CHAPTER 8. STATE HEALTH LABORATORY
IC 16-19-8
Chapter 8. State Health Laboratory
IC 16-19-8-1
Establishment
Sec. 1. A state health laboratory is established as a division of thestate department under the general control of the state department.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2.
IC 16-19-8-2
Location; purpose; fees
Sec. 2. (a) The state health laboratory shall be located atIndianapolis and shall be used to:
(1) analyze foods and drugs for the purpose of enforcing thepure food and drug laws; and
(2) perform sanitary analyses, pathological examinations, andstudies in hygiene and preventive medicine;
to aid in the enforcement of the health laws and for no other purpose.
(b) All work done in the state health laboratory must be doneexclusively and entirely for the public benefit.
(c) The state department may establish fee schedules and chargesfor services provided by the state health laboratory.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2.
IC 16-19-8-3
Superintendent, chemist, and other employees; compensation
Sec. 3. (a) For the conduct of the state health laboratory, the statedepartment shall employ and appoint a superintendent other than thestate health commissioner.
(b) The superintendent shall have charge of and manage the statehealth laboratory. The superintendent is entitled to receive a salaryestablished by the state department subject to approval by the budgetagency. The superintendent must be learned and skilled inbacteriology and pathology.
(c) The state department shall also employ a skilled chemist,whose salary is established by the state department subject toapproval by the budget agency.
(d) Both appointees must be temperate, healthy, wellrecommended, and of good moral character.
(e) The state department may employ employees the statedepartment considers necessary for the successful conduct of thelaboratory. The state department may define the duties and fix thecompensation of the employees, whose employment is by consent ofthe governor.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2.