Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.46
§ 3743.46. Fireworks sales to out-of-state residents
Status: in_force

July 1, 2022 House Bill 172 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3743.44 or 3743.45 of the Revised Code, no licensed manufacturer or licensed wholesaler shall sell fireworks to a person who resides in another state unless one of the following applies: (1) The person has been issued a license or permit in the state of the person's residence that authorizes the person to engage in the manufacture, wholesale sale, or retail sale of fireworks in that state or that authorizes the person to conduct fireworks exhibitions in that state and that person presents a certified copy of the license. (2) If the person does not possess a license or permit described in division (A)(1) of this section, the person presents a current, valid motor vehicle operator's license issued to the person in the person's state of residence. (3) If the person does not possess a license or permit issued in that state as described in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, the person presents an identification card issued to the person by a governmental agency in the person's state of residence indicating that the person is a resident of that state. (B) If a person who is required to present a motor vehicle operator's license or other identification card intends to transport the fireworks purchased directly out of this state by a motor vehicle and the person will not also be the operator of that motor vehicle while so transporting the fireworks, the operator of the motor vehicle also shall present the operator's motor vehicle operator's license. Last updated December 9, 2021 at 4:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.01
§ 3781.01. Municipal corporation may make additional regulations
Status: in_force

May 27, 2005 House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly (A) Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code do not prevent the legislative authority of a municipal corporation from making further and additional regulations, not in conflict with those chapters or with the rules the board of building standards adopts. Those chapters or rules do not modify or repeal any portion of any building code adopted by a municipal corporation and in force on September 13, 1911, that is not in direct conflict with those chapters or rules. (B) The state residential building code the board of building standards adopts pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code does not prevent a local governing authority from adopting additional regulations governing residential structures that do not conflict with the state residential building code if the procedures in division (C) of this section are followed. (C)(1) A local governing authority shall, and any person may, notify the board of building standards of any regulation the local governing authority adopts pursuant to division (B) of this section and request the board of building standards to determine whether that regulation conflicts with the state residential building code. (2) Not later than sixty days after receiving a notice under division (C)(1) of this section, the board shall determine whether the regulation conflicts with the state residential building code and shall notify any person who submitted the notice and the local governing authority that adopted the regulation of the board's determination. (a) If the board determines that a conflict does not exist, the board shall take no further action with regard to the regulation. If the board determines a conflict exists and the regulation is not necessary to protect the health or safety of the persons within the local governing authority's jurisdiction, the regulation is not valid and the local governing authority may not enforce the regulation. (b) If the board determines that a conflict exists and that the regulation is necessary to protect the health or safety of the persons within the local governing authority's jurisdiction, the board shall adopt a rule to incorporate the regulation into the state residential building code. Until the rule becomes a part of the state residential building code, the board shall grant a temporary variance to the local governing authority and any similarly situated local governing authority to which the board determines the temporary variance should apply. (D) As used in this section, "local governing authority" means a board of county commissioners, a board of township trustees, and the legislative authority of a municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.046 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.046
§ 3701.046. Grants for women's health services - application
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly The director of health is authorized to make grants for women's health services from funds appropriated for that purpose by the general assembly. None of the funds received through grants for women's health services shall be used to provide abortion services. None of the funds received through these grants shall be used for counseling for or referrals for abortion, except in the case of a medical emergency. These funds shall be distributed by the director to programs that the department of health determines will provide services that are physically and financially separate from abortion-providing and abortion-promoting activities, and that do not include counseling for or referrals for abortion, other than in the case of medical emergency. These women's health services include and are limited to the following: pelvic examinations and laboratory testing; breast examinations and patient education on breast cancer; screening for cervical cancer; screening and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases and HIV screening; voluntary choice of contraception, including abstinence and natural family planning; patient education and pre-pregnancy counseling on the dangers of smoking, alcohol, and drug use during pregnancy; education on sexual coercion and violence in relationships; and prenatal care or referral for prenatal care. These health care services shall be provided in a medical clinic setting by persons authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; authorized under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code to practice as a physician assistant; licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code as a registered nurse, including an advanced practice registered nurse, or as a licensed practical nurse; or licensed under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code as a social worker, independent social worker, licensed professional clinical counselor, or licensed professional counselor. The director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying reasonable eligibility standards that must be met to receive the state funding and provide reasonable methods by which a grantee wishing to be eligible for federal funding may comply with these requirements for state funding without losing its eligibility for federal funding. Each applicant for these funds shall provide sufficient assurance to the director of all of the following: (A) The program shall not discriminate in the provision of services based on an individual's religion, race, national origin, disability, age, sex, number of pregnancies, or marital status; (B) The program shall provide services without subjecting individuals to any coercion to accept services or to employ any particular methods of family planning; (C) Acceptance of services shall be solely on a voluntary basis and may not be made a prerequisite to eligibility for, or receipt of, any other service, assistance from, or participation in, any other program of the service provider; (D) Any charges for services provided by the program shall be based on the patient's ability to pay and priority in the provision of services shall be given to persons from low-income families. In distributing these grant funds, the director shall give priority to grant requests from local departments of health for women's health services to be provided directly by personnel of the local department of health. The director shall issue a single request for proposals for all grants for women's health services. The director shall send a notification of this request for proposals to every local department of health in this state and shall place a notification on the department's web site. The director shall allow at least thirty days after issuing this notification before closing the period to receive applications. After the closing date for receiving grant applications, the director shall first consider grant applications from local departments of health that apply for grants for women's health services to be provided directly by personnel of the local department of health. Local departments of health that apply for grants for women's health services to be provided directly by personnel of the local department of health need not provide all the listed women's health services in order to qualify for a grant. However, in prioritizing awards among local departments of health that qualify for funding under this paragraph, the director may consider, among other reasonable factors, the comprehensiveness of the women's health services to be offered, provided that no local department of health shall be discriminated against in the process of awarding these grant funds because the applicant does not provide contraception. If funds remain after awarding grants to all local departments of health that qualify for the priority, the director may make grants to other applicants. Awards to other applicants may be made to those applicants that will offer all eight of the listed women's health services or that will offer all of the services except contraception. No applicant shall be discriminated against in the process of awarding these grant funds because the applicant does not provide contraception. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3706.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3706 / § 3706.06
§ 3706.06. Other state laws not applicable
Status: in_force

June 1, 1970 House Bill 963 - 108th General Assembly The issuance of air quality revenue bonds and notes or air quality revenue refunding bonds under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.043 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.043
§ 3701.043. Medicare initial certification fund - fees
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly If authorized by federal statute or regulation, the director of health may establish and collect fees for conducting the initial certification of any person or entity as a provider of health services for purposes of the medicare program established under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended. The fee established for conducting an initial medicare certification shall not exceed the actual and necessary costs incurred by the department of health in conducting the certification. All fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the medicare initial certification fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay the costs of conducting initial medicare certifications.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.25
§ 3737.25. Taking of testimony on oath
Status: in_force

July 1, 1979 House Bill 590 - 112th General Assembly If in the opinion of the fire marshal further investigation is necessary, he, or an assistant fire marshal, shall take or cause to be taken the testimony on oath of all persons supposed to be cognizant of any facts, or to have means of knowledge in relation to the matter concerning which an examination is required to be made, and cause such testimony to be reduced to writing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.65
§ 3721.65. No discrimination for use of electronic monitoring device
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 58 - 134th General Assembly No person or resident shall be denied admission to or discharged from a long-term care facility or otherwise discriminated or retaliated against because of the decision to authorize the installation and use of an electronic monitoring device in a resident's room in the facility. Last updated January 14, 2022 at 5:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.934 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.934
§ 3701.934. Specification of type, sources, and methods of collecting data
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The director of health, pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall do all of the following: (A) Specify the types of violent deaths that shall be included in the Ohio violent death reporting system; (B) Specify the information, data, and records to be collected for use by the Ohio violent death reporting system; (C) Specify the sources from which the information, data, and records are to be collected for use by the Ohio violent death reporting system; (D) If determined appropriate by the director, set forth any other data collection model to be used by the Ohio violent death reporting system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3729.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3729 / § 3729.01
§ 3729.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Camp operator" means the operator of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp. (B) "Campsite user" means a person who enters into a campsite use agreement with a camp operator for the use of a campsite at a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp. (C) "Combined park-camp" means any tract of land upon which a combination of five or more self-contained recreational vehicles or portable camping units are placed and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the park facilities. A tract of land that is subdivided for lease or other contract of the individual lots is a combined park-camp if a combination of five or more recreational vehicles or portable camping units are placed on it for recreation, vacation, or business purposes. "Combined park-camp" does not include any tract of land used solely as a temporary park-camp or solely as a manufactured home park. (D) "Dependent recreational vehicle" means a recreational vehicle other than a self-contained recreational vehicle. "Dependent recreational vehicle" includes a park model. (E) "Development" means any artificial change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, without limitation, buildings or structures, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, or storage of equipment or materials, and the construction, expansion, or substantial alteration of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp, for which plan review is required under division (A) of section 3729.03 of the Revised Code. "Development" does not include the building, construction, erection, or manufacture of any building to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code is applicable. (F) "Director of health" means the director of health or the director's authorized representative. (G) "Flood" or "flooding" means either of the following: (1) A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from any of the following: (a) The overflow of inland or tidal waters; (b) The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source; (c) Mudslides that are proximately caused by flooding as defined in division (G)(1)(b) of this section and that are akin to a river of liquid and flowing mud on the surface of normally dry land areas, as when earth is carried by a current of water and deposited along the path of the current. (2) The collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or other body of water as a result of erosion or undermining that is caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels or that is suddenly caused by an unusually high water level in a natural body of water, and that is accompanied by a severe storm, by an unanticipated force of nature, such as a flash flood, by an abnormal tidal surge, or by some similarly unusual and unforeseeable event, that results in flooding as defined in division (G)(1)(a) of this section. (H) "Flood plain" means the area adjoining any river, stream, watercourse, or lake that has been or may be covered by flood water. (I) "Licensor" means either the board of health of a city or general health district, or the authority having the duties of a board of health in any city as authorized by section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, or the director of health, when required under division (B) of section 3729.06 of the Revised Code. "Licensor" also means an authorized representative of any of those entities or of the director. (J) "Manufactured home park" has the same meaning as in section 4781.01 of the Revised Code. (K) "One-hundred-year flood" means a flood having a one per cent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. (L) "One-hundred-year flood plain" means that portion of a flood plain inundated by a one-hundred-year flood. (M) "Operator" means the person who has responsible charge of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp and who is licensed under this chapter. (N) "Park model" means a recreational vehicle that meets the American national standard institute standard A119.5(1988) for park trailers, is built on a single chassis, has a gross trailer area of not more than four hundred square feet when set up, is designed for seasonal or temporary living quarters, and may be connected to utilities necessary for operation of installed features and appliances. (O) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code and also includes this state, any political subdivision of this state, and any other state or local body of this state. (P) "Portable camping units" means dependent recreational vehicles, tents, portable sleeping equipment, and similar camping equipment used for travel, recreation, vacation, or business purposes. (Q) "Recreation camp" means any tract of land upon which five or more portable camping units are placed and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the facilities of the camp. A tract of land that is subdivided for lease or other contract of the individual lots is a recreation camp if five or more portable camping units are placed on it for recreation, vacation, or business purposes. "Recreation camp" does not include any tract of land used solely for the storage or display for sale of dependent recreational vehicles, solely as a temporary park-camp, or solely as a manufactured home park. (R) "Recreational vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (S) "Recreational vehicle park" means any tract of land used for parking five or more self-contained recreational vehicles and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the park facilities and any tract of land that is subdivided for lease or other contract of the individual lots for the express or implied purpose of placing self-contained recreational vehicles for recreation, vacation, or business purposes. "Recreational vehicle park" does not include any tract of land used solely for the storage or display for sale of self-contained recreational vehicles, solely as a temporary park-camp, or solely as a manufactured home park. (T) "Self-contained recreational vehicle" means a recreational vehicle that can operate independent of connections to sewer and water and has plumbing fixtures or appliances all of which are connected to sewage holding tanks located within the vehicle. "Self-contained recreational vehicle" includes a park model. (U) "Substantially alter" means a change in the layout or design of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp, including, without limitation, the movement of utilities or changes in established streets, lots, or sites or in other facilities. (V) "Temporary park-camp" means any tract of land used for a period not to exceed a total of twenty-one days per calendar year for the purpose of parking five or more recreational vehicles, dependent recreational vehicles, or portable camping units, or any combination thereof, for one or more periods of time that do not exceed seven consecutive days or parts thereof. (W) "Tract" means a contiguous area of land that consists of one or more parcels, lots, or sites that have been separately surveyed regardless of whether the individual parcels, lots, or sites have been recorded and regardless of whether the one or more parcels, lots, or sites are under common or different ownership.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.02
§ 3715.02. Definitions for food or class of food and standards
Status: in_force

February 12, 2004 House Bill 6 - 125th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish, when otherwise not established by a law of this state, definitions for a food or class of food and standards for the following items as they pertain to the food or class of food: (1) Quality, identity, purity, grade, and strength; (2) Packaging and labeling; (3) Food processing equipment; (4) Processing procedures; (5) Fill of containers. The standards and definitions, where applicable, shall conform to the standards for foods adopted by the United States department of agriculture and the United States food and drug administration. Portions of Titles 7, 9, and 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations or the regulations adopted for the enforcement of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301 et seq., as amended, may be adopted as rules by referencing the federal regulations, subject to the approval of the joint committee on agency rule review. In adopting rules that establish definitions and standards of identity for a food or class of food in which only a limited number of optional ingredients are permitted, the director shall designate the optional ingredients that must be listed on the label. (B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish procedures for the performance of sample analyses of food, food additives, and food packaging materials. The circumstances under which a sample analysis may be required include the following: (1) When a food, food additive, or food packaging material is the subject of a consumer complaint; (2) When requested by a consumer after a physician has isolated an organism from the consumer as the physician's patient; (3) When a food, food additive, or food packaging material is suspected of having caused an illness; (4) When a food, food additive, or food packaging material is suspected of being adulterated or misbranded; (5) When a food, food additive, or food packaging material is subject to verification of food labeling and standards of identity; (6) At any other time the director considers a sample analysis necessary. (C) In foodborne illness investigations, the director of agriculture shall cooperate and consult with the public health laboratory maintained by the department of health under section 3701.22 of the Revised Code. (D) The director or the director's designee shall do all of the following: (1) Inspect drugs, food, or drink manufactured, stored, or offered for sale in this state; (2) Prosecute or cause to be prosecuted each person engaged in the unlawful manufacture or sale of an adulterated drug or article of food or drink, in violation of law; (3) Enforce all laws against fraud, adulteration, or impurities in drugs, foods, or drinks and unlawful labeling within this state. (E) The director may appoint or contract for one or more qualified persons to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3716.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3716 / § 3716.04
§ 3716.04. Handling of violations not constituting serious danger to public health
Status: in_force

