Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.121
§ 3721.121. Criminal records check
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 144 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Adult day-care program" means a program operated pursuant to rules adopted by the director of health under section 3721.04 of the Revised Code and provided by and on the same site as homes licensed under this chapter. (2) "Applicant" means a person who is under final consideration for employment with a home or adult day-care program in a full-time, part-time, or temporary position that involves providing direct care to an older adult. "Applicant" does not include a person who provides direct care as a volunteer without receiving or expecting to receive any form of remuneration other than reimbursement for actual expenses. (3) "Community-based long-term care services provider" means a provider as defined in section 173.39 of the Revised Code. (4) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (5) "Home" means a home as defined in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code. (6) "Older adult" means a person age sixty or older. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, the chief administrator of a home or adult day-care program shall request that the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation conduct a criminal records check of each applicant. If an applicant for whom a criminal records check request is required under this division does not present proof of having been a resident of this state for the five-year period immediately prior to the date the criminal records check is requested or provide evidence that within that five-year period the superintendent has requested information about the applicant from the federal bureau of investigation in a criminal records check, the chief administrator shall request that the superintendent obtain information from the federal bureau of investigation as part of the criminal records check of the applicant. Even if an applicant for whom a criminal records check request is required under this division presents proof of having been a resident of this state for the five-year period, the chief administrator may request that the superintendent include information from the federal bureau of investigation in the criminal records check. (2) A person required by division (B)(1) of this section to request a criminal records check shall do both of the following: (a) Provide to each applicant for whom a criminal records check request is required under that division a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and a standard fingerprint impression sheet prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of that section, and obtain the completed form and impression sheet from the applicant; (b) Forward the completed form and impression sheet to the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation. (3) An applicant provided the form and fingerprint impression sheet under division (B)(2)(a) of this section who fails to complete the form or provide fingerprint impressions shall not be employed in any position for which a criminal records check is required by this section. (C)(1) Except as provided in rules adopted by the director of health in accordance with division (F) of this section and subject to division (C)(2) of this section, no home or adult day-care program shall employ a person in a position that involves providing direct care to an older adult if the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: (a) A violation of section 2903.01 , 2903.02 , 2903.03 , 2903.04 , 2903.11 , 2903.12 , 2903.13 , 2903.16 , 2903.21 , 2903.34 , 2905.01 , 2905.02 , 2905.11 , 2905.12 , 2907.02 , 2907.03 , 2907.05 , 2907.06 , 2907.07 , 2907.08 , 2907.09 , 2907.12 , 2907.25 , 2907.31 , 2907.32 , 2907.321 , 2907.322 , 2907.323 , 2911.01 , 2911.02 , 2911.11 , 2911.12 , 2911.13 , 2913.02 , 2913.03 , 2913.04 , 2913.11 , 2913.21 , 2913.31 , 2913.40 , 2913.43 , 2913.47 , 2913.51 , 2919.25 , 2921.36 , 2923.12 , 2923.13 , 2923.161 , 2925.02 , 2925.03 , 2925.11 , 2925.13 , 2925.22 , 2925.23 , or 3716.11 of the Revised Code. (b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, any other state, or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division (C)(1)(a) of this section. (2)(a) A home or an adult day-care program may employ conditionally an applicant for whom a criminal records check request is required under division (B) of this section prior to obtaining the results of a criminal records check regarding the individual, provided that the home or program shall request a criminal records check regarding the individual in accordance with division (B)(1) of this section not later than five business days after the individual begins conditional employment. In the circumstances described in division (I)(2) of this section, a home or adult day-care program may employ conditionally an applicant who has been referred to the home or adult day-care program by an employment service that supplies full-time, part-time, or temporary staff for positions involving the direct care of older adults and for whom, pursuant to that division, a criminal records check is not required under division (B) of this section. (b) A home or adult day-care program that employs an individual conditionally under authority of division (C)(2)(a) of this section shall terminate the individual's employment if the results of the criminal records check requested under division (B) of this section or described in division (I)(2) of this section, other than the results of any request for information from the federal bureau of investigation, are not obtained within the period ending sixty days after the date the request is made. Regardless of when the results of the criminal records check are obtained, if the results indicate that the individual has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the offenses listed or described in division (C)(1) of this section, the home or program shall terminate the individual's employment unless the home or program chooses to employ the individual pursuant to division (F) of this section. Termination of employment under this division shall be considered just cause for discharge for purposes of division (D)(2) of section 4141.29 of the Revised Code if the individual makes any attempt to deceive the home or program about the individual's criminal record. (D)(1) Each home or adult day-care program shall pay to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation the fee prescribed pursuant to division (C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code for each criminal records check conducted pursuant to a request made under division (B) of this section. (2) A home or adult day-care program may charge an applicant a fee not exceeding the amount the home or program pays under division (D)(1) of this section. A home or program may collect a fee only if both of the following apply: (a) The home or program notifies the person at the time of initial application for employment of the amount of the fee and that, unless the fee is paid, the person will not be considered for employment; (b) The medicaid program does not reimburse the home or program the fee it pays under division (D)(1) of this section. (E) The report of any criminal records check conducted pursuant to a request made under this section is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person other than the following: (1) The individual who is the subject of the criminal records check or the individual's representative; (2) The chief administrator of the home or program requesting the criminal records check or the administrator's representative; (3) The administrator of any other facility, agency, or program that provides direct care to older adults that is owned or operated by the same entity that owns or operates the home or program; (4) A court, hearing officer, or other necessary individual involved in a case dealing with a denial of employment of the applicant or dealing with employment or unemployment benefits of the applicant; (5) Any person to whom the report is provided pursuant to, and in accordance with, division (I)(1) or (2) of this section; (6) The board of nursing for purposes of accepting and processing an application for a medication aide certificate issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; (7) The director of aging or the director's designee if the criminal records check is requested by the chief administrator of a home that is also a community-based long-term care services provider. (F) In accordance with section 3721.11 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall adopt rules to implement this section. The rules shall specify circumstances under which a home or adult day-care program may employ a person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense listed or described in division (C)(1) of this section but meets personal character standards set by the director. (G) The chief administrator of a home or adult day-care program shall inform each individual, at the time of initial application for a position that involves providing direct care to an older adult, that the individual is required to provide a set of fingerprint impressions and that a criminal records check is required to be conducted if the individual comes under final consideration for employment. (H) In a tort or other civil action for damages that is brought as the result of an injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by an individual who a home or adult day-care program employs in a position that involves providing direct care to older adults, all of the following shall apply: (1) If the home or program employed the individual in good faith and reasonable reliance on the report of a criminal records check requested under this section, the home or program shall not be found negligent solely because of its reliance on the report, even if the information in the report is determined later to have been incomplete or inaccurate; (2) If the home or program employed the individual in good faith on a conditional basis pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section, the home or program shall not be found negligent solely because it employed the individual prior to receiving the report of a criminal records check requested under this section; (3) If the home or program in good faith employed the individual according to the personal character standards established in rules adopted under division (F) of this section, the home or program shall not be found negligent solely because the individual prior to being employed had been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense listed or described in division (C)(1) of this section. (I)(1) The chief administrator of a home or adult day-care program is not required to request that the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation conduct a criminal records check of an applicant if the applicant has been referred to the home or program by an employment service that supplies full-time, part-time, or temporary staff for positions involving the direct care of older adults and both of the following apply: (a) The chief administrator receives from the employment service or the applicant a report of the results of a criminal records check regarding the applicant that has been conducted by the superintendent within the one-year period immediately preceding the applicant's referral; (b) The report of the criminal records check demonstrates that the person has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense listed or described in division (C)(1) of this section, or the report demonstrates that the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more of those offenses, but the home or adult day-care program chooses to employ the individual pursuant to division (F) of this section. (2) The chief administrator of a home or adult day-care program is not required to request that the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation conduct a criminal records check of an applicant and may employ the applicant conditionally as described in this division, if the applicant has been referred to the home or program by an employment service that supplies full-time, part-time, or temporary staff for positions involving the direct care of older adults and if the chief administrator receives from the employment service or the applicant a letter from the employment service that is on the letterhead of the employment service, dated, and signed by a supervisor or another designated official of the employment service and that states that the employment service has requested the superintendent to conduct a criminal records check regarding the applicant, that the requested criminal records check will include a determination of whether the applicant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any offense listed or described in division (C)(1) of this section, that, as of the date set forth on the letter, the employment service had not received the results of the criminal records check, and that, when the employment service receives the results of the criminal records check, it promptly will send a copy of the results to the home or adult day-care program. If a home or adult day-care program employs an applicant conditionally in accordance with this division, the employment service, upon its receipt of the results of the criminal records check, promptly shall send a copy of the results to the home or adult day-care program, and division (C)(2)(b) of this section applies regarding the conditional employment. Last updated August 30, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3772.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3772 / § 3772.17
§ 3772.17. Fees
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The upfront license fee to obtain a license as a casino operator shall be fifty million dollars per casino facility and shall be paid upon each casino operator's filing of its casino operator license application with the commission. The upfront license fee, once paid to the commission, shall be deposited into the economic development programs fund, which is created in the state treasury. (B) New casino operator, management company, and holding company license and renewal license fees shall be set by rule. If an applicant for a license as a management company or holding company is related through a joint venture or controlled by or under common control with another applicant for a license as a casino operator, management company, or holding company for the same casino facility and the applicant for a license as a management company or holding company was reviewed for suitability as part of the investigation of the casino operator, only one license fee shall be assessed against both applicants for that casino facility. (C) The fee to obtain an application for a casino operator, management company, or holding company license shall be one million five hundred thousand dollars per application. The application fee for a casino operator, management company, or holding company license may be increased to the extent that the actual review and investigation costs relating to an applicant exceed the application fee set forth in this division. If an applicant for a license as a management company or holding company is related through a joint venture or controlled by or under common control with another applicant for a license as a casino operator, management company, or holding company for the same casino facility, with the exception of actual costs of the review and investigation of the additional applicant, only one application fee shall be required of such applicants for that casino facility. The application fee shall be deposited into the casino control commission fund. The application fee is nonrefundable. (D) The license fees for a gaming-related vendor shall be set by rule. Additionally, the commission may assess an applicant a reasonable fee in the amount necessary to process a gaming-related vendor license application. (E) The license fees for a key employee shall be set by rule. Additionally, the commission may assess an applicant a reasonable fee in the amount necessary to process a key employee license application. If the license is being sought at the request of a casino operator, such fees shall be paid by the casino operator. (F) The license fees for a casino gaming employee shall be set by rule. If the license is being sought at the request of a casino operator, the fee shall be paid by the casino operator.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3723.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3723 / § 3723.15
§ 3723.15. Civil actions
Status: in_force

