Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.33
§ 3709.33. Legal advisor in general health districts
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In general health districts the prosecuting attorney of the county constituting all or a major part of such district shall act as the legal advisor of the board of health. In a proceeding in which the board is a party the prosecuting attorney of the county in which such proceeding is instituted shall act as the legal representative of the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.99
§ 3737.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 28, 2006 House Bill 422 - 126th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 3737.28 of the Revised Code may be summarily punished, by the officer concerned, by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or commitment to the county jail until that person is willing to comply with the order of such officer. (B) Except as a violation of section 2923.17 of the Revised Code involves subject matter covered by the state fire code and except as such a violation is covered by division (G) of this section, whoever violates division (A) of section 3737.51 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates section 3737.61 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (D) Whoever violates section 3737.62 or 3737.64 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (E) Whoever violates section 3737.63 or division (A) or (B) of section 3737.65 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (F) Whoever violates division (C)(3) or (D)(5) of section 3737.73 of the Revised Code shall be fined one thousand dollars. (G) Whoever violates section 3737.66 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (H) Whoever knowingly violates division (C) of section 3737.882 of the Revised Code is guilty of an unclassified felony and shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than fourteen months, or both. Whoever recklessly violates division (C) of section 3737.882 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (I) Whoever knowingly violates division (F)(1), (2), or (3) of section 3737.881 or section 3737.93 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (J) Whoever knowingly violates division (B) or (C) of section 3737.91 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3767.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3767 / § 3767.04
§ 3767.04. Procedure in injunction action
Status: in_force

June 1, 1992 House Bill 343 - 119th General Assembly (A) The civil action provided for in section 3767.03 of the Revised Code shall be commenced in the court of common pleas of the county in which the nuisance is located. At the commencement of the action, a complaint alleging the facts constituting the nuisance shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas. (B)(1) After the filing of the complaint, an application for a temporary injunction may be filed with the court or a judge of the court. A hearing shall be held on the application within ten days after the filing. (2) If an application for a temporary injunction is filed, the court or a judge of the court, on application of the complainant, may issue an ex parte restraining order restraining the defendant and all other persons from removing or in any manner interfering with the personal property and contents of the place where the nuisance is alleged to exist until the decision of the court or judge granting or refusing the requested temporary injunction and until the further order of the court. The restraining order may be served by handing it to and leaving a copy of it with any person who is in charge of the place where the nuisance is alleged to exist or who resides in that place, by posting a copy of it in a conspicuous place at or upon one or more of the principal doors or entrances to that place, or by both delivery and posting. The officer serving the restraining order forthwith shall make and return into court an inventory of the personal property and contents situated in and used in conducting or maintaining the nuisance. Any violation of the restraining order is a contempt of court, and, if the order is posted, its mutilation or removal while it remains in force is a contempt of court, provided the posted order contains a notice to that effect. (3) A copy of the complaint, a copy of the application for the temporary injunction, and a notice of the time and place of the hearing on the application shall be served upon the defendant at least five days before the hearing. If the hearing then is continued on the motion of any defendant, the requested temporary injunction shall be granted as a matter of course. If, upon hearing, the allegations of the complaint are sustained to the satisfaction of the court or judge, the court or judge shall issue a temporary injunction without additional bond restraining the defendant and any other person from continuing the nuisance. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, if at the time of granting the temporary injunction it further appears that the person owning, in control, or in charge of the nuisance so enjoined had received five days' notice of the hearing and unless that person shows to the satisfaction of the court or judge that the nuisance complained of is abated or that he proceeded forthwith to enforce his rights under section 3767.10 of the Revised Code, the court or judge forthwith shall issue an order closing the place against its use for any purpose of lewdness, assignation, prostitution, or other prohibited conduct until a final decision is rendered on the complaint for the requested permanent injunction. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the order closing the place also shall continue in effect for that further period any restraining order already issued under division (B)(2) of this section, or, if a restraining order was not so issued, the order closing the place shall include an order restraining for that further period the removal or interference with the personal property and contents located in the place. The order closing the place shall be served and an inventory of the personal property and contents situated in the place shall be made and filed as provided in division (B)(2) of this section for restraining orders. (C) The owner of any real or personal property closed or restrained or to be closed or restrained may appear in the court of common pleas between the time of the filing of the complaint for the permanent injunction described in division (A) of this section and the hearing on the complaint, and, if all costs incurred are paid and if the owner of the real property files a bond with sureties approved by the clerk, in the full value of the real property as ascertained by the court or, in vacation, by the judge, and conditioned that the owner of the real property immediately will abate the nuisance and prevent it from being established or kept until the decision of the court or judge is rendered on the complaint for the permanent injunction, the court or judge in vacation, if satisfied of the good faith of the owner of the real property and of innocence on the part of any owner of the personal property of any knowledge of the use of the personal property as a nuisance and that, with reasonable care and diligence, the owner of the personal property could not have known of its use as a nuisance, shall deliver the real or personal property, or both, to the respective owners and discharge or refrain from issuing at the time of the hearing on the application for the temporary injunction any order closing the real property or restraining the removal or interference with the personal property. The release of any real or personal property under this division shall not release it from any judgment, lien, penalty, or liability to which it may be subjected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.50
§ 3709.50. Order or regulation may apply only to specific persons
Status: in_force

June 23, 2021 Senate Bill 22 - 134th General Assembly Notwithstanding anything in this chapter, 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, or any person acting on the board's or authority's behalf, may issue an order or regulation that applies only to specific persons. Any order or regulation that applies to a class of persons in violation of this section is invalid and has no legal effect. As used in this section, "person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code. Last updated May 4, 2021 at 1:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3731.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3731 / § 3731.05
§ 3731.05. Inspections by fire marshal - alterations or changes to achieve compliance
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 Senate Bill 237 - 127th General Assembly (A)(1) The state fire marshal shall inspect, prior to issuance or renewal of a license and at any other time necessary, every hotel and SRO facility which comes within sections 3731.01 to 3731.21 of the Revised Code. (2) The state fire marshal shall have the right of entry into such hotels and SRO facilities at any reasonable time. (3) Whenever, upon inspection, it is found that such business and property is not being conducted, or is not equipped in the manner and condition required by such sections, the rules adopted pursuant to them, or the state fire code adopted pursuant to section 3737.82 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall notify the owner, proprietor, or agent in charge of such business, or the owner or agent of the building so occupied, of such violations and of any changes or alterations as may be necessary to effect a complete compliance with sections 3731.01 to 3731.21 of the Revised Code, the rules adopted pursuant to those sections, or the state fire code adopted pursuant to section 3737.82 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Upon receipt of a notice from the state fire marshal under section 3731.06 of the Revised Code or a citation issued by the state fire marshal pursuant to section 3737.41 or 3737.42 of the Revised Code, the owner, proprietor, or agent in charge of such business shall bring the hotel or SRO facility into compliance with the requirements of this chapter, the rules adopted pursuant to it, or the state fire code adopted pursuant to section 3737.82 of the Revised Code, by making such alterations or changes as may be necessary to put such building and premises in a condition of complete compliance within a reasonable time set by the state fire marshal after being notified by the state fire marshal. An owner, proprietor, or agent in charge of a hotel or SRO facility may request the state fire marshal to extend the time period the state fire marshal establishes to allow the owner, proprietor, or agent to accomplish such alterations or changes. The state fire marshal may grant that request if the owner, proprietor, or agent is able to demonstrate that a longer time is necessary to make such alterations or changes to put such building and premises in a condition of complete compliance and that such an extension does not conflict with any conditions imposed by the board of building appeals after a hearing conducted under section 3737.43 or 3781.19 of the Revised Code. (2) Any owner, proprietor, or agent, who knowingly fails to bring the hotel or SRO facility into compliance with the requirements of this chapter, the rules adopted pursuant to it, or the state fire code adopted pursuant to section 3737.82 of the Revised Code, by not making the necessary alterations or changes specified in the notification by the state fire marshal is in violation of this section. (C) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the state fire marshal to take any action permitted under sections 3737.41 to 3737.51 of the Revised Code against a hotel or SRO facility in addition to or instead of taking action against the hotel or SRO facility, or the license issued to the hotel or SRO facility under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3751.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3751 / § 3751.10
§ 3751.10. Prosecutions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law of the city where a violation has occurred or is occurring, upon the written request of the director of environmental protection, shall prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person who has violated or is violating any section of this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued under it. The court of common pleas in which an action for injunction is filed has the jurisdiction to and shall grant preliminary and permanent injunctive relief upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought has violated or is violating any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. The court shall give precedence to such an action over all other cases. Upon the certified written request of any person, the director shall conduct such investigations and make such inquiries as are necessary to secure compliance with this chapter or rules adopted or orders issued under it. The director may, upon request or upon the director's own initiative, investigate or make inquiries into any violation of this chapter or rules adopted or orders issued under it. (B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 3751.03 , division (B)(1) or (2) of section 3751.04 of the Revised Code, or an order issued under this chapter, shall pay a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day of violation. The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law of the city where a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it has occurred or is occurring, upon the written request of the director, shall bring an action for imposition of a civil penalty under this division against any person who has committed or is committing any such violation. All civil penalties received under this division shall be credited to the toxic chemical release reporting fund created in section 3751.05 of the Revised Code. (C) Any action for injunction or civil penalties under division (A) or (B) of this section is a civil action governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.86
§ 3702.86. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

June 24, 2008 House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer sections 3702.85 to 3702.95 of the Revised Code. In preparing rules, the director shall consult with the dentist loan repayment advisory board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3776.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3776 / § 3776.09
§ 3776.09. [Former R.C. 4736.13, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3776.09 by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] Denial, refusal, revocation, or suspension of certificate
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of health may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, or suspend a certificate of registration to practice in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for unprofessional conduct, the practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of registration, dereliction of duty, incompetence in the practice of environmental health science, or for other good and sufficient cause. Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3713.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3713 / § 3713.09
§ 3713.09. Inspectors - investigations
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The superintendent of industrial compliance may appoint inspectors and periodically inspect and investigate any establishment where bedding or stuffed toys are manufactured, made, remade, renovated, repaired, sanitized, sold, or offered for sale, or where previously used material is processed for use in the manufacture of bedding or stuffed toys. (1) Each inspector shall make a written report to the superintendent of each examination and inspection complete with the inspector's findings and recommendations. Inspectors may place "off sale" any article of bedding or stuffed toy offered for sale, or found in the possession of any person with the intent to sell, in violation of section 3713.02 of the Revised Code. Inspectors shall perform other duties related to inspection and examination as prescribed by the superintendent. (2) When articles are placed "off sale" under division (A)(1) of this section, they shall be tagged, and the tag shall not be removed except by an authorized representative of the division of industrial compliance after the violator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the superintendent proof of compliance with the requirements of section 3713.08 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) When an inspector has cause to believe that any bedding or stuffed toy is not tagged or labeled in accordance with section 3713.08 of the Revised Code, the inspector may open any seam of the bedding or stuffed toy in question to examine the material used or contained within it and take a reasonable amount of the material for testing and analysis and, if necessary, examine any and all purchase records in order to determine the contents or the kind of material used in the bedding or stuffed toy in question. An inspector may seize and hold evidence of any article of bedding, stuffed toy, or material manufactured, made, possessed, renovated, remade, or repaired, sold, or offered for sale contrary to this chapter. (2) Immediately after seizing articles believed to be in violation of this chapter, the inspector immediately shall report the seizure to the superintendent. The superintendent shall hold a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code or make a ruling in the matter. If the superintendent finds that the article of bedding, stuffed toy, or material is not in violation of this chapter, the superintendent shall order the item or items returned to the owner. If the superintendent finds a violation of this chapter, the superintendent may do either of the following: (a) Return the articles to the owner for proper treatment, tagging or labeling, or other action as ordered by the superintendent, subject to the requirement that the articles be reinspected at cost to the owner, prior to being sold or offered for sale; (b) Report the violation to the appropriate prosecuting attorney or city law director. (C) The superintendent, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, may examine or cause to be examined the records of any importer, manufacturer, or wholesaler of stuffed toys or articles of bedding, mobile home and recreational vehicle dealer, conversion van dealer, secondhand dealer, or auction house to determine compliance with this chapter. The superintendent may enter into contracts, pursuant to procedures prescribed by the superintendent, with persons to examine these records to determine compliance with this chapter. These persons may collect and remit to the superintendent any amounts due under this chapter. (D) Records audited pursuant to division (C) of this section are confidential and shall not be disclosed except as required by section 149.43 of the Revised Code, or as the superintendent finds necessary for the proper administration of this chapter. (E) In the case of any investigation or examination, or both, that requires investigation or examination outside of this state of any importer, manufacturer, or wholesaler of stuffed toys or articles of bedding, or of any mobile home or recreational vehicle dealer, conversion van dealer, secondhand dealer, or auction house, the superintendent may require the investigated or examined person to pay the actual expense of the investigation or examination. The superintendent shall provide an itemized statement of actual expenses to the investigated or examined person. (F) Whenever the superintendent has reason to believe, from the superintendent's own information, upon complaint, or otherwise, that any person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in any practice prohibited by this chapter, or when the superintendent has reason to believe that it is necessary for public health and safety, the superintendent may do any of the following: (1) Investigate violations of this chapter, and for that purpose, may subpoena witnesses in connection with the investigation. The superintendent may make application to the appropriate court of common pleas for an order enjoining the violation of this chapter, and upon a showing by the superintendent that any registrant or person acting in a manner that requires registration has violated or is about to violate this chapter, an injunction, restraining order, or other order as may be appropriate shall be granted by the court. (2) Compel by subpoena the attendance of witnesses to testify in relation to any matter over which the superintendent has jurisdiction and that is the subject of inquiry and investigation by the superintendent, and require the production of any book, paper, or document pertaining to the matter. In case any person fails to file any statement or report, obey any subpoena, give testimony, or produce any books, records, or papers as required by a subpoena, the court of common pleas of any county in the state, upon application made to it by the superintendent, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt. (3) Suspend or revoke the registration of any importer, manufacturer, or wholesaler of stuffed toys or articles of bedding, mobile home or recreational vehicle dealer, conversion van dealer, secondhand dealer, or auction house; (4) Submit evidence of the violation or violations to any city prosecutor, city director of law, or prosecuting attorney with authority to prosecute. If the city prosecutor, city director of law, or prosecuting attorney with authority to prosecute fails to prosecute, the superintendent shall submit the evidence to the attorney general who may proceed with the prosecution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.53
§ 3701.53. Duties of health commissioner
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly The health commissioner of a city or general health district shall: (A) Investigate each case of inflammation of eyes of the newborn or gonorrheal ophthalmia as filed with the health commissioner and any other such case that comes to the health commissioner's attention; (B) Report all cases of inflammation of the eyes of the newborn or gonorrheal ophthalmia, and the result of all such investigations, as the department of health directs; (C) Conform to such other rules and regulations as the department promulgates for the health commissioner's further guidance; (D) Determine the nature of the inflammation of the eyes in any case reported to the health commissioner, and refer immediately to the bureau of services for the visually impaired, any inflammation of the eyes, for such treatment as the bureau deems necessary. Last updated February 7, 2023 at 9:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3750.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3750 / § 3750.17
§ 3750.17. Prohibitions
Status: in_force

