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Ohio Rev Code § 749.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.01 | Legislative Authority May Levy Tax to Compensate Free Public Hospital.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The legislative authority of each municipal corporation, annually, may levy and collect a tax not to exceed one mill on each dollar of the taxable property of the municipal corporation and pay the amount to a private corporation or association which maintains and furnishes a free public hospital for the benefit of the inhabitants of the municipal corporation, or not free except to such inhabitants as, in the opinion of a majority of the trustees of such hospital, are unable to pay. Such payment shall be compensation for the use and maintenance of such hospital. Without change or interference in the organization of such corporation or association, the legislative authority shall require the treasurer of such hospital, annually, to make a financial report setting forth all of the money and property which has come into its hands during the preceding year and the disposition thereof, together with any recommendations as to the future necessities of such hospital.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.02 | Legislative Authority May Agree With a Corporation for Hospital Service.

Effective: April 27, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 222 - 125th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may agree with a corporation organized for charitable purposes and not for profit, for the erection and management of a hospital suitably located for the treatment of the sick and disabled of such municipal corporation, or for an addition to such hospital, and for a permanent interest therein to such extent and upon such terms as are agreed upon between them, and the legislative authority shall provide for the payment of the amount agreed upon for such interest, either in one payment or in annual installments, as is agreed upon.Such agreement shall not become operative until approved by a vote of the electors of the municipal corporation as provided in section 749.021 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.021 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.021 | Submission of Question to Electors.

Effective: July 2, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly|Upon the execution of the agreement provided for in section 749.02 of the Revised Code the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall submit to the electors thereof, at the next general election occurring not less than ninety days after the certification of the resolution to the board of elections, the question of the ratification of such agreement, and if the sum to be paid by the municipal corporation under the terms of such agreement is not available from current general revenues thereof, the legislative authority shall also submit to the electors, at the same election, the question of the issue of bonds of the municipal corporation in the amount specified in such agreement for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of such sum. The proceedings in the matter of such election and in the issuance and sale of such bonds shall be as provided by law for municipal bonds. Such agreement shall not be effective, and no bonds shall be issued, unless the electors approve of both the agreement and the bond issue, if the question of the issue of bonds is so submitted.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.03 | Health Facility in Another Municipal Corporation.

Effective: April 27, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 222 - 125th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "health facility" means both of the following:(1) A hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code;(2) A facility other than a hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, where medical care and preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or palliative items or services are provided to outpatients by or under the direction of a physician or dentist.(B) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a board of hospital commissioners established under section 749.04 of the Revised Code may purchase, acquire, lease, appropriate, or construct a health facility in another municipal corporation to serve as a branch of a hospital erected under sections 749.02 to 749.14 of the Revised Code. The health facility may include office space for physicians. The facility shall be operated pursuant to the law that regulates the operation of the hospital.(C) When a proposal to establish a health facility in another municipal corporation is made by a board of hospital commissioners, all of the following apply:(1) The board shall give written notice to the legislative authority of its municipal corporation and to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation where the facility is to be located. The legislative authority of the municipal corporation where the facility is to be located, by resolution adopted within forty days after receipt of the notice, may object to the proposed facility. The resolution shall include an explanation of the objection and may make any recommendations the legislative authority considers necessary. The legislative authority shall send a copy of the resolution to the board of hospital commissioners and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation that proposes to locate the facility in the other municipal corporation.(2) Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, the board of hospital commissioners may establish and operate the facility, unless the legislative authority of the municipal corporation proposing to locate the facility in the other municipal corporation, not later than twenty days after receiving a resolution of objection from the other legislative authority pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, adopts a resolution denying the board the right to establish the facility.(3) If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation provides a subsidy for uncompensated care to a board of hospital commissioners, the board may establish and operate the health facility only if that legislative authority approves the establishment of the facility.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.04 | Board of Hospital Commissioners.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|When the legislative authority of a municipal corporation enters upon and takes possession of grounds purchased, appropriated, or otherwise obtained for hospital purposes, and, by resolution or ordinance, determines to erect thereon or rebuild a hospital, the erection and repair thereof or any addition thereto shall be vested in the board of hospital commissioners, as established under this section. Such board shall consist of the mayor and at least three trustees to be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the legislative authority. The members of such board shall be resident freehold electors of the municipal corporation, and they shall receive no compensation for their services.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.05 | Terms of Office; Vacancies; Quorum.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|The term of office of the appointed members of the board of hospital commissioners shall be four years, but the members first appointed shall hold their offices, respectively, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board, for the periods of one, two, three, and four years, and thereafter one member shall be appointed each year for the full term of four years. The mayor with the consent of the legislative authority shall fill any vacancy on the board of hospital commissioners not later than sixty days after the vacancy occurs. If the vacancy remains unfilled on that date, the legislative authority shall have thirty additional days to fill the vacancy. If the vacancy remains unfilled for ninety days after the vacancy occurs, the remaining members of the board, by majority vote, shall appoint an individual to fill the vacancy. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that term. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.06 | Powers of Board - Compensation of Appointees.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of hospital commissioners may appoint a clerk, an architect, a superintendent, and other necessary employees, fix their compensation, adopt a suitable plan for the hospital, and make all contracts for the erection and furnishing thereof. The salaries of appointees and the plan of the hospital, before any contract for such hospital's erection is entered into, shall be submitted to and approved by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.07 | Regular Meetings, Records, Adoption of Rules.

