Ohio Rev. Code § 3799.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3799 / § 3799.01
§ 3799.01. Compact
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly Article I. Definitions For purposes of this compact: 1. "Compacting state" means either of the following: a. Any state that has enacted the compact and which has not withdrawn or been suspended pursuant to Article XIV of the compact; b. The federal government in accordance with the commission's bylaws. 2. "Compact" means the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases enacted in this section. 3. "Non-compacting state" means any state or the federal government, if it is not at the time a compacting state. 4. "Public health expenses" means the amount of all costs paid by taxpayers in a specified geographic area relating to a particular disease. 5. "State" means any state, district, or territory of the United States of America. Article II. Establishment of the Commission; Membership 1. Upon the enactment of the compact by six states, the compacting states shall establish the Solemn Covenant of States Commission. 2. The commission is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of each of the compacting states and is solely responsible for its liabilities, except as otherwise specifically provided in the compact. 3. Each compacting state shall be represented by one member as selected by the compacting state. Each compacting state shall determine its member's qualifications and period of service and shall be responsible for any action to remove or suspend its member or to fill the member's position if it becomes vacant. Nothing in the compact shall be construed to affect a compacting state's authority regarding the qualification, selection, or service of its own member. Article III. Powers of the Commission 1. To adopt bylaws and rules pursuant to Articles V and VI of the compact, which shall have the force and effect of law and shall be binding in the compacting states to the extent and in the manner provided in the compact; 2. To receive and review in an expeditious manner treatments and therapeutic protocols for the cure of disease submitted to the commission and to award prizes for submissions that meet the commission's standards for a successful cure treatment or therapeutic protocol; 3. To make widely available a cure treatment or therapeutic protocol upon a prize winner claiming a prize and transferring any intellectual property necessary for the manufacture and distribution of the cure in accordance with section 3.g.i. of Article VI, including by arranging or contracting for the manufacturing, production, or provision of any drug, serum, or other substance, device, or process, provided that the commission does not market the cure or conduct any other activity regarding the cure not specifically authorized in the compact; 4. To establish a selling price for the cure, which shall be not more than the expenses for the cure's manufacturing, distribution, licensing, and any other necessary governmental requirements for compacting states, or those expenses plus any royalty fees, for noncompacting states; the price shall not include the expenses of any other activities; 5. In non-compacting states and foreign countries, to establish and collect royalty fees imposed on manufacturers, producers, and providers of any drug, serum, or other substance, device, or process used for a cure treatment or therapeutic protocol, for which a prize is awarded; royalty fees may be added to the sales price of the cure pursuant to section 4 of this Article; provided that the royalty fees shall cumulatively be not more than the estimated five-year savings in public health expenses for that state or country, as calculated by actuaries employed or contracted by the commission; 6. To do the following regarding the collected royalty fees: a. Pay or reimburse expenses related to the payment of a prize, which shall include employing or contracting actuaries to calculate annual taxpayer savings amounts in compacting states in accordance with section 3.g.iii. of Article VI, and payment of interest and other expenses related to a loan obtained in accordance with section 3.g.vi. of Article VI; b. Annually disburse any amounts remaining after making payments or reimbursements under section 6.a. of this article as refunds to compacting states based on the per cent of the state's prize obligation in relation to the total obligation amount of all compacting states; 7. To bring and prosecute legal proceedings or actions in its name as the commission; 8. To issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence; 9. To establish and maintain offices; 10. To borrow, accept, or contract for personnel services, including personnel services from employees of a compacting state; 11. To hire employees, professionals, or specialists, and elect or appoint officers, and to fix their compensation, define their duties and give them appropriate authority to carry out the purposes of the compact, and determine their qualifications; and to establish the commission's personnel policies and programs relating to, among other things, conflicts of interest, rates of compensation, and qualifications of personnel; 12. To accept any and all appropriate donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services, and to receive, utilize, and dispose of the same; provided that at all times the commission shall strive to avoid any appearance of impropriety; 13. To lease, purchase, or accept appropriate gifts or donations of, or otherwise to own, hold, improve, or use, any property, real, personal, or mixed; provided, that at all times the commission shall strive to avoid any appearance of impropriety; 14. To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon, or otherwise dispose of any property, real, personal, or mixed; 15. To monitor compacting states for compliance with the commission's bylaws and rules; 16. To enforce compliance by compacting states with the commission's bylaws and rules; 17. To provide for dispute resolution among compacting states or between the commission and those who submit treatments and therapeutic protocols for the cure of disease for consideration; 18. To establish a budget and make expenditures; 19. To borrow money; 20. To appoint committees, including management, legislative, and advisory committees comprised of members, state legislators or their representatives, medical professionals, and such other interested persons as may be designated by the commission; 21. To establish annual membership dues for compacting states, which shall be used for daily expenses of the commission and not for interest or prize payments; 22. To adopt and use a corporate seal; 23. To perform such other functions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this compact. Article IV. Meetings and Voting 1. The commission shall meet and take such actions as are consistent with the compact, bylaws, and rules. 2. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum necessary in order to conduct business or take actions at meetings of the commission. 3. Each member of the commission shall have the right and power to cast one vote regarding matters determined or actions to be taken by the commission. Each member shall have the right and power to participate in the business and affairs of the commission. 4. A member shall vote in person or by such other means as provided in the commission's bylaws. The commission's bylaws may provide for members' participation in meetings by telephone or other means of communication. 5. The commission shall meet at least once during each calendar year. Additional meetings shall be held as set forth in the commission's bylaws. 6. No decision of the commission with respect to the approval of an award for a treatment or therapeutic process for the cure of a disease shall be effective unless two-thirds of all the members of the commission vote in favor thereof. 7. Guidelines and voting requirements for all other decisions of the commission shall be established in the commission's bylaws. Article V. Bylaws The commission shall, by a majority vote of all the members of the commission, prescribe bylaws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes, and exercise the powers, of the compact, including, but not limited to: 1. Establishing the fiscal year of the commission; 2. Providing reasonable procedures for appointing and electing members, as well as holding meetings, of the management committee; 3. Providing reasonable standards and procedures: a. For the establishment and meetings of other committees; b. Governing any general or specific delegation of any authority or function of the commission; and c. Voting guidelines and procedures for commission decisions. 4. Providing reasonable procedures for calling and conducting meetings of the commission that shall consist of requiring a quorum to be present, ensuring reasonable advance notice of each such meeting and providing for the right of citizens to attend each such meeting with enumerated exceptions designed to protect the public's interest and the privacy of individuals. 5. Providing a list of matters about which the commission may go into executive session and requiring a majority of all members of the commission vote to enter into such session. As soon as practicable, the commission shall make public: a. A copy of the vote to go into executive session, revealing the vote of each member with no proxy votes allowed; and b. The matter requiring executive session, without identifying the actual issues or individuals involved. 6. Establishing the titles, duties, authority, and reasonable procedures for the election of the officers of the commission; 7. Providing reasonable standards and procedures for the establishment of the personnel policies and programs of the commission. Notwithstanding any civil service or other similar laws of any compacting state, the commission's bylaws shall exclusively govern the personnel policies and programs of the commission; 8. Allowing a mechanism for: a. The federal government to join as a compacting state; and b. Foreign countries or subdivisions of those countries to join as liaison members by adopting the compact; provided that adopting countries or subdivisions shall not have voting power or the power to bind the commission in any way. 9. Adopting a code of ethics to address permissible and prohibited activities of members and employees; 10. Providing for the maintenance of the commission's books and records; 11. Governing the acceptance of and accounting for donations, annual member dues, and other sources of funding and establishing the proportion of these funds to be allocated to prize amounts for treatments and therapeutic protocols that cure disease; 12. Governing any fund raising efforts in which the commission wishes to engage; and 13. Providing a mechanism for winding up the operations of the commission and the equitable disposition of any surplus funds that may exist after the termination of the compact after the payment and reserving of all its debts and obligations. Article VI. Rules 1. The commission shall adopt rules to do the following: a. Effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of this compact; b. Govern the methods, processes, and any other aspect of the research, creation, and testing of a treatment or therapeutic protocol for each disease for which a prize may be awarded. 2. The commission shall also adopt rules establishing the criteria for defining and classifying the diseases for which prizes shall be awarded. The commission may define and classify subsets of diseases, for example, tubular carcinoma of the breast. For purposes of sections 3.a. and c. of this article, a subset of a disease shall be considered one disease. The commission may consult the most recent edition of the international classification of disease as published by the world health organization or other definitions agreed to by a two-thirds vote of the commission. 3. The commission shall also adopt rules regarding prizes for curing diseases that establish the following: a. At least ten major diseases for which to create prizes, which shall be determined based on the following factors: i. The severity of the disease to a human individual's overall health and well-being; ii. The survival rate or severity of impact of the disease; iii. The public health expenses and treatment expenses for the disease. b. The criteria a treatment or therapeutic protocol must meet in order to be considered a cure for any of the diseases for which a prize may be awarded, which shall include the following requirements: i. It must be approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration or have otherwise obtained legal status for the compact to immediately contract to manufacture and distribute in the United States; ii. Except as provided in section 4. of this article, it must yield a significant increase in survival with respect to the diseases if early death is the usual outcome; iii. It requires less than one year of the treatment or protocol to completely cure the disease. c. The procedure for determining the diseases for which to award prizes, which includes the option to award prizes for more than ten diseases that meet the above criteria, if agreed to by two-thirds vote of the commission, and a requirement to update the list every three years. d. The submission and evaluation procedures and guidelines, including filing and review procedures, a requirement that the person or entity submitting the cure bears the burden of proof in demonstrating that the treatment or therapeutic protocol meets the above criteria, and limitations preventing public access to treatment or protocol submissions. e. The estimated five-year public health savings that would result from a cure, which shall be equal to the five-year public health expenses for each disease in each compacting state, and a procedure to update these expenses every three years in conjunction with the requirements in section 3.c. of this article. The estimated five-year public health savings amount shall be calculated, estimated, and publicized every three years by actuaries employed or contracted by the commission. f. The prize amount with respect to cures for each disease, which shall be equal to the most recent estimated total five-year savings in public health expenses for the disease as calculated in section 3.e. of this article in all of the compacting states; amounts donated by charities, individuals, and any other entities intended for the prize under Article I of the compact; and any other factors that the commission deems appropriate. g. The prize distribution procedures and guidelines, which shall include the following requirements: i. Upon acceptance of a cure, the prize winner shall transfer to the commission the patent and all related intellectual property for the manufacture and distribution of the treatment or therapeutic protocol in exchange for the prize, except in the case that the prize money is considered by the commission to be too low, and that a prize will be awarded only to the first person or entity that submits a successful cure for a disease for which a prize may be awarded. ii. Donation amounts intended for the prize shall be kept in a separate, interest-bearing account maintained by the commission. This account shall be the only account in which prize money is kept. iii. Each compacting state shall have the responsibility to pay annually the compacting state's actual one-year savings in public health expenses for the particular disease for which a cure has been accepted. The compacting state shall make such an annual payment until it has fulfilled its prize responsibility as established in section 3.f. of this article. Each compacting state's payment responsibility begins one year after the date the cure becomes widely available. The commission shall employ or contract with actuaries to calculate each state's actual one-year savings in public health expenses at the end of each year to determine each state's responsibility for the succeeding year. iv. Compacting states may meet prize responsibilities by any method including the issuance of bonds or other obligations, with the principal and interest of those bonds or obligations to be repaid only from revenue derived from estimated public health expense savings from a cure to a disease. If the compacting state does not make such revenue available to repay some or all of the revenue bonds or obligations issued, the owners or holders of those bonds or obligations have no right to have excises or taxes levied to pay the principal or interest on them. The revenue bonds and obligations are not a debt of the issuing compacting state. v. A compacting state may issue bonds or other debt that are general obligations, under which the full faith and credit, revenue, and taxing power of the state is pledged to pay the principal and interest under those obligations, only if authorized by the compacting state's constitution or, if constitutional authorization is not required, by other law of the compacting state. vi. Upon acceptance of a cure, the commission shall obtain a loan from a financial institution in an amount equal to the most recently calculated total estimated five-year public health expenses for the disease in all compacting states, in accordance with section 3.f. of this article. The commission reserves the right to continuously evaluate the cure in the interim and rescind a prize offer if the commission finds that the cure no longer meets the commission's criteria. 4. The commission may award a prize for a treatment or therapeutic protocol that yields a survival rate that is less than what is established in the cure criteria through at least five years after the treatment or protocol has ended. In that case, the prize amount awarded for that treatment or therapeutic protocol shall be reduced from the prize amount originally determined by the commission for a cure for that disease. The reduction shall be in proportion to the survival rate yielded by that treatment or protocol as compared to the survival rate established in the cure criteria. 5. The commission also shall adopt rules that do the following: a. Establish the following regarding commission records: i. Conditions and procedures for public inspection and copying of its information and official records, except such information and records involving the privacy of individuals or would otherwise violate privacy laws under federal law and the laws of the compacting states; ii. Procedures for sharing with federal and state agencies, including law enforcement agencies, records and information otherwise exempt from disclosure; iii. Guidelines for entering into agreements with federal and state agencies to receive or exchange information or records subject to nondisclosure and confidentiality provisions. b. Provide a process for commission review of submitted treatments and therapeutic protocols for curing diseases that includes the following: i. An opportunity for an appeal, not later than thirty days after a rejection of a treatment or protocol for prize consideration, to a review panel established under the commission's dispute resolution process; ii. Commission monitoring and review of treatment and protocol effectiveness consistent with the cure criteria established by the commission for the particular disease; iii. Commission reconsideration, modification, or withdrawal of approval of a treatment or protocol for prize consideration for failure to continue to meet the cure criteria established by the commission for the particular disease. c. Establish a dispute resolution process to resolve disputes or other issues under the compact that may arise between two or more compacting states or between the commission and individuals or entities who submit treatments and therapeutic protocols to cure diseases, which process shall provide for: i. Administrative review by a review panel appointed by the commission; ii. Judicial review of decisions issued after an administrative review; and iii. Qualifications to be appointed to a panel, due process requirements, including notice and hearing procedures, and any other procedure, requirement, or standard necessary to provide adequate dispute resolution. d. Establish and impose annual member dues on compacting states, which shall be calculated based on the percentage of each compacting state's population in relation to the population of all the compacting states. 6. Recognizing that the goal of the compact is to pool the potential savings of as many states and countries as possible to generate sufficient financial incentive to develop a cure for many of the world's most devastating diseases, the compact will respect the laws of each of these United States by adopting rules that establish ethical standards for research that shall be followed in order for a prize to be claimed. The compact, in the rules, shall establish a common set of ethical standards that embodies the laws and restrictions in each of the states so that to be eligible for claiming a prize the entity submitting a cure must not have violated any of the ethical standards in any one of the fifty states, whether the states have joined the compact or not. The compact will publish these common ethical standards along with the specific criteria for a cure for each of the diseases the compact has targeted. So long as a researcher follows the common ethical standards in effect at the time the research is done, an entity presenting a cure will be deemed to have followed the standards. On or before January 1 of each year, the compact shall review all state laws to determine if additional ethical standards have been enacted by any of the fifty states and the federal government. Any changes to the common ethical standards rules based on new state laws shall be adopted and published by the compact, but shall not take effect in cure criteria for a period of three years to allow for sufficient notice to researchers. 7. All rules may be amended as the commission sees necessary. 8. All rules shall be adopted pursuant to a rule-making process that conforms to the model state administrative procedure act of 1981 by the uniform law commissioners, as amended, as may be appropriate to the operations of the commission. 9. In the event the commission exercises its rule-making authority in a manner that is beyond the scope of the purpose of this compact, or the powers granted hereunder, then such rule shall be invalid and have no force and effect. Article VII. Committees 1. Management Committee a. The commission may establish a management committee comprised of not more than fourteen members when twenty-six states enact the compact. b. The committee shall consist of those members representing compacting states whose total public health expenses of all of the established diseases are the highest. c. The committee shall have such authority and duties as may be set forth in the commission's bylaws and rules, including: i. Managing authority over the day-to-day affairs of the commission in a manner consistent with the commission's bylaws and rules and the purposes of the compact; ii. Overseeing the offices of the commission; and iii. Planning, implementing, and coordinating communications and activities with state, federal, and local government organizations in order to advance the goals of the compact. d. The commission annually shall elect officers for the committee, with each having such authority and duties as may be specified in the commission's bylaws and rules. e. The management committee, subject to commission approval, may appoint or retain an executive director for such period, upon such terms and conditions, and for such compensation as the committee determines. The executive director shall serve as secretary to the commission, but shall not be a member of the commission. The executive director shall hire and supervise such other staff as may be authorized by the committee. 2. Advisory Committees The commission may appoint advisory committees to monitor all operations related to the purposes of the compact and make recommendations to the commission; provided that the manner of selection and term of any committee member shall be as set forth in the commission's bylaws and rules. The commission shall consult with an advisory committee, to the extent required by the commission's bylaws or rules, before doing any of the following: a. Approving cure criteria; b. Amending, enacting, or repealing any bylaw or rule; c. Adopting the commission's annual budget; d. Addressing any other significant matter or taking any other significant action. Article VIII. Finance 1. The commission annually shall establish a budget to pay or provide for the payment of its reasonable expenses. To fund the cost of initial operations, the commission may accept contributions and other forms of funding from the compacting states and other sources. Contributions and other forms of funding from other sources shall be of such a nature that the independence of the commission concerning the performance of its duties shall not be compromised. 2. The commission shall be exempt from all taxation in and by the compacting states. 3. The commission shall keep complete and accurate accounts of all of its internal receipts, including grants and donations, and disbursements of all funds under its control. The internal financial accounts of the commission shall be subject to the accounting procedures established under the commission's bylaws or rules. The financial accounts and reports including the system of internal controls and procedures of the commission shall be audited annually by an independent certified public accountant. Upon the determination of the commission, but not less frequently than every three years, the review of the independent auditor shall include a management and performance audit of the commission. The commission shall make an annual report to the governors and legislatures of the compacting states, which shall include a report of the independent audit. The commission's internal accounts shall not be confidential and such materials may be shared with any compacting state upon request provided, however, that any work papers related to any internal or independent audit and any information subject to the compacting states' privacy laws, shall remain confidential. 4. No compacting state shall have any claim or ownership of any property held by or vested in the commission or to any commission funds held pursuant to the provisions of the compact. Article IX. Records Except as to privileged records, data, and information, the laws of any compacting state pertaining to confidentiality or nondisclosure shall not relieve any member of the duty to disclose any relevant records, data, or information to the commission; provided, that disclosure to the commission shall not be deemed to waive or otherwise affect any confidentiality requirement; and further provided, that, except as otherwise expressly provided in the compact, the commission shall not be subject to the compacting state's laws pertaining to confidentiality and nondisclosure with respect to records, data, and information in its possession. Confidential information of the commission shall remain confidential after such information is provided to any member. All cure submissions received by the commission are confidential. Article X. Compliance The commission shall notify a compacting state in writing of any noncompliance with commission bylaws and rules. If a compacting state fails to remedy its noncompliance within the time specified in the notice, the compacting state shall be deemed to be in default as set forth in Article XIV. Article XI. Venue Venue for any judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall be brought in the appropriate court of competent jurisdiction for the geographical area in which the principal office of the commission is located. Article XII. Qualified Immunity, Defense, and Indemnification 1. The members, officers, executive director, employees, and representatives of the commission shall be immune from suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of the person's commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided, that nothing in section 1. of this article shall be construed to protect any such person from suit or liability for any damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the intentional or willful and wanton misconduct of that person. 2. The commission shall defend any member, officer, executive director, employee, or representative of the commission in any civil action seeking to impose liability arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred within the scope of the person's commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided, that nothing in the compact or commission bylaws or rules shall be construed to prohibit that person from retaining his or her own counsel; and provided further, that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission did not result from that person's intentional or willful and wanton misconduct. 3. The commission shall indemnify and hold harmless any member, officer, executive director, employee, or representative of the commission for the amount of any settlement or judgment obtained against the person arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred within the scope of the person's commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided, that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission, did not result from the intentional or willful and wanton misconduct of that person. Article XIII. Compacting States, Effective Date, and Amendment 1. Any state is eligible to become a compacting state. 2. The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by two compacting states; provided, the commission shall only be established after six states become compacting states. Thereafter, the compact shall become effective and binding as to any other compacting state upon enactment of the compact into law by that state. 3. Amendments to the compact may be proposed by the commission for enactment by the compacting states. No amendment shall become effective and binding until all compacting states enact the amendment into law. 4. If funding is requested or required, the legislative authority of each compacting state shall be responsible for making the appropriations it determines necessary to pay for the costs of the compact, including annual member dues and prize distributions. Article XIV. Withdrawal, Default, and Expulsion 1. Withdrawal a. Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every compacting state; provided, that a compacting state may withdraw from the compact by doing both of the following: i. Repealing the law enacting the compact in that state; ii. Notifying the commission in writing of the intent to withdraw on a date that is both of the following: I. At least three years after the date the notice is sent; II. After the repeal takes effect. b. The effective date of withdrawal is the date described in section 1.a.ii. of this article. c. The member representing the withdrawing state shall immediately notify the management committee in writing upon the introduction of legislation in that state repealing the compact. If a management committee has not been established, the member shall immediately notify the commission. d. The commission or management committee, as applicable, shall notify the other compacting states of the introduction of such legislation within ten days after its receipt of notice thereof. e. The withdrawing state is responsible for all obligations, duties and liabilities incurred through the effective date of withdrawal, including any obligations, the performance of which extend beyond the effective date of withdrawal. The commission's actions shall continue to be effective and be given full force and effect in the withdrawing state. f. Reinstatement following a state's withdrawal shall become effective upon the effective date of the subsequent enactment of the compact by that state. 2. Default a. If the commission determines that any compacting state has at any time defaulted in the performance of any of its obligations or responsibilities under the compact or the commission's bylaws or rules, then, after notice and hearing as set forth in the bylaws, all rights, privileges, and benefits conferred by this compact on the defaulting state shall be suspended from the effective date of default as fixed by the commission. The grounds for default include failure of a compacting state to perform its obligations or responsibilities, and any other grounds designated in commission rules. The commission shall immediately notify the defaulting state in writing of the suspension pending cure of the default. The commission shall stipulate the conditions and the time period within which the defaulting state shall cure its default. If the defaulting state fails to cure the default within the time period specified by the commission, the defaulting state shall be expelled from the compact and all rights, privileges, and benefits conferred by the compact shall be terminated from the effective date of the expulsion. Any state that is expelled from the compact shall be liable for any cure prize or prizes for three years after its removal. The commission shall also take appropriate legal action to ensure that any compacting state that withdraws from the compact remains liable for paying its responsibility towards a prize for a cure that was accepted while the compacting state was a member of the commission. b. The expelled state must reenact the compact in order to become a compacting state. 3. Dissolution of Compact a. The compact dissolves effective upon the date of either of the following: i. The withdrawal or expulsion of a compacting state, which withdrawal or expulsion reduces membership in the compact to one compacting state; ii. The commission votes to dissolve the compact. b. Upon the dissolution of the compact, the compact becomes null and void and shall be of no further force or effect, and the business and affairs of the commission shall be wound up and any surplus funds shall be distributed in accordance with the commission's bylaws, provided, that the commission shall pay all outstanding prizes awarded before the dissolution of the compact, as well as any other outstanding debts and obligations incurred during the existence of the compact. Any unawarded funds donated to be a part of a prize shall be returned to the donor, along with any interest earned on the amount. Article XV. Severability and Construction 1. The provisions of the compact shall be severable; and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable. 2. The provisions of the compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. Article XVI. Binding Effect of Compact and Other Laws 1. Other Laws: Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state, except as provided in section 2.b. of this article. 2. Binding Effect of the Compact a. All lawful actions of the commission, including all commission rules, are binding upon the compacting states. b. All agreements between the commission and the compacting states are binding in accordance with their terms. c. Except to the extent authorized by the compacting state's constitution or, if constitutional authorization is not required, by other law of the compacting state, such state, by entering into the compact does not: i. Commit the full faith and credit or taxing power of the compacting state for the payment of prizes or other obligations under the compact; ii. Make prize payment responsibilities or other obligations under the compact a debt of the compacting state. d. Upon the request of a party to a conflict over the meaning or interpretation of commission actions, and upon a majority vote of the compacting states, the commission may issue advisory opinions regarding the meaning or interpretation in dispute. e. In the event any provision of the compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on any compacting state, the obligations, duties, powers or jurisdiction sought to be conferred by that provision upon the commission shall be ineffective as to that compacting state, and those obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction shall remain in the compacting state and shall be exercised by the agency thereof to which those obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction are delegated by law in effect at the time the compact becomes effective. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.25
§ 3769.25. Satellite facility definitions
Status: in_force

