Ohio Rev. Code § 3750.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3750 / § 3750.99
§ 3750.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

December 14, 1988 Senate Bill 367 - 117th General Assembly (A) Whoever recklessly violates section 3750.06 of the Revised Code or an order issued under section 3750.18 of the Revised Code to enforce that section is guilty of a felony and shall be fined at least ten thousand but not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for at least two but not more than four years, or both. Each day of violation is a separate offense. Upon a second or subsequent conviction for such an offense, the offender shall be fined at least twenty-five thousand but not more than fifty thousand dollars for each day of violation or imprisoned for at least two but not more than four years, or both. (B) Whoever purposely violates division (G) of section 3750.09 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Each violation is a separate offense. (C) Whoever recklessly violates division (B) of section 3750.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony and shall be fined at least ten thousand but not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for at least two but not more than four years, or both. Each violation is a separate offense. Upon a second or subsequent conviction for such an offense, the offender shall be fined at least twenty-five thousand but not more than fifty thousand dollars for each violation or imprisoned for at least two but not more than four years, or both. (D) Whoever recklessly violates division (D) of section 3750.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony and shall be fined at least ten thousand but not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for at least two but not more than four years, or both. Each violation is a separate offense. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.40
§ 3773.40. Prohibitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly No person who holds a promoter's license to conduct a public boxing match or exhibition under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code shall: (A) Hold any match or exhibition at any time or place other than that stated on a permit issued under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code; (B) Allow any contestant to participate in the match or exhibition unless the contestant is the licensed contestant named in the application for such permit or a licensed contestant authorized to compete as a substitute for such a contestant by the inspector assigned to the facility where the match or exhibition is held for that match or exhibition; (C) Charge a higher admission price for a match or exhibition than that stated in the application; (D) Pay a greater compensation or percentage of the gate receipts to any contestant than that stated in the application. The Ohio athletic commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, upon application by a holder of a permit under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code, may allow the permit holder to hold the match or exhibition for which the permit was issued at an alternative site that is within the same municipal corporation or township and that offers substantially similar seating facilities, or allow the permit holder to substitute contestants or seconds, provided that the substitute contestants are evenly matched with their opponents in skill, experience, and weight.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.021
§ 3707.021. Injunctive relief
Status: in_force

October 2, 1969 House Bill 156 - 108th General Assembly When an order of the board of health of a city or general health district, made pursuant to section 3707.01 of the Revised Code, is not complied with in whole or in part, the board may petition the court of common pleas for an injunction requiring all persons to whom such order of the board is directed to comply with such order. The court of the county in which the offense is alleged to be occurring may grant such injunctive relief as the equities of the case require.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.072 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.072
§ 3721.072. Biennial participation in quality improvement projects
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 144 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Advance care planning" means providing an opportunity to discuss the goals that may be met through the care provided by a nursing home. (2) "Overhead paging" means sending audible announcements through an electronic sound amplification and distribution system throughout part or all of a nursing home to staff, residents, residents' families, or others. (B) Each nursing home shall participate every two years in at least one quality improvement project, and in doing so, shall prioritize projects to assist with workforce, such as employee satisfaction surveys, enhanced recruitment methods, or workplace culture improvements. A nursing home may consider projects included on the list made available by the department of aging under the nursing home quality initiative established under section 173.60 of the Revised Code. (C) Beginning July 1, 2015, each nursing home shall participate in advance care planning with each resident or the resident's sponsor if the resident is unable to participate. For each resident, the advance care planning shall be provided on admission to the nursing home or, in the case of an individual residing in a nursing home on July 1, 2015, as soon as practicable. Thereafter, for each resident, the advance care planning shall be provided quarterly each year. (D) Beginning July 1, 2015, each nursing home shall prohibit the use of overhead paging within the nursing home, except that the nursing home may permit the use of overhead paging for matters of urgent public safety or urgent clinical operations. The nursing home shall develop a written policy regarding its use of overhead paging and make the policy available to staff, residents, and residents' families. Last updated August 30, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3752.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3752 / § 3752.03
§ 3752.03. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

July 1, 1995 House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly (A) The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and subsequently may amend or rescind, rules doing all of the following: (1) Establishing guidelines for the demonstrations required to be made in an application for a waiver under division (A) of section 3752.10 of the Revised Code; (2) Prescribing methods to be used in securing buildings, structures, and outdoor locations of operation in accordance with sections 3752.07 , 3752.11 , 3752.111 , 3752.112 , and 3752.113 of the Revised Code; (3) Defining the phrase "contaminated with" as used in this chapter. The definition shall be consistent with and no more stringent than provisions in state and federal environmental laws dealing with the demonstration that tanks, drums, containers, pipelines, and other vessels are empty and free of regulated substances, including, without limitation, Chapters 3734., 3752., and 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under those chapters; and the "Toxic Substances Control Act," 90 Stat. 2003 (1976), 15 U.S.C.A. 2601, as amended, the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976," 90 Stat. 2806, 42 U.S.C.A. 6921, as amended, and the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2779, 42 U.S.C.A. 9601, as amended, and regulations adopted under those acts. (B) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt, amend, and rescind such other rules as he considers necessary or appropriate for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this chapter. (C) No person shall violate a rule adopted under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.39
§ 3727.39. Reports concerning hospital price transparency
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 173 - 135th General Assembly The director of health shall prepare reports and submit them in accordance with all of the following: (A) On an annual basis, the director shall prepare a report on hospitals that are in violation of division (A) of section 3727.36 or division (D) of section 3727.37 of the Revised Code. (B) Within sixty days after any change to the federal price transparency law, the director shall prepare a report of the director's recommendations for conforming sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code with the change or, alternatively, stating that no conforming changes are necessary. (C) The director shall submit the reports required by divisions (A) and (B) of this section to the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, the chairperson of the standing committee of the house of representatives with primary responsibility for health legislation, the chairperson of the standing committee of the senate with primary responsibility for health legislation, and the governor. Last updated March 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.66
§ 3737.66. Qualifications for firefighter or fire official
Status: in_force

April 5, 2007 House Bill 401 - 126th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "firefighting agency" and "private fire company" have the same meanings as in section 9.60 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall claim to the public to be or act as a firefighter, volunteer firefighter, member of a fire department, chief of a fire department, or fire prevention officer unless the person is recognized as a firefighter, volunteer firefighter, member of a fire department, member of a private fire company, chief of a fire department, or fire prevention officer by the fire marshal or has received a certificate issued under former section 3303.07 or section 4765.55 of the Revised Code evidencing satisfactory completion of a firefighter training program and has been appointed by the governing board of a firefighting agency or, in the case of a volunteer firefighter, receives such a certificate within one year after appointment by the governing board of a firefighting agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.981 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.981
§ 3701.981. Completion and submission of assessments and plans
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Assessment" means either of the following: (a) A hospital community health needs assessment that meets the requirements set forth in 26 C.F.R. 1.501(r)-3(b); (b) An assessment of community health conducted by a board of health. (2) "Board of health" means the 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. (3) "Plan" means either of the following: (a) A hospital implementation strategy that meets the requirements set forth in 26 C.F.R. 1.501(r)-3(c); (b) A plan regarding improving community health created by a board of health. (4) "Tax-exempt hospital" means a nonprofit hospital or government-owned hospital that is exempt from income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, and that under federal law is a hospital organization required to meet community health needs assessment requirements set forth in 26 C.F.R. 1.501(r)-3. (B)(1) Not later than July 1, 2017, each board of health and tax-exempt hospital shall submit to the department of health any existing plans and assessments for the most recent assessment and planning period. (2) Beginning January 1, 2020, each board of health and tax-exempt hospital shall complete assessments and plans in alignment on a three-year interval established by the department. Not later than October 1, 2020, each board of health and tax-exempt hospital shall submit to the department plans and related assessments covering years 2020 through 2022. Beginning October 1, 2023, and every three years thereafter, each board of health and tax-exempt hospital shall submit subsequent plans and related assessments to the department. The department shall provide guidance regarding submitting plans and assessments and shall provide an online repository for the plans and assessments. (C)(1) Not later than July 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, each tax-exempt hospital shall submit information to the department as follows: (a) If the hospital is not a government-owned hospital, the hospital shall submit a copy of the hospital's schedule H (form 990) submitted to the internal revenue service for the preceding fiscal year, including corresponding attachments and reporting on financial assistance and means-tested government programs and community building activities in parts I and II of schedule H. Subsequent annual schedule H filings shall be submitted to the department not later than thirty days after filing with the internal revenue service. (b) If the hospital is a government-owned hospital, the hospital shall submit information that is equivalent to the information that is submitted by a hospital under division (C)(1)(a) of this section. (2) The department shall provide an online repository for schedule H and equivalent information submitted by tax-exempt hospitals.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3712.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3712 / § 3712.03
§ 3712.03. Director of health; powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 House Bill 366 - 130th 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 licensing of persons or public agencies providing hospice care programs within this state by the department of health and for the suspension and revocation of licenses; (2) Establishing a license fee and license renewal fee for hospice care programs, neither of which shall, except as provided in division (B) of this section, exceed six hundred dollars. The fees shall cover the three-year period during which an existing license is valid as provided in division (B) of section 3712.04 of the Revised Code. (3) Establishing an inspection fee for hospice care programs not to exceed, except as provided in division (B) of this section, one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars; (4) Establishing requirements for hospice care program facilities and services; (5) Establishing procedures a hospice care program must follow while investigating a sign of suspected diversion of controlled substances containing opioids pursuant to division (B)(5) of section 3712.062 of the Revised Code; (6) Establishing requirements for reporting to a local law enforcement agency pursuant to division (B)(6) of section 3712.062 of the Revised Code the results of an investigation of suspected diversion; (7) Providing for a waiver of the requirement for the provision of physical, occupational, or speech or language therapy contained in division (A)(2) of section 3712.01 of the Revised Code when the requirement would create a hardship because such therapy is not readily available in the geographic area served by the provider of a hospice care program; (8) Providing for the granting of licenses to provide hospice care programs to persons and public agencies that are accredited or certified to provide such programs by an entity whose standards for accreditation or certification equal or exceed those provided for licensure under this chapter and rules adopted under it; (9) Establishing interpretive guidelines for each rule adopted under this section. (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 licenses for hospice care programs in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under it; (2) Make such inspections as are necessary to determine whether hospice care program facilities and services meet the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it; and (3) Implement and enforce provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under it as such provisions apply to hospice care programs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.72
§ 3715.72. Administrative procedure - exceptions
Status: in_force

March 26, 1971 House Bill 1 - 109th General Assembly (A) Sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.71 , inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be governed by and be administered in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. (B) Sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.71 , inclusive, and section 3715.99 , of the Revised Code, do not apply when such sections are in conflict with sections 923.41 to 923.55 , inclusive, and section 923.99 of the Revised Code. (C) Sections 3715.52 to 3715.71 , inclusive, of the Revised Code do not permit the manufacture, sale, or offering for sale, of any food, drug, cosmetic, or device otherwise prohibited by any provision of the Revised Code or by any regulations promulgated pursuant to any provision of the Revised Code; nor do sections 3715.52 to 3715.71 , inclusive, of the Revised Code or any regulations thereunder, prohibit the sale or offering for sale, of any food, drug, cosmetic, or device through any outlet where such items are now permitted by any provisions of the Revised Code to be sold or offered for sale.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3740.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3740 / § 3740.99
§ 3740.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Whoever violates section 3740.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense; for each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Last updated October 19, 2021 at 5:43 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.11
§ 3734.11. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly (A) No person shall violate any section of this chapter, any rule adopted under it, or any order issued under section 3734.13 of the Revised Code. (B) No person who holds a permit or license issued under this chapter shall violate any of the terms and conditions of the permit or license. (C) No person shall operate a solid waste facility or portion of such a facility 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 and 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 either of the following applies: (1) The facility was operating on December 21, 1988, under an operating license issued under section 3734.05 of the Revised Code; (2) The facility is used only for disposal of solid wastes generated within the park or recreation area in accordance with a permit or license issued under section 3734.05 of the Revised Code. (D) No person shall make any false material statement or representation in any affidavit, disclosure form, or other document required to be submitted to the attorney general by this chapter or any rule adopted under it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3767.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3767 / § 3767.05
§ 3767.05. Priority of action - evidence - permanent injunction - abatement orders
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly (A) The civil action provided for in section 3767.03 of the Revised Code shall be set down for trial at the earliest possible time and shall have precedence over all other cases except those involving crimes, election contests, or injunctions regardless of the position of the proceedings on the calendar of the court. In the civil action, evidence of the general reputation of the place where the nuisance is alleged to exist or an admission or finding of guilt of any person under the criminal laws against prostitution, lewdness, assignation, or other prohibited conduct at the place is admissible for the purpose of proving the existence of the nuisance and is prima-facie evidence of the nuisance and of knowledge of and of acquiescence and participation in the nuisance on the part of the person charged with maintaining it. (B) If the complaint for the permanent injunction is filed by a person who is a citizen of the county, it shall not be dismissed unless the complainant and the complainant's attorney submit a sworn statement setting forth the reasons why the civil action should be dismissed and the dismissal is approved by the prosecuting attorney in writing or in open court. If the person who files the complaint for the permanent injunction is a citizen of the county, if that person refuses or otherwise fails to prosecute the complaint to judgment, and if the civil action is not dismissed pursuant to this division, then, with the approval of the court, the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the nuisance exists, or the village solicitor, city director of law, or other similar chief legal officer of the municipal corporation in which the nuisance exists, may be substituted for the complainant and prosecute the civil action to judgment. (C) If the civil action is commenced by a person who is a citizen of the county where the nuisance is alleged to exist and the court finds that there were no reasonable grounds or cause for the civil action, the costs may be taxed to that person. (D) If the existence of the nuisance is established upon the trial of the civil action, a judgment shall be entered that perpetually enjoins the defendant and any other person from further maintaining the nuisance at the place complained of and the defendant from maintaining the nuisance elsewhere. (E) If the court finds that a nuisance described in division (C)(3) of section 3767.01 of the Revised Code exists, the court shall order the nuisance to be abated, and, in entering judgment for nuisance, the court shall do all of the following: (1) Specify that judgment is entered pursuant to division (E) of this section; (2) Order that no beer or intoxicating liquor may be manufactured, sold, bartered, possessed, kept, or stored in the room, house, building, structure, place, boat, or vehicle or any part thereof. The court need not find that the property was being unlawfully used at the time of the hearing on the matter if the court finds there existed a nuisance as described in division (C)(3) of section 3767.01 of the Revised Code. (3) Order that the room, house, building, boat, vehicle, structure, or place not be occupied or used for one year after the judgment is rendered. The court may permit the premises to be occupied by a person other than the defendant or a business affiliate of the defendant in the nuisance action, or an agent of, or entity owned in whole or part by, the defendant, if the person, lessee, tenant, or occupant of the location posts a bond with sufficient surety, to be approved by the court issuing the order, in the sum of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, payable to the state of Ohio, on the condition that no beer or intoxicating liquor thereafter shall be manufactured, sold, bartered, possessed, kept, stored, transported, or otherwise disposed of on the premises, and the person agrees to pay all fines, costs, and damages that may be assessed for a violation. A reasonable sum shall be allowed an officer by the issuing court for the cost of closing and keeping closed the premises that is the subject of the nuisance action. (4) Send notice of the judgment entered to the division of liquor control, the liquor control commission, and the liquor enforcement division of the department of public safety. (F) A defendant found to have maintained a nuisance as described in division (C)(3) of section 3767.01 of the Revised Code also is subject to liability and penalties under sections 4301.74 and 4399.09 of the Revised Code. The abatement of a nuisance under section 4399.09 of the Revised Code is in addition to and does not prevent the abatement of a nuisance under division (D) or (E) of this section. (G) If a court enters judgment pursuant to division (D) or (E) of this section finding that a nuisance exists at a liquor permit premises or as a result of the operation of a liquor permit premises, except in the case of a nuisance found as a result of a violation of a local zoning ordinance or resolution, the certified copy of the judgment required under division (A) of section 4301.331 of the Revised Code shall be filed with the board of elections in the county in which the nuisance exists, not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the next general or primary election. However, no election shall be conducted on sales at the liquor permit premises under section 4301.352 of the Revised Code until all appeals on the judgment are resolved. The court of appeals shall render a decision on any appeal of the judgment within six months after the date of the filing of the appeal of the judgment with the clerk of the court of appeals, and the supreme court shall render a decision on any appeal of the judgment within six months after the date of the filing of the appeal of the judgment with the clerk of the supreme court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.19
§ 3707.19. Disposal of body of person who died of communicable disease
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The body of a person who has died of a communicable disease declared by the department of health to require immediate disposal for the protection of others shall be buried or cremated within twenty-four hours after death. No public or church funeral shall be held in connection with the burial of such person, and the body shall not be taken into any church, chapel, or other public place. Only adult members of the immediate family of the deceased and such other persons as are actually necessary may be present at the burial or cremation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3767.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3767 / § 3767.34
§ 3767.34. Rest room facilities free of charge
Status: in_force