Effective: March 28, 2017|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 235 - 131st General Assembly|The board of hospital commissioners shall hold regular meetings at such time and place as is agreed upon, and shall keep a complete record of its proceedings. No contract which the board enters into shall be valid until concurred in at a regular meeting by a majority of all the members thereof, and such concurrence entered on the minutes of its proceedings. Members of the board of hospital commissioners may attend b oard meetings by means of communications equipment authorized under this section by rule of the board, including by video conference or teleconference. Notwithstanding division (C) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, board members who attend a board meeting by means of authorized communications equipment shall be considered present in person at the meeting, shall be permitted to vote, and shall be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the meeting. The board of hospital commissioners shall maintain a record of any vote or other action taken at a board meeting conducted by means of authorized communications equipment. The record also shall identify the members attending the board meeting by means of authorized communications equipment. The board of hospital commissioners shall adopt rules designating the communications equipment that is authorized for use during board meetings. The board also shall adopt rules that establish procedures and guidelines for using authorized communications equipment during board meetings and that ensure verification of the identity of any board members attending board meetings by such means.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.081 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.081 | Authority for Expenditures - No Member to Be Interested in Contracts - Contract for Secured Line of Credit.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 222 - 125th General Assembly|(A) For purposes of this section:(1) "Bank" has the same meaning as in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code.(2) "Savings and loan association" has the same meaning as in section 1151.01 of the Revised Code.(3) "Savings bank" has the same meaning as in section 1161.01 of the Revised Code.(B) The board of hospital commissioners may enter into a contract for a secured line of credit with a bank, savings and loan association, or savings bank if the contract meets all of the following requirements:(1) The term of the contract does not exceed one hundred eighty days;(2) The board's secured line of credit does not exceed five hundred thousand dollars;(3) The contract provides that any amount extended must be repaid in full before any additional credit can be extended;(4) The contract provides that the bank, savings and loan association, or savings bank shall not commence a civil action against the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or any member thereof, or the municipal corporation to recover the principal, interest, or any charges or other amounts that remain outstanding on the secured line of credit at the time of any default by the board of hospital commissioners;(5) The contract provides that no assets other than those of the hospital can be used to secure the line of credit;(6) The terms and conditions of the contract comply with all state and federal statutes and rules governing the extension of a secured line of credit.(C) Any obligation incurred by a board of hospital commissioners under division (B) of this section is an obligation of that board only and not a general obligation of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the municipal corporation within the meaning of division (Q) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code.(D) No board of hospital commissioners shall at any time have more than one secured line of credit under division (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.083 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.083 | Hospital Administrator - Powers and Duties.

Effective: April 27, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 222 - 125th General Assembly|(A) The board of hospital commissioners shall provide for the administration of the hospital by directly employing a hospital administrator or by entering into a contract for the management of the hospital under which an administrator is provided. When an administrator is employed directly, the board shall adopt a job description delineating the administrator's powers and duties and the board may pay the administrator's salary and other benefits from funds provided for the hospital.(B) During the construction and equipping of the hospital, the administrator shall act in an advisory capacity to the board. After the hospital is completed, the administrator shall serve as the chief executive officer and shall carry out the administration of the hospital according to the policies set forth by the board.The administrator shall administer the hospital, make reports, and take any other action that the administrator determines is necessary for the operation of the hospital.At the end of each fiscal year, the administrator shall submit to the board a complete financial statement showing the receipts, revenues, and expenditures in detail for the entire fiscal year.The administrator shall ensure that the hospital has such physicians, nurses, and other employees as are necessary for the proper care, control, and management of the hospital and its patients. The physicians, nurses, and other employees may be suspended or removed by the administrator at any time the welfare of the hospital warrants suspension or removal. The administrator may obtain physicians, nurses, and other employees by direct employment, entering into contracts, or granting authority to practice in the hospital.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.084 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.084 | Construction, Acquisition, or Lease of Property by Board.

Effective: April 27, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 222 - 125th General Assembly|The board of hospital commissioners may do any of the following if the board determines that the action is reasonably related to the operation of the hospital:(A) Construct an addition to the hospital under the powers vested the board under section 749.04 of the Revised Code;(B) Acquire an existing structure for the purpose of leasing office space to local physicians;(C) Lease real property to any person to construct facilities for providing medical services other than inpatient hospital services or otherwise lease or convey interests in real estate for providing medical services other than inpatient hospital services.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.09 | Plans and Specifications.