December 14, 1988 Senate Bill 367 - 117th General Assembly (A) No person shall violate any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. (B) No person shall falsify, tamper with, or render inaccurate any information or records required to be submitted under any section of this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or an order issued under it. Violation of this division is not also a violation of division (C) of this section and is not falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code. (C) No person who is required to submit information under this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or an order issued under it shall submit any information that is inaccurate or misleading. It is an affirmative defense in any civil action or civil penalty action brought under section 3750.20 of the Revised Code for an alleged violation of this division that the submission of the inaccurate or misleading information resulted from a good faith error that occurred notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures that were adopted by the owner or operator to avoid such an error. (D) No person shall influence, intimidate, harass, or retaliate by any means or method against the director of environmental protection or an officer or employee of the environmental protection agency, a member or employee of the emergency response commission or a local emergency planning committee, an officer or employee of a fire department, an emergency responder, or an officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision, so as to hinder or attempt to hinder him from carrying out his duties under this chapter and rules adopted under it. Violation of this division is not intimidation under section 2921.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.37
§ 3709.37. Statewide boards of health association
Status: in_force

March 14, 1985 House Bill 689 - 115th General Assembly By a majority vote of its members, a board of health of a city or general health district may join a statewide boards of health association. Any such board may appropriate from its health fund an amount sufficient to pay the annual dues established by such association.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.926 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.926
§ 3701.926. Eligibility requirements
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 216 - 131st General Assembly (A) To be eligible for inclusion in the patient centered medical home education pilot project, a primary care practice led by physicians shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Consist of physicians who are board-certified in family medicine, general pediatrics, or internal medicine, as those designations are issued by a medical specialty certifying board recognized by the American board of medical specialties or American osteopathic association; (2) Be capable of adapting the practice during the period in which the practice participates in the patient centered medical home education pilot project in such a manner that the practice is fully compliant with the minimum standards for operation of a patient centered medical home, as those standards are established by the director of health; (3) Have submitted an application to participate in the project established under former section 185.05 of the Revised Code not later than April 15, 2011. (4) Meet any other criteria established by the director as part of the selection process. (B) To be eligible for inclusion in the pilot project, a primary care practice led by advanced practice registered nurses shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Consist of advanced practice registered nurses, each of whom meets both of the following requirements: (a) Is authorized to prescribe drugs and therapeutic devices under section 4723.43 of the Revised Code; (b) Is board-certified by a national certifying organization approved by the board of nursing pursuant to section 4723.46 of the Revised Code as a family nurse practitioner, adult nurse practitioner, adult-gerontology nurse practitioner, women's health nurse practitioner, or pediatric nurse practitioner; (c) Collaborates under a standard care arrangement with a physician with board certification as specified in division (A)(1) of this section and who is an active participant on the health care team. (2) Be capable of adapting the practice during the period in which the practice participates in the project in such a manner that the practice is fully compliant with the minimum standards for operation of a patient centered medical home, as those standards are established by the director; (3) Have submitted an application to participate in the project established under former section 185.05 of the Revised Code not later than April 15, 2011. (4) Meet any other criteria established by the director as part of the selection process.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3733.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3733 / § 3733.45
§ 3733.45. Duties of licensor
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The licensor shall inspect all agricultural labor camps and shall require compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder prior to the issuance of a license. Upon receipt of a complaint from the state monitor advocate or upon the basis of a licensor's own information that an agricultural labor camp is operating without a license, the licensor shall inspect the camp. If the camp is operating without a license, the licensor shall require the camp to comply with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. No license shall be issued unless results of water supply tests indicate that the water supply meets required standards or if any violations exist concerning sanitation, drainage, or habitability of housing units. (B) The licensor shall, upon issuance of each license, distribute posters containing the toll-free telephone number of the state monitor advocate and information in English and Spanish describing the purpose of the state monitor advocate's office under 20 C.F.R. Parts 651, 653, 654, and 658. The licensor shall provide at least two posters to the licensee, one for the licensee's personal use and at least one that shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the camp. (C) The licensor may, upon proper identification to the operator or the operator's agent, enter on any property or into any structure at any reasonable time for the purpose of making inspections required by this section. The licensor shall make at least one inspection prior to licensing. The licensor shall make such other inspections as the licensor considers necessary to enforce this chapter adequately. (D) Any plans submitted to the licensor shall be in compliance with rules adopted pursuant to section 3733.42 of the Revised Code and shall be approved or disapproved within thirty days after they are filed. (E) The licensor shall issue an annual report that shall accurately reflect the results of that year's inspections, including, but not limited to, numbers of inspections, number of violations found, and action taken in regard to violations. The report shall also include an assessment of any problems found in that year and proposed solutions for them. Last updated October 10, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3714.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3714 / § 3714.04
§ 3714.04. Granting of exemption where disposal of debris is unlikely to have adverse effects - exception
Status: in_force

December 22, 2005 House Bill 397 - 126th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the director of environmental protection or the board of health having territorial jurisdiction may by order exempt any person disposing of or proposing to dispose of construction and demolition debris in such quantities or under such circumstances that, in the determination of the director or board of health, are unlikely to adversely affect the public health or safety or the environment, or to create a fire hazard, from any provision of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it, other than division (B)(2) of section 3714.03 or division (E) of section 3714.13 of the Revised Code. Neither the director nor any board of health shall grant an exemption under this section from division (B)(1) of section 3714.03 of the Revised Code if the director or board finds from the permit to install application that the establishment of a new construction or demolition debris facility in the one-hundred-year flood plain of a watercourse would result in an increase of more than one foot in the elevation of the flood stage of the watercourse upstream or downstream from the proposed facility. The applicant for a permit to install shall determine the increase in the flood stage resulting from the location of the proposed facility within the one-hundred-year flood plain of a watercourse based upon standard methodologies set forth in "urban hydrology for small watersheds" (soil conservation service technical release number 55) and section 4 of the "national engineering hydrology handbook" of the soil conservation service of the United States department of agriculture. (B) Except in the event of a natural disaster or public health emergency declared by the governor or the director of health, before a board of health issues an order that exempts a person disposing of or proposing to dispose of construction and demolition debris as provided in division (A) of this section, the board shall provide written notice to the director of environmental protection of the board's intention to grant an exemption under that division. The notice shall contain a description of the facts surrounding the proposed exemption and any other information that the director may request. Not later than thirty days after receipt of the notice, the director shall provide written comment to the board of health regarding the proposed exemption. The written comment shall be considered by the board of health prior to the board's issuance of an order granting the exemption.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.527 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.527
§ 3702.527. Conversion of bed category
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly A bed described in division (O)(5) of section 3702.51 of the Revised Code may be converted to a bed described in division (O)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of that section only as provided in the certificate of need under which the beds were approved or its replacement certificate of need.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3748.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3748 / § 3748.03
§ 3748.03. Agreements with nuclear regulatory commission
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1)(a) The governor, on behalf of the state, may enter into agreements with the United States nuclear regulatory commission as authorized by section 274(b) of the "Atomic Energy Act of 1954," 68 Stat. 919, 42 U.S.C.A. 2011, as amended, for the discontinuation of specified licensing and related regulatory authority of the commission with respect to byproduct material, source material, the commercial disposal of low-level radioactive waste, and special nuclear material in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass and the assumption of that authority by the state. (b) The governor, on behalf of the state, may also enter into agreements described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section with the the United States department of energy or branches of the United States military. (2) The governor shall appoint a state liaison officer to the United States nuclear regulatory commission, who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. (B) The general assembly hereby designates the department of health as the agency authorized to pursue agreement state status, on behalf of the governor, for the assumption by the state of specified licensing and related regulatory authority from the commission pursuant to division (A) of this section. The department shall enter into negotiations with the commission for that purpose. (C) Any person who, on the effective date of an agreement entered into by the state and the commission pursuant to divisions (A) and (B) of this section, holds a license issued by the commission for radioactive materials that are subject to the agreement is deemed to hold a license issued under this chapter and rules adopted under it. That license shall expire ninety days after the holder receives a notice of expiration from the department or on the date of expiration specified in the license issued by the commission, whichever is later, provided that no such license shall expire during the ninety days immediately following the effective date of the agreement. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 12:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3710.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3710 / § 3710.01
§ 3710.01. Asbestos abatement definitions
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Asbestos" means the asbestiform varieties of serpentine (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonite-grunerite, anthophylite, and actinolite-tremolite as determined using the method specified in 40 C.F.R. Part 763, Subpart E, Appendix E, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM). (B) "Asbestos hazard abatement activity" means any activity involving the removal, renovation, enclosure, repair, encapsulation, or operations and maintenance of reasonably related friable asbestos-containing materials in an amount greater than three linear feet or three square feet. (C) "Asbestos hazard abatement contractor" means a business entity or public entity that engages in or intends to engage in asbestos hazard abatement projects and that employs or supervises one or more asbestos hazard abatement specialists for asbestos hazard abatement activities. "Asbestos hazard abatement contractor" does not mean an employee of an asbestos hazard abatement contractor, a general contractor who subcontracts to an asbestos hazard abatement contractor an asbestos hazard abatement project, or any individual who engages in an asbestos hazard abatement project in the individual's own home. (D) "Asbestos hazard abatement project" means one or more asbestos hazard abatement activities the sum total of which is greater than fifty linear feet or fifty square feet of friable asbestos-containing materials and is conducted by one asbestos hazard abatement contractor. "Asbestos hazard abatement project" includes any such activity involving such friable asbestos-containing materials in an amount of fifty linear feet or fifty square feet or less if, when combined with any other reasonably related activity in terms of time or location of the activity, the total amount is in an amount greater than fifty linear feet or fifty square feet. (E) "Asbestos hazard abatement specialist" means a person with responsibility for the oversight or supervision of asbestos hazard abatement activities, including asbestos hazard abatement project managers, hazard abatement project supervisors and foremen, and employees of school districts or other governmental or public entities who coordinate or directly supervise or oversee asbestos hazard abatement activities performed by school district, governmental, or other public employees in school district, governmental, or other public buildings. (F) "Asbestos hazard evaluation specialist" means a person responsible for the inspection, identification, detection, and assessment of asbestos-containing materials or suspect asbestos-containing materials, the determination of appropriate response actions, or the preparation of asbestos management plans for the purpose of protecting the public health from the hazards associated with exposure to asbestos, including the performance of air and bulk sampling. This category of specialists includes inspectors, management planners, health professionals, industrial hygienists, private consultants, or other individuals involved in asbestos risk identification or assessment or regulatory activities. (G) "Business entity" means a partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship, or other business concern. (H) "Public entity" means the state or any of its political subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality of either. (I) "License" means a document issued by the director of environmental protection to a business entity or public entity affirming that the entity has met the requirements set forth in this chapter to engage in asbestos hazard abatement projects as an asbestos hazard abatement contractor. (J) "Certificate" means: (1) A document issued by the director to an individual affirming that the individual has successfully completed the training and other requirements set forth in this chapter to qualify as an asbestos hazard abatement specialist, an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist, an asbestos hazard abatement worker, an asbestos hazard abatement project designer, an asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technician, an approved asbestos hazard training provider, or other category of asbestos hazard specialist that the director establishes by rule; or (2) A document issued by a training institution in accordance with rules adopted by the director affirming that an individual has successfully completed the instruction required in all categories as provided in sections 3710.07 and 3710.10 of the Revised Code. (K) "Person" means any individual, business entity, governmental body, or other public or private entity. (L) "Encapsulate" means to coat, bind, or resurface walls, ceilings, pipes, or other structures for asbestos-containing materials with suitable products to prevent friable asbestos from becoming airborne. (M) "Friable asbestos-containing material" means friable asbestos material as defined in rules adopted under Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code. (N) "Enclosure" means the permanent confinement of friable asbestos-containing materials with an airtight barrier in an area not used as an air plenum. (O) "Renovation" means altering a facility or one or more facility components in any way, including the stripping or removal of friable asbestos-containing material from a facility component. (P) "Asbestos hazard abatement worker" means the person responsible in a nonsupervisory capacity for the performance of an asbestos hazard abatement activity. (Q) "Asbestos hazard abatement project designer" means the person responsible for the oversight of an asbestos hazard abatement activity or the determination of the workscope, work sequence, or performance standards for an asbestos hazard abatement activity, including preparation of specifications, plans, and contract documents. (R) "Clearance air sampling" means an air sampling performed after the completion of any asbestos hazard abatement project and prior to the reoccupation of the contained work area by the public and conducted for the purpose of protecting the public from the health hazards associated with exposure to friable asbestos-containing material. (S) "Asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technician" means the person who is responsible for environmental monitoring or work area clearance air sampling, including air monitoring performed to determine completion of response actions under the rules set forth in 40 C.F.R. 763 Subpart E, adopted by the United States environmental protection agency pursuant to the "Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986," Pub. L. 99-519, 100 Stat. 2970. "Asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technician" does not mean an industrial hygienist certified by the American board of industrial hygiene.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.085 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.085
§ 3769.085. Ohio standardbred development fund
Status: in_force

