Sec. 2. (a) The state department may provide services to support local health departments.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-19-3-2

  • Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (b) The state department or contractor of the state department may make available technical support for the following services to local health departments that provide core public health services:

(1) Epidemiology.

(2) Data analytics.

(3) Legal services.

(4) Communications.

(5) Grants.

(6) Training.

(7) Accreditation.

(8) Assistance with reporting requirements, metric development, and metric tracking.

The state department may provide additional technical support, as determined by the state department.

     (c) The legal services provided under subsection (b) are limited to technical support. A state department attorney may not represent a local health department as the local health department’s counsel.

     (d) The state department may provide funding to local health departments to defray the costs of accreditation.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-3-3.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.164-2023, SEC.14.