Sec. 30. (a) The board of commissioners of a contracting county shall appoint an official visitor to the health center. The term of office of the official visitor is three (3) years.
(b) The official visitor, in conjunction with the local board of health, the tuberculosis and respiratory disease agencies of the contracting county, or both, shall do the following:
(1) Prepare all of the papers and documents necessary for the admission of the patient from the contracting county.
(2) Inspect and visit the patient in the patient's home and investigate the patient's financial condition.
(3) Report the facts to the board of commissioners at the time of the presentation of the admission papers for approval.
(c) The official visitor shall cause to be transported to and from the health center the patients of the contracting county.
(d) The official visitors appointed by the boards of commissioners of the contracting counties constitute the board of visitors. The members of the board of visitors shall do the following:
(1) Meet at least annually at the health center.
(2) Transact the business of their respective counties.
(3) Report to their respective boards of commissioners.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-4-6-9 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.24.
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