September 19, 1996 House Bill 561 - 121st General Assembly As used in sections 3769.25 to 3769.27 of the Revised Code, unless the context requires otherwise: (A) "Simulcast" means the telecast, for wagering purposes, of audio and visual signals of live horse races conducted at facilities either inside or outside this state. (B) "Track" means any place, track, or enclosure where a permit holder conducts live horse racing for profit at a race meeting. (C) "Permit holder" means a corporation, trust, partnership, limited partnership, association, person, or group of persons issued a permit under this chapter to conduct a racing meeting, other than the holder of a permit issued for a racing meeting at a county fair or an independent fair. (D) "Simulcast host" has the same meaning as in section 3769.089 of the Revised Code. (E) "Satellite facility" means any facility that is approved by the state racing commission and at which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted under section 3769.26 of the Revised Code. "Satellite facility" does not include a track. (F) "Collection and settlement agent" has the same meaning as in section 3769.0810 of the Revised Code. (G) "Approval of the appropriate local legislative authority" means the enactment of an ordinance or resolution by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation where a satellite facility is proposed to be located or, if a satellite facility is proposed to be located in an unincorporated area, by the board of township trustees of the township where the satellite facility is proposed to be located, that approves the location of the satellite facility in the municipal corporation or the unincorporated area. "Approval of the appropriate local legislative authority" also means the failure of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of a township to take a vote to enact an ordinance or resolution described in this division within sixty days after the ordinance or resolution is first introduced before the legislative authority or board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3746.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3746 / § 3746.25
§ 3746.25. State, officers or employees - immunity
Status: in_force

September 28, 1994 Senate Bill 221 - 120th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property. (2) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for harm and includes a civil action under section 3746.23 of the Revised Code for recovery of the costs of conducting a voluntary action, but does not include a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons or for a breach of a warranty that exists pursuant to the Revised Code or common law of this state. (B) The state, and any officer or employee thereof as defined in section 109.36 of the Revised Code, is not liable in a tort action when the state inspects, investigates, removes, or remediates hazardous substances or petroleum unless an action or omission of the state, or an officer or employee thereof, constitutes willful or wanton misconduct or intentionally tortious conduct. (C)(1) This section does not create, and shall not be construed as creating, a new cause of action against or substantive legal right against the state or an officer or employee thereof. (2) This section does not affect, and shall not be construed as affecting, any immunities from civil liability or defenses established by another section of the Revised Code or available at common law to which this state, or an officer or employee thereof, may be entitled under circumstances not covered by this section. (3) Section 9.86 of the Revised Code does not apply to an officer or employee of the state if the officer or employee is performing work in connection with inspecting, investigating, removing, or remediating hazardous substances or petroleum at the time that he allegedly caused the harm, or caused or contributed to the presence or release of hazardous substances or petroleum, for which damages, or the recovery of the costs of conducting a voluntary action, are sought in a tort action. Instead, the immunities conferred by division (B) of this section apply to that individual.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3748.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3748 / § 3748.19
§ 3748.19. Civil penalty
Status: in_force

September 8, 1995 Senate Bill 19 - 121st General Assembly If the director of health determines that any facility has violated, is violating, has failed to comply with, or is failing to comply with this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it, the director may request in writing that the attorney general bring an action for civil penalties in the court of common pleas of the county in which the alleged violation or failure to comply has occurred or is occurring. Upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought has violated, is violating, has failed to comply with, or is failing to comply with this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it, the court may impose upon the person a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each day of violation or failure to comply. Any action under this section is a civil action governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.57
§ 3701.57. Prosecutions and proceedings - injunctive or other relief
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly All prosecutions and proceedings by the department of health for the violation of sections 3701.01 to 3701.56 , 3705.01 to 3705.29 , 3707.06 , 3709.01 to 3709.04 , 3709.07 to 3709.11 , 3709.13 , 3709.17 , 3709.18 , and 3709.21 to 3709.36 of the Revised Code, or for the violation of any of the orders or rules of the department, shall be instituted by the director of health. Except as provided in division (C) of section 3701.571 of the Revised Code, all fines or judgments the department collects shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. The director of health, the board of health of a general or city health district, or any person charged with enforcing the rules of the department of health as provided in section 3701.56 of the Revised Code may petition the court of common pleas for injunctive or other appropriate relief requiring any person violating a rule adopted by or any order issued by the director of health under this chapter to comply with such rule or order. The court of common pleas of the county in which the offense is alleged to be occurring may grant such injunctive or other appropriate relief as the equities of the case require.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.812 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.812
§ 3719.812. Qualified immunity of sample drug donors and recipients
Status: in_force

April 15, 2005 House Bill 454 - 125th General Assembly The state board of pharmacy; any person that donates a sample drug as permitted under section 3719.811 of the Revised Code; any charitable pharmacy or pharmacist working in a charitable pharmacy that accepts or dispenses sample drugs as permitted under section 3719.811 of the Revised Code; and any licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who accepts delivery of a sample drug on behalf of a charitable pharmacy as permitted under section 3719.811 of the Revised Code shall not, in the absence of bad faith, be subject to any of the following for matters related to donating, accepting, or dispensing sample drugs under section 3719.811 of the Revised Code: criminal prosecution; liability in tort or other civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property; or professional disciplinary action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3767.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3767 / § 3767.28
§ 3767.28. Inspector of nuisances - powers and duties
Status: in_force

