(a) The superintendent shall adopt:
- (1) guidelines; and
(2) a reporting form or a specified electronic format, or both;
for the report of a methamphetamine laboratory by a law enforcement agency under IC 5-2-15-3 .
(b) The guidelines adopted under this section must require a law enforcement agency to report the existence of a methamphetamine laboratory to:
- (1) the department;
- (2) the local fire department that serves the area in which the methamphetamine laboratory is located;
- (3) the county health department or, if applicable, multiple county health department of the county in which the methamphetamine laboratory is located; and
(4) the Indiana criminal justice institute;
on the form or in the specified electronic format adopted by the superintendent.
(c) The guidelines adopted under this section:
- (1) may incorporate a recommendation of the methamphetamine abuse task force ( IC 5-2-14 , expired June 30, 2007, and repealed) that the superintendent determines to be relevant;
- (2) may require the department to report the existence of the methamphetamine laboratory to one (1) or more additional agencies or organizations;
(3) must require the department to maintain reports filed under IC 5-2-15-3 in a manner permitting an accurate assessment of:
- (A) the number of methamphetamine laboratories located in Indiana in a specified period;
- (B) the geographical dispersal of methamphetamine laboratories located in Indiana in a specified period; and
- (C) any other information that the superintendent determines to be relevant; and
- (4) must require a law enforcement agency to report any other information that the superintendent determines to be relevant.
As added by P.L.192-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.186-2007, SEC.7; P.L.3-2008, SEC.83.