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2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 23. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Public Restroom Use Charges › 16-41-23-1. Sexual Discrimination Prohibited

Sec. 1. An establishment that maintains restrooms for use by the public may not discriminate in charges required for facilities used by men and facilities used by women.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20.5-1.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 23. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Public Restroom Use Charges › 16-41-23-2. Coin Lock Controls; Free Toilet Units

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "toilet units" means commodes and urinals.
(b) When coin lock controls are used in public restrooms:
(1) at least one-half (1/2) of the toilet units must be free of charge; and
(2) the number of free toilet units available to women must equal the number of free toilet units available to men.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20.5-2.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 23. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Public Restroom Use Charges › 16-41-23-3. Admission Keys

Sec. 3. If coin locks are placed on entry doors of public restrooms:
(1) admission keys must be readily provided without charge when requested; and
(2) notice as to the availability of the admission keys must be posted on the restroom entry door.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20.5-3.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 23. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Public Restroom Use Charges › 16-41-23-4. Violations

Sec. 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who recklessly violates or fails to comply with this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-35-1.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 24. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Water Supplies › 16-41-24-1. Deposit of Deleterious Substances Prohibited

Sec. 1. A person may not deposit or cause or permit to be deposited in the waters of Indiana a substance that meets any of the following conditions:
(1) Is deleterious to the public health or to the prosecution of any industry or lawful occupation in which the water may be lawfully used.
(2) Adversely affects any agricultural, floricultural, or horticultural pursuit.
(3) Lessens or impairs any livestock industry or the use of the water for domestic animals.
(4) Lessens, impairs, or materially interferes with the use of the water by the state or any political subdivision of the state.
(5) Destroys or jeopardizes any beneficial animal, fish, or vegetable life in the water.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-26-1.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 24. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Water Supplies › 16-41-24-2. Pollution Abatement Actions

Sec. 2. (a) A person who has suffered or is threatened with damage because of pollution of water by any person may bring a suit to abate the pollution or threatened pollution.
(b) A suit under this section must originate in a superior or circuit court in the jurisdiction in which the pollution occurs or is threatened.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-26-2.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 24. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Water Supplies › 16-41-24-3. Sale of Unfit Water Prohibited

Sec. 3. A person, firm, or corporation may not offer for sale for public consumption any drinking water, bottled water, or mineral water that shows a bacteriological or chemical content deleterious to public health. The state department shall prohibit the further distribution or consumption of the unfit water.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-26-4.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 24. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Water Supplies › 16-41-24-4. Analysis of Potability and Suitability

Sec. 4. At intervals designated by the state department, a person offering for sale for public consumption any drinking water, bottled water, or mineral water shall submit to the state department samples of the drinking water, bottled water, or mineral water, natural or treated, for analysis to determine the water's potability and suitability for the purpose for which the water is intended.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-26-5.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 24. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Water Supplies › 16-41-24-5. Analysis Costs

Sec. 5. For each sample of water analyzed and tested each year, the state department shall collect a fee of not more than ten dollars ($10) to be paid into the state general fund.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-26-6.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 24. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Water Supplies › 16-41-24-6. Enforcement

Sec. 6. The state department shall enforce this chapter and the statutes relating to pollution of waters and public water supply, except where jurisdiction is vested in the environmental rules board and the department of environmental management.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-26-9.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.113-2014, SEC.104.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 24. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Water Supplies › 16-41-24-7. Sewage Treatment Plant Assessments

Sec. 7. All municipalities may provide the means for paying the cost of constructing a plant for purifying the discharge of public sewers and drains by assessing the cost of the plant against all of the several parcels of real property situated within the corporate limits and make each assessment in an amount as great as but not greater than the value of the benefits received by each parcel respectively as the result of the construction of the plant.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-26-10.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 24. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Water Supplies › 16-41-24-8. Assessments Against Real Property

Sec. 8. Statutes for the construction of public sewers and assessing the cost of the sewers against real property in the municipalities apply to the construction of sewage treatment plants and the assessing of the cost of the plant against the real property benefited.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-26-11.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 24. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Water Supplies › 16-41-24-9. Payment of Assessments by Installment

Sec. 9. At the option of the owner assessed, the assessment may be paid in ten (10) equal annual installments as in the case of assessments for other sewers.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-26-12.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 24. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Water Supplies › 16-41-24-10. Water Testing Fees and Costs

