Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.11
§ 3745.11. Fees
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Applicants for and holders of permits, licenses, variances, plan approvals, and certifications issued by the director of environmental protection pursuant to Chapters 3704., 3734., 6109., and 6111. of the Revised Code shall pay a fee to the environmental protection agency for each such issuance and each application for an issuance as provided by this section. No fee shall be charged for any issuance for which no application has been submitted to the director. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, beginning July 1, 1994, each person who owns or operates an air contaminant source and who is required to apply for and obtain a Title V permit under section 3704.036 of the Revised Code shall pay an annual fee of five thousand dollars in addition to the fees set forth in this division. For the purposes of this division, total emissions of air contaminants may be calculated using engineering calculations, emissions factors, material balance calculations, or performance testing procedures, as authorized by the director. The following fees shall be assessed on the total actual emissions from a source in tons per year of the regulated pollutants particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, and lead: (1) Fifteen dollars per ton on the total actual emissions of each such regulated pollutant during the period July through December 1993, to be collected no sooner than July 1, 1994; (2) Twenty dollars per ton on the total actual emissions of each such regulated pollutant during calendar year 1994, to be collected no sooner than April 15, 1995; (3) Twenty-five dollars per ton on the total actual emissions of each such regulated pollutant in calendar year 1995, and each subsequent calendar year, to be collected no sooner than the fifteenth day of April of the year next succeeding the calendar year in which the emissions occurred. The fees levied under this division do not apply to that portion of the emissions of a regulated pollutant at a facility that exceed four thousand tons during a calendar year. (C)(1) The fees assessed under division (B) of this section are for the purpose of providing funding for the Title V permit program. (2) The fees assessed under division (B) of this section do not apply to emissions from any electric generating unit designated as a Phase I unit under Title IV of the federal Clean Air Act prior to calendar year 2000. Those fees shall be assessed on the emissions from such a generating unit commencing in calendar year 2001 based upon the total actual emissions from the generating unit during calendar year 2000 and shall continue to be assessed each subsequent calendar year based on the total actual emissions from the generating unit during the preceding calendar year. (3) The director shall issue invoices to owners or operators of air contaminant sources who are required to pay a fee assessed under division (B) or (D) of this section. Any such invoice shall be issued no sooner than the applicable date when the fee first may be collected in a year under the applicable division, shall identify the nature and amount of the fee assessed, and shall indicate that the fee is required to be paid within thirty days after the issuance of the invoice. (D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, beginning January 1, 2004, each person who owns or operates an air contaminant source; who is required to apply for a permit to operate pursuant to rules adopted under division (G), or a variance pursuant to division (H), of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code; and who is not required to apply for and obtain a Title V permit under section 3704.03 of the Revised Code shall pay a single fee based upon the sum of the actual annual emissions from the facility of the regulated pollutants particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, and lead in accordance with the following schedule: Total tons per year of regulated pollutants emitted Annual fee per facility More than 0, but less than 10 $100 10 or more, but less than 50 200 50 or more, but less than 100 300 100 or more 700 (2)(a) As used in division (D) of this section, "synthetic minor facility" means a facility for which one or more permits to install or permits to operate have been issued for the air contaminant sources at the facility that include terms and conditions that lower the facility's potential to emit air contaminants below the major source thresholds established in rules adopted under section 3704.036 of the Revised Code. (b) Through June 30, 2028, each person who owns or operates a synthetic minor facility shall pay an annual fee of five thousand dollars in addition to a fee based on the sum of the actual annual emissions from the facility of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, organic compounds, and lead in accordance with the following schedule: Combined total tonsper year of all regulatedpollutants emitted Annual fee per facility Less than 10 $255 10 or more, but less than 20 510 20 or more, but less than 30 1,005 30 or more, but less than 40 1,515 40 or more, but less than 50 2,010 50 or more, but less than 60 2,520 60 or more, but less than 70 3,015 70 or more, but less than 80 3,525 80 or more, but less than 90 4,020 90 or more, but less than 100 4,530 100 or more 5,025 (3) The fees assessed under division (D)(1) of this section shall be collected annually no sooner than the fifteenth day of April, commencing in 2005. The fees assessed under division (D)(2) of this section shall be collected no sooner than the fifteenth day of April, commencing in 2000. The fees assessed under division (D) of this section in a calendar year shall be based upon the sum of the actual emissions of those regulated pollutants during the preceding calendar year. For the purpose of division (D) of this section, emissions of air contaminants may be calculated using engineering calculations, emission factors, material balance calculations, or performance testing procedures, as authorized by the director. The director, by rule, may require persons who are required to pay the fees assessed under division (D) of this section to pay those fees biennially rather than annually. (E)(1) Consistent with the need to cover the reasonable costs of the Title V permit program, the director annually shall increase the fees assessed on emissions prescribed in division (B) of this section by the percentage, if any, by which the consumer price index for the most recent calendar year ending before the beginning of a year exceeds the consumer price index for calendar year 1989. Upon calculating an increase in fees authorized by division (E)(1) of this section, the director shall compile revised fee schedules for the purposes of division (B) of this section and shall make the revised schedules available to persons required to pay the fees assessed under that division and to the public. (2) For the purposes of division (E)(1) of this section: (a) The consumer price index for any year is the average of the consumer price index for all urban consumers published by the United States department of labor as of the close of the twelve-month period ending on the thirty-first day of August of that year. (b) If the 1989 consumer price index is revised, the director shall use the revision of the consumer price index that is most consistent with that for calendar year 1989. (F) Each person who is issued a permit to install pursuant to rules adopted under division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code on or after July 1, 2003, shall pay the fees specified in the following schedules: (1) Fuel-burning equipment (boilers, furnaces, or process heaters used in the process of burning fuel for the primary purpose of producing heat or power by indirect heat transfer) Input capacity (maximum)(million British thermal units per hour) Permit to install Greater than 0, but less than 10 $300 10 or more, but less than 100 600 100 or more, but less than 300 1,500 300 or more, but less than 500 3,375 500 or more, but less than 1000 5,625 1000 or more, but less than 5000 9,000 5000 or more 13,500 Units burning exclusively natural gas, number two fuel oil, or both shall be assessed a fee that is one-half the applicable amount shown in division (F)(1) of this section. (2) Combustion turbines and stationary internal combustion engines designed to generate electricity Generating capacity (mega watts) Permit to install 0 or more, but less than 10 $37.50 10 or more, but less than 25 225 25 or more, but less than 50 450 50 or more, but less than 100 750 100 or more, but less than 250 1,500 250 or more 3,000 (3) Incinerators Input capacity (pounds per hour) Permit to install 0 to 100 $150 101 to 500 750 501 to 2000 1,500 2001 to 20,000 2,250 more than 20,000 5,625 (4)(a) Process Process weight rate (pounds per hour) Permit to install 0 to 1000 $300 1001 to 5000 750 5001 to 10,000 1,125 10,001 to 50,000 1,500 more than 50,000 1,875 In any process where process weight rate cannot be ascertained, the minimum fee shall be assessed. A boiler, furnace, combustion turbine, stationary internal combustion engine, or process heater designed to provide direct heat or power to a process not designed to generate electricity shall be assessed a fee established in division (F)(4)(a) of this section. A combustion turbine or stationary internal combustion engine designed to generate electricity shall be assessed a fee established in division (F)(2) of this section. (b) Notwithstanding division (F)(4)(a) of this section, any person issued a permit to install pursuant to rules adopted under division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code shall pay the fees set forth in division (F)(4)(c) of this section for a process used in any of the following industries, as identified by the applicable two-digit, three-digit, or four-digit standard industrial classification code according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual published by the United States office of management and budget in the executive office of the president, 1987, as revised: Major group 10, metal mining; Major group 12, coal mining; Major group 14, mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals; Industry group 204, grain mill products; 2873 Nitrogen fertilizers; 2874 Phosphatic fertilizers; 3281 Cut stone and stone products; 3295 Minerals and earth, ground or otherwise treated; 4221 Grain elevators (storage only); 5159 Farm related raw materials; 5261 Retail nurseries and lawn and garden supply stores. (c) The fees set forth in the following schedule apply to the issuance of a permit to install pursuant to rules adopted under division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code for a process identified in division (F)(4)(b) of this section: Process weight rate (pounds per hour) Permit to install 0 to 10,000 $300 10,001 to 50,000 600 50,001 to 100,000 750 100,001 to 200,000 900 200,001 to 400,000 1,125 400,001 or more 1,350 (5) Storage tanks Gallons (maximum useful capacity) Permit to install 0 to 20,000 $150 20,001 to 40,000 225 40,001 to 100,000 375 100,001 to 500,000 600 500,001 or greater 1,125 (6) Gasoline/fuel dispensing facilities For each gasoline/fuel dispensing facility (includes all units at the facility) Permit to install$150 (7) Dry cleaning facilities For each dry cleaning facility (includes all units at the facility) Permit to install $150 (8) Registration status For each source covered by registration status Permit to install$112.50 (G) An owner or operator who is responsible for an asbestos demolition or renovation project pursuant to rules adopted under section 3704.03 of the Revised Code shall pay, upon submitting a notification pursuant to rules adopted under that section, the fees set forth in the following schedule: Action Fee Each notification $75 Asbestos removal $3/unit Asbestos cleanup $4/cubic yard For purposes of this division, "unit" means any combination of linear feet or square feet equal to fifty. (H) A person who is issued an extension of time for a permit to install an air contaminant source pursuant to rules adopted under division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee equal to one-half the fee originally assessed for the permit to install under this section, except that the fee for such an extension shall not exceed two hundred dollars. (I) A person who is issued a modification to a permit to install an air contaminant source pursuant to rules adopted under section 3704.03 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee equal to one-half of the fee that would be assessed under this section to obtain a permit to install the source. The fee assessed by this division only applies to modifications that are initiated by the owner or operator of the source and shall not exceed two thousand dollars. (J) Notwithstanding division (F) of this section, a person who applies for or obtains a permit to install pursuant to rules adopted under division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code after the date actual construction of the source began shall pay a fee for the permit to install that is equal to twice the fee that otherwise would be assessed under the applicable division unless the applicant received authorization to begin construction under division (W) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code. This division only applies to sources for which actual construction of the source begins on or after July 1, 1993. The imposition or payment of the fee established in this division does not preclude the director from taking any administrative or judicial enforcement action under this chapter, Chapter 3704., 3714., 3734., or 6111. of the Revised Code, or a rule adopted under any of them, in connection with a violation of rules adopted under division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code. As used in this division, "actual construction of the source" means the initiation of physical on-site construction activities in connection with improvements to the source that are permanent in nature, including, without limitation, the installation of building supports and foundations and the laying of underground pipework. (K)(1) Money received under division (B) of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Title V clean air fund created in section 3704.035 of the Revised Code. Annually, not more than fifty cents per ton of each fee assessed under division (B) of this section on actual emissions from a source and received by the environmental protection agency pursuant to that division may be transferred by the director using an interstate transfer voucher to the state treasury to the credit of the small business assistance fund created in section 3706.19 of the Revised Code. In addition, annually, the amount of money necessary for the operation of the office of ombudsperson as determined under division (B) of that section shall be transferred to the state treasury to the credit of the small business ombudsperson fund created by that section. (2) Money received by the agency pursuant to divisions (D), (F), (G), (H), (I), and (J) of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the non-Title V clean air fund created in section 3704.035 of the Revised Code. (L)(1) A person applying for a plan approval for a wastewater treatment works pursuant to section 6111.44 , 6111.45 , or 6111.46 of the Revised Code shall pay a nonrefundable fee of one hundred dollars plus sixty-five one-hundredths of one per cent of the estimated project cost through June 30, 2028, and a nonrefundable application fee of one hundred dollars plus two-tenths of one per cent of the estimated project cost on and after July 1, 2028, except that the total fee shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars through June 30, 2028, and five thousand dollars on and after July 1, 2028. The fee shall be paid at the time the application is submitted. (2) A person who has entered into an agreement with the director under section 6111.14 of the Revised Code shall pay an administrative service fee for each plan submitted under that section for approval that shall not exceed the minimum amount necessary to pay administrative costs directly attributable to processing plan approvals. The director annually shall calculate the fee and shall notify all persons who have entered into agreements under that section, or who have applied for agreements, of the amount of the fee. (3)(a)(i) Not later than January 30, 2026, and January 30, 2027, a person holding an NPDES discharge permit issued pursuant to Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code with an average daily discharge flow of five thousand gallons or more shall pay a nonrefundable annual discharge fee. Any person who fails to pay the fee at that time shall pay an additional amount that equals ten per cent of the required annual discharge fee. (ii) The billing year for the annual discharge fee established in division (L)(3)(a)(i) of this section shall consist of a twelve-month period beginning on the first day of January of the year preceding the date when the annual discharge fee is due. In the case of an existing source that permanently ceases to discharge during a billing year, the director shall reduce the annual discharge fee, including the surcharge applicable to certain industrial facilities pursuant to division (L)(3)(c) of this section, by one-twelfth for each full month during the billing year that the source was not discharging, but only if the person holding the NPDES discharge permit for the source notifies the director in writing, not later than the first day of October of the billing year, of the circumstances causing the cessation of discharge. (iii) The annual discharge fee established in division (L)(3)(a)(i) of this section, except for the surcharge applicable to certain industrial facilities pursuant to division (L)(3)(c) of this section, shall be based upon the average daily discharge flow in gallons per day calculated using first day of May through thirty-first day of October flow data for the period two years prior to the date on which the fee is due. In the case of NPDES discharge permits for new sources, the fee shall be calculated using the average daily design flow of the facility until actual average daily discharge flow values are available for the time period specified in division (L)(3)(a)(iii) of this section. The annual discharge fee may be prorated for a new source as described in division (L)(3)(a)(ii) of this section. (b)(i) An NPDES permit holder that is a public discharger shall pay the fee specified in the following schedule: Average daily discharge flow Fee due by January 30, 2026, and January 30, 2027 5,000 to 49,999 $200 50,000 to 100,000 500 100,001 to 250,000 1,050 250,001 to 1,000,000 2,600 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 5,200 5,000,001 to 10,000,000 10,350 10,000,001 to 20,000,000 15,550 20,000,001 to 50,000,000 25,900 50,000,001 to 100,000,000 41,400 100,000,001 or more 62,100 (ii) Public dischargers owning or operating two or more publicly owned treatment works serving the same political subdivision, as "treatment works" is defined in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code, and that serve exclusively political subdivisions having a population of fewer than one hundred thousand persons shall pay an annual discharge fee under division (L)(3)(b)(i) of this section that is based on the combined average daily discharge flow of the treatment works. (c)(i) An NPDES permit holder that is an industrial discharger, other than a coal mining operator identified by P in the third character of the permittee's NPDES permit number, shall pay the fee specified in the following schedule: Average daily discharge flow Fee due by January 30, 2026, and January 30, 2027 5,000 to 49,999 $250 50,000 to 250,000 1,200 250,001 to 1,000,000 2,950 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 5,850 5,000,001 to 10,000,000 8,800 10,000,001 to 20,000,000 11,700 20,000,001 to 100,000,000 14,050 100,000,001 to 250,000,000 16,400 250,000,001 or more 18,700 (ii) In addition to the fee specified in the above schedule, an NPDES permit holder that is an industrial discharger classified as a major discharger during all or part of the annual discharge fee billing year specified in division (L)(3)(a)(ii) of this section shall pay a nonrefundable annual surcharge of seven thousand five hundred dollars not later than January 30, 2026, and not later than January 30, 2027. Any person who fails to pay the surcharge at that time shall pay an additional amount that equals ten per cent of the amount of the surcharge. (d) Notwithstanding divisions (L)(3)(b) and (c) of this section, a public discharger, that is not a separate municipal storm sewer system, identified by I in the third character of the permittee's NPDES permit number and an industrial discharger identified by I, J, L, V, W, X, Y, or Z in the third character of the permittee's NPDES permit number shall pay a nonrefundable annual discharge fee of one hundred eighty dollars not later than January 30, 2026, and not later than January 30, 2027. Any person who fails to pay the fee at that time shall pay an additional amount that equals ten per cent of the required fee. (4) Each person obtaining an NPDES permit for municipal storm water discharge shall pay a nonrefundable storm water annual discharge fee of ten dollars per one-tenth of a square mile of area permitted. The fee shall not exceed ten thousand dollars and shall be payable on or before January 30, 2004, and the thirtieth day of January of each year thereafter. Any person who fails to pay the fee on the date specified in division (L)(4) of this section shall pay an additional amount per year equal to ten per cent of the annual fee that is unpaid. (5) The director shall transmit all moneys collected under division (L) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the state treasury to the credit of the surface water protection fund created in section 6111.038 of the Revised Code. (6) As used in this section: (a) "NPDES" means the federally approved national pollutant discharge elimination system individual and general program for issuing, modifying, revoking, reissuing, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing permits and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it. (b) "Public discharger" means any holder of an NPDES permit identified by P in the second character of the NPDES permit number assigned by the director. (c) "Industrial discharger" means any holder of an NPDES permit identified by I in the second character of the NPDES permit number assigned by the director. (d) "Major discharger" means any holder of an NPDES permit classified as major by the regional administrator of the United States environmental protection agency in conjunction with the director. (M) Through June 30, 2028, a person applying for a license or license renewal to operate a public water system under section 6109.21 of the Revised Code shall pay the appropriate fee established under this division at the time of application to the director. Any person who fails to pay the fee at that time shall pay an additional amount that equals ten per cent of the required fee. The director shall transmit all moneys collected under this division to the treasurer of state for deposit into the drinking water protection fund created in section 6109.30 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in divisions (M)(4) and (5) of this section, fees required under this division shall be calculated and paid in accordance with the following schedule: (1) For the initial license required under section 6109.21 of the Revised Code for any public water system that is a community water system as defined in section 6109.01 of the Revised Code, and for each license renewal required for such a system prior to January 31, 2028, the fee is: Number of service connections Fee amount Not more than 49 $112 50 to 99 176 Number of service connections Average cost per connection 100 to 2,499 $1.92 2,500 to 4,999 1.48 5,000 to 7,499 1.42 7,500 to 9,999 1.34 10,000 to 14,999 1.16 15,000 to 24,999 1.10 25,000 to 49,999 1.04 50,000 to 99,999 .92 100,000 to 149,999 .86 150,000 to 199,999 .80 200,000 or more .76 A public water system may determine how it will pay the total amount of the fee calculated under division (M)(1) of this section, including the assessment of additional user fees that may be assessed on a volumetric basis. As used in division (M)(1) of this section, "service connection" means the number of active or inactive pipes, goosenecks, pigtails, and any other fittings connecting a water main to any building outlet. (2) For the initial license required under section 6109.21 of the Revised Code for any public water system that is not a community water system and serves a nontransient population, and for each license renewal required for such a system prior to January 31, 2028, the fee is: Population served Fee amount Fewer than 150 $112 150 to 299 176 300 to 749 384 750 to 1,499 628 1,500 to 2,999 1,268 3,000 to 7,499 2,816 7,500 to 14,999 5,510 15,000 to 22,499 9,048 22,500 to 29,999 12,430 30,000 or more 16,820 As used in division (M)(2) of this section, "population served" means the total number of individuals having access to the water supply during a twenty-four-hour period for at least sixty days during any calendar year. In the absence of a specific population count, that number shall be calculated at the rate of three individuals per service connection. (3) For the initial license required under section 6109.21 of the Revised Code for any public water system that is not a community water system and serves a transient population, and for each license renewal required for such a system prior to January 31, 2028, the fee is: Number of wells or sources, other than surface water, supplying system Fee amount 1 $112 2 112 3 176 4 278 5 568 System designated as using a surface water source 792 As used in division (M)(3) of this section, "number of wells or sources, other than surface water, supplying system" means those wells or sources that are physically connected to the plumbing system serving the public water system. (4) A public water system designated as using a surface water source shall pay a fee of seven hundred ninety-two dollars or the amount calculated under division (M)(1) or (2) of this section, whichever is greater. (5) An applicant for an initial license who is proposing to operate a new public water supply system shall submit a fee that equals a prorated amount of the appropriate fee for the remainder of the licensing year. (N)(1) A person applying for a plan approval for a public water supply system under section 6109.07 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of one hundred fifty dollars plus thirty-five hundredths of one per cent of the estimated project cost, except that the total fee shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars through June 30, 2028, and fifteen thousand dollars on and after July 1, 2028. The fee shall be paid at the time the application is submitted. (2) A person who has entered into an agreement with the director under division (A)(2) of section 6109.07 of the Revised Code shall pay an administrative service fee for each plan submitted under that section for approval that shall not exceed the minimum amount necessary to pay administrative costs directly attributable to processing plan approvals. The director annually shall calculate the fee and shall notify all persons that have entered into agreements under that division, or who have applied for agreements, of the amount of the fee. (3) Through June 30, 2028, the following fee, on a per survey basis, shall be charged any person for services rendered by the state in the evaluation of laboratories and laboratory personnel for compliance with accepted analytical techniques and procedures established pursuant to Chapter 6109. of the Revised Code for determining the qualitative characteristics of water: microbiological MMO-MUG $2,000 MF 2,100 MMO-MUGand MF 2,550 organic chemical 5,400 trace metals 5,400 standard chemistry 2,800 limited chemistry 1,550 On and after July 1, 2028, the following fee, on a per survey basis, shall be charged any such person: microbiological $1,650 organic chemicals 3,500 trace metals 3,500 standard chemistry 1,800 limited chemistry 1,000 The fee for those services shall be paid at the time the request for the survey is made. Through June 30, 2028, an individual laboratory shall not be assessed a fee under this division more than once in any three-year period unless the person requests the addition of analytical methods or analysts, in which case the person shall pay five hundred dollars for each additional survey requested. As used in division (N)(3) of this section: (a) "MF" means membrane filtration. (b) "MMO" means minimal medium ONPG. (c) "MUG" means 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-glucuronide. (d) "ONPG" means o-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside. The director shall transmit all moneys collected under this division to the treasurer of state for deposit into the drinking water protection fund created in section 6109.30 of the Revised Code. (O) Any person applying to the director to take an examination for certification as an operator of a water supply system or wastewater system under Chapter 6109. or 6111. of the Revised Code that is administered by the director, at the time the application is submitted, shall pay a fee in accordance with the following schedule through November 30, 2028: Class A operator $80 Class I operator 