Sec. 4. (a) Before a local health department may act on an application for a residential onsite sewage system permit, the local health department shall inform the applicant whether the property is located in the service district of a regional sewage district.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-41-25-4

  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • residential onsite sewage system: means all equipment and devices necessary for proper conduction, collection, storage, treatment, and onsite disposal of sewage from:

    Indiana Code 16-41-25-0.4

  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (b) An employee of a local health department may conduct an onsite soil evaluation concerning the repair or replacement of a failed residential onsite sewage system if:

(1) the employee was hired by the local health department before January 1, 2013;

(2) the local health board has determined that the employee has the necessary knowledge of the principles of soil science as acquired by professional education;

(3) the employee uses guidelines set forth in the soil manuals, technical bulletins, and handbooks of the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; and

(4) the employee files a written report with the local health department for each onsite soil evaluation conducted by the employee.

As added by P.L.97-2012, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.10-2013, SEC.1; P.L.167-2022, SEC.9.

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