November 4, 1959 Senate Bill 440 - 103rd General Assembly (A) Whenever the director of health finds or has probable cause to believe that any hazardous substance is misbranded as defined in division (N) of section 3716.01 of the Revised Code, he shall, unless he finds that the article is so misbranded as to constitute a serious danger to the public health, give the manufacturer or distributor, whose name appears on the label, written notice of the suspected violation and an opportunity to reply to such notice within ten days. If the director finds that the article is so misbranded as to constitute a serious danger to the public health, or if after ten days following the written notice of the suspected violation he finds that the article is misbranded, he may, affix to such article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that such article is, or is suspected of being in violation of section 3716.02 of the Revised Code, and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to dispose of such article by sale or otherwise until permission for removal is given by the director or the court. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or dispose of such detained or embargoed article by sale or otherwise without such permission. (B) When an article detained or embargoed has been found by the director to be in violation of section 3716.02 of the Revised Code, he shall petition to any court of competent jurisdiction in whose jurisdiction the article is detained or embargoed for an order for condemnation of such article. When the director has not found within ten days that an article so detained or embargoed is in violation of section 3716.02 of the Revised Code, he shall remove the tag or other marking. When the director institutes proceedings under this section the embargo upon such goods shall remain in full effect until a final determination of such proceeding. (C) If the court finds that the detained or embargoed article is in violation of section 3716.02 of the Revised Code, such article shall, after entry of the decree, be destroyed at the expense of the claimant thereof, under the supervision of the director, and all court costs, fees, storage, and other proper expenses shall be charged against the claimant of such hazardous substance or his agent; provided, that the violation can be corrected by proper labeling or processing of the substance, the court, after entry of the decree and after such costs, fees, and expenses have been paid and a good and sufficient bond, conditioned that such substance shall be so labeled or processed, has been executed, may by order direct that the substance be delivered to the claimant therefor for such labeling or processing under the supervision of the director. The expense of such supervision shall be paid by such claimant. Such bond shall be returned to the claimant on representation to the court by the director that the substance is no longer in violation of section 3716.02 of the Revised Code, and that the expenses of such supervision have been paid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.53
§ 3727.53. Written nursing services staffing plan
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 House Bill 346 - 127th General Assembly (A) In accordance with division (B) of this section, each hospital shall create an evidence-based written nursing services staffing plan guiding the assignment of nurses hospital-wide. The staffing plan shall be implemented not later than ninety days after the hospital-wide nursing care committee is convened pursuant to section 3727.51 of the Revised Code, except that if the hospital's next fiscal year starts not later than one hundred eighty days after the date on which the committee convenes, implementation may be delayed until the first day of that fiscal year. (B) The staffing plan created under this section shall, at a minimum, reflect current standards established by private accreditation organizations or governmental entities. The plan shall be based on multiple nurse and patient considerations that yield minimum staffing levels for inpatient care units that ensure that the hospital has a staff of competent nurses with specialized skills needed to meet patient needs. These considerations shall include both of the following: (1) The recommendations of the hospital-wide nursing care committee made under section 3727.52 of the Revised Code, which shall be given significant consideration; (2) All of the matters listed in divisions (B)(1) to (5) of section 3727.52 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.57
§ 3727.57. Collective bargaining agreement not affected
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 House Bill 346 - 127th General Assembly Nothing in sections 3727.50 to 3727.56 of the Revised Code shall be construed to limit, alter, or modify any of the terms, conditions, or provisions of a collective bargaining agreement entered into by a hospital.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.94 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.94
§ 3702.94. Annual report to general assembly
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The dentist loan repayment advisory board, annually on or before the first day of March, shall submit a report to the governor and general assembly describing the operations of the dentist loan repayment program during the previous calendar year. The report shall include information about all of the following: (A) The number of requests received by the director of health that a particular area be designated as a dental health resource shortage area; (B) The areas that have been designated as dental health resource shortage areas and the priorities that have been assigned to them; (C) The number of applicants for participation in the dentist loan repayment program; (D) The number of dentists assigned to dental health resource shortage areas and the payments made on behalf of those dentists under the dentist loan repayment program; (E) The dental health resource shortage areas that have not been matched with all of the dentists they need; (F) The number of dentists failing to complete their service obligations, the amount of damages owed, and the amount of damages collected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3717.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3717 / § 3717.041
§ 3717.041. Joint letter of opinion from directors of agriculture and health
Status: in_force

November 21, 2001 Senate Bill 136 - 124th General Assembly To assist in the uniform application of the rules adopted under this chapter, the director of agriculture and director of health shall jointly issue a letter of opinion when issuance of a letter of opinion is recommended by the retail food safety advisory council under section 3717.03 of the Revised Code. A letter of opinion shall be issued not later than sixty days after the date the recommendation is received from the council. Each letter of opinion shall provide a detailed interpretation of the rules that are the subject of the retail food safety advisory council's recommendation. Unless rules are adopted under this chapter that override the interpretation expressed in a letter of opinion, the interpretation shall be binding and applied uniformly throughout this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.101
§ 3781.101. Proceedings of the board of building standards
Status: in_force

October 5, 1955 House Bill 580 - 101st General Assembly The provisions of sections 119.03 and 119.11 of the Revised Code in particular, and the applicable provisions of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in general, shall govern the proceedings of the board of building standards in adopting, amending, or rescinding rules and regulations pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code, and the proceedings under sections 3781.12 , 3781.13 and 3781.14 of the Revised Code, in addition to the procedural provisions of such sections. In any proceedings under said sections involving the adoption, amendment or rescission of a rule or regulation the full text of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of each county in the same manner as provided in subdivision (B) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, for the filing of the same with the secretary of state. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 119.11 of the Revised Code, in any proceedings commenced under section 3781.10 , 3781.12 , 3781.13 , and 3781.14 of the Revised Code, the jurisdiction of the court of common pleas of Franklin county shall not be confined to the record as certified to it by the board, but shall receive such additional evidence as it shall permit any party to offer; and the court shall not affirm the order or rule of the board unless the preponderance of the evidence before it supports the reasonableness and lawfulness of such order or rule.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.30
§ 3702.30. Licensing of health care facilities
Status: in_force

September 30, 2024 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Ambulatory surgical facility" means a facility in which surgical services are provided to patients who do not require hospitalization for inpatient care, the duration of services for any patient does not extend beyond twenty-four hours after the patient's admission, and to which any of the following apply: (a) The surgical services are provided in a building that is separate from another building in which inpatient care is provided, regardless of whether the separate building is part of the same organization as the building in which inpatient care is provided. (b) The surgical services are provided within a building in which inpatient care is provided and the entity that operates the portion of the building where the surgical services are provided is not the entity that operates the remainder of the building. (c) The facility is held out to any person or government entity as an ambulatory surgical facility or similar facility by means of signage, advertising, or other promotional efforts. "Ambulatory surgical facility" does not include a hospital emergency department, hospital provider-based department that is otherwise licensed under Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code, or an office of a physician, podiatrist, or dentist. (2) "Health care facility" means any of the following: (a) An ambulatory surgical facility; (b) A freestanding dialysis center; (c) A freestanding inpatient rehabilitation facility; (d) A freestanding birthing center; (e) A freestanding radiation therapy center; (f) A freestanding or mobile diagnostic imaging center. (B) By rule adopted in accordance with sections 3702.12 and 3702.13 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall establish quality standards for health care facilities. The standards may incorporate accreditation standards or other quality standards established by any entity recognized by the director. In the case of an ambulatory surgical facility, the standards shall require the ambulatory surgical facility to maintain an infection control program. The purposes of the program are to minimize infections and communicable diseases and facilitate a functional and sanitary environment consistent with standards of professional practice. To achieve these purposes, ambulatory surgical facility staff managing the program shall create and administer a plan designed to prevent, identify, and manage infections and communicable diseases; ensure that the program is directed by a qualified professional trained in infection control; ensure that the program is an integral part of the ambulatory surgical facility's quality assessment and performance improvement program; and implement in an expeditious manner corrective and preventive measures that result in improvement. (C) Every ambulatory surgical facility shall require that each physician who practices at the facility comply with all relevant provisions in the Revised Code that relate to the obtaining of informed consent from a patient. (D) The director shall issue a license to each health care facility that makes application for a license and demonstrates to the director that it meets the quality standards established by the rules adopted under division (B) of this section and satisfies the informed consent compliance requirements specified in division (C) of this section. (E)(1) Except as provided in division (H) of this section and in section 3702.301 of the Revised Code, no health care facility shall operate without a license issued under this section. The general assembly does not intend for the provisions of this section or section 3702.301 of the Revised Code that establish health care facility licensing requirements or exemptions to have an effect on any third-party payments that may be available for the services provided by either a licensed health care facility or an entity exempt from licensure. (2) If the department of health finds that a physician who practices at a health care facility is not complying with any provision of the Revised Code related to the obtaining of informed consent from a patient, the department shall report its finding to the state medical board, the physician, and the health care facility. (3) Division (E)(2) of this section does not create, and shall not be construed as creating, a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a health care facility and in favor of a patient who allegedly sustains harm as a result of the failure of the patient's physician to obtain informed consent from the patient prior to performing a procedure on or otherwise caring for the patient in the health care facility. (F) The rules adopted under division (B) of this section shall include all of the following: (1) Provisions governing application for, renewal, suspension, and revocation of a license under this section; (2) Provisions governing orders issued pursuant to section 3702.32 of the Revised Code for a health care facility to cease its operations or to prohibit certain types of services provided by a health care facility; (3) Provisions governing the imposition under section 3702.32 of the Revised Code of civil penalties for violations of this section or the rules adopted under this section, including a scale for determining the amount of the penalties; (4) Provisions specifying the form inspectors must use when conducting inspections of ambulatory surgical facilities. (G) An ambulatory surgical facility that performs or induces abortions shall comply with section 3701.791 of the Revised Code. (H) The following entities are not required to obtain a license as a freestanding diagnostic imaging center issued under this section: (1) A hospital registered under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code that provides diagnostic imaging; (2) An entity that is reviewed as part of a hospital accreditation or certification program and that provides diagnostic imaging; (3) An ambulatory surgical facility that provides diagnostic imaging in conjunction with or during any portion of a surgical procedure. Last updated February 4, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3722.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3722 / § 3722.06
§ 3722.06. Rules
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) Not later than the date that is one year after the effective date of this section , the director of health shall adopt rules establishing health, safety, welfare, and quality standards for hospitals licensed under this chapter, including standards for all of the following: (1) Maternity units; (2) Newborn care nurseries; (3) Health care services. (B) Not later than the date that is one year after the effective date of this section , the director shall adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for the licensure of hospitals, including all of the following: (1) Procedures for applying and renewing licenses as described in section 3722.03 of the Revised Code; (2) Procedures for transferring licenses as described in section 3722.04 of the Revised Code; (3) Procedures for inspections following complaints; (4) Subject to division (C)(1) of this section, fees for initial applications, license renewals, and license transfers, as well as inspections conducted under section 3722.05 of the Revised Code; (5) Subject to division (C)(2) of this section, standards and procedures for imposing civil penalties as described in section 3722.07 of the Revised Code; (6) Subject to division (C)(3) of this section, standards and procedures for correcting violations, including through the submission of correction plans; (7) Standards and procedures for identifying, monitoring, managing, reporting, and reducing exposures to risk conditions, such as Legionella, including through the use of environmental facility assessments, the development of water management plans, and the use of disinfection measures; (8) Standards and procedures for data reporting; (9) Standards and procedures for emergency preparedness; (10) Standards and procedures for the provision of technical assistance as described in section 3722.09 of the Revised Code; (11) Standards and procedures for new hospitals to demonstrate eligibility as described in division (B)(2) of section 3722.03 of the Revised Code; (12) Standards and procedures to address changes to a hospital's license, including adding or removing a location of the hospital. (C)(1) In the case of an inspection fee described in division (B)(4) of this section, the director shall establish an amount to cover only the cost of the inspection. All other fees established under that division shall be limited to what is necessary to support the hospital licensure program. (2) The director shall establish a scale for use in determining the amount of a civil penalty that may be imposed under section 3722.07 of the Revised Code. The scale shall include per day amounts for ongoing violations. The total amount of a civil penalty shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars for each violation. (3) The director shall accept a corrective action plan that also was accepted by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services or an accrediting organization approved under 42 U.S.C. 1395bb(a) provided that the plan was submitted to the centers or organization in response to the same deficiencies identified by the director. (D) The director may adopt any other rules as necessary to implement this chapter. (E) When adopting rules under this section, all of the following apply: (1) The director shall adopt the rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; (2) Any rules adopted are not subject to division (F) of section 121.95 of the Revised Code; (3) The director shall collaborate with representatives of this state's hospital industry to maximize the public health utility of rules adopted under this section and limit the administrative burden of and costs of complying with such rules. (4) The director shall not adopt rules that conflict with requirements under federal laws or regulations. Last updated February 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3772.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3772 / § 3772.30
§ 3772.30. Enforcement of chapter; authority of attorney general
Status: in_force

