Authority: IC 15-17-3-21

Affected: IC 15-17

Sec. 4. (a) A person collecting and transporting animal carcasses and condemned and inedible waste must create and keep records that include the following information:

1. (1) The name and address of the person from whom the material is obtained and the date it is obtained.
2. (2) A description of the material obtained.
3. (3) The disposition of the material.

He or she must keep the records for not less than two (2) years and provide the board access to the records upon request during normal business hours.

(b) A person collecting and transporting animal carcasses or condemned and inedible waste:

1. (1) may not keep the material on a truck more than twenty-four (24) hours; and
2. (2) must unload the carcasses and waste at a licensed disposal plant, licensed substation, or facility approved by the state to operate as a landfill.

(c) All carcasses of animals and condemned and inedible waste that have been unloaded in a licensed substation must be transferred to a licensed disposal plant within twenty-four (24) hours of the time the carcasses and waste arrived at the substation.

(d) If a disposal plant refuses to accept a delivery of carcasses and inedible waste from a collection service, the load of carcasses and waste must be delivered to another disposal plant or a facility approved by the state to operate as a landfill.

(Indiana State Board of Animal Health; 345 IAC 7-7-4; filed Jan 20, 1988, 4:04 p.m.: 11 IR 1759; readopted filed May 2, 2001, 1:45 p.m.: 24 IR 2895; filed Nov 4, 2002, 12:07 p.m.: 26 IR 695; readopted filed Jul 18, 2008, 8:16 a.m.: 20080813-IR-345080287RFA; filed Jun 16, 2011, 8:46 a.m.: 20110713-IR-345100561FRA; readopted filed Jul 17, 2017, 9:06 a.m.: 20170816-IR-345170165RFA; readopted filed Oct 4, 2023, 9:15 a.m.: 20231101-IR-345230625RFA)