Public Health Rules in Indiana (2026)

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, the Health Department inspects each retail food establishment at least once…

Fishers food establishments must publicly post their Health Department sanitation grade, A (81-100), B (71-80), or C…

Tippecanoe County's Vector Control Ordinance puts the Health Officer in charge of abating rats, rodents, and other…

In unincorporated Bartholomew County, occupants of single-family dwellings must exterminate rodents and other pests on…

In unincorporated Boone County, Indiana, occupants and owners of dwellings carry a direct legal duty to exterminate…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, § 15.24.170 puts extermination of insects, rodents and other pests on the occupant of…

Elkhart County treats any pile of matter that attracts rodents, insects or wild animals on your property as a public…

Evansville's Property Maintenance Code requires structures be kept free of insect and rodent infestation, with owners…

Fishers' Property Maintenance Code requires every foundation to stay free of cracks, breaks, and holes that could let…

Fort Wayne's housing code requires every structure to be kept free of insect and rodent infestation, and puts the…

In the City of Gary every business building must be ratproofed, kept free of rats, and maintained ratfree to the health…

Hammond, Indiana's property maintenance code puts extermination duty on whoever caused the infestation: a single-unit…

Hendricks County lodging establishments must stay free of harborage conditions and rodent infestations, keep a written…

Every property owner in Indianapolis must keep their structure and premises rat-free under the exterior maintenance…

Kokomo's housing code bans letting any dwelling, yard, lot, or premises become a rat harborage under § 152.20, and §…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Property Maintenance Code Section 302.4 requires every structure and exterior…

Unincorporated Lake County requires every licensed manufactured home park to stay free of debris that could shelter…

LaPorte County's Health Officer treats rodent and insect infestation at any public refuse disposal site as a code…

Owners and tenants of rental dwellings in unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana must keep garbage and rubbish stored so…

Muncie's Housing Code makes rodent and insect control a habitability standard, not just a nuisance issue. Basement…

Noblesville declares accumulations of decayed matter, rubbish, and similar debris where rats, mosquitoes, or other…

South Bend bars property owners from letting anything build up that attracts rodents under Code of Ordinances Sec…

Rank vegetation and junk that could feed or shelter rodents are banned property-wide in unincorporated Vanderburgh…

Letting a significant rodent or insect population develop on your property, or maintaining conditions that attract one…

Hendricks County hotels and motels must close and remediate any guest room where bed bugs are found, and every…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, infectious waste is not collected by city services, and sharps get picked up by…

Tattoo parlors and body piercing facilities in Vanderburgh County must store used needles in leak-resistant…

Every food service establishment in Bartholomew County must keep at least one certified food-sanitation employee on…

Bloomington Municipal Code § 4.16.050 blocks the city controller from even considering a solicitor's or mobile vendor's…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, an applicant for a retail food establishment or bed and breakfast permit…

Elkhart County writes the state's food handler certification rule straight into its own code. County Code § 112.02…

Fort Wayne food workers must know Indiana's food code, and the Health Department can force paid safety training after…

Every peddler and transient merchant selling food in the City of Gary must hold a food handlers certificate issued by…

Howard County ties food and bed-and-breakfast establishment permits to certified food handlers. The Health Department…

LaPorte County requires every retail food establishment that prepares or serves potentially hazardous foods to keep at…

Every bed and breakfast, restaurant, mobile food unit, and temporary food stand in St. Joseph County that serves…

Tippecanoe County does not require every food-service worker to hold a certification before starting work. Instead, §…