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Ohio Rev. Code § 339.03 (2026)

Board of county hospital trustees - powers and duties

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March 30, 2007
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Senate Bill 126 - 126th General Assembly
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The board of county hospital trustees shall have complete charge of the selection and purchase or lease of a site or sites for a county hospital, taking title or leasehold interest to such site or sites in the name of the county, the selection of plans and specifications, the determination and erection of all necessary buildings on such site or sites, and of the selection and installation of all necessary and proper furniture, fixtures, and equipment.

The board of county hospital trustees may make capital improvements, including the purchase of equipment and vehicles, and may finance such improvements through hospital revenues or other hospital funds.

The board of county hospital trustees may issue revenue obligations, pursuant to section 140.06 or 339.15 of the Revised Code, or revenue bonds pursuant to section 133.08 of the Revised Code.

The board of county hospital trustees may construct an addition to the county hospital, acquire an existing structure for the purpose of leasing office space to local physicians, or lease real property to any person to construct facilities for providing medical services other than inpatient hospital services if the board of county hospital trustees determines that such purpose is reasonably related to the proper operation of the county hospital.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1963–1997 · leading case: State ex rel. Strothers v. Wertheim, 684 N.E.2d 1239 (Ohio 1997).
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State ex rel. Strothers v. Wertheim, 684 N.E.2d 1239 (Ohio 1997). “Because county hospitals are established pursuant to statute (R.C. 339.03; 339.06), the remaining issue in that case was whether the hospital was established to exercise “any function of government” as required under R.”
Lawrence v. Edwin Shaw Hosp., 517 N.E.2d 984 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1986). “was amended to place county hospital employees appointed under R.C. 339.03 and 339.06 into the unclassified civil service.”
City of Brook Park v. Short, 573 N.E.2d 168 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 1989). · cites it 2× “02 (hereafter referred to as “the Ordinance” or “the Brook Park Ordinance”), which provides in pertinent part as follows: *521 “No person shall operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeding a size as specified in Section 339.03, or exceeding a gross weight of…”
Wierzbicki v. Carmichael, 187 N.E.2d 184 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 1963). · cites it 2× “02, Revised Code, provides that “the Board *242 of County Commissioners together with the probate judge of said county and the judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county senior in point of service shall * * * appoint a board of county hospital trustees * * Section 339.03,…”
State ex rel. Strothers v. Wertheim, 80 Ohio St. 3d 155 (Ohio 1997). “Because county hospitals are established pursuant to statute (R.C. 339.03; 339.06), the remaining issue in that case was whether the hospital was established to exercise “any function of government” as required under R.”
Wierzbicki v. Carmichael, 91 Ohio Law. Abs. 220 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 1963). · cites it 2× “02, Revised Code, provides that “the board of county commissioners together with the probate judge of said county and the judge of the court of common pleas of said county senior in point of service shall * * * appoint a board of county hospital trustees * * Section 339.03,…”
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