September 10, 2010 House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly (A) If any person violates this chapter or a rule adopted thereunder, the attorney general has a cause of action to restrain the violation. Such an action is a civil action, governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure. Upon receiving a request from the commission or the executive director, the attorney general shall commence and prosecute such an action to completion. The court shall give priority to such an action over all other civil actions. Such an action does not preclude an administrative or criminal proceeding on the same facts. (B) The attorney general may enter into agreements with any state or local law enforcement agency to carry out its duties. (C) A sheriff, chief of police, and prosecuting attorney shall furnish to the commission, on prescribed forms, all information obtained during the course of any substantial investigation or prosecution if it appears a violation of this chapter has occurred. Any such information is not a public record, as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code, until such information would otherwise become a public record.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3718.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3718 / § 3718.08
§ 3718.08. Violation of chapter, rules or conditions prohibited
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 231 - 125th General Assembly No person shall violate this chapter, any rule adopted or order issued under it, or any condition of a registration or permit issued under rules adopted under it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.184 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.184
§ 3781.184. Federal manufactured home construction and safety standards
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 142 - 122nd General Assembly (A) Every manufactured home, as defined in division (C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, shall be constructed in accordance with the federal construction and safety standards established by the secretary of housing and urban development pursuant to the "Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 700, 42 U.S.C.A. 5401, 5403. The federal standards shall be the exclusive construction and safety standards in this state and neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state may establish any other standard governing the construction of manufactured homes. (B) Every manufactured home constructed in accordance with the federal standards specified in division (A) of this section, shall have a permanent label or tag affixed to it, as specified in 42 U.S.C.A. 5415, certifying compliance with the federal construction and safety standards. (C)(1) Every manufactured home that is constructed in accordance with the federal standards specified in division (A) of this section and is a permanently sited manufactured home as defined in division (C)(6) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code shall be a permitted use in any district or zone in which a political subdivision permits single-family homes, and no political subdivision may prohibit or restrict the location of a permanently sited manufactured home in any zone or district in which a single-family home is permitted. (2) This division does not limit the authority of a political subdivision to do either of the following: (a) Require that a permanently sited manufactured home comply with all zoning requirements that are uniformly imposed on all single-family residences within the district or zone in which the permanently sited manufactured home is or is to be located, except requirements that specify a minimum roof pitch and requirements that do not comply with the standards established pursuant to the "Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 700, 42 U.S.C.A. 5401; (b) Prohibit from any residential district or zone, travel trailers, park trailers, and mobile homes, as these terms are defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, and manufactured homes that do not qualify as permanently sited manufactured homes. (D) This section does not prohibit a private landowner from incorporating a restrictive covenant in a deed, prohibiting the inclusion on the conveyed land of manufactured homes, as defined in division (C)(4) or (6) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, or of travel trailers, park trailers, and mobile homes, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. This division does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right for a private landowner to incorporate such a restrictive covenant in a deed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.38
§ 3727.38. Hospital price transparency administrative penalty
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 173 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, the director of health shall impose an administrative penalty on a hospital if the hospital does both of the following: (a) Violates division (A) of section 3727.36 of the Revised Code; (b) Violates division (D) of section 3727.37 of the Revised Code. (2) Each day a violation continues is considered a separate violation. (B) In imposing an administrative penalty under this section, the director of health shall act in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The amount of the penalty to be imposed on a hospital shall be selected by the director, subject to the minimum amounts and considerations specified in division (C) of this section. For all penalties that are imposed, the director shall select amounts that are sufficient to ensure that hospitals comply with the requirements of sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) An administrative penalty imposed under this section shall not be less than the following: (a) In the case of a hospital with a bed count of thirty or fewer, three hundred dollars; (b) In the case of a hospital with a bed count that is greater than thirty and equal to or fewer than five hundred fifty, ten dollars per bed; (c) In the case of a hospital with a bed count that is greater than five hundred fifty, five thousand five hundred dollars. (2) In setting the amount of the penalty to be imposed on a hospital, the director of health shall consider all of the following: (a) Previous violations by the hospital's operator; (b) The seriousness of the violation; (c) The demonstrated good faith of the hospital's operator; (d) Any other matters as justice may require. (D) An administrative penalty collected under this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the hospital price transparency fund created by section 3727.381 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3717.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3717 / § 3717.27
§ 3717.27. Inspections
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) All inspections of retail food establishments conducted by a licensor under this chapter shall be conducted according to the procedures and schedule of frequency specified in rules adopted under section 3717.33 of the Revised Code. An inspection may be performed only by an individual registered as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code. Each inspection shall be recorded on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of agriculture or a form approved by the director that has been prescribed by a board of health acting as licensor. With the assistance of the director, a board acting as licensor, to the extent practicable, shall computerize the inspection process and standardize the manner in which its inspections are conducted. (B) A person or government entity holding a retail food establishment license shall permit the licensor to inspect the retail food establishment for purposes of determining compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it or investigating a complaint concerning the establishment. On request of the licensor, the license holder shall permit the licensor to examine the records of the retail food establishment to obtain information about the purchase, receipt, or use of food, supplies, and equipment. A licensor may inspect any mobile retail food establishment being operated within the licensor's district. If an inspection of a mobile retail food establishment is conducted by a licensor other than the licensor that issued the license for the establishment, a report of the inspection shall be sent to the issuing licensor. The issuing licensor may use the inspection report to suspend or revoke the license under section 3717.29 or 3717.30 of the Revised Code. (C) An inspection may include the following: (1) An investigation to determine the identity and source of a particular food; (2) Removal from use of any equipment, utensils, hand tools, or parts of facilities found to be maintained in a condition that presents a clear and present danger to the public health. Last updated October 16, 2023 at 3:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.71
§ 3745.71. Privilege of nondisclosure as to environmental audit
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, the owner or operator of a facility or property who conducts an environmental audit of one or more activities at the facility or property has a privilege with respect to both of the following: (1) The contents of an environmental audit report that is based on the audit; (2) The contents of communications between the owner or operator and employees or contractors of the owner or operator, or among employees or contractors of the owner or operator, that are necessary to the audit and are made in good faith as part of the audit after the employee or contractor is notified that the communication is part of the audit. (B) Except as otherwise provided in or ordered pursuant to this section, information that is privileged under this section is not admissible as evidence or subject to discovery in any civil or administrative proceeding and a person who possesses such information as a result of conducting or participating in an environmental audit shall not be compelled to testify in any civil or administrative proceeding concerning the privileged portions of the environmental audit. (C) The privilege provided in this section does not apply to criminal investigations or proceedings. Where an audit report is obtained, reviewed, or used in a criminal proceeding, the privilege provided in this section applicable to civil or administrative proceedings is not waived or eliminated. Furthermore, the privilege provided in this section does not apply to particular information under any of the following circumstances: (1) The privilege is not asserted with respect to that information by the owner or operator to whom the privilege belongs. (2) The owner or operator to whom the privilege belongs voluntarily testifies, or has provided written authorization to an employee, contractor, or agent to testify on behalf of the owner or operator, as to that information. (3) A court of record in a civil proceeding or the tribunal or presiding officer in an administrative proceeding finds, pursuant to this section, that the privilege does not apply to that information. (4) The information is required by law to be collected, developed, maintained, reported, disclosed publicly, or otherwise made available to a government agency. (5) The information is obtained from a source other than an environmental audit report, including, without limitation, observation, sampling, monitoring, a communication, a record, or a report that is not part of the audit on which the audit report is based. (6) The information is collected, developed, made, or maintained in bad faith or for a fraudulent purpose. (7) The owner or operator to whom the privilege belongs waives the privilege, in whole or in part, explicitly or by engaging in conduct that manifests a clear intent that the information not be privileged. If an owner or operator introduces part of an environmental audit report into evidence in a civil or administrative proceeding to prove that the owner or operator did not violate, or is no longer violating, any environmental laws, the privilege provided by this section is waived with respect to all information in the audit report that is relevant to that issue. (8)(a) The information shows evidence of noncompliance with environmental laws and the owner or operator fails to do any of the following: (i) Promptly initiate reasonable efforts to achieve compliance upon discovery of the noncompliance through an environmental audit; (ii) Pursue compliance with reasonable diligence; (iii) Achieve compliance within a reasonable time. (b) "Reasonable diligence" includes, without limitation, compliance with section 3745.72 of the Revised Code. (9) The information contains evidence that a government agency federally authorized, approved, or delegated to enforce environmental laws has reasonable cause to believe is necessary to prevent imminent and substantial endangerment or harm to human health or the environment. (10) Any circumstance in which both of the following apply: (a) The information contains evidence regarding an alleged violation of environmental laws and a government agency charged with enforcing any of those laws has a substantial need for the information to protect public health or safety or to prevent substantial harm to property or the environment. (b) The government agency is unable to obtain the substantial equivalent of the information by other means without unreasonable delay or expense. (11) The information consists of personal knowledge of an individual who did not obtain that information as part of an environmental audit. (12) The information is not clearly identified as part of an environmental audit report. For purposes of this section, clear identification of information as part of an environmental audit report includes, without limitation, either of the following: (a) The information is contained in a document and the front cover, the first page, or a comparable part of the document is prominently labeled with "environmental audit report: privileged information" or substantially comparable language. (b) The information is contained in an electronic record and the record is programmed to display or print prominently "environmental audit report: privileged information" or substantially comparable language before the privileged information is displayed or printed. (13) The information existed prior to the initiation of the environmental audit under division (A) of section 3745.70 of the Revised Code. (D) If the privilege provided in this section belongs to an owner or operator who is not an individual, the privilege may be asserted or waived, in whole or in part, on behalf of the owner or operator only by an officer, manager, partner, or other comparable person who has a fiduciary relationship with the owner or operator and is authorized generally to act on behalf of the owner or operator or is a person who is authorized specifically to assert or waive the privilege. (E) A person asserting the privilege provided in this section has the burden of proving the applicability of the privilege by a preponderance of the evidence. If a person seeking disclosure of information with respect to which a privilege is asserted under this section shows evidence of noncompliance with environmental laws pursuant to division (C)(8) of this section, the person asserting the privilege also has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that reasonable efforts to achieve compliance with those laws were initiated promptly and that compliance was pursued with reasonable diligence and achieved within a reasonable time. (F) When determining whether the privilege provided by this section applies to particular information, a court of record that is not acting pursuant to division (G) of this section, or the tribunal or presiding officer in an administrative proceeding, shall conduct an in camera review of the information in a manner consistent with applicable rules of procedure. (G)(1) The prosecuting attorney of a county or the attorney general, having probable cause to believe, based on information obtained from a source other than an environmental audit report, that a violation has been committed under environmental laws for which a civil or administrative action may be initiated, may obtain information with respect to which a privilege is asserted under this section pursuant to a search warrant, subpoena, or discovery under the Rules of Civil Procedure. The prosecuting attorney or the attorney general immediately shall place the information under seal and shall not review or disclose its contents. (2) Not later than sixty days after receiving an environmental audit report under division (G)(1) of this section, the prosecuting attorney or the attorney general may file with the court of common pleas of a county in which there is proper venue to bring a civil or administrative action pertaining to the alleged violation a petition requesting an in camera hearing to determine if the information described in division (G)(1) of this section is subject to disclosure under this section. Failure to file such a petition shall cause the information to be released to the owner or operator to whom it belongs. (3) Upon the filing of a petition under division (G)(2) of this section, the court shall issue an order scheduling an in camera hearing, not later than forty-five days after the filing of the petition, to determine if any or all of the information described in division (G)(1) of this section is subject to disclosure under this section. The order shall allow the prosecuting attorney or the attorney general to remove the seal from the report in order to review it and shall place appropriate limitations on distribution and review of the report to protect against unnecessary disclosure. (4) The prosecuting attorney or the attorney general may consult with government agencies regarding the contents of the report to prepare for the in camera hearing. Information described in division (G)(1) of this section that is used by the prosecuting attorney or the attorney general to prepare for the in camera hearing shall not be used by the prosecuting attorney, the attorney general, an employee or agent of either of them, or an agency described in division (G)(4) of this section in any investigation or proceeding against the respondent, and otherwise shall be kept confidential, unless the information is subject to disclosure under this section. (5) The parties may stipulate that information contained in an environmental audit report is or is not subject to disclosure under this section. (6) If the court determines that information described in division (G)(1) of this section is subject to disclosure under this section, the court shall compel disclosure under this section of only the information that is relevant to the proceeding described in division (G)(1) of this section. (H) Nothing in this section affects the nature, scope, or application of any privilege of confidentiality or nondisclosure recognized under another section of the Revised Code or the common law of this state, including, without limitation, the work product doctrine and attorney-client privilege. (I) The privilege provided by this section applies only to information and communications that are part of 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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3711.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3711 / § 3711.10
§ 3711.10. Monitor of compliance with chapter - inspections
Status: in_force

September 30, 2024 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The director of health shall monitor compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. The director may conduct inspections of a maternity home as necessary to adequately monitor compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. The inspections may be scheduled or random. The board of health of the city or general health district in which a maternity home is located may conduct inspections of the home as necessary to adequately monitor compliance with any applicable health regulation adopted by the board. The inspections may be scheduled or random. Last updated September 30, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3742.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3742 / § 3742.43
§ 3742.43. Approval of training programs in residential rental unit lead-safe maintenance practices
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) A person seeking approval of a training program in residential rental unit lead-safe maintenance practices shall apply for approval of the training program to the director of health. The application shall be made on a form prescribed by the director and shall include the nonrefundable application fee established in division (B) of this section. The director shall approve the training program if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the director both of the following: (1) That the training program will provide written proof of completion to each person who completes the program and passes an examination; (2) The program is in compliance with any other training program requirements established in rules adopted under section 3742.45 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of health shall establish a nonrefundable application fee for approving a training program under this section. The fee shall be reasonable and shall not exceed the expense incurred in conducting evaluation and approval of a training program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3761.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3761 / § 3761.05
§ 3761.05. Person suffering death or injury from a mob trying to lynch another
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 3761.01 to 3761.10 , inclusive, of the Revised Code shall apply to a person suffering death or injury from a mob while it is attempting to lynch another person. Such person, or his legal representatives, shall have a like right of action as one purposely injured or killed by such mob.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.016 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.016
§ 3745.016. Cleanup and response fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the federally supported cleanup and response fund consisting of money credited to the fund from federal grants, gifts, and contributions. The environmental protection agency shall use money in the fund to support the investigation and remediation of contaminated property and implementation of the hazardous waste provisions of Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3767.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3767 / § 3767.14
§ 3767.14. Prohibition against throwing refuse, oil, or filth into lakes, streams, or drains
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall intentionally throw, deposit, or permit to be thrown or deposited, coal dirt, coal slack, coal screenings, or coal refuse from coal mines, refuse or filth from a coal oil refinery or gasworks, or whey or filthy drainage from a cheese factory, into a river, lake, pond, or stream, or a place from which it may wash therein. No person shall cause or permit petroleum, crude oil, refined oil, or a compound, mixture, residuum of oil or filth from an oil well, oil tank, oil vat, or place of deposit of crude or refined oil, to run into or be poured, emptied, or thrown into a river, ditch, drain, or watercourse, or into a place from which it may run or wash therein. Prosecution for a violation of this section must be brought in the county in which such coal mine, coal oil refinery, gasworks, cheese factory, oil well, oil tank, oil vat, or place of deposit of crude or refined oil is situated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3714.073 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3714 / § 3714.073
§ 3714.073. Fee for disposal of debris - collection - disposition
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 Senate Bill 147 - 136th General Assembly (A) In addition to the fee levied under division (A)(1) of section 3714.07 of the Revised Code, beginning July 1, 2005, there is hereby levied on the disposal of construction and demolition debris at a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under this chapter or at a solid waste facility that is licensed under Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code and on the disposal of asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products at a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under this chapter or at a solid waste facility that is licensed under Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code the following fees: (1) A fee of twelve and one-half cents per cubic yard or twenty-five cents per ton, as applicable, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the soil and water conservation district assistance fund created in section 940.15 of the Revised Code; (2) A fee of thirty-five cents per cubic yard or seventy cents per ton, as applicable, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the recycling and litter prevention fund created in section 3736.03 of the Revised Code; (3) A fee of two and one-half cents per cubic yard or five cents per ton, as applicable, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the waste management fund created in section 3734.061 of the Revised Code. (B) The owner or operator of a construction and demolition debris facility or a solid waste facility, as a trustee of the state, shall calculate the amount of money generated from the fees levied under this section and remit the money from the fees in the manner that is established in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of section 3714.07 of the Revised Code for the fee that is levied under division (A)(1) of that section and may enter into an agreement for the quarterly payment of money generated from the fees in the manner established in division (B) of that section for the quarterly payment of money generated from the fee that is levied under division (A)(1) of that section. (C) The amount of money that is calculated by the owner or operator of a construction and demolition debris facility or a solid waste facility and remitted to a board of health or the director of environmental protection, as applicable, pursuant to this section shall be transmitted by the board or director to the treasurer of state not later than forty-five days after the receipt of the money to be credited to the soil and water conservation district assistance fund or the recycling and litter prevention fund, as applicable. (D) This section does not apply to the disposal of source separated materials that are exclusively composed of reinforced or nonreinforced concrete, asphalt, clay tile, building or paving brick, or building or paving stone at a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under this chapter when either of the following applies: (1) The materials are placed within the limits of construction and demolition debris placement at the facility as specified in the license issued to the facility under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code, are not placed within the unloading zone of the facility, and are used as a fire prevention measure in accordance with rules adopted by the director under section 3714.02 of the Revised Code. (2) The materials are not placed within the unloading zone of the facility or within the limits of construction and demolition debris placement at the facility as specified in the license issued to the facility under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code, but are used as fill material, either alone or in conjunction with clean soil, sand, gravel, or other clean aggregates, in legitimate fill operations for construction purposes at the facility or to bring the facility up to a consistent grade. Last updated July 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3775.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3775 / § 3775.99
§ 3775.99. Prohibitions and penalties
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly (A) Whoever knowingly does any of the following commits a misdemeanor of the first degree on the first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on a subsequent offense: (1) Makes a false statement on an application submitted under this chapter; (2) Permits an individual under twenty-one years of age to engage in sports gaming; (3) Aids, induces, or causes an individual under twenty-one years of age who is not an employee of the sports gaming proprietor to enter or attempt to enter a sports gaming facility; (4) Enters or attempts to enter a sports gaming facility while under twenty-one years of age, except as permitted under division (C) of section 3775.12 of the Revised Code; (5) Participates in sports gaming in violation of division (D) of section 3775.13 of the Revised Code, other than as part of operating sports gaming or as part of the employee's employment. (B) Whoever knowingly does any of the following commits a felony of the fifth degree on a first offense and a felony of the fourth degree on a subsequent offense. If the person is a sports gaming licensee under this chapter, the Ohio casino control commission shall revoke the person's license issued under this chapter after the first offense. (1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value to anyone for the purpose of influencing the outcome of a sporting event or attempts to do so; (2) Places, increases, or decreases a wager after acquiring knowledge not available to the general public that anyone has been offered, promised, or given anything of value for the purpose of influencing the outcome of the sporting event upon which the wager is placed, increased, or decreased, or attempts to do so; (3) Manufactures, sells, or distributes any device that is intended by that person to be used to violate any provision of this chapter or the sports gaming laws of any other state; (4) Places a bet or aids any other person in placing a bet on a sporting event after unlawfully acquiring knowledge of the outcome on which winnings from that bet are contingent; (5) Claims, collects, or takes anything of value from a sports gaming proprietor with intent to defraud or attempts to do so without having made a wager in which the amount or value is legitimately won or owed; (6) Places a wager using counterfeit currency or other counterfeit form of credit approved for wagering; (7) Possesses any device intended to be used to violate this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter, or any materials used to manufacture such a device. This division does not apply to a sports gaming proprietor or to an agent or employee of a sports gaming proprietor who is acting in furtherance of the sports gaming proprietor's interest. (8) Changes or alters the normal outcome of any sports gaming conducted through an online sports pool, including any system used to monitor the online sports pool, or the way in which the outcome is reported to any patron; (9) Operates sports gaming in a manner other than the manner required under this chapter. Premises or any internet web site used or occupied in violation of this division constitute a nuisance subject to abatement under Chapter 3767. of the Revised Code. (C) Whoever knowingly does any of the following commits a felony of the third degree. If the person is a sports gaming licensee under this chapter, the commission shall revoke the person's license issued under this chapter after the first offense. If the person is a public servant or political party official, the person is forever disqualified from holding any public office, employment, or position of trust in this state. (1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or benefit to a person who is connected with a sports gaming proprietor, an agent or employee of a sports gaming proprietor, or a member, agent, or employee of the Ohio casino control commission or the state lottery commission, under an agreement to influence, or with the intent to influence, the actions of the person to whom the offer, promise, or gift is made in order to affect or attempt to affect the outcome of sports gaming or an official action of a member, agent, or employee of the Ohio casino control commission or the state lottery commission; (2) Solicits, accepts, or receives a promise of anything of value or benefit while the person is connected with a sports gaming proprietor, an agent or employee of a sports gaming proprietor, or a member, agent, or employee of the Ohio casino control commission or the state lottery commission, under an agreement to influence, or with the intent to influence, the actions of the person to affect or attempt to affect the outcome of sports gaming or an official action of a member, agent, or employee of the Ohio casino control commission or the state lottery commission. (D) Whoever knowingly does any of the following while participating in sports gaming or otherwise transacting with a sports gaming proprietor as permitted under this chapter or sections 3770.23 to 3770.25 of the Revised Code commits a felony of the fifth degree on a first offense and a felony of the fourth degree on a subsequent offense: (1) Causes or attempts to cause the person to fail to file a report required under 31 U.S.C. 5313(a) or 5325 or any regulation prescribed thereunder or section 1315.53 of the Revised Code, or to fail to file a report or maintain a record required by an order issued under section 21 of the "Federal Deposit Insurance Act" or section 123 of Pub. L. No. 91-508; (2) Causes or attempts to cause the person to file a report under 31 U.S.C. 5313(a) or 5325 or any regulation prescribed thereunder or section 1315.53 of the Revised Code, to file a report or to maintain a record required by any order issued under 31 U.S.C. 3126, or to maintain a record required under any regulation prescribed under section 21 of the "Federal Deposit Insurance Act" or section 123 of Pub. L. No. 91-508 that contains a material omission or misstatement of fact; (3) With one or more sports gaming proprietors, structures a transaction, is complicit in structuring a transaction, attempts to structure a transaction, or is complicit in an attempt to structure a transaction. As used in this division: (a) To be "complicit" means to engage in any conduct of a type described in divisions (A)(1) to (4) of section 2923.03 of the Revised Code. (b) "Structure a transaction" has the same meaning as in section 1315.51 of the Revised Code. 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Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.80
§ 3743.80. Exemptions
Status: in_force

