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Chapter 1. Powers and Duties of Local Health Departments
16-20-1-1. Application; Limited Area - Sec. 1. (a) Powers and duties described in this chapter...
16-20-1-2. Operation as Local Government Agency - Sec. 2. A local health department shall operate as an...
16-20-1-3. Procedural Rules - Sec. 3. The board of each local health department may...
16-20-1-4. Board Organization and Officers - Sec. 4. The board of each local health department shall,...
16-20-1-5. Annual Budget - Sec. 5. The board of each local health department shall...
16-20-1-6. Offices and Equipment - Sec. 6. The board of each local health department shall...
16-20-1-7. Annual Report - Sec. 7. The board of each local health department shall...
16-20-1-8. Health and Planning Services Contracts - Sec. 8. (a) The board of each local health department...
16-20-1-9. Duties of Officers and Employees - Sec. 9. The board of each local health department shall...
16-20-1-10. Records; Minutes - Sec. 10. The local health officer shall keep full and...
16-20-1-11. Monthly Reports; Approval; Permanent Records - Sec. 11. The local health officer shall make a monthly...
16-20-1-12. Activities Reports to State Department - Sec. 12. Reports of local health department activities shall be...
16-20-1-13. Local Health Officer or Representative; Consultative Meetings With State Department; Expenses - Sec. 13. (a) The local health officer or a representative...
16-20-1-14. Personnel; Delegation of Duties on the Basis of Agent-Principal Relation; Water Well Inspections - Sec. 14. (a) Local health officers may appoint and employ...
16-20-1-15. Compensation - Sec. 15. (a) The board of city health departments shall...
16-20-1-16. Salaries and Expenses; Authorized Payment - Sec. 16. The board of each local health department shall...
16-20-1-17. Vital Statistics; Birth and Death Records - Sec. 17. (a) The local health officer shall collect, record,...
16-20-1-18. Financial Assistance; Approval - Sec. 18. A health officer may, on behalf of the...
16-20-1-19. Enforcement; Appealable - Sec. 19. (a) Local health officers shall enforce the health...
16-20-1-20. Proposed Rules and Ordinances; Fiscal Impact Statement - Sec. 20. A proposed rule of the state department or...
16-20-1-21. Communicable Disease Control; Powers - Sec. 21. Each local health board has the responsibility and...
16-20-1-21.5. Local Orders Less Stringent; Approval of Local Order if More Stringent or Addressing Declared Emergency - Sec. 21.5. (a) This section applies only if the governor...
16-20-1-22. Sanitary Inspections and Surveys of Public Buildings and Institutions - Sec. 22. Local health officers may make sanitary inspections and...
16-20-1-23. Inspection of Private Property by Local Health Officer; Consent by Owner; Exceptions; Court Order; Property in Which Officer Has Interest - Sec. 23. (a) Upon: (1) showing official identification; and (2)...
16-20-1-24. Epidemic Control; Powers - Sec. 24. (a) Local health officers may order schools closed...
16-20-1-25. Unlawful Conditions; Abatement Order; Enforcement - Sec. 25. (a) A person shall not institute, permit, or...
16-20-1-26. Enforcement; Approval of Legislative Body Before Filing Certain Actions; Court Action; Recipient of Enforcement Action - Sec. 26. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a...
16-20-1-27. Service Fees; Disposition - Sec. 27. The board of each local health department may,...
16-20-1-28. Removal of Local Health Officers; Grounds; Hearing Rights - Sec. 28. (a) A local health officer may be removed...
16-20-1-29. Rights of Employees of Local Health Department Under Prior Law - Sec. 29. (a) The employees of a local health department...
16-20-1-30. Rights of Employees of City-County Health Departments in Allen County Under Prior Law - Sec. 30. (a) An individual who was an employee of...
Chapter 2. Local Boards of Health
16-20-2-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a county...
16-20-2-2. Establishment and Maintenance of Local Health Department; Adoption of Health Ordinances - Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in IC 16-20-3, the...
16-20-2-2.5. Legalization of Certain Health Ordinances by Tippecanoe County Adopted After December 31, 1993, and Before March 11, 1994 - Sec. 2.5. A health ordinance adopted by the county executive...
16-20-2-3. Management of Local Health Departments - Sec. 3. A local board of health shall manage each...
16-20-2-4. Composition of Board - Sec. 4. A local board of health is composed of...
16-20-2-5. Membership Selection Criteria - Sec. 5. The members of a local board of health...
16-20-2-6. Appointment of Members - Sec. 6. Except as provided in section 7 of this...
16-20-2-7. Appointment of Members in Certain Counties - Sec. 7. (a) In the following counties, the county executive...