July 24, 1990 House Bill 279 - 118th General Assembly (A) At the request of the director of health, the attorney general may bring a civil action for appropriate relief, including a temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, and civil penalties, in the court of common pleas of the county in which a violation has occurred, is occurring, or is threatening to occur against any individual, business entity, or government entity that has violated, is violating, or threatens to violate a requirement of this chapter or a rule adopted under it. In accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure, the court of common pleas in which an action for injunction is filed has jurisdiction to grant, and shall grant, a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief upon a showing that the individual, business entity, or government entity against whom the action is brought has violated, is violating, or threatens to violate a requirement of this chapter or a rule adopted under it. In an action for a civil penalty, the court may impose upon an individual, or business entity found to have violated a requirement of this chapter or a rule adopted under it a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each day of violation. Moneys resulting from civil penalties imposed under this section shall be credited to the radon program fund created pursuant to section 3723.14 of the Revised Code. (B) The remedies provided in this section are in addition to remedies otherwise available under any federal or state law or ordinance of a municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3711.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3711 / § 3711.01
§ 3711.01. Maternity and newborn care definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2024 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Board of health" means a board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code. (B) "Maternity home" means a facility for pregnant girls and women where accommodations, medical care, and social services are provided during the prenatal and postpartal periods. "Maternity home" does not include a private residence where obstetric or newborn services are received by a resident of the home. Last updated September 30, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3750.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3750 / § 3750.09
§ 3750.09. Withholding of specific chemical identity as trade secret
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (E) of this section, any person who is required to provide information to the emergency response commission, the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which a facility owned or operated by the person is located, or the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility, under the reporting requirements in sections 3750.04 , 3750.05 , 3750.07 , or 3750.08 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under division (B)(1)(d) or (e) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code, may withhold from submission to the commission, committee, fire department, or any other person the specific chemical identity, including the chemical name and other specific identification, of an extremely hazardous substance or hazardous chemical identified or listed by rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code on the grounds that the information constitutes a trade secret if either of the following conditions is met: (1)(a) At the time of submitting the information sought to be classified as a trade secret, the owner or operator of the facility submits a claim for protection of that information as a trade secret pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(2)(d) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code and submits a copy of the required report that indicates that such a claim has been filed and contains the generic class or category of the chemical identity in place of the specific chemical identity and that is accompanied by a copy of the substantiation supporting the trade secret claim that was submitted to the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency. The owner or operator may withhold from the copy of the substantiation submitted to the commission, committee, or fire department the specific chemical identity claimed to be a trade secret and information identified as confidential business information in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(h) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. (b) A determination of the claim remains pending pursuant to those rules. (2) It has been determined pursuant to those rules that a trade secret exists. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (E) of this section, any person who is required to provide information to the commission, the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which a facility owned or operated by the person is located, or the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility, under the reporting requirements in section 3750.04 , 3750.05 , 3750.07 , or 3750.08 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under division (B)(1)(d) or (e) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code may withhold from submission to the committee, fire department, or any other person the specific chemical identity, including the chemical name or other specific identification, of an extremely hazardous substance or hazardous chemical identified or listed in rules adopted under division (C)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code on the grounds that the information constitutes a trade secret if either of the following conditions is met: (1)(a) At the time of submitting the information sought to be classified as a trade secret, the owner or operator of the facility submits a claim to the commission for protection of that information as a trade secret pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code along with the report that the owner or operator is required to submit to the commission and submits to the committee or fire department a copy of the required report that indicates that such a claim has been filed with the commission and that contains the generic class or category of the chemical identity in place of the specific chemical identity and that is accompanied by a copy of the substantiation supporting the trade secret claim that was submitted to the commission. The owner may withhold from the copy of the substantiation submitted to the committee or fire department the specific chemical identity claimed to be a trade secret and information identified as confidential business information in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(h) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. (b) A determination of the claim remains pending pursuant to those rules and division (B)(14) of that section. (2) It has been determined pursuant to those rules and division (B)(14) of that section that a trade secret exists. (C) No person shall withhold the specific identity of a chemical on the grounds that it is a trade secret: (1) From any report enumerated in division (A) or (B) of this section, if it has been determined pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(2)(d) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code, or pursuant to division (B)(14) and rules adopted under division (B)(5) of that section, that no trade secret exists; (2) In any notification of a release required by section 3750.06 of the Revised Code; (3) When required to provide the specific chemical identity to a health professional, physician, or nurse pursuant to division (E) of this section. (D) The governor may, pursuant to section 322 of the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1747, 42 U.S.C.A. 11042, request the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency to provide specific chemical identities that are claimed or have been determined to be trade secret information or the substantiations, explanations, or supplemental information supporting trade secret protection claims submitted to or determined by the administrator pursuant to that section and rules adopted under division (B)(2)(d) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code regarding facilities located in this state that are subject to this chapter. The governor shall not make available to any member of the commission or committee who is not also an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision any information claimed or determined to be a trade secret or confidential business information obtained under this division or pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. Any trade secret and confidential business information obtained under this division or pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(5) of that section shall be protected from unauthorized disclosure in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(1)(i) of that section. (E)(1) The owner or operator of a facility that is subject to section 3750.07 or 3750.08 of the Revised Code shall provide the specific chemical identity of an extremely hazardous substance or hazardous chemical, if the specific chemical identity is known, to any health professional who submits to the owner or operator a written request and statement of need for the specific chemical identity. The written statement of need shall be a statement of the health professional that the health professional has a reasonable basis to believe that all of the following conditions pertain to the request: (a) The information is needed for purposes of diagnosis or treatment of an individual; (b) The individual being diagnosed or treated has been exposed to the chemical concerned; (c) Knowledge of the specific chemical identity of the chemical will assist in diagnosis and treatment. An owner or operator to whom such a written request and statement of need is submitted shall provide the requested information to the health professional promptly after receiving the request and statement of need, subject to division (E)(4) of this section. (2) The owner or operator of a facility that is subject to section 3750.07 or 3750.08 of the Revised Code shall provide a copy of a material safety data sheet or emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form that contains the specific chemical identity of an extremely hazardous substance or hazardous chemical, if the specific chemical identity is known, to any treating physician or nurse who requests that information if the physician or nurse determines that all of the following conditions pertain to the request: (a) A medical emergency exists; (b) The specific chemical identity of the chemical concerned is necessary for or will assist in emergency or first aid diagnosis or treatment; (c) The individual being diagnosed or treated has been exposed to the chemical concerned. The owner or operator shall provide the requested information to the physician or nurse immediately upon receiving such a request. The owner or operator shall not require any such treating physician or nurse to provide a written confidentiality agreement or statement of need as a precondition for disclosure of a specific chemical identity under this division; however, the owner or operator may require the treating physician or nurse to provide a written confidentiality agreement under division (E)(4) of this section and a statement setting forth the conditions listed in divisions (E)(2)(a) to (c) of this section as soon after the request is made as circumstances permit. (3) The owner or operator of a facility that is subject to section 3750.07 or 3750.08 of the Revised Code shall provide the specific chemical identity of an extremely hazardous substance or hazardous chemical, if the specific chemical identity is known, to any health professional, including, without limitation, a physician, toxicologist, or epidemiologist, who is either employed by or under contract with a political subdivision and who submits to the owner or operator a written request for the information, a written statement of need for the information that meets the requirements of division (E)(3) of this section, and a written confidentiality agreement under division (E)(4) of this section. The owner or operator shall promptly after receipt of the written request, statement of need, and confidentiality agreement provide the requested information to the local health professional who requested it. The written statement of need for a specific chemical identity required by division (E)(3) of this section shall describe with reasonable detail one or more of the following health needs for the information: (a) To assess exposure of persons living in a local community to the hazards of the chemical concerned; (b) To conduct or assess sampling to determine exposure levels of various population groups to the chemical concerned; (c) To conduct periodic medical surveillance of population groups exposed to the chemical concerned; (d) To provide medical treatment to individuals or population groups exposed to the chemical concerned; (e) To conduct studies to determine the health effects of exposure to the chemical concerned; (f) To conduct studies to aid in the identification of a chemical that may reasonably be anticipated to cause an observed health effect. (4) Any person who obtains information under division (E)(1) or (3) of this section shall, as a precondition for receiving that information, enter into a written confidentiality agreement with the owner or operator of the facility from whom the information was requested that the person will not use the information for any purpose other than the health needs asserted in the statement of need provided thereunder, except as otherwise may be authorized by the terms of the agreement or by the person providing the information. (F)(1) A member of the commission, officer or employee of the environmental protection agency, member or employee of a committee, or officer or employee of a fire department shall not request the owner or operator of a facility subject to this chapter to submit to the member, officer, or employee a trade secret claim or copy thereof; report required by section 3750.04 , 3750.05 , 3750.07 , or 3750.08 of the Revised Code; substantiation of a trade secret claim or copy thereof or explanation or supporting information pertaining to a trade secret claim or copy thereof, that contains any information claimed or determined to be a trade secret pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(2)(d) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code or identified as confidential business information by rules adopted under division (B)(1)(h) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. If any such member, officer, or employee knows or has reason to believe that any such trade secret claim, report, substantiation, or explanation or supporting information pertaining to a trade secret claim contains any such information, the member, officer, or employee immediately shall return it to the owner or operator of the facility who submitted it without reading it and shall request the owner or operator to submit the appropriate report or substantiation that does not contain the information claimed or determined to be a trade secret or so identified as confidential business information. (2) A member of the commission who is not also an employee of the state or a political subdivision, member or employee of a committee, or officer or employee of a fire department shall not request the owner or operator of a facility subject to this chapter to submit to the member, officer, or employee a trade secret claim or copy thereof; report required by section 3750.04 , 3750.05 , 3750.07 , or 3750.08 of the Revised Code; substantiation of a trade secret claim; or explanation or supporting information pertaining to a trade secret claim or copy thereof, that contains any information claimed or determined to be a trade secret pursuant to division (B)(14) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under division (B)(5) of that section or any information identified as confidential business information by rules adopted under division (B)(1)(h) of that section that pertains to such a claim. If any such member, officer, or employee knows or has reason to believe that any such trade secret claim, report, substantiation, or explanation or supporting information pertaining to any such trade secret claim contains any such information, the member, officer, or employee immediately shall return it to the owner or operator of the facility who submitted it without reading it and shall request the owner or operator to submit the appropriate report or substantiation that does not contain the information so claimed or determined to be a trade secret or so identified as confidential business information. (G) No member of the commission or designee of a member of the commission, officer or employee of the environmental protection agency, member or employee of a committee, health professional, physician, nurse, or other person who receives information claimed or determined to be a trade secret pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(2)(d) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code or pursuant to division (B)(14) of that section and rules adopted under division (B)(5) of that section, or who receives confidential business information identified in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(h) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code shall release the information to any person not authorized to have that information under division (C) of this section or rules adopted under division (B)(1)(i) of that section. A violation of this division is not also a violation of section 2913.02 or 2913.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.39
§ 3773.39. Issuance of permit to conduct match - revocation
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) Upon receipt of an application for a permit to hold a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code, the Ohio athletic commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, shall determine if the applicant holds a valid promoter's license issued pursuant to section 3773.36 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of an application for a permit to hold a public boxing match or exhibition, the commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, also shall determine if the contestants are evenly and fairly matched according to skill, experience, and weight so as to produce a fair and sportsmanlike contest, and whether the applicant is financially responsible and is able to pay to each contestant the compensation or percentage of the gate receipts named in the application. The commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, may, if applicable, require the applicant to deposit with it within forty-eight hours before the match or exhibition the total compensation or estimated portion of gate receipts to be paid all contestants named in the application made under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code. (B) If the commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, determines that the applicant has met all the requirements specified in division (A) of this section, the commission or executive director shall issue the applicant a permit to conduct the match or exhibition. If the applicant fails to deposit any compensation or portion of gate receipts required by the commission, or executive director before the first contest of the match or exhibition is held, the commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, may revoke the permit and order the applicant not to conduct the match or exhibition described in the permit. (C) Each permit issued pursuant to this section shall bear the name and post office address of the applicant, the address of the place where the public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition is to be held, the date and starting time of the match or exhibition, and a serial number designated by the commission. A permit issued under this section shall allow the permit holder to conduct only the match or exhibition named in the permit. A permit is not transferable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.92
§ 3715.92. Immunity of pharmacy school accepting dangerous drugs
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 House Bill 283 - 127th General Assembly The state board of pharmacy, any manufacturer of dangerous drugs, terminal distributor of dangerous drugs, or wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs that in good faith donates a dangerous drug under section 3715.89 of the Revised Code, and any pharmacy school that accepts a dangerous drug donation under section 3715.90 of the Revised Code, shall not, in the absence of bad faith, be subject to any of the following for matters related to the donation or acceptance of the drug: criminal prosecution; liability in tort or other civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property; or professional liability.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.14
§ 3705.14. Supplemental report for given name
Status: in_force

March 16, 1989 House Bill 709 - 117th General Assembly When a living child's birth is recorded without a given name, a supplemental report of such given name may be completed and presented within one year after the birth to the local registrar in the registration district where the birth occurred or to the office of vital statistics.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3770.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3770 / § 3770.04
§ 3770.04. Commission may hold public hearings
Status: in_force

August 1, 1980 Senate Bill 139 - 113th General Assembly For the purpose of conducting any study or investigation, the state lottery commission may direct that public hearings be held at a time and place, prescribed by the commission, in accordance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code. Hearings shall be held in Columbus, except that if the commission determines that another location is more convenient for those concerned, it may move the hearing to another location within the state. The commission shall give notice of all public hearings in such manner as will give actual or constructive notice to all interested parties. In the discharge of any duties imposed by this chapter, the state lottery commission may require that testimony be given under oath and administer such oath, issue subpoenas compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of any papers, books, and accounts, and cause the deposition of any witness residing within the state. In the event of the refusal of any person to comply with the terms of a subpoena issued by the commission or refusal to testify on matters about which he may lawfully be questioned, the prosecutor of the county in which such person resides, upon the petition of the commission, shall bring a proceeding for contempt against such person in the court of common pleas of that county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3797.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3797 / § 3797.08
§ 3797.08. Attorney general to adopt rules - internet civil registry
Status: in_force

August 3, 2006 Senate Bill 17 - 126th General Assembly The attorney general shall do all of the following: (A) In consultation with county sheriffs and not later than July 1, 2006, adopt rules that do all of the following: (1) Contain guidelines necessary for the implementation of this chapter; (2) Prescribe the registration, notice of intent to reside, and verification of current address forms to be used by registrants and sheriffs under sections 3797.02 , 3797.03 , and 3797.04 of the Revised Code; (3) Establish procedures for the forwarding of forms by the sheriff to the attorney general; (4) Designate a geographic area or areas within which the notice described in division (B) of section 3797.06 of the Revised Code must be given to the persons identified in divisions (A)(2) to (8) of that section; (5) At the attorney general's discretion, establish one or more categories of neighbors of a registrant who, in addition to the occupants of residential premises and other persons specified in division (A) of section 3797.06 of the Revised Code, must be given the notice described in division (B) of that section. (B) Make copies of the forms described in division (A)(2) of this section available to sheriffs and judges; (C) Not later than January 1, 2007, establish and operate on the internet a civil registry of persons against whom a court has entered a declaratory judgment under section 2721.21 of the Revised Code that contains information for each of those persons who registers in any county in this state pursuant to section 3797.02 of the Revised Code. The attorney general shall determine the information to be provided on the registry for each registrant. The information provided for each registrant shall include at least the name, current residential and employment addresses, and photograph of the registrant, the name of the court that entered a declaratory judgment against the registrant pursuant to section 2721.21 of the Revised Code, and the date on which the judgment was entered. The registry shall be a public record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, and it shall be searchable by registrant name, by county, by zip code, and by school district. The registry shall provide a link to the web site of each sheriff of a county who has established and operates on the internet a database that contains information for registrants who register in that county pursuant to section 3797.02 or 3797.03 of the Revised Code. (D) Upon the request of any sheriff, provide technical guidance to the requesting sheriff in establishing on the internet a database of registrants for the public dissemination of information that relates to registrants who are registered in the sheriff's county and that is a public record.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.26
§ 3743.26. Fountain device retailer licenses
Status: in_force

February 7, 2022 House Bill 172 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, in a given year, any person who wishes to be a licensed fountain device retailer in this state shall submit an application for licensure to the state fire marshal before the first day of October. The application shall be on a form prescribed by the state fire marshal. The state fire marshal shall prescribe a form for applications to become a licensed retailer and make a copy of the form available, upon request, to persons who seek a license. (2) An applicant for licensure as a fountain device retailer shall submit all of the following with the application: (a) A license fee in an amount set by the state fire marshal, not to exceed twenty-five dollars; (b) An affidavit affirming that the applicant is in compliance with the national fire protection association standard "NFPA 1124, Code for the Manufacture, Transportation, Storage, and Retail Sales of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (2006 Edition)," or will be in compliance before engaging in the storage or retail sale of fountain devices; (c) Proof of insurance in an amount and of a type specified by the state fire marshal in rules adopted pursuant to section 3743.28 of the Revised Code. (3) A separate application for licensure as a fountain device retailer shall be submitted for each location at which a person wishes to engage in the retail sale of fountain devices. (B)(1) If a person submits a timely application to become a licensed fountain device retailer, together with the materials required by division (A)(2) of this section, the state fire marshal shall review the application and accompanying materials and determine if they comply with this section. If the state fire marshal concludes that the application and accompanying matter comply with this section, the state fire marshal shall, on the first day of December and, except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, at no other time, issue the applicant a license to sell fountain devices at retail. (2) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, a licensed retailer's license is effective for one year beginning on the first day of December. If a licensed retailer wishes to continue engaging in the retail sale of fountain devices at the particular location after the then effective license expires, the licensee shall apply before the first day of October for a new license pursuant to this section. The state fire marshal shall send a written notice of the expiration of a license to a licensed retailer not later than the first day of September. (C)(1) Any person who wishes to be a licensed retailer of fountain devices in this state who was not yet open for business, at the location the person seeks to be licensed, before the first day of the preceding October may submit an application pursuant to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section at any time after the person opens for business but before the first day of the following October. (2) If the state fire marshal determines that an application submitted pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section meets the requirements of this section, the state fire marshal shall issue the applicant a license as follows: (a) If the application was submitted between the first day of October and the last day of November, not earlier than the first day of December but not later than two months after receiving the application; (b) If division (D)(2)(a) of this section does not apply, not later than two months after receiving the application. (3) A license issued pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section is effective through the last day of the following November. (D)(1) Any person who wishes to be a licensed retailer of fountain devices in this state beginning two hundred sixty days after the effective date of this section, shall submit an application pursuant to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section not later than one hundred ninety days after the effective date of this section. (2) The state fire marshal shall issue a license two hundred sixty days after the effective date of this section, to any person who submits an application pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section if the state fire marshal determines that the application meets the requirements of this section. A license issued pursuant to this division is effective as follows: (a) If the two hundred sixtieth day after the effective date of this section is in January, February, March, April, or May, a license issued pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section shall be effective through the end of November in the same calendar year. (b) If the two hundred sixtieth day after the effective date of this section is in June, July, August, September, October, November, or December, a license issued pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section shall be effective through the end of November in the subsequent calendar year. Last updated December 9, 2021 at 4:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3710.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3710 / § 3710.05
§ 3710.05. Application for required licensure or certification - fees
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall engage in any asbestos hazard abatement activities in this state unless licensed or certified pursuant to this chapter. (B) To apply for licensure as an asbestos hazard abatement contractor or certification as an asbestos hazard abatement specialist, an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist, an asbestos hazard abatement project designer, or an asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technician, a person shall do all of the following: (1) Submit a completed application to the director of environmental protection, on a form provided by the agency; (2) Pay the requisite fee as provided in division (D) of this section; (3) Submit any other information the director by rule requires. (C) The application form for a business entity or public entity applying for an asbestos hazard abatement contractor's license shall include all of the following: (1) A description of the protective clothing and respirators that the public entity will use to comply with rules adopted by the director and that the business entity will use to comply with requirements of the United States occupational safety and health administration; (2) A description of procedures the business entity or public entity will use for the selection, utilization, handling, removal, and disposal of clothing to prevent contamination or recontamination of the environment and to protect the public health from the hazards associated with exposure to asbestos; (3) The name and address of each asbestos disposal site that the business entity or public entity might use during the year; (4) A description of the site decontamination procedures that the business entity or public entity will use; (5) A description of the asbestos hazard abatement procedures that the business entity or public entity will use; (6) A description of the procedures that the business entity or public entity will use for handling waste containing asbestos; (7) A description of the air-monitoring procedures that the business entity or public entity will use to prevent contamination or recontamination of the environment and to protect the public health from the hazards of exposure to asbestos; (8) A description of the final clean-up procedures that the business entity or public entity will use; (9) A list of all partners, owners, and officers of the business entity along with their social security numbers; (10) The federal tax identification number of the business entity or the public entity. (D) The fees to be charged to each public entity, except for the agency, and each business entity and their employees and agents for licensure, certification, approval, and renewal of licenses, certifications, and approvals granted under this chapter, subject to division (A)(4) of section 3710.02 of the Revised Code, are: (1) Seven hundred fifty dollars for asbestos hazard abatement contractors; (2) Two hundred dollars for asbestos hazard abatement project designers; (3) Fifty dollars for asbestos hazard abatement workers; (4) Two hundred dollars for asbestos hazard abatement specialists; (5) Two hundred dollars for asbestos hazard evaluation specialists; and (6) Nine hundred dollars for approval or renewal of asbestos hazard training providers. (E) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, no business entity that engages in asbestos hazard abatement projects solely at its own place of business is required to be licensed as an asbestos hazard abatement contractor provided that the business entity is required to and does comply with all applicable standards of the United States environmental protection agency and the United States occupational safety and health administration and provided further that all persons employed by the business entity on the project meet the requirements of this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3761.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3761 / § 3761.02
§ 3761.02. Damages in case of assault
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A person taken from officers of justice by a mob, and assaulted with whips, clubs, missles, or in any other manner, may recover from the county in which the assault is made, damages not to exceed one thousand dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.54
§ 3773.54. Report of ticket sales and gross proceeds
Status: in_force

