Ind. Code § 25-19-1-2 – State board of health facility administrators

(a) There is created the Indiana state board of health facility administrators composed of thirteen (13) members as follows:
1. (1) The state health commissioner or the commissioner's designee.
2. (2) The director of the division of family resources or the director's designee.
3. (3) The state long term care ombudsman or the state long term care ombudsman's designee.
4. (4) The chief administrative officer of the Indiana University medical center at Indianapolis or the chief administrative officer's designee.
5. (5) One (1) member of the medical profession holding an unlimited license to practice medicine in Indiana.
6. (6) Four (4) administrators of licensed proprietary health facilities.
7. (7) Two (2) administrators of licensed nonproprietary health facilities.
8. (8) Two (2) members representing the public at large, who:
  1. (A) are residents of Indiana; and
  2. (B) have never been associated with health facility services or administration in any way other than as a resident or a family member of a resident of a health facility.
(b) Those members of the board other than the representatives of state agencies and institutions shall be appointed by the governor after consultation with the associations and societies appropriate to the disciplines and professions representative of the position to be filled. The original and all subsequent physician and hospital administrator appointments shall be for terms of four (4) years. All appointments shall be for four (4) year terms, except that in case of a vacancy prior to term completion, the appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. Any vacancy, either prior to or at term completion, shall be filled by the governor after consultation with the associations and societies appropriate to the discipline or professions representative of the vacancy. In all cases, the appointees shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
(c) The governor may remove any member of the board other than the representative of a state agency or institution for misconduct, incapacity, incompetence, or neglect of duty after the member has been served with a written statement of charges and has been given an opportunity to be heard. Designated representatives of the state agencies or institutions may be removed by the original appointing authority for any of those causes.
Formerly: Acts 1969, c.84, s.2. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.136; P.L.149-1987, SEC.39; P.L.2-1992, SEC.775; P.L.43-1998, SEC.1; P.L.145-2006, SEC.161; P.L.105-2008, SEC.33.