February 7, 2022 House Bill 172 - 134th General Assembly This chapter does not prohibit or apply to the following: (A) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage, or use in emergency situations, of pyrotechnic signaling devices and distress signals for marine, aviation, or highway use; (B) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage, or use of fusees, torpedoes, or other signals necessary for the safe operation of railroads; (C) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage, or use of blank cartridges in connection with theaters or shows, or in connection with athletics as signals or for ceremonial purposes; (D) The manufacture for, the transportation, storage, possession, or use by, or sale to the armed forces of the United States and the militia of this state, as recognized by the adjutant general of Ohio, of pyrotechnic devices; (E) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage, or use of toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices in which paper or plastic caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or less of explosive material are used, provided that they are constructed so that a hand cannot come into contact with a cap when it is in place for explosion, or apply to the manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage, or use of those caps; (F) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage, or use of novelties and trick noisemakers, auto burglar alarms, or model rockets and model rocket motors designed, sold, and used for the purpose of propelling recoverable aero models; (G) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage, or use of wire sparklers. (H) The conduct of radio-controlled special effect exhibitions that use an explosive black powder charge of not more than one-quarter pound per charge, and that are not connected in any manner to propellant charges, provided that the exhibition complies with all of following: (1) No explosive aerial display is conducted in the exhibition; (2) The exhibition is separated from spectators by not less than two hundred feet; (3) The person conducting the exhibition complies with regulations of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms of the United States department of the treasury and the United States department of transportation with respect to the storage and transport of the explosive black powder used in the exhibition. Last updated November 22, 2021 at 1:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3717.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3717 / § 3717.071
§ 3717.071. Forms for calculating licensing fees
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture and director of health shall prescribe forms for use in calculating the licensing fees that may be charged under sections 3717.25 and 3717.45 of the Revised Code. Each licensor that charges licensing fees shall use the forms in calculating its costs according to the uniform methodologies established in rules adopted under section 3717.07 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) If the licensor is a board of health, the board shall submit the form to the director of agriculture in the case of fees being charged for retail food establishment licenses, and to the director of health in the case of fees being charged for food service operation licenses. The board shall submit the form to the appropriate director not later than the first day of the fiscal year in which the fees will apply. A form that is mailed to the director shall be considered to have been submitted on its postmark date. (2) On receipt of a form from a board of health, the director of agriculture or director of health shall review the form to determine if the board has calculated its fees in accordance with the uniform methodologies. If at any time the director of agriculture or director of health has reasonable cause to believe that an audit of a board of health, in addition to the annual or biennial audit conducted pursuant to division (A) of section 117.11 of the Revised Code, is in the public interest, the director may request that the auditor of state conduct the audit. If the audit is conducted, the cost of the audit is the responsibility of the board of health. (C)(1) If a board of health fails to submit the forms as required under division (B)(1) of this section and the failure has occurred not more than twice in the immediately preceding five-year period, the board is subject to the following penalties: (a) If the form is late by one but not more than five working days, a fine of fifty dollars for each working day the form is late; (b) If the form is late by six working days but not more than ten working days, a fine of one hundred dollars for each working day the form is late; (c) If the form is late by more than ten working days, the board shall reduce by twenty per cent the fees it charges under section 3717.25 or 3717.45 of the Revised Code during the next succeeding fiscal year. (2) If a board fails to submit the forms and the failure has occurred more than twice in the immediately preceding five-year period, the board shall reduce by twenty per cent the fees it charges under section 3717.25 or 3717.45 of the Revised Code during the next succeeding fiscal year. (3) A board of health that is required to pay a fine or reduce its licensing fees shall not include any part of the cost of the penalty in the fees it charges under section 3717.25 or 3717.45 of the Revised Code or the fees it charges in operating any other licensing program. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.012 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.012
§ 3709.012. Study of merging city health district with general health district
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, not later than the date that is eighteen months after the official announcement of the result of a federal decennial census taken in a particular census year, including the 2020 census, a city with a population less than fifty thousand that is represented by a board of health of a city health district shall complete a study examining the efficiency and effectiveness of the city health district merging with the general health district of the county in which the city is located. As part of the study, the city shall compare the merger's efficiency and effectiveness with that of remaining as a separate health district. (B) The director of health shall develop criteria to be used by the city described in division (A) of this section in determining whether such a merger is advisable. The criteria may include accreditation standards promulgated by the public health accreditation board. (C) The director of health shall provide technical and financial assistance to each city described in division (A) of this section and shall oversee any efficiency and effectiveness study conducted. (D) If, based on the criteria described in division (B) of this section, the study indicates that a merger would be efficient and effective, then the chief executive of the city shall enter into a contract with the district advisory council of the general health district that includes the city for the administration of health affairs in the former city health district and the merged general health district. (E) If a merger is required by this section, the merger shall be completed not later than thirty months after the official announcement of the result of a federal decennial census, unless either of the following, as applicable, acts for good cause to delay implementation of the merger: (1) In the case of a general health district consisting of a single county, the district advisory council of the general health district; (2) In the case of a general health district consisting of more than one county as a result of a union of general health districts under section 3709.10 of the Revised Code, the district advisory council representing the county within the district where a majority of the population to be served by the merged general health district resides. (F) This section does not apply to a city with a population less than fifty thousand whose city health district meets either of the following conditions regarding accreditation by an accreditation body approved by the director of health: (1) The district has received accreditation and maintains its accreditation. (2) The district is in the process of applying for accreditation on the effective date of this section , receives accreditation not later than December 31, 2025, and maintains its accreditation. Last updated September 9, 2021 at 12:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.37
§ 3727.37. Hospital price transparency corrective action plan
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 173 - 135th General Assembly (A) If the director of health determines that a hospital has violated division (A) of section 3727.36 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue a notice of violation to the hospital. The director shall clearly explain in the notice the manner in which the hospital is not in compliance. When a notice of violation is issued, the director shall require the hospital to submit a corrective action plan to the director. In the notice, the director shall indicate the form and manner in which the corrective action plan is to be submitted and clearly specify the date by which the hospital is required to submit the plan. The date that is specified shall not be less than sixty days after the notice is sent. (B) A hospital that receives a notice of violation shall submit to the director of health a corrective action plan in the form and manner indicated, and by the date specified, in the notice. In the plan, the hospital shall provide a detailed description of the corrective action the hospital will take to address each violation identified by the director. The hospital shall specify the date by which it will complete the corrective action. The date that is specified shall not be more than one hundred eighty days after the plan is submitted. (C) A corrective action plan is subject to review and approval by the director of health. After the director reviews and approves the plan, the director shall monitor and evaluate the hospital's compliance with the plan. (D) No hospital shall do any of the following: (1) Fail to respond to the director's requirement to submit a corrective action plan; (2) Fail to submit a corrective action plan in the form and manner indicated in the notice of violation or by the date specified in that notice; (3) Fail to complete the corrective action specified in a corrective action plan by the date specified in the plan. Last updated March 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.07
§ 3743.07. Records
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly Licensed manufacturers of fireworks shall keep complete records of all fireworks in their inventory.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3717.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3717 / § 3717.47
§ 3717.47. Inspections
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) All inspections of food service operations conducted by a licensor under this chapter shall be conducted according to the procedures and schedule of frequency specified in rules adopted under section 3717.51 of the Revised Code. An inspection may be performed only by an individual registered as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code. Each inspection shall be recorded on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of health or a form approved by the director that has been prescribed by a board of health acting as licensor. With the assistance of the director, a board acting as licensor, to the extent practicable, shall computerize the inspection process and shall standardize the manner in which its inspections are conducted. (B) A person or government entity holding a food service operation license shall permit the licensor to inspect the food service operation for purposes of determining compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it or investigating a complaint regarding foodborne disease. On request of the licensor, the license holder shall permit the licensor to examine the records of the food service operation to obtain information about the purchase, receipt, or use of food, supplies, and equipment. A licensor may inspect any mobile food service operation or catering food service operation being operated within the licensor's district. If an inspection of a mobile or catering food service operation is conducted by a licensor other than the licensor that issued the license for the operation, a report of the inspection shall be sent to the issuing licensor. The issuing licensor may use the inspection report to suspend or revoke the license under section 3717.49 of the Revised Code. (C) An inspection may include an investigation to determine the identity and source of a particular food. Last updated October 16, 2023 at 3:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.34
§ 3701.34. Ohio public health advisory board; powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 House Bill 483, Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly (A) The Ohio public health advisory board shall review and make recommendations to the director of health on all of the following: (1) Developing and adopting proposed rules under Chapters 3701 and 3717 of the Administrative Code; (2) Prescribing proposed fees for services provided by the office of vital statistics and the bureau of environmental health; (3) Any proposed policy changes that pertain to entities serving or seeking to serve as vendors under the WIC program, as defined in section 3701.132 of the Revised Code, that are not addressed pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section. (4) Issues to improve public health and increase awareness of public health issues at the state level, local level, or both; (5) Any other public health issues that the director requests the board to consider. (B) For purposes of division (A)(1) of this section, all of the following apply: (1) Prior to filing a proposed rule with the joint committee on agency rule review, the department of health shall provide each board member with a copy of the proposed rule, copies of public comments received by the department during the public comment period, and written evidence of stakeholder involvement. (2) Prior to board meetings, copies of proposed rules shall be provided to members. On request of a member, the department shall ensure that appropriate department employees attend board meetings to answer questions concerning proposed rules. (3)(a) Not later than sixty days after receiving a copy of a proposed rule, the board shall recommend approval or disapproval of the rule and submit its recommendation by board action to the director. In making its recommendation, the board may consider public comments provided to the department or the board. (b) If the board fails to make a recommendation within sixty days of receiving a copy of the proposed rule, the director may file the proposed rule. (4) Except as provided in division (B)(3)(b) of this section, the director shall consider the board's recommendation before filing a proposed rule. On request of the board, the director shall meet with the board to discuss the board's recommendation. (5) If the director disagrees with the board's recommendation, the director shall inform the board in writing of the director's decision and the reason for the decision prior to the next quarterly meeting. The director or the director's designee may meet with the board at the next quarterly meeting to answer questions regarding why the director disagreed with the board's recommendation. (6) To the extent the board believes that a proposed rule does not comply with requirements established by the joint committee on agency rule review or the common sense initiative office, nothing in this section prohibits the board, in carrying out its duties under division (A)(1) of this section, from contacting the joint committee on agency rule review or the common sense initiative office. (C) For purposes of division (A)(2) of this section, the board and the department shall develop a cost methodology, subject to approval by the director, regarding proposed fees for services provided by the department's bureau of environmental health. (D) For purposes of division (A)(3) of this section, a proposed WIC program policy change shall be treated as if it were a proposed rule subject to division (A)(1) of this section and the board and other entities involved in reviewing and making recommendations regarding the change may follow all or part of the procedures described in division (B) of this section. (E) This section does not apply to the following: (1) A proposed rule that is to be refiled with the joint committee on agency rule review solely because of technical or other nonsubstantive revisions; (2) The emergency adoption, amendment, or rescission of a rule under division (G) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code. 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 § 3752.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3752 / § 3752.09
§ 3752.09. Certifying temporary discontinuance of operations
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the owner or operator of a reporting facility who temporarily discontinues all regulated operations at the facility for a period of not less than thirty days nor more than three hundred sixty-five consecutive days, within forty-five days after discontinuing those operations, shall make a written certification to the director of environmental protection that indicates the date on which those operations were discontinued and that states that the discontinuation will not exceed a period of three hundred sixty-five consecutive days. No person shall fail to comply with division (A)(1) of this section. (2) If an owner or operator who has made a written certification under division (A)(1) of this section thereafter fails to resume regulated operations at the facility within three hundred sixty-five days after the date on which those operations were discontinued as indicated in the certification, the owner or operator shall designate a contact person in connection with the facility in accordance with section 3752.05 of the Revised Code within thirty days after the anniversary date on which those operations were discontinued and maintain such a contact person; comply with divisions (A)(1) to (6) of section 3752.06 of the Revised Code within ninety days after that anniversary date unless the owner or operator has obtained an extension of time under division (B) of that section; and secure each building or structure at the facility where regulated operations occurred and that contains or is contaminated with regulated substances and each outdoor location of operation in compliance with section 3752.07 of the Revised Code within thirty days after that anniversary date. No person shall fail to comply with division (A)(2) of this section. (3) If the director determines that an owner or operator has failed to comply with division (A)(2) of this section, the director may issue an order in accordance with Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code requiring the owner or operator, within a specified, reasonable length of time, to take the actions required by that division that the owner or operator failed to take within the times prescribed in that division. No person shall violate a term or condition of an order issued under division (A)(3) of this section. (B) The owner or operator of any of the following is exempt from making a written certification to the director under division (A) of this section: (1) A coal mining and reclamation operation for which the owner or operator holds a valid permit issued under Chapter 1513. of the Revised Code; (2) A surface mining operation for which the owner or operator holds a valid permit issued under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code; (3) A temporary facility located on a construction site that is idle due to weather or scheduling delays and ultimately will be removed upon the completion of construction activities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.75
§ 3734.75. Submitting to written notice - collection facility
Status: in_force