August 11, 1955 House Bill 11 - 101st General Assembly For the purpose of examining cases of violations of sections 3767.13 to 3767.29 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and for obtaining evidence thereof, an inspector of nuisances may enter upon any premises in any county, and shall make a complaint, and institute prosecution, against any one violating such sections. The inspector shall not be required to give security for costs. The prosecuting attorney shall be the legal advisor of such inspector and the attorney in all such prosecutions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3772.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3772 / § 3772.11
§ 3772.11. Application for license; contents
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A person may apply to the commission for a casino operator, management company, or holding company license to conduct casino gaming at a casino facility as provided in this chapter. The application shall be certified as true on forms provided by the commission and shall contain information as prescribed by rule, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) The name, business address, business telephone number, social security number, and, where applicable, the federal tax identification number of any applicant; (2) The identity of every person having a greater than five per cent direct or indirect interest in the applicant casino facility for which the license is sought; (3) An identification of any business, including the state of incorporation or registration if applicable, in which an applicant, or the spouse or children of an applicant, has an equity interest of more than five per cent; (4) The name of any casino operator, management company, holding company, and gaming-related vendor in which the applicant has an equity interest of at least five per cent; (5) If an applicant has ever applied for or has been granted any gaming license or certificate issued by a licensing authority in Ohio or any other jurisdiction that has been denied, restricted, suspended, revoked, or not renewed and a statement describing the facts and circumstances concerning the application, denial, restriction, suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal, including the licensing authority, the date each action was taken, and the reason for each action; (6) If an applicant has ever filed or had filed against it a civil or administrative action or proceeding in bankruptcy, including the date of filing, the name and location of the court, the case caption, the docket number, and the disposition; (7) The name and business telephone number of any attorney representing an applicant in matters before the commission; (8) Information concerning the amount, type of tax, the taxing agency, and times involved, if the applicant has filed or been served with a complaint or notice filed with a public body concerning a delinquency in the payment of or a dispute over a filing concerning the payment of a tax required under federal, state, or local law; (9) A description of any proposed casino gaming operation and related casino enterprises, including the type of casino facility, location, expected economic benefit to the community, anticipated or actual number of employees, any statement from an applicant regarding compliance with federal and state affirmative action guidelines, projected or actual admissions, projected or actual gross receipts, and scientific market research; (10) Financial information in the manner and form prescribed by the commission; (11) If an applicant has directly made a political contribution, loan, donation, or other payment of one hundred dollars or more to a statewide office holder, a member of the general assembly, a local government official elected in a jurisdiction where a casino facility is located, or a ballot issue not more than one year before the date the applicant filed the application and all information relating to the contribution, loan, donation, or other payment; (12) Any criminal conviction; and (13) Other information required by the commission under rules adopted by the commission. (B) Any holding company or management company, its directors, executive officers, members, managers, and any shareholder who holds more than five per cent ownership interest of a holding company or management company shall be required to submit the same information as required by an applicant under this section. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 2:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3763.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3763 / § 3763.08
§ 3763.08. Recovery of losses in lotteries
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A person who expends money or thing of value or incurs an obligation for the purchase of or to procure a lottery or policy ticket, hazard, or chance, or an interest therein, in or on account of lottery, policy, scheme of chance, game of faro, pool or combination, keno, or scheme of gambling, or a person dependent for support upon or entitled to the earnings of such person, or a citizen for the use of the person so interested, may sue for and recover from the person receiving such money, thing of value, or obligation, the amount thereof, with exemplary damages, which shall not be less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, and may join as defendants in such suit all persons having an interest in such lottery, policy, or scheme of chance, or the possible profits thereof, as backers, vendors, owners, or otherwise. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3772.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3772 / § 3772.13
§ 3772.13. Key employee license
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly (A) No person may be employed as a key employee of a casino operator, management company, or holding company unless the person is the holder of a valid key employee license issued by the commission. (B) No person may be employed as a key employee of a gaming-related vendor unless that person is either the holder of a valid key employee license issued by the commission, or the person, at least five business days prior to the first day of employment as a key employee, has filed a notification of employment with the commission and subsequently files a completed application for a key employee license within the first thirty days of employment as a key employee. (C) Each applicant shall, before the issuance of any key employee license, produce information, documentation, and assurances as are required by this chapter and rules adopted thereunder. In addition, each applicant shall, in writing, authorize the examination of all bank accounts and records as may be deemed necessary by the commission. (D) To be eligible for a key employee license, the applicant shall be at least twenty-one years of age and shall meet the criteria set forth by rule by the commission. (E) Each application for a key 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. The applicant also shall complete a cover sheet for the application on which the applicant shall disclose the applicant's name, the business address of the casino operator, management company, holding company, or gaming-related vendor employing the applicant, the business address and telephone number of such employer, and the county, state, and country in which the applicant's residence is located. (F) Each applicant shall submit with each application, on a form provided by the commission, two sets of fingerprints. The commission shall charge each applicant an application fee of not more than one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, as set by the commission, to cover the actual costs generated by each licensee and the background checks under this section and section 3772.07 of the Revised Code. (G)(1) The casino operator, management company, or holding company by whom a person is employed as a key employee shall terminate the person's employment in any capacity requiring a license under this chapter and shall not in any manner permit the person to exercise a significant influence over the operation of a casino facility if: (a) The person does not apply for and receive a key employee license within three months of being issued a provisional license, as established under commission rule. (b) The person's application for a key employee license is denied by the commission. (c) The person's key employee license is revoked by the commission. The commission shall notify the casino operator, management company, or holding company who employs such a person by certified mail, personal service, common carrier service utilizing any form of delivery requiring a signed receipt or by an electronic means that provides evidence of delivery, of any such finding, denial, or revocation. (2) A casino operator, management company, or holding company shall not pay to a person whose employment is terminated under division (G)(1) of this section, any remuneration for any services performed in any capacity in which the person is required to be licensed, except for amounts due for services rendered before notice was received under that division. A contract or other agreement for personal services or for the conduct of any casino gaming at a casino facility between a casino operator, management company, or holding company and a person whose employment is terminated under division (G)(1) of this section may be terminated by the casino operator, management company, or holding company without further liability on the part of the casino operator, management company, or holding company. Any such contract or other agreement is deemed to include a term authorizing its termination without further liability on the part of the casino operator, management company, or holding company upon receiving notice under division (G)(1) of this section. That a contract or other agreement does not expressly include such a term is not a defense in any action brought to terminate the contract or other agreement, and is not grounds for relief in any action brought questioning termination of the contract or other agreement. (3) A casino operator, management company, or holding company, without having obtained the prior approval of the commission, shall not enter into any contract or other agreement with a person who has been found unsuitable, who has been denied a license, or whose license has been revoked under division (G)(1) of this section, or with any business enterprise under the control of such a person, after the date on which the casino operator, management company, or holding company receives notice under that division. (H) Notwithstanding the requirements for a license under this section, the commission shall issue a key 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 key employee of a casino operator, management company, or holding company in a state that does not issue that license. Last updated February 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.137 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.137
§ 3701.137. Promotion of complex regional pain syndrome education
Status: in_force

June 11, 2013 Senate Bill 40 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "complex regional pain syndrome" or "CRPS," also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, means a debilitating and progressively chronic syndrome characterized by severe burning pain, pathological changes in bone and skin, excessive sweating, tissue swelling, and extreme sensitivity to touch. (B) The department of health shall include information on its internet web site to promote complex regional pain syndrome education in a manner that enables individuals to make informed decisions about their health. The information on the web site shall include all of the following: (1) Emerging research regarding the pathophysiology of CRPS; (2) The risk factors that contribute to the manifestation of CRPS; (3) Available treatment options, including the risks and benefits of those options; (4) Information on environmental safety and injury prevention; (5) Information on rest and the use of appropriate body mechanics; (6) Information on the availability of diagnostic, treatment, and outreach services for CRPS; (7) Information concerning any other factors or elements that might mitigate the effects of CRPS. (C) The department shall notify boards of health, hospitals, clinics, and other health care providers about the availability of information concerning CRPS on the department's web site.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.65
§ 3735.65. Community reinvestment area definitions
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 Senate Bill 33 - 134th General Assembly As used in sections 3735.65 to 3735.70 of the Revised Code: (A) "Housing officer" means an officer or agency of a political subdivision designated by the legislative authority of the political subdivision, pursuant to section 3735.66 of the Revised Code, for each community reinvestment area to administer sections 3735.65 to 3735.69 of the Revised Code. One officer or agency may be designated as the housing officer for more than one community reinvestment area. (B) "Community reinvestment area" means an area for which the legislative authority of a political subdivision has adopted a resolution under section 3735.66 of the Revised Code describing the boundaries of the area and containing a statement of finding that the area included in the description is one in which housing facilities or structures of historical significance are located and new housing construction and repair of existing facilities or structures are discouraged. (C) "Remodeling" means any change made in a structure for the purpose of making it structurally more sound, more habitable, or for the purpose of improving its appearance. (D) "Structure of historical or architectural significance" means those designated as such by resolution of the legislative authority of a political subdivision based on age, rarity, architectural quality, or because of a previous designation by a historical society, association, or agency. (E) "Megaproject," "megaproject operator," and "megaproject supplier" have the same meanings as in section 122.17 of the Revised Code. (F) "Political subdivision" means a county, a municipal corporation, or a limited home rule township. (G) "Legislative authority" means a board of county commissioners of a county, a legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or a board of trustees of a limited home rule township. (H) "Limited home rule township" means a township that has adopted a limited home rule government under Chapter 504. of the Revised Code. Last updated February 8, 2023 at 3:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.13
§ 3707.13. Compensation for property destroyed
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of the municipal corporation, upon the presentation of the original receipt or written statement of the appraisers for articles or houses destroyed pursuant to section 3707.12 of the Revised Code, shall pay to the owner thereof, or other person authorized by him to receive such payment, the estimated value of such destroyed articles, or such sum as the legislative authority deems just compensation therefor. If the owner is not satisfied with the amount so allowed he may sue for the value of such destroyed articles.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3706.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3706 / § 3706.12
§ 3706.12. Rentals or charges for use or services - governmental agencies may cooperate with authority - agreements
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The Ohio air quality development authority may charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges for the use or services of any air quality project and contract in the manner provided by this section with one or more persons, one or more governmental agencies, or any combination thereof, desiring the use or services of such project, and fix the terms, conditions, rentals, or other charges for such use or services. Such rentals or other charges shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any other authority, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state and such contract may provide for acquisition by such person or governmental agency of all or any part of such air quality project for such consideration payable over the period of the contract or otherwise as the authority in its sole discretion determines to be appropriate, but subject to the provisions of any resolution authorizing the issuance of air quality revenue bonds or notes or air quality revenue refunding bonds of the authority or any trust agreement securing the same. Any governmental agency that has power to construct, operate, and maintain air quality facilities may enter into a contract or lease with the authority whereby the use or services of any air quality project of the authority will be made available to such governmental agency and may pay for such use or services such rentals or other charges as may be agreed to by the authority and such governmental agency. Any governmental agency or combination of governmental agencies may cooperate with the authority in the acquisition or construction of an air quality project and shall enter into such agreements with the authority as may be necessary, with a view to effective cooperative action and safeguarding of the respective interests of the parties thereto, which agreements shall provide for such contributions by the parties thereto in such proportion as may be agreed upon and such other terms as may be mutually satisfactory to the parties including without limitation the authorization of the construction of the project by one of the parties acting as agent for all of the parties and the ownership and control of the project by the authority to the extent necessary or appropriate for purposes of the issuance of air quality revenue bonds by the authority. Any governmental agency may provide the funds for the payment of such contribution as is required under such agreements by the levy of taxes, assessments or rentals and other charges for the use of the utility system of which the air quality project is a part or to which it is connected, if otherwise authorized by the laws governing such governmental agency in the construction of the type of air quality project provided for in the agreements, and may pay the proceeds from the collection of such taxes, assessments, utility rentals, or other charges to the authority pursuant to such agreements; or the governmental agency may issue bonds or notes, if authorized by such laws, in anticipation of the collection of such taxes, assessments, utility rentals, or other charges and may pay the proceeds of such bonds or notes to the authority pursuant to such agreements. In addition any governmental agency may provide the funds for the payment of such contribution by the appropriation of money or, if otherwise authorized by law, by the issuance of bonds or notes and may pay such appropriated money or the proceeds of such bonds or notes to the authority pursuant to such agreements. The agreement by the governmental agency to provide such contribution, whether from appropriated money or from the proceeds of such taxes, assessments, utility rentals, or other charges, or such bonds or notes, or any combination thereof, shall not be subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or any regulations or limitations contained therein. The proceeds from the collection of such taxes or assessments, and any interest earned thereon, shall be paid into a special fund immediately upon the collection thereof by the governmental agency for the purpose of providing such contribution at the times required under such agreements. When the contribution of any governmental agency is to be made over a period of time from the proceeds of the collection of special assessments, the interest accrued and to accrue before the first installment of such assessments shall be collected which is payable by such governmental agency on such contribution under the terms and provisions of such agreements shall be treated as part of the cost of the improvement for which such assessments are levied, and that portion of such assessments as are collected in installments shall bear interest at the same rate as such governmental agency is obligated to pay on such contribution under the terms and provisions of such agreements and for the same period of time as the contribution is to be made under such agreements. If the assessment or any installment thereof is not paid when due, it shall bear interest until the payment thereof at the same rate as such contribution and the county auditor shall annually place on the tax list and duplicate the interest applicable to such assessment and the penalty and additional interest thereon as otherwise authorized by law. Any governmental agency, pursuant to a favorable vote of the electors in an election held before or after June 1, 1970, for the purpose of issuing bonds to provide funds to acquire, construct, or equip, or provide real estate and interests in real estate for, an air quality facility, whether or not such governmental agency, at the time of such election, had the authority to pay the proceeds from such bonds or notes issued in anticipation thereof to the authority as provided in this section, may issue such bonds or notes in anticipation of the issuance thereof and pay the proceeds thereof to the authority in accordance with its agreement with the authority; provided, that the legislative authority of the governmental agency find and determine that the air quality project to be acquired or constructed by the authority in cooperation with such governmental agency will serve the same public purpose and meet substantially the same public need as the facility otherwise proposed to be acquired or constructed by the governmental agency with the proceeds of such bonds or notes. The authority may enter into an agreement under this section with a municipal corporation, a township, or a special improvement district created under Chapter 1710. of the Revised Code pursuant to which the authority issues air quality revenue bonds or notes under section 3706.05 of the Revised Code and remits the proceeds to the municipal corporation, township, district, or other party to the transaction to pay any part of the cost of an air quality facility described in division (G)(12) of section 3706.01 of the Revised Code. Under the agreement, the municipal corporation, township, or district shall assign and remit the proceeds of a special assessment levied under Chapter 727. or section 1710.06 of the Revised Code for paying the costs of that air quality facility to the authority, or its agents or assignees, for the purpose of servicing those bonds and notes. Last updated October 5, 2023 at 3:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3761.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3761 / § 3761.01
§ 3761.01. Assemblies - mob definitions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly As used in sections 3761.01 to 3761.10 , inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Mob" means a collection of people assembled for an unlawful purpose and intending to do damage or injury to anyone, or pretending to exercise correctional power over other persons by violence and without authority of law. (B) "Lynching" means an act of violence by a mob upon the body of any person. (C) "Serious injury" means such injury as permanently or temporarily disables the person receiving it from earning a livelihood, by manual labor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.671 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.671
§ 3735.671. Written agreement where commercial or industrial property is to be exempted
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) If construction or remodeling of commercial or industrial property is to be exempted from taxation pursuant to section 3735.67 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority and the owner of the property, prior to the commencement of construction or remodeling, shall enter into a written agreement, binding on both parties for a period of time that does not end prior to the end of the period of the exemption, that includes all of the information and statements described in divisions (B)(1) to (8) of this section. Agreements may include terms not described in those divisions or otherwise prescribed by the model agreement adopted by the director of development under division (B) of this section, but such terms shall in no way derogate from the information and statements described in divisions (B)(1) to (8) of this section. (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, an agreement entered into under this section shall not be approved by the legislative authority unless the board of education of the city, local, or exempted village school district within the territory of which the property is or will be located approves the agreement. For the purpose of obtaining such approval, the legislative authority shall certify a copy of the agreement to the board of education not later than forty-five days prior to approving the agreement, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and a legal holiday as defined in section 1.14 of the Revised Code. The board of education, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board, shall approve or disapprove the agreement and certify a copy of the resolution to the legislative authority not later than fourteen days prior to the date stipulated by the legislative authority as the date upon which approval of the agreement is to be formally considered by the legislative authority. The board of education may include in the resolution conditions under which the board would approve the agreement. The legislative authority may approve an agreement at any time after the board of education certifies its resolution approving the agreement to the legislative authority, or, if the board approves the agreement conditionally, at any time after the conditions are agreed to by the board and the legislative authority. (2) Approval of an agreement by the board of education is not required under division (A)(1) of this section if, for each tax year the real property is exempted from taxation, the sum of the following quantities, as estimated at or prior to the time the agreement is formally approved by the legislative authority, equals or exceeds twenty-five per cent of the amount of taxes, as estimated at or prior to that time, that would have been charged and payable that year upon the real property had that property not been exempted from taxation: (a) The amount of taxes charged and payable on any portion of the assessed valuation of the new structure or of the increased assessed valuation of an existing structure after remodeling began that will not be exempted from taxation under the agreement; (b) The amount of taxes charged and payable on tangible personal property located on the premises of the new structure or of the structure to be remodeled under the agreement, whether payable by the owner of the structure or by a related member, as defined in section 5733.042 of the Revised Code without regard to division (B) of that section. (c) The amount of any cash payment by the owner of the new structure or structure to be remodeled to the school district, the dollar value, as mutually agreed to by the owner and the board of education, of any property or services provided by the owner of the property to the school district, whether by gift, loan, or otherwise, and any payment by the legislative authority to the school district pursuant to section 5709.82 of the Revised Code. The estimates of quantities used for purposes of division (A)(2) of this section shall be estimated by the legislative authority. The legislative authority shall certify to the board of education that the estimates have been made in good faith. Departures of the actual quantities from the estimates subsequent to approval of the agreement by the board of education do not invalidate the agreement. (3) If a board of education has adopted a resolution waiving its right to approve agreements and the resolution remains in effect, approval of an agreement by the board is not required under division (A)(1) of this section. If a board of education has adopted a resolution allowing a legislative authority to deliver the notice required under this division fewer than forty-five business days prior to the legislative authority's execution of the agreement, the legislative authority shall deliver the notice to the board not later than the number of days prior to such execution as prescribed by the board in its resolution. If a board of education adopts a resolution waiving its right to approve agreements or shortening the notification period, the board shall certify a copy of the resolution to the legislative authority. If the board of education rescinds such a resolution, it shall certify notice of the rescission to the legislative authority. (4) If the owner of the property or the legislative authority agree to make any payment to the school district as described in division (A)(2)(c) of this section, the owner or legislative authority shall agree to make payments to the joint vocational school district within which the property is located at the same rate or amount and under the same terms received by the city, local, or exempted village school district. (B) The director of development shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing the form of a model agreement that a legislative authority may, in its discretion, use as the basis for an agreement to be executed under this section. The model agreement may include any term necessary for the administration and enforcement of such agreements by the director and legislative authority, but must include all of the following: (1) A space to include the description of real property to be exempted from taxation under the agreement and to identify the property's owners; (2) A space to denote the percentage of the assessed valuation of real property exempted from taxation and the period for which the exemption is granted; (3) A statement requiring the owner to pay real property taxes not exempted under the agreement, as required by law, and requiring rescission of the agreement if the owner fails to pay those taxes beginning in and after the year any such taxes are charged; (4) A statement that the owner certifies, at the time the agreement is executed, that the owner does not owe any delinquent property taxes or taxes for which the owner is liable under Chapter 5735., 5739., 5741., 5743., 5747., or 5753. of the Revised Code, or, if such delinquent taxes are owed, that the owner is paying the delinquent taxes pursuant to an undertaking enforceable by the state or an agent or instrumentality thereof, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, or has had a bankruptcy petition filed against the owner; (5) A statement requiring the owner to provide to the property tax incentive review council any information reasonably required by the council to evaluate the applicant's compliance with the agreement; (6) A statement that the agreement is not transferable or assignable without the approval of the legislative authority; (7) A statement describing the circumstances under which the legislative authority may revoke an agreement for noncompliance; (8) A statement requiring the owner to provide an estimate of the following for each agreement: (a) The number of employment opportunities created due to the remodeling or construction, as well as the payroll attributable to those opportunities; (b) The number of employment opportunities retained due to the remodeling or construction, as well as the payroll attributable to those opportunities. The model agreement shall also provide that a legislative authority may, but is not required to, include a statement describing the manner by which the legislative authority may recover already-received benefits, which may include an action brought in law or equity, a lien on the exempted property in the amount to be recovered, or other means. In the case of a lien on the exempted property, the lien shall attach, and may be perfected, collected, and enforced, in the same manner as a mortgage lien on real property, and otherwise has the same force and effect as a mortgage lien on real property. Once the director adopts rules prescribing a model agreement under this division, the model agreement may not be changed unless the director adopts, amends, or rescinds those rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C) If any person that is party to an agreement granting an exemption from taxation discontinues operations at the structure to which that exemption applies prior to the expiration of the term of the agreement, that person, any successor to that person, and any related member shall not enter into an agreement under this section or section 5709.62 , 5709.63 , or 5709.632 of the Revised Code, and no legislative authority shall enter into such an agreement with such a person, successor, or related member prior to the expiration of three years after the person's discontinuation of operations. As used in this division, "successor" means a person to which the assets or equity of another person has been transferred, which transfer resulted in the full or partial nonrecognition of gain or loss, or resulted in a carryover basis, both as determined by rule adopted by the tax commissioner. "Related member" has the same meaning as defined in section 5733.042 of the Revised Code without regard to division (B) of that section. The director of development shall review all agreements submitted to the director under section 3735.672 of the Revised Code for the purpose of enforcing this division. If the director determines there has been a violation of this division, the director shall notify the legislative authority of such violation, and the legislative authority immediately shall revoke the exemption granted under the agreement. (D) A political subdivision other than the legislative authority is not required to be a party to an agreement authorized under this section unless the political subdivision is a fee simple owner of real property subject to an exemption pursuant to section 3735.67 of the Revised Code that would otherwise be obligated to pay real property taxes for such real property. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3716.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3716 / § 3716.02
§ 3716.02. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

