Sec. 6. (a) The:

(1) county fiscal body for the county health department;

(2) city fiscal body for a city health department; and

(3) county fiscal body and city fiscal body for a joint city-county health department;

may, by ordinance, determine the duties with respect to vector control of the local health officer.

(b) The duties under subsection (a) may include the following:

(1) Taking all necessary and proper steps to control vectors that have adverse health significance to humans or domestic animals and livestock.

(2) Entering upon any land, public or private, at any reasonable time to inspect for or to abate all pest and vector breeding grounds that have adverse health significance to humans or domestic animals and livestock.

(3) Purchasing supplies, material, and equipment.

(4) Recommending to the county commissioners or other appropriate authority the building, construction, maintenance, or repair of necessary levees, cuts, canals, channels, or other structures upon any land within the jurisdiction of the local health department after obtaining the necessary local and department of natural resources approvals.

(5) Executing contracts.

(6) Conducting control in a manner consistent with recommendations of the Purdue University cooperative extension service, the pesticide review board, and the state department.

(7) Entering into cooperative agreements with appropriate organizations for the purpose of assuring technical assistance in developing and carrying out specific duties.

(8) Identifying problems determined to be of importance to the public welfare and developing control programs appropriate to each situation.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-7.3-4.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.40-1993, SEC.53.