August 18, 1976 Senate Bill 71 - 111th General Assembly (A) No person shall make available any rest room facility intended for multiple occupancy and which requires payment of money or any other thing of value for entry into the rest room facility, or for use of a toilet within, unless said person also makes available for use by the same sex, at the same location, an equal number of the same kind of rest room facilities, toilets, urinals, and washbowls free of charge. (B) Rest room facilities having no more than one toilet and a washbowl, or having no more than one toilet, one urinal, and one washbowl, shall be exempt from the provisions of division (A) of this section if a key is made available immediately, or other means of access made available immediately, for any customer who requests use of the rest room facility or the toilet, urinal, or washbowl within. (C) As used in divisions (A) and (B) of this section, "rest room facility" means any room or area containing one or more toilets, washbowls, or urinals; "multiple occupancy" means a rest room facility containing more than one toilet and one washbowl, or containing more than one toilet, one urinal, and one washbowl used for the purpose of eliminating human biological waste materials and commonly referred to as "lavatory," "toilet," "urinal," or "water closet."
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.171
§ 3715.171. Date labels for perishable foods
Status: in_force

January 1, 1977 Senate Bill 38 - 111th General Assembly As used in this section: "Quality assurance period" means the period of time following the completion of normal manufacturing, processing, and packaging procedures during which a food product subjected to normal conditions of exposure will maintain conformity with all of the characteristics normally associated with the food product and will provide the benefits for which the food product is normally purchased. Food product characteristics include, but are not limited to, taste, texture, smell, nutritional value, and reaction value with other food products if used as an ingredient with other food products. "Sale date" means the date by which the manufacturer, processor, or packager of a packaged food product recommends that the food product be sold for consumption based on the food product's quality assurance period. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall knowingly sell or offer to sell in this state any packaged perishable food product that has a quality assurance period of thirty days or less, unless the package is clearly marked by the packager with its sale date. The sale date shall be legible and understandable to the consumer. The director of agriculture shall make rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing the manner in which the sale date shall be affixed to food products. The director is authorized to investigate complaints, to determine whether the sale date for food products, as determined by the manufacturer, processor, or packager, is false or misleading to consumers. If the director finds, upon reasonable cause, that the sale date as determined by the manufacturer, processor, or packager, is false or misleading to the consumer, the director after reasonable notice and hearing, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall establish the sale date for said product. (B) The provisions of this section do not apply to fresh fruits and vegetables or to meat, including poultry, whether packaged or unpackaged, nor do they apply to packaged perishable food products when sold or offered for sale at any place of business where less than one hundred thousand dollars of all products were sold during the preceding year. (C) To ensure that a uniform system of determining the useful product life of perishable food products for sale within the state is established, persons complying with this section and the rules established pursuant thereto are exempt from any local ordinances or rules pertaining to the quality assurance period of food products or the manner in which the quality assurance period and perishability of food products are to be disclosed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.19
§ 3727.19. Vaccinations to be offered to patients
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Advisory committee" means the advisory committee on immunization practices of the United States centers for disease control and prevention or its successor agency. (2) "Certified nurse-midwife," "clinical nurse specialist," and "certified nurse practitioner" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (B) Each hospital shall offer to each patient who is admitted to the hospital, in accordance with guidelines issued by the advisory committee, vaccination against influenza, unless a physician, certified nurse-midwife if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the Revised Code, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner has determined that vaccination of the patient is medically inappropriate. The vaccine shall be of a form approved by the advisory committee for that calendar year. A patient may refuse vaccination. (C) Each hospital shall offer to each patient who is admitted to the hospital, in accordance with guidelines issued by the advisory committee, vaccination against pneumococcal pneumonia, unless a physician, certified nurse-midwife if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the Revised Code, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner has determined that vaccination of the patient is medically inappropriate. Each vaccine shall be of a form approved by the advisory committee for that calendar year. A patient may refuse vaccination. (D) The director of health may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as the director considers appropriate to implement this section. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3730.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3730 / § 3730.10
§ 3730.10. Adoption of rules - universal blood and body fluid precautions
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary for the implementation and enforcement of this chapter. The rules shall include all of the following: (1) Safety and sanitation standards and procedures to be followed to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases during the performance of tattooing and body piercing procedures; (2) Standards and procedures to be followed for appropriate disinfection and sterilization of all invasive equipment or parts of equipment used in tattooing procedures, body piercing procedures, and ear piercing procedures performed with an ear piercing gun; (3) Procedures for suspending and revoking approvals under section 3730.05 of the Revised Code. (B) The rules adopted under division (A)(1) of this section shall establish universal blood and body fluid precautions to be used by any individual who performs tattooing or body piercing procedures. The precautions shall include all of the following: (1) The appropriate use of hand washing; (2) The handling and disposal of all needles and other sharp instruments used in tattooing or body piercing procedures; (3) The wearing and disposal of gloves and other protective garments and devices. (C) The rules adopted under division (A) of this section may include standards and procedures to be followed by a business that offers tattooing or body piercing services to ensure that the individuals who perform tattooing or body piercing procedures for the business are adequately trained to perform the procedures properly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3748.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3748 / § 3748.12
§ 3748.12. Certifying radiation experts
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the director of health shall certify radiation experts pursuant to rules adopted under division (C) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code. The director shall issue a certificate to each person certified under this section. An individual certified by the director is qualified to develop, provide periodic review of, and conduct audits of the quality assurance program for sources of radiation for which such a program is required under division (A) of section 3748.13 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall establish an application fee for applying for certification and a biennial certification renewal fee in rules adopted under division (C) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code. A certificate issued under this section shall expire two years after the date of its issuance. To maintain certification, a radiation expert shall apply to the director for renewal of certification in accordance with the standard renewal procedures established in Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code. The certification renewal fee is not required for initial certification, but shall be paid for every renewal of certification. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. The fees shall be used solely to administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it. Any fee required under this section that remains unpaid on the ninety-first day after the original invoice date shall be assessed an additional amount equal to ten per cent of the original fee. (C) The director shall issue a certificate in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license or certificate in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a radiation expert in a state that does not issue that certificate. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 6:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3750.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3750 / § 3750.07
§ 3750.07. Submitting list of hazardous chemicals
Status: in_force

December 14, 1988 Senate Bill 367 - 117th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise authorized in division (E) of this section, any person who owns or operates a facility and is required to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the "Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1590, 29 U.S.C.A. 651, as amended, and regulations adopted under it shall, within thirty days after the effective date of this section, submit to the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which the facility is located, the emergency response commission, and the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility, a list of any hazardous chemicals that are produced, used, or stored at the facility in an amount that equals or exceeds the threshold quantity applicable to the hazardous chemical established by rules adopted under division (B)(1)(b) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. The hazardous chemicals shall be grouped together on any such list by the categories of health and physical hazards prescribed in rules adopted under that division. The list shall include all of the following: (1) A listing of the hazardous chemicals in the manner prescribed by rules adopted under division (B)(1)(d) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code including chemical abstract service numbers and alphabetical groupings of the chemicals; (2) The chemical name or common name of each such chemical and any hazardous component thereof; (3) Any hazardous component of each hazardous chemical on the list that comprises more than one per cent by weight of the hazardous chemical or, if the hazardous component is a carcinogen, comprises more than one-tenth of one per cent by weight of the hazardous chemical; (4) For each hazardous chemical, an indication as to whether the owner or operator chooses to withhold information about it from disclosure as a trade secret and, if so, whether the owner or operator has filed a claim with the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency 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 or with the commission pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(5) of that section, as appropriate; (5) Any other information required by rules adopted under division (B)(1)(d) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The owner or operator of a facility may meet the requirements of division (A) of this section for a hazardous chemical that consists of a mixture of hazardous chemicals by doing either of the following: (1) Providing the information required by division (A) of this section for each component in the mixture that is a hazardous chemical. If the owner or operator reports on this basis, the quantity of each hazardous chemical in the mixture shall be determined by multiplying by the weight of the mixture the concentration of the hazardous chemical in the mixture that comprises more than one per cent of the mixture by weight or, if the chemical is a carcinogen, more than one-tenth of one per cent by weight. (2) Providing the information required by division (A) of this section on the mixture itself, provided that the owner's or operator's reporting of mixtures on this basis is consistent with his reporting of mixtures under section 3750.08 of the Revised Code. If the owner or operator reports on this basis, the total quantity of the mixture shall be reported. (C) Upon the request of the committee of the district in which a facility is located or the commission, the owner or operator of a facility subject to this section shall, within thirty days after receiving the request, submit to the committee or commission the material safety data sheet for any hazardous chemical on the list submitted by the owner or operator under division (A), (D), or (E) of this section. Upon the request of any person, a committee shall make available to that person the material safety data sheet for any hazardous chemical identified in a list submitted to the committee under division (A), (D), or (E) of this section. If the committee does not have the requested material safety data sheet, it shall request the sheet from the owner or operator of the facility who listed the chemical for which the sheet was requested. The owner or operator shall submit the sheet to the commission or committee within thirty days after receiving the commission's or committee's request. Upon receiving the sheet, the committee shall make it available to the person who requested it. When making material safety data sheets available to persons requesting them, the committee shall protect from disclosure trade secret information that is subject to protection under division (B)(14) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under divisions (B)(1)(i) and (B)(2)(d) of that section. (D) Except as otherwise authorized in division (E) of this section, within three months after the discovery of new information about a hazardous chemical identified in the list required by division (A) of this section, within three months after obtaining a hazardous chemical for which reporting is required by division (A) of this section, or within three months after adoption of a rule under division (C)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code identifying or listing an additional hazardous chemical which is produced, used, or stored at his facility in an amount equal to or exceeding the threshold quantity for the hazardous chemical established by those rules, the owner or operator of a facility shall prepare and submit to the commission and to the committee and fire department having jurisdiction over the facility a revised list that meets the requirements of that division and contains the new information. If the owner or operator submits a revised list due to discovery of new information about a hazardous chemical on the current list for which the committee or the commission had requested a material safety data sheet, the owner or operator shall also submit a revised material safety data sheet to the committee or commission, as appropriate. (E) The owner or operator of any facility at which no more than ten hazardous chemicals are produced, used, or stored in an amount that exceeds the threshold quantity applicable to the hazardous chemical established by rules adopted under division (B)(1)(b) or (C)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code may submit to the commission and the committee and fire department having jurisdiction over the facility the material safety data sheets applicable to those chemicals instead of the list required under division (A) of this section. If an owner or operator who submitted material safety data sheets under this division discovers new information about a hazardous chemical for which a material safety data sheet was so submitted, he shall submit a revised material safety data sheet for the hazardous chemical to the commission, committee, and fire department within three months after discovery of the new information. If an owner or operator who has submitted material safety data sheets for nine or fewer hazardous chemicals under this division obtains a hazardous chemical for which reporting is required under division (A) of this section or, pursuant to division (D) of this section, is first required to report a hazardous chemical identified or listed by rules adopted under division (C)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code, he shall submit a material safety data sheet for it to the commission, committee, and fire department within three months after obtaining the hazardous chemical or adoption of the rule identifying or listing the hazardous chemical. If an owner or operator who has submitted material safety data sheets for ten hazardous chemicals under this division obtains a hazardous chemical for which reporting is required under division (A) of this section or is first required under division (D) of this section, he shall, within three months after obtaining the hazardous chemical or adoption of the rule identifying or listing the hazardous chemical, prepare and submit a list containing the information required in that division for all of the hazardous chemicals stored, handled, or processed at the facility for which reporting is required under that division. (F) No owner or operator of a facility where a hazardous chemical is stored, handled, or processed in an amount that exceeds the threshold quantity for the hazardous chemical established in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(b) or (C)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code shall fail to: (1) Submit either the list of hazardous chemicals required to be submitted and containing the information required by division (A) of this section or to submit material safety data sheets for the hazardous chemicals in compliance with division (E) of this section; (2) Comply with a request to provide a material safety data sheet as required by division (B) of this section; (3) Submit either a revised list of hazardous chemicals or a revised material safety data sheet as required by division (D) of this section or to submit a list, material safety data sheet, or revised material safety data sheet in compliance with division (E) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.33
§ 3701.33. Ohio public health advisory board
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the Ohio public health advisory board. The board shall consist of the following members: (1) The following members appointed by the director of health from among individuals who are not employed by the state and are recommended by statewide trade or professional organizations that represent interests in public health: (a) One individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; (b) One individual authorized under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code to practice nursing as a registered nurse; (c) Three members of the public, two of whom are representatives of entities licensed by the department of health or boards of health. (2) One representative of the association of Ohio health commissioners, appointed by the association; (3) One representative of the Ohio public health association, appointed by the association; (4) One representative of the Ohio environmental health association, appointed by the association, who is registered as an environmental health specialist under Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code; (5) One representative of the Ohio association of boards of health, appointed by the association; (6) One representative of the Ohio society for public health education, appointed by the society; (7) One representative of the Ohio hospital association, appointed by the association. The director of health or the director's designee shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the board. (B) Not later than thirty days after September 10, 2012, initial appointments shall be made to the board. Of the initial appointments, the members specified in divisions (A)(5), (6), and (7) and division (A)(1)(c) of this section representing entities licensed by the department of health or boards of health shall serve terms ending June 30, 2014, and the members specified in divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b), divisions (A)(2), (3), and (4), and division (A)(1)(c) of this section not representing entities licensed by the department or boards of health shall serve terms ending June 30, 2015. Thereafter, terms of office for all members shall be three years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as the term it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be reappointed, except that no member who has served two consecutive terms may be reappointed until three years have elapsed since the member's last term ended. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of ninety days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. (C) The board shall annually select from among its members a chairperson and vice-chairperson. The director shall designate an officer or employee of the department to act as the board's secretary. The secretary shall be a nonvoting board member. The board may adopt by laws governing its operation. The chairperson may appoint subcommittees as the chairperson considers necessary. (D) The board shall meet at the call of the chairperson, but not less than four times per year. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson and shall be called by the chairperson at the request of the director. In a request for a special meeting, the director shall specify the purpose of the meeting and the date and place the meeting is to be held. No other business shall be considered at a special meeting except by a unanimous vote of members present at the meeting. In conducting any meeting, the board and its subcommittees may use an interactive video teleconferencing system. If provisions are made that allow public attendance at a designated location with respect to a meeting using such a system, the board members who attend the meeting by video teleconference shall be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present and shall be permitted to vote. Members shall be expected to attend a majority of meetings of the board. Unexcused absence from three consecutive meetings shall be considered notice of a member's intent to resign from the board. (E)(1) The department shall provide meeting space and staff and other administrative support for the board to carry out its duties. (2) To facilitate the board's review of proposed rules under division (A)(1) of section 3701.34 of the Revised Code, the department shall establish and maintain an electronic web-based database of board meeting agendas, board meeting minutes, proposed rules, public comments, and other documents relevant to the work of the board. (F) Notice of meetings shall be provided to members through the board's mailing list, the department's web site, or any other means available to the board. The minutes of previous meetings, the next meeting's agenda, and information on any matters to be presented to the board at any regular or special meeting shall be provided to the board in an electronic format. (G) Members shall attend annual ethics training provided by the Ohio ethics commission. (H) Members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. (I) Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to the Ohio public health advisory board. Last updated October 16, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.44
§ 3735.44. Planning, zoning, and sanitary laws applicable to housing projects
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The planning, zoning, and sanitary laws of the state and of any political subdivision or agency thereof in which a housing project is located shall apply to housing projects of a metropolitan housing authority to the same extent as if said projects were planned, constructed, owned, or operated by private persons. All powers granted in said laws or in any municipal charter to or over privately owned land, buildings, or structures are hereby granted over and in relation to housing projects or authorities. In the planning and location of any housing project, an authority shall take into consideration the relationship of the project to any state, regional, county, or municipal plan. Before any housing project of an authority is determined upon by the authority or any real estate is acquired or any agreement for its acquisition is made, the location, extent, and general features of the proposed layout shall be submitted to the planning commission of the municipal corporation or other political subdivision in which the proposed project is located, for the advice of such planning commission upon the proposed location, extent, and general features of the layout.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3717.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3717 / § 3717.23
§ 3717.23. Applying for license or renewal of license
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) Each person or government entity seeking a retail food establishment license or the renewal of a license shall apply to the appropriate licensor on a form provided by the licensor. A licensor shall use a form prescribed and furnished to the licensor by the director of agriculture or a form prescribed by the licensor that has been approved by the director. The applicant shall include with the application all information necessary for the licensor to process the application, as requested by the licensor. An application for a retail food establishment license, other than an application for a mobile retail food establishment license, shall be submitted to the licensor for the health district in which the retail food establishment is located. An application for a mobile retail food establishment license shall be submitted to the licensor for the health district in which the applicant's business headquarters are located, or, if the headquarters are located outside this state, to the licensor for the district where the applicant will first operate in this state. (B) The licensor shall review all applications received. The licensor shall issue a license for a new retail food establishment when the applicant submits a complete application and the licensor determines that the applicant meets all other requirements of this chapter and the rules adopted under it for receiving the license. The licensor shall issue a renewed license on receipt of a complete renewal application. The licensor shall issue licenses for retail food establishments on forms prescribed and furnished by the director of agriculture. If the license is for a mobile retail food establishment, the licensor shall post the establishment's layout, equipment, and items to be sold on the back of the license. A mobile retail food establishment license issued by one licensor shall be recognized by all other licensors in this state. (C)(1) A retail food establishment license expires at the end of the licensing period for which the license is issued, except as follows: (a) A license issued to a new retail food establishment after the first day of December does not expire until the end of the licensing period next succeeding issuance of the license. (b) A temporary retail food establishment license expires at the end of the period for which it is issued. (2) All retail food establishment licenses remain valid until scheduled to expire unless earlier suspended or revoked under section 3717.29 or 3717.30 of the Revised Code. (D) A retail food establishment license may be renewed, except that a temporary retail food establishment license is not renewable. A person or government entity seeking license renewal shall submit an application for renewal to the licensor not later than the first day of March, except in the case of a mobile or seasonal retail food establishment, when the renewal application shall be submitted before commencing operation in a new licensing period. A licensor may renew a license prior to the first day of March or the first day of operation in a new licensing period, but not before the first day of February immediately preceding the licensing period for which the license is being renewed. If a person or government entity does not file a renewal application with the licensor postmarked on or before the first day of March or, in the case of a mobile or seasonal retail food establishment, the first day of operation in a new licensing period, the licensor shall assess a penalty if the licensor charges a license renewal fee. The amount of the penalty shall be twenty-five per cent of the fee charged for renewing the license. If an applicant is subject to a penalty, the licensor shall not renew the license until the applicant pays the penalty. (E)(1) A licensor may issue not more than ten temporary retail food establishment licenses per licensing period to the same person or government entity to operate at different events within the licensor's jurisdiction. For each particular event, a licensor may issue only one temporary retail food establishment license to the same person or government entity. (2) A licensor may issue a temporary retail food establishment license to operate for more than five consecutive days if both of the following apply: (a) The establishment will be operated at an event organized by a county agricultural society or independent agricultural society organized under Chapter 1711. of the Revised Code. (b) The person who will receive the license is a resident of the county or one of the counties for which the agricultural society was organized. (3) A person may be granted only one temporary retail food establishment license per licensing period pursuant to division (E)(2) of this section. (F) The licensor may place restrictions or conditions on a retail food establishment license, based on the equipment or facilities of the establishment, limiting the types of food that may be stored, processed, prepared, manufactured, or otherwise held or handled for retail sale. Limitations pertaining to a mobile retail food establishment shall be posted on the back of the license. (G) The person or government entity holding a license for a retail food establishment shall display the license for that retail food establishment at all times at the licensed location. (H) With the assistance of the department of agriculture, the licensor, to the extent practicable, shall computerize the process for licensing retail food establishments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.071
§ 3769.071. Quarter horse racing
Status: in_force