April 4, 2007 House Bill 546 - 126th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio standardbred development fund, to consist of moneys paid into it pursuant to section 3769.08 of the Revised Code and any fees assessed for or on behalf of the Ohio sires stakes races. All fees so assessed shall be exempt from the requirements of divisions (D) and (M) of that section. All investment earnings on the cash balance in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys to the credit of the fund shall be distributed on order of the state racing commission with the approval of the Ohio standardbred development commission. (B) The Ohio standardbred development commission shall consist of three members, all to be residents of this state knowledgeable in breeding and racing, to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be a standardbred breeder, and one member shall be a standardbred owner. Of the initial appointments, one member shall be appointed for a term ending June 30, 1977, and two members shall be appointed for terms ending June 30, 1979. Thereafter, appointments for other than unexpired terms shall be for four years. Terms shall begin the first day of July and end the thirtieth day of June. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until a successor takes office. Members shall receive no compensation, except that they shall be paid actual and necessary expenses from the Ohio standardbred development fund. The state racing commission also shall be reimbursed from the fund for actual expenses approved by the development commission. The development commission may elect one member to serve as secretary. (C) Upon application not later than the first day of December from the harness tracks conducting races with pari-mutuel wagering, other than agricultural expositions and fairs, the Ohio standardbred development commission, after a hearing and not later than the twentieth day of January, shall allocate and approve all available moneys for colt races for two-year-old and three-year-old colts and fillies, both trotting and pacing. Separate races for fillies shall be provided at each age and gait. Up to five races and a championship race shall be scheduled for each of the eight categories of age, sex, and gait. The allocations shall take into account the time of year that racing colts is feasible, the equity and continuity of the proposed dates for racing events, and the amounts to be added by the tracks, looking to the maximum benefit for those participating in the races. Representatives of the tracks and the Ohio harness horsemen's association shall be given an opportunity to be heard before the allocations are made. No races shall be contested earlier than the first day of May or later than the first day of November; all permit holders operating extended pari-mutuel meetings between those dates shall be entitled to at least three races. No funds for a race shall be allocated to and paid to a permit holder by the development commission unless the permit holder adds at least twenty-five per cent to the amount allocated by the development commission, and not less than five thousand dollars to each race. Colts and fillies eligible to the races shall be only those sired by a standardbred stallion that was registered with the state racing commission and stood in the state the entire breeding season of the year the colt or filly was conceived. If the development commission concludes that sufficient funds are available to add aged races without reducing purse levels of the colt and filly races, the development commission may allocate funds to four-year-old and up races of each sex and gait with Ohio eligibility required as set forth in this section. (D) The state racing commission may allocate an amount not to exceed five per cent of the total Ohio standardbred development fund available in any one calendar year to research projects directed toward improving the breeding, raising, racing, and health and soundness of horses in the state and toward education or promotion of the industry.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.063 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.063
§ 3719.063. Liability for administration of naltrexone
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 Senate Bill 119 - 132nd General Assembly In the absence of gross negligence or intentional misconduct, a person who administers the drug naltrexone by injection, the person's employer, and the facility at which the drug is administered are not liable in any civil action or subject to criminal prosecution or professional discipline for any injury or damage caused by the injection or drug if all of the following conditions are met: (A) The individual to whom the drug is administered is unable to have it administered as follows: (1) By a person who routinely administers the drug to the individual; (2) At the facility at which the drug is routinely administered to the individual; (3) Under the direction of the drug's prescriber. (B) The person who administers the drug under this section is legally authorized to administer it by injection but is not the prescriber of the drug or one who routinely administers it to the individual. (C) The drug is provided to the person who administers it under this section in either of the following ways: (1) By the individual to whom it is administered; (2) By the pharmacy that has a record of a prescription for the drug in the name of the individual to whom it is administered. (D) The person who administers the drug under this section is authorized to do so by that person's employer or the facility at which the drug is administered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.04
§ 3769.04. Application for permit
Status: in_force

May 9, 2000 House Bill 495 - 123rd General Assembly Any person, association, corporation, or trust desiring to hold or conduct a horse-racing meeting, wherein the pari-mutuel system of wagering is allowed, shall make application to the state racing commission for a permit to do so. Each application, accompanied by a permit fee of ten dollars and a cash bond, certified check, or bank draft, shall be filed with the commission at least five days prior to the first day of each horse-racing meeting that the person, association, corporation, or trust proposes to hold or conduct. The application, if made by an individual, shall be signed and verified under oath by the individual and, if made by individuals or a partnership, shall be signed and verified under oath by one of the individuals or a member of the partnership. If made by an association, trust, or corporation, the application shall be signed by its president or vice-president and attested by the secretary or assistant secretary under the seal of the association, trust, or corporation, if it has a seal, and shall also be verified under oath by one of the officers signing the application. The commission shall prescribe forms to be used in making the application. The application shall specify the name of the person, association, trust, or corporation making such application, the post-office address of the applicant (if a corporation, the name of the state of its incorporation), the dates on which the applicant intends to conduct or hold such horse-racing meeting, which dates shall be successive days, including Sundays unless otherwise requested by the applicant and authorized by the commission, the hours of each racing day during which the applicant intends to hold or conduct horse racing at such meeting, which shall be during the hours specified pursuant to section 3769.07 of the Revised Code, the location of the place, track, or enclosure where it is proposed to hold or conduct such horse-racing meeting, and such further information as the commission prescribes. If the application requests a permit for a horse-racing meet at a location at which such a meet has not previously been conducted by permission of the commission, then, in addition to the other requirements for the application, there shall accompany the application a petition signed by at least fifty-one per cent of the qualified electors voting for governor at the most recent general election in the townships in which the racing meet is proposed to be conducted, together with a certificate of the board of elections of the counties in which such townships are situated that the signatures on the petition are valid and comply with this section. No petition or certificate shall be required for a transfer made under section 3769.13 of the Revised Code if the transfer is to a county in which racing has previously been conducted pursuant to a permit issued under section 3769.06 of the Revised Code. Such petition shall be in the following form: "We, the undersigned, electors of ____________ township, ____________ county, Ohio request the granting of the application of ____________ for a horse-racing meet to be conducted in whole or in part in ____________ township, ____________ Ohio in the year ______ Name Address Voting Precinct Township ______________________________________________________________" Such petition shall be sworn to in the manner provided in section 3513.27 of the Revised Code. This section does not apply to small horse-racing meets or horse shows which are not required to secure permits under section 3769.01 of the Revised Code, nor shall this section, other than the first paragraph, apply to county fair horse-racing meets.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.05
§ 3769.05. Deposit to be made - refund
Status: in_force

July 13, 1981 House Bill 330 - 114th General Assembly At the time of making application for a permit to conduct a horse-racing meeting, the applicant shall deposit with the state racing commission a cash bond, certified check, or bank draft, payable to the order of the commission, in an amount equal to one hundred dollars for each day petitioned for in said application. At the close of the last day of the horse-racing meeting, for which a permit is issued, as provided for in section 3769.06 of the Revised Code, the commission shall refund to such permit holder the sum of one hundred dollars for each racing day the permit holder paid to the state tax commissioner the tax due for said day, as provided for and at the rate stipulated in section 3769.08 of the Revised Code. In harness horse-racing meetings, if any full day's racing is declared off by the judges because of inclement weather or a muddy track, the commission shall refund to the permit holders the sum of one hundred dollars of their deposit for each such day.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3772.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3772 / § 3772.19
§ 3772.19. Limitations on majority interest holders
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly No casino operator shall hold a majority ownership interest in more than two casino operator licenses or casino facilities at any one time. No person shall be a management company for casino operators licensed to operate more than two casino facilities in this state at any one time.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3741.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3741 / § 3741.06
§ 3741.06. Enforcement
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of agriculture shall enforce sections 3741.01 to 3741.07 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and the director, his assistant and employees, shall have access to the places of business, stores, buildings, and yards used for the sale of paint, naval stores, or linseed oil, and may open any package, tank car, tank, drum, barrel, can, jar, tub, or other receptacle containing any article that may be sold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale in violation of such sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.45
§ 3737.45. Failure to comply with order
Status: in_force

March 19, 2003 Senate Bill 115 - 124th General Assembly If any responsible person fails to comply with an order of the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified fire safety inspector as finally affirmed or modified by the state board of building appeals under section 3737.43 of the Revised Code, within the time fixed in the order, then the fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, or certified fire safety inspector may file a complaint in the court of common pleas of the county where the property is located for a court order authorizing the fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, or certified fire safety inspector to cause the building, structure, or premises to be repaired or demolished, materials to be removed, and all dangerous conditions to be remedied, if such was the mandate of the order as affirmed or modified by the state board of building appeals, at the expense of the responsible person. If the responsible person, within thirty days thereafter, fails, neglects, or refuses to pay the expense that would be incurred in enforcing the order of the court of common pleas under this section, the court shall order that the real estate upon which the building, structure, or premises is or was situated be sold pursuant to Chapter 2329. of the Revised Code, except as otherwise provided in this section. The proceeds of the sale shall be credited to the fire marshal's fund. The fire marshal shall use the proceeds of the sale to cause the repair or demolition of any building, structure, or premises, the removal of materials, or the remedy of all dangerous conditions unless the purchaser of the real estate enters into an agreement with the court to perform the repair, demolition, removal, or remedy within a time period acceptable to the court. No bid of a prospective purchaser shall be acceptable which is insufficient to pay the expense that the fire marshal would incur. If the amount received from the sale exceeds the expense that the fire marshal would incur, the court shall direct the payment of the surplus first to those parties with encumbrances, mortgages, or liens on the real estate in order of their priority, and then to the responsible person or into the court for its use and benefit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.873 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.873
§ 3715.873. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 558 - 134th General Assembly The state board of pharmacy shall adopt rules governing the drug repository program that establish all of the following: (A) Eligibility criteria for pharmacies, hospitals, and nonprofit clinics to participate in the program, including, in the case of nonprofit clinics, a definition of "underinsured person"; (B) Standards and procedures for accepting, safely storing, and distributing drugs donated or given; (C) Standards and procedures for inspecting the drugs described in division (C)(1) of section 3715.87 of the Revised Code to determine that the original unit dose packaging is sealed and tamper-evident and that the drugs are unadulterated, safe, and suitable for distribution; (D) With respect to drugs described in division (D) of section 3715.87 of the Revised Code, standards and procedures to determine based on a basic visual inspection that the drugs appear to be unadulterated, safe, and suitable for distribution; (E) Eligibility standards based on economic need for individuals to receive drugs under the program; (F) A means, such as an identification card, by which an individual who is eligible to receive drugs under the program may demonstrate eligibility to a pharmacy, hospital, or nonprofit clinic participating in the program; (G) A form that an individual receiving a drug under the program must sign before receiving the drug to confirm that the individual understands the immunity provisions of the program; (H) A form that each individual who is donating or giving drugs to the program, or who represents the person or government entity that is donating or giving drugs to the program, must sign stating that the individual or the person or government entity being represented is the owner of the drugs and intends to voluntarily donate or give them to the program; (I) A formula to determine the amount of a nominal handling fee that pharmacies, hospitals, and nonprofit clinics participating in the program may charge to drug recipients to cover restocking and distribution costs; (J) A list of drugs or drug types, if applicable, that are ineligible to be donated or given under the program, including those described in division (C)(2)(b) of section 3715.87 of the Revised Code, and a statement as to why the listed drugs or drug types are ineligible to be donated or given; (K) The standards by which a charitable pharmacy, hospital, or nonprofit clinic participating in the program may make occasional sales at wholesale, pursuant to section 4729.51 of the Revised Code, of drugs that have been donated or given to the program; (L) Any other standards and procedures the board considers appropriate. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated March 15, 2023 at 12:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3742.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3742 / § 3742.42
§ 3742.42. Residential rental unit lead-safe maintenance practices
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) In completing residential rental unit lead-safe maintenance practices, the owner or agent of the owner of a residential rental unit shall do all of the following: (1) Successfully complete a training program in residential rental unit lead-safe maintenance practices approved by the director under section 3742.43 of the Revised Code; (2) Annually perform a visual examination for deteriorated paint, underlying damage, and other conditions that may cause exposure to lead; (3) After completing the visual examination and identification of deteriorated paint or other conditions that may cause exposure to lead, repair deteriorated paint or other building components that may cause exposure to lead and eliminate the cause of the deterioration in accordance with the work practice standards established by the United States environmental protection agency in 40 C.F.R. Part 745.85; (4) Conduct post-maintenance dust sampling in accordance with rules adopted under section 3742.45 of the Revised Code; (5) Maintain a record of residential rental unit lead-safe maintenance practices for at least three years that documents those maintenance practices, including post-maintenance dust sampling conducted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3742.45 of the Revised Code. (B) The areas of a residential rental unit that are subject to division (A) of this section include all of the following: (1) The interior surfaces and all common areas; (2) Every attached or unattached structure located within the same lot line as the residential rental unit that the owner or manager considers to be associated with the operation of the residential rental unit, including garages, play equipment, and fences; (3) The lot or land that the residential rental unit occupies. (C) The residential rental unit lead-safe maintenance practices described in this section are not required to be performed by a person licensed as a lead abatement contractor or lead abatement worker under this chapter. However, six months after the effective date of this amendment, any person other than a lead abatement contractor or lead abatement worker who performs the residential rental unit lead-safe maintenance practices shall have successfully completed a training program in residential rental unit lead-safe maintenance practices approved by the director under section 3742.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.64
§ 3737.64. Disclosing purpose of non-official inspection
Status: in_force