September 3, 1996 Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly No person who conducts a public boxing match or exhibition to which sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code apply shall fail to mail to the Ohio athletic commission a written report that shows the number of tickets sold for the match or exhibition and the amount of gross proceeds within twenty-four hours after the determination of the outcome of the match or exhibition. The person shall pay to the commission a tax of five per cent of the gross proceeds from the sale of tickets to the match or exhibition. The commission shall adopt rules concerning the time of payment of such taxes. Such taxes shall be levied for the purpose of providing revenue with which the state may regulate boxing, kick boxing, karate, tough man contests or tough guy contests, wrestling, and any other form of boxing or martial arts. The commission, before granting a promoter's license under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code to any person other than a promoter of professional wrestling, shall obtain from the applicant a bond in the sum of not less than one thousand dollars, to be approved in form and sufficiency of its sureties by the treasurer of state. The bond shall be payable to the treasurer of state and shall be conditioned for the payment of the tax imposed by this section. Upon the filing and approval of the bond, the treasurer of state shall issue to the applicant two copies of a certificate verifying the filing and approval. The applicant shall file one copy in the office of the commission with the license application. No license shall be issued until the certificate is filed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.145 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.145
§ 3701.145. Director ensure treatment for breast or cervical cancer
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of health shall ensure that, as part of the Ohio breast and cervical cancer project administered under section 3701.144 of the Revised Code, a woman who meets all of the following conditions receives treatment for breast or cervical cancer: (1) The woman was screened for breast or cervical cancer by a provider who either does not participate in or was not paid for the screening by the Ohio breast and cervical cancer project. (2) The woman is in need of treatment for breast or cervical cancer. (3) The woman has a countable income not exceeding three hundred per cent of the federal poverty line. (4) The woman is not covered by health insurance. (5) The woman is less than sixty-five years of age. (B) The director of health may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated September 9, 2021 at 12:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.78 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.78
§ 3702.78. Health resource shortage area fund - physician loan repayment fund - administration
Status: in_force

June 24, 2008 House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly The director of health may accept gifts of money from any source for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.72 to 3702.77 of the Revised Code. The director shall pay all gifts accepted under this section into the state treasury, to the credit of the health resource shortage area fund, which is hereby created, and all damages collected under division (B)(4) of section 3702.74 of the Revised Code, into the state treasury, to the credit of the physician loan repayment fund, which is hereby created. The director shall use the health resource shortage area and the physician loan repayment funds for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.72 to 3702.77 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.741 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.741
§ 3701.741. Fees for providing copies of medical records
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each health care provider and medical records company shall provide copies of medical records in accordance with this section. (B) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (E) of this section, a health care provider or medical records company that receives a request for a copy of a patient's medical record shall charge not more than the amounts set forth in this section. (1)(a) Except as provided in division (B)(1)(b) of this section, if the request is made by the patient, the patient's personal representative, or an individual authorized to access the patient's medical record through a valid power of attorney, total costs for copies and all services related to those copies shall be reasonable, cost-based amounts permitted to be charged to the patient under federal laws and regulations. Any per page charges shall not exceed the sum of the per page charges authorized in division (B)(2)(b) and (c) of this section. (b) If the request is made by a person identified in division (B)(1)(a) of this section and the request is for access to digital records or electronically transmitted records, the total cost for that access or for the electronic transmission, and all related services, shall not exceed fifty dollars. (2) If the request is made by anyone other than a person identified in division (B)(1)(a) of this section, total costs for copies and all services related to those copies shall not exceed the sum of the following: (a) An initial fee of sixteen dollars and eighty-four cents adjusted in accordance with section 3701.742 of the Revised Code, which shall compensate for the records search; (b) Except as provided in division (B)(2)(c) of this section, with respect to data recorded on paper or electronically, the following amounts adjusted in accordance with section 3701.742 of the Revised Code: (i) One dollar and eleven cents per page for the first ten pages; (ii) Fifty-seven cents per page for pages eleven through fifty; (iii) Twenty-three cents per page for pages fifty-one and higher. (c) With respect to data resulting from an x-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or computed axial tomography (CAT) scan and recorded on paper or film, one dollar and eighty-seven cents per page; (d) The actual cost of any related postage incurred by the health care provider or medical records company. (C)(1) On request, a health care provider or medical records company shall provide one copy of the patient's medical record and one copy of any records regarding treatment performed subsequent to the original request, not including copies of records already provided, without charge to the following: (a) The bureau of workers' compensation, in accordance with Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those chapters; (b) The industrial commission, in accordance with Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those chapters; (c) The department of medicaid or a county department of job and family services, in accordance with Chapters 5160., 5161., 5162., 5163., 5164., 5165., 5166., and 5167. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those chapters; (d) The attorney general, in accordance with sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code and any rules that may be adopted under those sections; (e) A patient, patient's personal representative, or authorized person if the medical record is necessary to support a claim under Title II or Title XVI of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 401 and 1381, as amended, and the request is accompanied by documentation that a claim has been filed. (2) Nothing in division (C)(1) of this section requires a health care provider or medical records company to provide a copy without charge to any person or entity not listed in division (C)(1) of this section. (D) Division (C) of this section shall not be construed to supersede any rule of the bureau of workers' compensation, the industrial commission, or the department of medicaid. (E) A health care provider or medical records company may enter into a contract with either of the following for the copying of medical records at a fee other than as provided in division (B) of this section: (1) A patient, a patient's personal representative, or an authorized person; (2) An insurer authorized under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code to do the business of sickness and accident insurance in this state or health insuring corporations holding a certificate of authority under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code. (F) This section does not apply to medical records the copying of which is covered by section 173.20 of the Revised Code or by 42 C.F.R. 483.10 . Last updated September 20, 2023 at 12:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3723.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3723 / § 3723.081
§ 3723.081. Presence of radon mitigation specialist
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The director of health shall not require a licensed radon mitigation specialist to be physically present for supervision purposes when radon mitigation is performed. However, the director may require such a specialist to be physically present immediately before and after radon mitigation is performed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.75
§ 3702.75. Physician loan repayment program
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly There is hereby created the physician loan repayment program. Under the program, the department of health, by means of a contract provision under division (B)(3) of section 3702.74 of the Revised Code, may agree to repay all or part of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by a primary care physician for the following expenses, so long as the expenses were incurred while the physician was enrolled in, for up to a maximum of four years, a medical school or osteopathic medical school in the United States that was, during the time enrolled, accredited by the liaison committee on medical education or the American osteopathic association, or a medical school or osteopathic medical school located outside the United States that was, during the time enrolled, acknowledged by the world health organization and verified by a member state of that organization as operating within the state's jurisdiction: (A) Tuition; (B) Other educational expenses, such as fees, books, and laboratory expenses, for specific purposes and in amounts determined to be reasonable by the director of health; (C) Room and board, in an amount determined reasonable by the director of health.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.988 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.988
§ 3702.988. Chiropractic loan repayment program - repayment amounts
Status: in_force

November 22, 2020 House Bill 151 - 133rd General Assembly The chiropractic loan repayment advisory board shall determine the amounts that will be paid as loan repayments on behalf of participants in the chiropractic loan repayment program. No repayment shall exceed ten thousand dollars in any year, except that if a repayment results in an increase in the participant's federal, state, or local income tax liability, the department of health, at the participant's request and with the approval of the director of health, may reimburse the participant for the increased tax liability, regardless of the amount of the repayment in that year. Total repayment on behalf of a participant shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars over the time of participation in the program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3772.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3772 / § 3772.10
§ 3772.10. Granting or maintaining privileges; considerations
Status: in_force

October 9, 2021 House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly (A) In determining whether to grant or maintain the privilege of a casino operator, management company, holding company, key employee, casino gaming employee, or gaming-related vendor license, the Ohio casino control commission shall, except as provided in division (D) of this section, consider all of the following, as applicable: (1) The reputation, experience, and financial integrity of the applicant, its holding company, if applicable, and any other person that directly or indirectly controls the applicant; (2) The financial ability of the applicant to purchase and maintain adequate liability and casualty insurance and to provide an adequate surety bond; (3) The past and present compliance of the applicant and its affiliates or affiliated companies with casino-related licensing requirements in this state or any other jurisdiction, including whether the applicant has a history of noncompliance with the casino licensing requirements of any jurisdiction; (4) If the applicant has been indicted, convicted, pleaded guilty or no contest, or forfeited bail concerning any criminal offense under the laws of any jurisdiction, either felony or misdemeanor, not including traffic violations; (5) If the applicant has filed, or had filed against it a proceeding for bankruptcy or has ever been involved in any formal process to adjust, defer, suspend, or otherwise work out the payment of any debt; (6) If the applicant has been served with a complaint or other notice filed with any public body regarding a payment of any tax required under federal, state, or local law that has been delinquent for one or more years; (7) If the applicant is or has been a defendant in litigation involving its business practices; (8) If awarding a license would undermine the public's confidence in the casino gaming industry in this state; (9) If the applicant meets other standards for the issuance of a license that the commission adopts by rule, which shall not be arbitrary, capricious, or contradictory to the expressed provisions of this chapter. (B) All applicants for a license under this chapter shall establish their suitability for a license by clear and convincing evidence. If the commission determines that a person is eligible under this chapter to be issued a license as a casino operator, management company, holding company, key employee, casino gaming employee, or gaming-related vendor, the commission shall issue such license for not more than three years, as determined by commission rule, if all other requirements of this chapter have been satisfied. (C) The commission shall not, except as provided in division (D) of this section, issue a casino operator, management company, holding company, key employee, casino gaming employee, or gaming-related vendor license under this chapter to an applicant if: (1) The applicant has been convicted of a disqualifying offense, as defined in section 3772.07 of the Revised Code. (2) The applicant has submitted an application for license under this chapter that contains false information. (3) The applicant is a commission member. (4) The applicant owns an ownership interest that is unlawful under this chapter, unless waived by the commission. (5) The applicant violates specific rules adopted by the commission related to denial of licensure. (6) The applicant is a member of or employed by a gaming regulatory body of a governmental unit in this state, another state, or the federal government, or is an employee of a governmental unit of this state and in that capacity has significant influence or control, as determined by the commission, over the ability of a casino operator, management company, holding company, institutional investor, or gaming-related vendor to conduct business in this state. This division does not prohibit a casino operator or management company from hiring special duty law enforcement officers if the officers are not specifically involved in gaming-related regulatory functions. (7) The commission otherwise determines the applicant is ineligible for the license. (D) The commission shall not refuse to issue a license to an applicant because the applicant was convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense unless the refusal is in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (E)(1) The commission shall investigate the qualifications of each applicant under this chapter before any license is issued and before any finding with regard to acts or transactions for which commission approval is required is made. The commission shall continue to observe the conduct of all licensees and all other persons having a material involvement directly or indirectly with a casino operator, management company, or holding company to ensure that licenses are not issued to or held by, or that there is not any material involvement with a casino operator, management company, or holding company by, an unqualified, disqualified, or unsuitable person or a person whose operations are conducted in an unsuitable manner or in unsuitable or prohibited places or locations. (2) The executive director may recommend to the commission that it deny any application, or limit, condition, or restrict, or suspend or revoke, any license or finding, or impose any fine upon any licensee or other person according to this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder. (3) A license issued under this chapter is a revocable privilege. No licensee has a vested right in or under any license issued under this chapter. The initial determination of the commission to deny, or to limit, condition, or restrict, a license may be appealed under section 2505.03 of the Revised Code. (F)(1) An institutional investor may be found to be suitable or qualified by the commission under this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter. An institutional investor shall be presumed suitable or qualified upon submitting documentation sufficient to establish qualifications as an institutional investor and upon certifying all of the following: (a) The institutional investor owns, holds, or controls securities issued by a licensee or holding, intermediate, or parent company of a licensee or in the ordinary course of business for investment purposes only. (b) The institutional investor does not exercise influence over the affairs of the issuer of such securities nor over any licensed subsidiary of the issuer of such securities. (c) The institutional investor does not intend to exercise influence over the affairs of the issuer of such securities, nor over any licensed subsidiary of the issuer of such securities, in the future, and that it agrees to notify the commission in writing within thirty days if such intent changes. (2) The exercise of voting privileges with regard to securities shall not be deemed to constitute the exercise of influence over the affairs of a licensee. (3) The commission shall rescind the presumption of suitability for an institutional investor at any time if the institutional investor exercises or intends to exercise influence or control over the affairs of the licensee. (4) This division shall not be construed to preclude the commission from requesting information from or investigating the suitability or qualifications of an institutional investor if: (a) The commission becomes aware of facts or information that may result in the institutional investor being found unsuitable or disqualified; or (b) The commission has any other reason to seek information from the investor to determine whether it qualifies as an institutional investor. (5) If the commission finds an institutional investor to be unsuitable or unqualified, the commission shall so notify the investor and the casino operator, holding company, management company, or gaming-related vendor licensee in which the investor invested. The commission shall allow the investor and the licensee a reasonable amount of time, as specified by the commission on a case-by-case basis, to cure the conditions that caused the commission to find the investor unsuitable or unqualified. If during the specified period of time the investor or the licensee does not or cannot cure the conditions that caused the commission to find the investor unsuitable or unqualified, the commission may allow the investor or licensee more time to cure the conditions or the commission may begin proceedings to deny, suspend, or revoke the license of the casino operator, holding company, management company, or gaming-related vendor in which the investor invested or to deny any of the same the renewal of any such license. (6) A private licensee or holding company shall provide the same information to the commission as a public company would provide in a form 13d or form 13g filing to the securities and exchange commission. (G) Information provided on the application shall be used as a basis for a thorough background investigation of each applicant. A false or incomplete application is cause for denial of a license by the commission. All applicants and licensees shall consent to inspections, searches, and seizures and to the disclosure to the commission and its agents of confidential records, including tax records, held by any federal, state, or local agency, credit bureau, or financial institution and to provide handwriting exemplars, photographs, fingerprints, and information as authorized in this chapter and in rules adopted by the commission. (H) The commission shall provide a written statement to each applicant for a license under this chapter who is denied the license that describes the reason or reasons for which the applicant was denied the license. (I) Not later than January 31 in each calendar year, the commission shall provide to the general assembly and the governor a report that, for each type of license issued under this chapter, specifies the number of applications made in the preceding calendar year for each type of such license, the number of applications denied in the preceding calendar year for each type of such license, and the reasons for those denials. The information regarding the reasons for the denials shall specify each reason that resulted in, or that was a factor resulting in, denial for each type of license issued under this chapter and, for each of those reasons, the total number of denials for each such type that involved that reason. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:15 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3710.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3710 / § 3710.051
§ 3710.051. Asbestos hazard abatement project agreements
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly No asbestos hazard abatement contractor shall enter into an agreement to perform any aspect of an asbestos hazard abatement project unless the agreement is written and contains at least all of the following: (A) A requirement that all persons working on the project are licensed or certified by the director of environmental protection as required by this chapter; (B) A requirement that all project clearance levels and sampling be in accordance with rules adopted by the director; (C) A requirement that all clearance air-monitoring be conducted by asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technicians or asbestos hazard evaluation specialists certified by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.923 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.923
§ 3701.923. Patient centered medical home education pilot project
Status: in_force