March 29, 1988 Senate Bill 206 - 117th General Assembly In addition to any permit authorized to be issued by this chapter, the state racing commission may issue not more than three permits for not more than fourteen consecutive racing days each at any race track, place, or enclosure. Not more than two permits shall be issued for quarter horse racing in one county. All racing under any permit issued pursuant to this section shall be limited to quarter horse racing only. This chapter applies to quarter horse racing, which shall be classified for this purpose the same as running horse racing. The minimum purse shall be five hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.85
§ 3715.85. Publication used in connection with sale to consumers of dietary supplement
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 House Bill 381 - 123rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "publication" includes a book chapter, article, or official abstract of a peer-reviewed scientific article prepared by the article's author or the editors of the publication in which the article is published. (B) A publication used in connection with a sale to consumers of a dietary supplement is not considered part of the label of the dietary supplement if the publication meets all of the following criteria: (1) The publication is reprinted in its entirety. (2) The publication is not false or misleading. (3) The publication does not promote a particular manufacturer or brand of dietary supplement. (4) The publication is displayed or presented, alone or with other publications on the same subject matter, so as to present a balanced view of the available scientific information on a dietary supplement. (5) If the publication is displayed in a location where dietary supplements are offered for sale, the publication is physically separate from the dietary supplements. (6) The publication does not have any other information affixed to it. (C) Division (B) of this section does not apply to or restrict the actions of a person who offers dietary supplements for sale at retail or wholesale in the sale of books or publications as part of the person's business. (D) If the director of agriculture finds or has cause to believe that a publication under division (B) of this section is a label and that label is false or misleading under division (B) of this section, the director shall proceed under the provisions of this chapter applicable to misbranded food. In any action taken under this section, the burden of proof to establish misbranding shall be on the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.77
§ 3701.77. Lupus education and awareness program
Status: in_force

December 19, 2016 House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly (A) The department of health may establish, promote, and maintain a lupus education and awareness program with an emphasis on at-risk communities to raise public awareness, educate consumers, and educate and train health professionals, human services providers, and other audiences. (B) The department, in creating and implementing the program, may do all of the following: (1) Provide sufficient staff and appropriate training to implement the program; (2) Establish a grant program to support nonprofit voluntary health organizations with expertise in lupus to increase public awareness and enhance health professional education and understanding of the symptoms and consequences of lupus and the populations most at risk; (3) Identify the appropriate entities to carry out the program; (4) Base the program on the most current scientific information and findings; (5) Work with government entities, community and business leaders, community organizations, health and human services providers, and national, state, and local lupus organizations, such as the lupus foundation of America, inc., to coordinate efforts to maximize state resources in the areas of lupus education and awareness; (6) Identify and use other successful lupus education and awareness programs and procure related materials and services from organizations with appropriate expertise and knowledge of lupus. (C) The department may accept gifts, grants, and donations from the federal government, foundations, organizations, medical schools, and other entities for fulfilling the obligations of the program. (D) The department may seek any federal waiver that may be necessary to maximize funds from the federal government to implement the program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.55
§ 3701.55. Use of prophylactic against inflammation - record
Status: in_force

September 10, 1996 Senate Bill 154 - 121st General Assembly Every physician, certified nurse-midwife, or other person in attendance at childbirth shall, immediately after the birth, use in the eyes of the newborn child some prophylactic against inflammation of the eyes of such child, and shall make a record on the birth certificate of the prophylactic used.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3797.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3797 / § 3797.07
§ 3797.07. Attorney general to prescribe forms
Status: in_force

August 3, 2006 Senate Bill 17 - 126th General Assembly (A) The attorney general shall prescribe forms to be used for registration, notice of intent to reside, and verification of current address under sections 3797.02 , 3797.03 , and 3797.04 of the Revised Code. The forms shall comply with the following: (1) The registration form to be used under section 3797.02 of the Revised Code shall include the registrant's name, the registrant's current residence and employment addresses, a photograph of the registrant, the name of the court that rendered a declaratory judgment against the registrant pursuant to section 2721.21 of the Revised Code and the date the judgment was entered, and any other information required by the attorney general. (2) The notice of intent to reside form to be used under section 3797.03 of the Revised Code shall include the registrant's name, the registrant's current residence and employment addresses, a statement that a court has entered a declaratory judgment against the registrant pursuant to section 2721.21 of the Revised Code, the address of the place where the registrant intends to reside, and any other information required by the attorney general. (3) The verification form to be used under section 3797.04 of the Revised Code shall contain the registrant's current residence or employment address, as applicable, and any other information required by the attorney general. (B) Upon completion of a registration, notice of intent to reside, or verification of current address form by a registrant, the sheriff shall promptly forward a copy of the form to the attorney general in accordance with procedures established by the attorney general. Upon receiving from a registrant a notice of a change of the registrant's residence address, if the new address is in another county in this state, the sheriff promptly shall forward the new address to the sheriff of that county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3791.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3791 / § 3791.12
§ 3791.12. Inspections - hearings
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 3791.13 of the Revised Code: (1) "Service station" means any facility designed and constructed primarily for use in the retail sale of gasoline, other petroleum products, and related accessories; except that "service station" does not include any such facility that has been converted for use for another bona fide business purpose, on and after the date of commencement of such other use. (2) "Abandoned service station" means any service station that has not been used for the retail sale of gasoline, other petroleum products, and related accessories for a continuous period of six months, whenever failure to reasonably secure station buildings from ready access by unauthorized persons and to reasonably maintain the station's premises has resulted in conditions that endanger the public health, welfare, safety, or morals; provided, that such conditions include, but are not limited to, the presence of defective or deteriorated electrical wiring, heating apparatus, and gas connections, or of unprotected gasoline storage tanks, piping, and valves, or any combination of the foregoing; and provided further that the casual and intermittent use of a service station for the retail sale of any item described in division (A)(1) of this section during such six-month period shall not be held to prevent the station from being determined an abandoned service station if it meets the other qualifications of this division. (B) The executive authority of each municipal corporation and the board of county commissioners of each county shall designate a suitable person to make inspections, within their respective territorial jurisdictions, of any service stations that are, or appear to be, no longer in use for the purposes described in division (A)(1) of this section, or for any other bona fide business purpose. Inspections of service stations under this section shall be made at the order of the executive authority or board, or upon the complaint of any person claiming to be adversely affected by the condition of a service station. Any inspector designated under this section shall have the right to enter upon and inspect any service station that is, or appears to be, no longer in use as described in this section. No inspector, while in the lawful pursuit of official duties for such purpose, shall be subject to arrest for trespass while so engaged or for such cause thereafter. (C) Whenever an inspector, upon inspecting a service station as provided in this section, has reasonable cause to believe that it qualifies as an abandoned service station, the inspector shall prepare a written report of the condition of the station's buildings and premises. The report shall be filed immediately with the executive authority or board. Upon receipt of the report, the executive authority or board shall fix a place and time, not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days after receipt of the report, for a hearing to determine whether the service station is an abandoned service station. The executive authority or board shall send written notice of the place and date of the hearing, together with a copy of the inspector's report and information that the service station may be ordered repaired or removed if determined to be abandoned, to all persons listed in the records of the county recorder as an owner of the affected property, and to all persons listed in the records of the county recorder or county clerk of courts as holding a lien on the affected property. Such notice shall be sent by certified mail to the address shown on such records. (D) In hearing the matter and deciding the issue, the executive authority or board shall consider the testimony of any persons appearing pursuant to the notice or their authorized representatives, the testimony of any witnesses appearing on behalf of such persons, the inspector's report or testimony, or both, and any other evidence pertinent to the matter. If the executive authority or board thereupon determines that the service station is an abandoned service station in such condition as to constitute a danger to the public health, welfare, safety, or morals, it shall order the satisfactory repair, or removal, of the service station and its appurtenances, and restoration of the property, within such period of time, not less than thirty days, as the executive authority or board thereupon determines reasonable. Notice of the findings and order shall be sent to all persons required to be notified by division (C) of this section in the same manner as provided in that division. (E) If an abandoned service station is not satisfactorily repaired or removed within the period of time provided in an order made under division (D) of this section, the municipal corporation or county may enter the land and complete the repair, if repair was ordered, or remove the service station and its appurtenances, if removal was ordered, and restore the property. (F) Any person aggrieved by an order of an executive authority or board made under division (D) of this section, may appeal as provided in Chapter 2506. of the Revised Code within thirty days of the mailing of notice of the order. (G) In the event that no persons notified as provided in division (C) of this section, or their authorized representatives, appear at the hearing, respond to an order of the executive authority or board, or appeal within thirty days of the mailing of notice of the order as provided in division (F) of this section, the municipal corporation or county may proceed as provided in division (E) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.34
§ 3707.34. Quarantine and isolation policies
Status: in_force

February 12, 2004 House Bill 6 - 125th General Assembly (A) The health commissioner appointed by a board of health of a general or city health district may act on behalf of the board in administering the provision of sections 3707.04 to 3707.32 of the Revised Code regarding quarantine and isolation if the commissioner acts pursuant to a policy the board adopts as described in division (B) of this section and either of the following applies: (1) Circumstances render a meeting of the board impractical or impossible. (2) Delaying action until a meeting of the board compromises the public health. (B) Each board of health shall adopt a policy, subject to the approval of the district advisory council or city council for city health districts not governed by an advisory council, specifying the actions that a health commissioner may take pursuant to this section. Any action a health commissioner takes in accordance with the board's policy is deemed an action taken by the board unless the board votes to nullify the commissioner's action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.22
§ 3715.22. Prohibition against slaughter or sale for human consumption of calf less than four weeks old - confiscation of carcass
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No dealer, slaughterer, or processor of meat or meat products for human consumption shall kill or have in his possession for the purpose of killing, a calf less than four weeks old or have in his possession the carcass of a calf not sufficiently mature to be fit for human consumption. The carcass of such calf may be confiscated by an authorized agent of the United States department of agriculture, the department of agriculture of Ohio, or by an authorized agent of the department of health of this state or any of its political subdivisions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.10
§ 3734.10. Injunction
Status: in_force

