2005 Idaho Code - 48-1505 — PUBLIC MEETINGS -- NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE

                                  TITLE  48
                        MONOPOLIES AND TRADE PRACTICES
                                  CHAPTER 15
               IDAHO NONPROFIT HOSPITAL SALE OR CONVERSION ACT
    48-1505.  PUBLIC MEETINGS -- NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE. (1) Prior to
issuing any written opinion pursuant to section 48-1504, Idaho Code, the
attorney general may conduct one (1) or more public meetings, one (1) of
which, if held, shall be held in the county where the nonprofit hospital's
assets to be transferred are located.
    (2)  If a party to the intended nonprofit hospital conversion transaction
requests the hearing be conducted by a hearing officer outside the attorney
general's office, a hearing officer, mutually agreed upon by the parties to
the conversion transaction and the attorney general, shall be selected.
    (3)  At the public meeting, the attorney general or hearing officer shall
hear comments from interested persons desiring to make statements regarding
the proposed nonprofit hospital conversion transaction.
    (4)  The attorney general shall cause timely written notice to be provided
regarding the time and place of the meeting through publication in one (1) or
more newspapers of general circulation in the affected community, to the
county board of supervisors, and if applicable, to the city council of the
city where the nonprofit hospital's assets to be transferred are located.
    (5)  If a hearing officer is used, the parties to the nonprofit hospital
conversion transaction shall pay the costs of the hearing officer.