105 Class II operator 120 Class III operator 130 Class IV operator 145 On and after December 1, 2028, the applicant shall pay a fee in accordance with the following schedule: Class A operator $50 Class I operator 70 Class II operator 80 Class III operator 90 Class IV operator 100 Any person applying to the director for certification as an operator of a water supply system or wastewater system who has passed an examination administered by an examination provider approved by the director shall pay a certification fee of forty-five dollars. A person shall pay a biennial certification renewal fee for each applicable class of certification in accordance with the following schedule: Class A operator $25 Class I operator 35 Class II operator 45 Class III operator 55 Class IV operator 65 If a certification renewal fee is received by the director more than thirty days, but not more than one year, after the expiration date of the certification, the person shall pay a certification renewal fee in accordance with the following schedule: Class A operator $45 Class I operator 55 Class II operator 65 Class III operator 75 Class IV operator 85 A person who requests a replacement certificate shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars at the time the request is made. Any person applying to be a water supply system or wastewater treatment system examination provider shall pay an application fee of five hundred dollars. Any person approved by the director as a water supply system or wastewater treatment system examination provider shall pay an annual fee that is equal to ten per cent of the fees that the provider assesses and collects for administering water supply system or wastewater treatment system certification examinations in this state for the calendar year. The fee shall be paid not later than forty-five days after the end of a calendar year. The director shall transmit all moneys collected under this division to the treasurer of state for deposit into the drinking water protection fund created in section 6109.30 of the Revised Code. (P) Except as otherwise provided in division (Q) of this section, a person issued a permit by the director for a new solid waste disposal facility other than an incineration or composting facility, a new infectious waste treatment facility other than an incineration facility, or a modification of such an existing facility that includes an increase in the total disposal or treatment capacity of the facility pursuant to Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of ten dollars per thousand cubic yards of disposal or treatment capacity, or one thousand dollars, whichever is greater, except that the total fee for any such permit shall not exceed eighty thousand dollars. A person issued a modification of a permit for a solid waste disposal facility or an infectious waste treatment facility that does not involve an increase in the total disposal or treatment capacity of the facility shall pay a fee of one thousand dollars. A person issued a permit to install a new, or modify an existing, solid waste transfer facility under that chapter shall pay a fee of two thousand five hundred dollars. A person issued a permit to install a new or to modify an existing solid waste incineration or composting facility, or an existing infectious waste treatment facility using incineration as its principal method of treatment, under that chapter shall pay a fee of one thousand dollars. The increases in the permit fees under this division resulting from the amendments made by Amended Substitute House Bill 592 of the 117th general assembly do not apply to any person who submitted an application for a permit to install a new, or modify an existing, solid waste disposal facility under that chapter prior to September 1, 1987; any such person shall pay the permit fee established in this division as it existed prior to June 24, 1988. In addition to the applicable permit fee under this division, a person issued a permit to install or modify a solid waste facility or an infectious waste treatment facility under that chapter who fails to pay the permit fee to the director in compliance with division (U) of this section shall pay an additional ten per cent of the amount of the fee for each week that the permit fee is late. Permit and late payment fees paid to the director under this division shall be credited to the general revenue fund. (Q)(1) A person issued a registration certificate for a scrap tire collection facility under section 3734.75 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of two hundred dollars, except that if the facility is owned or operated by a motor vehicle salvage dealer licensed under Chapter 4738. of the Revised Code, the person shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars. (2) A person issued a registration certificate for a new scrap tire storage facility under section 3734.76 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of three hundred dollars, except that if the facility is owned or operated by a motor vehicle salvage dealer licensed under Chapter 4738. of the Revised Code, the person shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars. (3) A person issued a permit for a scrap tire storage facility under section 3734.76 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of one thousand dollars, except that if the facility is owned or operated by a motor vehicle salvage dealer licensed under Chapter 4738. of the Revised Code, the person shall pay a fee of fifty dollars. (4) A person issued a permit for a scrap tire monocell or monofill facility under section 3734.77 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of ten dollars per thousand cubic yards of disposal capacity or one thousand dollars, whichever is greater, except that the total fee for any such permit shall not exceed eighty thousand dollars. (5) A person issued a registration certificate for a scrap tire recovery facility under section 3734.78 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars. (6) A person issued a permit for a scrap tire recovery facility under section 3734.78 of the Revised Code shall pay a fee of one thousand dollars. (7) In addition to the applicable registration certificate or permit fee under divisions (Q)(1) to (6) of this section, a person issued a registration certificate or permit for any such scrap tire facility who fails to pay the registration certificate or permit fee to the director in compliance with division (U) of this section shall pay an additional ten per cent of the amount of the fee for each week that the fee is late. (8) The registration certificate, permit, and late payment fees paid to the director under divisions (Q)(1) to (7) of this section shall be credited to the scrap tire management fund created in section 3734.82 of the Revised Code. (R)(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided, any person applying for a permit, variance, or plan approval under Chapter 6109. or 6111. of the Revised Code shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of one hundred dollars at the time the application is submitted through June 30, 2028, and a nonrefundable application fee of fifteen dollars at the time the application is submitted on and after July 1, 2028. (b)(i) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (R)(1)(b)(iii) and (iv) of this section, through June 30, 2028, any person applying for an NPDES permit under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of two hundred dollars at the time of application for the permit. On and after July 1, 2028, such a person shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of fifteen dollars at the time of application. (ii) In addition to the nonrefundable application fee, any person applying for an NPDES permit under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code shall pay a design flow discharge fee based on each point source to which the issuance is applicable in accordance with the following schedule: Design flow discharge (gallons per day) Fee 0 to 1,000 $0 1,001 to 5,000 100 5,001 to 50,000 200 50,001 to 100,000 300 100,001 to 300,000 525 over 300,000 750 (iii) Notwithstanding divisions (R)(1)(b)(i) and (ii) of this section, the application and design flow discharge fee for an NPDES permit for a public discharger identified by the letter I in the third character of the NPDES permit number shall not exceed nine hundred fifty dollars. (iv) Notwithstanding divisions (R)(1)(b)(i) and (ii) of this section, the application and design flow discharge fee for an NPDES permit for a coal mining operation regulated under Chapter 1513. of the Revised Code shall not exceed four hundred fifty dollars per mine. (v) A person issued a modification of an NPDES permit shall pay a nonrefundable modification fee equal to the application fee and one-half the design flow discharge fee based on each point source, if applicable, that would be charged for an NPDES permit, except that the modification fee shall not exceed six hundred dollars. (c) In addition to the application fee established under division (R)(1)(b)(i) of this section, any person applying for an NPDES general storm water construction permit shall pay a nonrefundable fee of twenty dollars per acre for each acre that is permitted above five acres at the time the application is submitted. However, the per acreage fee shall not exceed three hundred dollars. In addition to the application fee established under division (R)(1)(b)(i) of this section, any person applying for an NPDES general storm water industrial permit shall pay a nonrefundable fee of one hundred fifty dollars at the time the application is submitted. (d) The director shall transmit all moneys collected under division (R)(1) of this section pursuant to Chapter 6109. of the Revised Code to the treasurer of state for deposit into the drinking water protection fund created in section 6109.30 of the Revised Code. (e) The director shall transmit all moneys collected under division (R)(1) of this section pursuant to Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and under division (R)(2) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the surface water protection fund created in section 6111.038 of the Revised Code. (f) If a person submits an electronic application for a registration certificate, permit, variance, or plan approval for which an application fee is established under division (R)(1) of this section, the person shall pay all applicable fees as expeditiously as possible after the submission of the electronic application. An application for a registration certificate, permit, variance, or plan approval for which an application fee is established under division (R)(1) of this section shall not be reviewed or processed until the applicable application fee, and any other fees established under this division, are paid. (2) A person applying for coverage under an NPDES general discharge permit for household sewage treatment systems shall pay a nonrefundable fee of two hundred dollars at the time of application for initial permit coverage. No fee is required for an application for permit coverage renewal. (S) The director may adopt, amend, and rescind rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Prescribe fees to be paid by applicants for and holders of any license, permit, variance, plan approval, or certification required or authorized by Chapter 3704., 3734., 6109., or 6111. of the Revised Code that are not specifically established in this section. The fees shall be designed to defray the cost of processing, issuing, revoking, modifying, denying, and enforcing the licenses, permits, variances, plan approvals, and certifications. The director shall transmit all moneys collected under rules adopted under division (S)(1) of this section pursuant to Chapter 6109. of the Revised Code to the treasurer of state for deposit into the drinking water protection fund created in section 6109.30 of the Revised Code. The director shall transmit all moneys collected under rules adopted under division (S)(1) of this section pursuant to Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code to the treasurer of state for deposit into the surface water protection fund created in section 6111.038 of the Revised Code. (2) Exempt the state and political subdivisions thereof, including education facilities or medical facilities owned by the state or a political subdivision, or any person exempted from taxation by section 5709.07 or 5709.12 of the Revised Code, from any fee required by this section; (3) Provide for the waiver of any fee, or any part thereof, otherwise required by this section whenever the director determines that the imposition of the fee would constitute an unreasonable cost of doing business for any applicant, class of applicants, or other person subject to the fee; (4) Prescribe measures that the director considers necessary to carry out this section. (T) When the director reasonably demonstrates that the direct cost to the state associated with the issuance of a permit, license, variance, plan approval, or certification exceeds the fee for the issuance or review specified by this section, the director may condition the issuance or review on the payment by the person receiving the issuance or review of, in addition to the fee specified by this section, the amount, or any portion thereof, in excess of the fee specified under this section. The director shall not so condition issuances for which a fee is prescribed in division (R)(1)(b)(iii) of this section. (U) Except as provided in divisions (L), (M), and (R) of this section or unless otherwise prescribed by a rule of the director adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, all fees required by this section are payable within thirty days after the issuance of an invoice for the fee by the director or the effective date of the issuance of the license, permit, variance, plan approval, or certification. If payment is late, the person responsible for payment of the fee shall pay an additional ten per cent of the amount due for each month that it is late. (V) As used in this section, "fuel-burning equipment," "fuel-burning equipment input capacity," "incinerator," "incinerator input capacity," "process," "process weight rate," "storage tank," "gasoline dispensing facility," "dry cleaning facility," "design flow discharge," and "new source treatment works" have the meanings ascribed to those terms by applicable rules or standards adopted by the director under Chapter 3704. or 6111. of the Revised Code. (W) As used in divisions (B), (D), (E), (F), (H), (I), and (J) of this section, and in any other provision of this section pertaining to fees paid pursuant to Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code: (1) "Facility," "federal Clean Air Act," "person," and "Title V permit" have the same meanings as in section 3704.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Title V permit program" means the following activities as necessary to meet the requirements of Title V of the federal Clean Air Act and 40 C.F.R. part 70, including at least: (a) Preparing and adopting, if applicable, generally applicable rules or guidance regarding the permit program or its implementation or enforcement; (b) Reviewing and acting on any application for a Title V permit, permit revision, or permit renewal, including the development of an applicable requirement as part of the processing of a permit, permit revision, or permit renewal; (c) Administering the permit program, including the supporting and tracking of permit applications, compliance certification, and related data entry; (d) Determining which sources are subject to the program and implementing and enforcing the terms of any Title V permit, not including any court actions or other formal enforcement actions; (e) Emission and ambient monitoring; (f) Modeling, analyses, or demonstrations; (g) Preparing inventories and tracking emissions; (h) Providing direct and indirect support to small business stationary sources to determine and meet their obligations under the federal Clean Air Act pursuant to the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program required by section 507 of that act and established in sections 3704.18 , 3704.19 , and 3706.19 of the Revised Code. (3) "Organic compound" means any chemical compound of carbon, excluding carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides or carbonates, and ammonium carbonate. (X)(1) Except as provided in divisions (X)(2), (3), and (4) of this section, each sewage sludge facility shall pay a nonrefundable annual sludge fee equal to three dollars and fifty cents per dry ton of sewage sludge, including the dry tons of sewage sludge in materials derived from sewage sludge, that the sewage sludge facility treats or disposes of in this state. The annual volume of sewage sludge treated or disposed of by a sewage sludge facility shall be calculated using the first day of January through the thirty-first day of December of the calendar year preceding the date on which payment of the fee is due. (2)(a) Except as provided in division (X)(2)(d) of this section, each sewage sludge facility shall pay a minimum annual sewage sludge fee of one hundred dollars. (b) The annual sludge fee required to be paid by a sewage sludge facility that treats or disposes of exceptional quality sludge in this state shall be thirty-five per cent less per dry ton of exceptional quality sludge than the fee assessed under division (X)(1) of this section, subject to the following exceptions: (i) Except as provided in division (X)(2)(d) of this section, a sewage sludge facility that treats or disposes of exceptional quality sludge shall pay a minimum annual sewage sludge fee of one hundred dollars. (ii) A sewage sludge facility that treats or disposes of exceptional quality sludge shall not be required to pay the annual sludge fee for treatment or disposal in this state of exceptional quality sludge generated outside of this state and contained in bags or other containers not greater than one hundred pounds in capacity. A thirty-five per cent reduction for exceptional quality sludge applies to the maximum annual fees established under division (X)(3) of this section. (c) A sewage sludge facility that transfers sewage sludge to another sewage sludge facility in this state for further treatment prior to disposal in this state shall not be required to pay the annual sludge fee for the tons of sewage sludge that have been transferred. In such a case, the sewage sludge facility that disposes of the sewage sludge shall pay the annual sludge fee. However, the facility transferring the sewage sludge shall pay the one-hundred-dollar minimum fee required under division (X)(2)(a) of this section. In the case of a sewage sludge facility that treats sewage sludge in this state and transfers it out of this state to another entity for disposal, the sewage sludge facility in this state shall be required to pay the annual sludge fee for the tons of sewage sludge that have been transferred. (d) A sewage sludge facility that generates sewage sludge resulting from an average daily discharge flow of less than five thousand gallons per day is not subject to the fees assessed under division (X) of this section. (3) No sewage sludge facility required to pay the annual sludge fee shall be required to pay more than the maximum annual fee for each disposal method that the sewage sludge facility uses. The maximum annual fee does not include the additional amount that may be charged under division (X)(5) of this section for late payment of the annual sludge fee. The maximum annual fee for the following methods of disposal of sewage sludge is as follows: (a) Incineration: five thousand dollars; (b) Preexisting land reclamation project or disposal in a landfill: five thousand dollars; (c) Land application, land reclamation, surface disposal, or any other disposal method not specified in division (X)(3)(a) or (b) of this section: twenty thousand dollars. (4)(a) In the case of an entity that generates sewage sludge or a sewage sludge facility that treats sewage sludge and transfers the sewage sludge to an incineration facility for disposal, the incineration facility, and not the entity generating the sewage sludge or the sewage sludge facility treating the sewage sludge, shall pay the annual sludge fee for the tons of sewage sludge that are transferred. However, the entity or facility generating or treating the sewage sludge shall pay the one-hundred-dollar minimum fee required under division (X)(2)(a) of this section. (b) In the case of an entity that generates sewage sludge and transfers the sewage sludge to a landfill for disposal or to a sewage sludge facility for land reclamation or surface disposal, the entity generating the sewage sludge, and not the landfill or sewage sludge facility, shall pay the annual sludge fee for the tons of sewage sludge that are transferred. (5) Not later than the first day of April of the calendar year following March 17, 2000, and each first day of April thereafter, the director shall issue invoices to persons who are required to pay the annual sludge fee. The invoice shall identify the nature and amount of the annual sludge fee assessed and state the first day of May as the deadline for receipt by the director of objections regarding the amount of the fee and the first day of July as the deadline for payment of the fee. Not later than the first day of May following receipt of an invoice, a person required to pay the annual sludge fee may submit objections to the director concerning the accuracy of information regarding the number of dry tons of sewage sludge used to calculate the amount of the annual sludge fee or regarding whether the sewage sludge qualifies for the exceptional quality sludge discount established in division (X)(2)(b) of this section. The director may consider the objections and adjust the amount of the fee to ensure that it is accurate. If the director does not adjust the amount of the annual sludge fee in response to a person's objections, the person may appeal the director's determination in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Not later than the first day of June, the director shall notify the objecting person regarding whether the director has found the objections to be valid and the reasons for the finding. If the director finds the objections to be valid and adjusts the amount of the annual sludge fee accordingly, the director shall issue with the notification a new invoice to the person identifying the amount of the annual sludge fee assessed and stating the first day of July as the deadline for payment. Not later than the first day of July, any person who is required to do so shall pay the annual sludge fee. Any person who is required to pay the fee, but who fails to do so on or before that date shall pay an additional amount that equals ten per cent of the required annual sludge fee. (6) The director shall transmit all moneys collected under division (X) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the surface water protection fund created in section 6111.038 of the Revised Code. The moneys shall be used to defray the costs of administering and enforcing provisions in Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it that govern the use, storage, treatment, or disposal of sewage sludge. (7) Beginning in fiscal year 2001, and every two years thereafter, the director shall review the total amount of moneys generated by the annual sludge fees to determine if that amount exceeded six hundred thousand dollars in either of the two preceding fiscal years. If the total amount of moneys in the fund exceeded six hundred thousand dollars in either fiscal year, the director, after review of the fee structure and consultation with affected persons, shall issue an order reducing the amount of the fees levied under division (X) of this section so that the estimated amount of moneys resulting from the fees will not exceed six hundred thousand dollars in any fiscal year. If, upon review of the fees under division (X)(7) of this section and after the fees have been reduced, the director determines that the total amount of moneys collected and accumulated is less than six hundred thousand dollars, the director, after review of the fee structure and consultation with affected persons, may issue an order increasing the amount of the fees levied under division (X) of this section so that the estimated amount of moneys resulting from the fees will be approximately six hundred thousand dollars. Fees shall never be increased to an amount exceeding the amount specified in division (X)(7) of this section. Notwithstanding section 119.06 of the Revised Code, the director may issue an order under division (X)(7) of this section without the necessity to hold an adjudicatory hearing in connection with the order. The issuance of an order under this division is not an act or action for purposes of section 3745.04 of the Revised Code. (8) As used in division (X) of this section: (a) "Sewage sludge facility" means an entity that performs treatment on or is responsible for the disposal of sewage sludge. (b) "Sewage sludge" means a solid, semi-solid, or liquid residue generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works as defined in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code. "Sewage sludge" includes, but is not limited to, scum or solids removed in primary, secondary, or advanced wastewater treatment processes. "Sewage sludge" does not include ash generated during the firing of sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator, grit and screenings generated during preliminary treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works, animal manure, residue generated during treatment of animal manure, or domestic septage. (c) "Exceptional quality sludge" means sewage sludge that meets all of the following qualifications: (i) Satisfies the class A pathogen standards in 40 C.F.R. 503.32(a); (ii) Satisfies one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in 40 C.F.R. 503.33(b)(1) to (b)(8); (iii) Does not exceed the ceiling concentration limitations for metals listed in table one of 40 C.F.R. 503.13; (iv) Does not exceed the concentration limitations for metals listed in table three of 40 C.F.R. 503.13. (d) "Treatment" means the preparation of sewage sludge for final use or disposal and includes, but is not limited to, thickening, stabilization, and dewatering of sewage sludge. (e) "Disposal" means the final use of sewage sludge, including, but not limited to, land application, land reclamation, surface disposal, or disposal in a landfill or an incinerator. (f) "Land application" means the spraying or spreading of sewage sludge onto the land surface, the injection of sewage sludge below the land surface, or the incorporation of sewage sludge into the soil for the purposes of conditioning the soil or fertilizing crops or vegetation grown in the soil. (g) "Land reclamation" means the returning of disturbed land to productive use. (h) "Surface disposal" means the placement of sludge on an area of land for disposal, including, but not limited to, monofills, surface impoundments, lagoons, waste piles, or dedicated disposal sites. (i) "Incinerator" means an entity that disposes of sewage sludge through the combustion of organic matter and inorganic matter in sewage sludge by high temperatures in an enclosed device. (j) "Incineration facility" includes all incinerators owned or operated by the same entity and located on a contiguous tract of land. Areas of land are considered to be contiguous even if they are separated by a public road or highway. (k) "Annual sludge fee" means the fee assessed under division (X)(1) of this section. (l) "Landfill" means a sanitary landfill facility, as defined in rules adopted under section 3734.02 of the Revised Code, that is licensed under section 3734.05 of the Revised Code. (m) "Preexisting land reclamation project" means a property-specific land reclamation project that has been in continuous operation for not less than five years pursuant to approval of the activity by the director and includes the implementation of a community outreach program concerning the activity. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3733.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3733 / § 3733.47
§ 3733.47. Prosecutions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The attorney general, or the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law shall upon complaint of the licensor prosecute to termination or bring an action for a temporary restraining order or preliminary or permanent injunction against any person violating this chapter or the rules adopted thereunder. The common pleas court in which an action for a temporary restraining order or preliminary or permanent injunction is filed has the jurisdiction to grant such relief upon a showing that the respondent named in the complaint is in violation of this chapter or the rules adopted thereunder. Last updated October 10, 2023 at 9:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.44
§ 3707.44. Joint construction and use of sanitary plants
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of any township may enter into a contract, upon such terms and for such period of time as is mutually agreed upon, with any other municipal corporation or township to prepare all necessary plans and estimates of cost, and to construct, operate, use, and maintain a sanitary plant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3706.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3706 / § 3706.11
§ 3706.11. Monies in excess of current needs may be invested in notes and bonds
Status: in_force