March 20, 2013 House Bill 303 - 129th General Assembly (A) To the extent that funds are available, the director of health shall establish the patient centered medical home education pilot project. If the director establishes the project, all of the following apply: (1) The director shall select practices led by physicians and primary care practices led by advanced practice registered nurses to participate in the project. The director may consider the recommendations of the advisory group made in accordance with section 3701.925 of the Revised Code, but may not select a practice unless the practice complies with any applicable requirements under section 3701.926 of the Revised Code. (2) The director shall conduct the project in a manner that advances education in the patient centered medical home model of care. (3) The director shall evaluate all of the following: (a) Learning opportunities generated by the project; (b) Training of physicians and advanced practice registered nurses under the project; (c) Costs of the project; (d) The extent to which the project met the expected outcomes developed under division (A) of section 3701.924 of the Revised Code. (4) The director shall assess and review results of the project. (5) The director shall recommend best practices and opportunities for improving technology, education, comprehensive training, consultation, and technical assistance for health care service providers in the patient centered medical home model of care. (B) The director may contract with an entity that has significant experience in assisting practices led by physicians and primary care practices led by advanced practice registered nurses in transitioning to the patient centered medical home model of care. The contract shall require the entity to do both of the following: (1) Provide, to each practice that enters into a contract with the director pursuant to section 3701.927 of the Revised Code, comprehensive training, consultation, and technical assistance in the operation of a patient centered medical home, including assistance with leadership training, scheduling changes, staff support, and care management for chronic health conditions; (2) Assist the director in identifying necessary financial and operational requirements and any barriers or challenges associated with transitioning to a patient centered medical home model of care. (C) The project established under this section shall begin not later than the date the first practice enters into a contract with the director pursuant to section 3701.927 of the Revised Code and shall cease not later than the date the final report is submitted pursuant to division (B)(3) of section 3701.929 of the Revised Code. (D) The project shall not be operated in a manner that requires a patient, unless otherwise required by the Revised Code, to receive a referral from a physician in a practice selected for inclusion in the pilot project under division (A)(1) of this section as a condition of being authorized to receive specialized health care services from an individual licensed or certified under Title XLVII of the Revised Code to provide those services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.143 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.143
§ 3701.143. Analyzing blood, urine, breath or other bodily substance to determine alcohol or drug of abuse content
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 100 (GA 135), House Bill 37 (GA 135) (A) As used in this section, "drug of abuse" has the same meaning as in section 4506.01 of the Revised Code. (B) For purposes of sections 1547.11 , 4511.19 , and 4511.194 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall determine, or cause to be determined, techniques or methods for chemically analyzing a person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, urine, breath, oral fluid, or other bodily substance in order to ascertain the presence or amount of alcohol, a drug of abuse, controlled substance, metabolite of a controlled substance, or combination of them in the person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, urine, breath, oral fluid, or other bodily substance. The director shall approve satisfactory techniques or methods, ascertain the qualifications of individuals to conduct such analyses, and issue permits to qualified persons authorizing them to perform such analyses. Such permits shall be subject to termination or revocation at the discretion of the director. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated January 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.02
§ 3737.02. Fees - federal funding
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The fire marshal may collect fees to cover the costs of performing inspections and other duties that the fire marshal is authorized or required by law to perform. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, all fees collected by the fire marshal shall be deposited to the credit of the fire marshal's fund. (B)(1) All of the following shall be credited to the underground storage tank administration fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury: (a) Fees collected under sections 3737.88 and 3737.881 of the Revised Code for operation of the underground storage tank and underground storage tank installer certification programs; (b) Moneys recovered under section 3737.89 of the Revised Code for the state's costs of undertaking corrective or enforcement actions under that section or section 3737.882 of the Revised Code; (c) Fines and penalties collected under section 3737.882 of the Revised Code and other moneys, including corrective action enforcement case settlements or bankruptcy case awards or settlements, received by the fire marshal under sections 3737.88 to 3737.89 of the Revised Code. (2) All interest earned on moneys credited to the underground storage tank administration fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys credited to the underground storage tank administration fund shall be used by the fire marshal for implementation and enforcement of underground storage tank, corrective action, and installer certification programs under sections 3737.88 to 3737.89 of the Revised Code. (C) The fire marshal shall take all actions necessary to obtain any federal funding available to carry out the fire marshal's responsibilities under sections 3737.88 to 3737.89 of the Revised Code and federal laws regarding the cleaning up of releases of petroleum, as "release" is defined in section 3737.87 of the Revised Code, including, without limitation, any federal funds that are available to reimburse the state for the costs of undertaking corrective actions for such releases of petroleum. The state may, when appropriate, return to the United States any federal funds recovered under sections 3737.882 and 3737.89 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 25, 2023 at 12:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.28
§ 3701.28. Powers of department when local authorities fail to act
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a contagious or infectious disease becomes or threatens to become epidemic in a municipal corporation or township, and the local authorities neglect or refuse to enforce efficient measures for its prevention, the director of health may appoint a medical or sanitary officer and such assistants as he may require, and authorize him to enforce such orders or regulations as the director deems necessary.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.42
§ 3707.42. Construction of sanitary plant - purposes
Status: in_force

April 16, 1993 House Bill 723 - 119th General Assembly Upon obtaining the approval of the director of environmental protection, and if so required by rules adopted under division (G)(2) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code, the approval of the board of county commissioners of the county or board of directors of the joint solid waste management district, or board of trustees of a regional solid waste management authority if such has been formed under section 343.011 of the Revised Code, having jurisdiction where a sanitary plant for the transfer or disposal of solid wastes is to be located, for compliance with the initial or amended solid waste management plan of the district approved under section 3734.521 , 3734.55 , or 3734.56 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may contract for, erect, and maintain a sanitary plant on the lands acquired as provided in section 3707.41 of the Revised Code, with all necessary buildings, machinery, appliances, and appurtenances for the treatment, purification, transfer, and disposal in a sanitary and economic manner of the sewage, solid wastes as defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, or any other liquid or solid wastes, or any substance injurious to the health of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3710.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3710 / § 3710.99
§ 3710.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) At the request of the director of environmental protection, a prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer may commence a criminal action, in a court of this state, against any person who violates any provision of this chapter, any rule adopted under this chapter, any license or certificate issued under this chapter, or any order issued pursuant to this chapter. (B) Upon conviction, the person is subject to: (1) A fine of at least ten thousand dollars but not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisonment at least one year but not more than two years, or both, for a first offense; or (2) A fine of at least twenty thousand dollars but not more than forty thousand dollars or imprisonment of at least two years but not more than four years or both for a second or subsequent offense. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3718.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3718 / § 3718.07
§ 3718.07. Survey to determine compliance - approved district list
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The director of health shall survey each city and general health district at least once every three years to determine whether there is substantial compliance with the requirements of this chapter pertaining to health districts and the applicable rules adopted by the director under this chapter. Upon determining that there is substantial compliance, the director shall place the district on an approved list. The director may resurvey an approved district if it is determined by the director to be necessary and may remove from the list a district that is found not to be substantially complying with the requirements of this chapter pertaining to health districts and the applicable rules. If the director determines that a district is not eligible to be placed on the approved list or to continue on the list after a resurvey, the director shall certify that determination to the board of health, and the director shall carry out the duties of the unapproved health district under this chapter and the applicable rules adopted under it within the district or shall contract with an approved health district to conduct those duties until the unapproved district is placed on or returned to the approved list. The director or the contracting district shall have within the unapproved district the authority to exercise powers and perform duties granted to or imposed on the board under this chapter and the applicable rules adopted under it. Until the unapproved district is placed on or returned to the approved list, the director or the contracting district shall collect all fees payable to the board of health under this chapter and all such fees previously paid to the unapproved district that have not been expended or encumbered. The director shall deposit those fees in the state treasury to the credit of a special fund, which is hereby created, to be used by the director for the purpose of carrying out the duties of the unapproved health district under this chapter and the applicable rules adopted under it. A contracting district shall deposit those fees to the credit of its fund created under section 3718.06 of the Revised Code to be used by the district for the purpose of carrying out the duties of the unapproved district under this chapter and the applicable rules adopted under it. The director or contracting district shall repay to the unapproved district any balance remaining in the applicable fund from all sources when the unapproved district is placed on or returned to the approved list by the director. If a health district is removed from the approved list under this section and the board of health of the district is regulating small flow on-site sewage treatment systems in the district under section 3718.021 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall regulate those systems in that district in accordance with division (C) of that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3748.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3748 / § 3748.17
§ 3748.17. Notice of violation
Status: in_force

September 8, 1995 Senate Bill 19 - 121st General Assembly (A) Whenever the director of health determines that there has been a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under it, the director shall give written notice to the alleged violator specifying the section of this chapter or rule violated and specifically describing the violation. The notice also shall include information concerning the applicable penalties established under sections 3748.19 and 3748.99 of the Revised Code. In addition to giving written notice under this division, the director may issue an order to the violator imposing an administrative penalty in accordance with rules adopted under division (A)(6) of section 3748.05 of the Revised Code. (B) The director may issue adjudication orders to any facility that remains in violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under it not less than thirty days after that facility's receipt of a written notice of a violation under division (A) of this section. The orders shall specify the section of this chapter or rule violated, specifically describe the violation, specify the action ordered to abate the violation, and order that action to be taken within a specified reasonable time. The director may modify, suspend, or revoke adjudication orders issued under this section. In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, if a facility to which an adjudication order is issued under this division fails to take the action specified in the order within the specified time, the director may suspend or revoke the facility's license or certificate of registration, as applicable, in accordance with rules adopted under division (A)(4) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code. (C) If the director determines that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health or safety, he may issue an emergency adjudication order, without notice or hearing, reciting the existence of the emergency and requiring that such action be taken as necessary to meet the emergency. The order shall be effective immediately. Any facility to which the order is issued shall comply immediately, but on application to the director shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible and not later than thirty days after application. On the basis of the hearing, the director shall continue the order in effect, revoke it, or modify it. No emergency adjudication order shall remain in effect for more than ninety days after its issuance. (D) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, all proceedings of the director under this chapter are subject to and shall be governed by Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (E) The director may impound or order the impounding of sources of radiation that are not stored, used, or disposed of as required by this chapter or rules adopted under it if those sources have been abandoned or if the owner cannot be identified or located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3731.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3731 / § 3731.13
§ 3731.13. Bedding, floors, and carpets must be kept sanitary
Status: in_force

July 1, 1992 Senate Bill 351 - 119th General Assembly All bedding used in any hotel must be thoroughly aired, disinfected, and kept clean. No bedding which is infested with vermin or bedbugs shall be used on any bed in any hotel. All floors, carpets, and equipment in hotels, and all walls and ceilings shall be kept in sanitary condition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.031
§ 3704.031. Director may require applicant to install equipment and conduct tests
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, prior to issuance or renewal of a permit or a variance under division (F), (G), or (H) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection may require the applicant to install such equipment and conduct such tests and analyses as the director finds reasonable and necessary to determine adequately the amount and content of any emissions from such sources, the ambient air quality at the proposed site and in areas that may be affected by emissions from such sources, and any violation or potential violation of Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code, or the regulations or orders promulgated thereunder. (B) Prior to the issuance or renewal of a permit or a variance under division (F), (G), or (H) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, the director shall not require an applicant to conduct community air monitoring. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.82
§ 3715.82. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 House Bill 381 - 123rd General Assembly The director of agriculture may adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to administer and enforce sections 3715.80 to 3715.86 of the Revised Code. If rules are adopted, the rules shall be no more restrictive than the regulations promulgated under the federal "Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, et seq., as amended.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3796.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3796 / § 3796.27
§ 3796.27. Financial institutions
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Financial institution" means any of the following: (a) Any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union or any affiliate, agent, or employee of a bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union; (b) Any money transmitter licensed under sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code or any affiliate, agent, or employee of such a licensee. (2) "Financial services" means services that a financial institution is authorized to provide under Title XI, sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 , or Chapter 1733. of the Revised Code, as applicable. (B) A financial institution that provides financial services to any license holder shall be exempt from any criminal law of this state an element of which may be proven by substantiating that a person provides financial services to a person who possesses, delivers, or manufactures marijuana or marijuana derived products, including section 2925.05 of the Revised Code and sections 2923.01 and 2923.03 of the Revised Code as those sections apply to violations of Chapter 2925. of the Revised Code, if the license holder is in compliance with this chapter and the applicable tax laws of this state. (C)(1) Notwithstanding section 149.43 of the Revised Code or any other public records law to the contrary, upon the request of a financial institution, the division of marijuana control shall provide to the financial institution all of the following information: (a) Whether a person with whom the financial institution is seeking to do business is a license holder; (b) The name of any other business or individual affiliated with the person; (c) An unredacted copy of the application for a license under this chapter or under Chapter 3780. of the Revised Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date of this amendment, and any supporting documentation, that was submitted by the person; (d) If applicable, information relating to sales and volume of product sold by the person; (e) Whether the person is in compliance with this chapter; (f) Any past or pending violation by the person of this chapter or Chapter 3780. of the Revised Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date of this amendment, and any penalty imposed on the person for such a violation. (2) The division may charge a financial institution a reasonable fee to cover the administrative cost of providing the information. (D) Information received by a financial institution under division (C) of this section is confidential. Except as otherwise permitted by other state law or federal law, a financial institution shall not make the information available to any person other than the customer to whom the information applies and any trustee, conservator, guardian, personal representative, or agent of that customer. Last updated January 14, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3791.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3791 / § 3791.031
§ 3791.031. No smoking area in place of public assembly required
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "place of public assembly" means: (1) Enclosed theatres, except the lobby; opera houses; auditoriums; classrooms; elevators; rooms in which persons are confined as a matter of health care, including but not limited to a hospital room and a room in a residential care facility serving as the residence of a person living in such residential care facility; (2) All buildings and other enclosed structures owned by the state, its agencies, or political subdivisions, including but not limited to hospitals and state institutions for persons with mental illnesses and persons with intellectual disabilities; university and college buildings, except rooms within those buildings used primarily as the residences of students or other persons affiliated with the university or college; office buildings; libraries; museums; and vehicles used in public transportation. That portion of a building or other enclosed structure that is owned by the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision and that is used primarily as a food service establishment is not a place of public assembly. (3) Each portion of a building or enclosed structure that is not included in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section is a place of public assembly if it has a seating capacity of fifty or more persons and is available to the public. Restaurants, food service establishments, dining rooms, cafes, cafeterias, or other rooms used primarily for the service of food, as well as bowling alleys and places licensed by the division of liquor control to sell intoxicating beverages for consumption on the premises, are not places of public assembly. (B) For the purpose of separating persons who smoke from persons who do not smoke for the comfort and health of persons not smoking, in every place of public assembly there shall be an area where smoking is not permitted, which shall be designated a no smoking area; provided that, no more than one-half of the rooms in any health care facility in which persons are confined as a matter of health care may be designated as smoking areas in their entirety. The designation shall be made before the place of public assembly is made available to the public. In places included in division (A)(1) of this section, the local fire authority having jurisdiction shall designate the no smoking area. In places included in division (A)(2) of this section that are owned by the state or its agencies, except the capitol square, the director of administrative services shall designate the area, and if the place is owned by a political subdivision, its legislative authority shall designate an officer who shall designate the area. The house rules committee shall designate the no smoking areas in all capitol square spaces used by the house of representatives; the senate rules committee shall designate the no smoking areas in all capitol square spaces used by the senate and the legislative service commission; the capitol square review and advisory board shall designate the no smoking areas in all other spaces in the capitol square. In places included in division (A)(3) of this section, the person having control of the operations of the place of public assembly shall designate the no smoking area. In places included in division (A)(2) of this section which are also included in division (A)(1) of this section, the officer who has authority to designate the area in places in division (A)(2) of this section shall designate the no smoking area. A no smoking area may include the entire place of public assembly. Designations shall be made by the placement of signs that are clearly visible and that state "no smoking." No person shall remove signs from areas designated as no smoking areas. (C) This section does not affect or modify the prohibition contained in division (B) of section 3313.751 of the Revised Code. (D) No person shall smoke in any area designated as a no smoking area in accordance with division (B) of this section. (E) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.983 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.983
§ 3702.983. Priorities among chiropractic health resource shortage areas
Status: in_force

