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Summary of Authority and Actions Regarding Public Health Emergencies: Indiana Public Health Code
Issue BriefEmergency Legal Preparedness and ResponseEmergency ResponseIndianaIndiana’s Public Health Code and Communicable Disease Rules provide an array of actions that state and local health officers can use to respond to a public health emergency. This document is intended to assist health officers and their attorneys by identifying potential actions and linking to the applicable law. Though the details of this document apply only in Indiana, the legal provisions likely have similar counterparts in all other states. Lawyers in other states may have developed, or could develop, comparable summaries for their states.