October 29, 1993 Senate Bill 165 - 120th General Assembly (A) The owner or operator of a scrap tire collection facility that is in operation on the effective date of this section, within four months after that date, shall submit written notice to the director of environmental protection of the location of the facility, the land area occupied by the facility, and the approximate number or quantity in weight or volume of scrap tires present at the facility. No person shall fail to comply with this division. (B) The owner or operator of a scrap tire collection facility that is in operation on the effective date of the rules adopted under section 3734.70 of the Revised Code, in accordance with a schedule established in rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall register with the director by submitting an application for a scrap tire collection facility registration certificate with accompanying information regarding the facility and its method of operation for approval under the rules adopted under section 3734.70 of the Revised Code. The director shall issue a registration certificate or deny the registration within ninety days after receiving the application and the accompanying information. The applicant for such a registration certificate concurrently shall submit an application for a license under section 3734.81 of the Revised Code to the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located. If the director denies such a registration, he shall include in the order denying it the requirement that the owner or operator cease accepting scrap tires at the facility on the effective date of the order. No person shall fail to comply with this division or an order issued under it. (C) On and after the effective date of the rules adopted under section 3734.70 of the Revised Code, no person shall establish a new, or modify an existing, scrap tire collection facility without first registering with the director by submitting an application for a scrap tire collection facility registration certificate with accompanying information regarding the facility and its method of operation for approval under those rules and receiving a registration certificate issued by the director under this division. The director shall issue a registration certificate or deny the registration within ninety days after receiving the application and the accompanying information. The applicant for such a registration certificate concurrently shall submit an application for a license under section 3734.81 of the Revised Code to the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located or proposed. (D) Divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section and section 3734.81 of the Revised Code do not apply to the owner or operator of any of the following: (1) A premises where tires are sold at retail that meets either of the following criteria: (a) No more than one thousand scrap tires are present at any time in an unsecured, uncovered outdoor location; (b) Any number of scrap tires are secured in a building or a covered, enclosed container, trailer, or installation. (2) The premises of a tire retreading business, tire manufacturing finishing center, or tire adjustment center on which is located a single, covered scrap tire storage area at which not more than four thousand scrap tires are stored; (3) The premises of a business that removes tires from motor vehicles in the ordinary course of business on which is located a single scrap tire storage area that occupies not more than twenty-five hundred square feet; (4) A premises where scrap tires are beneficially used for which the notice required by rules adopted under section 3734.84 of the Revised Code has been given. (E) This section does not apply to either of the following: (1) The owner or operator of a scrap tire storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facility; (2) A transporter registered under section 3734.83 of the Revised Code that collects and holds scrap tires in a covered trailer or vehicle for not longer than thirty days prior to transporting them to their final destination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3740.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3740 / § 3740.03
§ 3740.03. Applications for licensure
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) A home health agency or nonagency provider seeking to provide skilled home health services shall apply to the department of health for a skilled home health services license. The application shall include all of the following: (a) Evidence that the agency or provider meets one of the following: (i) Is certified for participation in the medicare program; (ii) Is accredited by the accreditation commission for health care, the community health accreditation partner, the joint commission, or another national accreditation organization approved by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services and recognized by the department pursuant to rules adopted under section 3740.10 of the Revised Code; (iii) Is certified by the department of aging under section 173.391 of the Revised Code to provide community-based long-term care services; (iv) Otherwise meets medicare conditions of participation, even though not certified for participation in the medicare program. (b) Evidence that the applicant was providing direct care on or immediately prior to the effective date of this section, or if the applicant was not providing direct care immediately prior to the effective date of this section, a surety bond issued by a company licensed to do business in this state in the amount of fifty thousand dollars. (c) An application fee in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars. (2) An applicant applying on the basis of division (A)(1)(a)(iv) of this section shall provide documentation and comply with conditions as prescribed by rules adopted under section 3740.10 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, a home health agency or nonagency provider seeking to provide nonmedical home health services shall apply to the department of health for a nonmedical home health services license. Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, the application shall include all of the following: (a) Fingerprint impressions of the primary owner of the home health agency or of the nonagency provider; (b) Copies of any documents filed and recorded with the secretary of state; (c) A notarized affidavit verifying the identity of the applicant; (d) If the applicant is a home health agency, a copy of the agency's criminal records check policy; (e) A statement identifying the days and hours of operation for the applicant; (f) A description of the nonmedical home health services to be provided, and any policies and procedures related to those services, if applicable; (g) Identification of the applicant's primary place of business and a description of the geographic area to be served; (h) Evidence that the applicant was providing direct care on or immediately prior to the effective date of this section, or if the applicant was not providing direct care immediately prior to the effective date of this section, a surety bond issued by a company licensed to do business in this state in the amount of twenty thousand dollars; (i) An application fee in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars. (2) A home health agency or nonagency provider that holds a skilled home health services license issued under division (A) of this section may provide nonmedical home health services without obtaining a nonmedical home health services license. (3) The director of health shall waive receipt of the items identified in divisions (B)(1)(a) to (g) of this section if the agency or provider submits evidence that the agency or provider is certified by the department of aging under section 173.391 of the Revised Code to provide community-based long-term care services. (C) An applicant under this section shall use the application form prescribed by rules adopted under section 3740.10 of the Revised Code and comply with license procedures established by those rules. Last updated October 19, 2021 at 5:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.72
§ 3737.72. Fire stations required to have gas masks
Status: in_force

July 1, 1979 House Bill 590 - 112th General Assembly (A) "Gas mask" means any self-contained oxygen breathing apparatus using oxygen or air in suitable containers that enable their wearers to live in atmospheres containing less than sixteen per cent oxygen and poisonous gases in excess of two per cent by volume and having been approved by the United States bureau of mines for use in irrespirable atmospheres. (B) Every political subdivision which operates a fire department shall provide at least two gas masks for each fire station and shall further provide that the chief of the fire department give adequate instructions to each member of the fire department in the use of such gas masks.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3717.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3717 / § 3717.11
§ 3717.11. Board of health surveys
Status: in_force

November 21, 2001 Senate Bill 136 - 124th General Assembly (A) Each board of health shall be surveyed for the purpose of determining whether the board is qualified and has the capacity to administer and enforce this chapter and the rules adopted under it and to abide by the Ohio uniform food safety code. If the board licenses or proposes to license retail food establishments, the survey shall be conducted by the director of agriculture. If the board licenses or proposes to license food service operations, the survey shall be conducted by the director of health. Each board shall be surveyed by each director at least once every three years. Surveys shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under sections 3717.33 and 3717.52 of the Revised Code, as applicable. The directors shall schedule and conduct their surveys in a manner that minimizes, to the extent practicable, intrusion on and inconvenience to the board. If a survey demonstrates that the board is qualified and has the requisite capacity, the director conducting the survey shall approve the board as the licensor of retail food establishments or food service operations, whichever is being considered, for the district the board serves. If a survey demonstrates that a board is not qualified or does not have the requisite capacity, the director conducting the survey shall not approve the board as a licensor, or shall revoke the director's approval, whichever is appropriate. The board may appeal the decision to deny or revoke approval to the director taking the action. The appeal shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3717.33 or 3717.52 of the Revised Code, as applicable. If approval is denied or revoked, the director taking the action shall designate an alternative licensor for the health district served by the board. The alternative licensor shall be a board of health that is qualified and has the requisite capacity to serve as alternative licensor, except that if a qualified and capable board is not available from a health district within reasonable proximity, the director that denied or revoked the board's approval shall act as the alternative licensor. (B) When the approval of a board is revoked, all valid licenses issued by that board for retail food establishments or food service operations, whichever have been affected, shall be treated as though issued by the alternative licensor. The licenses shall remain valid until scheduled to expire unless earlier suspended or revoked by the alternative licensor. (C) All fees charged under section 3717.25 or 3717.45 of the Revised Code that have not been expended by a board that has had its approval revoked shall be transferred to the alternative licensor. A board of health acting as alternative licensor shall deposit the fees into a special fund it establishes for receipt of funds pertaining to the district for which it is acting as licensor. If the director of agriculture is acting as licensor, the director shall deposit the fees in the food safety fund created in section 915.24 of the Revised Code. If the director of health is acting as licensor, the director shall deposit the fees in the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. All subsequent fees charged in the district by the alternative licensor shall be deposited in the same manner. Moneys deposited under this division shall be used solely for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and the rules adopted under it in the district for which the alternative licensor is acting as licensor. (D)(1) A board that has had its approval to act as a licensor revoked may submit a request to the director who revoked the approval to be reinstated as a licensor. The request shall be in writing and shall specify the corrective measures the board has taken and a proposed plan of action to remedy any remaining causes of the revocation. The director may reinstate the board as a licensor if all of the following occur: (a) The board pays or arranges to pay the alternative licensor or director, as applicable, for costs incurred in acting as licensor for the district and in transferring responsibility for the district to the board, if those costs exceed the moneys available under division (C) of this section for the district; (b) The board corrects all causes of the revocation; (c) The alternative licensor consents to the reinstatement. (2) The reinstatement of a board as a licensor shall be conducted in accordance with procedures established in rules adopted under this chapter by the director who revoked the approval.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3772.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3772 / § 3772.29
§ 3772.29. Exempt shipments
Status: in_force

September 10, 2010 House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly All shipments of gaming supplies, devices, and equipment, including slot machines, into this state are exempt from section (2) of "An Act to Prohibit Transportation of Gambling Devices in Interstate and Foreign Commerce," 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. 1171-1177.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.501 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.501
§ 3715.501. Overdose reversal drugs prescribed or furnished without examination
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 95 - 135th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code or of any rule adopted by the state board of pharmacy, state medical board, or board of nursing, both of the following apply: (1) A physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, or certified mental health assistant may issue a prescription for an overdose reversal drug, or personally furnish a supply of the drug, without having examined the individual to whom it may be administered. The physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, or certified mental health assistant exercising this authority shall provide, to the individual receiving the prescription or supply, instructions regarding the emergency administration of the drug, including a specific instruction to summon emergency services as necessary. (2) In the event that a prescription for an overdose reversal drug does not include the name of the individual to whom the drug may be administered, a pharmacist or pharmacy intern may dispense the drug to the individual who received the prescription. (B)(1) A physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, or certified mental health assistant who in good faith exercises the authority conferred by division (A)(1) of this section is not liable for or subject to any of the following for any act or omission of the individual to whom a prescription for an overdose reversal drug is issued or the supply of such a drug is furnished: damages in any civil action, prosecution in any criminal proceeding, or professional disciplinary action. (2) A pharmacist or pharmacy intern who in good faith exercises the authority conferred by division (A)(2) of this section is not liable for or subject to any of the following: damages in any civil action, prosecution in any criminal proceeding, or professional disciplinary action. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.60
§ 3743.60. Prohibitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) No person shall manufacture fireworks in this state unless it is a licensed manufacturer of fireworks, and no person shall operate a fireworks plant in this state unless it has been issued a license as a manufacturer of fireworks for the particular fireworks plant. (B) No person shall operate a fireworks plant in this state after its license as a manufacturer of fireworks for the particular fireworks plant has expired, is suspended, has been denied renewal, or has been revoked, unless a new license has been obtained or the suspension lifted. (C) No licensed manufacturer of fireworks, during the effective period of its licensure, shall construct, locate, or relocate any buildings or other structures on the premises of its fireworks plant, make any structural change or renovation in any building or other structure on the premises of its fireworks plant, or change the nature of its manufacturing of fireworks so as to include the processing of fireworks without first obtaining a written authorization from the state fire marshal pursuant to division (B) of section 3743.04 of the Revised Code. (D) No licensed manufacturer of fireworks shall manufacture fireworks, possess fireworks for sale at wholesale or retail, or sell fireworks at wholesale or retail, in a manner not authorized by division (C) of section 3743.04 of the Revised Code. (E) No licensed manufacturer of fireworks shall knowingly fail to comply with the rules adopted by the state fire marshal pursuant to sections 3743.05 and 3743.48 of the Revised Code or the requirements of sections 3743.06 and 3743.48 of the Revised Code. (F) No licensed manufacturer of fireworks shall fail to maintain complete inventory, wholesale sale, and retail records as required by section 3743.07 of the Revised Code, or to permit inspection of these records or the premises of a fireworks plant pursuant to section 3743.08 of the Revised Code. (G) No licensed manufacturer of fireworks shall fail to comply with an order of the state fire marshal issued pursuant to division (B)(1) of section 3743.08 of the Revised Code, within the specified period of time. (H) No licensed manufacturer of fireworks shall fail to comply with an order of the state fire marshal issued pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 3743.08 of the Revised Code until the nonconformities are eliminated, corrected, or otherwise remedied or the seventy-two hour period specified in that division has expired, whichever first occurs. (I) No person shall smoke or shall carry a pipe, cigarette, or cigar, or a match, lighter, other flame-producing item, or open flame on, or shall carry a concealed source of ignition into, the premises of a fireworks plant, except as smoking is authorized in specified lunchrooms or restrooms by a manufacturer pursuant to division (C) of section 3743.06 of the Revised Code. (J) No person shall have possession or control of, or be under the influence of, any intoxicating liquor, beer, or controlled substance, while on the premises of a fireworks plant. (K) No licensed manufacturer of fireworks shall negligently fail to furnish a safety pamphlet to a purchaser of 1.4G fireworks as required by division (A) of section 3743.47 of the Revised Code. (L) No licensed manufacturer of fireworks shall negligently fail to have safety glasses available for sale as required by division (B) of section 3743.47 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3796.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3796 / § 3796.04
§ 3796.04. Home grow
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, an adult-use consumer may do all of the following: (1) Cultivate, grow, and possess homegrown marijuana plants at the adult-use consumer's primary residence, if all of the following apply: (a) Not more than six homegrown marijuana plants are cultivated or grown by each adult-use consumer; (b) Not more than twelve homegrown marijuana plants are cultivated or grown at a single residence; (c) Cultivation or growing of homegrown marijuana takes place only within a secured closet, room, greenhouse, or other enclosed area in or on the grounds of the residence that prevents access by individuals under twenty-one years of age, and which is not visible by normal unaided vision from a public space; (d) Cultivation or growing of homegrown marijuana does not take place at a residence that is any of the following: (i) A type A family child care home or type B family child care home, as those terms are defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code; (ii) A halfway house, community transitional housing facility, community residential center, or other similar facility licensed by the division of parole and community services under section 2967.14 of the Revised Code; (iii) A residential premises occupied pursuant to a rental agreement that prohibits the activities otherwise authorized by this section. (2) Process homegrown marijuana by manual or mechanical means. (3) Store homegrown marijuana and adult-use marijuana at the adult-use consumer's primary residence. (4) Use homegrown marijuana grown, cultivated, and processed at the adult-use consumer's primary residence ; (5) Possess any paraphernalia or accessories that may be used in the administration of adult-use marijuana or homegrown marijuana. (B) This section does not authorize any person to: (1) Cultivate, grow, or process homegrown marijuana except at the person's primary residence; (2) Use, cultivate, process, transfer, or transport adult-use marijuana or homegrown marijuana before reaching twenty-one years of age; (3) Process homegrown by hydrocarbon-based extraction; (4) Sell, or profit from, homegrown marijuana; (5) Cultivate, grow, or possess homegrown marijuana on behalf of another person. (C)(1) No person shall knowingly cultivate, grow, or possess homegrown marijuana in a manner that violates division (A) of this section : (2) No person shall knowingly consume adult-use marijuana or homegrown marijuana in a public place ; (3) No person operating a public place shall knowingly permit the consumption of adult-use marijuana or homegrown marijuana in that public place. (D) Subject to division (B) of this section and divisions (B) and (C) of section 3796.221 of the Revised Code, an adult-use consumer shall not be subject to arrest or criminal prosecution for cultivating, growing, possessing, processing, storing, or using homegrown marijuana, or possessing paraphernalia or accessories that may be used in the administration of adult-use or homegrown marijuana, in accordance with division (A) of this section. (E) This section does not authorize an adult-use consumer to operate a vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, watercraft, or aircraft while under the influence of marijuana. Last updated February 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.022
§ 3721.022. Establishing and maintaining health standards and serving as state survey agency
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Nursing facility" has the same meaning as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Deficiency" and "survey" have the same meanings as in section 5165.60 of the Revised Code. (3) "Title XIX" and "Title XVIII" have the same meanings as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of health is hereby designated the state agency responsible for establishing and maintaining health standards and serving as the state survey agency for the purposes of Title XVIII and Title XIX. The department shall carry out these functions in accordance with the regulations, guidelines, and procedures issued under Title XVIII and Title XIX by the United States secretary of health and human services and with sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code. The director of health shall enter into agreements with regard to these functions with the department of medicaid and the United States department of health and human services. The director may also enter into agreements with the department of medicaid under which the department of health is designated to perform functions under sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code. The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules necessary to implement the survey and certification requirements for skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities established by the United States secretary of health and human services under Title XVIII and Title XIX and the survey requirements established under sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include an informal process by which a facility may obtain up to two reviews of any deficiencies that have been cited on a statement of deficiencies made by the department of health under 42 C.F.R. Part 488 and cause the facility to be in noncompliance as defined in 42 C.F.R. 488.301 . The first review shall be conducted by an employee of the department who did not participate in and was not otherwise involved in any way with the survey. A facility that is not satisfied with the results of a first review may receive a second review on payment of a fee to the department. The amount of the fee shall be specified in rules adopted under this section. The fee shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code for use in the implementation of this section. The second review shall be conducted by either of the following as selected by the facility: a hearing officer employed by the department or a hearing officer included on a list the department shall provide the facility. A final determination that any deficiency citation is unjustified shall be reflected clearly in all records relating to the survey. The director need not adopt as rules any of the regulations, guidelines, or procedures issued under Title XVIII and Title XIX by the United States secretary of health and human services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.811 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.811
§ 3727.811. Overdose reversal drugs - reporting requirements
Status: in_force

