Title 16, HEALTH

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 t…

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…

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 s…

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…

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; …

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 residentia…

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 s…

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 sha…

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…

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 (75…

Sec. 8.7. (a) As used in this section, "lot" means the parcel of real property on which any one (1) of the following has been constructed or is proposed for construction: (1) An apartment building. (2) A church or other place of worship. (3) A commercial establishment. (4) A cond…

Sec. 9. (a) As used in this section, "septage" means human excreta, wastewater, scum, sludge, and other content introduced through incidental or accidental seepage that is removed from domestic septic tanks, holding tanks, privies, seepage pits, cesspools, compost toilets, or por…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "biological product" means: (1) a virus; (2) a therapeutic serum; (3) a toxin; (4) an antitoxin; (5) a vaccine; (6) blood; (7) a blood component; (8) a blood derivative; (9) an allergenic product; (10) a protein (except any chemically synthesized …

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "biosimilar" refers to a biological product that: (1) has been licensed as a biosimilar product under 41 U.S.C. 262(k) or has been approved based on an application filed under 21 U.S.C. 355(b)(2); and (2) is highly similar to the reference product…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "interchangeable" means: (1) a determination by the federal Food and Drug Administration that a biosimilar product may be substituted for a reference biological product without the intervention of the health care provider that prescribed the biolo…

Sec. 4. A pharmacist may substitute for a prescribed biological product if the following conditions are met: (1) The substitute has been determined by the federal Food and Drug Administration to be interchangeable with the prescribed biological product. (2) The prescribing practi…

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in order to ensure medical records are complete and accurate, a pharmacist shall, not later than ten (10) calendar days after dispensing a biologic product, record the name and manufacturer of the biologic product dispensed using:…

Sec. 6. (a) The pharmacy shall retain a record in accordance with IC 25-26-13-25(a) of the dispensed biological product. (b) The prescribing practitioner shall retain a record in accordance with IC 16-39-7-1 of the dispensed biological product. As added by P.L.96-2014, SEC.6.

Sec. 7. (a) The Indiana board of pharmacy shall maintain a link on the board's website to the current list of all biological products determined by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be interchangeable with a specific reference biological product. (b) The Indiana b…

Sec. 8. A written or electronic prescription for a biological product must comply with the requirements under IC 16-42-22-6. As added by P.L.96-2014, SEC.6.