June 1, 1970 House Bill 963 - 108th General Assembly Moneys in the funds of the Ohio air quality development authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its air quality revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in obligations of this state or any political subdivision thereof. Income from all such investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited to such funds as the authority determines, subject to the provisions of any such resolution or trust agreement and such investments may be sold at such times as the authority determines.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.28
§ 3737.28. Power to administer oaths - refusal to cooperate
Status: in_force

March 19, 2003 Senate Bill 115 - 124th General Assembly The fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal may administer an oath to any person appearing as a witness before the fire marshal or assistant fire marshal. No witness shall refuse to be sworn, refuse to testify, disobey an order of the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal, or fail or refuse to produce a book, paper, document, or record, regardless of physical form or characteristic, concerning a matter under examination, or be guilty of contemptuous conduct after being summoned by the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal to appear before the fire marshal or assistant fire marshal to give testimony in relation to a matter or subject under investigation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.43
§ 3773.43. Fees
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The Ohio athletic commission shall charge the following fees: (A) For an application for or renewal of a promoter's license for a public or private competition that involves boxing, mixed martial arts, kick boxing, tough man contests, tough guy contests, or any other form of boxing or martial arts, one hundred dollars. (B) For an application for or renewal of a license to participate in a public boxing match or exhibition as a contestant, or as a referee, judge, matchmaker, manager, timekeeper, trainer, or second of a contestant, twenty dollars. (C) For a permit to conduct a public boxing match or exhibition, fifty dollars. (D) For an application for or renewal of a promoter's license for a public or private competition that involves wrestling, two hundred dollars. (E) For a permit to conduct a professional wrestling match or exhibition, one hundred dollars. The commission, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may establish fees in excess of the amounts provided in this section, provided that such fees do not exceed the amounts permitted by this section by more than fifty per cent. The fees prescribed by this section shall be paid to the treasurer of state, who shall deposit the fees in the occupational licensing and regulatory fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.61
§ 3734.61. Mercury devices definitions
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 443 - 126th General Assembly As used in sections 3734.61 to 3734.65 of the Revised Code: (A) "Manufacturer" means any person that produces a mercury-containing thermometer or serves as an importer or domestic distributor of a mercury-containing thermometer that is produced outside the United States. In the case of a multicomponent mercury-containing thermometer, "manufacturer" means the last manufacturer to produce or assemble the thermometer unless the multicomponent mercury-containing thermometer is produced outside the United States, in which case "manufacturer" means the importer or domestic distributor. (B) "Mercury" means elemental mercury and mercury compounds. (C) "Mercury-added measuring device" means an instrument containing mercury that is designed to measure an amount or quantity of humidity, pressure, temperature, or vacuum or the force of wind, including, but not limited to, anemometers, barometers, flow meters, hydrometers, hygrometers, manometers, sphygmomanometers, and thermometers. (D) "Mercury-added novelty" means a product in which mercury is present and that is intended mainly for personal or household enjoyment or adornment, including, but not limited to, products intended for use as practical jokes, figurines, adornments, toys, games, cards, ornaments, yard statues and figures, candles, jewelry, holiday decorations, footwear, other items of apparel, or similar products. "Mercury-added novelty" does not include a product that solely includes a fluorescent light bulb.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.88 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.88
§ 3702.88. Priorities among dental health resource shortage areas
Status: in_force