July 1, 1979 House Bill 590 - 112th General Assembly No person who is not a certified fire safety inspector shall act as such or hold himself out to be such, unless prior to commencing any inspection function, he discloses the purpose for which he is making such inspection and the fact that he is not employed by any state or local fire service or agency, and that he is not acting in an official capacity for any governmental subdivision or agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.70
§ 3735.70. Appeals
Status: in_force

November 18, 1977 Senate Bill 251 - 112th General Assembly Any person aggrieved under sections 3735.65 to 3735.69 of the Revised Code may appeal to the community reinvestment area housing council, which shall have the authority to overrule any decision of a housing officer. Appeals may be taken from a decision of the council to the court of common pleas of the county where the area is located. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.15
§ 3705.15. Registration of unrecorded birth - correction of birth record
Status: in_force

June 3, 2014 House Bill 95 - 130th General Assembly Whoever claims to have been born in this state, and whose registration of birth is not recorded, or has been lost or destroyed, or has not been properly and accurately recorded, may file an application for registration of birth or correction of the birth record in the probate court of the county of the person's birth or residence or the county in which the person's mother resided at the time of the person's birth. If the person is a minor the application shall be signed by either parent or the person's guardian. (A) An application to correct a birth record shall set forth all of the available facts required on a birth record and the reasons for making the application, and shall be verified by the applicant. Upon the filing of the application the court may fix a date for a hearing, which shall not be less than seven days after the filing date. The court may require one publication of notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least seven days prior to the date of the hearing. The application shall be supported by the affidavit of the physician or certified nurse-midwife in attendance. If an affidavit is not available, the application shall be supported by the affidavits of at least two persons having knowledge of the facts stated in the application, by documentary evidence, or by other evidence the court deems sufficient. The probate judge, if satisfied that the facts are as stated, shall make an order correcting the birth record, except that in the case of an application to correct the date of birth, the judge shall make the order only if any date shown as the date the attending physician or certified nurse-midwife signed the birth record or the date the local registrar filed the record is consistent with the corrected date of birth. If supported by sufficient evidence, the judge may include in an order correcting the date of birth an order correcting the date the attending physician or certified nurse-midwife signed the birth record or the date the local registrar filed the record. (B) An application of a person whose registration of birth is not recorded, or has been lost or destroyed, must comply with division (A) of this section. Upon the filing of the application the court may fix a date for a hearing, which shall be not less than seven days after the filing date. The court may require one publication of notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least seven days prior to the date of the hearing. The probate judge, or a special master commissioner, shall personally examine the applicant in open court and shall take sworn testimony on the application which shall include the testimony of at least two credible witnesses, or clear and convincing documentary evidence. The probate court may conduct any necessary investigation, and shall permit the applicant and all witnesses presented to be cross-examined by any interested person, or by the prosecuting attorney of the county. When a witness or the applicant is unable to appear in open court, the court may authorize the taking of the witness's or applicant's deposition. The court may cause a complete record to be taken of the hearing, shall file it with the other papers in the case, and may order the transcript of the testimony to be filed and made a matter of record in the court. Upon being satisfied that notice of the hearing on the application has been given by publication, if required, and that the claim of the applicant is true, the court shall make a finding upon all the facts required on a birth record, and shall order the registration of the birth of the applicant. The court shall forthwith transmit to the director of health a certified summary of its finding and order, on a form prescribed by the director, who shall file it in the records of the central division of vital statistics. (C) The director may forward a copy of the summary for the registration of a birth in the director's office to the appropriate local registrar of vital statistics. A certified copy of the birth record corrected or registered by court order as provided in this section shall have the same legal effect for all purposes as an original birth record. The application, affidavits, findings, and orders of the court, together with a transcript of the testimony if ordered by the court, for the correction of a birth record or for the registration of a birth, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall be properly indexed. The book shall become a part of the records of the probate court. (D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, whenever a correction is ordered in a birth record under division (A) of this section, the court ordering the correction shall forthwith forward to the department of health a certified copy of the order containing such information as will enable the department to prepare a new birth record. Thereupon, the department shall record a new birth record using the correct information supplied by the court and the new birth record shall have the same overall appearance as the original record which would have been issued under this chapter. Where handwriting is required to effect that appearance, the department shall supply it. Upon the preparation and filing of the new birth record, the original birth record and index references shall cease to be a public record. The original record and all other information pertaining to it shall be placed in an envelope which shall be sealed by the department, and its contents shall not be open to inspection or copy unless so ordered by the probate court of the county that ordered the correction. The department shall promptly forward a copy of the new birth record to the local registrar of vital statistics of the district in which the birth occurred and the local registrar shall file a copy of the new birth record along with and in the same manner as the other copies of birth records in the local registrar's possession. All copies of the original birth record, as well as any and all other papers, documents, and index references pertaining to it, in the possession of the local registrar shall be destroyed. The probate court shall retain permanently in the file of its proceedings such information as will enable the court to identify both the original birth record and the new birth record. The new birth record, as well as any certified copies of it when properly authenticated by a duly authorized person, shall be prima-facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated. (2) If the correction ordered in the birth record under division (A) of this section involves a change in the date of birth of the applicant and the department of health determines that the corrected date of birth is inconsistent with the date shown as the date the attending physician or certified nurse-midwife signed the birth record or the date the local registrar filed the record, the department shall request that the court reconsider the order and, if appropriate, make a new order in which the dates are consistent. If the court does not make a new order within a reasonable time, instead of issuing a new birth record, the department shall file and record the court's order in the same manner as other birth records and make a cross-reference on the original and on the corrected record. (E) The probate court shall assess costs of registering a birth or correcting a birth record under this section against the person who makes application for the registration or correction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.21
§ 3737.21. Appointment, qualifications of fire marshal - vacancy
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The director of the department of commerce shall appoint, from names submitted to the director by the state fire council, a state fire marshal, who shall serve at the pleasure of the director and shall possess the following qualifications: (1) A degree from an accredited college or university with specialized study in either the field of fire protection or fire protection engineering, or the equivalent qualifications determined from training, experience, and duties in a fire service; (2) Five years of recent, progressively more responsible experience in fire inspection, fire code enforcement, fire investigation, fire protection engineering, teaching of fire safety engineering, or fire fighting. (B) When a vacancy occurs in the position of state fire marshal, the director shall notify the state fire council. The council shall submit the names of at least three persons for the position of state fire marshal who are qualified under this section to the director. The director shall appoint the state fire marshal from the list of at least three names or may request the council to submit additional names.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.672 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.672
§ 3735.672. Annual report
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 Senate Bill 33 - 134th General Assembly (A) On or before the thirty-first day of March each year, a legislative authority that has entered into an agreement with a party under section 3735.671 of the Revised Code shall submit to the director of development a report on all such agreements in effect during the preceding calendar year. The report shall include the following: (1) The total number of community reinvestment areas designated by the political subdivision, and the total population of each area according to the most recent data available; (2) The total number of agreements within each area; (3) The number of agreements approved and executed during the calendar year for which the report is submitted, the total number of agreements in effect on the thirty-first day of December of the preceding calendar year, the number of agreements that expired during the calendar year for which the report is submitted, and the number of agreements scheduled to expire during the calendar year in which the report is submitted. For each agreement that expired during the calendar year for which the report is submitted, the legislative authority shall include the amount of taxes exempted under the agreement. (4) The number of agreements the terms of which a party has failed to comply with, indicating separately for each such agreement the value of the real property exempted pursuant to the agreement and a comparison of the estimated and actual amounts described in division (B)(8) of section 3735.671 of the Revised Code; (5) Any changes to zoning restrictions in any part of a community reinvestment area, including a map of the area indicating the new zoning restrictions in the area; (6) A copy of any agreement approved and executed or amended during the calendar year for which the report is submitted. (B) Upon the failure of a political subdivision to comply with division (A) of this section: (1) Beginning on the first day of April of the calendar year in which the political subdivision fails to comply with that division, the political subdivision shall not enter into any agreements under section 3735.671 of the Revised Code until the political subdivision has complied with division (A) of this section. (2) On the first day of each ensuing calendar month until the political subdivision complies with that division, the director of development shall either order the proper county auditor to deduct from the next succeeding payment of taxes to the political subdivision under section 321.31 , 321.32 , 321.33 , or 321.34 of the Revised Code an amount equal to five hundred dollars for each calendar month the political subdivision fails to comply with that division, or order the county auditor to deduct such an amount from the next succeeding payment to the political subdivision from the undivided local government fund under section 5747.51 of the Revised Code. At the time such a payment is made, the county auditor shall comply with the director's order by issuing a warrant, drawn on the fund from which such money would have been paid, to the director of development, who shall deposit the warrant into the tax incentives operating fund created by section 122.174 of the Revised Code. (C) The department of development shall publish on its web site a list of all community reinvestment areas within the state, with an accompanying display of their geographical boundaries within each political subdivision. The list shall also include, for each community reinvestment area, a copy of the resolution governing that area and any agreement entered into under section 3735.671 of the Revised Code for any commercial or industrial property within the area. This list shall be updated annually. Last updated February 8, 2023 at 3:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.17
§ 3701.17. Protected health information
Status: in_force

February 12, 2004 House Bill 6 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Protected health information" means information, in any form, including oral, written, electronic, visual, pictorial, or physical that describes an individual's past, present, or future physical or mental health status or condition, receipt of treatment or care, or purchase of health products, if either of the following applies: (a) The information reveals the identity of the individual who is the subject of the information. (b) The information could be used to reveal the identity of the individual who is the subject of the information, either by using the information alone or with other information that is available to predictable recipients of the information. (B) Protected health information reported to or obtained by the director of health, the department of health, or a board of health of a city or general health district is confidential and shall not be released without the written consent of the individual who is the subject of the information unless the information is released pursuant to division (C) of this section or one of the following applies: (1) The release of the information is necessary to provide treatment to the individual and the information is released pursuant to a written agreement that requires the recipient of the information to comply with the confidentiality requirements established under this section. (2) The release of the information is necessary to ensure the accuracy of the information and the information is released pursuant to a written agreement that requires the recipient of the information to comply with the confidentiality requirements established under this section. (3) The information is released pursuant to a search warrant or subpoena issued by or at the request of a grand jury or prosecutor in connection with a criminal investigation or prosecution. (4) The director determines the release of the information is necessary, based on an evaluation of relevant information, to avert or mitigate a clear threat to an individual or to the public health. Information may be released pursuant to this division only to those persons or entities necessary to control, prevent, or mitigate disease. (C) Information that does not identify an individual is not protected health information and may be released in summary, statistical, or aggregate form. Information that is in a summary, statistical, or aggregate form and that does not identify an individual is a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and, upon request, shall be released by the director. (D) Except for information released pursuant to division (B)(4) of this section, any disclosure pursuant to this section shall be in writing and accompanied by a written statement that includes the following or substantially similar language: "This information has been disclosed to you from confidential records protected from disclosure by state law. If this information has been released to you in other than a summary, statistical, or aggregate form, you shall make no further disclosure of this information without the specific, written, and informed release of the individual to whom it pertains, or as otherwise permitted by state law. A general authorization for the release of medical or other information is not sufficient for the release of information pursuant to this section."
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.615 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.615
§ 3701.615. Grant program to address the provision of prenatal health care services to pregnant women on a group basis
Status: in_force

September 18, 2020 House Bill 11 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Certified nurse-midwife," "certified nurse practitioner," and "clinical nurse specialist" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (3) "Physician assistant" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code to practice as a physician assistant. (B) The department of health shall establish a grant program to address the provision of prenatal health care services to pregnant women on a group basis. The aim of the program is to increase the number of pregnant women who begin prenatal care early in their pregnancies and to reduce the number of infants born preterm. (C)(1) An entity seeking to participate in the grant program shall apply to the department of health in a manner prescribed by the department. Participating entities may include the following: (a) Medical practices, including those operated by or employing one or more physicians, physician assistants, certified nurse-midwives, certified nurse practitioners, or clinical nurse specialists; (b) Health care facilities. (2) To be eligible to participate in the grant program, an entity must demonstrate to the department that it can meet all of the following requirements: (a) Has space to host groups of at least twelve pregnant women; (b) Has adequate in-kind resources, including existing medical staff, to provide necessary prenatal health care services on both an individual and group basis; (c) Provides prenatal care based on either of the following: (i) The centering pregnancy model of care developed by the centering healthcare institute; (ii) Another model of care acceptable to the department. (d) Integrates health assessments, education, and support into a unified program in which pregnant women at similar stages of pregnancy meet, learn care skills, and participate in group discussions; (e) Meets any other requirements established by the department. (D) When distributing funds under the program, the department shall give priority to entities that are both of the following: (1) Operating in areas of the state with high preterm birth rates, including rural areas and Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, and Summit counties; (2) Providing care to medicaid recipients who are members of the group described in division (B) of section 5163.06 of the Revised Code. (E) A participating entity may employ or contract with licensed dental hygienists to educate pregnant women about the importance of prenatal and postnatal dental care. (F) The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.307 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.307
§ 3702.307. Notifications to director
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly An ambulatory surgical facility shall notify the director of health when any of the following occurs: (A) The facility modifies any provision of its most recent written transfer agreement filed with the director under section 3702.303 of the Revised Code. Notification under these circumstances shall occur not later than the business day after the modification is finalized. As used in this division, "business day" means a day of the week excluding Saturday, Sunday, and a legal holiday as defined in section 1.14 of the Revised Code. (B) The facility modifies its operating procedures or protocols described in division (B)(4) of section 3702.304 of the Revised Code. Notification under these circumstances shall occur not later than forty-eight hours after the modification is made. (C) The ambulatory surgical facility becomes aware of an event, including disciplinary action by the state medical board pursuant to section 4731.22 of the Revised Code, that may affect a consulting physician's license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery or the physician's ability to admit patients to a hospital identified in a variance application, as described in division (B)(3)(e) of section 3702.304 of the Revised Code. Notification under these circumstances shall occur not later than one week after the facility becomes aware of the event's occurrence.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.89
§ 3737.89. Liability for costs of corrective or enforcement action
Status: in_force

