Title 16, HEALTH

Sec. 0.4. A corporation or local health department that, before January 1, 2001, adopted sanitary standards for food handling or food establishments that are different from the state rules concerning sanitary standards for food handling or food establishments may continue to enfo…

Sec. 0.5. Except as provided in this chapter, a corporation or local health department may not impose any: (1) sanitary standards on; or (2) locally prescribed monetary penalties for the violation of any state law or rule concerning; food handling or food establishments. As added…

Sec. 0.7. (a) Except as provided in this chapter, a corporation or local health department may not impose any requirements or standards on the installation of food handling machinery in a food establishment regulated by this chapter. (b) The installation of food handling machiner…

Sec. 0.9. (a) A corporation or local health department may petition the state department requesting one (1) or more modifications or changes in the state department's rules concerning: (1) food handling machinery; (2) sanitary standards for food handling or food establishments; o…

Sec. 10. (a) The floor of a food establishment must be made of nonabsorbent material that can be flushed with water. (b) The floor of a food establishment must be kept washed clean with detergent and water. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-12.] As added by P.L.2-1993, S…

Sec. 11. A food establishment must be protected by all reasonable means against the presence of and entrance of domestic animals, rodents, flies, and other insects. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-13.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 12. Refuse, dirt, and waste products subject to decomposition and fermentation incident to food handling shall be removed daily from food establishments. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-14.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 13. (a) A food establishment must have a convenient toilet room separate and apart from and not opening directly into a room that is used for food handling. (b) The floor of the toilet room must be made of a nonabsorbent material. (c) The floor of the toilet room shall be wa…

Sec. 14. (a) A food establishment must have a washroom adjacent to each toilet room. (b) The washroom shall be supplied with adequate lavatories, soap, hot and cold running water, and clean individual towels. (c) The washroom shall be kept clean by washing with detergent and wate…

Sec. 15. A room that is used for food handling or that is equipped for use for food handling may not be used for any other purpose. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-17.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 16. (a) Rooms separate and apart from rooms used for food handling must be provided for the changing and hanging of wearing apparel. (b) The rooms for changing and hanging wearing apparel must be kept clean. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-18.] As added by P.L.2-1…

Sec. 17. A person may not expectorate in or on the machinery, equipment, floor, sidewalls, or other structure of a food establishment. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-19.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 18. A person may not live or sleep in a room used for food handling or in a room opening directly into a food establishment. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-20.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 19. A person who has a communicable or infectious disease may not work in a food establishment in any capacity in which epidemiological evidence indicates the person may spread the disease. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-21.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 2.3. As used in this chapter, "food handling machinery" means any of the following used for and in food handling: (1) Equipment. (2) Appliances. (3) Tools. (4) Plumbing and related fixtures. (5) Refrigeration devices. (6) Heating, ventilation, and cooling equipment. (7) Any …

Sec. 20. A person shall wear clean outer garments while working in a food establishment. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-22.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 21. A person who works in a food establishment shall wash the person's hands and arms thoroughly with soap and clean water before beginning work, before resuming work after a rest period, and before resuming work after visiting a toilet room. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citatio…

Sec. 22. A person may not sit or lie upon equipment used or installed for use in handling food. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-24.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 23. The state department may do the following: (1) Enter at any time a food establishment or place suspected of being a food establishment. (2) Inspect the premises, utensils, fixtures, equipment, furniture, and machinery used in food handling. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citat…

Sec. 24. (a) For the purpose of enforcing IC 16-41-20, IC 16-41-23, IC 16-41-24, IC 16-41-34, or IC 16-42-5, the local health officers are food environmental health specialists subordinate to the state department. (b) The state department shall provide to the local health officer…

Sec. 25. If, upon inspection of a food establishment, a local health officer or food environmental health specialist finds an employer, operator, or other employee to be violating IC 16-41-20, IC 16-41-23, IC 16-41-24, IC 16-41-34, or this chapter, the local health officer or foo…

Sec. 26. (a) A person who refuses to comply with a lawful order or requirement of the state health commissioner made in writing as provided in this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor. (b) Each day after the expiration of the time limit for abating unsanitary conditions and com…

Sec. 27. (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. 28. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing a schedule of civil penalties that may be imposed by the state department to enforce either of the following: (1) This chapter. (2) Rules adopted to implement this chapter. (b) A penalty included in …