November 4, 1959 Senate Bill 440 - 103rd General Assembly The following acts and the causing thereof are hereby prohibited: (A) The sale or delivery for sale of any misbranded package of a hazardous substance; (B) The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the label of, or the doing of any other act with respect to a hazardous substance, if such act is done while the substance is held for sale and which results in the hazardous substance being in a misbranded package; (C) The refusal to permit entry or inspection as authorized by section 3716.03 of the Revised Code; (D) A re-use of food, drug, or cosmetic containers still bearing original labels or identifiable as such by characteristic shape, impression, or closures as containers for hazardous substances is prohibited.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3746.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3746 / § 3746.10
§ 3746.10. Identification and addressing sources of contamination
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3746.02 of the Revised Code, any person may undertake a voluntary action under this chapter and rules adopted under it to identify and address potential sources of contamination by hazardous substances or petroleum of soil, sediments, surface water, or ground water on or underlying property and to establish that the property meets applicable standards. The voluntary action may include any one or more of the following elements: (1) A phase I property assessment conducted in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(3) of section 3746.04 of the Revised Code; (2) A phase II property assessment conducted in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(4) of section 3746.04 of the Revised Code; (3) A sampling plan; (4) A remediation plan; (5) Remedial activities; (6) Such other activities as the person undertaking the voluntary action considers to be necessary or appropriate to address the contamination. When the person undertaking a voluntary action determines that the property meets applicable standards, the person may seek a no further action letter from a certified professional. A no further action letter may be issued for the property at any stage of the identification of potential hazardous substance or petroleum contamination or remedial activities after a phase I or II property assessment has demonstrated that there is no reason to believe that there has been a release of hazardous substances or petroleum at or upon the property, that information indicates that there has been a release of hazardous substances or petroleum at or upon the property, but that the release is not in excess of applicable standards, or that if there has been such a release in excess of applicable standards, those standards have been achieved through remedial activities or will be achieved in accordance with the timeframes established in an operation and maintenance agreement entered into under division (A)(3) of section 3746.12 of the Revised Code or in such an agreement and a consolidated standards permit issued under section 3746.15 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) A person who is participating in the voluntary action program under this chapter and rules adopted under it shall do both of the following: (a) Utilize the services of an accredited laboratory to perform any analyses that form the basis for the issuance of a no further action letter for a property and ensure that a laboratory performs in connection with a voluntary action only those analyses for which it is accredited; (b) Utilize the services of a certified professional to verify that the property and any remedial activities undertaken at the property in connection with a voluntary action comply with applicable standards and, if those standards are met, to issue to the person a no further action letter for the property. For the purposes of such a verification, the certified professional shall perform and review all work that was conducted to support the request for the no further action letter or shall ensure that the work has been performed and reviewed by other persons with expertise and competence in areas other than those of the certified professional's expertise and competence as necessary for the issuance of the no further action letter. (2) No person who is participating in the voluntary action program shall do any of the following: (a) If the person also is a certified professional, prepare a no further action letter in connection with a voluntary action conducted at a property that the certified professional owns or operates; (b) Utilize the services of a certified professional who is employed by, affiliated with, or related to the participant or who was employed by or affiliated with the participant during the year preceding the date that the participant entered into the contract to utilize the services of the certified professional in connection with the voluntary action; (c) Utilize the services of an accredited laboratory that is owned by or affiliated with the participant, that is owned by a person related to the participant, or that was owned by or affiliated with the participant during the year preceding the date that the participant entered into the contract to utilize the services of the accredited laboratory in connection with the voluntary action, to perform any analyses that form the basis for the issuance of a no further action letter in connection with a voluntary action. A covenant not to sue issued under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code to a person who violated division (B)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of this section with respect to the no further action letter upon which issuance of the covenant was based is void. Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, a person who is participating in the voluntary action program may utilize an independent contractor to serve as a certified professional or accredited laboratory. (C) In order to obtain a no further action letter, a person undertaking a voluntary action shall submit to a certified professional all of the following, as applicable: (1) Information demonstrating that there is no contamination by hazardous substances or petroleum of soil, sediments, surface water, or ground water on or underlying the property in concentrations exceeding applicable standards. The demonstrations shall be based upon the findings of a phase I or phase II property assessment. (2) If remedial activities were conducted in connection with the voluntary action, data demonstrating that the remedy meets applicable standards or will achieve applicable standards in accordance with the timeframes established in an operation and maintenance agreement entered into under division (A)(3) of section 3746.12 of the Revised Code or in such an agreement and a consolidated standards permit issued under section 3746.15 of the Revised Code; (3)(a) If the remedy relies on institutional controls or restrictions on the use of the property to achieve applicable standards, a demonstration that the institutional controls or the use restrictions have been recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is located, or have been entered in the appropriate register for registered land as defined in section 5309.01 of the Revised Code, in compliance with section 3746.14 of the Revised Code; (b) If the person undertaking a voluntary action seeks to obtain a covenant not to sue and if the remedy relies on activity and use limitations to achieve applicable standards, a demonstration that the activity and use limitations have been developed in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under it and are contained in a proposed environmental covenant that meets the requirements established in section 5301.82 of the Revised Code. (4) If the remedy relies on engineering controls that contain or control the release of hazardous substances or petroleum at or from the property, a plan for the proper operation and maintenance of the engineering controls. (D) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter and rules adopted under it, voluntary actions under this chapter and rules adopted under it shall be undertaken in compliance with all applicable laws of this state and rules adopted under them and with applicable ordinances, resolutions, and rules of political subdivisions of this state. Last updated August 16, 2021 at 3:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.80
§ 3737.80. Chief of fire department responsible for primary coordination in emergency situation
Status: in_force

July 11, 1989 House Bill 421 - 118th General Assembly In any emergency situation relating to the prevention of an imminent release of a hazardous material, to the cleanup or disposal of a hazardous material that has been released, or to the related mitigation of the effects of a release of a hazardous material, the chief of the fire department in whose jurisdiction the emergency situation is occurring or his designee is responsible for primary coordination of the on-scene activities of all agencies of the state, the United States government, and political subdivisions that are responding to the emergency situation until the chief relinquishes that responsibility to a representative of one of the responding public agencies and so notifies that representative. As used in this section, "hazardous material" means any material that is designated as such under the "Hazardous Materials Transportation Act," 88 Stat. 2156 (1975), 49 U.S.C.A. 1801, as amended, and regulations adopted under it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3736.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3736 / § 3736.07
§ 3736.07. Metal beverage containers not requiring a separate opener prohibited
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly No person, agency of the state, municipal corporation, county, or township shall sell or offer for sale any beer or mixed beverages as defined in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code, or any soft drink as defined in section 913.22 of the Revised Code, in a metal container that is so designed that it may be opened by removing from the container a part of the container without using a separate opener. However, nothing in this section prohibits the sale or offering for sale of a container the only detachable part of which is a piece of tape or other similar adhesive material.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.21
§ 3769.21. Thoroughbred horsemen's health and retirement fund
Status: in_force

September 19, 1996 House Bill 561 - 121st General Assembly (A) A corporation may be formed pursuant to Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code to establish a thoroughbred horsemen's health and retirement fund and a corporation may be formed pursuant to Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code to establish a harness horsemen's health and retirement fund to be administered for the benefit of horsemen. As used in this section, "horsemen" includes any person involved in the owning, breeding, training, grooming, or racing of horses which race in Ohio, except for the owners or managers of race tracks. For purposes of the thoroughbred horsemen's health and retirement fund, "horsemen" also does not include trainers and grooms who are not members of the thoroughbred horsemen's organization in this state. No more than one corporation to establish a thoroughbred horsemen's health and retirement fund and no more than one corporation to establish a harness horsemen's health and retirement fund may be established in Ohio pursuant to this section. The trustees of the corporation formed to establish a thoroughbred horsemen's health and retirement fund shall have the discretion to determine which horsemen shall benefit from such fund. (B) The articles of incorporation of both of the corporations described in division (A) of this section shall provide for at least the following: (1) The corporation shall be governed by, and the health and retirement fund shall be administered by, a board of three trustees appointed pursuant to division (C) of this section for staggered three-year terms. (2) The board of trustees shall adopt and administer a plan to provide health benefits, retirement benefits, or both to either thoroughbred or harness horsemen. (3) The sum paid to the corporation pursuant to division (G) or (H) of section 3769.08 of the Revised Code shall be used exclusively to establish and administer the health and retirement fund, and to finance benefits paid to horsemen pursuant to the plan adopted under division (B)(2) of this section. (4) The articles of incorporation and code of regulations of the corporation may be amended at any time by the board of trustees pursuant to the method set forth in the articles of incorporation and code of regulations, except that no amendment shall be adopted which is inconsistent with this section. (C) Within sixty days after the formation of each of the corporations described in division (A) of this section, the state racing commission shall appoint the members of the board of trustees of that corporation. Vacancies shall be filled by the state racing commission in the same manner as initial appointments. Each trustee of the thoroughbred horsemen's health and retirement fund appointed by the commission shall be active as a thoroughbred horseman while serving a term as a trustee and shall have been active as a thoroughbred horseman for at least five years immediately prior to the commencement of any such term. Each trustee of the harness horsemen's health and retirement fund appointed by the commission shall be active as a harness horseman while serving a term as a trustee and shall have been active as a harness horseman for at least five years immediately prior to the commencement of any such term. The incorporators of either such corporation may serve as initial trustees until the state racing commission acts pursuant to this section to make these appointments. (D) The intent of the general assembly in enacting this section pursuant to Amended House Bill No. 639 of the 115th general assembly was to fulfill a legitimate government responsibility in a manner that would be more cost efficient and effective than direct state agency administration by permitting nonprofit corporations to be formed to establish health and retirement funds for the benefit of harness and thoroughbred horsemen, as it was determined that such persons were in need of such benefits.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3723.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3723 / § 3723.99
§ 3723.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 24, 1990 House Bill 279 - 118th General Assembly Whoever violates division (A) of section 3723.02 , division (C) or (D) of section 3723.04 , section 3723.05 , or section 3723.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each day of violation is a separate offense. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3748.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3748 / § 3748.11
§ 3748.11. Compliance with rules
Status: in_force

