Under IC 4-22-2-24, notice is hereby given that on October 12, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., at the Indiana State Department of Health, 2 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, the Indiana State Department of Health will hold a public hearing on a proposed rule adding 410 IAC 33, which will establish an indoor air quality (IAQ) inspection, evaluation, and parent and employee notification program to assist schools and state agencies in improving IAQ. As part of the inspection and evaluation program, the rule will establish best practices and necessary minimum standards for IAQ in schools and state agencies, regulate items that affect the IAQ, specify when the ISDH will inspect for IAQ, and establish requirements for parent or employee, or both, notification of IAQ evaluation findings.

The ISDH has the authority to adopt this rule under IC 16-19-3-5 and IC 16-41-37.5. The costs to the state will depend on the number of IAQ complaints received. There should be no cost to small business as the rule only applies to schools and state agencies. It is assumed that the General Assembly decided the benefits of the law outweighed the costs imposed when House Enrolled Act 440 was passed in 2009.

Copies of these rules are now on file at the Office of Legal Affairs, Indiana State Department of Health, 2 North Meridian Street and Legislative Services Agency, Indiana Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Room N201, Indianapolis, Indiana and are open for public inspection.