Sec. 10. (a) For testing a sample of water for a private person, firm, or corporation not offering drinking water, bottled water, or mineral water for sale for public consumption, the state department shall charge and collect a fee of not more than ten dollars ($10). In addition, the state department may charge a mailing and shipping charge to defray the costs of mailing and shipping.
(b) A fee and the mailing and shipping charges collected under this section shall be deposited in a revolving fund to the credit of the state department and used to defray the expenses.
(c) The state department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to set a fee under this section. The fee must equal an amount necessary to cover the cost of the test.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-26-14.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 24. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Water Supplies › 16-41-24-11. Violations

Sec. 11. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who recklessly violates or fails to comply with this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-35-1.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-0.4. "Residential Onsite Sewage System"; "Design Daily Flow"; "Bedroom Equivalent"

Sec. 0.4. (a) As used in this chapter, "residential onsite sewage system" means all equipment and devices necessary for proper conduction, collection, storage, treatment, and onsite disposal of sewage from:
(1) a one (1) or two (2) family dwelling;
(2) a residential outbuilding; or
(3) two (2) single family dwellings located on the same property with a combined design daily flow of less than or equal to seven hundred fifty (750) gallons per day.
The term includes residential sewers, septic tanks, soil absorption systems, temporary sewage holding tanks, and sanitary vault privies.
(b) As used in subsection (a), "design daily flow" means the calculated peak daily sewage flow from a residence. For a particular residence, the design daily flow is calculated as one hundred fifty (150) gallons per day multiplied by the number of bedrooms and bedroom equivalents.
(c) As used in subsection (b), "bedroom equivalent" means a jetted bathtub with a capacity of more than one hundred twenty-five (125) gallons.
As added by P.L.167-2022, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-1. Period for Approval or Disapproval of Plan Review and Permit for Residential Onsite Sewage System; Installation of Residential Onsite Sewage System in Fill Soil in Certain Counties

Sec. 1. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that provide for a reasonable period not exceeding thirty (30) days in which a plan review and permit for a residential onsite sewage system must be approved or disapproved.
(b) This subsection applies to a county with a population of more than eighty thousand (80,000) and less than eighty thousand four hundred (80,400). As used in this subsection, "fill soil" means soil transported and deposited by humans or soil recently transported and deposited by natural erosion forces. A rule that the state department adopts concerning the installation of residential onsite sewage systems in fill soil may not prohibit the installation of a residential onsite sewage system in fill soil on a plat if:
(1) before the effective date of the rule, the plat of the affected lot was recorded;
(2) there is not an available sewer line within seven hundred fifty (750) feet of the property line of the affected lot; and
(3) the local health department determines that the soil, although fill soil, is suitable for the installation of a residential onsite sewage system.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-3-33.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.167-1999, SEC.1; P.L.170-2002, SEC.110; P.L.119-2012, SEC.144; P.L.261-2019, SEC.3; P.L.104-2022, SEC.119; P.L.167-2022, SEC.7; P.L.178-2022(ts), SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-2. Violations

Sec. 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who recklessly violates or fails to comply with rules adopted under section 1 of this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-35-1.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.150-1996, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-3. Residential Onsite Sewage System Installed After July 1, 1996; Requirements; Violation; Enforcement

Sec. 3. (a) This section applies only to residential onsite sewage systems that are installed after July 1, 1996, and that use a raiser that is more than six (6) inches in diameter and opens to ground level.
(b) Each opening to an underground tank of a residential onsite sewage system that allows access from ground level must be covered with a lid or top that is securely fastened.
(c) Below a residential onsite sewage system's lid or top described in subsection (b), the tank of the residential onsite sewage system must have a cap or plug.
(d) A person who installs a residential onsite sewage system after June 30, 1996, commits a Class B infraction if the residential onsite sewage system does not meet the requirements of this section.
(e) Each local health department established within a county under IC 16-20-2-2 shall enforce this section in the county.
As added by P.L.150-1996, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.167-2022, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-4. Applicant for Residential Onsite Sewage System Permit; Notice as to Whether Property Located in Regional Sewer District; Qualifications for Local Health Department Employee to Conduct Onsite Soil Evaluation