July 11, 1989 House Bill 421 - 118th General Assembly (A) Except when a responsible person can prove that a release of petroleum was caused solely by any one or a combination of an act of God, an act of war, or an act or omission of a third party without regard to whether any such act or omission was or was not negligent, a responsible person, notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or common law of this state, is strictly liable to the state for any costs incurred for any corrective or enforcement action undertaken by the fire marshal under section 3737.882 of the Revised Code and for any costs incurred for any enforcement action undertaken by the attorney general under this section or section 3737.882 of the Revised Code with respect to a release of petroleum. The attorney general, upon the request of the fire marshal, shall bring a civil action to recover those costs in the court of common pleas of the county in which the corrective or enforcement action was undertaken. (B) If a responsible person alleges that a release of petroleum was caused solely by an act or omission of a third party or was caused solely by such an act or omission in combination with an act of God or an act of war, the responsible person shall pay to the state the cost of any corrective or enforcement action undertaken by the fire marshal under section 3737.882 of the Revised Code and any enforcement action undertaken by the attorney general under this section or section 3737.882 of the Revised Code with respect to the release and is entitled by subrogation to all rights of the state to recover those costs from the third party under division (C) of this section. The attorney general, upon the request of the fire marshal, shall bring a civil action to recover payment from the responsible party for those costs in the court of common pleas of the county in which the corrective or enforcement action was undertaken. (C) If the responsible person proves that a release of petroleum was caused solely by an act or omission of a third party or by such an act or omission in combination with an act of God or an act of war, the third party, notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or common law of this state, is strictly liable to the state for any costs incurred for any corrective or enforcement action undertaken by the fire marshal under section 3737.882 of the Revised Code and for any enforcement action undertaken by the attorney general under this section or section 3737.882 of the Revised Code with respect to the release. The attorney general, upon the request of the fire marshal or any person entitled by subrogation to the rights of the state under division (B) of this section, may bring a civil action to recover those costs in the court of common pleas of the county in which the corrective or enforcement action was undertaken. (D) No indemnification, hold harmless, or similar agreement or conveyance shall be effective to transfer from the responsible person, or from any other person who may be liable under division (C) of this section, to another person the liability imposed by this section. Nothing in this division bars either of the following: (1) Any agreement to insure, hold harmless, or indemnify a party to such an agreement for any liability under this section; (2) A cause of action that any person has or would have against any other person by reason of subrogation or otherwise. (E) Nothing in this section limits the duty of a responsible person under section 3737.882 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it to notify the fire marshal and to take action with respect to a release of petroleum. (F) Nothing in this section limits the right of the federal government to recover from the responsible person any federal money expended for any corrective or enforcement action as a result of a release of petroleum.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3730.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3730 / § 3730.05
§ 3730.05. Board may suspend or revoke approval
Status: in_force

January 12, 1998 House Bill 25 - 122nd General Assembly A board of health may suspend or revoke the approval of a business to offer tattooing or body piercing services at any time the board determines that the business is being operated in violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under section 3730.10 of the Revised Code. Proceedings for suspensions and revocations shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3730.10 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.30
§ 3734.30. State's liability for injury or damage
Status: in_force

October 6, 2017 Senate Bill 2 - 132nd General Assembly The state i s immune from liability for any injury or damage resulting from a ny of the following: (A) Operation of a hazardous waste facility, solid waste facility, or construction and demolition debris facility by a person other than an agency, department, or institution of the state; (B) Conditions present at a facility that is acquired by the state by gift or devise ; (C) Activities conducted pursuant to section 3734.20 or 3734.21 of the Revised Code, remediation activities for which money may be expended pursuant to section 3734.281 of the Revised Code, or activities for which money may be expended pursuant to section 3714.071 or 3734.85 , provided that those activities do not constitute reckless, willful, or wanton misconduct. The liability of the state, if any, in other circumstances regarding hazardous waste, solid waste, or construction and demolition debris shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3761.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3761 / § 3761.12
§ 3761.12. Prohibition against conspiracy while wearing disguise
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall unite with two or more others to commit a misdemeanor while wearing white caps, masks, or other disguise.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3723.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3723 / § 3723.01
§ 3723.01. Radon definitions
Status: in_force

July 24, 1990 House Bill 279 - 118th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Radon" means both the radioactive, gaseous element produced by the disintegration of radium, and the short-lived radionuclides that are decay products of radon. (B) "Building" means a publicly or privately owned structure consisting of any combination of foundations, walls, columns, girders, beams, floors, or roofs, with or without other elements or appurtenances. (C) "Radon test" means the act of examining a building, air, soil, or water for the presence of radon, including taking air, soil, or water samples, or the act of diagnosing the cause of radon contamination in a building. (D) "Business entity" means a corporation, partnership, association, firm, sole proprietorship, or other entity engaged in business. (E) "Government entity" means the state, a state agency as defined in section 1.60 of the Revised Code, a political subdivision, or any entity of local government. (F) "Radon mitigation" means the application or installation of methods or materials to reduce airborne radon concentrations in a building or to prevent the entry of radon into the indoor atmosphere. (G) "Radon laboratory" means a business entity or government entity that analyzes air, soil, water, or passive radon detection devices to determine the presence and concentration of radon in them.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.24
§ 3705.24. Fees - annual certification by director of health to county treasurers
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) The director of health shall, in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, adopt rules prescribing fees for the following items or services provided by the state office of vital statistics: (a) Except as provided in division (A)(4) of this section: (i) A certified copy of a vital record or a certification of birth; (ii) A search by the office of vital statistics of its files and records pursuant to a request for information, regardless of whether a copy of a record is provided; (iii) A copy of a record provided pursuant to a request. (b) Replacement of a birth certificate following an adoption, legitimation, paternity determination or acknowledgement, or court order; (c) Filing of a delayed registration of a vital record; (d) Amendment of a vital record that is requested later than one year after the filing date of the vital record; (e) Any other documents or services for which the director considers the charging of a fee appropriate. (2) Fees prescribed under division (A)(1)(a) of this section shall not be less than twelve dollars. (3) Fees prescribed under division (A)(1) of this section shall be collected in addition to any fees required by sections 3109.14 and 3705.242 of the Revised Code. (4) Fees prescribed under division (A) of this section shall not apply to certifications issued under division (H) of this section or copies provided under section 3705.241 of the Revised Code. (B) In addition to the fees prescribed under division (A) of this section or section 3709.09 of the Revised Code, the office of vital statistics, the board of health of a city or general health district, or a local registrar of vital statistics who is not a salaried employee of a city or general health district shall charge a five-dollar fee for each certified copy of a vital record and each certification of birth. This fee shall be deposited in the general operations fund created under section 3701.83 of the Revised Code and be used to support the operations, the modernization, and the automation of the vital records program in this state. A board of health or a local registrar shall forward all fees collected under this division to the department of health not later than thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter. (C) Except as otherwise provided in division (H) of this section, and except as provided in section 3705.241 of the Revised Code, fees collected by the director of health under sections 3705.01 to 3705.29 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created by section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (B) or (I) of this section, money generated by the fees shall be used only for administration and enforcement of this chapter and the rules adopted under it. Amounts submitted to the department of health for copies of vital records or services in excess of the fees imposed by this section shall be dealt with as follows: (1) An overpayment of two dollars or less shall be retained by the department and deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created by section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. (2) An overpayment in excess of two dollars shall be returned to the person who made the overpayment. (D) If a local registrar is a salaried employee of a city or a general health district, any fees the local registrar receives pursuant to section 3705.23 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the general fund of the city or the health fund of the general health district. Each local registrar of vital statistics, or each health district where the local registrar is a salaried employee of the district, shall be entitled to a fee for each birth, fetal death, death, or military service certificate properly and completely made out and registered with the local registrar or district and correctly copied and forwarded to the office of vital statistics in accordance with the population of the primary registration district at the last federal census. The fee for each birth, fetal death, death, or military service certificate shall be: (1) In primary registration districts of over two hundred fifty thousand, twenty cents; (2) In primary registration districts of over one hundred twenty-five thousand and less than two hundred fifty thousand, sixty cents; (3) In primary registration districts of over fifty thousand and less than one hundred twenty-five thousand, eighty cents; (4) In primary registration districts of less than fifty thousand, one dollar. (E) The director of health shall annually certify to the county treasurers of the several counties the number of birth, fetal death, death, and military service certificates registered from their respective counties with the names of the local registrars and the amounts due each registrar and health district at the rates fixed in this section. Such amounts shall be paid by the treasurer of the county in which the registration districts are located. No fees shall be charged or collected by registrars except as provided by this chapter and section 3109.14 of the Revised Code. (F) A probate judge shall be paid a fee of fifteen cents for each certified abstract of marriage prepared and forwarded by the probate judge to the department of health pursuant to section 3705.21 of the Revised Code. The fee shall be in addition to the fee paid for a marriage license and shall be paid by the applicants for the license. (G) The clerk of a court of common pleas shall be paid a fee of one dollar for each certificate of divorce, dissolution, and annulment of marriage prepared and forwarded by the clerk to the department pursuant to section 3705.21 of the Revised Code. The fee for the certified abstract of divorce, dissolution, or annulment of marriage shall be added to the court costs allowed in these cases. (H) The fee for an heirloom certification of birth issued pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 3705.23 of the Revised Code shall be an amount prescribed by rule by the director of health plus any fee required by section 3109.14 of the Revised Code. In setting the amount of the fee, the director shall establish a surcharge in addition to an amount necessary to offset the expense of processing heirloom certifications of birth. The fee prescribed by the director of health pursuant to this division shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the heirloom certification of birth fund which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used by the office of vital statistics to offset the expense of processing heirloom certifications of birth. However, the money collected for the surcharge, subject to the approval of the controlling board, shall be used for the purposes specified by the family and children first council pursuant to section 121.37 of the Revised Code. (I)(1) Four dollars of each fee collected by the board of health of a city or general health district for a certified copy of a vital record or a certification of birth shall be transferred to the office of vital statistics not later than thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter. The amount collected shall be used to support public health systems. Of each four dollars collected, one dollar shall be used by the director of health to pay subsidies to boards of health. The subsidies shall be distributed in accordance with the same formula established under section 3701.342 of the Revised Code for the distribution of state health district subsidy funds to boards of health and local health departments. (2) Four dollars of each fee collected by a local registrar of vital statistics who is not a salaried employee of a city or general health district, for a certified copy of a vital record or certification of birth, shall be transferred to the office of vital statistics not later than thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter. The amount collected shall be used to support public health systems.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.861 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.861
§ 3701.861. Laboratory bill for anatomical pathology services
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 493 - 127th General Assembly (A) No clinical laboratory shall present or cause to be presented a claim, bill, or demand for payment for anatomic pathology services to any person or entity other than the following: (1) The patient who receives the services or another individual, such as a parent, spouse, or guardian, who is responsible for the patient's bills; (2) A responsible insurer or other third-party payor of a patient who receives the services; (3) A hospital, public health clinic, or not-for-profit health clinic ordering the services; (4) A referring clinical laboratory; (5) A governmental agency or any person acting on behalf of a governmental agency; (6) A physician who is permitted to bill for the services under division (D) of section 4731.72 of the Revised Code. (B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to do either of the following: (1) Mandate the assignment of benefits for anatomic pathology services; (2) Prohibit a clinical laboratory that provides anatomic pathology services from billing a referring clinical laboratory for anatomic pathology services in instances in which the referring clinical laboratory sends one or more samples to the clinical laboratory for purposes of having a specialist perform analysis, consultation, or histologic processing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.70
§ 3719.70. Grant of immunity or sentencing consideration to person providing information necessary to investigation
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) When testimony, information, or other evidence in the possession of a person who uses, possesses, or trafficks in any drug of abuse appears necessary to an investigation by law enforcement authorities into illicit sources of any drug of abuse, or appears necessary to successfully institute, maintain, or conclude a prosecution for any drug abuse offense, as defined in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, a judge of the court of common pleas may grant to that person immunity from prosecution for any offense based upon the testimony, information, or other evidence furnished by that person, other than a prosecution of that person for giving false testimony, information, or other evidence. (B)(1) When a person is convicted of any misdemeanor drug abuse offense, the court, in determining whether to place the person under a community control sanction pursuant to section 2929.25 of the Revised Code, shall take into consideration whether the person truthfully has revealed all information within the person's knowledge concerning illicit traffic in or use of drugs of abuse and, when required, has testified as to that information in any proceeding to obtain a search or arrest warrant against another or to prosecute another for any offense involving a drug of abuse. The information shall include, but is not limited to, the identity and whereabouts of accomplices, accessories, aiders, and abettors, if any, of the person or persons from whom any drug of abuse was obtained or to whom any drug of abuse was distributed, and of persons known or believed to be persons with drug dependencies, together with the location of any place or places where and the manner in which any drug of abuse is illegally cultivated, manufactured, sold, possessed, or used. The information also shall include all facts and circumstances surrounding any illicit traffic in or use of drugs of abuse of that nature. (2) If a person otherwise is eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction and being ordered to a period of rehabilitation under section 2951.041 of the Revised Code but the person has failed to cooperate with law enforcement authorities by providing them with the types of information described in division (B)(1) of this section, the person's lack of cooperation may be considered by the court under section 2951.041 of the Revised Code in determining whether to stay all criminal proceedings and order the person to a requested period of intervention. (C) In the absence of a competent and voluntary waiver of the right against self-incrimination, no information or testimony furnished pursuant to division (B) of this section shall be used in a prosecution of the person furnishing it for any offense other than a prosecution of that person for giving false testimony, information, or other evidence. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.99
§ 3715.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