Effective: August 1, 1980|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 157 - 113th General Assembly|Before entering into any contract for the erection of a hospital building, the board of hospital commissioners shall have plans, specifications, detailed drawings, and forms of bids prepared, and when adopted by the board, it may have such plans and drawings lithographed, and the specifications, forms of bids, and a form of contract and bid guaranty prepared by the village solicitor or city director of law of the municipal corporation, and have them printed for distribution among the bidders.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.10 | Terms of Contracts.

Effective: April 27, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 222 - 125th General Assembly|All contracts for the erection of a hospital building shall be made in the name of the municipal corporation or the board of hospital commissioners, and it shall be stipulated therein that the contractor will not execute any extra work, or make any modifications or alterations mentioned in the specifications and plans, unless ordered in writing by the board of hospital commissioners, that the contractor will not claim any pay therefor unless such written order is given, and the additional compensation fixed and agreed upon. Copies of the plans and drawings, attested by the contractor, and the original bids, specifications, and contracts shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.11 | Advertise for Proposals.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of hospital commissioners shall not enter into any contract for work or materials for the erection of a hospital building, except as relates to procuring plans, drawings, specifications, and forms of bids, without first giving thirty days' notice in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the municipal corporation that sealed proposals will be received for doing the work or furnishing the materials.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.12 | Bids to Be Accompanied by Bid Guaranty.

Effective: August 1, 1980|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 157 - 113th General Assembly|Each bid for work and materials for the erection of a hospital building shall meet the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.13 | Bids to Be Sealed and Indorsed.

Effective: September 1, 1976|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 338 - 111th General Assembly|Each bid for work and materials for the erection of a hospital building shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope and deposited with the clerk of the board of hospital commissioners, and such envelopes shall have indorsed thereon the nature of the bid. All bids shall be opened at the time, date, and place specified in the notice to bidders or specifications. The time, date, and place of bid openings may be extended to a later date by the board of hospital commissioners, provided that written or oral notice of the change shall be given to all persons who have received or requested specifications no later than ninety-six hours prior to the original time and date fixed for the opening.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.14 | Contract With Lowest Bidder.

Effective: November 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly|The board of hospital commissioners shall enter into a contract for work or materials for the erection of a hospital building with the lowest responsible bidder. The board may reject any bid.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.15 | Powers of Director; Administration of Hospitals.

Effective: April 16, 1993|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 119th General Assembly|(A) The director of public safety shall have the entire management and control of a hospital erected under sections 749.02 to 749.14 of the Revised Code, when completed and ready for use, and, subject to the ordinances of the legislative authority of the city, shall establish rules for its government, and the admission of persons to its privileges, as he deems expedient. The director may employ a superintendent, steward, physicians, nurses, and such other employees as are necessary, and fix the compensation of all such persons, which compensation shall be subject to the approval of the legislative authority. The director with the approval of the mayor may also employ counsel to bring legal action for the collection of delinquent accounts.(B) The director of public safety may grant to employees of a hospital erected under sections 749.02 to 749.14 of the Revised Code any of the following as he determines to be customary and usual in the nonprofit hospital field in the community:(1) Additional vacation leave with full pay for full-time employees, including hourly rate employees, after service of one year;(2) Vacation leave and holiday pay for part-time employees on a pro rata basis;(3) Leave with full pay, which shall not be deducted from the employee's accumulated sick leave, due to death in the employee's immediate family;(4) Moving expenses for new employees;(5) Premium pay for working on holidays observed by other municipal agencies;(6) Discounts on purchases from the hospital pharmacy.The director may provide employee recognition awards and may hold employee recognition dinners. The director may provide scholarships for education in the health care professions, tuition reimbursement, and other staff development programs for the purpose of recruiting or retaining qualified employees. The board may pay reasonable expenses for recruiting physicians into the city or for retaining them if all or part of the city has been designated as an area with a shortage of personal health services under the "Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 914, 42 U.S.C. 300e, as amended.
Ohio Rev Code § 749.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 7 | Municipal Corporations|Chapter 749 | Hospitals|Section 749.16 | Legislative Authority May Accept Participation by District or County for Construction of Hospital.

Effective: November 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly|The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, under agreement with a joint township hospital district board, or with the board of county commissioners, accept participation by such district or county in the erection or enlargement of a municipal hospital, or in the maintenance and operation of such a hospital, or both. Such agreement may provide for the amounts to be contributed by such district or county, as the case may be, for the construction and enlargement of such hospital, for its maintenance and operation, the rights and privileges to be enjoyed by the district and its inhabitants, or by the county and its inhabitants, by virtue of such contributions, and its rights of representation upon the municipal corporation's board of hospital commissioners or board of governors.