2019 Indiana Code
Title 16. Health
Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease
Chapter 16. Communicable Disease: Treatment of Infectious Waste
16-41-16-10. Orders of compliance; civil penalties
Sec. 10. (a) The state department may commence an action under IC 4-21.5-3-6 or IC 4-21.5-4 for issuance of an order of compliance and a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation per day against a person who:
(1) fails to comply with this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or
(2) interferes with or obstructs the state department or the state department's designated agent in the performance of official duties under this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.
(b) The state department may commence an action against a facility licensed by the state department under either subsection (a) or the licensure statute for that facility, but the state department may not bring an action arising out of one (1) incident under both statutes.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.5-10(b) part, (c) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