October 29, 1993 Senate Bill 165 - 120th General Assembly The attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county, city director of law, or village solicitor where a violation has occurred, is occurring, or may occur, upon request of the respective board of health of the health district, the legislative authority of a political subdivision in which a violation has occurred, is occurring, or may occur, or the director of environmental protection, shall criminally prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person who has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate any section of this chapter, rules adopted under this chapter, or terms or conditions of permits, licenses, variances, or orders issued under this chapter. In the instance of a violation of section 3734.60 of the Revised Code, only the director of environmental protection may request the attorney general, or the prosecuting attorney of the county, city director of law, or village solicitor where a violation of that section has occurred, is occurring, or may occur, to bring an action for injunction against a person who has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate that section. The court of common pleas in which an action for injunction is filed has the jurisdiction to and shall grant preliminary and permanent injunctive relief upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate any section of this chapter, rules adopted thereunder, or terms or conditions of permits, licenses, variances, or orders issued under this chapter. The court shall give precedence to such an action over all other cases. Upon written request by any person, the board of health or the director shall conduct such investigations and make such inquiries as are necessary to secure compliance with this chapter, rules adopted thereunder, and terms and conditions of permits, licenses, variances, and orders issued under it. The director or any board of health, upon request or upon their own initiative, may investigate or make inquiries into any alleged violation or act of improper solid waste disposal, improper infectious waste transportation or treatment, or improper hazardous waste storage, transportation, treatment, or disposal or regarding the management of scrap tires. This section does not apply to the enforcement of sections 3734.90 to 3734.9013 of the Revised Code or any rules adopted or assessments made under those sections. This chapter does not abridge rights of action or remedies in equity, under common law, or as provided by statute or prevent the state or any municipal corporation or person in the exercise of their rights in equity, under common law, or as provided by statute to suppress nuisances or to abate or prevent pollution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.01
§ 3701.01. Department of health definitions
Status: in_force

October 10, 2000 Senate Bill 173 - 123rd General Assembly As used in sections 3701.01 , 3701.04 , 3701.08 , 3701.09 , and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code: (A) "The federal act" means Title VI of the "Public Health Service Act," 60 Stat. 1041 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 291, as amended. (B) "The surgeon general" means the surgeon general of the public health service of the United States or such other officer or employee of the United States responsible for administration of the federal act. (C) "Hospital" includes public health centers and general, mental, chronic disease, and other types of hospitals, and related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses' home facilities, extended care facilities, self-care units, and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals, and also includes education and training facilities for health professions personnel operated as an integral part of a hospital, but does not include any hospital furnishing primarily domiciliary care. (D) "Public health center" means a publicly owned facility for the housing of the public health services of a community and one which makes available equipment to aid physicians in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. (E) "Nonprofit hospital," or "nonprofit" as applied to a facility, means any hospital or facility owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. (F) "Medical facilities" means outpatient facilities, rehabilitation facilities, and facilities for long-term care, including nursing homes, as those terms are defined in the federal act, and such other facilities for which federal aid may be authorized under the federal act.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.04
§ 3781.04. Jurisdiction for violations of building standards
Status: in_force

January 1, 1976 House Bill 205 - 111th General Assembly A judge of the county court or municipal court judge has final jurisdiction within the territory for which he is elected or appointed in a prosecution for a violation of Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or any rules adopted pursuant thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.72
§ 3727.72. Duties of hospital upon designation
Status: in_force

March 21, 2017 House Bill 470 - 131st General Assembly (A) If a patient or guardian makes a lay caregiver designation, the hospital shall do both of the following: (1) To the extent the information is available, record in the patient's medical record the lay caregiver's name, address, telephone number, electronic mail address, and relationship to the patient; (2) Request from the patient or guardian consent to disclose the patient's medical information to the lay caregiver in accordance with hospital policy and state and federal law. (B) If a patient or guardian declines to make a lay caregiver designation, the hospital shall note that decision in the patient's medical record and have no other obligation under sections 3727.71 to 3727.79 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.07
§ 3737.07. Inspection of protective door assemblies
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 112 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Authority having jurisdiction" means an organization, office, agency, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements under this section. (2) "NFPA 101" means the standards for life safety code published by the national fire protection association, which includes the NFPA 80 standards for fire doors and other opening protectives. (3) "Protective door assembly" or "protective door assemblies" means any of the following: (a) Doors with panic hardware or fire exit hardware; (b) Door assemblies in exit enclosures; (c) Electricity controlled egress doors; (d) Door assemblies with special locking arrangements, such as delayed egress, sensor release egress doors, and elevator lobby doors. (4) "Qualified inspector" means a person, who by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, professional standing, or skill, and who, by knowledge, training, and experience, has demonstrated the ability to deal with the subject matter, the work, or the project. (5) "School building" means a structure used for the instruction of students by a school governing authority. (6) "School governing authority" means any of the following: (a) The board of education of a school district; (b) The governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school; (c) The governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; (d) The governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code; (e) The board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code. (B) Each school governing authority in this state shall do both of the following: (1) Cause all protective door assemblies in school buildings used by the school governing authority for instruction of students to be inspected and tested every twelve months in accordance with division (C) of this section; (2) Verify that such protective door assemblies are in compliance with the following standards: (a) If the protective door assembly was installed in 2015 or after, the 2015 NFPA 101, or other standards required by the board of building standards; (b) If the protective door assembly was installed prior to 2015, the NFPA 101 that was in effect on the date the protective door assembly was installed or, if the protective door assembly was installed before the NFPA 101 was published and in effect, the building code standards in effect at the time of installation. (C)(1) A school governing authority shall cause all of the protective door assemblies in school buildings used for the instruction of students to be inspected and tested every twelve months by a qualified inspector to confirm proper operation and full closure. (2) If a protective door assembly is not in compliance with the applicable standards described in division (B)(2) of this section, then the school governing authority shall take all steps necessary to make the protective door assembly compliant. (D) After the inspection of a protective door assembly in a school building, the qualified inspector shall provide a report to the school governing authority indicating any of the following: (1) That the protective door assembly is in compliance with the applicable standards described in division (B)(2) of this section and no further inspection is required respecting that protective door assembly for the next twelve months; (2) That the protective door assembly is not in compliance with the applicable standards; (3) That the protective door assembly is not in compliance with the applicable standards and there is a serious risk for fire or life safety hazard. (E) Each school governing authority shall maintain records verifying annual inspections. (F) If one or more protective door assemblies in a school building are not in compliance with the applicable standards described in division (B)(2) of this section, as indicated in a report under division (D)(2), (D)(3), (G)(2), or (G)(3) of this section, then the school governing authority shall do both of the following: (1) Take all steps necessary to make each such protective door assembly compliant with the applicable standards; (2) Cause another inspection of each such protective door assembly immediately after completing those steps. (G) After each inspection of a protective door assembly in the school building under division (F)(2) of this section has been completed, the qualified inspector shall provide a report to the school governing authority indicating any of the following: (1) That the protective door assembly is in compliance with the applicable standards described in division (B)(2) of this section and no further inspection is required respecting that protective door assembly for the next twelve months; (2) That the protective door assembly is not in compliance with the applicable standards; (3) That the protective door assembly is not in compliance with the applicable standards and there is a serious risk for fire or life safety hazard. (H)(1) Beginning eighteen months after the effective date of this section , the authority having jurisdiction shall annually cause an inspection of the records retained by each school governing authority under division (E) of this section. If a protective door assembly in a school building is not fully compliant with the applicable standards within eighteen months after a report issued under division (D)(2) of this section, or within one hundred eighty days after a report issued under division (D)(3) of this section, and the school governing authority is not actively taking steps to achieve compliance, then the authority having jurisdiction shall issue a citation pursuant to section 3737.42 of the Revised Code. Each protective door assembly that is not in compliance with the applicable standards, and which the respecting school governing authority is not actively taking steps to achieve compliance with those standards, is a separate violation and is subject to an additional citation. (2) If a citation is issued under division (H)(1) of this section and section 3737.42 of the Revised Code, the school governing authority shall post the citation issued concerning the protective door assembly on a public web site managed by the school governing authority. The school governing authority may remove the citation posted under this division once the protective door assembly is made compliant with the applicable standards and an inspection confirms such compliance. (I) No authority having jurisdiction shall do either of the following: (1) Issue a citation pursuant to this section and section 3737.42 of the Revised Code to a school governing authority that is actively taking steps to reach compliance with the applicable standards, regardless of whether full compliance is reached for all protective door assemblies in the school building; (2) Assess a civil penalty or any fine associated with a citation issued pursuant to this section. (J) A qualified inspector that inspects more than one protective door assembly under division (D) or (G) of this section in the same school building may combine the results of such inspections into one report, so long as the report clearly indicates which protective door assemblies are in compliance with the applicable standards and which are not. (K)(1) The fire marshal shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that are necessary to implement the requirements of this section. (2) The fire marshal shall work in conjunction with the board of building standards to implement such requirements. (3) The rules shall require that protective door assemblies are inspected in accordance with this section and that the protective door assemblies continue to meet the compliance standards required at the time of installation. (L) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, a temporary door-locking device in compliance with the rules adopted by the fire marshal is not in conflict with this section. (M) Any citation issued pursuant to this section may be appealed under section 3737.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 19, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3723.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3723 / § 3723.09
§ 3723.09. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) To protect the health of individuals inhabiting, occupying, or frequenting buildings, the director of health shall adopt rules to implement the requirements of this chapter. All rules adopted under this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall adopt rules establishing criteria and procedures for issuing and renewing licenses under section 3723.06 of the Revised Code to radon testers, mitigation specialists, and mitigation contractors. The rules may require that all applicants for licensure as a radon tester or mitigation specialist pass an examination. If an examination is required, the rules may require applicants to pass an examination conducted by the department or an appropriate examination conducted by the United States environmental protection agency. (C) The director shall adopt rules establishing criteria and procedures for approving training courses under section 3723.07 of the Revised Code. The rules may require that participants in training courses pass an examination conducted by the operator of the course and may require that the examinations be approved by the director. (D) The director shall adopt rules establishing criteria and procedures for approving radon laboratories under section 3723.07 of the Revised Code. (E) The director shall adopt rules establishing reasonable fees for licenses, license renewals, radon laboratory approvals, and training course approvals. (F) The director shall adopt rules establishing standards to be followed by licensed radon testers, mitigation specialists, and mitigation contractors for the prevention of hazards to the public health, including standards for worker protection, record keeping, and training of employees of licensed radon mitigation contractors. (G) The director shall adopt rules establishing procedures to be followed by any individual, business entity, or government entity licensed by another state to practice as a radon tester, mitigation specialist, or mitigation contractor in providing notice to the director of health prior to commencing practice in this state pursuant to section 3723.03 of the Revised Code. (H) The director may adopt rules that require licensed radon testers and mitigation specialists to report to the director, by street address, radon test results that indicate the presence of radon at a level considered to be dangerous as determined by the director. The rules may require the reporting of screening measurements, follow-up measurements, post-mitigation measurements, and, if it is known that radon mitigation has been performed, the methods of mitigation that were used. Any information required to be reported to the director under these rules is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, and shall not be released except in aggregate statistical form.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.0412 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.0412
§ 3701.0412. Domestic violence fatality review
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 House Bill 254 - 134th General Assembly (A) The department of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing a procedure for county or regional domestic violence fatality review boards to follow in conducting a review of a death by domestic violence. The rules shall do all of the following: (1) Establish the format for the annual reports required by section 307.656 of the Revised Code; (2) Establish guidelines for a county or regional review board to follow in compiling statistics for annual reports so that the reports do not contain any information that would permit any person's identity to be ascertained from a report; (3) Establish guidelines for a county or regional review board to follow in creating and maintaining the comprehensive database of deaths by domestic violence that is required by section 307.654 of the Revised Code, including provisions establishing uniform record-keeping procedures; (4) Establish guidelines for reporting domestic violence fatality review data to the department of health, which must maintain the confidentiality of information that would permit a person's identity to be ascertained; (5) Establish guidelines, materials, and training to help educate members of county or regional review boards about the purpose of the review process and the confidentiality of the information described in section 307.659 of the Revised Code. (B) 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. Last updated February 24, 2023 at 11:26 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.03
§ 3701.03. General duties of director of health
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The director of health shall perform duties that are incident to the director's position as chief executive officer of the department of health. The director shall administer the laws relating to health and sanitation and the rules of the department of health. The director may designate employees of the department and, during a public health emergency, other persons to administer the laws and rules on the director's behalf. (B) Nothing in this section authorizes any action that prevents the fulfillment of duties or impairs the exercise of authority established by law for any other person or entity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3772.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3772 / § 3772.131
§ 3772.131. Casino gaming employee license
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) All casino gaming employees are required to have a casino gaming employee license. "Casino gaming employee" means the following and their supervisors: (1) Individuals involved in operating a casino gaming pit, including dealers, shills, clerks, hosts, and junket representatives; (2) Individuals involved in handling money, including cashiers, change persons, count teams, and coin wrappers; (3) Individuals involved in operating casino games; (4) Individuals involved in operating and maintaining slot machines, including mechanics, floor persons, and change and payoff persons; (5) Individuals involved in security, including guards and game observers; (6) Individuals with duties similar to those described in divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section or other persons as the commission determines. "Casino gaming employee" does not include an individual whose duties are related solely to nongaming activities such as entertainment, hotel operation, maintenance, or preparing or serving food and beverages. (B) The commission may issue a casino gaming employee license to an applicant after it has determined that the applicant is eligible for a license under rules adopted by the commission and paid any applicable fee. All applications shall be certified as true. (C) To be eligible for a casino gaming employee license, an applicant shall be at least twenty-one years of age. (D) Each application for a casino gaming employee license shall be on a form prescribed by the commission and shall contain all information required by the commission. The applicant shall set forth in the application if the applicant has been issued prior gambling-related licenses; if the applicant has been licensed in any other state under any other name, and, if so, the name under which the license was issued and the applicant's age at the time the license was issued; any criminal conviction the applicant has had; and if a permit or license issued to the applicant in any other state has been suspended, restricted, or revoked, and, if so, the cause and the duration of each action. (E) Each applicant shall submit with each application, on a form provided by the commission, two sets of the applicant's fingerprints. The commission shall charge each applicant an application fee to cover all actual costs generated by each licensee and all background checks. (F) Notwithstanding the requirements for a license under this section, the commission shall issue a casino gaming employee license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a casino gaming employee in a state that does not issue that license. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 5:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3729.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3729 / § 3729.13
§ 3729.13. Expiration of campsite use agreement
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 241 - 126th General Assembly (A) A campsite user who enters into a campsite use agreement with a camp operator for the use of a campsite at a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp, at the expiration of the campsite use period under the agreement, shall remove from the campsite all of the campsite user's property and all property any other person placed on the campsite with the permission of the campsite user. If the campsite user fails to remove all of that property from the campsite within the five-consecutive-day period after the expiration of that campsite use period, all of the following apply: (1) The camp operator shall perform an inventory of the property that the campsite user did not remove from the campsite. (2) The camp operator may send a letter to the campsite user informing the campsite user that the campsite user has abandoned the property on the campsite in violation of the campsite use agreement and that the camp operator will commence an action for the seizure of the property if the campsite user does not remove the property from the campsite within ten days after the date on which the letter is mailed. (3) If the campsite user does not remove the property from the campsite within ten days after the date on which the letter described in division (A)(2) of this section is mailed, the camp operator may file an action for the seizure of the property that remains on the campsite in the municipal court or county court that has territorial jurisdiction over the park or camp. The complaint shall contain all of the following: (a) The name, address, and phone number of the campsite user that is in the campsite use agreement; (b) A description of the property that the campsite user has not removed from the campsite; (c) A demand that all of the property listed in the complaint be removed from the campsite within seven days after service of the complaint upon the campsite user; (d) A description of the procedure that will be followed if the campsite user does not remove the listed property within the seven-day period; (e) A statement that the campsite user shall pay to the clerk of the court the amount of the filing fees charged for the filing of the complaint, that the campsite user shall pay those fees prior to the campsite user's removal of the listed property from the campsite, and that if the campsite user fails to pay the amount of the filing fees the property may be sold to pay the filing fees. (4) When the camp operator files an action under division (A)(3) of this section, the clerk of the court shall issue a summons and a copy of the complaint pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure to the campsite user at the address provided in the campsite use agreement. (5) If the campsite user does not file an answer to the complaint filed under division (A)(3) of this section and remove all of the property listed in the complaint within seven days after service of the complaint upon the campsite user, the court shall do either of the following: (a) Issue an order authorizing the sheriff, another peace officer, or a bailiff to remove the property from the campsite and place it in storage; (b) Authorize the camp operator to seize the property and cause the issuance to the camp operator of a new certificate of title for the property if the property is a titled vehicle. (6) Upon the removal and storage of the property, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall conduct or cause to be conducted a search of the appropriate public records that relate to the property and shall make or cause to be made reasonably diligent inquiries for the purpose of identifying persons who have any right, title, or interest in any of the property. Then, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator may commence proceedings for the sale of the property. The sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall send by certified mail, return receipt requested, a written notice of the date, time, and place of the sale to each person who, because of the conduct of the search, the making of inquiries, or otherwise, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator believes has any right, title, or interest in the property. The sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall send the notice to the last known address of each of those persons. (7) If the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator sells the property, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall dispose of the proceeds of the sale in the following order: (a) The sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall first pay the costs for any moving or any storage of the property, the costs of the sale, and any unpaid court costs assessed against the campsite user in the underlying action. (b) Following the payment required by division (A)(7)(a) of this section, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall pay all other outstanding security interests, liens, or encumbrances on the property by priority of filing or other priority. (c) After complying with divisions (A)(7)(a) and (b) of this section, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall transfer any remaining money to the owner of the property. (8) If the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator does not conduct a sale of the property, the sheriff, peace officer, bailiff, or camp operator shall dispose of the property in the following manner: (a) If the property is a motor vehicle or recreational vehicle, in accordance with the procedure in section 4513.61 or 4513.63 of the Revised Code; (b) If the property is personal property, in accordance with the procedure in sections 2981.11 and 2981.12 of the Revised Code. (B) Upon collection from the campsite user, the municipal court or county court shall reimburse the filing fees to the camp operator.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.281 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.281
§ 3734.281. Environmental protection remediation fund
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3734.282 of the Revised Code, moneys collected from judgements for the state or settlements with the director of environmental protection, including those associated with bankruptcies, related to actions brought under Chapter 3714. and section 3734.13 , 3734.20 , 3734.22 , 6111.03 , or 6111.04 of the Revised Code; and moneys received under the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2767, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended, may be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the environmental protection remediation fund, which is hereby created. The environmental protection agency shall use the moneys in the fund only for the purpose of remediating conditions at a hazardous waste facility, a solid waste facility, a construction and demolition debris facility licensed under Chapter 3714. of the Revised Code, or another location at which the director has reason to believe there is a substantial threat to public health or safety or the environment. Remediation may include the direct and indirect costs associated with the overseeing, supervising, performing, verifying, or reviewing of remediation activities by agency employees. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The director of environmental protection may enter into contracts and grant agreements with federal, state, or local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and colleges and universities for the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities of the environmental protection agency for which money may be expended from the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.51
§ 3737.51. Civil penalty for violations
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 112 - 135th General Assembly (A) No person shall knowingly violate any provision of the state fire code or any order made pursuant to it. (B) Except as provided in section 3737.07 of the Revised Code, any person who has received a citation for a serious violation of the fire code or any order issued pursuant to it, shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each such violation. (C) Except as provided in section 3737.07 of the Revised Code, any person who has received a citation for a violation of the fire code or any order issued pursuant to it, and such violation is specifically determined not to be of a serious nature, may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each such violation. (D) Except as provided in section 3737.07 of the Revised Code, any person who fails to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued within the period permitted for its correction, may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each day during which such failure or violation continues. (E) Except as provided in section 3737.07 of the Revised Code, any person who violates any of the posting requirements, as prescribed by division (D) of section 3737.42 of the Revised Code, shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation. (F) Due consideration to the appropriateness of the penalty with respect to the gravity of the violation, the good faith of the person being charged, and the history of previous violations shall be given whenever a penalty is assessed under this chapter. (G) For purposes of this section, a serious violation shall be considered to exist if there is a substantial probability that an occurrence causing death or serious physical harm to persons could result from a condition which exists, or from one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes which have been adopted or are in use, unless the person did not and could not with the exercise of reasonable diligence, know of the presence of the violation. (H) Civil penalties imposed by this chapter shall be paid to the fire marshal for deposit into the general revenue fund. Such penalties may be recovered in a civil action in the name of the state brought in the court of common pleas of the county where the violation is alleged to have occurred. Last updated August 14, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.833 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.833
§ 3737.833. Temporary fire permit for retail establishments
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "retail establishment" means a place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services. (B) If the fire code official having jurisdiction over a retail establishment, including a retail establishment that is under construction and not yet open to the public, is unable to conduct an inspection or issue a permit required by the state fire code adopted pursuant to sections 3737.82 and 3737.83 of the Revised Code, for more than five business days, the owner, operator, or developer of the retail establishment may seek a temporary permit from any fire code official authorized to conduct such an inspection or issue such a permit elsewhere in this state. If that fire code official grants a temporary permit, the permit is valid for fourteen calendar days. Last updated September 26, 2023 at 5:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.59
§ 3773.59. Effect of child support default on license
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the Ohio athletic commission shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.83
§ 3734.83. Registration of transporters
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no person shall transport scrap tires anywhere in this state unless the business or governmental entity that employs the person first registers with and obtains a registration certificate from the director of environmental protection. No more than one registration certificate shall be required of any single business or governmental entity. An applicant shall file an application with the director in such form as the director prescribes. The application shall contain such information as the director prescribes, including at least the name and address of the principal office of the applicant in this state, provided that the information shall not include the license plate number or vehicle identification number of any motor vehicle used by the applicant to transport scrap tires. A registration certificate issued under this section is valid for one year from its effective date and may be renewed annually for a term of one year by submission to the director of a renewal application on a form prescribed by the director. A transporter registered under this division shall maintain a copy of the registration certificate in each motor vehicle used by the registrant to transport scrap tires. (B) The director may issue an order in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code denying, suspending, or revoking the registration certificate of a person who is registered under this section and who has violated, or whose employee has violated, any of the scrap tire provisions of this chapter or a rule adopted under them while transporting scrap tires. A transporter whose registration certificate has been denied, suspended, or revoked shall immediately notify each of the transporter's customers of that fact by certified mail. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no person who possesses scrap tires shall cause them to be transported by any person who is not registered as a transporter under this section. (D) Divisions (A) and (C) of this section do not apply to any of the following: (1) A person who transports ten or fewer scrap tires in a single load; (2) Any person who transports scrap tires for the person's own use in agriculture or in producing or processing aggregates; (3) Any political subdivision engaging in the collection of solid wastes other than scrap tires, or any person engaging in the collection of such solid wastes under a license or franchise from a political subdivision, when ten or fewer scrap tires are transported with any single load of other types of solid wastes; (4) Any person who is engaged primarily in the retail sale of tires for farm machinery, construction equipment, commercial cars, commercial tractors, motor buses, or semitrailers and who transports twenty-five or fewer whole scrap tires in a single load and not more than two hundred fifty scrap tires in a calendar year, all of which tires either are or were used primarily as tires for farm machinery, construction equipment, commercial cars, commercial tractors, motor buses, or semitrailers; (5) Any of the following entities conducting a scrap tire clean up event or community tire amnesty collection event that has received written concurrence from the environmental protection agency: (a) A nonprofit organization; (b) Federal, state, or local government; (c) A university; (d) Other civic organization. (E) A transporter of scrap tires is liable for the safe delivery of any scrap tires from the time the transporter obtains them until the transporter delivers them to a scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facility licensed under section 3734.81 of the Revised Code; delivers them to a solid waste incineration or energy recovery facility subject to regulation under this chapter; delivers them to a premises where they will be beneficially used; delivers them to another transporter registered under this section; or transports them out of the state. A generator of scrap tires who has complied with division (C) of this section is not liable under statute or common law in the capacity as the generator of the scrap tires for the actions or omissions of any transporter registered under this section or any scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facility licensed under section 3734.81 of the Revised Code, or any solid waste incineration or energy recovery facility subject to regulation under this chapter, with respect to the scrap tires transported by the registered transporter and is not liable in the capacity as the generator of the scrap tires for violations of any scrap tire provision of this chapter or rules adopted under those provisions governing scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facilities and the transportation of scrap tires, or any other provision of this chapter and rules adopted under it governing solid waste incineration and energy recovery facilities, with respect to the scrap tires handled by any such licensed facility or transported by the registered transporter. This division does not apply to a person who transports ten or fewer scrap tires in a single load or who transports any number of scrap tires for the person's own use in agriculture or in producing or processing aggregates. (F) A generator of scrap tires who, in good faith and prior to the time when transporters of scrap tires are required to be registered pursuant to rules adopted under section 3734.74 of the Revised Code, caused scrap tires generated by the generator to be transported by another is not liable under statute or common law in the capacity as the generator of the scrap tires for the actions or omissions of the transporter, or of any other person to whom the transporter delivered the scrap tires, with respect to the scrap tires transported by the transporter. Last updated September 25, 2023 at 11:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.82
§ 3701.82. Rules and prohibitions for use of burners or heaters
Status: in_force