16-20-2-8. Removal of Members - Sec. 8. A member of a local board of health...
16-20-2-9. Compensation of Members - Sec. 9. Members of a local board of health may...
16-20-2-10. Term of Office; Staggered Terms - Sec. 10. (a) All members of a local board of...
16-20-2-11. Vacancies; Qualified Replacements - Sec. 11. (a) Members of a local board of health...
16-20-2-12. Conditions of Membership - Sec. 12. A member of a local board of health...
16-20-2-13. Conflict of Interest - Sec. 13. An individual who has a vested interest or...
16-20-2-14. Election of Chairman - Sec. 14. At the first meeting of a local board...
16-20-2-15. Meetings; Call; Quorum - Sec. 15. (a) Meetings may be called by any of...
16-20-2-16. Health Officer; Appointment; Certification; Reappointment; Duties - Sec. 16. (a) Each local board of health shall appoint...
16-20-2-17. Annual Levy for Maintenance of Department; County Health Fund; Appropriations; Exception - Sec. 17. (a) The fiscal body of a county in...
16-20-2-18. Transfer of Revenue to Community Health Clinic in Certain Counties - Sec. 18. (a) This section applies to a county having...
Chapter 3. Multiple County Health Departments
16-20-3-1. Establishment; Conditions; Notice - Sec. 1. (a) The county executives of at least two...
16-20-3-2. Board Members; Qualifications; Appointment - Sec. 2. (a) There must be at least seven (7)...
16-20-3-3. Removal of Board Member; Grounds - Sec. 3. A member of a multiple county board of...
16-20-3-4. Compensation of Board Members - Sec. 4. Members of a multiple county board of health...
16-20-3-5. Term of Office; Staggered Terms - Sec. 5. (a) Each member of a multiple county board...
16-20-3-6. Vacancies; Qualified Replacements - Sec. 6. (a) Members continue to serve until their successors...
16-20-3-7. Election of Chairman - Sec. 7. At the first meeting of a multiple county...
16-20-3-8. Meetings; Call; Quorum - Sec. 8. (a) Meetings may be called by any of...
16-20-3-9. Health Officer; Appointment; Term; Qualifications; Certification; Reappointment; Duties - Sec. 9. (a) A multiple county board of health shall...
16-20-3-10. Annual Levy for Maintenance of Department; County Health Fund; Appropriations - Sec. 10. (a) The fiscal body of each county that...
Chapter 4. City Health Departments in Second Class Cities
16-20-4-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to city health departments in...
16-20-4-2. City Health Department Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "city health department"...
16-20-4-3. Formation and Establishment - Sec. 3. Formation and establishment of a city health department...
16-20-4-4. Jurisdiction in City With Full-Time Health Department - Sec. 4. A county or multiple county health board and...
16-20-4-5. Authority of Second Class City to Establish Full-Time City Health Department; Exception in Certain Counties - Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the...
16-20-4-5.5. Legalization of Certain Health Ordinances by Tippecanoe County Adopted After December 31, 1993, and Before March 11, 1994 - Sec. 5.5. A health ordinance adopted by the county executive...
16-20-4-6. Health Board Membership; Qualifications - Sec. 6. The city health departments provided for by this...
16-20-4-7. Terms of Office; Vacancies - Sec. 7. (a) All members of the board shall be...
16-20-4-8. Vacancy; Candidate List; Qualifications - Sec. 8. (a) Whenever a vacancy occurs on a board,...
16-20-4-9. Removal; Grounds - Sec. 9. A member of a city board of health...
16-20-4-10. Conflicts of Interest - Sec. 10. An individual who has a vested interest or...
16-20-4-11. Organizational Meeting; Officers - Sec. 11. The board of each full-time city health department...
16-20-4-12. Election Meeting; Regular Meetings; Special Meetings - Sec. 12. (a) The board of each city health department...
16-20-4-13. Powers and Duties - Sec. 13. A board of health that manages a city...
16-20-4-14. Procedural Rules - Sec. 14. The board of each city health department may...
16-20-4-15. Offices and Equipment - Sec. 15. The board of each city health department shall...
16-20-4-16. Officers and Employees; Duties; Compensation; Approval - Sec. 16. (a) The board of each city health department...
16-20-4-17. Annual Report; Contents - Sec. 17. The board of each city health department shall...
16-20-4-18. Communicable Disease Control; Inspections - Sec. 18. (a) The board of each city health department...
16-20-4-19. Disease Control Powers and Duties - Sec. 19. The board of each city health department shall...
16-20-4-20. Health Officers; Qualifications; Term of Office - Sec. 20. (a) The board of each city health department...