November 22, 2020 House Bill 151 - 133rd General Assembly The director of health, by rule, shall establish priorities among chiropractic health resource shortage areas for use in recruiting chiropractors to sites within particular areas under the chiropractic loan repayment program. In establishing priorities, the director shall consider the ratio of chiropractors to the population in the chiropractic health resource shortage area, the distance to chiropractors outside the area, health status indicators of the target population in the area, presence of health care provider sites in the area with vacancies for chiropractors, availability of an eligible candidate interested in being recruited to a particular site within an area, and the distribution of chiropractic health care provider sites in urban and rural regions. The director shall give greatest priority to chiropractic health resource shortage areas having a high ratio of population to chiropractors. The director, by rule, shall establish priorities for use in determining eligibility among applicants for participation in the chiropractic loan repayment program. The priorities may include consideration of an applicant's background and career goals, the length of time the applicant is willing to provide chiropractic services in a chiropractic health resource shortage area, and the amount of the educational expenses for which reimbursement is being sought through the program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.31
§ 3702.31. Quality monitoring and inspection fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2024 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The quality monitoring and inspection fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of health shall use the fund to administer and enforce this section and sections 3702.30 , 3702.301 , 3702.32 , and 3702.33 of the Revised Code and rules adopted pursuant to those sections. The director shall deposit in the fund any moneys collected pursuant to this section or section 3702.32 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. (B) The director of health shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing fees for both of the following: (1) Initial and renewal license applications submitted under section 3702.30 of the Revised Code. The fees established under division (B)(1) of this section shall not exceed the actual and necessary costs of performing the activities described in division (A) of this section. (2) Inspections conducted under section 3702.30 of the Revised Code. The fees established under division (B)(2) of this section shall not exceed the actual and necessary costs incurred during an inspection, including any indirect costs incurred by the department for staff, salary, or other administrative costs. The director of health shall provide to each health care facility or provider inspected pursuant to section 3702.30 of the Revised Code a written statement of the fee. The statement shall itemize and total the costs incurred. Within fifteen days after receiving a statement from the director, the facility or provider shall forward the total amount of the fee to the director. (3) The fees described in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section shall meet both of the following requirements: (a) The total fees charged to a health care provider under this section shall not exceed five thousand dollars annually. (b) The fee shall exclude any costs reimbursable by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services as part of the certification process for the medicare program established under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 79 Stat. 286 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 1395, as amended, and the medicaid program established under Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 79 Stat. 286 (1965), 42 U.S.C. 1396. (4) The director shall not establish a fee for any service for which a licensure or inspection fee is paid by the health care provider to a state agency for the same or similar licensure or inspection. Last updated September 30, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.942 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.942
§ 3737.942. Securing revenue bonds
Status: in_force

July 11, 1989 House Bill 421 - 118th General Assembly (A) The petroleum underground storage tank release compensation board may secure any revenue bonds issued under sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code by a trust agreement between the board and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. (B) Any trust agreement may: (1) Pledge or assign revenues of the board to be received; (2) Set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee and restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing similar bonds; (3) Contain such other provisions as the board considers reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. (C) Any trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys. (D) All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of any trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the petroleum underground storage tank financial assurance fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.41
§ 3705.41. Vital records training
Status: in_force

September 30, 2024 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Freestanding birthing center" has the same meaning as in section 3701.503 of the Revised Code. (2) "Funeral services worker" means a person licensed as a funeral director or embalmer under Chapter 4717. of the Revised Code or an individual responsible for the direct final disposition of a deceased person. (3) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3722.01 of the Revised Code. (B) At least annually, the state registrar shall offer to provide training for appropriate staff of hospitals and freestanding birthing centers, as well as funeral services workers, on their responsibilities under the laws of this state and any rules adopted pursuant to those laws pertaining to vital records. If provided, the training shall cover correct data entry procedures and time limits for reporting vital statistics information for the purpose of ensuring accuracy and consistency of the system of vital statistics. Last updated September 30, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.23
§ 3709.23. Laboratory work
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each board of health of a city or general health district may provide for the carrying on of such laboratory work as is necessary for the proper conduct of its work. It may establish a district laboratory or may contract with any existing laboratory within or convenient to the district for the performance of such work or may unite with another district in the establishment of a joint laboratory. All state institutions supported in whole or in part by public funds shall furnish such laboratory service as may be required by any board under terms to be agreed upon. Any contract for the furnishing of laboratory service to a board and any proposal for the establishment of a joint laboratory shall be subject to the approval of the director of health. In the operation of such laboratories standard methods approved by the director shall be used.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.32
§ 3735.32. Acquisition of real property
Status: in_force

November 1, 1977 House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly A metropolitan housing authority may appropriate, enter upon, and hold real estate within its territorial limits. The authority may acquire the fee simple title, or a lesser interest in any property within its territorial limits which it deems necessary to appropriate for the purposes of the authority. The powers shall be exercised by an authority in the same manner as is provided by sections 719.01 to 719.05 and 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code; and in exercising the power, the governing body, chairman, and counsel of the authority shall perform the duties of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, mayor, and village solicitor, or city director of law, respectively, and the members of the authority shall exercise all other powers and duties conferred upon officers of municipal corporations by sections 719.01 to 719.05 and 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.344 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.344
§ 3701.344. Rules for private water systems
Status: in_force