April 7, 2023 House Bill 507 - 134th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 3715.13 or 3715.38 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates section 3715.22 , 3715.25 , or 3715.27 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 3715.23 or 3715.34 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (D) Whoever violates section 3715.52 or 3715.65 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (E) Whoever violates section 3715.521 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A violation of that section occurs on a daily basis, not according to the number of times per day that an expired drug, baby food, or infant formula is sold, offered for sale, or delivered at retail or to the consumer. Each day of violation is a separate offense. Last updated March 20, 2023 at 4:38 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.162 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.162
§ 3701.162. Antitoxin for indigent persons
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly Any licensed physician, certified nurse-midwife if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the Revised Code, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner practicing in this state, or the superintendent of any state or county institution, may receive without charge the quantities of antitoxin as the physician, nurse, or superintendent requires for the treatment or prevention of diphtheria in indigent persons, provided such antitoxin shall be used only for persons residing in the state, and that a sufficient supply is available for distribution. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3739.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3739 / § 3739.04
§ 3739.04. Approval of alternative test method
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 500 - 127th General Assembly (A) If a manufacturer manufactures a cigarette that the state fire marshal determines cannot be tested in accordance with division (B) of section 3739.03 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall require the manufacturer to propose and submit a test method and performance standard for the cigarette to the state fire marshal for approval. If the state fire marshal determines that the test method and performance standard proposed by the manufacturer are equivalent to the test method and performance standard prescribed in division (B) of section 3739.03 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall approve the proposed test method and performance standard, and the manufacturer may use that test method and performance standard to certify the cigarettes pursuant to section 3739.07 of the Revised Code. (B) If the state fire marshal determines that another state has enacted reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards that include a test method and performance standard that are the same as those specified in section 3739.03 of the Revised Code and that the officials responsible for implementing those standards have determined that the alternative test method and performance standard for a particular cigarette proposed by the manufacturer under division (A) of this section satisfies the standards for that state's law or regulation under a statute or regulation that is comparable to this section, the state fire marshal shall authorize the manufacturer to use that alternative test method and performance standard to certify the manufacturer's cigarettes for sale in this state. The state fire marshal is not required to approve an alternative test method and performance standard approved in another state if the state fire marshal demonstrates a reasonable basis for why that alternative test method and performance standard should not be approved under this section. All other applicable requirements of this chapter apply to a manufacturer authorized to use an alternative test method and performance standard under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.40
§ 3727.40. [Former R.C. 3727.44, amended and renumbered by H.B. 173, 135th General Assembly, effective 4/3/2025] Rules
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 173 - 135th General Assembly The director of health may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code. All rules adopted pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated March 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.58
§ 3743.58. Shipping or transporting fireworks
Status: in_force

June 29, 2001 House Bill 161 - 124th General Assembly The fire marshal shall adopt rules governing the transportation of fireworks on the highways of this state. These rules shall be substantially equivalent to regulations of the United States department of transportation governing the transportation of fireworks, and to the fireworks transportation provisions of the most recent versions of chapters 1123, 1124, and 1126 of the most recent national fire protection association standards. Fireworks shall be transported on the highways of this state only in accordance with such rules. Such rules shall not require that shipments of fireworks required by this Chapter to be made directly out of state be made solely by common carriers licensed by the federal government. No requirements of this Chapter that fireworks be shipped or transported directly out of this state require that these shipments be made personally by the seller or solely by common carriers licensed by the federal government.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.45
§ 3701.45. Hospital and medical facilities construction fund - federal grant funds
Status: in_force

September 24, 1971 Senate Bill 343 - 109th General Assembly The director of health may receive federal grant funds in behalf of, and transmit them to, applicants for hospital and medical facilities construction and modernization projects. There is hereby established, separate and apart from all public moneys and funds of this state, a hospital and medical facilities construction fund. Grant moneys received from the federal government for a project approved by the surgeon general shall be deposited to the credit of this fund and shall be used solely for payments due applicants for work performed or purchases made in carrying out approved projects. Vouchers for all payments from the hospital and medical facilities construction fund shall bear the signature of the director or his authorized agent for such purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3714.074 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3714 / § 3714.074
§ 3714.074. Use of funds to abate abandoned accumulations of construction and demolition debris
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) A board of health may use money in the board's special fund created in section 3714.07 of the Revised Code for the purpose specified in division (B) of this section if both of the following apply: (1) It is the end of the fiscal year. (2) The board determines that it has more money in the fund than is necessary for the board to administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it for the following fiscal year. (B) A board of health may use excess money as described in division (A) of this section to abate abandoned accumulations of construction and demolition debris at a location for which a license has not been issued pursuant to section 3714.05 of the Revised Code if the board has reason to believe that there is a substantial threat to public health or safety or the environment and all of the following apply to the property on which the accumulations are located: (1) The construction and demolition debris was placed on the property under either of the following circumstances: (a) After the owner of the property acquired title to it; (b) Before the owner of the property acquired title to it if the owner acquired title to the property by bequest or devise. (2) The owner of the property did not have knowledge that the construction and demolition debris was being placed on the property, or the owner posted on the property signs prohibiting dumping or took other action to prevent the placing of construction and demolition debris on the property. (3) The owner of the property did not participate in or consent to the placement of the construction and demolition debris on the property. (4) The owner of the property did not receive any financial benefit from the placement of the construction and demolition debris on the property or from having the construction and demolition debris on the property. (5) Title to the property was not transferred to the owner of that property for the purpose of avoiding liability for violations of this chapter or rules adopted under it. (6) The person responsible for the placement of the construction and demolition debris on the property, in placing the construction and demolition debris on the property, was not acting as an agent for the owner of the property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3797.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3797 / § 3797.04
§ 3797.04. Annual verification of residence and employment address
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 322 - 135th General Assembly (A) A registrant shall verify the registrant's current residence address and employment address on each anniversary of the registrant's initial registration date by personally appearing before the sheriff of the county in which the registrant is registered not earlier than ten days before the anniversary date and not later than the anniversary date and completing and signing a copy of a verification form provided by the sheriff. The sheriff shall sign the completed form and indicate on the form the date on which it is completed. The verification is complete when the registrant personally appears before the sheriff and completes and signs the form. (B) To facilitate the verification of a registrant's current residence or employment address, the sheriff with whom the registrant most recently registered the address may mail a nonforwardable verification form to the registrant's last reported residence address or employment address, as applicable, with a notice that conspicuously states that the registrant must personally appear before the sheriff to complete the form and the date by which the form must be completed. Regardless of whether a sheriff mails a form to a registrant, each registrant shall personally appear before the sheriff to verify the address. (C)(1) If a registrant fails to verify a current residence address or employment address by the date required for the verification, the sheriff with whom the registrant is required to verify the current address shall send on the day following that date required for the verification and at the registrant's last known residence or place of employment, as applicable, a written warning to the registrant regarding the registrant's duty to verify the registrant's current address. The written warning shall do all of the following: (a) Identify the sheriff who sends it and the date on which it is sent; (b) State conspicuously that the registrant has failed to verify the registrant's current residence address or employment address, as applicable, by the date required for the verification; (c) Conspicuously state that the registrant has seven days from the date on which the warning is sent to verify the current residence address or employment address, as applicable, with the sheriff who sent the warning; (d) Conspicuously state that a failure to timely verify the specified current address or addresses is subject to a civil penalty of up to two thousand five hundred dollars; (e) Conspicuously state that the registrant will not be liable for that civil penalty for a failure to timely verify a current address if the registrant verifies the current address with that sheriff within that seven-day period; (f) Conspicuously state that the registrant will be liable for that civil penalty for a failure to timely verify a current address if the registrant does not verify the current address with that sheriff within that seven-day period. (2) If a registrant fails to verify a current address as required by this section by the date required for the verification, the registrant shall not be liable for that civil penalty for a violation of division (A) of section 3797.10 of the Revised Code unless the seven-day period subsequent to that date that the registrant is provided under division (C)(1) of this section to verify the current address has expired and the registrant has not verified the current address prior to the expiration of that seven-day period. Upon the expiration of the seven-day period that the registrant is provided under division (C)(1) of this section to verify the current address, if the registrant has not verified the current address, all of the following apply: (a) The sheriff with whom the registrant is required to verify the current address promptly shall notify the attorney general of the failure. (b) The sheriff with whom the registrant is required to verify the current address promptly shall refer the registrant's failure to verify the current address to either of the following: (i) The prosecuting attorney of the county in which the registrant is required to verify the current address to that county's sheriff; (ii) The prosecuting attorney of the county in which the registrant resides or is employed. (c) The prosecuting attorney to whom the referral is made under division (C)(2)(b) of this section may file a civil action against the registrant for a violation of division (A) of section 3797.10 of the Revised Code. If the prosecuting attorney does not file the civil action within forty-five days after the referral, the aggrieved person may file that civil action. (D) A registrant who is required to verify a current address pursuant to division (A) of this section shall do so unless and until the registrant is removed from the civil registry pursuant to section 2721.21 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.052 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.052
§ 3709.052. Contract for administration of public health affairs in combined district
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly When a majority of the members of the legislative authority or a majority of the electors of each city constituting a city health district have voted affirmatively, the chief executives of the cities affected shall enter into a contract for the administration of public health affairs in the combined district. Such contract shall state the proportion of expenses of the board of health or health department of the combined district to be paid by each city. Unless the proposal establishing the district as contained in the petition and submitted to the electors provides for the board of health of the new district, the contract may provide that the administration of the combined district be taken over by either the board of health or the health department of one of the cities or by a combined board of health. If the contract provides for a combined board of health, the number of members of the board, their terms of office, and the method of appointment, shall be set forth in the contract. The contract shall designate the city in which the central office of the board of health shall be located. The city treasurer of such city shall be the custodian of the health funds of the combined district. The auditor of such city shall act as the auditor of the combined district and shall pay the expenses of the health program as approved by the board of health and signed by the health commissioner. A copy of such contract shall be filed with the director of health. The service status of any person employed by a city health district shall not be affected by the creation of a combined district. Last updated August 18, 2021 at 1:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3733.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3733 / § 3733.48
§ 3733.48. Prohibitions
Status: in_force

March 20, 1984 Senate Bill 244 - 115th General Assembly No person shall violate sections 3733.41 to 3733.471 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted thereunder.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.47
§ 3707.47. Annual reports
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly On or before the fifteenth day of January of each year, the board of health or health department shall make a report in writing for the preceding calendar year, to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and to the director of health. Such report shall be on the sanitary condition and prospects of such municipal corporation, and shall contain the statistics of deaths and the action of the board and its officers and agents and the names thereof. The report shall contain other useful information, and the board shall suggest therein any further legislative action deemed proper for the better protection of life and health. Such board or health department shall promptly furnish any special report called for by the director of health.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.29
§ 3721.29. Orientation program - performance review - in-service education
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly In addition to competency evaluation programs and training and competency evaluation programs required by this chapter, each long-term care facility shall provide both of the following to each nurse aide it uses: (A) An orientation program that includes at least an explanation of the organizational structure of the facility, its policies and procedures, its philosophy of care, a description of its resident population, and an enumeration of its employee rules; (B) Regular performance review and in-service education to assure that individuals working in the facility as nurse aides are competent to perform the nursing and nursing-related services they perform. In-service education shall include training for nurse aides providing nursing and nursing-related services to residents and patients with cognitive impairments. The director of health shall adopt rules to implement the purposes of this section. The rules shall be no less stringent than the requirements, guidelines, and procedures established by the United States secretary of health and human services under sections 1819 and 1919 of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.34
§ 3773.34. Commission - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) The Ohio athletic commission shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, prescribing the conditions under which prize fights and public boxing or wrestling matches or exhibitions may be conducted, classifying professional boxers by weight, and providing for the administration of sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code. The rules may require that an applicant for a contestant's license to participate in a public boxing match or exhibition take an HIV test, as defined in section 3701.24 of the Revised Code, before being issued the contestant's license and may require that a licensed contestant take such an HIV test before participating in a public boxing match or exhibition. The commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, may issue, deny, suspend, or revoke permits to hold prize fights and public boxing or wrestling matches or exhibitions. The commission may issue, deny, suspend, or revoke licenses to persons engaged in any public boxing match or exhibition as authorized by sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code. (B) In addition to the duties set forth in this chapter, the Ohio athletic commission shall take action as necessary to carry out the provisions of Chapter 4771. of the Revised Code governing athlete agents. (C) On or before the thirty-first day of December of each year, the commission shall make a report to the governor of its proceedings for the year ending on the first day of December of that calendar year, and may include in the report any recommendations pertaining to its duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.93 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.93
§ 3701.93. Ohio violent death reporting system
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Subject to available funds, the director of health shall establish the Ohio violent death reporting system to collect and maintain information, data, and records regarding violent deaths in Ohio.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3742.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3742 / § 3742.06
§ 3742.06. Contractor restrictions
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 House Bill 11 - 125th General Assembly All of the following apply to a residential unit, child care facility, or school: (A) No lead abatement contractor shall provide lead testing services or professional advice regarding lead abatement unless that service or advice is provided by a lead inspector or lead risk assessor who is licensed under section 3742.05 of the Revised Code and is employed by the lead abatement contractor. (B) No person shall provide advice on the need for lead abatement and then participate in a lead abatement project resulting from that advice unless either of the following applies: (1) The person is employed as a member of the staff of the owner or manager of the property on which the lead abatement is to be performed; (2) A written contract for lead abatement is entered into that states both of the following: (a) The person was involved in the lead testing, or in the provision of professional advice, that led to the lead abatement contract; (b) The party contracting for lead abatement services should obtain a second opinion to verify any lead test results and assure that the proposed lead abatement or project design is appropriate. (C) No lead inspector, lead abatement contractor, lead risk assessor, lead abatement project designer, or clearance technician shall use the services of an environmental lead analytical laboratory that has not been approved by the director of health under section 3742.09 of the Revised Code. (D) No lead abatement worker shall perform lead abatement without the on-site supervision of a licensed lead abatement contractor. (E) No person shall have lead-safe renovation performed in lieu of having lead abatement performed on a property at which a lead-poisoned child under six years of age has been identified.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.141 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.141
§ 3734.141. Disposing of acute hazardous waste
Status: in_force