September 8, 1995 Senate Bill 19 - 121st General Assembly (A) A facility that is licensed under this chapter and rules adopted under it, including a facility that is licensed for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste, shall comply with all applicable rules adopted under division (I) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code governing closure, decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and long-term surveillance and care of its licensed activity. (B) Unless there is federal jurisdiction for oversight of closure, decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and long-term surveillance and care of a licensed activity, those actions are the responsibility of the state. (C) When the director of health finds that a licensee has failed to comply with all requirements governing closure, decontamination, decommissioning, and reclamation of its licensed activity, the director shall make a finding of that fact and declare any financial guaranty provided for in the licensee's decommissioning funding plan prepared in accordance with rules adopted under division (I)(1) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code forfeited in the amount established by the director. The director shall certify the total forfeiture to the attorney general, who shall collect the amount. Except as otherwise provided in this section, moneys collected from forfeitures under this division shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the radiation site closure and reclamation fund, which is hereby created. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The director shall use moneys in the fund exclusively to complete actions necessary to comply with requirements governing closure, decontamination, decommissioning, and reclamation regarding licensed activities for which financial guaranties have been forfeited under this division. The director may enter into contracts for those purposes. (D) When the director finds that a licensee to whom standards and procedures established in rules adopted under division (I)(2) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code apply has failed to comply with long-term surveillance and care requirements established in rules adopted under division (I) of that section, the director shall make a finding of that fact and declare any financial guaranty provided for in the licensee's decommissioning funding plan prepared in accordance with rules adopted under division (I)(2) of that section forfeited in the amount established by the director. The director shall certify the total forfeiture to the attorney general, who shall collect the amount. Except as otherwise provided in this section, moneys collected from forfeitures under this division shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the radiation long-term care fund, which is hereby created. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The director shall use moneys in the fund exclusively to complete actions necessary to comply with requirements governing long-term surveillance, care, and maintenance regarding licensed activities for which financial guaranties have been forfeited under this division. The director may enter into contracts for those purposes. (E) Moneys collected from the forfeiture of any financial guaranty under division (C) or (D) of this section by the licensee of a facility for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the long-term care fund created pursuant to section 3747.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3740.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3740 / § 3740.01
§ 3740.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Community-based long-term care provider" means a provider, as defined in section 173.39 of the Revised Code. (B) "Community-based long-term care subcontractor" means a subcontractor, as defined in section 173.38 of the Revised Code. (C) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (D) "Direct care" means any of the following: (1) Any service identified in divisions (G)(1) to (6) of this section that is provided in a patient's place of residence used as the patient's home; (2) Any activity that requires the person performing the activity to be routinely alone with a patient or to routinely have access to a patient's personal property or financial documents regarding a patient; (3) For each home health agency individually, any other routine service or activity that the chief administrator of the home health agency designates as direct care. (E) "Disqualifying offense" means any of the offenses listed or described in divisions (A)(3)(a) to (e) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (F) "Employee" means a person employed by a home health agency in a full-time, part-time, or temporary position that involves providing direct care to an individual and a person who works in such a position due to being referred to a home health agency by an employment service. (G) "Home health agency" means a person or government entity, other than a nursing home, residential care facility, hospice care program, pediatric respite care program, pediatric transition care program, informal respite care provider, provider certified by the department of developmental disabilities under Chapter 5123. of the Revised Code, residential facility licensed under section 5119.34 or 5123.19 of the Revised Code, shared living provider, or immediate family member, that has the primary function of providing any of the following services to a patient at a place of residence used as the patient's home: (1) Skilled nursing care; (2) Physical therapy; (3) Occupational therapy; (4) Speech-language pathology; (5) Medical social services; (6) Home health aide services. (H) "Home health aide services" means any of the following services provided by an employee of a home health agency: (1) Hands-on bathing or assistance with a tub bath or shower; (2) Assistance with dressing, ambulation, and toileting; (3) Catheter care but not insertion; (4) Meal preparation and feeding. (I) "Hospice care program," "pediatric respite care program," and "pediatric transition care program" have the same meanings as in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code. (J) "Immediate family member" means a parent, stepparent, grandparent, legal guardian, grandchild, brother, sister, stepsibling, spouse, son, daughter, stepchild, aunt, uncle, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law. (K) "Medical social services" means services provided by a social worker under the direction of a patient's attending physician. (L) "Minor drug possession offense" has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code. (M) "Nonagency provider" means a person who provides direct care to an individual on a self-employed basis and does not employ, directly or through contract, another person to provide the services. "Nonagency provider" does not include any of the following: (1) A caregiver who is an immediate family member of the individual receiving direct care; (2) A person who provides direct care to not more than two individuals who are not immediate family members of the care provider; (3) A volunteer; (4) A person who is certified under section 5104.12 of the Revised Code to provide publicly funded child care as an in-home aide; (5) A person who provides privately funded child care; (6) A caregiver who is certified by the department of developmental disabilities under Chapter 5123. of the Revised Code; (7) A person who operates a residential facility licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code; (8) A person who provides self-directed services, as that term is defined in 42 U.S.C. 1396n(i)(1)(G)(iii)(II), including a person who is certified by the department of aging or registered as a self-directed individual provider through an area agency on aging. (N) "Nonmedical home health services" means any of the following: (1) Any service identified in divisions (H)(1) to (4) of this section; (2) Personal care services; (3) Any other service the director of health designates as a nonmedical home health service in rules adopted under section 3740.10 of the Revised Code. (O) "Nursing home," "residential care facility," and "skilled nursing care" have the same meanings as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. (P) "Occupational therapy" has the same meaning as in section 4755.04 of the Revised Code. (Q) "Personal care services" means any of the following provided to an individual in the individual's home or community: (1) Hands-on assistance with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, when incidental to assistance with activities of daily living; (2) Assistance managing the individual's home and handling personal affairs; (3) Assistance with self-administration of medications; (4) Homemaker services when incidental to any of the services identified in divisions (Q)(1) to (3) of this section or when essential to the health and welfare of the individual specifically, not the individual's family; (5) Respite services for the individual's caregiver; (6) Errands completed outside of the presence of the individual if needed to maintain the individual's health and safety, including picking up prescriptions and groceries. (R) "Physical therapy" has the same meaning as in section 4755.40 of the Revised Code. (S) "Skilled home health services" means any of the following: (1) Any service identified in divisions (G)(1) to (5) of this section; (2) Any other service the director of health designates as a skilled home health service in rules adopted under section 3740.10 of the Revised Code. (T) "Social worker" means a person licensed under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code to practice as a social worker or independent social worker. (U) "Speech-language pathology" has the same meaning as in section 4753.01 of the Revised Code. (V) "Waiver agency" has the same meaning as in section 5164.342 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.011
§ 3704.011. Emission limit exemptions
Status: in_force

July 22, 1994 House Bill 715 - 120th General Assembly (A) In addition to any other exemption provided in this chapter or rules adopted under it, an air contaminant source is exempt from this chapter and rules adopted under it if the emissions of particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, lead, or any other air contaminant from that source do not exceed ten pounds per day, as verified in accordance with division (C) of this section, provided that the exemption does not apply to any air contaminant source if any of the following applies: (1) A requirement established under the federal Clean Air Act or regulations adopted under it limits the emissions from the source to less than ten pounds per day of an air contaminant or restricts the operation of the source in a manner equivalent to an emission limit of less than ten pounds per day; (2) An emission limit adopted by the director of environmental protection to achieve and maintain the national ambient air quality standards or a rule adopted by the director to protect public health and welfare limits the emissions from the source to less than ten pounds per day of an air contaminant or restricts the operation of the source in a manner equivalent to an emission limit of less than ten pounds per day; (3) The source emits radionuclides; (4) The source, alone or in combination with similar air contaminant sources at the same facility, would result in potential emissions of any air contaminant in excess of twenty-five tons per year; (5) The source emits more than one ton per year of hazardous air pollutants. (B)(1) Nothing in this section prohibits the director from adopting rules establishing emission limits or permit requirements, or requiring the submission of information for the purpose of developing those rules, for source categories described in divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section. (2) Nothing in this section affects the determination of whether a stationary source is a major source for purposes of the applicability of the Title V permit program to the source under section 3704.036 of the Revised Code or any requirement to list insignificant activities and emissions levels in a Title V permit application. (3) Nothing in this section restricts the director's authority to require the submission of information as necessary to comply with the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act. (C) If the potential to emit of an air contaminant source exceeds ten pounds per day of any type of air contaminant, the exemption provided in this section does not apply unless the owner or operator of the source maintains records that are adequate to demonstrate that actual emissions have not exceeded ten pounds per day. If the source emits hazardous air pollutants, the exemption provided in this section does not apply unless the owner or operator of the source maintains records that are adequate to demonstrate that actual emissions of hazardous air pollutants have not exceeded one ton per year. Records required under this division shall be maintained on and after October 29, 1993, preserved for a period of two years, and made available upon request to the director. The director may adopt, amend, and rescind rules to provide further specificity with regard to recordkeeping requirements under this division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.23
§ 3705.23. Copies of vital records
Status: in_force

October 15, 2015 Senate Bill 61 - 131st General Assembly (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the director of health, the state registrar, or a local registrar, on receipt of a signed application and the fee specified in section 3705.24 of the Revised Code, shall issue a certified copy of a vital record, or of a part of a vital record, in the director's or registrar's custody to any applicant, unless the vital record has ceased to be a public record pursuant to section 3705.09 , 3705.11 , 3705.12 , 3705.121 , 3705.122 , 3705.123 , 3705.124 , or 3705.15 of the Revised Code. The certified copy shall show the date the vital record was registered by the local registrar. (2) A certified copy of a vital record may be made by a mechanical, electronic, or other reproduction process. It shall be certified as a true copy by the director, state registrar, or local registrar who has custody of the record and shall include the date of issuance, the name of the issuing officer, the signature of the officer or an authorized facsimile of the signature, and the seal of the issuing office. (3) A certified copy of a vital record or of any part of a vital record, issued in accordance with this section, shall be considered for all purposes the same as the original and shall be prima-facie evidence of the facts stated in it in all courts and places. (4)(a) Information contained in the "information for medical and health use only" section of a birth record shall not be included as part of a certified copy of the birth record unless the information specifically is requested by the individual to whose birth the record attests, either of the individual's parents or the individual's guardian, a lineal descendant, or an official of the federal or state government or of a political subdivision of the state charged by law with detecting or prosecuting crime. (b) Except as provided in division (A)(4)(a) of this section, neither the office of vital statistics nor a local registrar shall disclose information contained in the "information for medical and health use only" section of a birth record unless a court, for good cause shown, orders disclosure of the information or the state registrar specifically authorizes release of the information for statistical or research purposes under conditions the state registrar, subject to the approval of the director of health, shall establish by rule. (5) For the first five years after a decedent's death, a decedent's social security number shall not be included on a certified copy of the decedent's death certificate unless that information is specifically requested to be on the certified copy by one of the following who presents proof satisfactory to the director, state registrar, or local registrar of the person's identity: (a) The decedent's spouse; (b) A county veterans service officer employed under section 5901.07 of the Revised Code; (c) An official specified in division (A), (B), or (C) of section 9.15 of the Revised Code who is authorized to cause the burial or cremation of a dead person as described in that section; (d) An agent of an officer or official described in division (A)(5)(b) or (c) of this section, but only if the agent presents either of the following indicating the agent's status as the officer's or official's agent: (i) Photographic identification, such as an employment badge; (ii) A signed and dated letter on the officer's or official's letterhead. (e) A lineal descendant of the decedent; (f) An individual with a class A or B license to engage in the business of private investigation issued under section 4749.03 of the Revised Code; (g) An official of the federal or state government or of a political subdivision of the state charged by law with detecting or prosecuting crime; (h) An individual engaged in the work of, or connected with, or employed by, any media organization or media association for the purpose of gathering, procuring, compiling, editing, disseminating, or publishing news; (i) The executor or administrator of the decedent's estate, or an attorney representing the executor or administrator; (j) An agent, as defined in section 1337.22 of the Revised Code, of the decedent, when the decedent had been the principal under a power of attorney created pursuant to sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code; (k) The adult, or any adult in a group of adults, serving as the representative or successor representative under a written declaration the decedent executed pursuant to section 2108.70 of the Revised Code; (l) A licensed funeral director, or an employee or agent of that individual, who requests a certified copy of the decedent's death certificate on behalf of a person described in division (A)(5) of this section other than a person described in division (A)(5)(g) of this section; (m) Any person who is authorized by law to act on behalf of the decedent or the decedent's estate but is not listed in divisions (A)(5)(a) to (l) of this section. (B)(1) Unless the applicant specifically requests a certified copy, the director, the state registrar, or a local registrar, on receipt of a signed application for a birth record and the fee specified in section 3705.24 of the Revised Code, may issue a certification of birth, and the certification of birth shall contain at least the name, sex, date of birth, registration date, and place of birth of the person to whose birth the record attests and shall attest that the person's birth has been registered. A certification of birth shall be prima-facie evidence of the facts stated in it in all courts and places. (2) The director or state registrar, on receipt of a signed application for an heirloom certification of birth and the fee specified in section 3705.24 of the Revised Code, may issue an heirloom certification of birth. The director shall prescribe by rule guidelines for the form of an heirloom certification of birth, and the guidelines shall require the heirloom certification of birth to contain at least the name, sex, date of birth, registration date, and place of birth of the person to whose birth the record attests and to attest that the person's birth has been registered. An heirloom certification of birth shall be prima-facie evidence of the facts stated in it in all courts and places. (3)(a) The director or state registrar, on receipt of an application signed by either parent, shall issue a certificate that recognizes the delivery of a stillborn infant. The director or state registrar shall not charge a fee for the certificate. The certificate is not proof of a live birth for purposes of federal, state, and local taxes. The certificate shall contain the infant's name and sex, the date of delivery, and the place of delivery. The certificate shall not contain the word "stillborn" or "stillbirth" or any other words having the same or a similar meaning. The director may prescribe by rule any other standards regarding the form of the certificate. (b) If, prior to June 3, 2014, a parent obtained a certificate that contains the word "stillborn" or "stillbirth" or any other words having the same or a similar meaning, the parent may submit to the director or state registrar a written request for issuance of a certificate that meets the conditions specified in division (B)(3)(a) of this section. On receipt of the request, the director or state registrar shall issue the certificate. (C) On evidence that a birth certificate was registered through misrepresentation or fraud, the state registrar may withhold the issuance of a certified copy of the birth record or a certification of birth until a court makes a determination that no misrepresentation or fraud occurred. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.72
§ 3745.72. Voluntary disclosure of information - immunity
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The owner or operator of a facility or property who conducts an environmental audit of the facility or property and promptly and voluntarily discloses information contained in or derived from an audit report that is based on the audit and concerns an alleged violation of environmental laws to the director of the state agency that has jurisdiction over the alleged violation is immune from any administrative and civil penalties for the specific violation disclosed, except that where the disclosed violation has resulted in significant economic benefit to the owner or operator of the facility or property, there is no immunity for the economic benefit component of the administrative and civil penalties for that violation. An owner or operator asserting entitlement to such immunity has the burden of proving that entitlement by a preponderance of the evidence. (B) For the purposes of this section, a disclosure of information is voluntary with respect to an alleged violation of environmental laws only if all of the following apply: (1) The disclosure is made promptly after the information is obtained through the environmental audit by the owner or operator who conducts the environmental audit. (2) A reasonable, good faith effort is made to achieve compliance as quickly as practicable with environmental laws applicable to the information disclosed. (3) Compliance with environmental laws applicable to the information disclosed is achieved as quickly as practicable or within such period as is reasonably ordered by the director of the state agency that has jurisdiction over the alleged violation. (4) The owner or operator cooperates with the director of the state agency that has jurisdiction over the alleged violation in investigating the cause, nature, extent, and effects of the noncompliance. (5) The disclosure is not required by law, prior litigation, or an order by a court or a government agency. (6) The owner or operator who makes the disclosure does not know or have reason to know that a government agency charged with enforcing environmental laws has commenced an investigation or enforcement action that concerns a violation of such laws involving the activity. (C) For the purposes of this section, a disclosure shall be in writing, dated, and hand delivered or sent by certified mail to the director of the state agency that has jurisdiction over the alleged violation, and shall contain all of the following in a printed letter attached to the front of the disclosure: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the owner or operator making the disclosure; (2) The name, title, address, and telephone number of one or more persons associated with the owner or operator who may be contacted regarding the disclosure; (3) A brief summary of the alleged violation of environmental laws, including, without limitation, the nature, date, and location of the alleged violation to the extent that the information is known by the owner or operator; (4) A statement that the information is part of an environmental audit report and is being disclosed under section 3745.72 of the Revised Code in order to obtain the immunity provided by that section. (D) This section does not provide immunity from the payment of damages for harm to persons, property, or the environment; the payment of reasonable costs incurred by a government agency in responding to a disclosure; or responsibility for the remediation or cleanup of environmental harm under environmental laws. (E) The immunity provided by this section does not apply under any of the following circumstances: (1) Within the three-year period prior to disclosure, the owner or operator of a facility or property has committed significant violations that constitute a pattern of continuous or repeated violations of environmental laws, environmental related settlement agreements, or environmental related judicial orders and that arose from separate and distinct events. For the purposes of division (E)(1) of this section, a pattern of continuous or repeated violations also may be demonstrated by multiple settlement agreements related to substantially the same alleged significant violations that occurred within the three-year period immediately prior to the voluntary disclosure. Determination of whether a person has a pattern of continuous or repeated violations under division (E)(1) of this section shall be based on the compliance history of the property or specific facility at issue. (2) With respect to a specific violation, the violation resulted in serious harm or in imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment. (3) With respect to a specific violation, the violation is of a specific requirement of an administrative or judicial order. (F) The immunity provided by this section applies only to disclosures made concerning environmental audits initiated after March 13, 1997, in accordance with the time frames specified in division (A) of section 3745.70 of the Revised Code. (G) The immunity provided by this section applies to a person who makes a good faith disclosure to a state agency under this section even though another state agency is determined to have jurisdiction over an alleged violation of environmental laws indicated in the disclosure. (H) Each state agency that receives a disclosure under this section promptly shall record receipt of the disclosure, determine whether it has jurisdiction over the alleged violation of environmental laws indicated in the disclosure, and, if it does not have such jurisdiction, deliver the disclosure documents to the director of a state agency that has jurisdiction over the alleged violation. If a disclosure indicates alleged violations of environmental laws that are under the jurisdiction of more than one state agency, the state agency that first receives the disclosure and has jurisdiction over any of the alleged violations promptly shall notify the director of each state agency that has jurisdiction over any of such alleged violations. The director of each state agency that receives a disclosure under this section, or is notified by another state agency that the director's agency has jurisdiction over an alleged violation of environmental laws indicated in the disclosure, promptly shall deliver written notice of that fact by certified mail to the owner or operator who made the disclosure. The notice shall identify the state agency that sends the notice; state the name, title, address, and telephone number of a person in the agency whom the owner or operator may contact regarding the disclosure; and state the name, address, and telephone number of the director of any other state agency notified about the disclosure because that agency has jurisdiction over an alleged violation of environmental laws indicated in the disclosure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3730.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3730 / § 3730.02
§ 3730.02. Tattooing or body piercing services prohibitions
Status: in_force