Sec. 4. (a) Before a local health department may act on an application for a residential onsite sewage system permit, the local health department shall inform the applicant whether the property is located in the service district of a regional sewage district.
(b) An employee of a local health department may conduct an onsite soil evaluation concerning the repair or replacement of a failed residential onsite sewage system if:
(1) the employee was hired by the local health department before January 1, 2013;
(2) the local health board has determined that the employee has the necessary knowledge of the principles of soil science as acquired by professional education;
(3) the employee uses guidelines set forth in the soil manuals, technical bulletins, and handbooks of the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; and
(4) the employee files a written report with the local health department for each onsite soil evaluation conducted by the employee.
As added by P.L.97-2012, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.10-2013, SEC.1; P.L.167-2022, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-5. Authority of Local Health Department to Administer State Department's Rule; Certification of Professional Engineer Concerning Planned or Existing Residential Onsite Sewage System

Sec. 5. (a) The authority of a local health department to administer the rule of the state department concerning residential onsite sewage systems is subject to this section.
(b) If a professional engineer registered under IC 25-31-1 certifies that the:
(1) location;
(2) design;
(3) proposed construction; and
(4) proposed installation;
of a planned residential onsite sewage system comply with the administrative rule of the state department concerning residential onsite sewage systems, a local health department may not disapprove an application for a permit for the residential onsite sewage system on the grounds that the location, design, construction, or installation of the residential onsite sewage system is faulty.
(c) If a professional engineer registered under IC 25-31-1 certifies that the:
(1) design;
(2) construction;
(3) installation;
(4) location;
(5) maintenance; and
(6) operation;
of an existing residential onsite sewage system comply with the administrative rule of the state department concerning residential onsite sewage systems, a local health department may not issue an order based on a finding that the residential onsite sewage system is a failed system.
(d) If a professional engineer registered under IC 25-31-1 certifies that an existing residential onsite sewage system is not functioning properly but can be restored to proper functioning through repair, a local health department must allow the repair of the residential onsite sewage system to be made in accordance with the certification of the professional engineer.
As added by P.L.167-2022, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-6. Construction or Installation of Residential Onsite Sewage System in Compacted Soil; Certification of Registered Soil Scientist as to Suitability; Denial of Permit Prohibited

Sec. 6. A local health department may not deny a permit for the construction or installation of a residential onsite sewage system in a particular location on the grounds that the soil of the intended location is too heavily compacted to allow proper functioning of the residential onsite sewage system if a registered soil scientist (as defined in IC 25-31.5-1-7) certifies that the soil at the intended location can be made suitable for the construction or installation of a residential onsite sewage system in not more than two (2) years through the planting of plants that loosen and aerate the soil or through other means.
As added by P.L.167-2022, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-7. Local Ordinances and Local Health Department Requirements for Residential Onsite Sewage Systems; More Stringent Requirements Than Those of State Department's Rule Prohibited After June 30, 2023

Sec. 7. (a) After June 30, 2023, a county, city, or town ordinance may not adopt requirements, restrictions, or conditions concerning the:
(1) design;
(2) construction;
(3) installation;
(4) location;
(5) maintenance;
(6) operation; or
(7) inspection of a septic system before a sale;
of a residential onsite sewage system that are more stringent than the requirements, restrictions, and conditions of the rule of the state department concerning residential onsite sewage systems. An ordinance that imposes requirements, restrictions, or conditions that are more stringent than the requirements, restrictions, and conditions of the state department's rule concerning residential onsite sewage systems is subject to invalidation under IC 16-19-3-27.8(e).
(b) After June 30, 2023, a local health department may not adopt requirements, restrictions, or conditions concerning the:
(1) design;
(2) construction;
(3) installation;
(4) location;
(5) maintenance;
(6) operation; or
(7) inspection of a septic system before a sale;
of a residential onsite sewage system that are more stringent than the requirements, restrictions, and conditions of the rule of the state department concerning residential onsite sewage systems. After June 30, 2023, any requirements, restrictions, or conditions that are adopted by a local health department and that are more stringent than the requirements, restrictions, and conditions of the state department's rule concerning residential onsite sewage systems are void and unenforceable.
As added by P.L.167-2022, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.232-2023, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-7.2. Siting of Residential Onsite Sewage System; Sinkholes

