Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in IC 16-20-3, the executive of each county shall by ordinance establish and maintain a local health department.
(b) The executive of a county having a population of more than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000) but less than one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) may only establish and maintain one (1) local health department having countywide jurisdiction.
(c) The county executive in a county having a population of more than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000) but less than one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) may adopt health ordinances that apply to the entire county.
(d) A health ordinance adopted by a city legislative body after December 31, 1993, in a county having a population of more than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000) but less than one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) is void.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-3.8-1 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.2-1993, SEC.127; P.L.87-1994, SEC.7; P.L.95-1994, SEC.1; P.L.170-2002, SEC.98; P.L.119-2012, SEC.124.