January 12, 1998 House Bill 25 - 122nd General Assembly No person shall do any of the following: (A) Operate a business that offers tattooing or body piercing services unless a board of health has approved the business under section 3730.03 of the Revised Code; (B) Perform a tattooing or body piercing procedure in a manner that does not meet the safety and sanitation standards established by this chapter and the rules adopted under section 3730.10 of the Revised Code; (C) Perform a tattooing procedure, body piercing procedure, or ear piercing procedure with an ear piercing gun in a manner that does not meet the standards for appropriate disinfection and sterilization of invasive equipment or parts of equipment used in performing the procedures established by this chapter and the rules adopted under section 3730.10 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3774.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3774 / § 3774.06
§ 3774.06. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 House Bill 132 - 132nd General Assembly (A) A fantasy contest may not be offered on any kiosk or machine physically located in a retail business location. (B) A fantasy contest operator operating in this state shall not do any of the following: (1) Operate or offer a fantasy contest based upon any university, college, high school, or youth sporting event; ( 2) Allow the use of scripts unless the scripts are made readily available to all fantasy contest players; ( 3) Employ false, deceptive, or misleading advertising, or advertising that is not based upon fact; or (4) Target players that have restricted themselves from entering fantasy contests under the procedures for doing so as required by the commission, or persons under eighteen years of age, in the fantasy contest operator's advertising.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.71
§ 3715.71. Publication of reports - dissemination of information
Status: in_force

July 22, 1998 Senate Bill 66 - 122nd General Assembly The director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders that have been rendered under sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. The director or board may also cause to be disseminated any information regarding food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics that the director or board deems necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of the consumer against fraud. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the director or board from collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of investigations conducted by the director or board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3729.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3729 / § 3729.04
§ 3729.04. Municipal or county permit for development
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) No person shall cause development to occur within any portion of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp that is located within a one-hundred-year flood plain in a municipal corporation unless the person first obtains a permit therefor from the municipal corporation in accordance with the flood plain management ordinance of the municipal corporation. (B) No person shall cause development to occur within any portion of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp that is located within a one-hundred-year flood plain in an unincorporated area unless the person first obtains a permit therefor from the board of county commissioners of the county in which the development is to occur in accordance with the flood plain management resolution of the county adopted under section 307.37 of the Revised Code. (C) If development for which a permit is required under division (A) or (B) of this section is to occur on a site where a recreational vehicle or portable camping unit is or is to be located, the owner of the recreational vehicle or portable camping unit and the operator of the recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp shall jointly obtain the permit. Each of the persons to whom a permit is jointly issued is responsible for compliance with the provisions of the approved permit that are applicable to that person. If development for which a permit is required under division (A) or (B) of this section is to occur within a temporary park-camp on a site where a recreational vehicle or portable camping unit is or is to be located, the owner of the temporary park-camp shall obtain the permit. (D) Fees established by a municipal corporation or county for the issuance of permits under division (A) or (B) of this section are not subject to regulation by the director of health.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3739.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3739 / § 3739.12
§ 3739.12. Exemption for out-of-state stamping or packaging
Status: in_force

May 1, 2010 House Bill 500 - 127th General Assembly (A) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any person or entity from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements specified in this chapter if the cigarette's packaging is or will be stamped for sale in another state or is packaged for sale outside of the United States, and that person or entity has taken reasonable steps to ensure that those cigarettes will not be sold or offered for sale to persons located in this state. (B) The requirements of sections 3739.02 to 3739.10 of the Revised Code shall not prohibit a wholesale dealer or retail dealer of cigarettes from selling the dealer's inventory of cigarettes in existence on or after the effective date of this section if the dealer establishes both of the following: (1) That the state tax stamps were affixed to the cigarettes prior to the effective date of this section; (2) That the inventory that was purchased prior to the effective date of this section is comparable in quantity to the inventory purchased during the same period of the prior year. (C) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the sale of cigarettes solely for the purpose of consumer testing. For purposes of this division, "consumer testing" means an assessment of cigarettes that is conducted by a manufacturer or under the control and direction of a manufacturer for the purpose of evaluating consumer acceptance of such cigarettes, utilizing only the quantity of cigarettes that is reasonably necessary for such assessment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.451 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.451
§ 3743.451. Rules for consumer-grade fireworks use
Status: in_force

February 7, 2022 House Bill 172 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) The state fire marshal shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regulating the time, manner, and location of 1.4G fireworks discharged, ignited, or exploded under section 3743.45 of the Revised Code. The rules may include provisions requiring that all fireworks be used only in accordance with manufacturer's instructions and provisions for all of the following: (a) The use of aerial fireworks; (b) Separation distances between the location of fireworks discharges, ignitions, or explosions and adjacent structures, roadways, railroads, airports, publicly owned or controlled places, and places where hazardous materials are manufactured, used, or stored; (c) Fireworks usage at common areas of multitenant properties; (d) The suspension of fireworks discharges, ignitions, or explosions during times of drought or similar conditions; (e) The proximity of fireworks discharges, ignitions, or explosions to persons under eighteen years of age; (f) Any other matters similar to those listed in division (A)(1) of this section. (2) The state fire marshal shall file the rules required by this division with the joint committee on agency rule review pursuant to division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section. (B)(1) Nothing in division (A) of this section shall be construed to limit the authority of a county, township, or municipal corporation under division (D) of section 3743.45 of the Revised Code to restrict the dates and times or ban the discharge, ignition, or explosion of fireworks purchased under section 3743.45 of the Revised Code. (2) Rules adopted pursuant to this section shall permit consumers, who are at least eighteen years of age, to safely and responsibly use 1.4G fireworks on their own private property, or any private property to which they have express consent from the property owner. (3) Rules adopted pursuant to this section shall not be constructed as a de facto ban on the consumer discharge of fireworks. It is the intent of the general assembly to allow consumers to discharge 1.4G fireworks in a safe and reasonable manner. Last updated December 9, 2021 at 4:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.56
§ 3734.56. Submission of amended plan and certification
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 Senate Bill 147 - 136th General Assembly (A) Each county and joint solid waste management district having a solid waste management plan approved under section 3734.521 or 3734.55 of the Revised Code with a planning period of less than fifteen years shall submit triennially, on or before the anniversary date of the approval of the initial plan, to the director of environmental protection an amended plan and certification for the subsequent ten-year period or longer period on which the district's initial plan was based. If the district's initial plan as approved by the director contained a planning period of fifteen or more years, the district shall submit such an amended plan and certification to the director every five years on or before the anniversary date of the approval of the initial plan of the district. The amended plan and certification shall comply with divisions (A), (B), (D), and (E)(1) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code. An amended plan may incorporate any of the elements under division (C) of that section that are not included in the district's initial plan or previous amended plans and may delete any of those elements that were contained in the initial plan or previous amended plans. An amended plan shall incorporate all of the elements required under section 3734.53 of the Revised Code, and may incorporate any of the elements authorized under that section, for the purpose of managing solid wastes that consist of scrap tires and solid waste facilities that are scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facilities. Not later than fifteen months before the required date for submission of the amended plan for the district under this section, the solid waste management policy committee of the county or joint district established under section 3734.54 of the Revised Code shall begin preparation of the draft amended plan for the district. The committee shall proceed to adopt and obtain approval of the amended plan of the district in accordance with divisions (A) to (C) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code. If a county or joint district fails to submit an amended plan in accordance with this division or fails to obtain approval of the amended plan within eighteen months after the required date for its submission under this division, the director shall proceed in accordance with division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code. An amended plan prepared by the director under this division or division (B) of this section shall incorporate all of the elements required under section 3734.53 of the Revised Code for the purpose of managing solid wastes that consist of scrap tires and solid waste facilities that are scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facilities, except that for that purpose the amended plan shall not incorporate any of the elements required or authorized under division (B) or (C) of that section. (B) If the solid waste management plan of a county or joint district was initially prepared and ordered to be implemented by the director under division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or division (D) of section 3734.521 of the Revised Code, the director shall review the plan triennially and prepare for the district an amended plan that complies with divisions (A) and (D) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code and is applicable to the subsequent ten-year period. An amended plan prepared by the director shall not contain any provisions required or authorized to be included in plans submitted by districts under division (B), (C), or (E) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code. Upon completion of the amended plan, the director shall issue an order in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code directing the board of county commissioners or board of directors of the district to implement the amended plan in compliance with the implementation schedule contained in it. (C) A county or joint district that is operating under a solid waste management plan prepared and ordered to be implemented by the director under division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or division (D) of section 3734.521 of the Revised Code may establish, under division (B) of section 3734.54 of the Revised Code, a solid waste management policy committee and prepare, adopt, and submit its own solid waste management plan to replace the initial or an amended plan prepared by the director. Any such district may submit its plan to the director only within the one hundred eighty days immediately preceding a triennial anniversary of the date on which the director issued the initial order under division (D) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code or division (D) of section 3734.521 of the Revised Code requiring the district to implement the plan prepared by the director. Upon approval of the solid waste management plan of the county or joint district under division (C) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue an order in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code revoking the earlier orders issued to the district under division (D) of that section or division (D) of section 3734.521 of the Revised Code, as appropriate. (D) When the board of county commissioners of a county district or the board of directors of a joint district determines that circumstances materially changed from those addressed in the approved initial or amended plan of the district require submission of an amended plan prior to the time required under division (A) of this section, the board shall request the solid waste management policy committee of the district to prepare a draft amended plan. Upon receipt of the board's request, the committee shall begin preparing a draft amended plan for the district and shall proceed to adopt and obtain approval of the amended plan in accordance with divisions (A) to (C) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code. (E) The board of county commissioners of a county district or board of directors of a joint district may request the solid waste management policy committee of the district to prepare and adopt amendments to any provisions of the district's plan or amended plan required to be included under division (B) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code at any time and without obtaining approval of the amendments from the director. The committee shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendments to the plan and shall proceed in accordance with division (B) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code to conduct a public hearing on the proposed amendments and obtain their approval and ratification. (F) The board of county commissioners of a county district or board of directors of a joint district may request the solid waste management policy committee of the district to prepare and adopt an amendment to the provision required to be included in the district's plan or amended plan under division (E) of section 3734.53 of the Revised Code at any time and without the necessity of obtaining approval of the amendment from the director. The policy committee shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment to the plan. Upon adopting the resolution, it shall proceed in accordance with divisions (A) and (B) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code to adopt and obtain ratification of the proposed amendment in the same manner as a plan, except that the board need not submit a copy of the resolution to the director for review and comment under division (A) of that section. An amendment to a plan or amended plan that is proposed and ratified in accordance with this division shall take effect when the policy committee declares the amendment to be ratified pursuant to division (B) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.19
§ 3701.19. Poison control network definitions
Status: in_force

February 12, 2004 House Bill 6 - 125th General Assembly As used in sections 3701.19 to 3701.201 of the Revised Code: (A) "Poison prevention and treatment center" means an entity designated as a poison prevention and treatment center by the director of health under section 3701.20 of the Revised Code. (B) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property. (C) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property. "Tort action" includes a product liability claim that is subject to sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code, but does not include a civil action for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (D)(1) Subject to division (D)(2) of this section, "volunteer" means a trustee, officer, or agent of a poison prevention and treatment center, or another person associated with such a center, who satisfies both of the following: (a) Performs services for or on behalf of, and under the authority or auspices of, the center; (b) Does not receive compensation, either directly or indirectly, for performing those services. (2) For purposes of division (D)(1) of this section, "compensation" does not include any of the following: (a) Actual and necessary expenses that are incurred by a volunteer in connection with the services performed for a center, and that are reimbursed to the volunteer or otherwise paid; (b) Insurance premiums paid on behalf of a volunteer, and amounts paid or reimbursed, pursuant to division (E) of section 1702.12 of the Revised Code; (c) Modest perquisites.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.46
§ 3734.46. Effect of disqualification
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Notwithstanding the disqualification of the applicant or permittee pursuant to this chapter, the director of environmental protection or the board of health may issue or renew a permit or license if the applicant or permittee severs the interest of or affiliation with the individual or business concern that would otherwise cause that disqualification or may issue or renew a license on a temporary basis for a period not to exceed six months if the director or the board of health determines that the issuance or renewal of the permit or license is necessitated by the public interest.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.831 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.831
§ 3737.831. Issuance of permit for temporary structures
Status: in_force

April 4, 2007 Senate Bill 305 - 126th General Assembly The state fire code adopted pursuant to sections 3737.82 and 3737.83 of the Revised Code shall contain a provision directing the fire marshal to issue any permit that is required for any temporary membrane structure, tent, or canopy located on state-owned property or used for an event sponsored by a state agency, unless the fire marshal directs the person seeking the permit to obtain the permit from the appropriate local fire code official.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.937 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.937
§ 3701.937. Provision of data by other entities and individuals
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly At the request of the director of health, any individual or entity not specified in section 3701.936 of the Revised Code, at the individual's or entity's discretion, may provide information, data, records, and otherwise assist in the execution of sections 3701.93 to 3701.9314 of the Revised Code. Any information, data, and records provided to the director by any other individual or entity shall contain only information, data, or records that are available or reasonably drawn from any information, data, and record developed and kept in the normal course of business.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3714.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3714 / § 3714.12
§ 3714.12. Orders to abate
Status: in_force

December 22, 2005 House Bill 397 - 126th General Assembly (A) The board of health of a health district may make orders in accordance with section 3709.20 or 3709.21 of the Revised Code to a permit or license holder or other person to abate, within a specified, reasonable time, a violation of any section of this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or a term or condition of a permit or license issued under it. The director of environmental protection may issue enforcement orders in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code to a permit or license holder or other person to abate, within a specified, reasonable time, a violation of any section of this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or a term or condition of a permit or license issued under it. (B) If the board of health or the director determines that conditions at a construction and demolition debris facility or other location where construction and demolition debris is being disposed of are causing or threatening to cause an imminent and substantial threat to public health or safety or the environment or an imminent and substantial risk of fire and that, due to any of those conditions, an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health or safety or the environment, the board or the director may, without notice or hearing, issue an order reciting the existence of the emergency and requiring that such action be taken as is necessary to meet the emergency. The order shall be effective immediately. Any person to whom such an order is directed shall comply immediately, but on application to the director or the board of health, as appropriate, shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible, but not later than thirty days after application. On the basis of the hearing, the director or the board of health shall continue the order in effect or revoke or modify it. No emergency order shall remain in effect for more than ninety days after its issuance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3753.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3753 / § 3753.08
§ 3753.08. Order to abate violation
Status: in_force