Sec. 30. (a) As used in this section, "permit holder" means the holder of: (1) a farm winery permit under IC 7.1-3-12-5; or (2) a brewer's permit under IC 7.1-3-2-7(5). (b) A permit holder that sells or furnishes alcoholic beverages by the glass at a festival, fair, or other temp…

Sec. 31. A food establishment may sell or serve poultry products produced by an establishment operating under a limited permit issued under IC 15-17-5-11(f) only if the poultry products are produced and labeled in accordance with the requirements of IC 15-17-5-11(f). As added by …

Sec. 32. (a) As used in this section, "micro market" means an unstaffed, self-checkout retail food establishment that: (1) consists of one (1) or more micro market displays that do not exceed seventy-five (75) linear feet in total length across the front of all displays in any on…

Sec. 5. The state department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for the efficient enforcement of this chapter and to establish minimum sanitary standards for the operation of all food establishments. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 5.2. The state department may grant a variance from one (1) or more of the state rules concerning: (1) food handling machinery; or (2) sanitary standards for the operation of food establishments; in accordance with IC 16-19-3-4.3. As added by P.L.266-2001, SEC.13.…

Sec. 6. A food establishment must meet the following conditions: (1) Be adequately lighted, heated, drained, and ventilated. (2) Be supplied with uncontaminated running water. (3) Have adequate sanitary facilities. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-8.] As added by P.L.2-…

Sec. 7. Each food establishment and the machinery used in each food establishment must be constructed so as to be easily and thoroughly cleaned. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-10.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 8. The floors, sidewalls, ceiling, furniture, receptacles, implements, and machinery of a food establishment and a vehicle used to transport food products must at all times be clean and sanitary. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-9.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.…

Sec. 9. (a) The sidewalls, woodwork, and ceiling of a food establishment must be made of an impervious material with a finish that is washable. (b) The sidewalls, woodwork, and ceiling must be kept washed clean with detergent and water. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-20-…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "community or migrant health center" means a nonprofit corporation that: (1) provides primary health care services to indigent persons on a sliding fee scale basis; and (2) is consumer governed. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-6-1.3.] As a…

Sec. 11. A health care professional must apply for a loan repayment on an application form supplied by the state department. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-6-9.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.7.

Sec. 12. The state department shall consider each application and determine the following: (1) The eligibility of the applicant for the program under which the application is submitted. (2) The extent to which the shortage area or eligible entity located in a shortage area is und…

Sec. 13.5. The state department may award an annual loan repayment in an amount not greater than the documented amount of the student loans incurred by a health care professional. As added by P.L.72-2001, SEC.9.

Sec. 18. (a) If money is received and disbursed under this chapter in a particular state fiscal year, the state department shall submit to the governor and the general assembly a report on the following before November 1 of the following state fiscal year: (1) The receipt, disbur…

Sec. 19. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out this chapter. (b) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to ensure that a loan repayment provided under this chapter complies with federal law and regulations. [Pre-1993 Rec…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the Indiana health care professional recruitment and retention fund. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-6-3.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.2.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "maternal and child health clinic" means a clinic that provides quality, comprehensive prenatal, child health, or family services to a person who would otherwise be unable to obtain these services due to financial or geographic barriers. [Pre-1993…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "shortage area" means a county, city, town, census tract, or township designated by the state department as underserved by health care professionals under section 7 of this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-6-4.] As added by P.L.2-1…

Sec. 7. The state department shall annually adopt the federal designation of the counties, cities, towns, census tracts, and townships in Indiana that are underserved by specific types of health care professionals as determined by the state department. The state department shall …

Sec. 8. (a) The Indiana health care professional recruitment and retention fund is established. The purpose of the fund is to provide loan repayment for student loans incurred by health care professionals to encourage the delivery of health care in shortage areas. The state depar…

Sec. 9. In order to be eligible for loan repayment for student loans, a health care professional must meet all of the following conditions: (1) Hold an unlimited license to practice a health care profession in Indiana that has been declared by the state department to be eligible …

Sec. 1. The state department shall employ a state child fatality review coordinator to do the following: (1) Assist the statewide child fatality review committee chairperson in establishing agendas for meetings of the statewide child fatality review committee. (2) Coordinate info…