October 29, 2003 Senate Bill 51 - 125th General Assembly The director of health, by rule, shall establish priorities among dental health resource shortage areas for use in recruiting dentists to sites within particular areas under the dentist loan repayment program. In establishing priorities, the director shall consider the ratio of dentists to the population in the dental health resource shortage area, the distance to dentists outside the area, dental health status indicators of the target population in the area, presence of dental health care provider sites in the area with vacancies for dentists, availability of an eligible candidate interested in being recruited to a particular site within an area, and the distribution of dental health care provider sites in urban and rural regions. The director shall give greatest priority to dental health resource shortage areas having a high ratio of population to dentists. The director, by rule, shall establish priorities for use in determining eligibility among applicants for participation in the dentist loan repayment program. The priorities may include consideration of an applicant's background and career goals, the length of time the applicant is willing to provide dental services in a dental health care resource shortage area, and the amount of the educational expenses for which reimbursement is being sought through the program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.026 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.026
§ 3721.026. Assignment or transfer of operation of nursing home
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 144 - 135th General Assembly (A) Before the director of health can issue a license to operate a nursing home to an entering operator, all of the following requirements must be satisfied: (1) The entering operator completes a change of operator license application on a form prescribed by the director and pays the applicable fee as determined by the director. Any fee required by the director under division (A)(1) of this section shall be credited to the general operations fund established under section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. A completed application shall be submitted not later than forty-five days before the proposed effective date of the change of operator if the change of operator does not entail the relocation of residents. A completed application shall be submitted not later than ninety days before the proposed effective date of the change of operator if the change of operator entails the relocation of residents. The director may waive the time requirements specified in division (A)(1) of this section in an emergency, such as the death of the operator. The change of operator license application established under this section shall include all of the following: (a) Disclosure of all direct and indirect owners owning at least five per cent of each of the following: (i) The entering operator, if the entering operator is an entity; (ii) The owner of the building or buildings in which the nursing home is housed, if the owner of the building or buildings is a different person or government entity from the entering operator; (iii) The owner of the legal rights associated with the ownership and operation of the nursing home beds, if the owner of the legal rights is a different person or government entity from the entering operator; (iv) Each related party that provides or will provide services to the nursing home, through contracts with any party identified in division (A)(1)(a) of this section. (b) Disclosure of whether a person or government entity identified in division (A)(1)(a) of this section has or had a direct or indirect ownership or operational interest in a current or previously licensed nursing home in this state or another state, including disclosure of whether any of the following occurred with respect to an identified nursing home within the five years immediately preceding the date of application: (i) Voluntary or involuntary closure of the nursing home; (ii) Voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceedings; (iii) Voluntary or involuntary receivership proceedings; (iv) License suspension, denial, or revocation; (v) Injunction proceedings initiated by a regulatory agency; (vi) The nursing home is listed in table A, table B, or table D on the SFF list under the special focus facility program; (vii) A civil or criminal action was filed against it by a state or federal entity. (c) Any additional information that the director considers necessary to determine the ownership, operation, management, and control of the nursing home. (2) Except for applications that demonstrate that the entering operator, or a person or government entity that directly or indirectly owns at least fifty per cent of the entering operator, directly or indirectly owns at least fifty per cent of the nursing home and its assets, the entering operator submits evidence of a bond or other financial security reasonably acceptable to the director for an amount not less than the product of the number of licensed beds in the nursing home, as reflected in the application, multiplied by ten thousand dollars. The bond may be supplied by either the entering operator or the property owner of the nursing home. (a) The bond or other financial security shall be renewed, replaced, or maintained for five years after the effective date of the change of operator. The aggregate liability of a surety shall not exceed the sum of the bond, which is not cumulative from period to period. If the bond or other financial security is not renewed, replaced, or maintained in accordance with this division, the director shall revoke the nursing home operator's license after providing thirty days' notice to the operator. The bond or other financial security shall be released five years after the effective date of the change of operator if none of the events described in division (A)(2)(b) of this section have occurred. (b) The director may utilize the bond or other financial security required under division (A)(2) of this section to pay expenses incurred by the director or another state official or agency if any of the following occur during the five-year period for which the bond or other financial security is required: (i) The nursing home is voluntarily or involuntarily closed. (ii) The nursing home or its owner or operator is the subject of voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceedings. (iii) The nursing home or its owner or operator is the subject of voluntary or involuntary receivership proceedings. (iv) The license to operate the nursing home is suspended, denied, or revoked. (v) The nursing home undergoes a change of operator, unless the new applicant submits a bond or other financial security in accordance with this section. (vi) The nursing home appears in table A, table B, or table D on the SFF list under the special focus facility program. (3) The entering operator or a person or government entity who will have operational control of the nursing home has at least five years of experience as either of the following: (a) An administrator of a nursing home located in this state or another state; (b) A person or government entity with operational control of a nursing home located in this state or another state. (4) The entering operator attests that the entering operator has plans for quality assurance and risk management for the operation of the nursing home. (5) The entering operator attests that the entering operator has general and professional liability insurance coverage that provides coverage of at least one million dollars per occurrence and three million dollars aggregate. (6) The entering operator attests that the entering operator has sufficient numbers of qualified staff, by training or experience, who will be employed to properly care for the type and number of nursing home residents. (B) The director shall issue to the entering operator a notice of intent to grant a change of operator license upon a determination that all requirements of this section have been met, except for submission of the final document evidencing completion of the transaction. (C) The director may conduct a survey of the nursing home not less than sixty days after the effective date of the change of operator. (D) The requirements established by this section are in addition to the other requirements established by this chapter and the rules adopted under it for a license to operate a nursing home. (E) The director shall deny a change of operator license application if any of the following circumstances exist: (1) The requirements established by this section are not satisfied. (2) The entering operator or a person or government entity identified in division (A)(1)(a) of this section who directly or indirectly has twenty-five per cent or more ownership of the entering operator meets both of the following criteria: (a) The entering operator or the person or government entity has or had either of the following relationships to a currently or previously licensed nursing home in this state or another state: (i) Fifty per cent or more direct or indirect ownership in the nursing home; (ii) Alone or together with one or more other persons, operational control of the nursing home. (b) Any of the following occurred with respect to the current or previously licensed nursing home described in division (E)(2)(a) of this section within the five years immediately preceding the date of application: (i) Involuntary closure of the nursing home by a regulatory agency or voluntary closure in response to licensure or certification action; (ii) Voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceedings that are not dismissed within sixty days; (iii) Voluntary or involuntary receivership proceedings that are not dismissed within sixty days; (iv) License suspension, denial, or revocation for failure to comply with operating standards. (3) If a change of twenty-five per cent or more of the property ownership interest in a nursing home occurs in connection with the change of operator, the person or government entity who acquired the property ownership interest meets both of the following criteria: (a) The person or government entity has or had either of the following relationships to a currently or previously licensed nursing home in this state or another state: (i) Fifty per cent or more direct or indirect property ownership in the nursing home; (ii) Alone or together with one or more other persons, operational control of the nursing home. (b) Any of the following occurred with respect to the current or previously licensed nursing home described in division (E)(3)(a) of this section within the five years immediately preceding the date of application: (i) Involuntary closure of the nursing home by a regulatory agency or voluntary closure in response to licensure or certification action; (ii) Voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceedings that are not dismissed within sixty days; (iii) Voluntary or involuntary receivership proceedings that are not dismissed within sixty days; (iv) License suspension, denial, or revocation for failure to comply with operating standards. (F) An entering operator may appeal the denial of a change of operator license application in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (G) An entering operator shall do all of the following: (1) Notify the director immediately upon discovery of any error, omission, or change of information in a change of operator license application. (2) Notify the director within ten days of any change in the information or documentation required by this section that occurs after the effective date of the change of operator. (3) Truthfully supply any additional information or documentation requested by the director. If an entering operator fails to notify the director or supply additional information or documentation in accordance with this division, the director shall impose a civil penalty of two thousand dollars for each day of noncompliance. (4) Not complete the change of operator until the director issues to the entering operator notice of intent to grant a change of operator license in accordance with division (B) of this section. The entering operator shall submit the final document evidencing completion of the transaction not later than five days after completion. (H)(1) The director shall investigate an allegation that a change of operator has occurred and the entering operator failed to submit an application in accordance with this section or an application was filed but the information was fraudulent. The director may request the attorney general's assistance with an investigation under this section. (2) If the director becomes aware, by means of an investigation or otherwise, that a change of operator has occurred and the entering operator failed to submit an application in accordance with this section, or an application was filed but the information provided was fraudulent, the director shall impose a civil penalty of two thousand dollars for each day of noncompliance after the date the director becomes aware that the change of operator has occurred. If the entering operator fails to submit an application or new application in accordance with this section within sixty days of the director becoming aware of the change of operator, the director shall begin the process of revoking a nursing home license as specified in section 3721.03 of the Revised Code. (I) It is the intent of the general assembly in amending this section to require full and complete disclosure and transparency with respect to the ownership, operation, and management of each licensed nursing home located in this state. The director may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. Any rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated August 30, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.51
§ 3727.51. Hospital-wide nursing care committee
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 House Bill 346 - 127th General Assembly (A) Each hospital shall convene a hospital-wide nursing care committee not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section or, if the hospital is not treating patients on the effective date of this section, ninety days after the hospital begins to treat patients. The hospital shall select the members of the committee, subject to all of the following: (1) The hospital's chief nursing officer shall be included as a member of the committee. (2) At least fifty per cent of the committee's membership shall consist of registered nurses who provide direct patient care in the hospital. (3) The number of registered nurses included as members of the committee shall be sufficient to provide adequate representation of all types of nursing care services provided in the hospital. (B) The committee member who is the hospital's chief nursing officer shall establish a mechanism for obtaining input from nurses in all inpatient care units who provide direct patient care regarding what the nursing services staffing plan recommendations described in division (B) of section 3727.52 of the Revised Code should include.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3706.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3706 / § 3706.25
§ 3706.25. Advanced energy projects definitions
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly As used in sections 3706.25 to 3706.29 of the Revised Code: (A) "Advanced energy project" means any technologies, products, activities, or management practices or strategies that facilitate the generation or use of electricity or energy and that reduce or support the reduction of energy consumption or support the production of clean, renewable energy for industrial, distribution, commercial, institutional, governmental, research, not-for-profit, or residential energy users including, but not limited to, advanced energy resources and renewable energy resources. "Advanced energy project" includes any project described in division (A), (B), or (C) of section 4928.621 of the Revised Code. (B) "Advanced energy resource" means any of the following: (1) Any method or any modification or replacement of any property, process, device, structure, or equipment that increases the generation output of an electric generating facility to the extent such efficiency is achieved without additional carbon dioxide emissions by that facility; (2) Any distributed generation system consisting of customer cogeneration technology, primarily to meet the energy needs of the customer's facilities; (3) Advanced nuclear energy technology consisting of generation III technology as defined by the nuclear regulatory commission; other, later technology; or significant improvements to existing facilities; (4) Any fuel cell used in the generation of electricity, including, but not limited to, a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, phosphoric acid fuel cell, molten carbonate fuel cell, or solid oxide fuel cell; (5) Advanced solid waste or construction and demolition debris conversion technology, including, but not limited to, advanced stoker technology, and advanced fluidized bed gasification technology, that results in measurable greenhouse gas emissions reductions as calculated pursuant to the United States environmental protection agency's waste reduction model (WARM). (C) "Air contaminant source" has the same meaning as in section 3704.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Cogeneration technology" means technology that produces electricity and useful thermal output simultaneously. (E) "Renewable energy resource" means solar photovoltaic or solar thermal energy, wind energy, power produced by a hydroelectric facility, power produced by a run-of-the-river hydroelectric facility placed in service on or after January 1, 1980, that is located within this state, relies upon the Ohio river, and operates, or is rated to operate, at an aggregate capacity of forty or more megawatts, geothermal energy, fuel derived from solid wastes, as defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, through fractionation, biological decomposition, or other process that does not principally involve combustion, biomass energy, energy produced by cogeneration technology that is placed into service on or before December 31, 2015, and for which more than ninety per cent of the total annual energy input is from combustion of a waste or byproduct gas from an air contaminant source in this state, which source has been in operation since on or before January 1, 1985, provided that the cogeneration technology is a part of a facility located in a county having a population of more than three hundred sixty-five thousand but less than three hundred seventy thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, biologically derived methane gas, heat captured from a generator of electricity, boiler, or heat exchanger fueled by biologically derived methane gas, or energy derived from nontreated by-products of the pulping process or wood manufacturing process, including bark, wood chips, sawdust, and lignin in spent pulping liquors. "Renewable energy resource" includes, but is not limited to, any fuel cell used in the generation of electricity, including, but not limited to, a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, phosphoric acid fuel cell, molten carbonate fuel cell, or solid oxide fuel cell; wind turbine located in the state's territorial waters of Lake Erie; methane gas emitted from an abandoned coal mine; storage facility that will promote the better utilization of a renewable energy resource that primarily generates off peak; or distributed generation system used by a customer to generate electricity from any such energy. As used in this division, "hydroelectric facility" means a hydroelectric generating facility that is located at a dam on a river, or on any water discharged to a river, that is within or bordering this state or within or bordering an adjoining state and meets all of the following standards: (1) The facility provides for river flows that are not detrimental for fish, wildlife, and water quality, including seasonal flow fluctuations as defined by the applicable licensing agency for the facility. (2) The facility demonstrates that it complies with the water quality standards of this state, which compliance may consist of certification under Section 401 of the "Clean Water Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 1598, 1599, 33 U.S.C. 1341, and demonstrates that it has not contributed to a finding by this state that the river has impaired water quality under Section 303(d) of the "Clean Water Act of 1977," 114 Stat. 870, 33 U.S.C. 1313. (3) The facility complies with mandatory prescriptions regarding fish passage as required by the federal energy regulatory commission license issued for the project, regarding fish protection for riverine, anadromous, and catadromous fish. (4) The facility complies with the recommendations of the Ohio environmental protection agency and with the terms of its federal energy regulatory commission license regarding watershed protection, mitigation, or enhancement, to the extent of each agency's respective jurisdiction over the facility. (5) The facility complies with provisions of the "Endangered Species Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 884, 16 U.S.C. 1531 to 1544, as amended. (6) The facility does not harm cultural resources of the area. This can be shown through compliance with the terms of its federal energy regulatory commission license or, if the facility is not regulated by that commission, through development of a plan approved by the Ohio historic preservation office, to the extent it has jurisdiction over the facility. (7) The facility complies with the terms of its federal energy regulatory commission license or exemption that are related to recreational access, accommodation, and facilities or, if the facility is not regulated by that commission, the facility complies with similar requirements as are recommended by resource agencies, to the extent they have jurisdiction over the facility; and the facility provides access to water to the public without fee or charge. (8) The facility is not recommended for removal by any federal agency or agency of any state, to the extent the particular agency has jurisdiction over the facility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3770.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3770 / § 3770.13
§ 3770.13. Application for approval in advance of transfer
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) A transferee shall file an application under sections 3770.10 to 3770.14 of the Revised Code for the approval in advance of a transfer of a lottery prize award in a court of competent jurisdiction. (B) The following procedures shall apply to an application for the approval in advance by a court of a transfer of a lottery prize award under division (A) of this section: (1) Upon the filing of the application, the court shall set a date, time, and place for a hearing on the application and shall notify the transferee and the prize winner of the date, time, and place of the hearing. (2) Not less than thirty days prior to the date set by the court for the hearing on an application filed pursuant to this section, the transferee shall file with the court and shall serve on the state lottery commission, in the manner prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure for the service of process, a notice of the proposed transfer and the application for its approval in advance. The notice shall include all of the following: (a) A copy of the application; (b) A copy of the transfer agreement; (c) A copy of the disclosure statement provided by the transferee pursuant to section 3770.11 of the Revised Code and signed by the prize winner pursuant to division (A) of section 3770.12 of the Revised Code; (d) A statement, signed under penalty of perjury by the prize winner and a licensed professional adviser, that the prize winner has received independent professional advice regarding the legal, financial, and other implications of the transfer; (e) The amounts and due dates of the lottery prize award payments that will be transferred under the transfer agreement; (f) Notification of the date, time, and place of the hearing on the application; (g) The complete name, address, and taxpayer identification number of the transferee. (3) The commission shall not be required to appear in or be named as a party to a hearing on the application, but may intervene as of right in the proceeding. (4) At the conclusion of the hearing on an application under this section, the court may grant or deny the approval of the transfer. The court shall enter its order accordingly. If the court grants the approval of the transfer, it shall include in its order all of the express findings specified in section 3770.12 of the Revised Code. If the court denies the approval of the transfer, it shall include in its order the reasons for the denial. (5) An order of the court made under division (B)(4) of this section is a final and appealable order. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.11
§ 3707.11. Application of quarantine or isolation orders
Status: in_force

June 23, 2021 Senate Bill 22 - 134th General Assembly A board of health of a city or general health district, or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, may only issue a quarantine or isolation order under this chapter that applies to individuals who have been medically diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of the order or individuals who have come in direct contact with someone who has been medically diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of the order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.06
§ 3781.06. Public buildings to be safe and sanitary - definitions
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Any building that may be used as a place of resort, assembly, education, entertainment, lodging, dwelling, trade, manufacture, repair, storage, traffic, or occupancy by the public, any residential building, and all other buildings or parts and appurtenances of those buildings erected within this state, shall be so constructed, erected, equipped, and maintained that they shall be safe and sanitary for their intended use and occupancy. (2) Nothing in sections 3781.06 to 3781.18 , 3781.40 , and 3791.04 of the Revised Code shall be construed to limit the power of the division of industrial compliance of the department of commerce to adopt rules of uniform application governing manufactured home parks pursuant to section 4781.26 of the Revised Code. (B) Sections 3781.06 to 3781.18 , 3781.40 , and 3791.04 of the Revised Code do not apply to any of the following: (1) Buildings or structures that are incident to the use for agricultural purposes of the land on which the buildings or structures are located, provided those buildings or structures are not used in the business of retail trade. For purposes of this division, a building or structure is not considered used in the business of retail trade if fifty per cent or more of the gross income received from sales of products in the building or structure by the owner or operator is from sales of products produced or raised in a normal crop year on farms owned or operated by the seller. (2) Existing single-family, two-family, and three-family detached dwelling houses for which applications have been submitted to the director of children and youth pursuant to section 5104.03 of the Revised Code for the purposes of operating type A family child care homes as defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code; (3) A mobile computing unit. As used in this division, "mobile computing unit" means an assembly that meets all of the following criteria: (a) Its purpose is to house and operate computers as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (b) Its exterior is integral to the protection or cooling, or both, of the computers housed within it. (c) It is not attached to a permanent foundation. (d) It is not accessible to the public. (e) It is not designed for regular occupancy, but rather limited access for service and maintenance. (f) It can be moved or transported as a single integrated unit. (C) As used in sections 3781.06 to 3781.18 and 3791.04 of the Revised Code: (1) "Agricultural purposes" include agriculture, farming, dairying, pasturage, apiculture, algaculture meaning the farming of algae, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, ornamental horticulture, olericulture, pomiculture, and animal and poultry husbandry. (2) "Building" means any structure consisting of foundations, walls, columns, girders, beams, floors, and roof, or a combination of any number of these parts, with or without other parts or appurtenances. (3) "Industrialized unit" means a building unit or assembly of closed construction fabricated in an off-site facility, that is substantially self-sufficient as a unit or as part of a greater structure, and that requires transportation to the site of intended use. "Industrialized unit" includes units installed on the site as independent units, as part of a group of units, or incorporated with standard construction methods to form a completed structural entity. "Industrialized unit" does not include a manufactured home as defined by division (C)(4) of this section or a mobile home as defined by division (O) of section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Manufactured home" means a building unit or assembly of closed construction that is fabricated in an off-site facility and constructed in conformance 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, and that has a permanent label or tag affixed to it, as specified in 42 U.S.C.A. 5415, certifying compliance with all applicable federal construction and safety standards. (5) "Permanent foundation" means permanent masonry, concrete, or a footing or foundation approved by the division of industrial compliance of the department of commerce pursuant to Chapter 4781. of the Revised Code, to which a manufactured or mobile home may be affixed. (6) "Permanently sited manufactured home" means a manufactured home that meets all of the following criteria: (a) The structure is affixed to a permanent foundation and is connected to appropriate facilities; (b) The structure, excluding any addition, has a width of at least twenty-two feet at one point, a length of at least twenty-two feet at one point, and a total living area, excluding garages, porches, or attachments, of at least nine hundred square feet; (c) The structure has a minimum 3:12 residential roof pitch, conventional residential siding, and a six-inch minimum eave overhang, including appropriate guttering; (d) The structure was manufactured after January 1, 1995; (e) The structure is not located in a manufactured home park as defined by section 4781.01 of the Revised Code. (7) "Safe," with respect to a building, means it is free from danger or hazard to the life, safety, health, or welfare of persons occupying or frequenting it, or of the public and from danger of settlement, movement, disintegration, or collapse, whether such danger arises from the methods or materials of its construction or from equipment installed therein, for the purpose of lighting, heating, the transmission or utilization of electric current, or from its location or otherwise. (8) "Sanitary," with respect to a building, means it is free from danger or hazard to the health of persons occupying or frequenting it or to that of the public, if such danger arises from the method or materials of its construction or from any equipment installed therein, for the purpose of lighting, heating, ventilating, or plumbing. (9) "Residential building" means a one-family, two-family, or three-family dwelling house, and any accessory structure incidental to that dwelling house. "Residential building" includes a one-family, two-family, or three-family dwelling house that is used as a model to promote the sale of a similar dwelling house. "Residential building" does not include an industrialized unit as defined by division (C)(3) of this section, a manufactured home as defined by division (C)(4) of this section, or a mobile home as defined by division (O) of section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (10) "Nonresidential building" means any building that is not a residential building or a manufactured or mobile home. (11) "Accessory structure" means a structure that is attached to a residential building and serves the principal use of the residential building. "Accessory structure" includes, but is not limited to, a garage, porch, or screened-in patio. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.13
§ 3705.13. Filing court order of change of name - new birth certificate
Status: in_force