September 30, 1998 Senate Bill 219 - 122nd General Assembly The director of environmental protection may issue orders requiring an owner or operator who is subject to this chapter to abate a violation of section 3753.06 of the Revised Code. The director may issue such orders as final orders without issuing a proposed action under section 3745.07 of the Revised Code and, notwithstanding section 119.06 of the Revised Code, without the necessity to hold an adjudication hearing. Issuance of an order under this section is not a condition precedent to bringing any civil or criminal action under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.37
§ 3735.37. Annual report
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly A metropolitan housing authority shall keep an accurate account of all its activities and of all receipts and expenditures and make an annual report of these publicly available. All moneys received in excess of operating expenditures shall be devoted to the payment of interest and sinking fund charges for the retirement of indebtedness, whether secured by mortgage or otherwise, and from the excess there shall be set aside such fund as the authority deems proper for the purpose of covering repairs, depreciation, and reserves. Whatever balance then remains shall be applied to the reduction of rentals thereafter falling due.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.361 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.361
§ 3781.361. OHIO811 nonvoting advisory member
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) The OHIO811 nonvoting advisory member appointed to the underground technical committee under division (B)(14) of section 3781.34 of the Revised Code shall do the following: (1) Provide support to the committee during discussions regarding the enforcement provisions of the Ohio underground protection service law; (2) Provide subject matter expertise and education regarding the "Contact 811 Before You Dig" process and stakeholder responsibilities to it during any inquiries conducted under section 4913.09 of the Revised Code; (3) Provide additional research, data, and industry information when requested by the underground technical committee. (B) The nonvoting advisory member shall not vote on any underground technical committee action under Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code. (C) The nonvoting advisory member shall not be included as a member of the underground technical committee for purposes of calculating the number of votes necessary to take committee action under Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3752.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3752 / § 3752.13
§ 3752.13. Expending moneys from immediate removal fund to take remedial actions
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly (A) If the director of environmental protection determines that conditions at a reporting facility constitute an imminent and substantial threat to public health or safety or are causing or contributing to, or are threatening to cause or contribute to, air or water pollution or soil contamination, the director may expend moneys from the immediate removal fund created in section 3745.12 of the Revised Code to take such remedial actions as are necessary or appropriate to protect the public health or safety or the environment, provided that a violation or failure to comply with any of the following has occurred or is occuring at the facility: (1) Section 3752.06 of the Revised Code, a rule adopted under section 3752.03 of the Revised Code implementing that section, or a term or condition of an order issued under section 3752.16 of the Revised Code to enforce that section or rule; (2) Section 3752.07 of the Revised Code, a rule adopted under section 3752.03 of the Revised Code implementing that section, or a term or condition of an order issued under section 3752.16 of the Revised Code to enforce that section or rule; (3) Division (A)(2) of section 3752.09 of the Revised Code; (4) A term or condition of an order issued under division (A)(3) of section 3752.09 of the Revised Code; (5) An interim maintenance plan approved under division (A) of section 3752.10 of the Revised Code; (6) A term or condition of an order issued under division (A) of section 3752.10 of the Revised Code approving or disapproving an application for a waiver; (7) A term or condition of an order issued under division (B) of section 3752.10 of the Revised Code revoking a waiver; (8) Division (C)(1) of section 3752.10 of the Revised Code; (9) A term or condition of an order issued under division (C)(2) of section 3752.10 of the Revised Code; (10) Section 3752.11 , 3752.111 , or 3752.113 of the Revised Code or a rule adopted under section 3752.03 of the Revised Code pertaining to the securing of buildings, structures, and outdoor locations of operation in connection with any of those sections. Expenditures from the fund to perform any such remedial action shall be made pursuant to contracts entered into by the director with persons who agree to furnish all of the materials, equipment, work, and labor as provided in the contract. Agents or employees of persons contracting with the director under this division may enter upon any land, public or private, as necessary to perform a remedial action under this division. The director shall keep a detailed accounting of the cost of each such remedial action. (B) The owner or operator of a facility where a remedial action is undertaken under division (A) of this section is liable to the state for the total cost of the remedial action in addition to any other liabilities imposed by law. The total cost of the remedial action is a lien upon the facility. The director shall prepare and present for recording in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the facility is located notice of the lien. The county recorder shall not charge a fee for recording a notice of lien under this division. (C) Upon completion of a remedial action under division (A) of this section, the director shall certify the total cost of the remedial action to the attorney general and shall send a copy of the notice of the lien to him. Upon receiving the director's certification and notice, the attorney general shall do one or both of the following: (1) Bring a civil action to recover the total cost of the remedial action as certified by the director; (2) Upon the written request of the director, foreclose the lien imposed by division (B) of this section. All moneys recovered under this division shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the immediate removal fund. Last updated October 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.136 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.136
§ 3701.136. School-based fluoride mouth rinse program
Status: in_force

August 31, 2010 House Bill 190 - 128th General Assembly (A) The director of health may establish a school-based fluoride mouth rinse program. If the director establishes the program, divisions (B) to (E) of this section are applicable. (B) The director shall conduct a program to educate employees of the department of health and dental hygienists licensed under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code on how to train employees of, and volunteers for, public and nonpublic schools regarding the proper means of administering fluoride mouth rinse to students. (C) Schools that participate in the school-based fluoride mouth rinse program shall require that their employees and volunteers who intend to administer fluoride mouth rinse to students receive training, by either of the following, on the proper means of administering fluoride mouth rinse to students: (1) An employee of the department of health or a dental hygienist who has been trained through the program the director conducts pursuant to division (B) of this section; (2) A school employee or volunteer who has been trained by an individual described in division (C)(1) of this section. (D)(1) The director shall prescribe a form that the parent, guardian, or other person having care or charge of a student enrolled in a public or nonpublic school that participates in the school-based fluoride mouth rinse program may use to consent to the administration of fluoride mouth rinse to the student for the duration of the student's enrollment in that school. School employees or volunteers shall not administer fluoride mouth rinse to a student unless the consent form from the student's parent, guardian, or other person has been received. (2) The consent form shall include all of the following: (a) A space designated for the student's name and address; (b) A space designated for the name of the student's school; (c) A space designated for the student's grade level and class; (d) A space designated for the signature of the parent, guardian, or other person who authorizes the administration of fluoride mouth rinse to the student; (e) Information on the name, dosage, and intervals at which the fluoride mouth rinse is scheduled to be administered during each school year; (f) The dates the administration of fluoride mouth rinse is to begin and cease, which may, respectively, be the first and last days of a school year; (g) Any other information or spaces the director considers necessary for the proper administration of the program. (E) The director may adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer the school-based fluoride mouth rinse program. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3767.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3767 / § 3767.01
§ 3767.01. Nuisances - disorderly houses definitions
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 100 - 135th General Assembly As used in all sections of the Revised Code relating to nuisances: (A) "Place" includes any building, erection, or place or any separate part or portion thereof or the ground itself; (B) "Person" includes any individual, corporation, association, partnership, trustee, lessee, agent, or assignee; (C) "Nuisance" means any of the following: (1) That which is defined and declared by statutes to be a nuisance; (2) Any place in or upon which lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, continued, or exists, or any place, in or upon which lewd, indecent, lascivious, or obscene films or plate negatives, film or plate positives, films designed to be projected on a screen for exhibition films, or glass slides either in negative or positive form designed for exhibition by projection on a screen, are photographed, manufactured, developed, screened, exhibited, or otherwise prepared or shown, and the personal property and contents used in conducting and maintaining any such place for any such purpose. This chapter shall not affect any newspaper, magazine, or other publication entered as second class matter by the post-office department. (3) Any room, house, building, boat, vehicle, structure, or place where beer or intoxicating liquor is manufactured, sold, bartered, possessed, or kept in violation of law and all property kept and used in maintaining the same, and all property designed for the unlawful manufacture of beer or intoxicating liquor and beer or intoxicating liquor contained in the room, house, building, boat, structure, or place, or the operation of such a room, house, building, boat, structure, or place as described in division (C)(3) of this section where the operation of that place substantially interferes with public decency, sobriety, peace, and good order. "Violation of law" includes, but is not limited to, sales to any person under the legal drinking age as prohibited in division (A) of section 4301.22 or division (A) of section 4301.69 of the Revised Code and any violation of section 2913.46 or 2925.03 of the Revised Code. (4) Any place in which a pattern of continuous or repeated violations of division (B)(1) of section 2927.02 of the Revised Code has occurred. Last updated January 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.70
§ 3701.70. Guidelines for a state-level review of deaths of resident children under eighteen years of age
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of health shall establish guidelines for a state-level review of deaths of children under eighteen years of age who, at the time of death, were residents of this state. (B) The purpose of a review conducted pursuant to guidelines adopted under this section is to decrease the incidence of preventable child deaths by doing all of the following: (1) Promoting cooperation, collaboration, and communication between all groups, professions, agencies, or entities that serve families and children; (2) Maintaining a comprehensive database of child deaths that occur in this state in order to develop an understanding of the causes and incidence of those deaths; (3) Recommending and developing plans for implementing state and local service and program changes and changes to the groups, professions, agencies, or entities that serve families and children that might prevent child deaths. (C) The guidelines shall provide that the director may not conduct a review while an investigation of the child's death or prosecution of a person for causing the death is pending, unless the prosecuting attorney agrees to allow the review. At the director's request, the law enforcement agency conducting the criminal investigation, on the conclusion of the investigation, and the prosecuting attorney, on the conclusion of the prosecution, shall notify the director of the conclusion.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3712.062 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3712 / § 3712.062
§ 3712.062. Policies to prevent diversion of opioids in hospice care programs
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 House Bill 366 - 130th General Assembly (A) Each hospice care program licensed under this chapter that provides hospice care and services in a hospice patient's home shall establish a written policy establishing procedures to be followed in preventing the diversion of controlled substances containing opioids that are prescribed to its hospice patients. The policy shall include procedures for the disposal of any such drugs prescribed to a hospice patient as part of the patient's interdisciplinary plan of care that are relinquished to the program after the patient's death or that otherwise are no longer needed by the patient. The policy shall require that the disposal be documented by a program employee and conducted in any of the following ways: (1) Performed by a program employee and witnessed by the patient or patient's family member; (2) Performed by the patient or patient's family member and witnessed by a program employee; (3) Performed by a program employee and witnessed by another program employee. (B) As part of a hospice patient's interdisciplinary plan of care required by section 3712.06 of the Revised Code, each hospice care program that provides hospice care and services in the patient's home shall do all of the following: (1) Before providing hospice care and services, distribute a copy of the written policy established under division (A) of this section to the patient and patient's family and discuss the procedures included in the policy with the patient and patient's family; (2) Assess the patient, the patient's family, and the care environment for any risk factors associated with diversion; (3) Maintain records of controlled substances containing opioids prescribed to the patient and included in the patient's interdisciplinary plan of care, including accurate counts of the numbers dispensed and used; (4) Monitor the use and consumption of controlled substances containing opioids prescribed to the patient and included in the patient's interdisciplinary plan of care, including prescription refills, for signs of diversion; (5) Investigate any sign of suspected diversion in accordance with rules adopted under division (A)(5) of section 3712.03 of the Revised Code. (6) Report the results of an investigation of suspected diversion to the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the territory in which the hospice patient's home is located in accordance with rules adopted under division (A)(6) of section 3712.03 of the Revised Code; (7) Before providing hospice care and services, inform the patient and the patient's family that the hospice care program will dispose of any controlled substances containing opioids that are no longer needed by the patient and were included in the patient's interdisciplinary plan of care; (8) After the patient's death or when no longer needed by the patient, request, in writing, that the patient or patient's family relinquish to the program for disposal any remaining controlled substances containing opioids that were included in the patient's interdisciplinary plan of care to the program; (9) Report to the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the territory in which the hospice patient's home is located the quantity and type of any remaining controlled substances containing opioids that were included in the patient's interdisciplinary plan of care and were not relinquished to the program by the patient or patient's family. (C) If a hospice care program complies with divisions (B)(8) and (9) of this section, none of the following shall be liable in damages to any person or government entity in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from an action or omission relative to this section unless the action or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct: the program; a program employee, officer, or director; or a prescriber of controlled substances containing opioids that were included in the patient's interdisciplinary plan of care. (D) No person who receives a written request under division (B)(8) of this section shall fail to relinquish controlled substances containing opioids that were included in a patient's interdisciplinary plan of care. (E) Following a report from a hospice program under division (B)(9) of this section, the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the territory in which the hospice patient's home is located shall investigate and dispose of the remaining controlled substances containing opioids that were reported to the agency pursuant to division (B)(9) of this section. (F) After a review of the written evidence submitted under division (B) of section 3712.04 of the Revised Code with an application for license renewal, if the department determines that the program is not in compliance with this section, the department may suspend the program's license for not more than six months and impose a fine not to exceed twenty thousand dollars. (G) Not later than one year after the effective date of this section, the director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards and procedures for the submission and review of the written evidence required by division (B) of section 3712.04 of the Revised Code for renewal of a hospice care program license.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.832 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.832
§ 3737.832. Fire and safety standards relating to shale oil processing premises
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Natural gas processing facilities" means installations, including associated buildings, pipes, valves, tanks, and other equipment, used to separate various fluids, hydrocarbons, natural gas liquids, and impurities from the raw natural gas, manufacturing residue gas suitable for transmission and distribution to end users. (2) "Natural gas liquids fractionation facilities" means installations, including associated buildings, pipes, valves, tanks, and other equipment, used for the separation of mixtures of light hydrocarbons or natural gas liquids into individual, purity natural gas liquid products, which include ethane, propane, normal butane, iso-butane, and natural gasolines. (3) "Shale oil processing premise" means a single parcel or contiguous parcels of real estate, including any structures, facilities, appurtenances, equipment, devices, and activities thereon, where the processing of substances extracted from the Point Pleasant, Utica, and Marcellus formations occurs at a natural gas liquids fractionation or natural gas processing facility. "Shale oil processing premise" does not include a well pad or a production operation, as those terms are defined in section 1509.01 of the Revised Code, that is regulated under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal and the board of building standards shall have the exclusive authority to adopt fire safety standards relating to the construction at a shale oil processing premise of any structure subject to the nonresidential building codes established pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall have the sole and exclusive authority to adopt all other fire safety standards relating to a shale oil processing premise. Any standards established by the state fire marshal under this section shall be part of the state fire code. (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall have sole and exclusive authority to enforce all fire safety standards adopted pursuant to this section, any other fire safety standards existing in the state fire code that are applicable to shale oil processing premises, and any actions authorized by sections 3737.41 to 3737.51 of the Revised Code at a shale oil processing premise. (D) The state fire marshal may establish and collect reasonable permit and inspection fees for the regulation of a shale oil processing premise.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3748.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3748 / § 3748.99
§ 3748.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, whoever violates section 3748.15 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, whoever recklessly violates section 3748.10 of the Revised Code or an order issued under division (B) of section 3748.17 of the Revised Code to enforce that section is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. Notwithstanding the conventional fines specified for felonies in section 2929.18 of the Revised Code, if the court imposes a fine as a sanction, the fine shall be not less than ten thousand nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars. Each day of violation is a separate offense. (2) Upon a second or subsequent conviction of a violation of section 3748.10 of the Revised Code or an order issued under division (B) of section 3748.17 of the Revised Code to enforce that section that was committed recklessly, the offender is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. Notwithstanding the conventional fines specified for felonies in section 2929.18 of the Revised Code, if the court imposes a fine as a sanction, the fine shall be not less than twenty thousand nor more than fifty thousand dollars per day of violation. Each day of violation is a separate offense. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.17
§ 3769.17. Change of name for purpose of entry
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The name of a horse, mare, gelding, colt, or filly for entry for competition in a contest of speed shall not be changed after having contested for a prize, purse, premium, stake, or sweepstake, except as provided by the printed rules of the society or association under which such contest is advertised to be conducted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3729.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3729 / § 3729.11
§ 3729.11. Enforcement of violations
Status: in_force

October 13, 2004 House Bill 368 - 125th General Assembly (A) No person shall violate this chapter or rules adopted under it. (B) The prosecuting attorney of a county, a city director of law, or the attorney general, upon complaint of the licensor or the director of health, shall prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person violating this chapter or rules adopted under it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.20
§ 3704.20. Prohibition against the sale of a motor vehicle based on its energy source
Status: in_force

March 28, 2024 House Bill 201 - 135th General Assembly (A) No state agency, township, or county shall restrict the use or sale of a motor vehicle based on the energy source used to power the motor vehicle, including an energy source used for propulsion or used for powering other functions of the motor vehicle. (B) The environmental protection agency or any other state agency shall not adopt any motor vehicle emissions standards that are established by California as a result of California having received a waiver pursuant to section 209(b) of the federal Clean Air Act. Last updated January 16, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.91
§ 3737.91. Petroleum underground storage tank financial assurance fund
Status: in_force