Sec. 7.2. (a) As used in this section, "sinkhole" means a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer, as when subsurface limestone is dissolved or worn away by the movement of water underground.
(b) A residential onsite sewage system shall not be installed in a site less than twenty-five (25) feet from the edge of a sinkhole, as identified by a professional soil scientist registered under IC 25-31.5-4.
As added by P.L.232-2023, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-8. Approval of Proposed Residential Onsite Sewage System by Local Health Department or Certain Professionals; Permit to Be Issued Within 30 Days of Receipt of Complete Application; Authority of Local Health Department to Inspect System

Sec. 8. (a) If:
(1) an application has been filed with a local health department for a permit for the installation of a residential onsite sewage system;
(2) a professional soil scientist registered under IC 25-31.5-4 has conducted an onsite evaluation, including a description of the soil profile, and has determined that the proposed site of the residential onsite sewage system is suitable for the installation of the residential onsite sewage system; and
(3) the design and specifications for the residential onsite sewage system proposed for installation at the site described in subdivision (2) have been approved by either:
(A) the local health department; or
(B) at the option and expense of the property owner:
(i) a professional engineer registered under IC 25-31-1;
(ii) a septic system installer or inspector registered with the county in which the residential onsite sewage system would be installed; and
(iii) the designer of the system, if the system was designed by someone other than a person referred to in item (i) or (ii);
the local health department shall issue a permit for the residential onsite sewage system not later than thirty (30) business days after receiving a complete application for the permit.
(b) Subject to IC 16-19-3-27.5, IC 16-19-3-27.6, and sections 5 and 6 of this chapter, this section does not affect the authority of a local health department to inspect an onsite sewage system before or after the system's installation.
As added by P.L.167-2022, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.232-2023, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-8.5. Residential Onsite Sewage System; Site Suitability

Sec. 8.5. (a) As used in this section, "lot" means the parcel of real property on which:
(1) a one (1) family or two (2) family dwelling; or
(2) two (2) single family dwellings located on the same property with a combined design daily flow of not more than seven hundred fifty (750) gallons per day;
have been constructed or are proposed for construction.
(b) A residential onsite sewage system may be installed in a lot described in subsection (a) if at least one (1) site on the lot is determined to be suitable for the installation of the residential onsite sewage system.
As added by P.L.232-2023, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-10. Permission to Enter Property on Which a Residential Onsite Sewage System Is Located for Inspection

Sec. 10. (a) Neither an officer or employee of a local health department nor another agency, officer, or employee of a county, city, or town may enter property on which a residential onsite sewage system is located for the purpose of inspecting the residential onsite sewage system if, not more than one hundred eighty (180) days before the date of the inspection, the owner or occupant of the residence served by the residential onsite sewage system and:
(1) a septic system installer or inspector registered with the county in which the residential onsite sewage system is located;
(2) an onsite sewage system technician; or
(3) an Indiana professional engineer registered under IC 25-31-1;
state in a writing transmitted to the local health department, county, city, or town that the residential onsite sewage system is functioning properly.
(b) Subject to subsection (d), if subsection (a) does not apply, an officer or employee of a local health department or another officer or employee of a county, city, or town may not enter property on which a residential onsite sewage system is located for the purpose of inspecting the residential onsite sewage system unless the owner or occupant of the residence served by the residential onsite sewage system is given notice of the inspection by first class mail addressed to the residence at least seven (7) days before the day of the inspection.
(c) Subject to subsection (d), if a manufacturer of a residential onsite sewage system requires inspection of the system multiple times a year, an owner of the property on which a residential onsite sewage system is located may request an officer or employee of a local health department or another agency, officer, or employee of a county, city, or town to inspect the residential onsite sewage system located on the owner's property, but the inspection may only occur if the owner of the residential onsite sewage system invites the inspector to the property.
(d) An advance notice to the owner or occupant of the residence is not required under subsection (b) in an urgent situation caused by a malfunction of the residential onsite sewage system that creates a clear and immediate danger to the public's health, safety, or property.
As added by P.L.232-2023, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-11. Residential Onsite Sewage System Failure; Local Health Department Order to Correct Residential Onsite Sewage System Failure; Private Inspection to Determine System Status

