Title 16, TITLE 16. HEALTH

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "comprehensive care bed" means a bed that: (1) is within a comprehensive care health facility licensed under IC 16-28-2; (2) functions as a bed within a comprehensive care health facility licensed under IC 16-28-2; or (3) is otherwise subject …

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "comprehensive care health facility" means a health facility that provides: (1) nursing care; (2) room; (3) food; (4) laundry; (5) administration of medications; (6) special diets; and (7) treatments; and that may provide rehabilitative and restor…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "replacement facility" means a new comprehensive care health facility licensed under or subject to this article after July 1, 2015, that: (1) is constructed to take the place of an existing comprehensive care health facility that is licensed befor…

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "under development" refers to a health facility license application: (1) to add, construct, or convert comprehensive care beds in a comprehensive care health facility that: (A) is licensed under; (B) is to be licensed under; (C) is subject to; or …

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the state department may not approve the following: (1) The licensure of: (A) comprehensive care health facilities; or (B) new or converted comprehensive care beds. (2) The certification of new or converted comprehensive care beds…

for comprehensive care health facilities Sec. 6.5. A person may qualify for an exemption under section 6(b)(3) of this chapter, and the state department may approve a construction permit, a new or amended license to operate, or Medicaid certification for a comprehensive care heal…

Sec. 7. (a) A small house health facility that is applying for licensure under this article, including an entity related to the small house health facility through common ownership or control, may apply to the state department for licensure or Medicaid certification of not more t…

Sec. 8. This chapter expires on the date on which all rules required by the following have taken effect: (1) IC 16-29-7-13(f). (2) IC 16-29-7-14(d). (3) IC 16-29-7-19(a). As added by P.L.257-2015, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.217-2017, SEC.89; P.L.202-2018, SEC.7.

staffing Sec. 1. (a) The Indiana trauma care commission is established. (b) The governor shall appoint thirteen (13) members to the commission, taking into consideration geographic representation, as follows: (1) The state health commissioner or the commissioner's designee, who s…

Sec. 2. The commission has the following duties: (1) Develop and promote, in cooperation with state, regional, and local public and private organizations, a statewide program for the provision of trauma care and a comprehensive state trauma plan. (2) Use trauma data to promote an…

Sec. 3. (a) Each member of the commission who is not a state employee is entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). The member is also entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses as provided under IC 4-13-1-4 and other expenses actually incurred i…

Sec. 4. Seven (7) members are needed for the commission to take any action on a matter. As added by P.L.164-2023, SEC.36.

"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 resi…

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 an…

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 inspec…

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 follo…

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…

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 …

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 dep…

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 …

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 …

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) d…

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…

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 installa…

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…

permit required; reports to department 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 p…

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.

rules Sec. 7. (a) The Indiana board of pharmacy shall maintain a link on the board's Internet web site 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. (…

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.

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 agricu…

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 as…

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) …

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-…

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 sche…

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-…

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.

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.

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 ke…

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 …

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 fo…

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 o…

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 wi…

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, incl…

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…