March 13, 1986 Senate Bill 184 - 116th General Assembly (A) A brazier, salamander, space heater, room heater, furnace, water heater, or other burner or heater using wood, coal, coke, fuel oil, kerosene, gasoline, natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, or similar fuel, and tending to give off carbon monoxide or other harmful gases: (1) When used in living quarters, or in any enclosed building or space in which persons are usually present, shall be used with a flue or vent so designed, installed, and maintained as to vent the products of combustion outdoors; except in storage, factory, or industrial buildings which are provided with sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning; (2) When used as a portable or temporary burner or heater at a construction site, or in a warehouse, shed, or structure in which persons are temporarily present, shall be vented as provided in division (A)(1) of this section, or used with sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning. (B) This section does not apply to domestic ranges, laundry stoves, gas logs installed in a fireplace with an adequate flue, or hot plates, unless the same are used as space or room heaters. (C) No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge, or occupant of premises, negligently permit the use of a burner or heater in violation of the standards for venting and ventilation provided in this section. (D) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any kerosene-fired space or room heater that is equipped with an automatic extinguishing tip-over device, or to any natural gas-fired or liquid petroleum gas-fired space or room heater that is equipped with an oxygen depletion safety shutoff system, and that has its fuel piped from a source outside of the building in which it is located, that are approved by an authoritative source recognized by the state fire marshal in the state fire code adopted by him under section 3737.82 of the Revised Code. (E) The state fire marshal may make rules to ensure the safe use of unvented kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heaters exempted from division (A) of this section when used in assembly buildings, business buildings, high hazard buildings, institutional buildings, mercantile buildings, and type R-1 and R-2 residential buildings, as these groups of buildings are defined in rules adopted by the board of building standards under section 3781.10 of the Revised Code. No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge, or occupant of premises, negligently permit the use of a heater in violation of any rules adopted under this division. (F) The state fire marshal may make rules prescribing standards for written instructions containing ventilation requirements and warning of any potential fire hazards that may occur in using a kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heater. No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heater unless the manufacturer provides with the heater written instructions that comply with any rules adopted under this division. (G) No product labeled as a fuel additive for kerosene heaters and having a flash point below one hundred degrees fahrenheit or thirty-seven and eight-tenths degrees centigrade shall be sold, offered for sale, or used in any kerosene space heater. (H) No device that prohibits any safety feature on a kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas space heater from operating shall be sold, offered for sale, or used in connection with any kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas space heater. (I) No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene-fired, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas-fired heater that is not exempt from division (A) of this section unless it is marked conspicuously by the manufacturer on the container with the phrase "Not Approved For Home Use." (J) No person shall use a cabinet-type, liquid petroleum gas-fired heater having a fuel source within the heater, inside any building, except as permitted by the state fire marshal in the state fire code adopted by him under section 3737.82 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.989 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.989
§ 3702.989. Chiropractic loan repayment program - annual report
Status: in_force

