Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 36-8-2-5 (2026)
Medical care, health, and community services; hospitals
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 5. (a) A unit may do the following:
(1) Provide medical care or other health and community services to persons.
(2) Impose restrictions upon persons or animals that might cause other persons or animals to be injured or contract diseases.
(3) Establish, aid, maintain, and operate hospitals.
(b) A municipality may exercise powers granted by subsection (a)(1) and (a)(3) in areas within four (4) miles outside its corporate boundaries.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-1.5-7(b); 18-1-1.5-7(e); 18-1-1.5-7(l); 18-1-1.5-14(n); 18-3-1-22.5; 18-4-2-11 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.277-2019, SEC.8.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2005–2005 · leading case: Sisters of St. Francis Health Servs., Inc. v. Morgan Cnty., 397 F. Supp. 2d 1032 (S.D. Ind. 2005).
Sisters of St. Francis Health Servs., Inc. v. Morgan Cnty., 397 F. Supp. 2d 1032 (S.D. Ind. 2005). “Ind.Code § 36-8-2-5. Defendants hang their state action immunity argument on the verb “aid” in the statute.”
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