Sec. 11. (a) As used in this section, "residential onsite sewage system failure" means a residential onsite sewage system that exhibits one (1) or more of the following:
(1) The onsite sewage system refuses to accept sewage at the rate of design application and interferes with the normal use of residential plumbing fixtures.
(2) Effluent discharge exceeds the absorptive capacity of the soil, resulting in ponding, seepage, or other discharge of the effluent to the ground surface or to surface waters.
(3) Effluent is discharged from the onsite sewage system causing contamination of a potable water supply, ground water, or surface waters.
(b) A local health department that determines that a residential onsite sewage system is in residential onsite sewage system failure may issue an order requiring that the failure be corrected. However, an order issued under this subsection is stayed if the owner or occupant of the residence served by the residential onsite sewage system, within fourteen (14) days after the date of the order, enters into a contract with:
(1) a septic system installer or inspector registered with the county in which the residential onsite sewage system is located;
(2) an onsite sewage system technician; or
(3) an Indiana professional engineer registered under IC 25-31-1;
under which the installer or inspector, onsite sewage system technician, or professional engineer agrees to conduct an inspection to determine whether the residential onsite sewage system is in residential onsite sewage system failure.
(c) An order is stayed under subsection (b) until the earlier of the following:
(1) The date on which the installer or inspector, technician, or engineer performs the inspection and presents the results of the inspection in writing to:
(A) the owner or occupant of the residence served by the residential onsite sewage system; and
(B) the local health department.
(2) The expiration of forty-five (45) days after the date of the order issued under subsection (b).
(d) If the installer or inspector, onsite sewage system technician, or professional engineer states in the report provided to the local health department that the residential onsite sewage system is not in residential onsite sewage system failure, the local health department shall:
(1) withdraw the order issued under subsection (b); or
(2) conduct an investigation of the residential onsite sewage system to make a new determination whether the residential onsite sewage system is in residential onsite sewage system failure.
(e) If the local health department conducts an investigation under subsection (d)(2), the order issued under subsection (b) is stayed pending the new determination of the local health department based on the investigation.
As added by P.L.232-2023, SEC.13.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Residential Septic Systems › 16-41-25-12. Provision of Onsite Sewage System Service

Sec. 12. (a) As used in this section, "onsite sewage system service" means:
(1) installing;
(2) inspecting; and
(3) providing maintenance and repair services for;
residential onsite sewage systems.
(b) An individual who:
(1) is registered with at least one (1) county in Indiana to provide onsite sewage system service in the county;
(2) is:
(A) certified as an inspector or installer by the Indiana Onsite Wastewater Professionals Association; and
(B) a member in good standing of the Indiana Onsite Wastewater Professionals Association; and
(3) has not had the individual's registration revoked in any county;
is entitled to provide onsite sewage system service in any county in Indiana.
(c) An individual entitled to provide onsite sewage system service in any county under subsection (b) may be required to pay a license fee in a county in which the individual provides onsite sewage system service under subsection (b).
As added by P.L.232-2023, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25.5. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Onsite Sewage Systems for Municipalities and Publicly Owned Treatment Works › 16-41-25.5-1. "Onsite Sewage System"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "onsite sewage system" has the meaning set forth in IC 13-11-2-144.8.
As added by P.L.181-2018, SEC.17.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25.5. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Onsite Sewage Systems for Municipalities and Publicly Owned Treatment Works › 16-41-25.5-2. "Publicly Owned Treatment Works"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "publicly owned treatment works" means a treatment works, as defined in Section 212(2) of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1292(2)), that is owned by the state or a municipality, as defined in Section 502(4) of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1362(4)), except that it does not include pipes, sewers, or other conveyances that are not connected to a facility providing treatment.
As added by P.L.181-2018, SEC.17.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 25.5. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Onsite Sewage Systems for Municipalities and Publicly Owned Treatment Works › 16-41-25.5-3. State Department of Health Rules for Onsite Sewage Systems of Municipalities and Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Sec. 3. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for the disposal of sewage through the use of onsite sewage systems for municipalities and publicly owned treatment works.
(b) The rules adopted under this section must include procedures for the review and approval of the:
(1) design;
(2) construction;
(3) installation;
(4) maintenance; and
(5) operation;
of onsite sewage systems.
As added by P.L.181-2018, SEC.17.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-1. Agricultural Labor Camp

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "agricultural labor camp" includes at least one (1) building or structure, tent, trailer, or vehicle, including the land, established, operated, or used as living quarters for at least five (5) adult seasonal or temporary workers engaged in agricultural activities, including related food processing.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-1.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-2. Application of Chapter

