Sec. 19. (a) Local health officers shall enforce the health laws, ordinances, orders, rules, and regulations of the officer’s own and superior boards of health.

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     (b) Any enforcement action taken under subsection (a) in response to:

(1) a declared local public health emergency determined by a local health department or local health officer; or

(2) a disaster emergency declared by the governor under IC 10-14-3-12;

is appealable under IC 16-20-5.5.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-4-2(a).]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.219-2021, SEC.3.