December 19, 2016 House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 3701.345 and 3701.347 of the Revised Code, "private water system" means any water system for the provision of water for human consumption, if the system has fewer than fifteen service connections and does not regularly serve an average of at least twenty-five individuals daily at least sixty days out of the year. "Private water system" includes any well, spring, cistern, pond, hauled water, or recycled water and any equipment for the collection, transportation, filtration, disinfection, treatment, or storage of such water extending from and including the source of the water to the point of discharge from any pressure tank or other storage vessel; to the point of discharge from the water pump where no pressure tank or other storage vessel is present; or, in the case of multiple service connections serving more than one dwelling, to the point of discharge from each service connection. "Private water system" does not include the water service line extending from the point of discharge to a structure. (B) Notwithstanding section 3701.347 of the Revised Code and subject to division (C) of this section, rules adopted by the director of health regarding private water systems shall provide for the following: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this division, boards of health of city or general health districts shall be given the exclusive power to establish fees in accordance with section 3709.09 of the Revised Code for administering and enforcing the rules. The fees shall establish a different rate for administering and enforcing the rules relative to private water systems serving single-family dwelling houses and nonsingle-family dwelling houses. Except for an amount established by the director, pursuant to division (B)(5) of this section, for each new private water system installation, no portion of any fee for administering and enforcing the rules shall be returned to the department of health. If the director of health determines that a board of health of a city or general health district is unable to administer and enforce a private water system program in the district, the director shall administer and enforce such a program in the district and establish fees for such administration and enforcement. (2) Boards of health of city or general health districts shall be given the exclusive power to determine the number of inspections necessary for determining the safe drinking characteristics of a private water system. (3) Private water systems contractors, as a condition of doing business in this state, shall annually register with, and comply with surety bonding requirements of, the department of health. No such contractor shall be permitted to register if the contractor fails to comply with all applicable rules adopted by the director and the board of health of the city or general health district. The annual registration fee for private water systems contractors shall be sixty-five dollars. The director, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may increase the annual registration fee. (4) Subject to rules adopted by the director, boards of health of city or general health districts shall have the option of determining whether bacteriological examinations shall be performed at approved laboratories of the state or at approved private laboratories. (5) The director may establish fees for each new private water system installation, which shall be collected by the appropriate board of health and transmitted to the director pursuant to section 3709.092 of the Revised Code. (6) All fees received by the director of health under divisions (B)(1), (3), and (5) of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code for use in the administration and enforcement of sections 3701.344 to 3701.347 of the Revised Code and the rules pertaining to private water systems adopted under those sections. (7) The director shall define "well," "spring," "cistern," "pond," "hauled water," and "recycled water" for purposes of this section and the rules adopted under it. (C) To the extent that rules adopted under division (B) of this section require health districts to follow specific procedures or use prescribed forms, no such procedure or form shall be implemented until it is approved by majority vote of an approval board of health commissioners, hereby created. Members of the board shall be the officers of the association of Ohio health commissioners, or any successor organization, and membership on the board shall be coterminous with holding an office of the association. No health district is required to follow a procedure or use a form required by a rule adopted under division (B) of this section without the approval of the board. (D) A board of health shall collect well log filing fees on behalf of the division of water resources in the department of natural resources in accordance with section 1521.05 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it. The fees shall be submitted to the division quarterly as provided in those rules. (E) A water system that will be used in agriculture and that does not provide water for human consumption shall not be required to obtain a permit or license issued under, pay any fees assessed or levied under, or comply with any rule adopted under sections 3701.34 to 3701.347 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3722.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3722 / § 3722.03
§ 3722.03. Applications for licensure
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (D) of this section, each person or political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of this state, including a state university, seeking to operate a hospital shall apply to the director of health for a license to operate a hospital. The director of health shall not consider any application for licensure until the date that is one year after the effective date of this section . An application shall be submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the director in rules adopted under section 3722.06 of the Revised Code. (B) To be eligible for a license, an applicant must satisfy all of the following: (1) Have submitted a complete application, which includes identifying the main hospital location and any location operated by the hospital pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 413.65 and paying the fee specified in rules adopted under section 3722.06 of the Revised Code; (2) Be certified under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1395aa, or accredited by a national accrediting organization approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1395bb(a), or, in the case of a new hospital, eligible under rules adopted under section 3722.06 of the Revised Code; (3) Demonstrate the ability to comply with standards established in rules adopted under section 3722.06 of the Revised Code; (4) Specify the number of beds for the hospital, including skilled nursing beds, long-term care beds, and special skilled nursing beds. (C)(1) If the applicant satisfies the requirements described in division (B) of this section, the director shall issue to the applicant a license to operate a hospital. (2) A license issued under this section is valid for a three-year period unless revoked or suspended. A license expires on the date that is three years from the date of issuance and may be renewed for additional three-year periods. Applications for renewal shall be submitted to the director in a manner prescribed in rules adopted under section 3722.06 of the Revised Code. (3) Both of the following apply to a license issued under this section: (a) The license is valid only for the hospital identified in the application. (b) The license holder shall post a copy of the license in a conspicuous place in the hospital. (D) This section does not prohibit the director of health from issuing a license to a hospital that does either or both of the following: (1) Occupies space in a building that is also used by another hospital or hospitals; (2) Occupies one or more buildings located on the same campus as buildings used by another hospital or hospitals. Last updated October 19, 2021 at 5:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.05
§ 3734.05. Licensing requirements
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (A)(6) and (7) of this section, no person shall operate or maintain a solid waste facility without a license issued under this division by the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located or by the director of environmental protection when the health district in which the facility is located is not on the approved list under section 3734.08 of the Revised Code. During the month of December, but before the first day of January of the next year, every person proposing to continue to operate an existing solid waste facility shall procure a license under this division to operate the facility for that year from the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located or, if the health district is not on the approved list under section 3734.08 of the Revised Code, from the director. The application for such a license shall be submitted to the board of health or to the director, as appropriate, on or before the last day of September of the year preceding that for which the license is sought. In addition to the application fee prescribed in division (A)(2) of this section, a person who submits an application after that date shall pay an additional ten per cent of the amount of the application fee for each week that the application is late. Late payment fees accompanying an application submitted to the board of health shall be credited to the special fund of the health district created in division (B) of section 3734.06 of the Revised Code, and late payment fees accompanying an application submitted to the director shall be credited to the general revenue fund. A person who has received a license, upon sale or disposition of a solid waste facility, and upon consent of the board of health and the director, may have the license transferred to another person. The board of health or the director may include such terms and conditions in a license or revision to a license as are appropriate to ensure compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. The terms and conditions may establish the authorized maximum daily waste receipts for the facility. Limitations on maximum daily waste receipts shall be specified in cubic yards of volume for the purpose of regulating the design, construction, and operation of solid waste facilities. Terms and conditions included in a license or revision to a license by a board of health shall be consistent with, and pertain only to the subjects addressed in, the rules adopted under division (A) of section 3734.02 and division (D) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code. (2)(a) Except as provided in divisions (A)(2)(b), (6), and (7) of this section, each person proposing to open a new solid waste facility or to modify an existing solid waste facility shall submit an application for a permit with accompanying detail plans and specifications to the environmental protection agency for required approval under the rules adopted by the director pursuant to division (A) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code and applicable rules adopted under division (D) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code at least two hundred seventy days before proposed operation of the facility and shall concurrently make application for the issuance of a license under division (A)(1) of this section with the board of health of the health district in which the proposed facility is to be located. (b) On and after the effective date of the rules adopted under division (A) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code and division (D) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code governing solid waste transfer facilities, each person proposing to open a new solid waste transfer facility or to modify an existing solid waste transfer facility shall submit an application for a permit with accompanying engineering detail plans, specifications, and information regarding the facility and its method of operation to the environmental protection agency for required approval under those rules at least two hundred seventy days before commencing proposed operation of the facility and concurrently shall make application for the issuance of a license under division (A)(1) of this section with the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located or proposed. (c) Each application for a permit under division (A)(2)(a) or (b) of this section shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of four hundred dollars that shall be credited to the general revenue fund. Each application for an annual license under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of one hundred dollars. If the application for an annual license is submitted to a board of health on the approved list under section 3734.08 of the Revised Code, the application fee shall be credited to the special fund of the health district created in division (B) of section 3734.06 of the Revised Code. If the application for an annual license is submitted to the director, the application fee shall be credited to the general revenue fund. If a permit or license is issued, the amount of the application fee paid shall be deducted from the amount of the permit fee due under division (P) of section 3745.11 of the Revised Code or the amount of the license fee due under division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 3734.06 of the Revised Code. (d) As used in divisions (A)(2)(d), (e), and (f) of this section, "modify" means any of the following: (i) Any increase of more than ten per cent in the total capacity of a solid waste facility; (ii) Any expansion of the limits of solid waste placement at a solid waste facility; (iii) Any increase in the depth of excavation at a solid waste facility; (iv) Any change in the technique of waste receipt or type of waste received at a solid waste facility that may endanger human health, as determined by the director by rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Not later than forty-five days after submitting an application under division (A)(2)(a) or (b) of this section for a permit to open a new or modify an existing solid waste facility, the applicant, in conjunction with an officer or employee of the environmental protection agency, shall hold a public meeting on the application within the county in which the new or modified solid waste facility is or is proposed to be located or within a contiguous county. Not less than thirty days before holding the public meeting on the application, the applicant shall publish notice of the meeting in each newspaper of general circulation that is published in the county in which the facility is or is proposed to be located. If no newspaper of general circulation is published in the county, the applicant shall publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice shall contain the date, time, and location of the public meeting and a general description of the proposed new or modified facility. Not later than five days after publishing the notice, the applicant shall send by certified mail a copy of the notice and the date the notice was published to the director and the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, township, and county, and to the chief executive officer of each municipal corporation, in which the facility is or is proposed to be located. At the public meeting, the applicant shall provide information and describe the application and respond to comments or questions concerning the application, and the officer or employee of the agency shall describe the permit application process. At the public meeting, any person may submit written or oral comments on or objections to the application. Not more than thirty days after the public meeting, the applicant shall provide the director with a copy of a transcript of the full meeting, copies of any exhibits, displays, or other materials presented by the applicant at the meeting, and the original copy of any written comments submitted at the meeting. (e) Except as provided in division (A)(2)(f) of this section, prior to taking an action, other than a proposed or final denial, upon an application submitted under division (A)(2)(a) of this section for a permit to open a new or modify an existing solid waste facility, the director shall hold a public information session and a public hearing on the application within the county in which the new or modified solid waste facility is or is proposed to be located or within a contiguous county. If the application is for a permit to open a new solid waste facility, the director shall hold the hearing not less than fourteen days after the information session. If the application is for a permit to modify an existing solid waste facility, the director may hold both the information session and the hearing on the same day unless any individual affected by the application requests in writing that the information session and the hearing not be held on the same day, in which case the director shall hold the hearing not less than fourteen days after the information session. The director shall publish notice of the public information session or public hearing not less than thirty days before holding the information session or hearing, as applicable. The notice shall be published in each newspaper of general circulation that is published in the county in which the facility is or is proposed to be located or by publication on the environmental protection agency's official web site. The notice shall contain the date, time, and location of the information session or hearing, as applicable, and a general description of the proposed new or modified facility. At the public information session, an officer or employee of the environmental protection agency shall describe the status of the permit application and be available to respond to comments or questions concerning the application. At the public hearing, any person may submit written or oral comments on or objections to the approval of the application. The applicant, or a representative of the applicant who has knowledge of the location, construction, and operation of the facility, shall attend the information session and public hearing to respond to comments or questions concerning the facility directed to the applicant or representative by the officer or employee of the environmental protection agency presiding at the information session and hearing. (f) The solid waste management policy committee of a county or joint solid waste management district may adopt a resolution requesting expeditious consideration of a specific application submitted under division (A)(2)(a) of this section for a permit to modify an existing solid waste facility within the district. The resolution shall make the finding that expedited consideration of the application without the public information session and public hearing under division (A)(2)(e) of this section is in the public interest and will not endanger human health, as determined by the director by rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Upon receiving such a resolution, the director, at the director's discretion, may issue a final action upon the application without holding a public information session or public hearing pursuant to division (A)(2)(e) of this section. (3) The director may issue an order in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code to the owner or operator of a solid waste facility requiring the person to submit to the director updated engineering detail plans, specifications, and information regarding the facility and its method of operation for approval under rules adopted under division (A) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code and applicable rules adopted under division (D) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code if, in the director's judgment, conditions at the facility constitute a substantial threat to public health or safety or are causing or contributing to or threatening to cause or contribute to air or water pollution or soil contamination. Any person who receives such an order shall submit the updated engineering detail plans, specifications, and information to the director within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of the order. (4) The director shall act upon any updated engineering plans, specifications, and information submitted under division (A)(3) of this section within one hundred eighty days after receiving them. If the director issues an order disapproving the plans, specifications, and information submitted under division (A)(3) of this section, the order shall include all of the following requirements: (a) That the owner or operator submit a plan for closure and post-closure care of the facility to the director for approval within six months after issuance of the order; (b) That the owner or operator cease accepting solid wastes for disposal or transfer at the facility; and (c) The owner or operator commence closure of the facility not later than one year after issuance of the order. If the director determines that closure of the facility within that one-year period would result in the unavailability of sufficient solid waste management facility capacity within the county or joint solid waste management district in which the facility is located to dispose of or transfer the solid waste generated within the district, the director in the order of disapproval may postpone commencement of closure of the facility for such period of time as the director finds necessary for the board of county commissioners or directors of the district to secure access to or for there to be constructed within the district sufficient solid waste management facility capacity to meet the needs of the district, provided that the director shall certify in the director's order that postponing the date for commencement of closure will not endanger ground water or any property surrounding the facility, allow methane gas migration to occur, or cause or contribute to any other type of environmental damage. If an emergency need for disposal capacity that may affect public health and safety exists as a result of closure of a facility under division (A)(4) of this section, the director may issue an order designating another solid waste facility to accept the wastes that would have been disposed of at the facility to be closed. (5) If the director determines that standards more stringent than those applicable in rules adopted under division (A) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code and division (D) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code, or standards pertaining to subjects not specifically addressed by those rules, are necessary to ensure that a solid waste facility constructed at the proposed location will not cause a nuisance, cause or contribute to water pollution, or endanger public health or safety, the director may issue a permit for the facility with such terms and conditions as the director finds necessary to protect public health and safety and the environment. If a permit is issued, the director shall state in the order issuing it the specific findings supporting each such term or condition. (6) Divisions (A)(1) and (2)(a) of this section do not apply to a solid waste compost facility that accepts exclusively source separated yard wastes and that is registered under division (C) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code or, unless otherwise provided in rules adopted under division (N)(3) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code, to a solid waste compost facility if the director has adopted rules establishing an alternative system for authorizing the establishment, operation, or modification of a solid waste compost facility under that division. (7) Divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section do not apply to scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, and recovery facilities. The approval of plans and specifications, as applicable, and the issuance of registration certificates, permits, and licenses for those facilities are subject to sections 3734.75 to 3734.78 of the Revised Code, as applicable, and section 3734.81 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) No person shall operate or maintain an infectious waste treatment facility without a license issued by the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located or by the director when the health district in which the facility is located is not on the approved list under section 3734.08 of the Revised Code. (2)(a) During the month of December, but before the first day of January of the next year, every person proposing to continue to operate an existing infectious waste treatment facility shall procure a license to operate the facility for that year from the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located or, if the health district is not on the approved list under section 3734.08 of the Revised Code, from the director. The application for such a license shall be submitted to the board of health or to the director, as appropriate, on or before the last day of September of the year preceding that for which the license is sought. In addition to the application fee prescribed in division (B)(2)(c) of this section, a person who submits an application after that date shall pay an additional ten per cent of the amount of the application fee for each week that the application is late. Late payment fees accompanying an application submitted to the board of health shall be credited to the special infectious waste fund of the health district created in division (C) of section 3734.06 of the Revised Code, and late payment fees accompanying an application submitted to the director shall be credited to the general revenue fund. A person who has received a license, upon sale or disposition of an infectious waste treatment facility and upon consent of the board of health and the director, may have the license transferred to another person. The board of health or the director may include such terms and conditions in a license or revision to a license as are appropriate to ensure compliance with the infectious waste provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under them. (b) Each person proposing to open a new infectious waste treatment facility or to modify an existing infectious waste treatment facility shall submit an application for a permit with accompanying detail plans and specifications to the environmental protection agency for required approval under the rules adopted by the director pursuant to section 3734.021 of the Revised Code two hundred seventy days before proposed operation of the facility and concurrently shall make application for a license with the board of health of the health district in which the facility is or is proposed to be located. Not later than ninety days after receiving a complete application under division (B)(2)(b) of this section for a permit to open a new infectious waste treatment facility or modify an existing infectious waste treatment facility to expand its treatment capacity, or receiving a complete application under division (A)(2)(a) of this section for a permit to open a new solid waste incineration facility, or modify an existing solid waste incineration facility to also treat infectious wastes or to increase its infectious waste treatment capacity, that pertains to a facility for which a notation authorizing infectious waste treatment is included or proposed to be included in the solid waste incineration facility's license pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section, the director shall hold a public hearing on the application within the county in which the new or modified infectious waste or solid waste facility is or is proposed to be located or within a contiguous county. Not less than thirty days before holding the public hearing on the application, the director shall publish notice of the hearing in each newspaper that has general circulation and that is published in the county in which the facility is or is proposed to be located or by publication on the environmental protection agency's official web site. The notice shall contain the date, time, and location of the public hearing and a general description of the proposed new or modified facility. At the public hearing, any person may submit written or oral comments on or objections to the approval or disapproval of the application. The applicant, or a representative of the applicant who has knowledge of the location, construction, and operation of the facility, shall attend the public hearing to respond to comments or questions concerning the facility directed to the applicant or representative by the officer or employee of the environmental protection agency presiding at the hearing. (c) Each application for a permit under division (B)(2)(b) of this section shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of four hundred dollars that shall be credited to the general revenue fund. Each application for an annual license under division (B)(2)(a) of this section shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of one hundred dollars. If the application for an annual license is submitted to a board of health on the approved list under section 3734.08 of the Revised Code, the application fee shall be credited to the special infectious waste fund of the health district created in division (C) of section 3734.06 of the Revised Code. If the application for an annual license is submitted to the director, the application fee shall be credited to the general revenue fund. If a permit or license is issued, the amount of the application fee paid shall be deducted from the amount of the permit fee due under division (P) of section 3745.11 of the Revised Code or the amount of the license fee due under division (C) of section 3734.06 of the Revised Code. (d) The director may issue an order in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code to the owner or operator of an infectious waste treatment facility requiring the person to submit to the director updated engineering detail plans, specifications, and information regarding the facility and its method of operation for approval under rules adopted under section 3734.021 of the Revised Code if, in the director's judgment, conditions at the facility constitute a substantial threat to public health or safety or are causing or contributing to or threatening to cause or contribute to air or water pollution or soil contamination. Any person who receives such an order shall submit the updated engineering detail plans, specifications, and information to the director within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of the order. (e) The director shall act on any updated engineering plans, specifications, and information submitted under division (B)(2)(d) of this section within one hundred eighty days after receiving them. If the director disapproves any such updated engineering plans, specifications, and information, the director shall include in the order disapproving the plans the requirement that the owner or operator cease accepting infectious wastes for treatment at the facility. (3) Division (B) of this section does not apply to a generator of infectious wastes that meets any of the following conditions: (a) Treats, by methods, techniques, and practices established by rules adopted under division (B)(2)(a) of section 3734.021 of the Revised Code, any of the following wastes: (i) Infectious wastes that are generated on any premises that are owned or operated by the generator; (ii) Infectious wastes that are generated by a generator who has staff privileges at a hospital as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code; (iii) Infectious wastes that are generated in providing care to a patient by an emergency medical services organization as defined in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (b) Holds a license or renewal of a license to operate a crematory facility issued under Chapter 4717. and a permit issued under Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code; (c) Treats or disposes of dead animals or parts thereof, or the blood of animals, and is subject to any of the following: (i) Inspection under the "Federal Meat Inspection Act," 81 Stat. 584 (1967), 21 U.S.C.A. 603, as amended; (ii) Chapter 918. of the Revised Code; (iii) Chapter 953. of the Revised Code. Nothing in division (B) of this section requires a facility that holds a license issued under division (A) of this section as a solid waste facility and that also treats infectious wastes by the same method, technique, or process to obtain a license under division (B) of this section as an infectious waste treatment facility. However, the solid waste facility license for the facility shall include the notation that the facility also treats infectious wastes. The director shall not issue a permit to open a new solid waste incineration facility unless the proposed facility complies with the requirements for the location of new infectious waste incineration facilities established in rules adopted under division (B)(2)(b) of section 3734.021 of the Revised Code. (C) Except for a facility or activity described in division (E)(3) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code, a person who proposes to establish