Sec. 2. A person operating or maintaining an agricultural labor camp shall comply with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-2.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-3. Permits

Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not directly or indirectly operate an agricultural labor camp until the person has obtained from the state department a permit to operate the camp and unless the permit is in full force and effect and is posted and kept posted in the camp to which the permit applies at all times during maintenance and operation of the camp.
(b) A person may operate at least one (1) living unit of an agricultural labor camp under a permit issued under section 4 of this chapter.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-3.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-4. Limited Permits

Sec. 4. (a) In addition to a permit issued under section 6 of this chapter, the state department may issue a permit that is limited to at least one (1) specific living unit of an agricultural labor camp. The state may issue more than one (1) permit under this section to a person operating an agricultural labor camp.
(b) Rules adopted under this chapter apply to permits issued under this section.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-3.5.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-5. Conditions for Issuance of Limited Permits

Sec. 5. The state department may issue a permit under section 4 of this chapter only if:
(1) all mobile homes used as shelters and equipped with an operable toilet, shower, lavatory, and hot and cold water under pressure, provide a minimum floor space of sixty (60) square feet for each resident; and
(2) all other shelters provide a minimum floor space of eighty (80) square feet for each resident.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-3.7.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-6. Applications for Permits; Issuance, Duration, and Transferability of Permits; Inspections; Hearings

Sec. 6. (a) An application to operate an agricultural labor camp must be made to the state department in writing on a form and under rules prescribed by the state department.
(b) The state department shall issue a permit for the operation of an agricultural labor camp if the state department is satisfied, after investigation or inspection, that the camp meets the minimum standards of construction, sanitation, equipment, and operation required by rules adopted under section 8 of this chapter.
(c) A permit is valid from the date of issuance through May 1 of the following year unless the permit is revoked.
(d) A labor camp must be inspected and a permit issued before the labor camp is occupied.
(e) The annual inspection must occur during the sixty (60) days before the first occupation by agricultural laborers each year.
(f) A permit is not transferable.
(g) If an applicant is refused a permit, the state department shall, upon request, afford the applicant a fair hearing in accordance with IC 4-21.5-3.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-4.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-7. Revocation of Permits

Sec. 7. The state department may, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a fair hearing in accordance with IC 4-21.5-3, revoke a permit authorizing the operation of an agricultural labor camp if the state department finds that the holder of the permit has failed to comply with a provision of this chapter or a rule or an order issued under this chapter.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-5.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-8. Rules

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of persons living in agricultural labor camps, prescribing standards for living quarters at agricultural labor camps, including provisions relating to construction of camps, sanitary conditions, light, air, safety protection from fire hazards, equipment, maintenance and operation of the camp, sewage disposal through septic tank absorption fields or other approved methods, and other matters appropriate for the security of the life and health of occupants.
(b) The environmental rules board shall adopt rules under IC 13-14-9 pertaining to water supplies required for agricultural labor camps.
(c) In the preparation of rules, the state department:
(1) shall consult with and request technical assistance from other appropriate state agencies; and
(2) may appoint and consult with committees of technically qualified persons and of representatives of employers and employees.
(d) If a conflict exists between rules adopted under this chapter and rules adopted by the fire prevention and building safety commission, the rules authorized in this section apply.
(e) A copy of every rule adopted under this chapter shall be sent to each health officer in Indiana and to the heads of other state agencies with specific or related responsibility affecting agricultural labor camps and to any person requesting the rules. The rules affecting agricultural labor camps adopted under this chapter shall be published periodically in the manner the state department determines.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-6.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.113-2014, SEC.105; P.L.181-2018, SEC.18.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-9. Enforcement; Inspections and Investigations

Sec. 9. (a) The state department may initiate an action under IC 4-21.5-3-6 or IC 4-21.5-3-8 to enforce this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.
(b) The state department and the state department's authorized representatives may enter and inspect agricultural labor camps at reasonable hours and may question the persons and investigate the facts, conditions, and practices or matters that the state department considers necessary or appropriate to determine whether a person has violated a provision of this chapter or to aid in the enforcement of this chapter or in the adoption of rules under this chapter. The state department may, to the extent appropriate, utilize the services of any other state department or agency of the government for assistance in the inspections and investigations.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-7.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-10. Judicial Review