March 16, 1989 House Bill 790 - 117th General Assembly When a legal change of name of a person whose birth occurred in this state has been granted by a court, the office of vital statistics shall receive and file a certified copy of the court order legally changing the name. The court order shall be cross-referenced with the original birth record and the office of vital statistics shall issue a certification of birth containing the new name. Such certification shall disclose information that a legal change of name has been granted by a court. Provided, if the original birth record was filed prior to the establishment of the division of vital statistics, a certified copy of the court order legally changing the name shall be received and filed with the probate court of the county wherein the birth occurred, instead of with the office of vital statistics. The court order shall be cross-referenced with the original birth record and upon request the probate court shall issue a birth record containing the new name. Such record shall disclose information that a legal change of name has been granted by the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.33
§ 3727.33. Hospital standard charges list
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 173 - 135th General Assembly (A) A hospital shall maintain a list of all standard charges for all hospital items or services in accordance with this section. The hospital shall ensure that the list is available at all times to the public, including by posting the list electronically in the manner provided by this section. (B) The standard charges contained in the list shall reflect the standard charges applicable to that location of the hospital, regardless of whether the hospital operates in more than one location or operates under the same license as another hospital. (C) The list shall include the following information, as applicable: (1) A description of each hospital item or service provided by the hospital; (2) The following charges, expressed in dollar amounts, for each particular hospital item or service when provided in either an inpatient setting or an outpatient department setting, as applicable: (a) The gross charge; (b) The de-identified minimum negotiated charge; (c) The de-identified maximum negotiated charge; (d) The discounted cash price; (e) The payor-specific negotiated charge, listed by the name of the third-party payor and health plan associated with the charge and displayed in a manner that clearly associates the charge with each third-party payor and health plan; (f) Any code used by the hospital for purposes of accounting or billing for the hospital item or service, including the current procedural terminology (CPT) code, healthcare common procedure coding system (HCPCS) code, diagnosis related group (DRG) code, national drug code (NDC), or other common identifier. (D) The information contained in the list shall be published in a single digital file that is in a machine-readable format. (E) The list shall be displayed in a prominent location on the home page of the hospital's publicly accessible internet web site or be accessible by selecting a dedicated link that is prominently displayed on that home page. If the hospital operates multiple locations and maintains a single internet web site, a separate list shall be posted for each location the hospital operates and shall be displayed in a manner that clearly associates the list with the applicable location. (F) The list shall satisfy all of the following conditions: (1) Be available free of charge; without having to register or establish a user account or password; without having to submit personal identifying information, including any information pertaining to an individual's health care coverage or other benefits; and without having to overcome any other impediment in order to access the list, including such impediments as entering a code or completing any type of security measure known as challenge-response authentication; (2) Be accessible to a common commercial operator of an internet search engine to the extent necessary for the search engine to index the list and display the list as a result in response to a search query of a user of the search engine; (3) Be formatted in a manner prescribed by the template developed under division (G) of this section; (4) Be digitally searchable; (5) Use the following naming convention specified by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services, specifically: " _ _standardcharges.[jsonxmlcsv]." (G) For purposes of division (F)(3) of this section, the director of health shall develop a template that each hospital shall use in formatting the list. In developing the template, the director shall do both of the following: (1) Consider any applicable federal guidelines for formatting similar lists required by federal statutes or regulations and ensure that the design of the template enables health care consumers or other researchers to compare the charges contained in the lists maintained by each hospital; (2) Design the template to be substantially similar to the template used by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services for purposes similar to those of sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code, if the director determines that designing the template in that manner serves the purposes of this section and that the department of health benefits from the director developing and requiring that substantially similar design. (H) At least once each year, the hospital shall update the list it maintains under this section. The hospital shall clearly indicate the date on which the list was most recently updated, either on the list or in a manner that is clearly associated with the list. Last updated March 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3726.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3726 / § 3726.99
§ 3726.99. Prohibition and penalty for fetal remains disposition compliance failure
Status: in_force

April 6, 2021 Senate Bill 27 - 133rd General Assembly (A) No person shall fail to comply with section 3726.02 , 3726.05 , 3726.10 , or 3726.11 of the Revised Code. (B) Whoever knowingly violates division (A) of this section is guilty of failure to dispose of fetal remains humanely, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.07
§ 3734.07. Facilities to be inspected - certification - right of entry
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Before a license is initially issued and annually thereafter, or more often if necessary, the board of health shall cause each solid waste facility and infectious waste treatment facility to be inspected and a record to be made of each inspection and shall require each solid waste facility and infectious waste treatment facility in the health district to be in substantial compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. (B) Within thirty days after the issuance of a license, the board of health shall certify to the director of environmental protection that the solid waste facility or infectious waste treatment facility has been inspected and is in substantial compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. Each board of health shall provide the director with such other information as he may require from time to time. (C) The board of health or its authorized representative and the director or the director's authorized representative, upon proper identification and upon stating the purpose and necessity of an inspection, may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property, real or personal, to inspect or investigate, obtain samples, and examine or copy any records to determine compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. The board of health or its authorized representative or the director or the director's authorized representative may apply for, and any judge of a court of record may issue, an appropriate search warrant necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter and the rules adopted under it within the court's territorial jurisdiction. If entry is refused or inspection or investigation is refused, hindered, or thwarted, the board of health may suspend or revoke the operating license of the solid waste facility or infectious waste treatment facility that refused entry, or the director may suspend or revoke the license or permit of the solid waste facility, hazardous waste facility, or infectious waste treatment facility that refused entry. (D) If the entry authorized by division (C) of this section is refused or if the inspection or investigation so authorized is refused, hindered, or thwarted by intimidation or otherwise and the director, board of health, or authorized representative of either applies for and obtains a search warrant under division (C) of this section to conduct the inspection or investigation, the owner or operator of the premises where entry was refused or inspection or investigation was refused, hindered, or thwarted is liable to the director or board of health for the reasonable costs incurred by either for the regular salaries and fringe benefit costs of personnel assigned to conduct the inspection or investigation from the time the entry, inspection, or investigation was refused, hindered, or thwarted until the search warrant is executed; for the salary, fringe benefits, and travel expenses of the attorney general, prosecuting attorney of the county, or city director of law, or an authorized assistant, incurred in obtaining the search warrant; and for expenses necessarily incurred for the assistance of local law enforcement officers in executing the search warrant. In the application for the search warrant, the director or board of health may request and the court, in its order granting the search warrant, may order the owner or operator of the premises to reimburse the director or board of health for such of those costs as the court finds reasonable. From moneys recovered under this division, the director shall reimburse the attorney general for the costs incurred by the attorney general or the attorney general's authorized assistant in connection with proceedings for obtaining the search warrant; shall reimburse the political subdivision in which the premises is located for the assistance of its law enforcement officers in executing the search warrant; and shall deposit the remainder of any such moneys to the credit of the following, as applicable: (1) The hazardous waste facility management fund created in section 3734.18 of the Revised Code if the inspection or investigation pertained to compliance with the hazardous waste provisions of this chapter or a rule, order, or term or condition of a permit adopted or issued under them or with a rule adopted under section 3734.121 of the Revised Code; (2) The general revenue fund if the inspection or investigation pertained to compliance with the solid waste provisions of this chapter or rules, orders, or terms and conditions of a permit, license, or variance adopted or issued under them, other than the provisions governing solid wastes that consist of scrap tires; (3) The scrap tire management fund created in section 3734.82 of the Revised Code if the inspection or investigation pertained to compliance with the provisions of this chapter governing solid wastes that consist of scrap tires or rules, orders, or terms and conditions of a permit, license, or variance adopted or issued under them; (4) The waste management fund created in section 3734.061 of the Revised Code if the inspection or investigation pertained to compliance with the infectious waste provisions of this chapter or rules, orders, or terms and conditions of a permit or license issued under them. From moneys recovered under this division, the board of health shall reimburse the prosecuting attorney of the county or city director of law for the costs incurred by the prosecuting attorney or city director of law or an authorized assistant in connection with proceedings for obtaining the search warrant; shall reimburse the political subdivision in which the premises is located for the assistance of its law enforcement officers in executing the search warrant; and shall deposit the remainder of any such moneys to the special infectious waste fund of the health district created under division (C) of section 3734.06 of the Revised Code if the inspection or investigation pertained to compliance with the infectious waste provisions of this chapter or rules, orders, or terms and conditions of a permit or license issued under them; to the credit of the special fund of the health district created under division (B) of section 3734.06 of the Revised Code if the inspection or investigation pertained to compliance with the solid waste provisions of this chapter or rules, orders, or terms and conditions of a permit, license, or variance adopted or issued under them, other than the provisions governing solid wastes that consist of scrap tires; or to the credit of the special fund of the health district created under division (F) of section 3734.82 of the Revised Code if the inspection or investigation pertained to compliance with the provisions of this chapter governing solid wastes that consist of scrap tires or rules, orders, or terms and conditions of a permit, license, or variance adopted or issued under them.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.50
§ 3715.50. Overdose reversal drugs definitions
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 95 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in sections 3715.501 to 3715.505 of the Revised Code: (1) "Advanced practice registered nurse" means an individual who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and is designated as a clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner. (2) "Overdose reversal drug" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Pharmacist" means an individual licensed under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code to practice as a pharmacist. (4) "Pharmacy intern" means an individual licensed under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code to practice as a pharmacy intern. (5) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery. (6) "Physician assistant" means an individual who is licensed under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code, holds a valid prescriber number issued by the state medical board, and has been granted physician-delegated prescriptive authority. (7) "Certified mental health assistant" means an individual who is licensed under Chapter 4772. of the Revised Code and has been granted physician-delegated prescriptive authority. (B) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, any person or government entity may purchase, possess, distribute, dispense, personally furnish, sell, or otherwise obtain or provide an overdose reversal drug, which includes any instrument or device used to administer the drug, if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The overdose reversal drug is in its original manufacturer's packaging. (2) The overdose reversal drug's packaging contains the manufacturer's instructions for use. (3) The overdose reversal drug is stored in accordance with the manufacturer's or distributor's instructions. (C) In addition to actions authorized by division (B) of this section, any person or government entity may obtain and maintain a supply of an overdose reversal drug for either or both of the following purposes: for use in an emergency situation and for distribution through an automated mechanism. (1) In the case of a supply of an overdose reversal drug obtained and maintained for use in an emergency situation, a person or government entity shall do all of the following: (a) Provide to any individual who accesses the supply instructions regarding emergency administration of the drug, including a specific instruction to summon emergency services as necessary; (b) Establish a process for replacing within a reasonable time period any overdose reversal drug that has been accessed; (c) Store the overdose reversal drug in accordance with the manufacturer's or distributor's instructions. (2) In the case of a supply of an overdose reversal drug obtained and maintained for distribution through an automated mechanism, a person or government entity shall do all of the following: (a) Ensure that the mechanism is securely fastened to a permanent structure or is of an appropriate size and weight to reasonably prevent it from being removed from its intended location; (b) Provide to any individual who accesses the supply instructions regarding emergency administration of the drug, including a specific instruction to summon emergency services as necessary; (c) Develop a process for monitoring and replenishing the supply maintained in the automated mechanism; (d) Store the overdose reversal drug in accordance with the manufacturer's or distributor's instructions. (D) If the authority granted by division (B) or (C) of this section is exercised in good faith, the following immunities apply: (1) The person or government entity exercising the authority is not subject to administrative action or criminal prosecution and is not liable for damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property for an act or omission that arises from exercising that authority. (2) After an overdose reversal drug has been dispensed or personally furnished, the person or government entity is not liable for or subject to any of the following for any act or omission of the individual to whom the drug is dispensed or personally furnished: damages in any civil action, prosecution in any criminal proceeding, or professional disciplinary action. (E)(1) This section does not affect any other authority to issue a prescription for, or personally furnish a supply of, an overdose reversal drug. (2) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a person or government entity may be entitled to under section 9.86 , Chapter 2744., section 4765.49 , or any other provision of the Revised Code or the common law of this state. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.9010 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.9010
§ 3734.9010. Tire fee administrative fund
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly Two per cent of all amounts paid to the treasurer of state pursuant to sections 3734.90 to 3734.9014 of the Revised Code shall be certified directly to the credit of the tire fee administrative fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, for appropriation to the department of taxation for use in administering those sections. The remainder of the amounts paid to the treasurer of state shall be deposited and credited in accordance with section 3734.901 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.915 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.915
§ 3734.915. No signage for lead-acid battery cases
Status: in_force

April 25, 2008 House Bill 169 - 127th General Assembly Lead-acid battery cases sold in this state shall not be required to display a society for plastics industry symbol or code, a society for automotive engineers symbol or code, or another resin identification code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.34
§ 3735.34. Exemption from taxation - audit
Status: in_force