August 1, 1984 House Bill 506 - 115th General Assembly After December 31, 1986, no person shall dispose of any acute hazardous waste listed in 40 C.F.R. 261.33 (e), as amended, in this state unless the director of environmental protection determines, based upon information provided by the generator of the waste, that the waste: (A) Cannot be treated and rendered nonhazardous, recycled, reclaimed, or destroyed by incineration or biological agents; (B) Has been reduced to its lowest level of toxicity; and (C) Has been completely encapsulated or is otherwise protected so as to eliminate its leaching potential.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.24
§ 3715.24. Maple product standards and grades
Status: in_force

October 21, 1997 Senate Bill 87 - 122nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 3715.25 of the Revised Code: (1) "Grade" means standards for grades of maple syrup adopted by the United States department of agriculture and accepted by the director of agriculture or grades as defined in rules adopted by the director. (2) "Maple products" means maple syrup, maple sugar, maple cream, or any other product in which the sugar content is entirely derived from pure maple sap and to which no other sweetener has been added. (3) "Maple sap" means the unprocessed liquid derived from the maple tree of the acer species. (4) "Maple sugar" or "maple concrete" means the solid, crystalline products derived from pure maple sap. (5) "Maple syrup" means the unadulterated liquid food derived by concentration and heat treatment of pure maple sap or by reconstituting maple sugar or maple concrete with water to a density of not less than sixty-six degrees on the brix scale at sixty-eight degrees fahrenheit and any permitted optional ingredients. (6) "Package" means a container, equal to or less than five gallons in volume, intended to be sold to individuals or commercial businesses for use without further processing or repackaging of the contents. (B) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish voluntary grades, authorized optional ingredients, standards for fill of containers, and standards of weight for the sale of maple products in this state and that specify the analytical tests to be used for determining compliance with those voluntary grade requirements. (C) The director shall develop and maintain laboratory facilities, equipment, and procedures sufficient to determine whether maple syrup complies with the requirements relative to standards and grades in this chapter and the rules adopted under it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.71
§ 3707.71. Fetal infant mortality review board
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) A board of health may, in accordance with rules adopted under section 3701.049 of the Revised Code, establish and operate a fetal-infant mortality review board to review both of the following: (1) Each fetal death experienced by a woman who was, at the time of the fetal death, a resident of the health district in which the board exercises authority; (2) Each death of an infant who was, at the time of death, a resident of the health district in which the board exercises authority. (B) A fetal-infant mortality review board may not conduct a review of a death while an investigation of the death or prosecution of a person for causing the death is pending unless the prosecuting attorney agrees to allow the review. The law enforcement agency conducting the criminal investigation, on the conclusion of the investigation, and the prosecuting attorney prosecuting the case, on the conclusion of the prosecution, shall notify the chairperson of the review board of the conclusion.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.05
§ 3743.05. Rules governing classification, manufacturing, and packaging
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly The fire marshal shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the classification of fireworks that are consistent with the classification of fireworks by the United States department of transportation as set forth in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and the manufacture of fireworks and the storage of manufactured fireworks by licensed manufacturers of fireworks. The rules shall be designed to promote the safety and security of employees of manufacturers, members of the public, and the fireworks plant. The rules shall be consistent with sections 3743.02 to 3743.08 of the Revised Code, shall be substantially equivalent to the most recent versions of chapters 1123, 1124, and 1126 of the most recent national fire protection association standards, and shall apply to, but not be limited to, the following subject matters: (A) A classification of fireworks by number and letter designation, including, specifically, a 1.4G designation of fireworks. The classes of fireworks established by the fire marshal shall be substantially equivalent to those defined by the United States department of transportation by regulation, except that, if the fire marshal determines that a type of fireworks designated as common fireworks by the United States department of transportation meets the criteria of any class of fireworks, other than 1.4G fireworks, as adopted by the fire marshal pursuant to this section, the fire marshal may include the type of fireworks in the other class instead of 1.4G. (B) Appropriate standards for the manufacturing of types of fireworks that are consistent with standards adopted by the United States department of transportation and the consumer product safety commission, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Permissible amounts of pyrotechnic or explosive composition; (2) Interior and exterior dimensions; (3) Structural specifications. (C) Cleanliness and orderliness in, the heating, lighting, and use of stoves and flame-producing items in, smoking in, the prevention of fire and explosion in, the availability of fire extinguishers or other fire-fighting equipment and their use in, and emergency procedures relative to the buildings and other structures located on the premises of a fireworks plant. (D) Appropriate uniforms to be worn by employees of manufacturers in the course of the manufacturing, handling, and storing of fireworks, and the use of protective clothing and equipment by the employees. (E) The manner in which fireworks are to be packed, packaged, and stored. (F) Required distances between buildings or structures used in the manufacturing, storage, or sale of fireworks and occupied residential and nonresidential buildings or structures, railroads, highways, or any additional buildings or structures located on the licensed premises. The rules adopted pursuant to this division do not apply to factory buildings in fireworks plants that were erected on or before May 30, 1986, and that were legally being used for fireworks activities under authority of a valid license issued by the fire marshal as of December 1, 1990, pursuant to sections 3743.03 and 3743.04 of the Revised Code. (G) Requirements for the operation of storage locations, including packaging, assembling, and storage of fireworks.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3772.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3772 / § 3772.12
§ 3772.12. Gaming-related vendor license
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A person may apply for a gaming-related vendor license. All applications shall be certified as true. (B) A person who holds a gaming-related vendor's license is authorized to sell or lease, and to contract to sell or lease, equipment and supplies to any licensee involved in the ownership or management of a casino facility. (C) Gambling supplies and equipment shall not be distributed unless supplies and equipment conform to standards adopted in rules adopted by the commission. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 2:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3751.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3751 / § 3751.01
§ 3751.01. Hazardous substances definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Confidential business information" means the types or categories of information identified in rules adopted by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA. (B) "EPCRA" means the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1728, 42 U.S.C. 11001, et seq. (C) "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. (D) "Manufacture" means the production, preparation, importation, or compounding of a toxic chemical. The term also applies to a toxic chemical produced coincidentally during the manufacture, processing, use, or disposal of another substance or mixture including, without limitation, byproducts and coproducts that are separated from the other substance or mixture and impurities that remain in that substance or mixture. (E) "Person" includes the state, any political subdivision or other state or local body, the United States and any agency or instrumentality thereof, and any entity defined as a person under section 1.59 of the Revised Code. (F) "Process" means the preparation of a toxic chemical after its manufacture for distribution in commerce: (1) In the same form or physical state as, or in a different form or physical state from, that in which it was received by the person so preparing such chemical; (2) As part of an article containing the toxic chemical. (G) "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or discharging into the environment of any toxic chemical including, without limitation, the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles that contained a toxic chemical. (H) "Toxic chemical" means a chemical listed in rules adopted by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.36
§ 3709.36. Board of health of city or general health district
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly The board of health of a city or general health district hereby created shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties formerly conferred and imposed by law upon the board of health of a municipal corporation, and all such powers, duties, procedure, and penalties for violation of the sanitary regulations of a board of health of a municipal corporation are transferred to the board of health of a city or general health district by sections 3701.10 , 3701.29 , 3701.81 , 3707.08 , 3707.14 , 3707.16 , 3707.47 , and 3709.01 to 3709.36 of the Revised Code. The board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code shall, for the purpose of providing public health services, be a body politic and corporate. As such, it is capable of suing and being sued, contracting and being contracted with, acquiring, holding, possessing, and disposing of real and personal property, and taking and holding in trust for the use and benefit of such district or authority any grant or devise of land and any domain or bequest of money or other personal property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.20
§ 3734.20. Investigations
Status: in_force