16-20-4-21. Employment of Personnel - Sec. 21. A city health officer may appoint and employ...
16-20-4-22. Department Expenses and Salaries; Payment; Authorization - Sec. 22. The board of each city health department shall...
16-20-4-23. Professional Employees; Confirmation of Appointment - Sec. 23. The board of each city health department shall...
16-20-4-24. Annual Budget; Submission for Approval - Sec. 24. The board of each city health department shall...
16-20-4-25. Expenses Appropriation; Tax - Sec. 25. The fiscal body of the city shall annually...
16-20-4-26. Emergency Appropriations - Sec. 26. An appropriation may be made, as emergency appropriations...
16-20-4-27. Transfer of Revenue by Cities in Certain Counties to County Community Health Clinic - Sec. 27. (a) This section applies to the following cities:...
Chapter 5. Area Boards of Health
16-20-5-1. Authority to Establish; Jurisdiction - Sec. 1. (a) If a multiple county sewer, water, wastewater,...
16-20-5-2. Membership; Term of Office; Vacancies - Sec. 2. (a) An area board of health consists of...
16-20-5-3. Meetings - Sec. 3. An area board of health shall meet at...
16-20-5-4. Officers - Sec. 4. At the first meeting and annually thereafter, the...
16-20-5-5. Boundaries; Hearings; Notice - Sec. 5. (a) An area board of health and the...
16-20-5-6. Powers and Duties - Sec. 6. To carry out the purposes of this chapter,...
16-20-5-7. Annual Budget; Proration of Costs; Payment of Expenses - Sec. 7. (a) An area board of health shall prepare...
16-20-5-8. Fees and Fines; Collection; Records - Sec. 8. Fees and fines collected by the area board...
Chapter 5.5. Appeal of Local Health Enforcement Actions
16-20-5.5-1. "Legislative Body" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "legislative body" means...
16-20-5.5-2. Appeal of Enforcement Action to Legislative Body; Filing Requirements - Sec. 2. (a) A recipient may appeal to the legislative...
16-20-5.5-3. Determination by Legislative Body Whether to Hear Appeal; Development of Procedures; Timing - Sec. 3. (a) The legislative body shall determine whether to...
16-20-5.5-4. Appellant Present at Hearing; Continuance Does Not Affect Timing Requirements - Sec. 4. The appellant, or a representative of the appellant,...
16-20-5.5-5. Issuance of Written Decision for Appeal; Appealable - Sec. 5. (a) The legislative body shall issue a written...
Chapter 6. Acceptance of Gifts for County or City Health Department Buildings
16-20-6-1. Authority to Accept Gifts to Erect and Equip Building; Use - Sec. 1. (a) The executive of a county or the...
16-20-6-2. Form of Gift; Conversion Into Cash; Separate Account for Proceeds - Sec. 2. (a) The gifts, devises, and bequests accepted under...
16-20-6-3. Construction and Equipment of Building - Sec. 3. Upon the accumulation of a sufficient amount to...
16-20-6-4. Real Property Acquisition; Surplus Funds; Tax for Maintenance - Sec. 4. (a) Real property and easements or appurtenances may...
16-20-6-5. Alternative Use for Gifts if Insufficient for Building - Sec. 5. A gift, grant, or conveyance made under this...
Chapter 7. Assistance by Cities and Counties to Public Health Nursing Associations
16-20-7-1. Appropriations Authorized - Sec. 1. A city or county may appropriate money out...
16-20-7-2. Limitations on Appropriations - Sec. 2. The amount appropriated under section 1 of this...
Chapter 8. Food Service Inspections
16-20-8-1. "Checklist" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "checklist" refers to...
16-20-8-2. "Narrative Report" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "narrative report" refers...
16-20-8-3. Checklist Explaining Narrative Report - Sec. 3. Whenever an authorized representative of a local health...
16-20-8-4. Narrative Report; Time for Completion - Sec. 4. The narrative report required under this chapter must...
16-20-8-5. Inspection Report Review; Written Response - Sec. 5. Except as provided in section 8 of this...
16-20-8-6. Inspection and Copying of Documents - Sec. 6. After the checklist, the narrative report, and the...
16-20-8-7. Inspection and Copying of Checklist and Narrative Report in Absence of Written Response - Sec. 7. If a written response is not submitted within...
16-20-8-8. Immediate Inspection and Copying of Checklist and Narrative Report; Conditions - Sec. 8. Notwithstanding sections 6 and 7 of this chapter,...
16-20-8-9. Forms - Sec. 9. The state department shall provide to local health...
Chapter 9. Penalties
16-20-9-1. Violations - Sec. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who...