Sec. 10. (a) A person aggrieved by an order of the state department denying or revoking a permit to operate an agricultural labor camp may, in accordance with IC 4-21.5-5, petition the circuit or superior court for a review of the order asking that the order be modified or set aside.
(b) A person aggrieved by a rule adopted under section 8 of this chapter by the state department may, not more than thirty (30) days after the rule becomes effective, petition the circuit or superior court to modify or set aside the rule in whole or in part, but only on the ground that the rule is unlawful or unreasonable.
(c) A copy of a petition filed under subsection (a) or (b) shall be served on the state health commissioner. The state department shall keep and, on notice of filing of the petition, shall certify and file in the court a full record in the proceeding on which the action complained of is based.
(d) The review authorized in subsection (a) or (b) is limited to questions of law. Findings of fact by the state department, if supported by substantial evidence, are conclusive.
(e) The jurisdiction of the court is exclusive and the court's judgment is final, except that the judgment is subject to review by the supreme court.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-8.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-11. Notice of Enforcement Actions

Sec. 11. To adequately place and care for workers and the workers' families housed in an agricultural labor camp, the state department shall serve notice of an action initiated under section 13 of this chapter to the following:
(1) The county agricultural extension educator.
(2) The representative of the nearest office of the public employment service whose duty it is to aid in placing such workers in suitable employment.
(3) The county department of public welfare.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-10.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.40-1993, SEC.52.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-12. Inspections and Investigations by Designated Agents

Sec. 12. The state department may designate an agent who may, on presentation of proper credentials, enter on private or public property to inspect for and investigate possible violations of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-11(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-13. Civil Penalties and Compliance Orders

Sec. 13. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that establish a schedule of civil penalties that may be levied in an action to enforce the provisions of the following:
(1) This chapter.
(2) The rules of the state department.
(b) A penalty included in the schedule of civil penalties adopted under subsection (a) may not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per violation per day.
(c) The state department may issue an order of compliance, impose a civil penalty included in the schedule of civil penalties adopted under subsection (a), or both, against a person who:
(1) fails to comply with this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or
(2) interferes with or obstructs the state department or the state department's designated agent in the performance of duties under this chapter.
(d) An order of compliance may be issued under IC 4-21.5-3-6, IC 4-21.5-3-8, or IC 4-21.5-4. A civil penalty may be imposed only in a proceeding under IC 4-21.5-3-8.
(e) A proceeding commenced to impose a civil penalty may be consolidated with any other proceeding commenced to enforce this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-11(b), (c), (d), (e), (f).]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-14. Destruction or Damage of Property; Penalty

Sec. 14. The owner or operator of an agricultural labor camp may under 29 U.S.C. 1821(c) impose a penalty on an agricultural laborer who knowingly or intentionally destroys or damages property on the premises of an agricultural labor camp.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-9-12.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 26. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Agricultural Labor Camps › 16-41-26-15. Construction Permit Issuance

Sec. 15. A construction permit issued by the state department for an agricultural labor camp under 410 IAC 6-9 is issued in accordance with IC 16-19-3.5.
As added by P.L.49-2016, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 27. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Mobile Homes › 16-41-27-1. Authority of State Department of Health

Sec. 1. This chapter recognizes mobile homes, manufactured homes, and industrialized residential structures as suitable and necessary dwelling units in Indiana. The state department may do the following:
(1) Require reasonable standards of health, sanitation, and safety in using the dwelling units.
(2) Require:
(A) persons dwelling in mobile homes, manufactured homes, and industrialized residential structures; and
(B) mobile home community operators;
to comply with the standards.
(3) Authorize local boards to enforce the standards adopted.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-7-1.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.87-2005, SEC.4; P.L.168-2020, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 27. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Mobile Homes › 16-41-27-2. Repealed

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-7-2(3).]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Repealed by P.L.144-1996, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease › Chapter 27. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Mobile Homes › 16-41-27-2.1. Industrialized Residential Structure

Sec. 2.1. (a) As used in this chapter, "industrialized residential structure" means a structure that is both an industrialized building system (as defined in IC 22-12-1-14) and a one (1) or two (2) family private residence.
(b) The term does not include either of the following:
(1) A manufactured home.
(2) A mobile home.
As added by P.L.168-2020, SEC.3.