June 6, 1986 House Bill 325 - 116th General Assembly All property, both real and personal, acquired or owned by a metropolitan housing authority and used for the purposes of exercising the powers set forth in sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code, shall be public property used exclusively for a public purpose within the meaning of Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, and shall be exempt from all taxation. All accounting and other transactions of the authority shall be subject to audit by the auditor of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3736.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3736 / § 3736.03
§ 3736.03. Recycling and litter prevention fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the recycling and litter prevention fund, consisting of moneys distributed to it from fees, including the fee levied under division (A)(2) of section 3714.073 of the Revised Code, gifts, donations, grants, reimbursements, and other sources, including investment earnings. (B) The director of environmental protection shall do all of the following: (1) Use moneys credited to the fund exclusively for the purposes set forth in sections 3734.49 , 3736.02 , 3736.05 , and 3745.014 of the Revised Code, with particular emphasis on programs relating to recycling; (2) Require recipients of grants under section 3736.05 of the Revised Code, as a condition of receiving and retaining them, to do all of the following: (a) Create a separate account for the grants and any cash donations received that qualify for the donor credit allowed by section 5733.064 of the Revised Code; (b) Make expenditures from the account exclusively for the purposes for which the grants were received; (c) Use any auditing and accounting practices the director considers necessary regarding the account; (d) Report to the director information regarding the amount and donor of cash donations received as described by section 5733.064 of the Revised Code; (e) Use grants received to supplement and not to replace any existing funding for such purposes. (3) Report to the tax commissioner information the director receives pursuant to division (B)(2)(d) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3791.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3791 / § 3791.04
§ 3791.04. Submission of plan - approvals - prohibition - fine
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) Before beginning the construction, erection, or manufacture of any building to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code applies, including all industrialized units, the owner of that building, in addition to any other submission required by law, shall submit plans or drawings, specifications, and data prepared for the construction, erection, equipment, alteration, or addition that indicate the portions that have been approved pursuant to section 3781.12 of the Revised Code and for which no further approval is required, to the municipal, township, or county building department having jurisdiction unless one of the following applies: (a) If no municipal, township, or county building department certified for nonresidential buildings pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code has jurisdiction, the owner shall make the submissions described in division (A)(1) of this section to the superintendent of industrial compliance. (b) If no certified municipal, township, or county building department certified for residential buildings pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code has jurisdiction, the owner is not required to make the submissions described in division (A)(1) of this section. (2)(a) The seal of an architect registered under Chapter 4703. of the Revised Code or an engineer registered under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code is required for any plans, drawings, specifications, or data submitted for approval, unless the plans, drawings, specifications, or data are permitted to be prepared by persons other than registered architects pursuant to division (C) or (D) of section 4703.18 of the Revised Code, or by persons other than registered engineers pursuant to division (C) or (D) of section 4733.18 of the Revised Code. (b) No seal is required for any plans, drawings, specifications, or data submitted for approval for any residential buildings, as defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, or erected as industrialized one-, two-, or three-family units or structures within the meaning of "industrialized unit" as defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. (c) No seal is required for approval of the installation of replacement equipment or systems that are similar in type or capacity to the equipment or systems being replaced. No seal is required for approval for any new construction, improvement, alteration, repair, painting, decorating, or other modification of any buildings or structures subject to sections 3781.06 to 3781.18 and 3791.04 of the Revised Code if the proposed work does not involve technical design analysis, as defined by rule adopted by the board of building standards. (B) No owner shall proceed with the construction, erection, alteration, or equipment of any building until the plans or drawings, specifications, and data have been approved as this section requires, or the industrialized unit inspected at the point of origin. No plans or specifications shall be approved or inspection approval given unless the building represented would, if constructed, repaired, erected, or equipped, comply with Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code and any rule made under those chapters. (C) The approval of plans or drawings and specifications or data pursuant to this section is invalid if construction, erection, alteration, or other work upon the building has not commenced within twelve months of the approval of the plans or drawings and specifications. One extension shall be granted for an additional twelve-month period if the owner requests at least ten days in advance of the expiration of the permit and upon payment of a fee not to exceed one hundred dollars. If in the course of construction, work is delayed or suspended for more than six months, the approval of plans or drawings and specifications or data is invalid. Two extensions shall be granted for six months each if the owner requests at least ten days in advance of the expiration of the permit and upon payment of a fee for each extension of not more than one hundred dollars. Before any work may continue on the construction, erection, alteration, or equipment of any building for which the approval is invalid, the owner of the building shall resubmit the plans or drawings and specifications for approval pursuant to this section. (D) Subject to section 3791.042 of the Revised Code, the board of building standards or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, township, or county, by rule, may regulate the requirements for the submission of plans and specifications to the respective enforcing departments and for processing by those departments. The board of building standards or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, township, or county may adopt rules to provide for the approval, subject to section 3791.042 of the Revised Code, by the department having jurisdiction of the plans for construction of a foundation or any other part of a building or structure before the complete plans and specifications for the entire building or structure are submitted. When any plans are approved by the department having jurisdiction, the structure and every particular represented by and disclosed in those plans shall, in the absence of fraud or a serious safety or sanitation hazard, be conclusively presumed to comply with Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code and any rule issued pursuant to those chapters, if constructed, altered, or repaired in accordance with those plans and any rule in effect at the time of approval. (E) The approval of plans and specifications, including inspection of industrialized units, under this section is a "license" and the failure to approve plans or specifications as submitted or to inspect the unit at the point of origin within thirty days after the plans or specifications are filed or the request to inspect the industrialized unit is made, the disapproval of plans and specifications, or the refusal to approve an industrialized unit following inspection at the point of origin is "an adjudication order denying the issuance of a license" requiring an "adjudication hearing" as provided by sections 119.07 to 119.13 of the Revised Code and as modified by sections 3781.031 and 3781.19 of the Revised Code. An adjudication order denying the issuance of a license shall specify the reasons for that denial. (F) The board of building standards shall not require the submission of site preparation plans or plot plans to the division of industrial compliance when industrialized units are used exclusively as one-, two-, or three-family dwellings. (G) Notwithstanding any procedures the board establishes, if the agency having jurisdiction objects to any portion of the plans or specifications, the owner or the owner's representative may request the agency to issue conditional approval to proceed with construction up to the point of the objection. Approval shall be issued only when the objection results from conflicting interpretations of the rules of the board of building standards rather than the application of specific technical requirements of the rules. Approval shall not be issued where the correction of the objection would cause extensive changes in the building design or construction. The giving of conditional approval is a "conditional license" to proceed with construction up to the point where the construction or materials objected to by the agency are to be incorporated into the building. No construction shall proceed beyond that point without the prior approval of the agency or another agency that conducts an adjudication hearing relative to the objection. The agency having jurisdiction shall specify its objections to the plans or specifications, which is an "adjudication order denying the issuance of a license" and may be appealed pursuant to sections 119.07 to 119.13 of the Revised Code and as modified by sections 3781.031 and 3781.19 of the Revised Code. (H) A certified municipal, township, or county building department having jurisdiction, or the superintendent, as appropriate, shall review any plans, drawings, specifications, or data described in this section that are submitted to it or to the superintendent. (I) No owner or persons having control as an officer, or as a member of a board or committee, or otherwise, of a building to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code is applicable, and no architect, designer, engineer, builder, contractor, subcontractor, or any officer or employee of a municipal, township, or county building department shall violate this section. (J) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.45
§ 3707.45. Appointment of sanitary board
Status: in_force

August 22, 1995 House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, by resolution, may determine to have all the work in connection with the erection and maintenance of a sanitary plant and the acquisition of the necessary real estate therefor put under the control of a sanitary board. The sanitary board shall consist of two citizens from each of the two political parties casting the highest vote at the most recent municipal election. The members of the board shall be appointed by the mayor, with the consent and approval of the legislative authority, and shall serve for a term of two years. The board shall receive the reasonable compensation that the legislative authority prescribes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.91
§ 3715.91. Dangerous drug donation implementing rules
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 House Bill 283 - 127th General Assembly The state board of pharmacy shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules as necessary to give effect to sections 3715.89 and 3715.90 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.06
§ 3721.06. Prohibition against placement of person in unlicensed home
Status: in_force

October 20, 1965 House Bill 710 - 106th General Assembly No public official or employee shall place any person in, or recommend that any person be placed in, or directly or indirectly cause any person to be placed in any home as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code which is being operated without a license from the director of health or from a political subdivision certified pursuant to section 3721.09 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3742.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3742 / § 3742.31
§ 3742.31. Child lead poisoning prevention program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The director of health shall establish, promote, and maintain a child lead poisoning prevention program. The program shall provide statewide coordination of screening, diagnosis, and treatment services for children under age six, including both of the following: (1) Collecting the social security numbers of all children screened, diagnosed, or treated as part of the program's case management system; (2) Disclosing to the department of medicaid on at least an annual basis the identity and lead screening test results of each child screened pursuant to section 3742.30 of the Revised Code. The director shall collect and disseminate information relating to child lead poisoning and controlling lead hazards. (B) The director of health shall operate the child lead poisoning prevention program in accordance with rules adopted under section 3742.45 of the Revised Code. The director may enter into an interagency agreement with one or more other state agencies to perform one or more of the program's duties. The director shall supervise and direct an agency's performance of such a duty.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3710.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3710 / § 3710.17
§ 3710.17. Civil liability
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Where any person is certified or licensed by the director of environmental protection to engage in asbestos hazard abatement or evaluation activity pursuant to this chapter, the liability of that person when performing such activity in accordance with procedures established pursuant to state or federal law for an injury to any individual or property caused or related to this activity shall be limited to acts or omissions of the person during the course of performing the activity which can be shown, based on a preponderance of the evidence, to have been negligent. For the purposes of this section, the demonstration that acts or omissions of a person performing asbestos hazard abatement or evaluation activities were in accordance with generally accepted practice and with procedures established by state or federal law at the time the abatement or evaluation activity was performed creates a rebuttable presumption that the acts or omissions were not negligent. (B) Where any person contracts with a certified asbestos hazard abatement specialist, asbestos hazard evaluation specialist, or other category of asbestos hazard specialist established by the director of health, or a licensed asbestos hazard abatement contractor, the liability of that person for asbestos-related injuries caused by the person's contractee in the performance of asbestos hazard abatement or evaluation activities shall be limited to those asbestos-related injuries arising from acts which the person knew or could reasonably have been expected to know were not in accordance with generally accepted practice or with procedures established by state or federal law at the time the abatement activity took place. (C) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code or rules of a court to the contrary, this section governs all claims for asbestos-related injuries arising from asbestos hazard abatement or evaluation activities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3713.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3713 / § 3713.02
§ 3713.02. Registration and labeling requirements
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Subject to sections 3713.021 and 3713.022 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply: (A) Except as provided in section 3713.05 of the Revised Code, no person shall import, manufacture, renovate, wholesale, or reupholster stuffed toys or articles of bedding, or sell or offer for sale any second-hand stuffed toy or any second-hand article of bedding, in this state without first registering to do so with the superintendent of industrial compliance in accordance with section 3713.05 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall manufacture, offer for sale, sell, deliver, or possess for the purpose of manufacturing, selling, or delivering, an article of bedding or a stuffed toy that is not labeled in accordance with section 3713.08 of the Revised Code. (C) No person shall manufacture, offer for sale, sell, deliver, or possess for the purpose of manufacturing, selling, or delivering, an article of bedding or a stuffed toy that is falsely labeled. (D) No person shall sell or offer for sale any secondhand article of bedding or any secondhand stuffed toy that has not been sanitized in accordance with section 3713.08 of the Revised Code. (E) The possession of any article of bedding or stuffed toy in the course of business by a person required to obtain registration under this chapter, or by that person's agent or servant shall be prima-facie evidence of the person's intent to sell the article of bedding or stuffed toy. Last updated August 18, 2021 at 3:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3706.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3706 / § 3706.05
§ 3706.05. Authority may issue revenue bonds and notes
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The Ohio air quality development authority may at any time issue revenue bonds and notes of the state in such principal amount as, in the opinion of the authority, are necessary for the purpose of paying any part of the cost of one or more air quality projects or parts thereof, including one or more payments pursuant to a commodity contract entered into in connection with the acquisition or construction of air quality facilities. The authority may at any time issue renewal notes, issue bonds to pay such notes and whenever it deems refunding expedient, refund any bonds by the issuance of air quality revenue refunding bonds of the state, whether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding, and partly for any other authorized purpose. The refunding bonds shall be sold and the proceeds applied to the purchase, redemption, or payment of the bonds to be refunded. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the authority, every issue of its bonds or notes shall be obligations of the authority payable solely out of the revenues of the authority that are pledged for such payment, without preference or priority of the first bonds issued, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds or notes pledging any particular revenues. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made and the revenues so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the authority. Whether or not the bonds or notes are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments, the bonds or notes shall have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments, subject only to the provisions of the bonds or notes for registration. The bonds and notes shall be authorized by resolution of the authority, shall bear such date or dates, and shall mature at such time or times, in the case of any such note or any renewals thereof not exceeding five years from the date of issue of such original note and in the case of any such bond not exceeding forty years from the date of issue, as such resolution or resolutions may provide. The bonds and notes shall bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption as the authority may authorize. The bonds and notes of the authority may be sold by the authority, at public or private sale, at or at not less than such price or prices as the authority determines. The bonds and notes shall be executed by the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the authority, either or both of whom may use a facsimile signature, the official seal of the authority or a facsimile thereof shall be affixed thereto or printed thereon and attested, manually or by facsimile signature, by the secretary-treasurer of the authority, and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the signature or facsimile signature of the chairperson of the authority. In case any officer whose signature, or a facsimile of whose signature, appears on any bonds, notes or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of bonds or notes, such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had remained in office until such delivery, and in case the seal of the authority has been changed after a facsimile has been imprinted on such bonds or notes, such facsimile seal will continue to be sufficient for all purposes. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds or notes or any issue thereof may contain provisions, subject to such agreements with bondholders or noteholders as may then exist, which provisions shall be a part of the contract with the holders thereof, as to: the pledging of all or any part of the revenues of the authority to secure the payment of the bonds or notes or of any issue thereof; the use and disposition of revenues of the authority; a covenant to fix, alter, and collect rentals and other charges so that pledged revenues will be sufficient to pay costs of operation, maintenance, and repairs, pay principal of and interest on bonds or notes secured by the pledge of such revenues, and provide such reserves as may be required by the applicable resolution or trust agreement; the setting aside of reserve funds, sinking funds, or replacement and improvement funds and the regulation and disposition thereof; the crediting of the proceeds of the sale of bonds or notes to and among the funds referred to or provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes; the use, lease, sale, or other disposition of any air quality project or any other assets of the authority; limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of bonds or notes may be applied and the pledging of such proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds or notes or of any issue thereof; as to notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, the agreement of the authority to do all things necessary for the authorization, issuance, and sale of such bonds in such amounts as may be necessary for the timely retirement of such notes; limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or notes; the terms upon which additional bonds or notes may be issued and secured; the refunding of outstanding bonds or notes; the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders or noteholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds or notes the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; limitations on the amount of moneys to be expended by the authority for operating, administrative, or other expenses of the authority; securing any bonds or notes by a trust agreement in accordance with section 3706.07 of the Revised Code; any other matters, of like or different character, that in any way affect the security or protection of the bonds or notes. Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing the bonds or notes shall be liable personally on the bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3717.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3717 / § 3717.48
§ 3717.48. Confidentiality of information
Status: in_force