or operate a hazardous waste facility shall submit a complete application for a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit and accompanying detail plans, specifications, and such information as the director may require to the environmental protection agency at least one hundred eighty days before the proposed beginning of operation of the facility. The applicant shall notify by certified mail the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, township, and county in which the facility is proposed to be located of the submission of the application within ten days after the submission or at such earlier time as the director may establish by rule. If the application is for a proposed new hazardous waste disposal or thermal treatment facility, the applicant also shall give actual notice of the general design and purpose of the facility to the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, township, and county in which the facility is proposed to be located at least ninety days before the permit application is submitted to the environmental protection agency. In accordance with rules adopted under section 3734.12 of the Revised Code, prior to the submission of a complete application for a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit, the applicant shall hold at least one meeting in the township or municipal corporation in which the facility is proposed to be located, whichever is geographically closer to the proposed location of the facility. The meeting shall be open to the public and shall be held to inform the community of the proposed hazardous waste management activities and to solicit questions from the community concerning the activities. (D)(1) Except as provided in section 3734.123 of the Revised Code, upon receipt of a complete application for a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit under division (C) of this section, the director shall consider the application and accompanying information to determine whether the application complies with agency rules and the requirements of division (D)(2) of this section. After making a determination, the director shall issue either a draft permit or a notice of intent to deny the permit. The director, in accordance with rules adopted under section 3734.12 of the Revised Code or with rules adopted to implement Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code, shall provide public notice of the application and the draft permit or the notice of intent to deny the permit, provide an opportunity for public comments, and, if significant interest is shown, schedule a public meeting in the county in which the facility is proposed to be located and give public notice of the date, time, and location of the public meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in that county. (2) The director shall not approve an application for a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit or an application for a modification under division (I)(3) of this section unless the director finds and determines as follows: (a) The nature and volume of the waste to be treated, stored, or disposed of at the facility; (b) That the facility complies with the director's hazardous waste standards adopted pursuant to section 3734.12 of the Revised Code; (c) That the facility represents the minimum adverse environmental impact, considering the state of available technology and the nature and economics of various alternatives, and other pertinent considerations; (d) That the facility represents the minimum risk of all of the following: (i) Fires or explosions from treatment, storage, or disposal methods; (ii) Release of hazardous waste during transportation of hazardous waste to or from the facility; (iii) Adverse impact on the public health and safety. (e) That the facility will comply with this chapter and Chapters 3704. and 6111. of the Revised Code and all rules and standards adopted under them; (f) That if the owner of the facility, the operator of the facility, or any other person in a position with the facility from which the person may influence the installation and operation of the facility has been involved in any prior activity involving transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste, that person has a history of compliance with this chapter and Chapters 3704. and 6111. of the Revised Code and all rules and standards adopted under them, the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976," 90 Stat. 2806, 42 U.S.C.A. 6921, as amended, and all regulations adopted under it, and similar laws and rules of other states if any such prior operation was located in another state that demonstrates sufficient reliability, expertise, and competency to operate a hazardous waste facility under the applicable provisions of this chapter and Chapters 3704. and 6111. of the Revised Code, the applicable rules and standards adopted under them, and terms and conditions of a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit, given the potential for harm to the public health and safety and the environment that could result from the irresponsible operation of the facility. For off-site facilities, as defined in section 3734.41 of the Revised Code, the director may use the investigative reports of the attorney general prepared pursuant to section 3734.42 of the Revised Code as a basis for making a finding and determination under division (D)(2)(f) of this section. (g) That the active areas within a new hazardous waste facility where acute hazardous waste as listed in 40 C.F.R. 261.33 (e), as amended, or organic waste that is toxic and is listed under 40 C.F.R. 261, as amended, is being stored, treated, or disposed of and where the aggregate of the storage design capacity and the disposal design capacity of all hazardous waste in those areas is greater than two hundred fifty thousand gallons, are not located or operated within any of the following: (i) Two thousand feet of any residence, school, hospital, jail, or prison; (ii) Any naturally occurring wetland; (iii) Any flood hazard area if the applicant cannot show that the facility will be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to prevent washout by a one-hundred-year flood. Division (D)(2)(g) of this section does not apply to the facility of any applicant who demonstrates to the director that the limitations specified in that division are not necessary because of the nature or volume of the waste and the manner of management applied, the facility will impose no substantial danger to the health and safety of persons occupying the structures listed in division (D)(2)(g)(i) of this section, and the facility is to be located or operated in an area where the proposed hazardous waste activities will not be incompatible with existing land uses in the area. (h) That the facility will not be located within the boundaries of a state park established or dedicated under Chapter 1546. of the Revised Code, a state park purchase area established under section 1546.06 of the Revised Code, any unit of the national park system, or any property that lies within the boundaries of a national park or recreation area, but that has not been acquired or is not administered by the secretary of the United States department of the interior, located in this state, or any candidate area located in this state identified for potential inclusion in the national park system in the edition of the "national park system plan" submitted under paragraph (b) of section 8 of "The Act of August 18, 1970," 84 Stat. 825, 16 U.S.C.A. 1a-5, as amended, current at the time of filing of the application for the permit, unless the facility will be used exclusively for the storage of hazardous waste generated within the park or recreation area in conjunction with the operation of the park or recreation area. Division (D)(2)(h) of this section does not apply to the facility of any applicant for modification of a permit unless the modification application proposes to increase the land area included in the facility or to increase the quantity of hazardous waste that will be treated, stored, or disposed of at the facility. (3) Not later than one hundred eighty days after the end of the public comment period, the director, without prior hearing, shall issue or deny the permit in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code. If the director approves an application for a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit, the director shall issue the permit, upon such terms and conditions as the director finds are necessary to ensure the construction and operation of the hazardous waste facility in accordance with the standards of this section. (E) No political subdivision of this state shall require any additional zoning or other approval, consent, permit, certificate, or condition for the construction or operation of a hazardous waste facility authorized by a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit issued pursuant to this chapter, nor shall any political subdivision adopt or enforce any law, ordinance, or rule that in any way alters, impairs, or limits the authority granted in the permit. (F) The director may issue a single hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit to a person who operates two or more adjoining facilities where hazardous waste is stored, treated, or disposed of if the application includes detail plans, specifications, and information on all facilities. For the purposes of this section, "adjoining" means sharing a common boundary, separated only by a public road, or in such proximity that the director determines that the issuance of a single permit will not create a hazard to the public health or safety or the environment. (G) No person shall falsify or fail to keep or submit any plans, specifications, data, reports, records, manifests, or other information required to be kept or submitted to the director by this chapter or the rules adopted under it. (H)(1) Each person who holds an installation and operation permit issued under this section and who wishes to obtain a permit renewal shall submit a completed application for an installation and operation permit renewal and any necessary accompanying general plans, detail plans, specifications, and such information as the director may require to the director no later than one hundred eighty days prior to the expiration date of the existing permit or upon a later date prior to the expiration of the existing permit if the permittee can demonstrate good cause for the late submittal. The director shall consider the application and accompanying information, inspection reports of the facility, results of performance tests, a report regarding the facility's compliance or noncompliance with the terms and conditions of its permit and rules adopted by the director under this chapter, and such other information as is relevant to the operation of the facility and shall issue a draft renewal permit or a notice of intent to deny the renewal permit. The director, in accordance with rules adopted under this section or with rules adopted to implement Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code, shall give public notice of the application and draft renewal permit or notice of intent to deny the renewal permit, provide for the opportunity for public comments within a specified time period, schedule a public meeting in the county in which the facility is located if significant interest is shown, and give public notice of the public meeting. (2) Within sixty days after the public meeting or close of the public comment period, the director, without prior hearing, shall issue or deny the renewal permit in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code. The director shall not issue a renewal permit unless the director determines that the facility under the existing permit has a history of compliance with this chapter, rules adopted under it, the existing permit, or orders entered to enforce such requirements that demonstrates sufficient reliability, expertise, and competency to operate the facility henceforth under this chapter, rules adopted under it, and the renewal permit. If the director approves an application for a renewal permit, the director shall issue the permit subject to the payment of the annual permit fee required under division (E) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code and upon such terms and conditions as the director finds are reasonable to ensure that continued operation, maintenance, closure, and post-closure care of the hazardous waste facility are in accordance with the rules adopted under section 3734.12 of the Revised Code. (3) An installation and operation permit renewal application submitted to the director that also contains or would constitute an application for a modification shall be acted upon by the director in accordance with division (I) of this section in the same manner as an application for a modification. In approving or disapproving the renewal portion of a permit renewal application containing an application for a modification, the director shall apply the criteria established under division (H)(2) of this section. (4) An application for renewal or modification of a permit that does not contain an application for a modification as described in divisions (I)(3)(a) to (d) of this section shall not be subject to division (D)(2) of this section. (I)(1) As used in this section, "modification" means a change or alteration to a hazardous waste facility or its operations that is inconsistent with or not authorized by its existing permit or authorization to operate. Modifications shall be classified as Class 1, 2, or 3 modifications in accordance with rules adopted under division (K) of this section. Modifications classified as Class 3 modifications, in accordance with rules adopted under that division, shall be further classified by the director as either Class 3 modifications that are to be approved or disapproved by the director under divisions (I)(3)(a) to (d) of this section or as Class 3 modifications that are to be approved or disapproved by the director under division (I)(5) of this section. Not later than thirty days after receiving a request for a modification under division (I)(4) of this section that is not listed in Appendix I to 40 C.F.R. 270.42 or in rules adopted under division (K) of this section, the director shall classify the modification and shall notify the owner or operator of the facility requesting the modification of the classification. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a modification that involves the transfer of a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit to a new owner or operator for any off-site facility as defined in section 3734.41 of the Revised Code shall be classified as a Class 3 modification. The transfer of a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit to a new owner or operator for a facility that is not an off-site facility shall be classified as a Class 1 modification requiring prior approval of the director. (2) Except as provided in section 3734.123 of the Revised Code, a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit may be modified at the request of the director or upon the written request of the permittee only if any of the following applies: (a) The permittee desires to accomplish alterations, additions, or deletions to the permitted facility or to undertake alterations, additions, deletions, or activities that are inconsistent with or not authorized by the existing permit; (b) New information or data justify permit conditions in addition to or different from those in the existing permit; (c) The standards, criteria, or rules upon which the existing permit is based have been changed by new, amended, or rescinded standards, criteria, or rules, or by judicial decision after the existing permit was issued, and the change justifies permit conditions in addition to or different from those in the existing permit; (d) The permittee proposes to transfer the permit to another person. (3) The director shall approve or disapprove an application for a modification in accordance with division (D)(2) of this section and rules adopted under division (K) of this section for all of the following categories of Class 3 modifications: (a) Authority to conduct treatment, storage, or disposal at a site, location, or tract of land that has not been authorized for the proposed category of treatment, storage, or disposal activity by the facility's permit; (b) Modification or addition of a hazardous waste management unit, as defined in rules adopted under section 3734.12 of the Revised Code, that results in an increase in a facility's storage capacity of more than twenty-five per cent over the capacity authorized by the facility's permit, an increase in a facility's treatment rate of more than twenty-five per cent over the rate so authorized, or an increase in a facility's disposal capacity over the capacity so authorized. The authorized disposal capacity for a facility shall be calculated from the approved design plans for the disposal units at that facility. In no case during a five-year period shall a facility's storage capacity or treatment rate be modified to increase by more than twenty-five per cent in the aggregate without the director's approval in accordance with division (D)(2) of this section. Notwithstanding any provision of division (I) of this section to the contrary, a request for modification of a facility's annual total waste receipt limit shall be classified and approved or disapproved by the director under division (I)(5) of this section. (c) Authority to add any of the following categories of regulated activities not previously authorized at a facility by the facility's permit: storage at a facility not previously authorized to store hazardous waste, treatment at a facility not previously authorized to treat hazardous waste, or disposal at a facility not previously authorized to dispose of hazardous waste; or authority to add a category of hazardous waste management unit not previously authorized at the facility by the facility's permit. Notwithstanding any provision of division (I) of this section to the contrary, a request for authority to add or to modify an activity or a hazardous waste management unit for the purposes of performing a corrective action shall be classified and approved or disapproved by the director under division (I)(5) of this section. (d) Authority to treat, store, or dispose of waste types listed or characterized as reactive or explosive, in rules adopted under section 3734.12 of the Revised Code, or any acute hazardous waste listed in 40 C.F.R. 261.33 (e), as amended, at a facility not previously authorized to treat, store, or dispose of those types of wastes by the facility's permit unless the requested authority is limited to wastes that no longer exhibit characteristics meeting the criteria for listing or characterization as reactive or explosive wastes, or for listing as acute hazardous waste, but still are required to carry those waste codes as established in rules adopted under section 3734.12 of the Revised Code because of the requirements established in 40 C.F.R. 261(a) and (e), as amended, that is, the "mixture," "derived-from," or "contained-in" regulations. (4) A written request for a modification from the permittee shall be submitted to the director and shall contain such information as is necessary to support the request. Requests for modifications shall be acted upon by the director in accordance with this section and rules adopted under it. (5) Class 1 modification applications that require prior approval of the director, as provided in division (I)(1) of this section or as determined in accordance with rules adopted under division (K) of this section, Class 2 modification applications, and Class 3 modification applications that are not described in divisions (I)(3)(a) to (d) of this section shall be approved or disapproved by the director in accordance with rules adopted under division (K) of this section. The board of county commissioners of the county, the board of township trustees of the township, and the city manager or mayor of the municipal corporation in which a hazardous waste facility is located shall receive notification of any application for a modification for that facility and shall be considered as interested persons with respect to the director's consideration of the application. As used in division (I) of this section: (a) "Owner" means the person who owns a majority or controlling interest in a facility. (b) "Operator" means the person who is responsible for the overall operation of a facility. The director shall approve or disapprove an application for a Class 1 modification that requires the director's approval within sixty days after receiving the request for modification. The director shall approve or disapprove an application for a Class 2 modification within three hundred days after receiving the request for modification. The director shall approve or disapprove an application for a Class 3 modification within three hundred sixty-five days after receiving the request for modification. (6) The approval or disapproval by the director of a Class 1 modification application is not a final action that is appealable under Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code. The approval or disapproval by the director of a Class 2 modification or a Class 3 modification is a final action that is appealable under that chapter. In approving or disapproving a request for a modification, the director shall consider all comments pertaining to the request that are received during the public comment period and the public meetings. The administrative record for appeal of a final action by the director in approving or disapproving a request for a modification shall include all comments received during the public comment period relating to the request for modification, written materials submitted at the public meetings relating to the request, and any other documents related to the director's action. (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a change or alteration to a hazardous waste facility described in division (E)(3)(a) or (b) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code, or its operations, is a modification for the purposes of this section. An application for a modification at such a facility shall be submitted, classified, and approved or disapproved in accordance with divisions (I)(1) to (6) of this section in the same manner as a modification to a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit. (J)(1) Except as provided in division (J)(2) of this section, an owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility that is operating in accordance with a permit by rule under rules adopted by the director under division (E)(3)(b) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code shall submit either a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit application for the facility or a modification application, whichever is required under division (J)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, within one hundred eighty days after the director has requested the application or upon a later date if the owner or operator demonstrates to the director good cause for the late submittal. (a) If the owner or operator does not have a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit for any hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal activities at the facility, the owner or operator shall submit an application for such a permit to the director for the activities authorized by the permit by rule. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the director shall approve or disapprove the application for the permit in accordance with the procedures governing the approval or disapproval of permit renewals under division (H) of this section. (b) If the owner or operator has a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit for hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal activities at the facility other than those authorized by the permit by rule, the owner or operator shall submit to the director a request for modification in accordance with division (I) of this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the director shall approve or disapprove the modification application in accordance with division (I)(5) of this section. (2) The owner or operator of a boiler or industrial furnace that is conducting thermal treatment activities in accordance with a permit by rule under rules adopted by the director under division (E)(3)(b) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code shall submit a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit application if the owner or operator does not have such a permit for any hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal activities at the facility or, if the owner or operator has such a permit for hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal activities at the facility other than thermal treatment activities authorized by the permit by rule, a modification application to add those activities authorized by the permit by rule, whichever is applicable, within one hundred eighty days after the director has requested the submission of the application or upon a later date if the owner or operator demonstrates to the director good cause for the late submittal. The application shall be accompanied by information necessary to support the request. The director shall approve or disapprove an application for a hazardous waste facility installation and operation permit in accordance with division (D) of this section and approve or disapprove an application for a modification in accordance with division (I)(3) of this section, except that the director shall not disapprove an application for the thermal treatment activities on the basis of the criteria set forth in division (D)(2)(g) or (h) of this section. (3) As used in division (J) of this section: (a) "Modification application" means a request for a modification submitted in accordance with division (I) of this section. (b) "Thermal treatment," "boiler," and "industrial furnace" have the same meanings as in rules adopted under section 3734.12 of the Revised Code. (K) The director shall adopt, and may amend, suspend, or rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in order to implement divisions (H) and (I) of this section. Except when in actual conflict with this section, rules governing the classification of and procedures for the modification of hazardous waste facility installation and operation permits shall be substantively and procedurally identical to the regulations governing hazardous waste facility permitting and permit modifications adopted under the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976," 90 Stat. 2806, 42 U.S.C.A. 6921, as amended. Last updated August 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3712.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3712 / § 3712.032
§ 3712.032. Adoption of rules for pediatric transition care programs
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 558 - 134th General Assembly (A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of health shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules: (1) Providing for the registration of persons and public agencies that provide pediatric transition care programs within this state and for the suspension and revocation of registrations; (2) Establishing fees for initial registration and registration renewal for pediatric transition care programs, neither of which shall, except as provided in division (B) of this section, exceed six hundred dollars during a three-year period that a registration is valid as provided in section 3712.042 of the Revised Code; (3) Establishing an inspection fee, which shall not, except as provided in division (B) of this section, exceed one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars; (4) Establishing emergency and safety requirements for pediatric transition care programs; (5) Providing for pediatric transition care program registration under this chapter of persons and public agencies that are accredited or certified by an organization that the director determines has standards for accreditation or certification that are equal to or exceed those set forth in this chapter and the rules adopted under it. (B) Subject to the approval of the controlling board, the director may establish fees in excess of the maximum amounts specified in this section, provided that the fees do not exceed those amounts by greater than fifty per cent. (C) The department of health shall: (1) Grant, suspend, and revoke registrations for pediatric transition care programs in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under it; (2) Make such inspections as are necessary to determine whether pediatric transition care program homes and services meet the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it; (3) Implement and enforce provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under it as such provisions apply to pediatric transition care programs. (D) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under this section is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code. (E) Rules adopted under section 3712.031 of the Revised Code do not apply to pediatric transition care programs. Last updated March 15, 2023 at 5:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.87 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.87
§ 3715.87. Drug repository program for donated prescription drugs - definitions
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 558 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in sections 3715.871 , 3715.872 , and 3715.873 of the Revised Code: (1) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Charitable pharmacy" has the same meaning as in section 3719.811 of the Revised Code. (3) "Health care facility" has the same meaning as in section 1337.11 of the Revised Code. (4) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code. (5) "Nonprofit clinic" means a charitable nonprofit corporation organized and operated pursuant to Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code, or any charitable organization not organized and not operated for profit, that provides health care services to indigent and uninsured persons, as defined in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code, or to underinsured persons, as defined in rules adopted under section 3715.873 of the Revised Code. "Nonprofit clinic" does not include a hospital, a facility licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code, or a facility that is operated for profit. (6) "Prescription drug" means any drug to which the following applies: (a) Under the "Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, the drug is required to bear a label containing the legend, "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription" or "Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian" or any similar restrictive statement, or the drug may be dispensed only upon a prescription. (b) Under Chapter 3715. or 3719. of the Revised Code, the drug may be dispensed only upon a prescription. (B) The state board of pharmacy shall establish a drug repository program to accept prescription drugs donated or given for the purpose of being distributed to individuals who are residents of this state and meet eligibility standards established in rules adopted under section 3715.873 of the Revised Code. (C) All of the following conditions shall apply to the drugs that are accepted and distributed under the program: (1) Except as provided in division (D) of this section: (a) Only drugs in their original sealed and tamper-evident unit dose packaging may be accepted and distributed. (b) The packaging must be unopened, except that drugs packaged in single unit doses may be accepted and distributed when the outside packaging is opened if the single unit dose packaging is undisturbed. (2) A drug shall not be accepted or distributed if either of the following is the case: (a) There is reason to believe that the drug is adulterated, as described in section 3715.63 of the Revised Code. (b) The drug, as determined in accordance with rules adopted under section 3715.873 of the Revised Code, is a drug for which the United States food and drug administration requires, as a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy, that the patient be registered with the drug's manufacturer. (D) Drugs that are not in their original sealed and tamper-evident unit dose packaging may be accepted and distributed under the program, subject to rules adopted under section 3715.873 of the Revised Code, if the drugs are included in either of the following categories and are not controlled substances: (1) Orally administered cancer drugs that do not require refrigeration, freezing, or storage at a special temperature; (2) Drugs that are accepted and distributed under the program by a charitable pharmacy, hospital, or nonprofit clinic, including any such drugs that are orally administered cancer drugs or that may require storage at a special temperature. (E) Subject to the limitations specified in divisions (B) to (D) of this section, unused drugs for which the cost was covered by the medicaid program may be accepted and distributed under the drug repository program. Last updated March 15, 2023 at 12:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.03
§ 3705.03. State registrar is head of office of vital statistics - powers and duties
Status: in_force

