Mass Gatherings
Program Overview
Welcome to the home page for the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) information on mass gatherings. IC 16-41-22 establishes the minimum standards for Mass Gatherings. The Mass Gathering Act, administered by local officials, requires a license issued by the local Sheriff once the promoter of the event demonstrates compliance with the Act.. The Act also serves as a guide to health and safety issues for large events that do not meet the definition of a Mass Gathering. The act prohibits a person from permitting, maintaining, promoting, conducting, advertising, acting as entrepreneur, undertaking, organizing, managing, or selling or giving tickets to an actual or a reasonably anticipated assembly of at least five thousand (5,000) people that continues or can reasonably be expected to continue for at least eighteen (18) consecutive hours, whether on public or private property, unless a license to hold the assembly has first been issued by the appropriate law enforcement official of the unit in which the assembly is to gather.
The act does not apply to a regularly established, permanent place of worship, a stadium, an athletic field, an arena, an auditorium, a coliseum, or other similar permanently established place of assembly for assemblies that do not exceed by more than two hundred fifty (250) people the maximum seating capacity of the structure where the assembly is held. It also does not apply to government sponsored fairs held on regularly established fairgrounds or to assemblies required to be licensed by other statutes or ordinances. It does not apply to local or regional festivals, celebrations, or events that are held on an annual or regular basis and that were observed or celebrated at least two (2) times before January 1, 1973. And to assemblies that are held on land owned or leased by the state or the federal government.
Contact the Program
Indiana State Department of Health
Division of Consumer Protection
2 North Meridian Street, 5E
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 233-1325 (ISDH Main Switchboard)
Map
Division Director
Michael Mettler
mmettler@isdh.in.gov
(317) 233-7183
(317) 233-7173 [Administrative Assistant]
(317) 233-7047 [Fax]
Questions: engineering@isdh.in.gov
Directories
City and County Health Departments
Drinking water chemistry laboratories (Indiana-certified)
Water microbiology laboratories (Indiana-certified)
Public water supply samples are required to be tested by a certified laboratory.
Employment Opportunities
Learn about Employment Opportunities with the Indiana State Department of Health
Laws and Regulations
IC 16-19-3 Powers and Duties of State Department of Health and Executive Board
IC 16-20-1-25 Unlawful conditions; abatement order; enforcement (Public health nuisances)
IC 16-41-22 Health Sanitation and Safety. Mass Gatherings
IC 16-41-22 Health Sanitation and Safety. Mass Gatherings (PDF Version)
Links
Links associated with this program
Program Information and Policies
Automatic Hot Water Temperature Control Valves
Automatic hot water temperature control valves regulate the hot water temperature at the point of use, to preventing accidental scalding. They are required to be installed in the facilities for which this Program reviews plans and specifications.
A planning guide including minimum requirements for the construction of vault privies
A guide for architects and engineers on basic requirements for layout and design of on-site water supply and wastewater disposal systems at locations where such facilities may be approvable.
Diseases Caused by Sewage or Sewage Contaminated Water
Exterior Drinking Fountains and Yard Hydrants.
Many frost-proof hydrants and exterior drinking fountains allow for possible back-siphonage of contaminated water into a water distribution system. Therefore, approved non-freeze, non-polluting sanitary exterior drinking fountains and yard hydrants required to be installed in the facilities that this Program reviews plans and specifications for.
Fees for Permit to Construct Application
Information on why hand washing is important; how diseases are spread; when hands should be washed; the proper way to wash hands; and how hand washing can protect you and your family.
Sanitizing of Wells or Other Private Water Sources
Indiana Department of Environmental management provides information for sanitizing after a flood, and before the water supply is again put to use.
In essence, only temporary holding tanks can be approved, and only for a maximum of two years operation.
Reporting a Complaint
Report a complaint at engineering@isdh.in.gov
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