November 3, 1999 House Bill 223 - 123rd General Assembly Trade secrets and other forms of information that, under this chapter, are required to be furnished to or are procured by a licensor of food service operations shall be for the exclusive use and information of the licensor in the discharge of the licensor's official duties. The information shall not be open to the public or used in any action or proceeding in any court. If the licensor is a board of health, the board may share the information with the director of health and director of agriculture. If the licensor is the director of health, the director may share the information with the director of agriculture. The licensor shall maintain the confidentiality of the information, except that the information may be consolidated in statistical tables and published by the licensor in statistical form for the use and information of state and local agencies and the public, if the statistics do not disclose details about a particular person or government entity that provided information to the licensor. An individual employed by the licensor or assisting the licensor in the administration of the food service operation licensing requirements of this chapter shall not willfully divulge any information that is confidential under this section to any person or government entity other than the licensor or the individual's superior.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.26
§ 3734.26. Grants to and contracts with owner of facility
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The director of environmental protection may make grants of moneys from the hazardous waste facility management fund created in section 3734.18 of the Revised Code or the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code to the owner, other than a political subdivision, of a solid waste facility in which significant quantities of hazardous waste were disposed of or a hazardous waste facility for up to fifty per cent of the cost of the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred for the proper closure of or abatement or prevention of air or water pollution or soil contamination from the facility and for developing the land on which it was located for use in industry, commerce, distribution, or research. The director shall not make grants to the owner of any land on which such facilities are located if the owner at any time owned or operated the facility located thereon for profit or in conjunction with any profit-making enterprise located in this state or to any person who at any time owned or operated a facility concerning which the director has taken action under section 3734.20 , 3734.22 , or 3734.23 of the Revised Code. However, the director may make grants under this section to any subsequent owner of the land, provided that the person has no affiliation with any person who owned or operated the facility located on the land for profit or in conjunction with any profit-making enterprise located in this state or who owned or operated a facility concerning which the director has taken action under section 3734.20 , 3734.22 , or 3734.23 of the Revised Code. (B) The owner shall submit an application for a grant on forms furnished by the director, together with detail plans and specifications for the measures to be performed to close the facility properly or to abate or prevent air or water pollution or soil contamination from the facility, an itemized estimate of the project's cost, a description of the project's estimated benefits, and such other information as the director prescribes. The plan may be prepared in consultation with the director or with the board of health of the city or general health district in which the facility is located. The director may award the applicant a grant only after finding that the proposed measures will provide for the proper closure of the facility or will abate or prevent air or water pollution or soil contamination from the facility, including, but not limited to, those measures necessary or desirable to: (1) In the case of a facility for the land burial of hazardous waste, establish and maintain a suitable cover of soil and vegetation over the cells in which waste is buried in order to minimize erosion, the infiltration of surface water into the cells, the production of leachate, and the accumulation or runoff of contaminated surface water and to prevent air emissions of hazardous waste from the facility; (2) Collect and treat contaminated surface water runoff from the facility; (3) Collect and treat leachate produced at the facility; (4) Install test wells and other equipment or facilities to monitor the quality of surface waters receiving runoff from the facility or to monitor air emissions of hazardous waste from the facility; (5) Regularly monitor and analyze surface water runoff from the facility, the quality of waters receiving the runoff, and ground water quality in the vicinity of the facility, and regularly monitor leachate collection and treatment systems installed under the grant and analyze samples from them; (6) Remove and dispose of hazardous waste from the facility at a suitable hazardous waste disposal facility where necessary to protect public health or safety or to abate or prevent air or water pollution or soil contamination. (C) The director shall determine the amount of the grant based upon the director's determination of what constitutes reasonable and necessary expenses for the proper closure of the facility or for the abatement or prevention of air or water pollution or soil contamination from the facility. The amount of the grant shall not exceed one-half of the total, as determined by the director, of what constitutes reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred for the proper closure of or abatement or prevention of air or water pollution or soil contamination from the facility. In making a grant, the director shall enter into a contract for funding with each applicant awarded a grant to ensure that the moneys granted are used for the purpose of this section and that the measures performed are properly performed. The final payment under a grant may not be made until the director inspects and approves the completed cleanup and the plans for developing the land for use in industry, commerce, distribution, or research. Each contract for funding shall contain provisions for the reimbursement of the state of a portion of the costs of the cleanup that is commensurate with the increase in the market value of the property attributable to the cleanup thereon, as determined by appraisals made before and after cleanup in the manner stated in the contract. For reimbursement of that portion, the contract may include provisions for: (1) Payment to the state of the share of the income derived from the productive use of the land; (2) Imposition of a lien in the amount of the increase in fair market value payable upon the transfer or conveyance to a new owner; (3) Waiver of all reimbursement if the determination discloses an increase in value that is insubstantial in comparison to the benefits to the public from the abatement of threats to public health or safety or from the abatement or prevention of pollution or contamination, considering the applicant's share of the cleanup cost. All reimbursements and payments shall be credited to the hazardous waste facility management fund or the hazardous waste clean-up fund, as applicable. (D) The contract shall require the owner to execute an easement whereby the director, an authorized employee of the agency, or a contractor employed by the agency may enter upon the facility to sample, repair, or reconstruct air and water quality monitoring equipment constructed under the contract. Such easements shall be for a specified period of years and may be extinguished by agreement between the owner and the director. When necessary to protect the public health or safety, the contract may require the owner to enter into an environmental covenant with the director in accordance with sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code. (E) As used in this section, "commerce" includes, but is not limited to, agriculture, forestry, and housing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.08
§ 3707.08. Isolation of persons exposed to communicable disease - placarding of premises
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly When a person known to have been exposed to a communicable disease declared quarantinable by the board of health of a city or general health district or the department of health is reported within its jurisdiction, the board shall at once restrict such person to the person's place of residence or other suitable place, prohibit entrance to or exit from such place without the board's written permission in such manner as to prevent effective contact with individuals not so exposed, and enforce such restrictive measures as are prescribed by the department. When a person has, or is suspected of having, a communicable disease for which isolation is required by the board or the department, the board shall at once cause such person to be separated from susceptible persons in such places and under such circumstances as will prevent the conveyance of the infectious agents to susceptible persons, prohibit entrance to or exit from such places without the board's written permission, and enforce such restrictive measures as are prescribed by the department. When persons have, or are exposed to, a communicable disease for which placarding of premises is required by the board or the department, the board shall at once place in a conspicuous position on the premises where such a person is isolated or quarantined a placard having printed on it, in large letters, the name of the disease. No person shall remove, mar, deface, or destroy such placard, which shall remain in place until after the persons restricted have been released from isolation or quarantine. Physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse practitioners attending a person affected with a communicable disease shall use such precautionary measures to prevent its spread as are required by the board or the department. No person isolated or quarantined by a board shall leave the premises to which the person has been restricted without the written permission of such board until released from isolation or quarantine by it in accordance with the rules and regulations of the department. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.07
§ 3721.07. Requirement for issuance of license - revocation
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Every person desiring to operate a home and the superintendent or administrator of each county home or district home for which a license as a residential care facility is sought shall apply for a license to the director of health. The director shall issue a license for the home, if after investigation of the applicant and, if required by section 3721.02 of the Revised Code, inspection of the home, the following requirements or conditions are satisfied or complied with: (A) The applicant has not been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; (B) The applicant is not violating any of the rules adopted by the director of health or any order issued by the director; (C) The applicant has not had a license to operate the home revoked pursuant to section 3721.03 of the Revised Code because of any act or omission that jeopardized a resident's health, welfare, or safety nor has the applicant had a long-standing pattern of violations of this chapter or rules adopted under it that caused physical, emotional, mental, or psychosocial harm to one or more residents. (D) The buildings in which the home is housed have been approved by the state fire marshal or a township, municipal, or other legally constituted fire department approved by the marshal. In the approval of a home such agencies shall apply standards prescribed by the board of building standards, and by the state fire marshal, and by section 3721.071 of the Revised Code. (E) The applicant, if it is an individual, or the principal participants, if it is an association or a corporation, is or are suitable financially and morally to operate a home; (F) The applicant is equipped to furnish humane, kind, and adequate treatment and care; (G) The home does not maintain or contain: (1) Facilities for the performance of major surgical procedures; (2) Facilities for providing therapeutic radiation; (3) An emergency ward; (4) A clinical laboratory unless it is under the supervision of a clinical pathologist who is a licensed physician in this state; (5) Facilities for radiological examinations unless such examinations are performed only by a person licensed to practice medicine, surgery, or dentistry in this state. (H) The home does not accept or treat outpatients, except upon the written orders of a physician licensed in this state, maternity cases, boarding children, and does not house transient guests, other than participants in an adult day-care program, for twenty-four hours or less; (I) The home is in compliance with sections 3721.28 and 3721.29 of the Revised Code. When the director issues a license, the license shall remain in effect until revoked by the director or voided at the request of the applicant; provided, there shall be an annual renewal fee payable during the month of January of each calendar year. Any licensed home that does not pay its renewal fee in January shall pay, beginning the first day of February, a late fee of one hundred dollars for each week or part thereof that the renewal fee is not paid. If either the renewal fee or the late fee is not paid by the fifteenth day of February, the director may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, revoke the home's license. If, under division (B)(5) of section 3721.03 of the Revised Code, the license of a person has been revoked or the license of a county home or district home to operate as a residential care facility has been revoked, the director of health shall not issue a license to the person or home at any time. A person whose license is revoked, and a county home or district home that has its license as a residential care facility revoked other than under division (B)(5) of section 3721.03 of the Revised Code, for any reason other than nonpayment of the license renewal fee or late fees shall not be issued a new license under this chapter until a period of one year following the date of revocation has elapsed. Any applicant who is denied a license may appeal in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3718.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3718 / § 3718.06
§ 3718.06. Fees; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) A board of health shall establish fees in accordance with section 3709.09 of the Revised Code for the purpose of carrying out its duties under this chapter and rules adopted under it, including fees for installation permits, operation permits, and alteration permits issued by the board. All fees so established and collected by the board shall be deposited in a special fund of the district to be used exclusively by the board in carrying out those duties. (B) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of health may establish by rule a fee to be collected from applicants for installation permits and alteration permits issued under rules adopted under this chapter. The director of health shall use not more than ninety per cent of the proceeds from that fee for administering and enforcing this chapter and the rules adopted under it by the director. The director shall use not less than ten per cent of the proceeds from that fee to establish a program in cooperation with boards of health to fund installation and evaluation of sewage treatment system new technology pilot projects through grants or other agreements. In the selection of pilot projects, the director shall consult with the sewage treatment system technical advisory committee. A board of health shall collect and transmit the fee to the director pursuant to section 3709.092 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3718.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3718 / § 3718.11
§ 3718.11. Request for hearing
Status: in_force

September 17, 2010 Senate Bill 110 - 128th General Assembly (A) A property owner may request a hearing with the board of health for any reason described in division (A)(18) of section 3718.02 of the Revised Code. A property owner may appeal the results of the hearing to either of the following: (1) The court of common pleas of the county in which the property owner's land is located; (2) A sewage treatment system appeals board that is established in accordance with this section. (B) A property owner that wishes to appeal to a sewage treatment system appeals board shall file the appeal with the board of health within whose jurisdiction the property owner's land is located. Upon receipt of a filing, the board of health shall send the filing of the appeal to the chairperson of the sewage treatment system appeals board for the county in which the board of health has jurisdiction. (C)(1) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, a sewage treatment system appeals board shall be appointed for each county as follows: (a) One member shall be appointed by the health commissioner of the general health district having jurisdiction in the county. (b) One member shall be appointed by the judge of the probate court of the county having the longest continuous service as a judge of the probate court. (c) One member shall be appointed by the director of health. (2) Terms of appointment to a sewage treatment system appeals board shall be for two years. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. (3) The person appointed by the judge of the probate court shall serve as chairperson of the board. A majority vote of the members of the board is necessary to take action on any matter. The chairperson of the board shall designate the time and location for a hearing before the board. Members of the board shall serve without compensation. (4) A board of health shall send an appeal that has been filed with the board of health under division (B) of this section to the sewage treatment system appeals board immediately after the appeal has been filed. Not later than forty-five days after a hearing before a sewage treatment system appeals board, the board shall issue a written decision concerning an appeal before the board. (5) The judge of the probate court who made an appointment to the board under this section shall establish due process procedures to be used by the applicable sewage treatment system appeals board appointed under this section for the purpose of hearing appeals regarding orders and decisions of a board of health. All appeals before the applicable sewage treatment system appeals board shall be conducted in accordance with those procedures. The procedures may include filing fees applicable to appeals conducted by the sewage treatment system appeals board. (D) An appeal before a sewage treatment system appeals board is final, and no further appeal may be taken.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3797.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3797 / § 3797.09
§ 3797.09. Materials supplied by registrants are public records
Status: in_force

August 3, 2006 Senate Bill 17 - 126th General Assembly Any statements, information, or photographs that are required to be provided, and that are provided, by a registrant pursuant to section 3797.02 , 3797.03 , or 3797.04 of the Revised Code and that are in the possession of a county sheriff are public records open to public inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.247 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.247
§ 3701.247. Order compelling HIV testing
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A)(1) Any of the following persons may bring an action in a probate court for an order compelling another person to undergo HIV testing: (a) A person who believes the person may have been exposed to HIV infection while rendering health or emergency care to the other person; (b) A peace officer who believes the peace officer may have been exposed to HIV infection while dealing with the other person in the performance of official duties. (2) The complaint in the action shall be accompanied by an affidavit in which the plaintiff attests to all of the following: (a) While rendering health or emergency care to the defendant, or while dealing with the defendant in the performance of the plaintiff's duties, the plaintiff sustained a significant exposure to body fluids of the defendant that are known to transmit HIV; (b) The plaintiff has reason to believe the defendant may have an HIV infection; (c) The plaintiff made a reasonable attempt to have the defendant submit to HIV testing in accordance with section 3701.242 of the Revised Code, and notified the defendant that the plaintiff would bring an action under this section on the defendant's refusal or failure to be tested, but the defendant has not been tested; (d) Within seven days after the exposure, the plaintiff took an HIV test. In the complaint, the defendant shall be identified by a pseudonym and the defendant's name communicated to the court confidentially pursuant to a court order restricting the use of the name. Proceedings shall be conducted in chambers unless the defendant agrees to a hearing in open court. (B) The court shall hold a hearing on the complaint at the earliest possible time but not later than the third business day after the day the defendant is served with the complaint and notice of the hearing. The court shall enter judgment on the complaint on the day the hearing is concluded. (C) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 3701.242 of the Revised Code, the court may order the defendant to undergo HIV testing if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that the plaintiff has proved the matters attested to in the plaintiff's affidavit and has demonstrated that the plaintiff has a compelling need for the results of the test and no other means exist to accommodate the need. If granted, the order shall guard against unauthorized disclosure of the test results by specifying the persons and governmental entities that may have access to the results and by limiting further disclosure. The court shall require that the defendant be given test results and, if the defendant's test results are HIV-positive, that post-test counseling be provided the defendant in accordance with division (C) of section 3701.242 of the Revised Code. The court may order the plaintiff to pay the cost of the defendant's testing and counseling.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.0810 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.0810
§ 3769.0810. Collection and settlement agent for simulcast fees
Status: in_force