November 22, 2020 House Bill 151 - 133rd General Assembly The chiropractic loan repayment advisory board, annually on or before the first day of March, shall submit a report to the governor and general assembly describing the operations of the chiropractic loan repayment program during the previous calendar year. The report shall include information about all of the following: (A) The number of requests received by the director of health that a particular area be designated as a chiropractic health resource shortage area; (B) The areas that have been designated as chiropractic health resource shortage areas and the priorities that have been assigned to them; (C) The number of applicants for participation in the chiropractic loan repayment program; (D) The number of chiropractors assigned to chiropractic health resource shortage areas and the payments made on behalf of those chiropractors under the chiropractic loan repayment program; (E) The chiropractic health resource shortage areas that have not been matched with all of the chiropractors they need; (F) The number of chiropractors failing to complete their service obligations, the amount of damages owed, and the amount of damages collected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.60
§ 3702.60. Appeals
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The applicant for a certificate of need may appeal to the director of health a decision issued by the director to grant or deny a certificate of need application. The person that requested a reviewability ruling may appeal to the director with respect to the resulting ruling issued by the director. The appeal by the applicant or person shall be made in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, and the director shall provide an adjudication hearing in accordance with that chapter. In the appeal, the applicant or person must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the director's decision or ruling is not in accordance with sections 3702.52 to 3702.62 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under those sections. The applicant or person that was a party to and participated in an adjudication hearing conducted under this division may appeal to the tenth district court of appeals the decision issued by the director following the adjudication hearing. (B) The holder of a certificate of need may appeal to the director in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code a decision issued by the director under section 3702.52 or 3702.525 of the Revised Code to withdraw a certificate of need, and the director shall provide an adjudication hearing in accordance with that chapter. The person may appeal the director's ruling in the adjudication hearing to the tenth district court of appeals. (C) Any person determined by the director to have violated section 3702.53 of the Revised Code may appeal that determination, or the penalties imposed under section 3702.54 of the Revised Code, to the director in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, and the director shall provide an adjudication hearing in accordance with that chapter. The person may appeal the director's ruling in the adjudication hearing to the tenth district court of appeals. (D) Each person appealing under this section to the director shall file with the director, not later than thirty days after the decision, ruling, or determination of the director was mailed, a notice of appeal designating the decision, ruling, or determination appealed from. (E) Each person appealing under this section to the tenth district court of appeals shall file with the court, not later than thirty days after the date the director's adjudication order was mailed, a notice of appeal designating the order appealed from. The appellant also shall file notice with the director not later than thirty days after the date the order was mailed. (1) Not later than thirty days after receipt of the notice of appeal, the director shall prepare and certify to the court the complete record of the proceedings out of which the appeal arises. The expense of preparing and transcribing the record shall be taxed as part of the costs of the appeal. In the event that the record or a part thereof is not certified within the time prescribed by this division, the appellant may apply to the court for an order that the record be certified. (2) In hearing the appeal, the court shall consider only the evidence contained in the record certified to it by the director. The court may remand the matter to the director for the admission of additional evidence on a finding that the additional evidence is material, newly discovered, and could not with reasonable diligence have been ascertained before the hearing before the director. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the court shall give the hearing on the appeal preference over all other civil matters, irrespective of the position of the proceedings on the calendar of the court. (3) The court shall affirm the director's order if it finds, upon consideration of the entire record and any additional evidence admitted under division (E)(2) of this section, that the order is supported by reliable, probative, and substantial evidence and is in accordance with law. In the absence of such a finding, it shall reverse, vacate, or modify the order. (4) If the court determines that the director committed material procedural error, the court shall remand the matter to the director for further consideration or action. (F) No person may intervene in an appeal brought under this section. Last updated September 20, 2023 at 2:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.13
§ 3773.13. Suppression of prize fight
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a sheriff has reason to believe that a fight or contention is about to take place in his county, he shall forthwith summon sufficient citizens of the county, suppress such fight or contention, and arrest all persons found at such prize fight violating the law and take them before a judge of the court of common pleas or magistrate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3731.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3731 / § 3731.12
§ 3731.12. Beds and bedding
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 Senate Bill 237 - 127th General Assembly (A) Every transient hotel and extended stay hotel shall provide in each sleeping room or extended stay temporary residence a bed, bunk, cot, or other furniture designed for sleeping for each guest occupying such accommodations. Every hotel shall provide each bed, bunk, cot, or other sleeping place for the use of transient or extended stay guests with pillow slips and under and top sheets. All sheets and pillow slips used on any furniture designed for sleeping shall be white or off-white in color and shall be washed daily if requested by a guest, and all such sheets and pillow slips, after being used by one guest, shall be washed before being used by another guest. (B) All extended stay hotels shall provide furniture adequate for living, eating, cooking, sanitation, and sleeping within each dwelling unit. (C) Except as otherwise specified in division (D) of this section, all residential hotels may, but are not required to, provide furniture adequate for living, eating, cooking, sanitation, and sleeping within each dwelling unit. (D) All residential hotels, upon request of the dwelling unit guest, shall provide furniture adequate for living, eating, cooking, sanitation, and sleeping within each dwelling unit. Residential hotels may charge appropriate additional fees for the provision of any furniture pursuant to this section. (E) A hotel shall provide at least one bed of a type that is suitable for use with a portable lift that the guest provides in twenty-five per cent of the total number of rooms that the hotel is required to hold out as accessible sleeping rooms or suites, rounded up to the next whole number. The hotel shall satisfy all of the following requirements with respect to that bed: (1) The space between the underside of at least one of the longest sides of the bed frame and the finished floor shall be at least six and one-half inches, shall extend a depth of at least thirty inches from the edge of that side of the bed toward the center line of the bed, and shall be clear of any obstructions, to provide for clearance for the use of a portable lift. Notwithstanding the requirement that the total depth of space described in this division be clear of any obstructions, the legs of the bed may protrude into that space. (2) The side of the bed described in division (E)(1) of this division shall be separated by at least forty-five inches of space between that side and any obstacle or other major elements of the room, to allow for maneuverability. (F) Within forty-five days after the effective date of this amendment, a hotel shall have at least one room that the hotel holds out as an accessible sleeping room or suite that satisfies the requirements of division (E) of this section. Within five years after the effective date of this amendment, or upon completion of the next major renovation of the hotel, whichever occurs first, a hotel shall completely satisfy the requirements specified in that division. No hotel is required to comply with the requirements of this division or division (E) of this section if a federal standard for the type of bed described in division (E) of this section is adopted and becomes effective. (G) A violation of division (E) or (F) of this section is an unlawful discriminatory practice as described in division (G) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code. A person who is injured by an alleged violation of division (E) or (F) of this section may file a complaint with the Ohio civil rights commission in accordance with requirements specified in section 4112.05 of the Revised Code. The commission shall follow the procedures specified in that section for complaints filed for violations of division (G) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code regarding that complaint, except, if the commission determines after a hearing described in division (B) of section 4112.05 of the Revised Code, that a violation has occurred, the commission shall notify the state fire marshal. The state fire marshal, upon receipt of that notice, shall take the action the state fire marshal determines necessary against the owner, keeper, or lessee of that hotel in accordance with sections 3731.05 and 3731.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3752.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3752 / § 3752.15
§ 3752.15. Prohibitions
Status: in_force

July 1, 1995 House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly No person shall falsify, tamper with, or render inaccurate any certification, information, or records required to be kept or submitted under this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. Violation of this section is not falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.01
§ 3704.01. Air pollution control definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Administrator" means the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency or the chief executive of any successor federal agency responsible for implementation of the federal Clean Air Act. (B) "Air contaminant" means particulate matter, dust, fumes, gas, mist, radionuclides, smoke, vapor, or odorous substances, or any combination thereof, but does not mean emissions from agricultural production activities, as defined in section 929.01 of the Revised Code, that are consistent with generally accepted agricultural practices, were established prior to adjacent nonagricultural activities, have no substantial, adverse effect on the public health, safety, or welfare, do not result from the negligent or other improper operations of any such agricultural activities, and would not be required to obtain a Title V permit. For the purposes of this chapter, agricultural production activities do not include the installation and operation of off-farm facilities for the storage or processing of agricultural products, including, but not limited to, alfalfa dehydrating facilities, rendering plants, and feed and grain mills, elevators, and terminals. (C) "Air contaminant source" means each separate operation or activity that results or may result in the emission of any air contaminant. (D) "Air pollution" means the presence in the ambient air of one or more air contaminants or any combination thereof in sufficient quantity and of such characteristics and duration as is or threatens to be injurious to human health or welfare, plant or animal life, or property, or as unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. (E) "Ambient air" means that portion of the atmosphere outside of buildings and other enclosures, stacks, or ducts that surrounds human, plant, or animal life or property. (F) "Best available technology" means any combination of work practices, raw material specifications, throughput limitations, source design characteristics, an evaluation of the annualized cost per ton of pollutant removed, and air pollution control devices that have been previously demonstrated to the director of environmental protection to operate satisfactorily in this state or other states with similar air quality on substantially similar air pollution sources. (G) "Change within a permitted facility" means, within the context of the Title V permit program established under section 3704.036 of the Revised Code, a change that is limited by a federally enforceable provision of an applicable Title V permit and that does not include physical, production, or other changes that are neither addressed nor limited by the federally enforceable portion of a Title V permit unless the change would result in a violation of a federally enforceable requirement or a modification under Title I of the federal Clean Air Act or would be subject to any requirements under Title IV of that act. (H) "Community air monitoring" means any measurement or quantification of ambient air concentrations of an air contaminant, including both one-time monitoring events and multi-sampling events. "Community air monitoring" does not include any of the following: (1) Monitoring conducted using monitoring devices identified in the most recent approved version of the United States environmental protection agency's document entitled "List of Designated Reference and Equivalent Methods"; (2) Monitoring conducted using monitoring devices identified in the most recent approved version of the United State environmental protection agency's document entitled "Air Monitoring Network Plan" that are installed and operated in accordance with 40 C.F.R. 58 by the environmental protection agency or by a local air pollution control authority under the terms of a delegation agreement entered into under section 3704.111 of the Revised Code; (3) Any measurement or quantification of ambient air concentrations of an air contaminant that is specifically identified or described in and either required or allowed to be used for the particular air contaminant source or source category for which it is being used under any of the following: (a) The federal Clean Air Act; (b) Any implementation plan promulgated or approved before the effective date of this amendment ; (c) Any permit, variance, or order issued before the effective date of this amendment or any renewal thereof after the effective date of this amendment ; (d) Any other permit, variance, or order issued on or after the effective date of this amendment, if the use of the measurement system, testing equipment, tool, or process was proposed, requested, or voluntarily accepted by the air contaminant source or sources subject to that permit, variance, or order. (4) Any monitoring system installed and used by the environmental protection agency or by a local air pollution control authority under the terms of a delegation agreement entered into under section 3704.111 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) A monitoring system used to measure polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in ambient air or precipitation, using a technique approved for that purpose by the United States environmental protection agency; (b) A monitoring system used to measure contaminants identified by the American conference of governmental industrial hygienists using methodologies consistent with the procedures identified under method guidelines 1 and 2 of the United States occupational safety and health administration; (c) A monitoring system used to investigate and respond to any accidents, spills, or releases under the authority of any emergency response program developed and implemented under Chapter 3750. of the Revised Code or Chapter 3745-104 of the Administrative Code; (d) A monitoring system used to investigate any release that exceeds the reporting quantities under 40 C.F.R. 302; (e) A monitoring system used to measure any of the compounds identified under section 112(b) of the federal Clean Air Act or Chapter 3745-114 of the Administrative Code; (f) A monitoring system used under the national atmospheric deposition program; (g) A monitoring system used to measure contaminants consistent with the "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Petroleum Refineries," 40 C.F.R. 63, Subpart CC. (I) "Emit" or "emission" means the release into the ambient air of an air contaminant. (J) "Emission limitation" and "emission standard" mean a requirement that limits the quantity, rate, or concentration of emissions of air contaminants, including any requirement relating to the operation or maintenance of an air contaminant source. (K) "Facility," for the purposes of the Title V permit program established under section 3704.036 of the Revised Code, means all of the emitting activities that are located on contiguous or adjacent properties that are under the control of the same person or persons or are under common control and that are in the same major group as described in the standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987. (L) "Federal Clean Air Act" means "Air Quality Act of 1967," 81 Stat. 485, 42 U.S.C. 1857, as amended by "Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970," 84 Stat. 1676, 42 U.S.C. 1857, "Act of November 18, 1971," 85 Stat. 464, 42 U.S.C. 1857, "Act of April 9, 1973," 87 Stat. 11, 42 U.S.C. 1857, "Act of June 24, 1974," 88 Stat. 248, 42 U.S.C. 1857, "Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977," 91 Stat. 685, 42 U.S.C. 7401, "Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1977," 91 Stat. 1393, 42 U.S.C. 7401, "Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990," 104 Stat. 2399, 42 U.S.C.A. 7401, and any other amendments that have been or may hereafter be adopted, or any supplements to those acts and laws of the United States that have been or may hereafter be enacted in substitution therefor, together with any regulations that have been or may hereafter be adopted by the administrator by virtue of and in accordance with those acts and laws. Reference to a particular title or section of the federal Clean Air Act includes any amendments that have been or may hereafter be enacted in substitution therefor and any regulations pertaining to the title or section that have been or may hereafter be adopted by the administrator by virtue of and in accordance with the federal Clean Air Act. (M) "Hazardous air pollutant" means any pollutant listed under section 112(b) of the federal Clean Air Act. (N) "Implementation plan" means a program for the prevention and abatement of air pollution in the state that has been promulgated or approved by the administrator pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act. (O) "Local air pollution control authority" includes all of the following unless terminated by the political subdivisions represented thereby: (1) All of the following agencies representing the following political subdivisions, as those agencies existed on July 1, 1993: (a) The Akron regional air quality management district representing Medina, Summit, and Portage counties; (b) The Canton city health department representing Stark county; (c) The Hamilton county department of environmental services, southwest Ohio air quality agency representing Butler, Warren, Hamilton, and Clermont counties; (d) The city of Cleveland division of the environment representing Cuyahoga county; (e) The regional air pollution control agency representing Darke, Preble, Miami, Montgomery, Clark, and Greene counties; (f) The Lake county general health district representing Lake and Geauga counties; (g) The Portsmouth city health department representing Brown, Adams, Scioto, and Lawrence counties; (h) The city of Toledo division of pollution control representing Lucas county and the city of Rossford in Wood county. (2) Any successor to an existing local air pollution control authority listed in division (O)(1) of this section that results from a change in the political subdivisions comprising the local air pollution control authority through the withdrawal of a political subdivision from membership in the local air pollution control authority or the inclusion of an additional political subdivision in the membership of the local air pollution control authority; (3) Any new local air pollution control authority established on or after July 1, 1993, by one or more political subdivisions of this state for the purposes of exercising the powers reserved to political subdivisions of this state under division (A) of section 3704.11 of the Revised Code. (P) "Person" means the federal government or any agency thereof, the state or any agency thereof, any political subdivision or any agency thereof, or any public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity. (Q) "Research and development sources" means sources whose activities are conducted for nonprofit scientific or educational purposes; sources whose activities are conducted to test more efficient production processes or methods for preventing or reducing adverse environmental impacts, provided that the activities do not include the production of an intermediate or final product for sale or exchange for commercial profit, except in a de minimis manner; a research or laboratory source the primary purpose of which is to conduct research and development into new processes and products, that is operated under the close supervision of technically trained personnel, and that is not engaged in the manufacture of products for sale or exchange for commercial profit, except in a de minimis manner; the temporary use of normal production sources in a research and development mode to test the technical or commercial viability of alternative raw materials or production processes, provided that the use does not include the production of an intermediate or final product for sale or exchange for commercial profit, except in a de minimis manner; the experimental firing of any fuel or combination of fuels in a boiler, heater, furnace, or dryer for the purpose of conducting research and development of more efficient combustion or more effective prevention or control of air pollutant emissions, provided that, during those periods of research and development, the heat generated is not used for normal production purposes or for producing a product for sale or exchange for commercial profit, except in a de minimis manner; and such other similar sources as the director may prescribe by rule. (R) "Responsible official" means one of the following, as applicable: (1) For a corporation: a president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, any other person who performs similar policy or decision-making functions for the corporation, or a duly authorized representative of any such person if the representative is responsible for the overall operation of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities applying for or subject to a Title V permit and if one of the following applies: (a) The facilities employ more than two hundred fifty individuals or have gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding twenty-five million dollars, in second quarter 1980 dollars; (b) The delegation of authority to the representative is approved in advance by the director. (2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general partner or the proprietor, respectively. (3) For the federal government or any agency thereof, the state or any agency thereof, a political subdivision or any agency thereof, or any other public agency, either a principal executive officer or authorized elected official. For the purposes of this division, a principal executive officer of a federal agency includes the chief executive officer having responsibility for the overall operation of a principal geographic unit of the agency. (4) For affected sources, both of the following: (a) The designated representative insofar as actions, standards, requirements, or prohibitions under Title IV of the federal Clean Air Act or regulations adopted under it are concerned; (b) The designated representative for any other purposes under 40 C.F.R. part 70. (S) "Small business stationary source" means any building, structure, facility, or installation that emits any federally regulated air pollutant and is owned or operated by a person who employs one hundred or fewer individuals; is a small business concern as defined in the "Small Business Act," 72 Stat. 384 (1958), 15 U.S.C.A. 632, as amended; is not a major stationary source as defined in section 302(j) of the federal Clean Air Act; does not emit fifty tons or more per year of any federally regulated air pollutant or any hazardous air pollutant; and emits less than seventy-five tons per year of all federally regulated air pollutants. (T) "Title V permit" means an operating permit required to be issued by the state under section 502 of the federal Clean Air Act and issued under section 3704.036 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it. (U) For the purposes of the Title V permit program established under this chapter and rules adopted under it, all terms defined in 40 C.F.R. part 70 have the same meaning as in that part. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3748.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3748 / § 3748.06
§ 3748.06. Compliance with licensing provisions and rules
Status: in_force

September 8, 1995 Senate Bill 19 - 121st General Assembly (A) No facility shall handle radioactive material or radiation-generating equipment for which licensure or registration, respectively, by its handler is required by rules adopted under section 3748.04 of the Revised Code unless the facility has obtained a license or certificate of registration from the department of health. (B) No facility shall handle radioactive material or radiation-generating equipment except in accordance with rules adopted under section 3748.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.532 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.532
§ 3702.532. Notice of violation
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly When the director of health determines that a person has violated section 3702.53 of the Revised Code, the director shall send a notice to the person by certified mail, return receipt requested, specifying the activity constituting the violation and the penalties imposed under section 3702.54 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 20, 2023 at 2:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3729.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3729 / § 3729.10
§ 3729.10. Fees under chapter in lieu of other fees - exception
Status: in_force

