§ 16-19-3-7 — Sanitary inspections and surveys; indoor air quality inspections; sanitation of public buildings and institutions; inspection of private property

Indiana § 16-19-3-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 19: STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
• Ch. 3: Powers and Duties of State Department of Health and

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(a) The state department may make sanitary
inspections and surveys throughout Indiana and of all public buildings
and institutions.
(b) The state department may make indoor air quality inspections of
all public buildings and institutions that are occupied by an agency of
state or local government.
(c) The state department may enforce all laws and rules concerning
the character and location of plumbing, drainage, water supply,
disposal of sewage, lighting, heating, and ventilation and all sanitary
features of all public buildings and institutions.
(d) After due notice is given, the state department may enter upon
and inspect private property in regard to the presence of cases of
infectious and contagious diseases and the possible cause and source
of diseases.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-3-6.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.104-2003, SEC.3; P.L.143-2022, SEC.20.