July 1, 2015 House Bill 386 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Collection and settlement agent" means the permit holder designated by the state racing commission under division (B) of this section. (2) "Racing week" means a seven-day period commencing on a Monday and ending on a Sunday. (3) "Simulcast guest" and "simulcast host" have the same meanings as in section 3769.089 of the Revised Code. (4) "Satellite facility" has the same meaning as in section 3769.25 of the Revised Code. (5) "Settlement of wagering accounts" means the exchange of funds in order to equalize payments of winning wagers at all tracks and facilities participating in a common pari-mutuel pool. (B) Except as provided in division (K) of this section, the state racing commission shall annually appoint as the collection and settlement agent one or more permit holders of tracks that hold no fewer than three fifty-six-day permits issued under section 3769.07 of the Revised Code. The collection and settlement agent shall give a cash or surety bond payable to the treasurer of state in an amount set by the commission for the performance of its duties under this section, and the bond shall be filed with the commission. (C)(1) At the close of each day, each permit holder acting as a simulcast guest shall pay, by check, draft, or money order, or by wire transfer of funds, out of the money retained on that day to the collection and settlement agent an amount equal to one-half of one per cent of the total of all moneys wagered on that day on out-of-state simulcast racing programs simulcast to the simulcast guest from a simulcast host, to reimburse the simulcast host for administrative and simulcast costs. (2) Within five business days after the close of each racing week, the collection and settlement agent shall pay and distribute to each simulcast host operating during that racing week its pro rata share of the fees collected from simulcast guests during that racing week. If a simulcast host acted as a host for day-simulcast racing programs only, then its share of the fees collected by the collection and settlement agent shall be computed and based on fees paid by simulcast guests offering such day-simulcast racing programs at their tracks. If a simulcast host acted as a simulcast host for evening-simulcast racing programs only, then its share of the fees shall be computed and based on fees paid by simulcast guests offering such evening-simulcast racing programs at their tracks. In making a calculation of the amount of fees to be distributed to simulcast hosts, the collection and settlement agent shall allocate equally between the accounts of simulcast hosts conducting only day-simulcast racing programs and only evening-simulcast racing programs those fees received by the agent from simulcast guests for simulcast racing programs that commenced on or after three p.m. and on or before four p.m. The times listed in division (C)(2) of this section are standard time as described in section 1.04 of the Revised Code and in the "Uniform Time Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 107, 15 U.S.C. 260 to 265. (D)(1) At the close of each day, each permit holder shall pay, by check, draft, or money order, or by wire transfer of funds, out of the money retained on that day to the collection and settlement agent the intrastate simulcast fee provided in division (D) of section 3769.089 of the Revised Code in the amount equal to one and three-eighths per cent of the total of all moneys wagered on that day at its track or enclosure on live races conducted in this state and simulcast to its facility. (2) Within five business days after the close of each racing week, the collection and settlement agent shall pay and distribute to permit holders that conducted live racing programs in this state during that racing week their share of the fees collected from other permit holders for that racing week. (E) At the close of each day, each permit holder and satellite facility shall pay, by check, draft, or money order, or by wire transfer of funds, out of the money retained on that day to the collection and settlement agent a sum equal to required fees due to tracks, racing associations, or state regulatory agencies located outside this state for races simulcast into this state based on the totals of all money wagered that day at its track or enclosure or satellite facility on simulcast racing programs of races conducted outside this state. The collection and settlement agent shall inform the permit holders and the satellite facilities each day of the fee charged by each track, racing association, or state regulatory agency located outside this state for the simulcast of simulcast racing programs on races conducted outside this state and simulcast into this state. The collection and settlement agent shall be responsible for paying and disbursing to these tracks, racing associations, and state regulatory agencies on a timely basis the fees collected by it from permit holders and satellite facilities under this division. (F) On or before the tenth day of each month, the collection and settlement agent shall file a report with the state racing commission showing all of the following: (1) All collections of moneys and fees from permit holders and satellite facilities during the preceding calendar month; (2) All payments and disbursements made by the agent to permit holders operating as simulcast hosts and the method of calculation of the share of each simulcast host; (3) All payments and disbursements of required fees to tracks, racing associations, and state regulatory agencies located outside this state from which there were simulcasts of simulcast racing programs into this state; (4) Such other information regarding the performance of its duties under this section as the commission may request. (G) All moneys and fees received and collected by the collection and settlement agent shall be deposited into, and disbursed from, separate bank accounts maintained with banks domiciled in this state established by the agent for this purpose, and no other funds or money of the agent or any other person shall be commingled with, deposited into, or withdrawn from the accounts. The collection and settlement agent may retain as its fee for services it provides and expenses it incurs in the performance of its duties under this section any interest earned on the bank accounts maintained by the agent under this division. The commission shall annually audit the bank account records, and the books and records, of the collection and settlement agent. (H)(1) The collection and settlement agent shall assist permit holders and satellite facilities in the settlement of wagering accounts between and among simulcast hosts, simulcast guests, and satellite facilities for intrastate simulcast racing programs. (2) The collection and settlement agent on behalf of all permit holders and satellite facilities operating in this state shall be responsible for the settlement of wagering accounts for interstate simulcast racing programs with all tracks, racing associations, and state regulatory agencies located outside this state. The agent shall notify each permit holder and satellite facility not less frequently than weekly of the amounts that may be due from it, or the amounts that may be due to it, for the settlement of wagering accounts on interstate simulcast racing programs simulcast into this state during the preceding race week. If a permit holder or satellite facility owes money for the settlement of wagering accounts for that racing week, it shall promptly pay, by check, draft, or money order, or by wire transfer of funds, to the agent the amount due. From the amounts it collects, the agent shall pay and disburse to permit holders and satellite facilities and to tracks, racing associations, and state regulatory agencies located outside this state, the amounts necessary to provide for the settlement of wagering accounts for that racing week. (I) If a permit holder or satellite facility fails to timely pay and remit to the collection and settlement agent the money and fees provided for in this section and in sections 3769.089 and 3769.26 of the Revised Code, the agent shall promptly notify the commission, or if the collection and settlement agent fails to collect, pay, disburse, and account for, the moneys and fees in the manner provided for in this section, then in any such event or occurrence, based on the information in the commission's possession, the commission may issue an emergency order prohibiting the permit holder, satellite facility, or agent, as the case may be, from serving as a simulcast host or simulcast guest or from receiving any simulcast racing program, and conducting wagering thereon, at its track or satellite facility, until such time as the permit holder, satellite facility, or agent complies with the requirements of this section and sections 3769.089 and 3769.26 of the Revised Code in the manner and to the extent set forth in the commission's order. In addition, the commission may make an assessment against the permit holder, satellite facility, or agent, as the case may be, based on information in the commission's possession. The commission shall give the party assessed written notice of the assessment by personal service or certified mail. All assessments not paid within thirty days after service of the notice of assessment, shall bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code computed from and after the date the assessment is made by the commission and entered in its official records until paid. Unless the party to whom the notice of assessment is directed files with the commission, within thirty days after service of the notice of assessment, either personally or by certified mail, a petition for reassessment in writing, signed by the party assessed, or by the party's authorized agent having knowledge of the facts, the assessment shall become conclusive and the amount of the assessment, together with interest on it, shall be due and payable from the party assessed to the commission. The petition shall indicate the objections of the party assessed, but additional objections may be raised in writing if received prior to the date shown on the final determination by the commission. Unless the petitioner waives a hearing, the commission shall assign a time and place for the hearing on the petition and notify the petitioner of the time and place of the hearing by personal service or certified mail, but the commission may continue the hearing from time to time if necessary. The commission may make such correction to its assessment as it finds proper. The commission shall serve a copy of its final determination on the petitioner by personal service or certified mail, and its decision in the matter is final, subject to appeal under section 119.12 of the Revised Code. After an assessment becomes final, if any portion of the assessment, or interest due on it, remains unpaid, a certified copy of the commission's entry making the assessment final may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas in the county in which the track for which the permit was issued is located or the county in which the party assessed resides or has its principal place of business. If the party assessed maintains no place of business in this state and is not a resident of this state, the certified copy of the entry may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of Franklin county. The clerk, immediately upon the filing of such entry, shall enter a judgment for the state against the party assessed in the amount shown on the entry. From the date of the filing of the entry in the clerk's office, any unpaid portion of the assessment, including the interest, shall bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed in section 5703.47 of the Revised Code and shall have the same effect as other judgments. Execution shall issue upon the judgment upon request of the commission, and all laws applicable to sales on execution apply to sales made under the judgment. If the judgment is entered against the collection and settlement agent, the commission may immediately proceed against the agent's bond and surety for the full amount of the judgment and interest on it. Any assessment, including interest on it, paid to or collected by the commission shall be deposited with the treasurer of state to the account of the commission, and the fee portion of such amount shall be distributed by the treasurer of state on order of the commission to the collection and settlement agent or to the permit holders and satellite facilities entitled to receive such fees, as the case may be under the circumstances. (J) The commission may adopt rules for the implementation and administration of this section. (K)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, after sixty days notification to the commission, a permit holder may take responsibility for handling any payments and distributions required of a collection and settlement agent under this section for any or all related permits under common ownership in lieu of making the required payments and distributions through the collection and settlement agent designated by the state racing commission under division (B) of this section. (2) Any permit holder having responsibility for payments and distributions required under division (K)(1) of this section shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, file a report with the state racing commission showing the following: (a) All payments and disbursements made by the permit holder to permit holders operating as simulcast hosts and the method of calculation of the share of each simulcast host; (b) All payments and disbursements of required fees to tracks, racing associations, and state regulatory agencies located outside this state from which there were simulcasts of simulcast racing programs into the permit holder facilities; (c) Such other information regarding the performance of the permit holder's duties under this section as the commission may request. (3) A permit holder having responsibility for payments and distributions required under division (K)(1) of this section may utilize an authorized agent to make the required payments and distributions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.381 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.381
§ 3727.381. Hospital price transparency fund
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 173 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the hospital price transparency fund, consisting of administrative penalties collected under section 3727.38 of the Revised Code. The director of health shall administer the fund. The amounts deposited shall be used for purposes of administering and enforcing sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code, except that the director may use a portion for purposes of informing the public about the availability of hospital price information and other consumer rights under those sections. Last updated March 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.114 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.114
§ 3745.114. Water quality certification fee - exemptions
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 175 - 134th General Assembly (A) A person that applies for a section 401 water quality certification under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it shall pay an application fee of two hundred dollars at the time of application plus any of the following fees, as applicable: (1) If the water resource to be impacted is a wetland, a review fee of five hundred dollars per acre of wetland to be impacted; (2) If the water resource to be impacted is a stream one of the following fees, as applicable: (a) For an intermittent stream, a review fee of ten dollars per linear foot of stream to be impacted, or two hundred dollars, whichever is greater; (b) For a perennial stream, a review fee of fifteen dollars per linear foot of stream to be impacted, or two hundred dollars, whichever is greater. (3) If the water resource to be impacted is a lake, a review fee of three dollars per cubic yard of dredged or fill material to be moved. (B) One-half of all applicable review fees levied under this section shall be due at the time of application for a section 401 water quality certification. The remainder of the fees shall be paid upon the final disposition of the application for a section 401 water quality certification. The total fee to be paid under this section shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars per application. However, if the applicant is a county, township, or municipal corporation in this state, the total fee to be paid shall not exceed five thousand dollars per application. (C) All money collected under this section shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state for deposit into the state treasury to the credit of the surface water protection fund created in section 6111.038 of the Revised Code. (D) The fees established under this section do not apply to any state agency as defined in section 119.01 of the Revised Code or to the United States army corps of engineers. (E) The fees established under this section do not apply to projects that are authorized by the environmental protection agency's general certifications of nationwide permits or general permits issued by the United States army corps of engineers. As used in this division, "general permit" and "nationwide permit" have the same meanings as in rules adopted under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code. (F) Coal mining and reclamation operations that are authorized under Chapter 1513. of the Revised Code are exempt from the fees established under this section for one year after March 30, 2006. (G) As used in this section: (1) "Ephemeral feature" means surface water flowing or pooling only in direct response to precipitation, such as rain or snow. "Ephemeral feature" does not include a wetland as defined in section 6111.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Intermittent stream" means a stream that is below the local water table and flows for at least a part of each year and that obtains its flow from both surface runoff and ground water discharge. (3) "Perennial stream" means a stream or a part of a stream that flows continuously during all of the calendar year as a result of ground water discharge or surface water runoff. "Perennial stream" does not include an intermittent stream or an ephemeral feature. Last updated May 3, 2022 at 12:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3739.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3739 / § 3739.05
§ 3739.05. Manufacturer to retain copies of test reports
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 500 - 127th General Assembly (A) Each manufacturer shall maintain copies of the reports of all tests conducted on all cigarettes offered for sale in this state for a period of three years after a test is concluded, and shall make copies of these reports available to the state fire marshal and the attorney general upon receipt of a written request from the state fire marshal or attorney general. (B) No manufacturer shall fail to make these copies available to the state fire marshal or attorney general within sixty days after receiving such a request from the state fire marshal or the attorney general.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.12
§ 3704.12. Prohibition concerning motor vehicle fuel containing MTBE
Status: in_force

August 28, 2002 House Bill 425 - 124th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (C) of this section, on or after July 1, 2005, no person shall sell or deliver to any distributor within this state, or import into this state for sale in this state, any motor vehicle fuel containing methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in quantities greater than one-half of one per cent by volume. (B) The attorney general, upon the request of the director of environmental protection, shall commence an action for injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction against any person violating or threatening to violate division (A) of this section. The court may grant temporary as well as permanent injunctive relief. (C) The prohibitions of this section shall not operate unless the United States environmental protection agency grants a waiver allowing this state to control or prohibit the use of MTBE in motor vehicle fuels. The director of environmental protection shall apply for this waiver in a timely manner in order to obtain it before July 1, 2005.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.99
§ 3721.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 4, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) If the director of health determines that a violation of sections 3721.01 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code has occurred, the director may do any of the following: (1) Request a licensee to submit an acceptable plan of correction to the director stating all of the following: (a) The actions being taken or to be taken to correct the violation; (b) The time frame for completion of the plan of correction; (c) The means by which continuing compliance with the plan of correction will be monitored. (2) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, impose a civil monetary penalty as follows: (a) For violations that result in no actual harm with the potential for more than minimal harm that is not a real and present danger to one or more residents, that are cited more than once during a fifteen-month period from the exit of an inspection, a civil penalty of not less than two thousand dollars and not more than three thousand dollars. (b) For violations that result in actual harm that is not a real and present danger to one or more residents, a civil penalty of not less than three thousand one hundred dollars and not more than six thousand dollars. (c) For violations that result in a real and present danger to one or more residents, a civil penalty of not less than six thousand one dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars. (d)(i) For violations of sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code, other than a violation of division (E) of section 3721.17 of the Revised Code, a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than five thousand dollars for a first offense. For each subsequent offense, the violator may be fined not less than two thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars. (ii) For violations of division (E) of section 3721.17 of the Revised Code, a civil penalty up to five thousand dollars for each offense. (e) For violations of division (A) or (C) of section 3721.05 or division (B) of section 3721.051 of the Revised Code shall be fined five thousand dollars for a first offense. For each subsequent offense, the violator shall be fined ten thousand dollars. (3) In accordance with section 3721.03 of the Revised Code, revoke a license to operate. (B) All monies collected by the director under division (A) of this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code for use only in administering and enforcing this chapter and the rules adopted under it. (C) In determining a civil monetary penalty under division (A)(2) of this section, the director shall consider all of the following: (1) The number of residents directly affected by the violation; (2) The number of staff involved in the violation; (3) Any actions taken by the home to correct or mitigate the violation, including the timeliness and sufficiency of the home's response to the violation and the outcome of that response; (4) Any concurrent federal penalties being imposed for the same violations by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services, which shall reduce any civil monetary penalty imposed under this section by the same amount; (5) The home's history of compliance. (D) If the director determines the need for a civil monetary penalty under this section, the director may enter into settlement negotiations with the affected home. Settlements may include any of the following: (1) A lesser civil monetary penalty than initially proposed; (2) Allowing the home to invest an amount equal to or less than the proposed civil monetary penalty on remedial measures or quality improvement initiatives designed to reduce the likelihood of similar violations occurring in the future, which, unless authorized by the director, shall be conducted or undertaken by a third party; (3) Other penalties warranted by the deficient practice and negotiations between the director and the home. (E) Whoever violates division (D) of section 3721.031 or division (E) of section 3721.22 of the Revised Code is guilty of registering a false complaint, a misdemeanor of the first degree. (F) Whoever violates section 3721.66 of the Revised Code is guilty of tampering with an electronic monitoring device, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Last updated January 9, 2024 at 2:17 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.27
§ 3707.27. Board may offer vaccination free or at reasonable charge - fee payable to state
Status: in_force

November 15, 1981 House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly The board of health of a city or general health district may take measures, supply agents, and afford inducements and facilities for gratuitous vaccination, or may make reasonable charges for such vaccination. Where a city or general health district provides vaccinations using a vaccine provided by the Ohio department of health, the city or general health district shall pay fifty cents for each such vaccination which shall be payable to the treasurer of state and shall be credited to the general revenue fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.07
§ 3701.07. Residents' rights advocates to register with department
Status: in_force

September 30, 2024 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Every governmental entity or private nonprofit corporation or association whose employees or representatives are defined as residents' rights advocates under divisions (E)(1) and (2) of section 3721.10 of the Revised Code shall register with the department of health on forms furnished by the director of health and shall provide such reasonable identifying information as the director may prescribe. The department shall compile a list of the governmental entities, corporations, or associations registering under this division and shall update the list annually. Copies of the list shall be made available to nursing home administrators as defined in division (C) of section 3721.10 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 30, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.76
§ 3707.76. Immunity from civil liability
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) An individual or public or private entity providing records, documents, reports, or other information to a fetal-infant mortality review board is immune from any civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that otherwise might be incurred or imposed as a result of providing the records, documents, reports, or information to the board. (B) Each board member is immune from any civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of the member's participation on the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3750.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3750 / § 3750.01
§ 3750.01. Emergency planning definitions
Status: in_force

December 14, 1988 Senate Bill 367 - 117th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Confidential business information" means the types or categories of information identified in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(h) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Extremely hazardous substance" means a substance identified or listed by the rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a) or (C)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. (C) "Emergency planning district" means an emergency planning district or joint emergency planning district designated under section 3750.03 of the Revised Code or a joint interstate emergency planning district established by agreement under that section. (D) "Facility" means all buildings, equipment, structures, and other stationary items that are located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites and that are owned or operated by the same person or by any person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such person. For the purposes of section 3750.06 of the Revised Code, the term also includes motor vehicles, rolling stock, and aircraft. (E) "Fire department" means a fire department of a municipal corporation or township, a township fire district, a joint township fire district, a private fire company or volunteer fire company that has entered into an agreement for the use and operation of fire-fighting equipment with a municipal corporation, township, township fire district, or joint township fire district or, in a municipal corporation or township where no such fire department or district exists and no such agreement is in effect, the fire prevention officer of the municipal corporation or township. (F) "First response equipment" means equipment, other than emergency response and firefighting vehicles, designed primarily for the purpose of facilitating the safe and efficient response to unanticipated and unauthorized releases of hazardous substances and extremely hazardous substances. (G) "Hazardous chemical" has the meaning given to that term in 29 C.F.R. 1910. 1200(c). The term also includes chemicals identified or listed in rules adopted under division (C)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code, but does not include any of the following: (1) Any food, food additive, color additive, drug, or cosmetic regulated by the food and drug administration of the United States department of health and human services; (2) Any substance present as a solid in any manufactured item, to the extent that exposure to the substance does not occur under normal conditions of use; (3) Any substance to the extent it is used for personal, family, or household purposes, or is present in the same form and concentration as a product packaged for distribution and use by the general public, including, without limitation, household and consumer products that are stored prior to or displayed for distribution to the consumer when in the same form and concentration and products that are not intended for distribution to the general public and are in the same form and concentration as products packaged for distribution to and use by the general public, unless the chemical is subject to a reporting requirement for which a variance has been issued under division (B) or (C) of section 3750.11 of the Revised Code; (4) Any substance to the extent it is used in a research laboratory or a hospital or other medical facility under the direct supervision of a technically qualified individual; (5) Any substance to the extent it is used in routine agricultural operations or is a fertilizer held for sale by a retailer to the ultimate customer. (H) "Hazardous substance" means a substance identified or listed by the rules adopted under division (B)(1)(c) or (C)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. (I) "Local emergency planning committee" means the local emergency planning committee of an emergency planning district, joint emergency planning district, or joint interstate planning district established under section 3750.03 of the Revised Code. (J) "Oil" means oil of any kind or in any form including, without limitation, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil. (K) "Person" means the state, any political subdivision, any other state or local body, the United States and any agency or instrumentality thereof, and any person as defined in section 1.59 of the Revised Code. (L) "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of into the environment, including, without limitation, the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles that contained any oil, hazardous chemical, hazardous substance, or extremely hazardous substance. The term does not include any discharge, emission, injection, or disposal into the environment of any oil, hazardous chemical, hazardous substance, or extremely hazardous substance that is in compliance with Chapter 1509., 3704., 3734., or 6111. of the Revised Code, rules adopted thereunder, the terms or conditions of a current and valid permit or license, or order, issued thereunder, or a plan approval made thereunder. (M) "Vessel" means every watercraft or other artificial contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.