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 the state 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 at Indianapolis and shall be used to:
        (1) analyze foods and drugs for the purpose of enforcing the pure food and drug laws; and
        (2) perform sanitary analyses, pathological examinations, and studies 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 done exclusively and entirely for the public benefit.
    (c) The state department may establish fee schedules and charges for 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 state department shall employ and appoint a superintendent other than the state health commissioner.
    (b) The superintendent shall have charge of and manage the state health laboratory. The superintendent is entitled to receive a salary established by the state department subject to approval by the budget agency. The superintendent must be learned and skilled in bacteriology and pathology.
    (c) The state department shall also employ a skilled chemist, whose salary is established by the state department subject to approval by the budget agency.
    (d) Both appointees must be temperate, healthy, well recommended, and of good moral character.
    (e) The state department may employ employees the state department considers necessary for the successful conduct of the laboratory. The state department may define the duties and fix the compensation of the employees, whose employment is by consent of the governor.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2.