June 9, 2026 Senate Bill 137 - 136th General Assembly A hospital that provides overdose reversal drugs as described in section 3727.81 of the Revised Code shall record each occurrence in which an overdose reversal drug was provided and shall prepare reports compiling the records. The hospital shall prepare and submit reports to the department of health and department of behavioral health in accordance with the standards and procedures established under section 5119.192 of the Revised Code. In preparing a report, a hospital shall not include any information that identifies or tends to identify specific individuals to whom overdose reversal drugs were provided. Last updated May 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.57
§ 3735.57. Investment of funds in authority - public or private funds
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All funds, public or private, trust or otherwise, may be invested in any bonds or other obligations of a metropolitan housing authority, and such bonds or other obligations may be accepted as satisfactory security for all public deposits. This section authorizes the investment in bonds or other obligations of an authority of all sinking, insurance, retirement, compensation, pension, and trust funds, whether owned or controlled by private or public persons or officers, and funds owned by, or held on deposit in, any banking institution or building and loan association.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.027 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.027
§ 3734.027. Low-level radioactive waste - prohibited activities
Status: in_force

September 5, 2012 Senate Bill 294 - 129th General Assembly (A) No person shall commingle with any type of solid wastes, hazardous waste, or infectious wastes any low-level radioactive waste whose treatment, recycling, storage, or disposal is governed under division (B) of section 3748.10 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as authorized by the director of health under Chapter 3748. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it, no owner or operator of a solid waste facility, infectious waste treatment facility, or hazardous waste facility shall accept for transfer, storage, treatment, or disposal or shall transfer, store, treat, or dispose of any radioactive waste specified in division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.54
§ 3743.54. Public fireworks exhibitions - additional license categories
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153, Senate Bill 171 - 129th General Assembly (A) A licensed exhibitor of fireworks may acquire fireworks for use at a public fireworks exhibition only from a licensed manufacturer of fireworks or licensed wholesaler of fireworks, and only in accordance with the procedures specified in this section and section 3743.55 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) A licensed exhibitor of fireworks who wishes to conduct a public fireworks exhibition shall apply for approval to conduct the exhibition to whichever of the following persons is appropriate under the circumstances: (a) Unless division (B)(1)(c) or (d) of this section applies, if the exhibition will take place in a municipal corporation, the approval shall be obtained from the fire chief, and from the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or the designee of the police chief or similar chief law enforcement officer, of the particular municipal corporation. (b) Unless division (B)(1)(c) or (d) of this section applies, if the exhibition will take place in an unincorporated area, the approval shall be obtained from the fire chief of the particular township or township fire district, and from the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or the designee of the police chief or similar chief law enforcement officer, of the particular township, or township or joint police district. (c) If fire protection services for the premises on which the exhibition will take place are provided in accordance with a contract between political subdivisions, the approval shall be obtained from the fire chief of the political subdivision providing the fire protection services and from the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or the designee of the police chief or similar chief law enforcement officer, of the political subdivision in which the premises on which the exhibition will take place are located. If police services for the premises on which the exhibition will take place are provided in accordance with a contract between political subdivisions, the approval shall be obtained from the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or the designee of the police chief or similar chief law enforcement officer, of the political subdivision providing the police services and from the fire chief of the political subdivision in which the premises on which the exhibition will take place are located. If both fire and police protection services for the premises on which the exhibition will take place are provided in accordance with a contract between political subdivisions, the approval shall be obtained from the fire chief, and from the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or the designee of the police chief or similar chief law enforcement officer, of the political subdivisions providing the police and fire protection services. (d) If there is no municipal corporation, township, or township fire district fire department, no municipal corporation, township, or township or joint police district police department, and no contract for police or fire protection services between political subdivisions covering the premises on which the exhibition will take place, the approval shall be obtained from the fire prevention officer, and from the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or the designee of the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, having jurisdiction over the premises. (2) The approval required by division (B)(1) of this section shall be evidenced by the fire chief or fire prevention officer and by the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or the designee of the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, signing a permit for the exhibition. The fire marshal shall prescribe the form of exhibition permits and distribute copies of the form to fire chiefs, to fire prevention officers, and to police chiefs or other similar chief law enforcement officers of municipal corporations, townships, or township or joint police districts, or their designees, in this state. Any exhibitor of fireworks who wishes to conduct a public fireworks exhibition may obtain a copy of the form from the fire marshal or, if it is available, from a fire chief, a fire prevention officer, a police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer of a municipal corporation, township, or township or joint police district, or a designee of such a police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer. (C) Before a permit is signed and issued to a licensed exhibitor of fireworks, the fire chief or fire prevention officer, in consultation with the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer or with the designee of the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, shall inspect the premises on which the exhibition will take place and shall determine that, in fact, the applicant for the permit is a licensed exhibitor of fireworks. Each applicant shall show the applicant's license as an exhibitor of fireworks to the fire chief or fire prevention officer. The fire chief or fire prevention officer, and the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or the designee of the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, shall give approval to conduct a public fireworks exhibition only if satisfied, based on the inspection, that the premises on which the exhibition will be conducted allow the exhibitor to comply with the rules adopted by the fire marshal pursuant to divisions (B) and (E) of section 3743.53 of the Revised Code and that the applicant is, in fact, a licensed exhibitor of fireworks. The fire chief or fire prevention officer, in consultation with the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer or with the designee of the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, may inspect the premises immediately prior to the exhibition to determine if the exhibitor has complied with the rules, and may revoke a permit for noncompliance with the rules. (D) If the legislative authorities of their political subdivisions have prescribed a fee for the issuance of a permit for a public fireworks exhibition, fire chiefs or fire prevention officers, and police chiefs, other similar chief law enforcement officers, or their designee, shall not issue a permit until the exhibitor pays the requisite fee. Each exhibitor shall provide an indemnity bond in the amount of at least one million dollars, with surety satisfactory to the fire chief or fire prevention officer and to the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or the designee of the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, conditioned for the payment of all final judgments that may be rendered against the exhibitor on account of injury, death, or loss to persons or property emanating from the fireworks exhibition, or proof of insurance coverage of at least one million dollars for liability arising from injury, death, or loss to persons or property emanating from the fireworks exhibition. The legislative authority of a political subdivision in which a public fireworks exhibition will take place may require the exhibitor to provide an indemnity bond or proof of insurance coverage in amounts greater than those required by this division. Fire chiefs or fire prevention officers, and police chiefs, other similar chief law enforcement officers, or their designee, shall not issue a permit until the exhibitor provides the bond or proof of the insurance coverage required by this division or by the political subdivision in which the fireworks exhibition will take place. (E)(1) Each permit for a fireworks exhibition issued by a fire chief or fire prevention officer, and by the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or the designee of the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, shall contain a distinct number, designate the municipal corporation, township, township fire or police district, or joint police district of the fire chief, fire prevention officer, police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or designee of the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, and identify the certified fire safety inspector, fire chief, or fire prevention officer who will be present before, during, and after the exhibition, where appropriate. A copy of each permit issued shall be forwarded by the fire chief or fire prevention officer, and by the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, or the designee of the police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, issuing it to the fire marshal, who shall keep a record of the permits received. A permit is not transferable or assignable. (2) Each fire chief, fire prevention officer, police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, and designee of a police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer shall keep a record of issued permits for fireworks exhibitions. In this list, the fire chief, fire prevention officer, police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer, and designee of a police chief or other similar chief law enforcement officer shall list the name of the exhibitor, the exhibitor's license number, the premises on which the exhibition will be conducted, the date and time of the exhibition, and the number and political subdivision designation of the permit issued to the exhibitor for the exhibition. (F) The governing authority having jurisdiction in the location where an exhibition is to take place shall require that a certified fire safety inspector, fire chief, or fire prevention officer be present before, during, and after the exhibition, and shall require the certified fire safety inspector, fire chief, or fire prevention officer to inspect the premises where the exhibition is to take place and determine whether the exhibition is in compliance with this chapter. (G) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, the state fire marshal is hereby authorized to create additional license categories for fireworks exhibitors and to create additional permit requirements for fireworks exhibitions for the indoor use of fireworks and other uses of pyrotechnics, including the use of pyrotechnic materials that do not meet the definition of fireworks as described in section 3743.01 of the Revised Code. Such licenses and permits and the fees for such licenses and permits shall be described in rules adopted by the fire marshal under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Such rules may provide for different standards for exhibitor licensure and the permitting and conducting of a fireworks exhibition than the requirements of this chapter. 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 § 3734.87 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.87
§ 3734.87. Report and recommendations of director of environmental protection
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly During the years 2002 and 2006, the director of environmental protection shall submit a report to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate concerning the implementation, administration, and enforcement of the scrap tire provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under them, including at least a discussion of the expenditure of moneys from the scrap tire management fund created in section 3734.82 of the Revised Code and recommendations concerning any legislative changes needed to improve that implementation, administration, and enforcement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.212 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.212
§ 3709.212. Application of order or regulation for the public health or for prevention or restriction of disease
Status: in_force

June 23, 2021 Senate Bill 22 - 134th General Assembly Any order or regulation for the public health or for the prevention or restriction of disease issued by a board of health of a city or general health district under section 3709.20 or 3709.21 of the Revised Code may apply to only the following persons: (A) Those who have been medically diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of the order or regulation; (B) Those who have come in direct contact with someone who has been medically diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of the order or regulation; (C) Those that have had a documented incident in the building of the disease that is the subject of the order or regulation. As used in this section, "person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3723.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3723 / § 3723.06
§ 3723.06. Application for license - issuance - biennial renewal
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of health shall license radon testers, mitigation specialists, and mitigation contractors. Each applicant for a license shall submit a completed application to the director on a form the director shall prescribe and furnish. (B) Except as provided in division (F) of this section and in accordance with rules adopted under section 3723.09 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue the appropriate license to each applicant that pays the license fee prescribed by the director, meets the licensing criteria established by the director, and complies with any other licensing and training requirements established by the director. An individual, business entity, or government entity may hold more than one license issued under this section, but a separate application is required for each license. (C) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section and except as provided in division (F) of this section, the director shall issue a radon mitigation contractor license on request to the holder of a radon mitigation specialist license if the license holder is the owner or chief stockholder of a business entity for which the license holder is the only individual who will work as a radon mitigation specialist. The licensing criteria and any other licensing and training requirements the individual was required to meet to qualify for the radon mitigation specialist license are hereby deemed to satisfy any and all criteria and requirements for a radon mitigation contractor license. A license issued under this division shall expire at the same time as the individual's radon mitigation specialist license. No license fee shall be imposed for a license issued under this division. (D) A license issued under this section expires biennially and may be renewed by the director in accordance with criteria and procedures established in rules adopted under section 3723.09 of the Revised Code and on payment of the license renewal fee prescribed in those rules. (E) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director may do either of the following: (1) Refuse to issue a license to an individual, business entity, or government entity that does not meet the requirements of this chapter or the rules adopted under it or has been in violation of those requirements; (2) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of an individual, business entity, or government entity that is or has been in violation of the requirements of this chapter or the rules adopted under it. (F) The director shall issue a radon tester, mitigation specialist, or mitigation contractor 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 radon tester, mitigation specialist, or mitigation contractor in a state that does not issue one or more of those licenses. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.12
§ 3709.12. President pro tempore of board of city health district - meetings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of health in a city health district shall elect one of its number president pro tempore, who shall preside in the absence of the chief executive and shall perform all duties incumbent upon the president. The board shall meet at least once in each calendar month for the transaction of business, and as much oftener as is necessary for the prompt and thorough transaction of its business. Special meetings of the board shall be called by the president or three members thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.161 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.161
§ 3701.161. Diphtheria antitoxin
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The director of health shall make necessary arrangements for the production and distribution of diphtheria antitoxin. Such antitoxin shall in all respects be equal in purity and potency to the standard of requirements of the United States public health service for antitoxin for interstate commerce. Diphtheria antitoxin shall be distributed in accordance with rules the director adopts pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3796.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3796 / § 3796.02
§ 3796.02. Establishment
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby established a division of cannabis control in the department of commerce under the supervision and direction of the superintendent of marijuana control as established under section 121.04 of the Revised Code. The cannabis control program is hereby established in the division of cannabis control. The division shall provide for the licensure of marijuana cultivators, processors, retail dispensaries, and laboratories that test marijuana. The division shall also provide for the registration of patients and their caregivers. The division shall administer the cannabis control program. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3717.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3717 / § 3717.51
§ 3717.51. Director of health to adopt rules
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Pursuant to section 3717.04 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall adopt rules regarding food service operations, as follows: (A) Licensing categories for food service operations and licensing requirements for each category; (B) Standards and procedures, including a schedule of frequency, for conducting inspections of food service operations; (C) Standards and procedures for conducting investigations of complaints pertaining to food service operations; (D) Procedures to be used by the director of health in approving courses of study for persons seeking certification in food protection, standards that must be met to receive and maintain the director's approval, and procedures for withdrawing the director's approval of a course if the standards for approval are no longer being met; (E) Standards for the provision of assistance to choking victims; (F) Any other matter the director considers relevant to the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter applicable to food service operations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.70
§ 3743.70. No license issued to felon
Status: in_force

