IC 16-20-1 – Powers and Duties of Local Health Departments | Midpage

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IC 16-20-1

Powers and Duties of Local Health Departments

1Application; limited area 2Operation as local government agency 3Procedural rules 4Board organization and officers 5Annual budget 6Offices and equipment 7Annual report 8Health and planning services contracts 9Duties of officers and employees 9.5Local health officer qualifications; training 10Records; minutes 11Monthly reports; approval; permanent records 12Applicability; identification of metrics; spending of funds; waiver; report; no transfer of authority; posting of positions to the public 13Local health officer or representative; consultative meetings with state department; expenses 14Personnel; delegation of duties on the basis of agent-principal relation; water well inspections 15Compensation 16Salaries and expenses; authorized payment 17Vital statistics; birth and death records 18Financial assistance; approval 19Enforcement; appealable 20Proposed rules and ordinances; fiscal impact statement 21Communicable disease control; powers 21.3Education provided before administering vaccine 21.5Local orders less stringent; approval of local order if more stringent or addressing declared emergency 22Sanitary inspections and surveys of public buildings and institutions 23Inspection of private property by local health officer; consent by owner; exceptions; court order; property in which officer has interest 23.5Inspection authority 24Epidemic control; powers 25Unlawful conditions; abatement order; enforcement 26Enforcement; approval of legislative body before filing certain actions; court action; recipient of enforcement action 27Service fees; disposition 28Removal of local health officers; grounds; hearing rights 29Rights of employees of local health department under prior law 30Rights of employees of city-county health departments in Allen County under prior law