October 13, 2004 House Bill 368 - 125th General Assembly Fees authorized or charged under sections 3729.03 and 3729.07 of the Revised Code are in lieu of all license and inspection fees on or with respect to the operation or ownership of recreational vehicle parks, combined park-camps, recreation camps, or temporary park-camps within this state, except that the licensor may charge additional reasonable fees for the collection and bacteriological examination of any necessary water samples taken from any such park, camp, or park-camp.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3741.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3741 / § 3741.07
§ 3741.07. Prohibition
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall violate sections 3741.01 to 3741.06 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, relating to the labeling, marketing, stenciling, selling, offering or exposing for sale, or advertising of paints, mixed paints and similar compounds, naval stores, linseed oil, or white lead by manufacturers or distributors thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3716.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3716 / § 3716.07
§ 3716.07. Notice and hearing required before violation reported to prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or village counsel
Status: in_force

November 1, 1977 House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly Before any violation of section 3716.02 of the Revised Code is reported by the director or board to any prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or village counsel for institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and opportunity to present his views, either orally or in writing, with regard to the contemplated proceeding.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3711.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3711 / § 3711.14
§ 3711.14. Enforcement powers of director
Status: in_force

September 30, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of health may do any of the following: (1) Impose a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars on a person who violates a provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under it; (2) Summarily suspend, in accordance with division (B) of this section, a license issued under this chapter if the director believes there is clear and convincing evidence that the continued operation of a maternity home presents a danger of immediate and serious harm to the public; (3) Revoke a license issued under this chapter if the director determines that a violation of a provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under it has occurred in such a manner as to pose an imminent threat of serious physical or life-threatening danger. (B) If the director suspends a license under division (A)(2) of this section, the director shall serve a written order of suspension in accordance with sections 119.05 and 119.07 of the Revised Code. The order shall not be subject to suspension by the court while an appeal filed under section 119.12 of the Revised Code is pending. If the individual subject to the suspension requests an adjudication, the date set for the adjudication shall be within fifteen days but not earlier than seven days after the individual makes the request, unless another date is agreed to by both the individual and the director. The summary suspension shall remain in effect, unless reversed by the director, until a final adjudication order issued by the director pursuant to this section and Chapter 119. of the Revised Code becomes effective. The director shall issue a final adjudication order not later than ninety days after completion of the adjudication. If the director does not issue a final order within the ninety-day period, the summary suspension shall be void, but any final adjudication order issued subsequent to the ninety-day period shall not be affected. (C) If the director issues an order revoking or suspending a license issued under this chapter and the license holder continues to operate a maternity home, the director may ask the attorney general to apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which the person is located for an order enjoining the person from operating the home. The court shall grant the order on a showing that the person is operating the home. Last updated September 30, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3706.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3706 / § 3706.08
§ 3706.08. Protection and enforcement of rights of bondholder and trustees
Status: in_force

June 1, 1970 House Bill 963 - 108th General Assembly Any holder of air quality revenue bonds issued under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such chapter may be restricted by the applicable resolution or such trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state or granted under such chapter, trust agreement, or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by such chapter, or by the trust agreement or resolution, to be performed by the Ohio air quality development authority or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of rentals or other charges.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.09
§ 3727.09. Trauma care protocols - trauma patient transfer agreements
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 3727.10 and 3727.101 of the Revised Code: (1) "Trauma," "trauma care," "trauma center," "trauma patient," "pediatric," and "adult" have the same meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Stabilize" and "transfer" have the same meanings as in section 1753.28 of the Revised Code. (B) On and after November 3, 2002, each hospital in this state that is not a trauma center shall adopt protocols for adult and pediatric trauma care provided in or by that hospital; each hospital in this state that is an adult trauma center and not a level I or level II pediatric trauma center shall adopt protocols for pediatric trauma care provided in or by that hospital; each hospital in this state that is a pediatric trauma center and not a level I and II adult trauma center shall adopt protocols for adult trauma care provided in or by that hospital. In developing its trauma care protocols, each hospital shall consider the guidelines for trauma care established by the American college of surgeons, the American college of emergency physicians, American academy of emergency nurse practitioners, and the American academy of pediatrics. Trauma care protocols shall be written, comply with applicable federal and state laws, and include policies and procedures with respect to all of the following: (1) Evaluation of trauma patients, including criteria for prompt identification of trauma patients who require a level of adult or pediatric trauma care that exceeds the hospital's capabilities; (2) Emergency treatment and stabilization of trauma patients prior to transfer to an appropriate adult or pediatric trauma center; (3) Timely transfer of trauma patients to appropriate adult or pediatric trauma centers based on a patient's medical needs. Trauma patient transfer protocols shall specify all of the following: (a) Confirmation of the ability of the receiving trauma center to provide prompt adult or pediatric trauma care appropriate to a patient's medical needs; (b) Procedures for selecting an appropriate alternative adult or pediatric trauma center to receive a patient when it is not feasible or safe to transport the patient to a particular trauma center; (c) Advance notification and appropriate medical consultation with the trauma center to which a trauma patient is being, or will be, transferred; (d) Procedures for selecting an appropriate method of transportation and the hospital responsible for arranging or providing the transportation; (e) Confirmation of the ability of the persons and vehicle that will transport a trauma patient to provide appropriate adult or pediatric trauma care; (f) Assured communication with, and appropriate medical direction of, the persons transporting a trauma patient to a trauma center; (g) Identification and timely transfer of appropriate medical records of the trauma patient being transferred; (h) The hospital responsible for care of a patient in transit; (i) The responsibilities of the physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner attending a patient and, if different, the physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner who authorizes a transfer of the patient; (j) Procedures for determining, in consultation with an appropriate adult or pediatric trauma center and the persons who will transport a trauma patient, when transportation of the patient to a trauma center may be delayed for either of the following reasons: (i) Immediate transfer of the patient is unsafe due to adverse weather or ground conditions. (ii) No trauma center is able to provide appropriate adult or pediatric trauma care to the patient without undue delay. (4) Peer review and quality assurance procedures for adult and pediatric trauma care provided in or by the hospital. (C)(1) On and after November 3, 2002, each hospital shall enter into all of the following written agreements unless otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section: (a) An agreement with one or more adult trauma centers in each level of categorization as a trauma center higher than the hospital that governs the transfer of adult trauma patients from the hospital to those trauma centers; (b) An agreement with one or more pediatric trauma centers in each level of categorization as a trauma center higher than the hospital that governs the transfer of pediatric trauma patients from the hospital to those trauma centers. (2) A level I or level II adult trauma center is not required to enter into an adult trauma patient transfer agreement with another hospital. A level I or level II pediatric trauma center is not required to enter into a pediatric trauma patient transfer agreement with another hospital. A hospital is not required to enter into an adult trauma patient transfer agreement with a level III or level IV adult trauma center, or enter into a pediatric trauma patient transfer agreement with a level III or level IV pediatric trauma center, if no trauma center of that type is reasonably available to receive trauma patients transferred from the hospital. (3) A trauma patient transfer agreement entered into by a hospital under division (C)(1) of this section shall comply with applicable federal and state laws and contain provisions conforming to the requirements for trauma care protocols set forth in division (B) of this section. (D) A hospital shall make trauma care protocols it adopts under division (B) of this section and trauma patient transfer agreements it adopts under division (C) of this section available for public inspection during normal working hours. A hospital shall furnish a copy of such documents upon request and may charge a reasonable and necessary fee for doing so, provided that upon request it shall furnish a copy of such documents to the director of health free of charge. (E) A hospital that ceases to operate as an adult or pediatric trauma center under provisional status is not in violation of divisions (B) and (C) of this section during the time it develops different trauma care protocols and enters into different patient transfer agreements pursuant to division (D)(2)(c) of section 3727.101 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.16
§ 3704.16. Prohibiting tampering with motor vehicle emission control systems
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 403 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 3704.16 to 3704.162 of the Revised Code: (1) "Tamper with" means to remove permanently, bypass, defeat, or render inoperative, in whole or part, any emission control system that is installed on or in a motor vehicle. (2) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Emission control system" means any system designated by the United States environmental protection agency as an emission control system under Title II of the "Clean Air Act Amendments." "Emission control system" includes any device or element of design of the system. (4) "Clean Air Act Amendments" has the same meaning as in section 3704.14 of the Revised Code. (5) Notwithstanding section 3704.01 of the Revised Code, "person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Sell, offer for sale, possess for sale, advertise, manufacture, install, or use any part or component intended for use with or as part of any motor vehicle when the primary effect is to bypass, defeat, or render inoperative, in whole or part, the emission control system; (2) Introduce a leaded fuel into a motor vehicle that is designed, manufactured, or certified by the United States environmental protection agency to use only unleaded fuels; (3) Tamper with any emission control system installed on or in a motor vehicle prior to its sale and delivery to the ultimate purchaser; (4) Violate any rule or order the director of environmental protection adopts or issues under section 3704.161 of the Revised Code; (5) Refuse to permit the director or the director's designee to inspect any motor vehicle or documents as provided in division (A) of section 3704.161 of the Revised Code. The sale, offering for sale, possession for sale, advertisement, manufacture, installation, and use of a part or component in violation of division (B)(1) of this section all constitute separate offenses. (C) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Operate a motor vehicle that has been tampered with if the motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine has been certified by the United States environmental protection agency as meeting federal or California emission control standards; (2) Sell, lease, rent, or offer to sell, lease, or rent, or transfer or offer to transfer title or a right to possession of a motor vehicle that has been tampered with; (3) Tamper with any emission control system installed on or in a motor vehicle after sale, lease, or rental and delivery of the vehicle to the ultimate purchaser, lessee, or renter. The sale, lease, rental, and offer to sell, lease, or rent, and other transfer or offer to transfer of title or a right to possession of a motor vehicle in violation of division (C)(2) of this section all constitute separate offenses. (D) Division (C)(2) of this section does not apply to any of the following: (1) Any person who sells, leases, rents, or offers to sell, lease, or rent, or transfers or offers to transfer title or a right to possession of a motor vehicle that has been tampered with if the person is acting as a motor vehicle auction owner, a special auctioneer, or a salvage motor vehicle auction and if the person holds a current and appropriate license to engage in those activities issued under Chapter 4517., 4707., or 4738. of the Revised Code; (2) The sale, lease, rental, or offer to sell, lease, or rent, or transfer or offer to transfer title or right to possession of a motor vehicle that has been tampered with if the vehicle is titled with a salvage certificate of title issued under section 4505.11 of the Revised Code; (3) A motor vehicle dealer who sells or offers to sell, or transfers or offers to transfer title to, a motor vehicle that has been tampered with to another motor vehicle dealer through a motor vehicle auction if all of the following occur: (a) The dealer discloses to the auction that the vehicle has been tampered with. (b) The auction announces during, or as part of, the vehicle auction process that the vehicle has been tampered with. (c) The auction identifies the vehicle as having been tampered with in any written description of the vehicle. (d) The auction provides the buyer and seller of the vehicle with a receipt or other written documentation after the sale that identifies the vehicle as having been tampered with. (E) Notwithstanding divisions (B)(1) and (3) and (C)(3) of this section, it is not a violation of those divisions if either of the following conditions is met: (1) The action is taken for the purpose of repair or replacement of the emission control system or is a necessary and temporary procedure to repair or replace any other item on the motor vehicle and the action results in the system's compliance with the "Clean Air Act Amendments"; (2) The action is for the purpose of converting a motor vehicle to use a clean alternative fuel, as defined in Title II of the "Clean Air Act Amendments," the motor vehicle complies with the applicable standard adopted under Section 202 of that act when operating on the fuel, an emission control system is installed or replaced upon completion of the conversion, and the action results in the system's compliance with that act when the motor vehicle operates on the fuel for which it originally was designed. Last updated March 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.133 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.133
§ 3701.133. Meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B information
Status: in_force

July 14, 2004 House Bill 142 - 125th General Assembly (A) The department of health shall make available on its web site information about the risks associated with meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B, the availability of vaccines, and the effectiveness of the vaccines. The department shall provide written notice of the availability of meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B information on the web site to all of the following: (1) Each city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, as defined in Chapter 3311. of the Revised Code; (2) Each nonpublic school, whether chartered, nonchartered, or nontax supported, that enrolls students in ninth grade or the equivalent educational level; (3) Each community school created under section 3314.01 of the Revised Code, that enrolls students in ninth grade or the equivalent educational level; (4) Each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; (5) Each nonprofit institution of higher education, as defined in section 1713.55 of the Revised Code; (6) Each private career school, as defined in section 3332.01 of the Revised Code. (B) In addition to the information provided for in division (A) of this section, the department of health shall make available on its web site, in a format suitable for downloading, a meningitis and hepatitis B vaccination status statement form for a student or, if the student is younger than eighteen years of age, the student's parent, to complete to disclose whether the student has been vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B. The form shall include all of the following: (1) The information described in division (A) of this section and a means for the student or the student's parent to acknowledge having received and read the information; (2) A space for the student or the student's parent to indicate one of the following: (a) The student has been vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis, and the year the vaccination was given. (b) The student has not been vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis. (3) A space for the student or the student's parent to indicate one of the following: (a) The student has been vaccinated against hepatitis B, and the year the vaccination was given. (b) The student has not been vaccinated against hepatitis B.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3717.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3717 / § 3717.52
§ 3717.52. Director of health to adopt rules
Status: in_force

April 7, 2023 House Bill 507 - 134th General Assembly Pursuant to section 3717.04 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall adopt rules establishing procedures for the following: (A) Appeals of proposed suspension or revocation of food service operation licenses and appeals of suspension of licenses issued for violations presenting immediate danger to the public health; (B)(1) Surveys conducted by the director to determine whether boards of health are qualified and have the capacity to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it applicable to food service operations and to abide by the Ohio uniform food safety code. The rules shall require, as part of a survey, both of the following: (a) The director to evaluate whether an individual registered as an environmental health specialist or an environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 4736. of the Revised Code who is employed by or has contracted with a board of health to enforce this chapter as it relates to food service operations has sufficient knowledge of the provisions of this chapter, rules adopted under it, and of the Ohio uniform food safety code to conduct such enforcement; (b) The director to evaluate an individual under division (B)(1)(a) of this section solely through the use of an objective written or electronic assessment that complies with all of the following: (i) It is developed by the director in consultation with representatives from the Ohio environmental health association and the association of Ohio health commissioners. (ii) It does not exceed fifty questions in length. (iii) In order to pass the assessment, the individual must correctly answer eighty per cent or more of the questions in the assessment. Questions on the exam shall be derived from the most common violations cited during the previous inspection year. (iv) The individual is allowed to review the Ohio uniform food safety code during the assessment. (2) The director, in consultation with representatives from the Ohio environmental health association and the association of Ohio health commissioners, shall review and update the assessment described in division (B)(1)(b) of this section on at least a biennial basis. (3) For purposes of any field review portion of the survey, the director may require a registered environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training to participate in the field review for training and educational purposes. However, the director shall not use such participation to evaluate whether the registered environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training has sufficient knowledge of this chapter, rules adopted under it, and of the Ohio uniform food safety code. (C) Reinstatement of a board of health as a licensor after the director has revoked the approval of the board; (D) Procedures for providing enforcement support to a board of health requesting assistance in the prosecution of a person for a violation of the provisions of this chapter applicable to food service operations; (E) Procedures for resolving disputes between licensors and the holders of licenses for food service operations. Last updated March 21, 2023 at 10:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.26
§ 3781.26. Protection service for underground utility facilities
Status: in_force

