(A) The County Board of Health is empowered to establish and collect fees in accordance with the following definitions and provisions.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE. An agent in principal of the Board and Health Officer as provided for in I.C. 16-20-1-4.
BOARD. The County Board of Health as provided for in I.C. 16-20-1-4.
HEALTH OFFICER. The county officer as provided for in I.C. 16-20-1-4.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation or association.
(C) The Board of Health, having jurisdiction, may charge a service fee not in excess of the cost for providing to any person the following services:
(1) Home health care as prescribed within the meaning of § 1881(o) of the Social Security Act for a Home Health Agency; and as authorized by the State Board of Health, I.C. 16-1-3-28;
(2) For any personal health service provided through the County Health Department as authorized by I.C. 16-20-1-17;
(3) For services provided by the County Health Department in providing a copy of a certificate of birth and death as authorized by I.C. 16-20-1-17;
(4) For services provided in the inspection of food establishments as required by the Food Establishment Ordinance, Chapter 112 of this code, as authorized by I.C. 16-42-5-0.4 and I.C. 13-18-16-10; and
(5) For supervision and inspection of sanitary installations as required by statute or ordinance, as authorized by I.C. 13-18-16-10.
(D) Collection accounting and disposition:
(1) Collection of fees. The Board shall collect such fees established as a part of this section in accord with the schedule designated as Schedule A, which is attached to the ordinance from which this section is derived, and made a part hereof;
(2) Accounting for fees. All fees collected by the Board shall be accounted for in detail for each program service area;
(3) Disposition of fees. All fees collected by the Board shall be transferred to the County Health Fund. The monies collected in accord with the provisions of this section shall be used only for the maintenance or future expansion of the specific program services from which they are derived; and
(4) Health service fees. Other county health jurisdictions: fees collected for health services provided 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, amended by Pub. L. No. 53, Acts of 1974.
(E) The fee schedule of the County Board of Health is hereby adopted by reference, and a copy of the fee schedule is available in the office of the Clerk for inspection.
(Ord. 1-4-2, passed 11-19-2001; Ord. 1-4-18.2, passed 12-27-2011; Ord. 1-4-18.3, passed 11-18-2013)