(A) Established; power. The Daviess County Board of Health is empowered to establish and collect fees in accord with the following definitions and provisions.
(B) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this section:
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE. This term shall mean an agent in principal of the Board and health officer as provided in I.C. 16-20-1-14.
BOARD. As used herein, this term shall mean the Daviess County Board of Health as provided for in I.C. 16-20-2.
HEALTH OFFICER. This term shall mean the County Health Officer as provided for in I.C. 16-20-2-16.
PERSON. This term shall mean any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation or association.
(C) Fees for services.
(1) The Board of Health may, with the approval of Daviess County Commissioners, establishing and collect fees for specific services and records established by local ordinances and state law. However, fees may not exceed the cost of services provided.
(2) Fee exemptions. Fees may be exempted for community partners, corporations, organizations or individuals on a case-by-case basis as determined by the Health Officer in conjunction with Department staff. Exemptions will be determined, as necessary, when the potential for on-the-job exposure is at a higher risk than that of the general public; when a public health emergency is declared, resulting in an increased risk of potential disease transmission; when on-going medical evaluation is required due to a potential exposure incident; or for other reasons determined necessary for the prevention of disease transmission to the general public.
(D) Fees schedule.
(1) The Board of Health shall establish a fees schedule in accordance with provisions of this section. The fees schedule shall be periodically reviewed and amended at the request of the Health Officer as necessary to compensate for the changes in costs associated with services provided. Any amendments to the fees schedule must be approved by the Daviess County Commissioners pursuant to I.C. 16-20-2-27.
(a) The fees schedule as established by the Board shall be a separate attached document in accordance with this section and shall be made a part thereof of this section. It shall contain all relevant fees as associated with the services provided by the Daviess County Health Department; all fees established in separate ordinances pertaining to the specific services provided are hereby repealed; the remainder of those separate ordinances shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect.
(b) Disposition of fees. All fees collected by the Board shall be transferred to the Daviess County Health Fund pursuant to I.C. 16-20-1-27; except for those fees collected through public health services, which shall be receipted into the County Health Fund in accordance to I.C. 16-46-10-4. The Commissioners and the Board are in agreement that monies collected in accordance with the provisions of this section are only to be used for the maintenance or future expansion of the Daviess County immunization program and Board of Health Services.
(2) (a) Except where otherwise specified, any defined term in this section shall have the definition given to it by ordinance. This order shall be in full force from and after its passing and publication.
(b) Health Service/fees/other county health jurisdictions. Fees collected for health services provided to individuals in other county health jurisdictions and involving payment from county tax revenue shall be collected in accord with an agreement pursuant to I.C. 16-20-1-27.
(Ord. 2011-4, passed 6-13-2011; Ord. 2012-3, passed 5-14-2012; Ord. 2012-4, passed 8-13-2012; Ord. 2012-5, passed 11-26-2012; Ord. 2013-4, passed 7-8-2013; Ord. 2013-5, passed 8-12-2013; Ord. 2014-1, passed 2-10-2014; Ord. 2014-2, passed 3-24-2014; Ord. 2014-6, passed 11-10-2014; Ord. 2015-6, passed 8-24-2015; Ord. 2016-1, passed 2-23-2016; Ord. 2016-8, passed 11-22-2016; Ord. 2017-2, passed 8-22-2017; Ord. 2018-3, passed 1-23-2018; Ord. 2019-1, passed 1-8-2019; Ord. 2019-5, passed 7-23-2019; Ord. 2020-6, passed 8-11-2020; Ord. 2021-3, passed 6-8-2021; Ord. 2021-9, passed 10-12-2021; Am. Ord. 2022-2, passed 4-26-2022; Am. Ord. 2022-5, passed 9-13-2022)
Cross-reference:
Fees schedule, see App. A below