county has the right to levy a tax for that purpose.

3. (c) Any person residing in a county without a tuberculosis hospital who desires treatment in the hospital of another county may apply in writing to the county auditor of the county in which the person resides, on a form provided by the superintendent of the institution of the other county, with a physician's certificate stating that the physician has within ten (10) days examined the person, and that in the physician's judgment the person is suffering from tuberculosis. The auditor shall forward the application and certificate to the county executive. If the county executive finds that the facts in the application are true, the county executive shall record the county executive's findings and send the application to the superintendent of a county tuberculosis hospital with whom the county executive has contracted. After the patient is accepted, the county executive shall provide for transportation to and maintenance at the hospital.

   [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-11-1-8.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.7.