December 18, 1997 Senate Bill 46 - 122nd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the petroleum underground storage tank financial assurance fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but is not a part of the state treasury. The fund shall consist of moneys from the following sources: (1) All fees collected under divisions (B) and (F) of this section and all supplemental fees collected under division (C) of this section; (2) Interest earned on moneys in the fund; (3) Appropriations to the fund from the general revenue fund; (4) The proceeds of revenue bonds issued under sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code, provided that upon resolution of the petroleum underground storage tank release compensation board created in section 3737.90 of the Revised Code, all or part of those proceeds may be deposited into a separate account of the fund. Chapters 131. and 135. of the Revised Code do not apply to the establishment, deposit, investment, application, and safeguard of any such account and moneys in any such account. (B) For the purposes of paying the costs of implementing and administering this section and sections 3737.90 and 3737.92 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under them; payment or reimbursement of corrective action costs under section 3737.92 of the Revised Code; compensating third parties for bodily injury or property damage under that section; and payment of principal and interest on revenue bonds issued under sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code to raise capital for the fund, there is hereby assessed an annual petroleum underground storage tank financial assurance fee on each tank comprising an underground storage tank or an underground storage tank system that contains or has contained petroleum and for which a responsible person is required to demonstrate financial responsibility by rules adopted by the fire marshal under division (B) of section 3737.882 of the Revised Code. The fee assessed by this division shall be paid to the board by a responsible person for each tank that is subject to the fee. The fee shall be paid not later than the first day of July of each year, except that in 1989 the fee shall be paid by either the first day of September or ninety days after July 11, 1989, whichever is later. The fee is in addition to any fee established by the fire marshal under section 3737.88 of the Revised Code. The amount of the annual fee due in 1989 and 1990 is one hundred fifty dollars per tank per year. In 1991 and subsequent years the board shall establish the amount of the annual fee in accordance with this division. Not later than the first day of April of 1991 and each subsequent year, the board, in consultation with the administrative agent of the fund with whom the board has entered into a contract under division (B)(3) of section 3737.90 of the Revised Code, if any, shall determine the amount of the annual fee to be assessed in that year and shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish the fee at that amount. The fee shall be established at an amount calculated to maintain the continued financial soundness of the fund, provided that if the unobligated balance of the fund exceeds forty-five million dollars on the date that an annual determination is made, the board may assess a fee in the year to which the determination applies only to the extent required in or by, or necessary to comply with covenants or other requirements in, revenue bonds issued under sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code or in proceedings or other covenants or agreements related to such bonds. Not later than the first day of May of 1991 and each subsequent year, the board shall notify each responsible person by certified mail of the amount of the annual fee per tank due in that year. As used in this paragraph, "proceedings" has the same meaning as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code. If a responsible person is both the owner and operator of a tank, the responsible person shall pay any annual fee assessed under this division in compliance with this division and the rules adopted thereunder. If the owner of the tank and the operator of the tank are not the same person, any annual fee assessed under this division in compliance with this division and the rules adopted thereunder shall be paid by one of the responsible persons; however, all such responsible persons are liable for noncompliance with this division. (C) As necessary to maintain the financial soundness of the fund, the board, by rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may at any time assess a supplemental petroleum underground storage tank financial assurance fee on tanks subject to the fee assessed under division (B) or (F) of this section in any fiscal year in which the board finds that the unobligated balance in the fund is less than fifteen million dollars. The board, in consultation with the fund's administrative agent, if any, shall establish the amount of the supplemental fee at an amount that will ensure an unobligated balance in the fund of at least fifteen million dollars at the end of the fiscal year in which the supplemental fee is assessed. Not less than thirty days before the date on which payment of the supplemental fee is due under the board's rules, the board shall notify each responsible person by certified mail of the amount of the supplemental fee and the date on which payment of the supplemental fee to the board is due. If a responsible person is both the owner and operator of a tank, the responsible person shall pay any supplemental fee assessed under this division in compliance with this division and the rules adopted thereunder. If the owner of the tank and the operator of the tank are not the same person, any supplemental fee assessed under this division in compliance with this division and the rules adopted thereunder shall be paid by one of the responsible persons; however, all such responsible persons are liable for noncompliance with this division. (D)(1) The board shall issue a certificate of coverage to any responsible person who has complied with all of the following: (a) Paid the fee assessed under division (B) or (F) of this section; (b) Demonstrated to the board financial responsibility in compliance with the rules adopted by the fire marshal under division (B) of section 3737.882 of the Revised Code for the deductible amount established under division (E) of this section or, when appropriate, the reduced deductible amount established under division (F) of this section. If the responsible person utilizes self-insurance as a financial responsibility mechanism, the responsible person shall provide the board with an affidavit in which the responsible party certifies that all documentation submitted to the board is true and accurate; (c) Certified to the board that for each petroleum underground storage tank system for which a certificate of coverage is sought, the responsible person is in compliance with applicable rules for petroleum underground storage tank systems that have been adopted by the fire marshal under section 3737.88 of the Revised Code. The certificate of coverage shall state the amount of coverage to which the responsible person is entitled from the fund pursuant to division (D)(3) of this section and the time period for which the certificate provides that coverage. An issued certificate of coverage is subject to the condition that the holder timely pay any supplemental fee assessed under division (C) of this section during the time that the certificate is in effect. (2) The board shall not issue a certificate of coverage to any responsible person who fails to comply with divisions (D)(1)(a), (b), and (c) of this section. (3) The maximum disbursement from the fund for any single release of petroleum is the difference between the deductible amount established under division (E) of this section or, when appropriate, the reduced deductible amount established under division (F) of this section and one million dollars. The maximum disbursement from the fund during any fiscal year on behalf of any responsible person shall not exceed in the aggregate one million dollars less the deductible amount if the responsible person owns or operates not more than one hundred tanks comprising underground petroleum storage tanks or underground petroleum storage tank systems, shall not exceed in the aggregate two million dollars less the deductible amount if the responsible person owns or operates not more than two hundred such tanks, shall not exceed in the aggregate three million dollars less the deductible amount if the responsible person owns or operates not more than three hundred such tanks, and shall not exceed in the aggregate four million dollars less the deductible amount if the responsible person owns or operates more than three hundred such tanks. The maximum disbursement from the fund for any single release or for any fiscal year under this division does not in any manner limit the liability of a responsible person for a release of petroleum. (E)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (F) of this section, no responsible person is eligible to receive moneys from the fund under section 3737.92 of the Revised Code until the responsible person demonstrates to the board financial responsibility for the first fifty thousand dollars of the cost for corrective action for, and compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damage caused by, accidental releases of petroleum from an underground storage tank owned or operated by the responsible party. The fifty thousand dollar amount is the deductible amount for the purposes of this section and section 3737.92 of the Revised Code. (2) The board, in consultation with the fund's administrative agent, if any, may, by rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish for any fiscal year a deductible amount that differs from fifty thousand dollars. The deductible amount established by the board shall be such an amount as to maintain the financial soundness of the fund. Any action of the board to establish a differing deductible amount or to alter a deductible amount previously established by it shall be taken concurrently with the establishment under division (B) of this section of the annual fee due on the first day of the fiscal year in which the deductible amount will apply. If the deductible amount established under this division differs from that in effect at the time of the board's action, the board shall notify each responsible person of the change by certified mail not later than the first day of May preceding the effective date of the change. (F)(1) Any responsible person owning, or owning or operating, a total of six or fewer petroleum underground storage tanks may elect in calendar years 1989 and 1990 to pay twice the amount of the per tank annual fee for each tank assessed under division (B) of this section in order to reduce the amount of the deductible established in division (E) of this section to the total amount of ten thousand dollars. The election shall be available only at the time of the payment of the annual fee and any supplemental fee. The election shall not be retroactively applied. (2) Any responsible person owning, or owning or operating, a total of six or fewer petroleum underground storage tanks may elect in calendar year 1991 and in each subsequent year to pay an additional fee at an amount established by the board in addition to the per tank annual fee assessed under division (B) of this section in order to reduce the deductible amount established under division (E) of this section. In calendar year 1991 and in each subsequent year, the board shall establish the amount of the additional fee and the reduced deductible amount. In determining the amount of the additional fee and the reduced deductible amount, the board shall take into consideration the effect of the additional claims paid under section 3737.92 of the Revised Code to responsible persons making an election under division (F)(2) of this section and balance that consideration with such factors as the availability of liability insurance, the difficulty of proving financial responsibility pursuant to the rules adopted by the fire marshal under division (B) of section 3737.882 of the Revised Code, and the hardship created on small owners and operators of petroleum underground storage tanks by an increase in either the additional fee or the reduced deductible amount. (3) Any responsible person owning, or owning or operating, a total of six or fewer petroleum underground storage tanks who elects to pay the additional fee under divisions (F)(1) and (2) of this section shall pay any per tank supplemental fee assessed under division (C) of this section. (G) If the director of the fund determines that a responsible person has failed to comply with division (B), (C), or (F) of this section, the director of the fund shall notify each responsible person for the petroleum underground storage tank of the noncompliance. If, within thirty days after the notification, the responsible person fails to pay the applicable fee or any fee previously assessed upon the responsible person under this section, the director of the fund shall issue an order requiring the responsible person to pay all of the fees the responsible person owes to the fund and an additional late payment fee in the amount of one thousand dollars to the fund. If a responsible person fails to comply with any order of the director of the fund within thirty days after the issuance of the order, the director shall notify the fire marshal of that noncompliance. Upon the request of the director of the fund, the attorney general may bring a civil action for appropriate relief, including a temporary restraining order or preliminary or permanent injunction, in the court of common pleas of the county in which the petroleum underground storage tank that is the subject of the order is located. The court shall issue an injunction upon a demonstration that a failure to comply with the director's order has occurred or is occurring. Any orders issued by the director of the fund under this division may be appealed by the responsible person under division (F) of section 3737.92 of the Revised Code. For the purpose of an appeal of any order of the director of the fund, "determination" as used in that division includes any order of the director of the fund. The filing of a notice of appeal under this division does not operate as a stay of any order of the director of the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.841 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.841
§ 3737.841. Fire safety and standards definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this section and section 3737.842 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public occupancy" means all of the following: (1) Any state correctional institution as defined in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code and any county, multicounty, municipal, or municipal-county jail or workhouse; (2) Any hospital as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, any hospital licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.33 of the Revised Code, and any institution, hospital, or other place established, controlled, or supervised by the department of mental health and addiction services under Chapter 5119. of the Revised Code; (3) Any nursing home, residential care facility, or home for the aging as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code and any 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; (4) Any child care center and any type A family child care home as defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code; (5) Any public auditorium or stadium; (6) Public assembly areas of hotels and motels containing more than ten articles of seating furniture. (B) "Sell" includes sell, offer or expose for sale, barter, trade, deliver, give away, rent, consign, lease, possess for sale, or dispose of in any other commercial manner. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, "seating furniture" means any article of furniture, including children's furniture, that can be used as a support for an individual, or an individual's limbs or feet, when sitting or resting in an upright or reclining position and that either: (1) Is made with loose or attached cushions or pillows; (2) Is stuffed or filled in whole or in part with any filling material; (3) Is or can be stuffed or filled in whole or in part with any substance or material, concealed by fabric or any other covering. "Seating furniture" includes the cushions or pillows belonging to or forming a part of the furniture, the structural unit, and the filling material and its container or covering. (D) "Seating furniture" does not include, except if intended for use by children or in facilities designed for the care or treatment of humans, any of the following: (1) Cushions or pads intended solely for outdoor use; (2) Any article with a smooth surface that contains no more than one-half inch of filling material, if that article does not have an upholstered horizontal surface meeting an upholstered vertical surface; (3) Any article manufactured solely for recreational use or physical fitness purposes, including weight-lifting benches, gymnasium mats or pads, and sidehorses. (E) "Filling material" means cotton, wool, kapok, feathers, down, hair, liquid, or any other natural or artificial material or substance that is used or can be used as stuffing in seating furniture. Last updated October 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.41
§ 3735.41. Rentals - tenant selection
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3735.43 of the Revised Code, in the operation or management of housing projects a metropolitan housing authority shall observe the following with respect to rentals and tenant selection: (A)(1) It shall not provide a federally derived rent subsidy to any tenant for any dwelling in a housing project if the persons who would occupy the dwelling have an aggregate annual net income that equals or exceeds the amount that the authority determines to be necessary to enable such persons to do both of the following: (a) Secure safe, sanitary, and uncongested dwelling accommodations within the area of operation of the authority; (b) Provide an adequate standard of living for themselves. (2) As used in this division, "aggregate annual net income" means the aggregate annual income less the deductions and exemptions from that income authorized by law or regulations established by the United States department of housing and urban development. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, it may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only at rentals within the financial reach of persons who lack the amount of income which it determines, pursuant to division (A) of this section, to be necessary in order to obtain safe, sanitary, and uncongested dwelling accommodations within the area of operation of the authority and to provide an adequate standard of living. (2) It may rent or lease to nonresidential tenants and persons of varying incomes within a project, mixed-use development, or mixed-income development. (C) It may use a federally derived rent subsidy to rent or lease to a tenant a dwelling consisting of the number of rooms, but no greater number, which it considers necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding. Sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code do not limit the power of an authority to vest in a bondholder the right, in the event of a default by such authority, to take possession of a housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof or acquire title thereto through foreclosure proceedings, free from all the restrictions imposed by such sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3783.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3783 / § 3783.06
§ 3783.06. Certificate required
Status: in_force

March 22, 1973 House Bill 1 - 110th General Assembly No person shall engage in the practice of electrical inspection in this state unless he is the holder of a certificate of competency as an electrical safety inspector issued under Chapter 3783. of the Revised Code. Any person practicing or offering to practice electrical inspection shall show proof of his certification upon request as provided by rules of the board of building standards.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.34
§ 3715.34. [Former R.C. 3715.36, amended and renumbered by H.B. 507, 134th General Assembly, effective 4/7/2023] Prohibition against selling vinegar not made or branded in compliance with law
Status: in_force

April 7, 2023 House Bill 507 - 134th General Assembly No person shall manufacture for sale, sell, deliver, or offer or expose for sale, or have in the person's possession with intent to sell or deliver, vinegar not made in compliance with sections 3715.28 to 3715.33 of the Revised Code. No person shall violate sections 3715.28 to 3715.34 of the Revised Code. Whoever violates this section shall pay all necessary costs and expenses incurred in inspecting and analyzing the vinegar. Last updated April 6, 2023 at 2:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.255 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.255
§ 3701.255. Rulemaking
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to specify the data to be collected and the format in which it is to be submitted to the registry. Last updated September 26, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.084 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.084
§ 3769.084. Ohio thoroughbred racing advisory committee
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly (A) The Ohio thoroughbred racing advisory committee is hereby created to consist of three members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The members of the committee shall be residents of the state knowledgeable in the breeding and racing of thoroughbred horses. The Ohio thoroughbred horsemen's association and representatives of Ohio thoroughbred race tracks may submit to the governor the names of persons whom they recommend for appointment as members of the committee. Terms of office shall be for three years, commencing on the first day of February and ending on the thirty-first day of January. Each member shall hold office from the date of his appointment until the end of the term for which he was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of his term until his successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. (B) The Ohio thoroughbred racing advisory committee shall advise and assist the state racing commission regarding the administration of the Ohio thoroughbred race fund created by section 3769.083 of the Revised Code. (C) Members of the committee shall receive no compensation except that they shall be paid from the fund for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Last updated November 3, 2021 at 3:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.102
§ 3727.102. Notice of changes in trauma center status to state agencies
Status: in_force

November 3, 2002 Senate Bill 124 - 124th General Assembly A hospital shall promptly notify in writing the director of health, the emergency medical services division of the department of public safety, and the appropriate regional directors and regional advisory boards appointed under section 4765.05 of the Revised Code if any of the following occurs: (A) The hospital ceases to be an adult or pediatric trauma center verified by the American college of surgeons. (B) The hospital changes its level of verification as an adult or pediatric trauma center verified by the American college of surgeons. (C) The hospital commences to operate as an adult or pediatric trauma center under provisional status pursuant to section 3727.101 of the Revised Code. (D) The hospital changes the level of verification or reverification it is seeking under its provisional status. (E) The hospital ceases to operate under its provisional status. (F) The hospital receives verification or reverification in place of its provisional status.