March 16, 1989 House Bill 790 - 117th General Assembly (A) The director of health shall designate the state registrar, who shall head the office of vital statistics and do all of the following: (1) Administer and enforce this chapter, the rules issued under this chapter, and the instructions of the director for the efficient administration of the system of vital statistics; (2) Direct and supervise the system of vital statistics and be custodian of the vital records; (3) Direct, supervise, and control the activities of all persons engaged in activities governed by this chapter; (4) Conduct training programs to promote uniformity of policy and procedures throughout the state in matters pertaining to the system of vital statistics. (B) To preserve vital records, the state registrar may prepare a typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproduction of certificates or reports in the office of vital statistics. These reproductions, when certified by the director or state registrar, shall be accepted as the original records. The documents from which the reproductions have been made and verified may be disposed of as provided by rules that shall be adopted by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.27
§ 3735.27. Creating metropolitan housing authority
Status: in_force

September 6, 2012 House Bill 408 - 129th General Assembly (A) Whenever the director of development has determined that there is need for a housing authority in any portion of any county that comprises two or more political subdivisions or portions of two or more political subdivisions but is less than all the territory within the county, a metropolitan housing authority shall be declared to exist, and the territorial limits of the authority shall be defined, by a letter from the director. The director shall issue a determination from the department of development declaring that there is need for a housing authority within those territorial limits after finding either of the following: (1) Unsanitary or unsafe inhabited housing accommodations exist in that area; (2) There is a shortage of safe and sanitary housing accommodations in that area available to persons who lack the amount of income that is necessary, as determined by the director, to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings without congestion. In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary, the director may take into consideration the degree of congestion, the percentage of land coverage, the light, air, space, and access available to the inhabitants of the dwelling accommodations, the size and arrangement of rooms, the sanitary facilities, and the extent to which conditions exist in the dwelling accommodations that endanger life or property by fire or other causes. The territorial limits of a metropolitan housing authority as defined by the director under this division shall be fixed for the authority upon proof of a letter from the director declaring the need for the authority to function in those territorial limits. Any such letter from the director, any certificate of determination issued by the director, and any certificate of appointment of members of the authority shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action, or proceeding. A certified copy of the letter from the director declaring the existence of a metropolitan housing authority and the territorial limits of its district shall be immediately forwarded to each appointing authority. A metropolitan housing authority shall consist of members who are residents of the territory in which they serve. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C), (D), (E), or (F) of this section, the members of a metropolitan housing authority shall be appointed as follows: (a)(i) In a district in a county in which a charter has been adopted under Article X, Section 3 of the Ohio Constitution, and in which the most populous city is not the city with the largest ratio of housing units owned or managed by the authority to population, one member shall be appointed by the probate court, one member shall be appointed by the court of common pleas, one member shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners, one member shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the city that has the largest ratio of housing units owned or managed by the authority to population, and two members shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the most populous city in the district. (ii) If, in a district that appoints members pursuant to division (B)(1)(a) of this section, the most populous city becomes the city with the largest ratio of housing units owned or managed by the authority to population, when the term of office of the member who was appointed by the chief executive officer of the city with the largest ratio expires, that member shall not be reappointed, and the membership of the authority shall be as described in division (B)(1)(b) of this section. (b) In any district other than one described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section, one member shall be appointed by the probate court, one member shall be appointed by the court of common pleas, one member shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners, and two members shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the most populous city in the district. (2) At the time of the initial appointment of the authority, the member appointed by the probate court shall be appointed for a period of four years, the member appointed by the court of common pleas shall be appointed for three years, the member appointed by the board of county commissioners shall be appointed for two years, one member appointed by the chief executive officer of the most populous city in the district shall be appointed for one year, and the other member appointed by the chief executive officer of the most populous city in the district shall be appointed for five years. If appointments are made under division (B)(1)(a) of this section, the member appointed by the chief executive officer of the city in the district that is not the most populous city, but that has the largest ratio of housing units owned or managed by the authority to population, shall be appointed for five years. After the initial appointments, all members of the authority shall be appointed for five-year terms, and any vacancy occurring upon the expiration of a term shall be filled by the appointing authority that made the initial appointment. (3) For purposes of this division, population shall be determined according to the last preceding federal census. (C) For any metropolitan housing authority district that contained, as of the 1990 federal census, a population of at least one million, two members of the authority shall be appointed by the legislative authority of the most populous city in the district, two members shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the most populous city in the district, and one member shall be appointed by the chief executive officer, with the approval of the legislative authority, of the city in the district that has the second highest number of housing units owned or managed by the authority. At the time of the initial appointment of the authority, one member appointed by the legislative authority of the most populous city in the district shall be appointed for three years, and one such member shall be appointed for one year; the member appointed by the chief executive officer of the city with the second highest number of housing units owned or managed by the authority shall be appointed, with the approval of the legislative authority, for three years; and one member appointed by the chief executive officer of the most populous city in the district shall be appointed for three years, and one such member shall be appointed for one year. Thereafter, all members of the authority shall be appointed for three-year terms, and any vacancy shall be filled by the same appointing power that made the initial appointment. At the expiration of the term of any member appointed by the chief executive officer of the most populous city in the district before March 15, 1983, the chief executive officer of the most populous city in the district shall fill the vacancy by appointment for a three-year term. At the expiration of the term of any member appointed by the board of county commissioners before March 15, 1983, the chief executive officer of the city in the district with the second highest number of housing units owned or managed by the authority shall, with the approval of the municipal legislative authority, fill the vacancy by appointment for a three-year term. At the expiration of the term of any member appointed before March 15, 1983, by the court of common pleas or the probate court, the legislative authority of the most populous city in the district shall fill the vacancy by appointment for a three-year term. After March 15, 1983, at least one of the members appointed by the chief executive officer of the most populous city shall be a resident of a dwelling unit owned or managed by the authority. At least one of the initial appointments by the chief executive officer of the most populous city, after March 15, 1983, shall be a resident of a dwelling unit owned or managed by the authority. Thereafter, any member appointed by the chief executive officer of the most populous city for the term established by this initial appointment, or for any succeeding term, shall be a person who resides in a dwelling unit owned or managed by the authority. If there is an elected, representative body of all residents of the authority, the chief executive officer of the most populous city shall, whenever there is a vacancy in this resident term, provide written notice of the vacancy to the representative body. If the representative body submits to the chief executive officer of the most populous city, in writing and within sixty days after the date on which it was notified of the vacancy, the names of at least five residents of the authority who are willing and qualified to serve as a member, the chief executive officer of the most populous city shall appoint to the resident term one of the residents recommended by the representative body. At no time shall residents constitute a majority of the members of the authority. (D)(1) For any metropolitan housing authority district that is located in a county that has, according to the most recent federal decennial census, a population greater than seven hundred thousand but less than nine hundred thousand, the members of the metropolitan housing authority shall be selected as follows: (a) One member shall be appointed by the probate court. (b) One member shall be appointed by the court of common pleas. (c) One member shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. (d) Two members shall be appointed by the mayor of the most populous city in the district, subject to approval by city council. At least one of the initial appointments by the mayor shall be a resident of a dwelling unit owned or managed by the authority. Thereafter, any member appointed by the mayor of the most populous city for the term established by the initial appointment, or for any succeeding term, shall be a person who resides in a dwelling unit owned or managed by the authority. If there is an elected, representative body of all residents of the authority, the mayor of the most populous city shall, whenever there is a vacancy in the resident term, provide written notice of the vacancy to the representative body. If the representative body submits to the mayor of the most populous city, in writing and within sixty days after the date on which it was notified of the vacancy, the names of at least five residents of the authority who are willing and qualified to serve as a member, the mayor of the most populous city shall appoint to the resident term one of the residents recommended by the representative body. At no time shall residents constitute a majority of the members of the authority. (e) One member shall be nominated by the township association of the county. The name of the nominee submitted by the township association of the county shall be sent to the board of county commissioners and the executive director of the metropolitan housing authority, if applicable. The board of county commissioners shall accept or reject the nominee. (f) One member shall be nominated by the municipal league of the county. The name of the nominee submitted by the municipal league of the county shall be sent to the board of county commissioners and the executive director of the metropolitan housing authority, if applicable. The nominee shall not be a resident of the district's most populous city and shall represent a city that is substantially impacted as described in division (I) of this section. The board of county commissioners shall accept or reject the nominee. (2) At the time of the initial appointment of the authority described in division (D)(1) of this section, the member appointed by the probate court shall be appointed for a period of four years; the member appointed by the court of common pleas shall be appointed for three years; the member appointed by the board of county commissioners shall be appointed for two years; one member appointed by the mayor of the most populous city in the district shall be appointed for one year, and the other member appointed by the mayor of the most populous city in the district shall be appointed for five years; the member nominated by the township association of the county shall be appointed for the same number of years as the nonresident member of the authority appointed by the mayor of the most populous city in the district; and the member nominated by the municipal league of the county shall be appointed for the same number of years as the resident member of the authority appointed by the mayor of the most populous city in the district. After the initial appointments, all members of the authority shall be appointed for five-year terms, and any vacancy occurring upon the expiration of a term shall be filled by the authority that made the initial appointment or nomination. (E)(1) For any metropolitan housing authority district located in a county that had, as of the 2000 federal census, a population of at least four hundred thousand and no city with a population greater than thirty per cent of the total population of the county, one member of the authority shall be appointed by the probate court, one member shall be appointed by the court of common pleas, one member shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the most populous city in the district, and two members shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. (2) At the time of the initial appointment of a metropolitan housing authority pursuant to this division, the member appointed by the probate court shall be appointed for a period of four years, the member appointed by the court of common pleas shall be appointed for three years, the member appointed by the chief executive officer of the most populous city shall be appointed for two years, one member appointed by the board of county commissioners shall be appointed for one year, and the other member appointed by the board of county commissioners shall be appointed for five years. Thereafter, all members of the authority shall be appointed for five-year terms, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as the term that it succeeds. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided in the original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that term. (F)(1) One resident member shall be appointed to a metropolitan housing authority when required by federal law. The chief executive officer of the most populous city in the district shall appoint that resident member for a term of five years. Subsequent terms of that resident member also shall be for five years, and any vacancy in the position of the resident member shall be filled by the chief executive officer of the most populous city in the district. Any member appointed to fill such a vacancy shall hold office as a resident member for the remainder of that term. If, at any time, a resident member no longer qualifies as a resident, another resident member shall be appointed by the appointing authority who originally appointed the resident member to serve for the unexpired portion of that term. (2) On and after September 29, 2005, any metropolitan housing authority to which two additional members were appointed pursuant to former division (E)(1) of this section as enacted by Amended Substitute House Bill No. 95 of the 125th general assembly shall continue to have those additional members. Their terms shall be for five years, and vacancies in their positions shall be filled in the manner provided for their original appointment under former division (E)(1) of this section as so enacted. (G) Public officials, other than the officers having the appointing power under this section, shall be eligible to serve as members, officers, or employees of a metropolitan housing authority notwithstanding any statute, charter, or law to the contrary. Not more than two such public officials shall be members of the authority at any one time. All members of an authority shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred. After a metropolitan housing authority district is formed, the director may enlarge the territory within the district to include other political subdivisions, or portions of other political subdivisions, but the territorial limits of the district shall be less than that of the county. (H)(1) Any vote taken by a metropolitan housing authority shall require a majority affirmative vote to pass. A tie vote shall constitute a defeat of any measure receiving equal numbers of votes for and against it. (2) The members of a metropolitan housing authority shall act in the best interest of the district and shall not act solely as representatives of their respective appointing authorities. (I) "Substantially impacted" as used in division (D)(1)(f) of this section means a city within a metropolitan housing authority that, based on the percentage of housing units that are subsidized housing, is in the top one-third of cities within the county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3739.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3739 / § 3739.15
§ 3739.15. Conflicting local laws preempted
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 500 - 127th General Assembly Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no political subdivision of this state may enact or enforce any ordinance or other local law or regulation that conflicts with or preempts this chapter or any policy of this state expressed in this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3772.112 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3772 / § 3772.112
§ 3772.112. Surety bond
Status: in_force

September 10, 2010 House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly Before a license is issued to a casino operator, the casino operator shall post, and thereafter shall maintain, a surety bond in the amount of one million dollars payable to the state, conditioned on the casino operator complying with Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, this chapter, and the rules adopted under this chapter. The bond shall be issued by a surety that is licensed to do business in this state, and shall be approved by the commission. The total aggregate liability of the surety on the bond is limited to the amount specified in the bond. The surety shall not cancel the bond unless the surety has given the commission, in the event of nonpayment of premium, ten days' notice of the intention to cancel, and in the event of any other cause, thirty days' notice of the intention to cancel. If the bond is to be canceled, and if the casino operator fails to post and maintain a new surety bond in the specified amount on or before the day of cancellation, the casino operator's license is void.