IC 16-20-4-5 : Authority of second class city to establish full-time city health department; exception in certain counties

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the legislative body of a second class city may by resolution provide for a full-time city health department.

(b) A local official, city legislative body, city fiscal body, or county may not establish a full-time or part-time city health department in a county having a population of more than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000) and less than two hundred thousand (200,000).

(c) A health ordinance adopted by a city legislative body after December 31, 1993, in a county having a population of more than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000) and less than two hundred thousand (200,000) is void.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-7-14 part.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.87-1994, SEC.8; P.L.95-1994, SEC.2; P.L.170-2002, SEC.101; P.L.119-2012, SEC.128; P.L.104-2022, SEC.104.