Title 16, TITLE 16. HEALTH

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 lawful…

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,…

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. 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…

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 …

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, …

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.

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…

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 mak…

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 R…

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.

Sec. 1. The state department shall establish a record keeping system concerning the use of chymopapain and its effectiveness. The state department may require neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons to supply information concerning the use of chymopapain. [Pre-1993 Recodification C…

funding Sec. 10. If: (1) the federal government indicates that the federal government will withdraw all federal funds from a health care facility for allowing chymopapain to be used within the facility; and (2) providing or allowing use of chymopapain within the facility would je…

Sec. 2. Only a neurosurgeon or an orthopedic surgeon may administer chymopapain. Chymopapain may only be administered in a hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-10-1(b).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 10 of this chapter, a hospital may not interfere with the physician-patient relationship by restricting or forbidding the use of chymopapain for treatment of certain back ailments if the following conditions are met: (1) Chymopapain is admini…

use requested by patient Revisor's Note: The version of IC 16-42-24-4 appearing in the 1993 Edition of the Indiana Code was printed incorrectly. Use the following version of IC 16-42-24-4. Sec. 4. A neurosurgeon or an orthopedic surgeon may not be subjected to disciplinary action…

patient Sec. 5. A neurosurgeon or an orthopedic surgeon may administer chymopapain instead of other modes of therapy for treatment of certain back ailments of a patient who has signed the request form described in section 7 of this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8…

Sec. 6. This chapter is not an endorsement of chymopapain for the treatment of back ailments. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-10-4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 7. (a) The state department shall prepare a form for a patient to use to request administration of chymopapain. The form must be substantially in the following form: REQUEST FOR ADMINISTRATION OF CHYMOPAPAIN FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT Patient's name ______________________________…

Sec. 8. (a) Chymopapain is not a drug or a controlled substance under Indiana statutes governing the use, manufacture, or distribution of drugs and controlled substances within Indiana. (b) The state department and the Indiana board of pharmacy may regulate the manufacture, distr…

Sec. 9. (a) This chapter does not require a: (1) physician; (2) pharmacist; (3) pharmacy; (4) manufacturer; or (5) distributor; to manufacture, sell, or distribute chymopapain. (b) This chapter does not require a physician to prescribe chymopapain for a patient. [Pre-1993 Recodif…