October 9, 2021 House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The state fire marshal shall not refuse to issue a license, permit, or registration under this chapter if the applicant or any individual holding, owning, or controlling a five per cent or greater beneficial or equity interest in the applicant for the license, permit, or registration has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a disqualifying offense under section 9.79 of the Revised Code unless the refusal is in accordance with that section. (B) The state fire marshal shall not issue a renewal of a license, permit, or registration under this chapter on or after June 30, 1997, if the applicant for the license or permit, or any individual holding, owning, or controlling a five per cent or greater beneficial or equity interest in the applicant for the license or permit, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States. (C) The state fire marshal shall revoke or deny renewal of a license or permit first issued under this chapter on or after June 30, 1997, if the holder of the license or permit, or any individual holding, owning, or controlling a five per cent or greater beneficial or equity interest in the holder of the license or permit, is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States. (D) The state fire marshal may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the method to be used by the applicants subject to this section to provide the fingerprint or similar identifying information, fees to be assessed by the state fire marshal to conduct such background checks, and the procedures to be used by the state fire marshal to verify compliance with this section. Such rules may include provisions establishing rules for conducting background checks, the frequency that license renewal applicants must update background check information filed by the applicant with previous license applications, provisions describing alternative forms of background check information that may be accepted by the state fire marshal to verify compliance with this section, and provisions that permit the state fire marshal to waive the applicability of this section if the applicant produces verified documentation that demonstrates that this state, another state, the United States, or another country has determined that applicant is appropriate for licensure, permitting, or registration under this chapter. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:15 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.134 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.134
§ 3701.134. Director of health to provide means of immunization against chicken pox
Status: in_force

May 6, 2005 House Bill 463 - 125th General Assembly To the extent appropriations made by the general assembly make this possible, the director of health shall provide, for the purpose of section 3313.671 of the Revised Code, the means of immunization against chicken pox to boards of health, legislative authorities of municipal corporations, and boards of township trustees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3739.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3739 / § 3739.03
§ 3739.03. Laboratory ignition propensity testing
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 500 - 127th General Assembly (A) A manufacturer shall have a laboratory conduct the testing required under division (B) of this section. The laboratory that the manufacturer uses for the testing shall be accredited pursuant to the international organization for standardization and international electrotechnical commission standard 17025 of the international organization for standardization, or another comparable accreditation standard required by the state fire marshal. The laboratory shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program and shall use that program when conducting the testing required under division (B) of this section. (B) A manufacturer shall have the laboratory described in division (A) of this section test the manufacturer's cigarettes in accordance with all of the following requirements: (1) The laboratory shall test the cigarettes in accordance with the American society of testing and materials standard E2187-04, titled "standard test method for measuring ignition strength of cigarettes" or any subsequent standard adopted by the state fire marshal in accordance with division (E) of this section. (2) The laboratory shall test the cigarettes on ten layers of filter paper. (3) Not more than twenty-five per cent of the cigarettes tested in a test trial shall exhibit full-length burns. (C) The performance standard required under division (B)(3) of this section shall apply only to a complete test trial. For purposes of this division and division (B)(3) of this section, "test trial" means forty replicate tests for each type of cigarette tested. (D) The requirements described in division (B) of this section shall not be construed to require additional cigarette testing if a manufacturer tests cigarettes in accordance with the requirements listed in that division for any other purposes other than the purposes specified in that division. (E) The state fire marshal may adopt any American society of testing and materials standard used to measure the ignition strength of cigarettes that takes effect after the effective date of this section if the state fire marshal determines that that subsequent standard does not result in a change in the percentage of full-length burns exhibited by any tested cigarette when compared to the percentage of full-length burns the same cigarette would exhibit when tested using the American society of testing and materials standard E2187-04 referenced in division (B)(1) of this section and the performance standard specified in division (B)(3) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3794.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3794 / § 3794.08
§ 3794.08. Smoke free indoor air fund
Status: in_force

December 7, 2006 Enacted by Initiative Petition - Issue 5 Smoke Free Indoor Air Fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury the smoke free indoor air fund. All fines collected pursuant to this chapter and any grant, contribution, or other moneys received by the department of health for the purposes of this chapter shall be credited to the smoke free indoor air fund and used solely for the purposes of this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.24
§ 3707.24. Prohibition against unfounded statements in examination
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No owner, consignee, assignee, or other person interested in any manner set forth in section 3707.23 of the Revised Code shall make an unfounded statement or declaration respecting the points under the examination provided by such section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3770.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3770 / § 3770.12
§ 3770.12. Court order approving transfer - express findings necessary
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly A court of competent jurisdiction shall approve a transfer of a lottery prize award only in a final order that is based on express findings of the court. The court shall approve the transfer if each of the following conditions that applies is met and is included in the court's express findings: (A) The transferee has provided to the prize winner a disclosure statement that complies with section 3770.11 of the Revised Code, and the prize winner has confirmed the prize winner's receipt of the disclosure statement, as evidenced by the prize winner's notarized signature on a copy of the disclosure statement. (B) The prize winner has received independent professional advice regarding the legal, financial, and other implications of the transfer, as evidenced by a statement signed under penalty of perjury by the prize winner and the licensed professional adviser. (C) The transferee has given written notice of the transferee's name, address, and taxpayer identification number to the state lottery commission and has filed a copy of that notice with the court in which the application for approval of the transfer was filed. (D) The transferee is a trust, limited partnership, general partnership, corporation, professional association, limited liability company, or other entity that is qualified to do business in this state and meets the registration requirements for that type of entity under Title XVII of the Revised Code. (E) The transfer complies with all applicable requirements of the Revised Code and does not contravene any applicable statute or court order. (F) The transfer does not include or cover the amounts of the lottery prize award that are required to be withheld or deducted pursuant to section 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.02 , 3121.03 , 3123.06 , 3770.071 , or 3770.072 of the Revised Code. (G) Any amounts described in division (F) of this section that are required to be withheld or deducted, as of the date of the court order, will be offset by the commission first against remaining payments due the prize winner and then against payments due the transferee. (H) Except as provided in divisions (F) and (G) of this section, that the prize winner's interest in each and all of the future payments from a particular lottery prize award is to be paid to a single transferee. If the court determines that all of the conditions in divisions (A) to (H) of this section that apply are met, the transfer of the lottery prize award shall be presumed to be fair and reasonable and in the best interests of the prize winner. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.036 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.036
§ 3704.036. Title V permit program
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly (A) The director of environmental protection shall develop and administer a federally approvable Title V permit program and shall take all necessary and appropriate action to implement, through the issuance of Title V permits, applicable requirements of the federal Clean Air Act. Title V permits shall be required only for major sources and affected sources, as defined in 40 C.F.R. 70.2, and solid waste incineration units required to obtain a permit under section 129 (e) of the federal Clean Air Act unless the administrator extends the obligation to obtain a Title V permit to other sources. The Title V permit program does not apply to research and development sources whose emissions do not exceed the requirements of 40 C.F.R. 70.3 (a)(1) or any facility or air contaminant source authorized by 40 C.F.R. 70.3 (b) to be exempt from the obligation to obtain a Title V permit. A source that obtains a Title V permit shall not be required to obtain any other operating permit under this chapter and rules adopted under it. Federally enforceable requirements shall be identified separately in Title V permits. The director may include in those permits reasonable and lawful terms and conditions necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it that are not federally enforceable requirements, provided that those terms and conditions are clearly separated from federally enforceable requirements and the Title V permits state that those terms and conditions are not federally enforceable. (B) The director shall adopt, and may amend, suspend, and rescind, rules to facilitate the implementation, supervision, administration, and operation of the Title V permit program that are consistent with, and no more stringent than, the requirements of Title V of the federal Clean Air Act and 40 C.F.R. part 70. The rules shall establish at least all of the following: (1) Definitions of the following terms, which shall be consistent with and no more stringent than the definitions in 40 C.F.R. part 70: "administrative permit amendment," "affected source," "applicable requirement," "emergency," "emissions unit," "fugitive emissions," "major source," "major stationary source," "potential to emit," "regulated air pollutant," and "stationary source;" (2) Provisions for minor modifications and operational flexibility that minimize administrative burdens on a source and ensure maximum operational flexibility consistent with the federal Clean Air Act and regulations adopted under it; (3) Provisions for administrative Title V permit amendments. The rules shall require the director to approve or disapprove an administrative permit amendment in accordance with all of the following: (a) The director shall take not more than sixty days from receipt of a request for an administrative permit amendment to issue a final action on the request in accordance with the procedures specified in 40 C.F.R. 70.7 (d). (b) Chapter 119. and sections 3704.04 and 3745.07 of the Revised Code do not apply to administrative permit amendments under division (B)(3) of this section. (c) The director's determination under division (B)(3) of this section is a final action appealable to the environmental review appeals commission under section 3745.04 of the Revised Code. (4) Provisions for exemption of insignificant air contaminant sources from inclusion in the Title V permit program. To the extent consistent with the federal Clean Air Act, the exemptions shall include, at a minimum, all source categories that are excluded from the requirements to obtain installation permits and operating permits pursuant to divisions (F) and (G) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code and any source categories specifically exempted under 40 C.F.R. part 70 and also shall include, to the extent consistent with the federal Clean Air Act, any air contaminant sources with the potential to emit not more than five tons per year of a federally regulated air pollutant other than hazardous air pollutants and not more than twenty per cent of an applicable major source threshold under the federal Clean Air Act. (5) Provisions to implement the permit shield permitted by the Federal Clean Air Act to the extent consistent with that act and regulations adopted under it, including at least provisions by which a Title V permit applicant may request the director to make a determination whether a provision or class of requirements of that act is applicable to the applicant's air contaminant source. Any such determination made by the director shall be specified in the applicant's Title V permit. The director may adopt, amend, suspend, and rescind such other rules as are necessary for a federally approvable Title V permit program, which shall be consistent with, and no more stringent than, the requirements of Title V of the federal Clean Air Act and 40 C.F.R. part 70. (C) Applications for initial Title V permits shall be submitted not less than one year after the director adopts rules under division (B) of this section for the implementation of the Title V permit program. New facilities that are required to obtain a Title V permit shall submit a complete Title V permit application not later than one year after the date of commencement of operation. Title V permits shall not become effective prior to approval of the Title V permit program by the administrator pursuant to section 502 of the federal Clean Air Act. Title V permits, except for permits that contain acid rain provisions pursuant to Title IV of the federal Clean Air Act and permits issued for solid waste incineration units combusting municipal waste that are subject to section 129 (e) of the federal Clean Air Act, may be issued for a period determined by the director not to exceed five years, are renewable, and are transferable. Title V permits that contain acid rain provisions pursuant to Title IV of the federal Clean Air Act shall be issued for a fixed term of five years. Title V permits for solid waste incineration units combusting municipal waste that are subject to section 129 (e) of the federal Clean Air Act may be issued for a period to be determined by the director not to exceed twelve years and are renewable. If such permits are issued for a period longer than five years, they shall be reviewed by the director at least once every five years to determine compliance with the permit requirements and to incorporate any new requirements established during the previous five years. (D) A complete Title V permit application is one that contains all the information, consistent with 40 C.F.R. 70.5 (c), needed to begin processing the application and a certification by a responsible official of the truth, accuracy, and completeness of the information in the application, based upon information and belief formed after reasonable inquiry by the responsible official. Unless the director determines within sixty days after receipt of the application that the application is not complete, the application shall be deemed to be complete. If, during the processing of an application before or after it has been determined or deemed to be complete, the director determines that additional information is necessary in order to evaluate or take final action on the application, the director may request that information in writing from the applicant. Any such request by the director shall identify the information requested with reasonable specificity and shall provide a reasonable time, not less than fifteen days, for the applicant's submission of the requested information. If an applicant fails to make a good faith and timely response to a request for additional information under this division with regard to an application that the director believes to be incomplete, the director shall offer to meet with the applicant within seven days after issuance of a letter for failure to submit the requested information. If the meeting or meeting offer fails to obtain a complete application from the applicant, the director, without prior hearing, shall make a final determination that the application is not complete. Any such determination shall not become effective until twenty days after notice of the determination is sent to the applicant by certified mail. An incompleteness determination by the director may be appealed in accordance with section 3745.04 of the Revised Code, except that if the notice of appeal is timely filed and is accompanied by an application for stay, the stay shall become effective upon filing and shall continue until such time as the environmental review appeals commission rules on the merits of the stay. The commission shall conduct an immediate hearing and determination on the application for stay without interruption by continuances, other than for unavoidable circumstances. If the commission grants the stay, it immediately shall conduct the hearing on the merits and determine the appeal without interruption by continuances, other than for unavoidable circumstances. (E) The director expressly shall include permit shield provisions for each Title V permit in accordance with the following requirements: (1) Except as provided in this section, the director shall expressly include in a Title V permit a provision stating that compliance with the conditions of the permit shall be deemed to be compliance with any applicable requirements as of the date of permit issuance, provided that either: (a) The applicable requirements are included and are specifically identified in the permit; (b) The director, in acting on the permit application or revision, determines in writing that other requirements specifically identified are not applicable to the facility, and the permit includes the determination or a concise summary of it. (2) Nothing in division (E) of this section or in any Title V permit shall alter or affect any of the following: (a) The provisions of section 303 of the federal Clean Air Act, including the authority of the administrator under that section; (b) The liability of an owner or operator of a facility for any violation of applicable requirements prior to or at the time of permit issuance; (c) The applicable requirements of the acid rain program, consistent with section 408 (a) of the federal Clean Air Act; (d) The ability of the administrator to obtain information from a facility pursuant to section 114 of the federal Clean Air Act. (F)(1) Title V permit applications shall be acted upon by the director in accordance with Chapters 119. and 3745. of the Revised Code and with 40 C.F.R. 70.8. If a Title V permit expires after a complete and timely renewal application has been filed with the director, all provisions and authorizations of the expired permit shall remain in effect until the director's final action on the pending renewal application. The director's failure to take action on a Title V permit application or permit renewal or modification application within the deadlines specified in the federal Clean Air Act or in 40 C.F.R. part 70 shall be a final action appealable to the environmental review appeals commission under section 3745.04 of the Revised Code. (2) The director shall not issue a Title V permit if the administrator timely objects to its issuance under 40 C.F.R. 70.8 (c) or (d). (3) The director may modify, revoke, or revoke and reissue a Title V permit for cause. The director shall modify, revoke, or revoke and reissue a Title V permit if requested to do so by the administrator under 40 C.F.R. 70.8 (d). (G) A Title V permit applicant may request a single permit for a stationary source with multiple Title V emissions units or may request separate permits for any one or more emissions units at the same stationary source required to have a Title V permit. The director shall honor all such requests. Upon written request of a Title V permit applicant, the director shall make a determination of the applicability or inapplicability of any provision or class of requirements under the federal Clean Air Act to an emissions unit or stationary source and shall include that determination or a concise summary of it in the applicant's Title V permit. (H) A Title V permit applicant may request a permit that accommodates multiple operating scenarios and anticipated changes in emissions during the term of a permit at a specified facility. The director shall include in a Title V permit all operating scenarios and anticipated changes in emissions for which an application has been made unless the operating scenarios or emissions are prohibited by federally enforceable requirements. The director may include in a Title V permit such monitoring and recordkeeping requirements as may be reasonably necessary to verify that any authorized operating scenario complies with federally enforceable requirements. In imposing any such requirements, the director shall consider and minimize, to the extent practicable, the administrative burdens that the monitoring will impose on the source. (I) The director, by rule or order on a class of similar permit applications, may issue a general permit covering numerous similar facilities or air contaminant sources. Any such general permit shall comply with all substantive requirements applicable to conventional Title V permits. A general permit shall apply to the owner or operator of a facility or air contaminant source only upon application of the owner or operator to the director. (J) The director may issue a single Title V permit authorizing emissions from similar operations at multiple temporary locations within the state, provided that the permit ensures compliance with all federally enforceable requirements and with 40 C.F.R. 70.6 (e) at all authorized locations. Any such permit shall require the owner or operator to notify the director in advance of each change in location. (K) A Title V permit shall address all existing federally enforceable requirements applicable to the permitted facility and shall not impose new substantive requirements beyond the federally enforceable requirements except for terms and conditions that are identified as not federally enforceable as provided in division (A) of this section. A Title V permit shall specify the regulatory citation for federal requirements addressed in the permit and shall identify any difference in form as compared to the federally enforceable requirement on which it is based. If the applicant for a Title V permit proposes an alternative emission limit as provided under division (E) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, and if the director determines that the alternative emission limit is equivalent to an emission limit adopted under that division, the alternative emission limit shall be included in the Title V permit together with provisions to ensure that any resulting emission limit has been demonstrated to be quantifiable, accountable, enforceable, and based on replicable procedures. Any such alternative emission limit shall not take effect if the administrator timely objects to it in accordance with division (F)(2) of this section. (L) The director shall take all necessary and appropriate action to do both of the following: (1) Issue Title V permits for affected sources consistent with the requirements of Title IV of the federal Clean Air Act; (2) Implement, through Title V permits, applicable requirements of section 112 of the federal Clean Air Act. (M) The director shall develop procedures for the Title V permit program such that the program shall minimize procedural burdens and maximize source operational flexibility to the extent consistent with the federal Clean Air Act. (N) A Title V permit shall not apply to a physical, operational, or other change that is not a change within a permitted facility. A Title V permittee shall provide simultaneous written notice to the director and the administrator of each such off-permit change that is not addressed or prohibited by the federally enforceable portion of the Title V permit, except that no notice is required for off-permit changes that qualify as insignificant under rules adopted under division (B)(4) of this section. (O) The director shall adopt rules doing both of the following: (1) Establishing procedures under which any air contaminant source may assume federally enforceable restrictions on its emissions rates, operating rates, hours of operation, or other parameters that are more stringent than those limitations that ordinarily would apply to the source in order to limit the potential of the source to emit; (2) To the maximum extent possible consistent with federal law, allowing such a source to impose the limitations described in division (O)(1) of this section on its operations unilaterally without further action by the director or approval from the United States environmental protection agency and otherwise minimizing the time required to effectuate such federally enforceable limits. Until the director adopts rules under division (O) of this section, the owner or operator of an air contaminant source or sources may submit an application for a permit or permit modification pursuant to division (G) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code with federally enforceable terms and conditions to limit the potential to emit of the source or sources to less than the major source emission thresholds defined in 40 C.F.R. 70.2 . The application shall identify both an annual limit and a short-term limit of not more than thirty days for each pollutant to be restricted together with adequate methods for establishing compliance with the limits. Upon submission of the application, the limits shall be federally enforceable against the applicant. The application shall be signed by a responsible official and submitted simultaneously to the director and the administrator. The director shall act on the application in accordance with Chapters 119. and 3745. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.21
§ 3719.21. Disposition of fines and forfeited bail
Status: in_force

