Sec. 19. (a) Local health officers shall enforce the health laws, ordinances, orders, rules, and regulations of the officer's own and superior boards of health.
(b) Any enforcement action taken under subsection (a) in response to:
(1) a declared local public health emergency determined by a local health department or local health officer; or
(2) a disaster emergency declared by the governor under IC 10-14-3-12;
is appealable under IC 16-20-5.5.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-4-2(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.219-2021, SEC.3.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 20. Local Health Departments
Chapter 1. Powers and Duties of Local Health Departments
16-20-1-1. Application; Limited Area
16-20-1-2. Operation as Local Government Agency
16-20-1-4. Board Organization and Officers
16-20-1-6. Offices and Equipment
16-20-1-8. Health and Planning Services Contracts
16-20-1-9. Duties of Officers and Employees
16-20-1-11. Monthly Reports; Approval; Permanent Records
16-20-1-12. Activities Reports to State Department
16-20-1-16. Salaries and Expenses; Authorized Payment
16-20-1-17. Vital Statistics; Birth and Death Records
16-20-1-18. Financial Assistance; Approval
16-20-1-19. Enforcement; Appealable
16-20-1-20. Proposed Rules and Ordinances; Fiscal Impact Statement
16-20-1-21. Communicable Disease Control; Powers
16-20-1-22. Sanitary Inspections and Surveys of Public Buildings and Institutions
16-20-1-24. Epidemic Control; Powers
16-20-1-25. Unlawful Conditions; Abatement Order; Enforcement
16-20-1-27. Service Fees; Disposition
16-20-1-28. Removal of Local Health Officers; Grounds; Hearing Rights
16-20-1-29. Rights of Employees of Local Health Department Under Prior Law
16-20-1-30. Rights of Employees of City-County Health Departments in Allen County Under Prior Law