March 27, 2013 House Bill 458 - 129th General Assembly (A) Each utility that owns or operates underground utility facilities shall participate in and register the location of its underground utility facilities with a protection service that serves the area where the facilities are located. A utility may elect to participate in the service on a limited basis and if it does so, it shall register the location of its underground utility facilities by identifying the municipal corporations, and outside the limits of a municipal corporation, the townships by county and, where applicable, the immediate geographic area in which it has facilities. The service shall establish reasonable fees for limited basis participants. (B) Protection services, utilities, commercial excavators, excavation equipment dealers, the public utilities commission of Ohio, the board of building standards, local law enforcement agencies, and fire departments should publicize the importance of ascertaining the location of underground utility facilities before excavating and the use of protection services to ascertain that information. (C) A protection service shall maintain records of notifications received from developers, designers, and excavators, and of its notifications made to utilities, developers, designers, and excavators, under sections 3781.27 and 3781.28 of the Revised Code. The records of a protection service shall identify by reference number, the notifications it received regarding a proposed excavation site, the notifications it provided regarding a proposed excavation site, and the date and time of each notification. (D) Each utility fully participating in a protection service pursuant to this section shall also participate in its affiliated positive response system. Each utility participating in a protection service on a limited basis shall directly communicate to the excavator the presence or absence of any conflict between the existing underground utility facilities and the proposed excavation site.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.341 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.341
§ 3781.341. Conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly A member of the underground technical committee who has a conflict of interest in a particular review under section 4913.15 of the Revised Code shall declare the conflict to the committee and recuse self from committee discussions and voting regarding that review.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3742.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3742 / § 3742.40
§ 3742.40. Prohibiting use of unit, facility, or school
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly If the owner and manager of a residential unit, child care facility, or school fails or refuses for any reason to comply with a lead hazard control order issued under section 3742.37 of the Revised Code, the director of health or board of health that issued the order shall issue an order prohibiting the owner and manager from permitting the unit, facility, or school to be used for any purpose until the unit, facility, or school passes a clearance examination. On receipt of the order, the owner or manager shall take appropriate measures to notify each occupant, in the case of a residential unit, and the parent, guardian, or custodian of each child attending the facility or school, in the case of a child care facility or school, to vacate the unit, facility, or school until the unit, facility, or school passes a clearance examination. The director or board shall post a sign at the unit, facility, or school that warns the public that the unit, facility, or school has a lead hazard. The sign shall include a declaration that the unit, facility, or school is unsafe for human occupation, especially for children under six years of age and pregnant women. The director or board shall ensure that the sign remains posted at the unit, facility, or school and that the unit, facility, or school is not used until the unit, facility, or school passes a clearance examination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.08
§ 3719.08. Label required
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this division, "repackager" and "outsourcing facility" have the same meanings as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. Whenever a manufacturer sells a controlled substance, and whenever a wholesaler, repackager, or outsourcing facility sells a controlled substance in a package the wholesaler, repackager, or outsourcing facility has prepared, the manufacturer or the wholesaler, repackager, or outsourcing facility, as the case may be, shall securely affix to each package in which the controlled substance is contained a label showing in legible English the name and address of the vendor and the quantity, kind, and form of controlled substance contained therein. No person, except a pharmacist for the purpose of dispensing a controlled substance upon a prescription shall alter, deface, or remove any label so affixed. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, when a pharmacist dispenses any controlled substance on a prescription for use by a patient, or supplies a controlled substance to a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs for use by the professional in personally furnishing patients with controlled substances, the pharmacist shall affix to the container in which the controlled substance is dispensed or supplied a label showing the following: (1) The name and address of the pharmacy dispensing or supplying the controlled substance; (2) The name of the patient for whom the controlled substance is prescribed and, if the patient is an animal, the name of the owner and the species of the animal; (3) The name of the prescriber; (4) All directions for use stated on the prescription or provided by the prescriber; (5) The date on which the controlled substance was dispensed or supplied; (6) The name, quantity, and strength of the controlled substance and, if applicable, the name of the distributor or manufacturer. (C) The requirements of division (B) of this section do not apply when a controlled substance is prescribed or supplied for administration to an ultimate user who is institutionalized. (D) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who personally furnishes a controlled substance to a patient shall comply with division (A) of section 4729.291 of the Revised Code with respect to labeling and packaging of the controlled substance. (E) No person shall alter, deface, or remove any label affixed pursuant to this section as long as any of the original contents remain. (F) Every label for a schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance shall contain the following warning: "Caution: federal law prohibits the transfer of this drug to any person other than the patient for whom it was prescribed."
Ohio Rev. Code § 3791.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3791 / § 3791.99
§ 3791.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (D) of section 3791.21 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and each day the violation continues constitutes a separate offense. (B) Whoever violates this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued pursuant to it that relates to the construction, alteration, or repair of any building, and the violation is not detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of any person, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. (C) Whoever violates this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued pursuant to it that relates to the construction, alteration, or repair of any building, and the violation is detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of any person, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.29
§ 3735.29. Member or employee shall not have any interest in property
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No member or employee of a metropolitan housing authority shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract for property, materials, or services to be acquired by said authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3725.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3725 / § 3725.06
§ 3725.06. Monthly report to health commissioner
Status: in_force

September 19, 1975 House Bill 554 - 111th General Assembly Each plasmapheresis center shall report monthly to the health commissioner of the city or general health district or other administrator of public health appointed under Chapter 3709. of the Revised Code for the health district in which the center is located, the total number of plasma donations received, the total number of hepatitis B antigen positive donations received, and the names of all hepatitis B antigen positive donors. Each plasmapheresis center shall also report to such administrator the names of all personnel and donors who develop hepatitis or other diseases or serious reactions related to plasmapheresis, and shall report immediately the names of all donors testing positive for syphilis. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.83
§ 3737.83. Provisions to be included in state fire code
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The state fire marshal shall, as part of the state fire code, adopt rules to: (A) Establish minimum standards of performance for fire protection equipment and fire fighting equipment; (B) Establish minimum standards of training, fix minimum qualifications, and require certificates for all persons who engage in the business for profit of installing, testing, repairing, or maintaining fire protection equipment; (C) Provide for the issuance of certificates required under division (B) of this section and establish the fees to be charged for such certificates. A certificate shall be granted, renewed, or revoked according to rules the state fire marshal shall adopt, except that the state fire marshal shall grant a certificate in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license or certificate in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a person engaged in the business of installing, testing, repairing, or maintaining fire protection equipment in a state that does not issue that certificate. (D) Establish minimum standards of flammability for consumer goods in any case where the federal government or any department or agency thereof has established, or may from time to time establish standards of flammability for consumer goods. The standards established by the state fire marshal shall be identical to the minimum federal standards. In any case where the federal government or any department or agency thereof, establishes standards of flammability for consumer goods subsequent to the adoption of a flammability standard by the state fire marshal, standards previously adopted by the state fire marshal shall not continue in effect to the extent such standards are not identical to the minimum federal standards. With respect to the adoption of minimum standards of flammability, this division shall supersede any authority granted a political subdivision by any other section of the Revised Code. (E) Establish minimum standards pursuant to section 5104.05 of the Revised Code for fire prevention and fire safety in child care centers and in type A family child care homes, as defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code. (F) Establish minimum standards for fire prevention and safety in a residential facility licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code that provides accommodations, supervision, and personal care services for three to sixteen unrelated adults. The state fire marshal shall adopt the rules under this division in consultation with the director of mental health and addiction services and interested parties designated by the director of mental health and addiction services. (G)(1) Establish that, for buildings and structures incident to the agricultural purposes of the land and determined to be exempt from the rules of the board of building standards pursuant to division (B)(1) of section 3781.06 or section 3781.061 of the Revised Code, the occupant load of a covered patio and its area are not to be included in the fire area calculation of the building for the determination of sprinkler thresholds, if all the following apply: (a) The building or structure would be classified as an assembly occupancy. (b) The covered patio is either: (i) Completely open to the atmosphere without enclosing walls on at least three sides all year with accessible means of egress on each open side; (ii) Completely open to the atmosphere without enclosing walls on two sides all year with accessible means of egress on each open side, but only if no point in the covered patio area is more than twenty feet from an accessible means of egress and not more than fifty per cent of the perimeter of the covered patio area is enclosed by walls. (c) The occupant load of the covered patio does not exceed one hundred occupants. (d) The floor area of the covered patio is at the level of exit discharge. (e) If the patio is constructed on or after the effective date of this amendment, the horizontal assembly or roof and columns are constructed of materials that are non-combustible, limited-combustible, or fire-retardant treated wood. (2) If a building or zoning official makes a determination pursuant to division (B)(1) of section 3781.06 or section 3781.061 of the Revised Code that results in a building or structure being exempt from the rules of the board of building standards, such official shall provide a written notification to the affected party that the state fire code applies to the exempt location, including as specified in this section. (3) Nothing in division (G) of this section shall be construed to limit or restrict the scope of application of the state fire code, except as expressly provided in division (G)(1) of this section, including the distinct hazard or serious hazard standards specified in the state fire code. (4) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under division (G)(1) of this section is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.035 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.035
§ 3704.035. Title V clean air fund; non-Title V clean air fund
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Title V clean air fund. Except as otherwise provided in division (K) of section 3745.11 of the Revised Code, all moneys collected under division (B) of that section, and any gifts, grants, or contributions received by the director of environmental protection for the purposes of the fund, shall be credited to the fund. The director shall expend all moneys credited to the fund solely to administer and enforce the Title V program pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act, this chapter, and rules adopted under it, except as costs relating to enforcement are limited by the federal Clean Air Act. The director shall establish separate and distinct accounting for all such moneys. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the non-Title V clean air fund. All money collected under section 3710.15 and divisions (D), (F), (G), (H), (I), and (J) of section 3745.11 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the fund. In addition, any gifts, grants, or contributions received by the director for the purposes of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The director shall expend money in the fund exclusively to pay the cost of administering and enforcing the laws of this state pertaining to the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution, the prevention, control, and abatement of asbestos, rules adopted under those laws, and terms and conditions of permits, variances, and orders issued under those laws, and asbestos abatement licensure and certification issued under those laws. However, the director shall not expend money credited to the fund for the administration and enforcement of the Title V permit program established under this chapter and rules adopted under it or motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs established under sections 3704.14 , 3704.141 , 3704.16 , 3704.161 , and 3704.162 of the Revised Code. (C) The director shall report biennially to the general assembly the amounts of fees and other moneys credited to the funds under this section and the amounts expended from them for each of the various air pollution control programs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.48
§ 3734.48. Coal combustion residuals
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Coal combustion residuals" means fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, and flue gas desulfurization materials generated from burning coal for the purpose of generating electricity by electric utilities and independent power producers, as defined in 40 C.F.R. Part 257. (2) "Coal combustion residuals landfill" means an area of land or an excavation that receives coal combustion residuals that is not a coal combustion residuals surface impoundment, an underground injection well, a salt dome formation, a salt bed formation, an underground or surface mine, or a cave. "Coal combustion residuals landfill" includes sand and gravel pits and quarries that receive coal combustion residuals, coal combustion residuals piles, and any practice that does not meet the definition of a beneficial use of coal combustion residuals under 40 C.F.R. Part 257. (3) "Coal combustion residuals pile" means any noncontainerized accumulation of solid, nonflowing coal combustion residuals that is placed on the land. "Coal combustion residuals pile" does not mean coal combustion residuals that are beneficially used off-site. (4) "Coal combustion residuals surface impoundment" means a natural topographic depression, manmade excavation, or diked area that is designed to hold an accumulation of coal combustion residuals and liquids and a coal combustion residual unit at which coal combustion residuals are treated, stored, or disposed in accordance with 40 C.F.R. Part 257. (5) "Coal combustion residuals unit" means any coal combustion residuals landfill, coal combustion residuals surface impoundment, including any lateral expansion of a coal combustion residuals unit, or a combination thereof. "Coal combustion residuals unit" includes both new units and units existing prior to the effective date of this section unless otherwise specified in 40 C.F.R. Part 257. (B) The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules having uniform application throughout the state governing coal combustion residuals units. The director shall ensure that the rules are equivalent to, but not more stringent than, 40 C.F.R. Part 257. The rules shall address all of the following: (1) Additional definitions relating to coal combustion residuals; (2) Siting criteria; (3) Groundwater monitoring requirements; (4) Design and construction requirements; (5) Financial assurance requirements; (6) Closure and post-closure requirements; (7) Any other requirement that the director determines is necessary for the administration of this section. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, a coal combustion residuals unit that is subject to rules adopted under this section or 40 C.F.R. Part 257 is not subject to any of the following: (1) Any other section of this chapter; (2) Rules adopted under any other section of this chapter; (3) Section 6111.04 of the Revised Code. (D) The director may adopt rules under this section that require a coal combustion residuals unit to obtain a permit-to-install or national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under section 6111.03 of the Revised Code. (E) The director shall prescribe and furnish any forms necessary to administer and enforce this section. The director may cooperate with and enter into agreements with other state, local, or federal agencies to carry out the purposes of this section. Last updated September 26, 2023 at 5:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.78 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.78
§ 3701.78. Commission on minority health
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the commission on minority health, consisting of twenty-two members. The governor shall appoint to the commission nine members from among health researchers, health planners, and health professionals. The governor also shall appoint two members who are representatives of the lupus awareness and education program. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint to the commission two members of the house of representatives, not more than one of whom is a member of the same political party, and the president of the senate shall appoint to the commission two members of the senate, not more than one of whom is a member of the same political party. The following shall be members of the commission: the directors of health, mental health and addiction services, developmental disabilities, aging, children and youth, and job and family services, or their designees; the medicaid director, or the director's designee; and the director of education and workforce, or the director's designee. The commission shall elect a chairperson from among its members. Of the members appointed by the governor, five shall be appointed to initial terms of one year, and four shall be appointed to initial terms of two years. Thereafter, all members appointed by the governor shall be appointed to terms of two years. All members of the commission appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate shall be nonvoting members of the commission and be appointed within forty-five days after the commencement of the first regular session of each general assembly, and shall serve until the expiration of the session of the general assembly during which they were appointed. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses they incur in the performance of their official duties. (B) The commission shall promote health and the prevention of disease among members of minority groups. Each year the commission shall distribute grants from available funds to community-based health groups to be used to promote health and the prevention of disease among members of minority groups. As used in this division, "minority group" means any of the following economically disadvantaged groups: Blacks, American Indians, Hispanics, and Orientals. The commission shall adopt and maintain rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to provide for the distribution of these grants. No group shall qualify to receive a grant from the commission unless it receives at least twenty per cent of its funds from sources other than grants distributed under this section. (C) The commission may appoint such employees as it considers necessary to carry out its duties under this section. The department of health shall provide office space for the commission. (D) The commission shall meet at the call of its chairperson to conduct its official business. A majority of the voting members of the commission constitute a quorum. The votes of at least eight voting members of the commission are necessary for the commission to take any official action or to approve the distribution of grants under this section. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.52
§ 3773.52. Inspectors
Status: in_force

September 3, 1996 Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly The Ohio athletic commission shall employ inspectors to attend each public boxing match or exhibition held under a permit issued under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code. Only one inspector shall be assigned to any one facility for any one match or exhibition. Any member of the commission may act as an inspector, and when acting as an inspector shall be paid as provided in this section. The inspector shall monitor the sale of tickets from the premises box office on the day of the match or exhibition and, immediately following the counting of the gross proceeds, obtain a box office statement from the person conducting the match or exhibition and mail it to the commission. The inspector shall have complete access to any books, records, and papers pertaining to the match or exhibition. The inspector shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars with sufficient sureties to be approved by and made payable to the treasurer of state. The bond shall be filed with the secretary of state. The compensation of such inspector for attending a match or exhibition, and the inspector's actual and necessary travel expenses, shall be charged to the holder of the permit at whose facility the inspector serves. The inspector shall be paid a salary fixed in accordance with Chapter 124. of the Revised Code. The inspector may order a prize, remuneration, purse, or any part thereof withheld from a contestant if the inspector believes the contestant did not compete to the best of the contestant's ability. The inspector shall file any charges with the commission which shall hold an adjudication under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and issue a final order within thirty days after the inspector files charges. If the commission finds that the contestant did not compete to the best of the contestant's ability, it may revoke the contestant's license. When a license is so revoked, any prize, remuneration, purse, or part thereof that the contestant otherwise would have received shall be paid to the commission and shall become the property of the state.