April 6, 2018 Senate Bill 319 - 131st General Assembly Except as provided in division (C) of section 2923.42 , division (B) of section 2923.44 , divisions (D)(1), (F), and (H) of section 2925.03 , division (D)(1) of section 2925.02 , 2925.04 , or 2925.05 , division (E)(1) of section 2925.11 , division (E) of section 2925.13 , division (F) of section 2925.36 , division (D) of section 2925.22 , division (H) of section 2925.23 , division (M) of section 2925.37 , division (B) of section 2925.42 , division (B) of section 2929.18 , division (D) of section 3719.99 , division (B)(1) of section 4729.65 , division (E)(3) of section 4729.99 , and division (I)(3) of section 4729.99 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the court shall pay all fines or forfeited bail assessed and collected under prosecutions or prosecutions commenced for violations of this chapter, section 2923.42 of the Revised Code, or Chapter 2925. of the Revised Code, within thirty days, to the executive director of the state board of pharmacy, and the executive director shall deposit the fines into the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund. Last updated December 21, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3730.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3730 / § 3730.09
§ 3730.09. Duties of operator of business
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) Each operator of a business that offers tattooing or body piercing services shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain procedures for ensuring that the individuals who perform tattooing or body piercing procedures are adequately trained to perform the procedures properly; (2) With respect to tattooing services, maintain written records that include the color, manufacturer, and lot number of each pigment used for each tattoo performed; (3) Comply with the safety and sanitation requirements for preventing transmission of infectious diseases, as established in rules adopted under section 3730.10 of the Revised Code; (4) Ensure that all invasive equipment or parts of equipment used in performing tattooing and body piercing procedures are disinfected and sterilized by using methods that meet the disinfection and sterilization requirements established in rules adopted under section 3730.10 of the Revised Code; (5) Ensure that weekly tests of the business's heat sterilization devices are performed to determine whether the devices are functioning properly. In having the devices tested, the operator of the business shall use a biological monitoring system that indicates whether the devices are killing microorganisms. If a test indicates that a device is not functioning properly, the operator shall take immediate remedial action to ensure that heat sterilization is being accomplished. The operator shall maintain documentation that the weekly tests are being performed. To comply with the documentation requirement, the documents must consist of a log that indicates the date on which each test is performed and the name of the person who performed the test or, if a test was conducted by an independent testing entity, a copy of the entity's testing report. The operator shall maintain records of each test performed for at least two years. (B) Each operator of a business that offers ear piercing services performed with an ear piercing gun shall require the individuals who perform the ear piercing services to disinfect and sterilize the ear piercing gun by using chemical solutions that meet the disinfection and sterilization requirements established in rules adopted under section 3730.10 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.131
§ 3727.131. Stroke registry database
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) In an effort to improve the quality of care for patients affected by stroke, the department of health shall establish and maintain a process for the collection, transmission, compilation, and oversight of data related to stroke care. Such data shall be collected, transmitted, compiled, and overseen in a manner prescribed by the director of health. As part of the process and except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the department shall establish or utilize a stroke registry database to store information, statistics, and other data on stroke care, including information, statistics, and data that align with nationally recognized treatment guidelines and performance measures. (2) If the department established or utilized, prior to the effective date of this section , a stroke registry database that meets the requirements of this section, then both of the following apply: (a) Division (A)(1) of this section shall not be construed to require the department to establish or utilize another such database. (b) The department shall maintain both the process and stroke registry database described in this section, including in the event federal moneys are no longer available to support the process or database. (B) Not later than six months after the effective date of this section , the director of health shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section, including rules specifying all of the following: (1) The information, statistics, and other data to be collected, which shall do both of the following: (a) Align with stroke consensus metrics developed and approved by both of the following: (i) The United States centers for disease control and prevention; (ii) Accreditation organizations that are approved by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services and that certify stroke centers. (b) Include at a minimum both of the following: (i) Data that is consistent with nationally recognized treatment guidelines for patients with confirmed stroke; (ii) In the case of mechanical endovascular thrombectomy, data regarding the treatment's processes, complications, and outcomes, including data required by national certifying organizations. (2) The manner in which the information, statistics, and other data are to be collected; (3) The manner in which the information, statistics, and other data are to be transmitted for inclusion in the stroke registry database. (C) When adopting rules as described in division (B) of this section, all of the following apply: (1) The director of health shall do all of the following: (a) Consider nationally recognized stroke care performance measures; (b) Designate an electronic platform for the collection and transmission of data. When designating the platform, the director shall consider nationally recognized stroke data platforms. (c) In an effort to avoid duplication and redundancy, coordinate, to every extent possible, with hospitals recognized by the department under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code and national voluntary health organizations involved in stroke quality improvement. (2) The director of health may specify that, of the information, statistics, or other data that is collected, only samples are to be transmitted for inclusion in the stroke registry database. (3) The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, each hospital that is recognized by the department under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code as a comprehensive stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, or primary stroke center shall do both of the following: (a) Collect the information, statistics, and other data specified by the director in rules adopted under division (B) of this section; (b) Transmit the information, statistics, and other data for inclusion in the stroke registry database. A hospital may contract with a third-party organization for the collection and transmission of the information, statistics, and other data. If a hospital contracts with a third-party organization, the organization shall collect and transmit such information, statistics, and other data for inclusion in the stroke registry database. (2) The data described in division (B)(1)(b)(ii) of this section shall be collected and transmitted only by a hospital that is recognized by the department under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center. (3) In the case of a hospital that is recognized by the department under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code as an acute stroke ready hospital, the collection and transmission of the data described in division (B) of this section is encouraged. (E) The information, statistics, or other data collected or transmitted as required or encouraged by this section shall not identify or tend to identify any particular patient. (F) The department may establish an oversight committee to advise and monitor the department in implementing this section and to assist the department in developing short- and long-term goals for the stroke registry database. If established, the membership of the committee shall consist of individuals with expertise or experience in data collection, data management, or stroke care, including both of the following: (1) Individuals representing organizations advocating on behalf of those with stroke or cardiovascular conditions; (2) Individuals representing hospitals recognized by the department under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 12, 2023 at 11:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.347 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.347
§ 3701.347. Rules to remain in effect until repealed or superseded
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Notwithstanding division (E) of section 6111.42 of the Revised Code, rules adopted under such division and in effect on December 14, 1978, shall continue in effect until repealed by the environmental protection agency or superseded by rules adopted by the director of health as hereinafter provided, as fully as if such section had not been amended by Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 445 of the 112th general assembly on such date. Insofar as these rules affect wells for the provision of water for human consumption not used or for use by a public water system, they shall remain in effect notwithstanding repeal by the environmental protection agency until the director adopts rules superseding them which prescribe uniform standards and procedures for the design, construction, inspection, installation, development, maintenance, and abandonment of private water systems, to protect the health of the persons served by such water systems and to establish fees at a level calculated to pay the cost of administering and enforcing such rules by the director or by boards of health of city and general health districts approved by the director of health. For purposes of this section "public water system" has the meaning ascribed to it in section 6109.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.49
§ 3701.49. Duty in case physician is not in attendance
Status: in_force

December 19, 1973 Senate Bill 209 - 110th General Assembly If any pregnant woman is attended during the period of gestation by any person authorized to attend pregnant women, other than a licensed physician, but who is not permitted to take test specimens, then such authorized person shall notify immediately the health commissioner of the city or general health district of the residence of such pregnant woman. The health commissioner shall cause the test specimens to be taken of such pregnant woman for the purpose of the standard syphilis and gonorrhea tests. Such taking of specimens is subject to section 3701.50 of the Revised Code relating to the condition of the pregnant woman.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.32
§ 3707.32. Erection of temporary buildings by board - destruction of property
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of health of a city or general health district may erect temporary wooden buildings or field hospitals necessary for the isolation or protection of persons or freight supposed to be infected, and may employ nurses, physicians, and laborers sufficient to operate them, and sufficient police to guard them. Such board may cause the disinfection, renovation, or destruction of bedding, clothing, or other property belonging to corporations or individuals when such action is deemed necessary by the board or a reasonable precaution against the spread of contagious or infectious diseases.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3794.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3794 / § 3794.05
§ 3794.05. Declaration of establishment as nonsmoking
Status: in_force

December 7, 2006 Enacted by Initiative Petition - Issue 5 Declaration of establishment as nonsmoking. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the owner, manager, operator, or other person in charge or control of an establishment, facility, or outdoor area which does not otherwise qualify as a public place or place of employment may declare such establishment, facility, or outdoor area as a nonsmoking place. Smoking shall be prohibited in any place declared nonsmoking under this section where a sign conforming to the requirements of section 3794.06 is posted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.107 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.107
§ 3781.107. Hotel to have available fire warning device producing visible warning signal
Status: in_force

September 26, 1984 House Bill 22 - 115th General Assembly Every hotel shall have available at least one operational single station automatic fire warning device approved by the fire official of jurisdiction, that produces a visible warning signal when activated by every product of combustion. The device, at the discretion of the owner, may also be activated by an early warning fire protection system. Hotels having fewer than seventy-five rooms shall have at least one warning device available for its guests. Hotels having more than seventy-five rooms shall have available for its guests, one device for every group of seventy-five rooms. Upon the request of a guest, such a device, if available, shall be installed in the guest's room. As used in this section, "hotel" means a hotel as defined in division (M) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.351 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.351
§ 3701.351. Standards, procedures for hospital staff membership
Status: in_force

September 30, 2024 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The governing body of every hospital shall set standards and procedures to be applied by the hospital and its medical staff in considering and acting upon applications for staff membership or professional privileges. These standards and procedures shall be available for public inspection. (B) The governing body of any hospital, in considering and acting upon applications for staff membership or professional privileges within the scope of the applicants' respective licensures, shall not discriminate against a qualified person solely on the basis of whether that person is licensed to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, or podiatry, is licensed to practice dentistry or psychology, or is licensed to practice nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse. Staff membership or professional privileges shall be considered and acted on in accordance with standards and procedures established under division (A) of this section. This section does not permit a psychologist to admit a patient to a hospital in violation of section 3727.06 of the Revised Code. (C) The governing body of any hospital that provides maternity services, in considering and acting upon applications for clinical privileges, shall not discriminate against a qualified person solely on the basis that the person is authorized to practice nurse-midwifery. An application from a certified nurse-midwife who is not employed by the hospital shall contain the name of a physician member of the hospital's medical staff who holds clinical privileges in obstetrics at that hospital and who has agreed to be the collaborating physician for the applicant in accordance with section 4723.43 of the Revised Code. (D) Any person may apply to the court of common pleas for temporary or permanent injunctions restraining a violation of division (A), (B), or (C) of this section. This action is an additional remedy not dependent on the adequacy of the remedy at law. (E)(1) If a hospital does not provide or permit the provision of any diagnostic or treatment service for mental or emotional disorders or any other service that may be legally performed by a psychologist licensed under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code, this section does not require the hospital to provide or permit the provision of any such service and the hospital shall be exempt from requirements of this section pertaining to psychologists. (2) This section does not impair the right of a hospital to enter into an employment, personal service, or any other kind of contract with a licensed psychologist, upon any such terms as the parties may mutually agree, for the provision of any service that may be legally performed by a licensed psychologist. Last updated September 30, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.25
§ 3727.25. Surgical smoke evacuation policy
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Surgical smoke" means the airborne byproduct of an energy-generating device used in a surgical procedure, including smoke plume, bioaerosols, gases, laser-generated contaminants, and dust. (2) "Surgical smoke evacuation system" means equipment designed to capture, filter, and eliminate surgical smoke at the point of origin, before the smoke makes contact with the eyes or respiratory tract of individuals. (B) Not later than one year after the effective date of this section , each hospital that offers surgical services shall adopt and implement a policy designed to prevent human exposure to surgical smoke during any planned surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke. The policy shall include the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system. (C) The director of health may adopt any rules the director considers necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated October 12, 2023 at 11:40 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3746.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3746 / § 3746.16
§ 3746.16. Voluntary action program administration fund
Status: in_force

September 28, 1994 Senate Bill 221 - 120th General Assembly Moneys collected by the director of environmental protection under this chapter and rules adopted under it shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state who shall deposit them to the credit of the voluntary action program administration fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The director shall expend moneys in the fund exclusively for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3714.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3714 / § 3714.05
§ 3714.05. Program to provide for inspection, licensing, and enforcement of standards governing facilities
Status: in_force

December 22, 2005 House Bill 397 - 126th General Assembly The board of health of each health district maintaining a program on the approved list under section 3714.09 of the Revised Code shall provide for the issuance of permits to install for and the inspection of, licensing of, and enforcement of standards governing construction and demolition debris facilities under this chapter and rules adopted under it. The director of environmental protection shall provide for the issuance of permits to install for construction and demolition debris facilities, the inspection and licensing of facilities, and the enforcement of standards in health districts that are not on the approved list under that section and may provide for the inspection of the facilities and enforcement of standards in health districts that are on the approved list under that section. Further, the director may provide for the issuance of permits to install in a health district on the approved list if so requested by the applicable board of health under section 3714.051 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.65
§ 3715.65. Application for new drug required
Status: in_force

April 15, 2005 Senate Bill 202 - 125th General Assembly (A) No person shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, hold for sale, or give away any new drug unless an application with respect to the drug has become effective under section 505 of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended. (B) This section does not apply to the following: (1) A drug intended solely for investigational use by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to investigate the safety of drugs, provided that the drug is plainly labeled "For investigational use only"; (2) A drug sold in this state at any time prior to the enactment of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, or introduced into interstate commerce at any time prior to the enactment of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act"; (3) Any drug that is licensed under the "Public Health Service Act," 58 Stat. 682 (1944), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, or under the "Virus-Serum-Toxin Act," 37 Stat. 832 (1913), 21 U.S.C.A. 151, as amended.