October 6, 2017 Senate Bill 2 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) If the director of environmental protection has reason to believe that hazardous waste was treated, stored, or disposed of at any facility or property located within the state or that solid waste or construction and demolition debris was disposed of at any facility or property in the state, the director may conduct such investigations and make such inquiries as are reasonable or necessary to determine if conditions at the facility or property: (a) Constitute a substantial threat to public health or safety; or (b) Are causing or contributing to or threatening to cause or contribute to air or water pollution or soil contamination. The director may obtain samples and examine and copy records for purposes of an investigation. (2) The director or the director's authorized representative may apply for, and any judge of a court of common pleas shall issue, an appropriate search warrant necessary to achieve the purposes of this section within the court's territorial jurisdiction. (3) The director may expend money from the hazardous waste facility management fund created in section 3734.18 of the Revised Code, the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code, or the environmental protection remediation fund created in section 3734.281 of the Revised Code for conducting investigations at any facility or property where the director has reason to believe that hazardous waste was treated, stored, or disposed of. The director may expend money from the environmental protection remediation fund established in section 3734.281 of the Revised Code for conducting investigations at any facility or property where the director has reason to believe that solid waste or construction and demolition debris was disposed of. (B) If the director determines that conditions at a hazardous waste facility, solid waste facility, or other facility or property where hazardous waste was treated, stored, or disposed of constitute a substantial threat to public health or safety or are causing or contributing to or threatening to cause or contribute to air or water pollution or soil contamination, the director shall initiate appropriate action under this chapter or Chapter 3704. or 6111. of the Revised Code or seek any other appropriate legal or equitable remedies to abate the pollution or contamination or to protect public health or safety. If the director determines that conditions at a facility or property where solid waste or construction and demolition debris was disposed of constitute a substantial threat to public health or safety, the director shall initiate appropriate action under this chapter or Chapter 3714. of the Revised Code or seek any other appropriate legal or equitable remedies to abate the pollution or contamination or to protect public health or safety. If an order of the director to abate or prevent air or water pollution or soil contamination or to remedy a threat to public health or safety caused by conditions at such a facility or property issued pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 3704., 3714., or 6111. of the Revised Code is not wholly complied with within the time prescribed in the order, the director may, through officers or employees of the environmental protection agency or through contractors employed for that purpose, enter upon the facility or property and perform measures to abate or prevent air or water pollution or soil contamination from the facility or property or to protect public health or safety, including, but not limited to, measures prescribed in division (B) of section 3734.23 of the Revised Code. The director shall keep an itemized record of the cost of the investigation and measures performed, including costs for labor, materials, and any contract services required. Upon completion of the investigation or measures, the director shall record the cost of performing the investigation and measures at the office of the county recorder of the county in which the facility or property is located. The cost so recorded attaches to the real property and constitutes a perfected lien against the property. A lien imposed under this section shall continue until it is discharged or upon a filing by the director of a release of the lien in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the facility or property subject to the lien is located. Upon written request of the director, the attorney general shall institute a civil action to recover the cost of the investigation or other measures, as applicable. Any money so received shall be credited to the hazardous waste facility management fund, the hazardous waste clean-up fund, or the environmental protection remediation fund, as applicable. When entering upon a facility or property under this division, the director shall perform or cause to be performed only those measures necessary or appropriate to abate or prevent air or water pollution or soil contamination caused by conditions at the facility or property or to abate threats to public health or safety caused by conditions at the facility or property. For this purpose the director may expend money from the hazardous waste facility management fund, the hazardous waste clean-up fund, or the environmental protection remediation fund and may expend money from loans from the Ohio water development authority to the environmental protection agency that pledge money from the hazardous waste facility management fund, the hazardous waste clean-up fund, or the environmental protection remediation fund for the repayment of and for the interest on such loans.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.522 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.522
§ 3734.522. Withdrawal from a joint solid waste management district
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 Senate Bill 147 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "deliver" has the same meaning as in division (G)(2) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to division (H) of this section, a board of county commissioners of a county that is a member of a joint solid waste management district may withdraw from the district by doing all of the following: (1) Adopting a resolution declaring that the county will unilaterally withdraw from the district; (2) Providing the notice required under division (C) of this section; (3) Complying with the requirements under division (D) of this section governing the memorandum of understanding. (C) Upon adopting the resolution under division (B) of this section, the board shall deliver a copy of it to the board of directors of the district. Upon receiving the resolution, the board of directors shall deliver written notice of the proposed withdrawal to the boards of county commissioners of the other counties forming the joint district and to the director of environmental protection. (D) If a board of county commissioners adopts a resolution under division (B) of this section, the boards of county commissioners of all the counties that are members of the joint district shall enter into a memorandum of understanding within forty-five days after notice of the withdrawal is received in accordance with division (C) of this section. The memorandum of understanding shall describe the terms of how the counties that comprise the joint district will operate as a joint district during a two-year period beginning on the date that the memorandum of understanding is agreed upon by all counties that comprise the joint district. The counties that are members of the joint district may include in the memorandum of understanding a reasonable allocation of funds for each newly formed district that will result from the withdrawal to conduct the solid waste management planning process. In the event that those counties do not agree upon the terms of the memorandum of understanding, the county that is withdrawing shall, within ten days after it is determined that an agreement cannot be reached by the counties, request a court of common pleas located in a county adjacent to the withdrawing county to hear the parties and decide the terms of the memorandum of understanding on behalf of the counties. Not later than ninety days after the request is made, the court of common pleas shall hear the parties and issue an order that details the terms of the memorandum of understanding. The court may include in the memorandum of understanding a reasonable allocation of funds for each newly formed district that will result from the withdrawal to conduct the solid waste management planning process. The memorandum of understanding expires two years after the date that memorandum of understanding is entered into by the counties or the court issues the order determining the details of the memorandum of understanding, as applicable, unless all parties agree in writing to an earlier date. If a board of county commissioners wishes to extend the term of the memorandum of understanding, the board, prior to sixty days before the memorandum is scheduled to expire, shall request the boards of county commissioners of all other counties that form the joint district to agree to the extension and shall include in the request the period of time proposed for the extension, which shall not exceed forty-five days. If all such boards agree to the extension, the memorandum of understanding is extended for such time period as agreed to. If a court of common pleas issued an order establishing the terms of the memorandum of understanding, the board of county commissioners seeking the extension, prior to sixty days before the memorandum is scheduled to expire, may request the court to extend the memorandum. If so requested, the court shall issue an order either denying an extension or extending the term of the memorandum by a period of not to exceed forty-five days. (E) The director of environmental protection shall take all actions necessary under this chapter to effectuate the withdrawal of a county from a joint solid waste management district pursuant to a memorandum of understanding executed under this section so that the withdrawal is effective upon the expiration date of the memorandum of understanding. The director shall begin taking all such necessary actions on the date that such memorandum is executed. (F) The board of directors of the joint district shall take all actions necessary to ascertain, apportion, and order a division of the funds on hand, credits, and real and personal property of the district, either in money or in kind, on an equitable basis between the district and the withdrawing county, effective upon the expiration date of the memorandum of understanding. (G) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, on the date that the memorandum of understanding expires, all of the following apply: (1) The withdrawing county is severed from the joint district, becomes a county solid waste management district, and shall comply with all necessary provisions of Chapter 343. of the Revised Code and this chapter that apply to county solid waste management districts. The severed county's members on the board of directors of the joint district cease to be members of that board. That board's power to levy a tax upon taxable property in the severed county to support the former joint district terminates, except that each county of the former district shall continue to levy and collect any taxes levied for the payment of indebtedness of the district that was incurred prior to the severed county's withdrawal from the district. (2) The county or counties remaining in the former joint district become a county or joint solid waste management district, as applicable, and shall comply with all necessary provisions of Chapter 343. of the Revised Code and this chapter that apply to county or joint solid waste management districts. (3) The solid waste management policy committee of the severed county and such committee of the county or counties of the remaining district may form or join a joint solid waste management district or a regional solid waste management authority as provided in this chapter and Chapter 343. of the Revised Code. However, in no circumstance shall the director require the county or counties to form or join a joint district or regional solid waste management authority. (H) In the case of a joint solid waste management district that is managed by a board of trustees of a regional solid waste management authority and that is operating under an agreement entered into pursuant to section 343.011 of the Revised Code, any withdrawal of a county from the district is subject to the following: (1) If the agreement governs the withdrawal of a county from the joint district, the board of county commissioners of a county that is a member of the joint district may withdraw from the district only pursuant to that agreement. (2) If the agreement does not govern the withdrawal of a county from the joint district, the board of county commissioners of a county that is a member of the joint district may withdraw from the district in accordance with divisions (B) to (G) of this section, provided the board first does all of the following: (a) Adopts a resolution proposing to withdraw from the district; (b) Delivers written notice of the proposed withdrawal to the legislative authority of each municipal corporation and township under the jurisdiction of the regional solid waste management authority. Not later than ninety days after the receipt of the written notice under this division, each such legislative authority shall either approve or disapprove of the proposed withdrawal by ordinance or resolution and deliver a copy of the ordinance or resolution to the board of county commissioners. (c) Obtains the approval of the withdrawal from a combination of municipal corporations and townships with a combined population comprising at least sixty per cent of the total population of the solid waste management district, provided that that combination shall include the municipal corporation having the largest population in each county within the boundaries of the district. Upon satisfaction of the requirements of divisions (H)(2)(a) to (c) of this section, the board of county commissioners may proceed to withdraw from the joint solid waste management district in the manner specified in divisions (B) to (G) of this section. Last updated July 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3750.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3750 / § 3750.13
§ 3750.13. Fees
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(3) or (4) of this section, the owner or operator of a facility required to annually file an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form under section 3750.08 of the Revised Code shall submit with the inventory form a filing fee of one hundred fifty dollars. In addition to the filing fee, the owner or operator shall submit with the inventory form the following additional fees for reporting inventories of the individual hazardous chemicals and extremely hazardous substances produced, used, or stored at the facility: (a) Except as provided in division (A)(1)(b) of this section, an additional fee of twenty dollars per hazardous chemical enumerated on the inventory form; (b) An additional fee of one hundred fifty dollars per extremely hazardous substance enumerated on the inventory form. The fee established in division (A)(1)(a) of this section does not apply to the reporting of the inventory of a hazardous chemical that is also an extremely hazardous substance to which the inventory reporting fee established in division (A)(1)(b) of this section applies. The total fees required to accompany any inventory form shall not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars. (2) An owner or operator of a facility who fails to submit such an inventory form within thirty days after the applicable filing date prescribed in section 3750.08 of the Revised Code shall submit with the inventory form a late filing fee in the amount of ten per cent per year of the total fees due under division (A)(1) or (4) of this section, in addition to the fees due under division (A)(1) or (4) of this section. (3) The owner or operator of a facility who, during the preceding year, was required to pay a fee to a municipal corporation pursuant to an ordinance, rule, or requirement that was in effect on the effective date of this section for the reporting or providing of the names or amounts of extremely hazardous substances or hazardous chemicals produced, used, or stored at the facility may claim a credit against the fees due under division (A)(1) or (4) of this section for the fees paid to the municipal corporation pursuant to its reporting requirement. The amount of the credit claimed in any reporting year shall not exceed the amount of the fees due under division (A)(1) or (4) of this section during that reporting year, and no unused portion of the credit shall be carried over to subsequent years. In order to claim a credit under this division, the owner or operator shall submit with the emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form a receipt issued by the municipal corporation or other documentation acceptable to the commission indicating the amount of the fee paid to the municipal corporation and the date on which the fee was paid. (4) An owner or operator who is regulated under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code and who submits information under section 1509.231 of the Revised Code for not more than twenty-five facilities shall submit to the emergency response commission on or before the first day of March a flat fee of fifty dollars if the facilities meet all of the following conditions: (a) The facility exclusively stores crude oil or liquid hydrocarbons or other fluids resulting, obtained, or produced in connection with the production or storage of crude oil or natural gas. (b) The crude oil, liquid hydrocarbons, or other fluids stored at the facility are conveyed directly to it through piping or tubing. (c) The facility is located on the same site as, or on a site adjacent to, the well from which the crude oil, liquid hydrocarbons, or other fluids are produced or obtained. (d) The facility is used for the storage of the crude oil, liquid hydrocarbons, or other fluids prior to their transportation off the premises of the facility for sale, use, or disposal. An owner or operator who submits information for more than twenty-five facilities that meet all of the conditions prescribed in divisions (A)(4)(a) to (d) of this section shall submit to the commission a base fee of fifty dollars and an additional filing fee of ten dollars for each facility reported in excess of twenty-five, but not exceeding a total fee of nine hundred dollars. As used in division (A)(4) of this section, "owner or operator" means the person who actually owns or operates any such facility and any other person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the person who actually owns or operates the facility. (B) The emergency response commission and the local emergency planning committee of an emergency planning district may establish fees to be paid by persons, other than public officers or employees, obtaining copies of documents or information submitted to the commission or a committee under this chapter. The fees shall be established at a level calculated to defray the costs to the commission or committee for copying the documents or information, but shall not exceed the maximum fees established in rules adopted under division (B)(8) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. (C) Except as provided in this division and division (B) of this section, and except for fees authorized by section 3737.22 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under sections 3737.82 to 3737.882 of the Revised Code and collected exclusively for either of those purposes, no committee or political subdivision shall levy any fee, tax, excise, or other charge to carry out the purposes of this chapter. A committee may charge the actual costs involved in accessing any computerized data base established by the commission under this chapter or by the United States environmental protection agency under the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1729, 42 U.S.C.A. 11001. (D) Moneys collected by the commission under this section shall be credited to the emergency planning and community right-to-know fund created in section 3750.14 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3775.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3775 / § 3775.13
§ 3775.13. Persons prohibited from participating in sports gaming
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly (A) No individual who is on the Ohio casino control commission's sports gaming exclusion list created under section 3772.031 of the Revised Code shall enter a sports gaming facility or the grounds of a sports gaming facility or participate in the play or operation of sports gaming in this state. A sports gaming proprietor shall employ commercially reasonable methods to prevent an individual who is on the commission's sports gaming exclusion list from engaging in sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor. (B)(1) A sports gaming proprietor may exclude any individual from entering a sports gaming facility, or the grounds of a sports gaming facility, that is under the control of the sports gaming proprietor and may exclude any individual from participating in the play or operation of sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor. The sports gaming proprietor shall keep a list of all excluded individuals. No individual who is on a sports gaming proprietor's exclusion list shall enter a sports gaming facility, or the grounds of a sports gaming facility, that is under the control of the sports gaming proprietor or participate in the play or operation of sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor under this chapter. (2) If a sports gaming proprietor excludes an individual because the sports gaming proprietor determines that the individual engaged or attempted to engage in any sports gaming related activity that is prohibited under this chapter or under the commission's rules, the sports gaming proprietor shall report that fact to the Ohio casino control commission. (C)(1) A sports gaming proprietor shall employ commercially reasonable methods to prevent any person who is participating in the sports gaming voluntary exclusion program from engaging in sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor. (2) Absent gross negligence, all of the following persons are immune from any type of civil liability on the basis that a person who is participating in the sports gaming voluntary exclusion program enters or accesses a sports gaming facility or participates in sports gaming conducted under this chapter: (a) The commission or any other agency of this state and its agents or employees; (b) A sports gaming licensee and its agents or employees. (D) No sports gaming proprietor, no director, officer, agent, or employee of a sports gaming proprietor, no other person who has a financial interest in a sports gaming proprietor, and no person living in the same household as any of those persons, shall engage in any sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor, other than as part of operating sports gaming or as part of the employee's employment. A sports gaming proprietor shall employ commercially reasonable methods to prevent those persons, and any other person who has access to confidential information held by the sports gaming proprietor, from engaging in sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor. (E) No member or employee of the Ohio casino control commission or the state lottery commission shall knowingly participate in sports gaming conducted by a sports gaming proprietor in this state or participate in sports gaming with any person or entity located outside this state that is directly or indirectly owned or operated by a sports gaming proprietor. A sports gaming proprietor shall employ commercially reasonable methods to prevent such a person from engaging in sports gaming conducted by the sports gaming proprietor. (F)(1) A sports gaming proprietor shall employ commercially reasonable methods to prevent any person involved in a sporting event with respect to which sports gaming is permitted from engaging in any sports gaming with the sports gaming proprietor, based on publicly available information and any information provided by a sports governing body under division (F)(2) of this section. (2) The Ohio casino control commission shall adopt rules specifying a procedure for a sports governing body to provide to the commission a list of persons who are involved in sporting events, including those persons' full legal names, dates of birth, and social security numbers, for the purpose of preventing those persons from engaging in sports gaming. The commission shall make the list available to each sports gaming proprietor and to the state lottery commission. The Ohio casino control commission, the state lottery commission, and each sports gaming proprietor shall keep the information in the list confidential. (3) For purposes of division (F) of this section, a person is considered to be involved in a sporting event if the person is an athlete, participant, coach, referee, team owner, or sports governing body with respect to the sporting event; any agent or employee of such an athlete, participant, coach, referee, team owner, or sports governing body; and any agent or employee of an athlete, participant, or referee union with respect to the sporting event. (G) A sports gaming proprietor shall employ commercially reasonable methods to prevent any person from placing a wager with the sports gaming proprietor on behalf of another person. Last updated February 14, 2022 at 4:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3752.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3752 / § 3752.17
§ 3752.17. Injunction
Status: in_force

July 1, 1995 House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly (A) The attorney general, upon the written request of the director of environmental protection, shall criminally prosecute to termination or bring a civil action for injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction against any person who has violated or is violating any section of this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued under it. The court in which an action for injunction is filed has jurisdiction to and shall grant preliminary and permanent injunctive relief upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought has violated or is violating any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. Upon a showing that such a violation or threatened violation endangers or threatens to endanger public health or safety or is causing or threatening to cause air or water pollution or soil contamination, the court shall give precedence to such an action over all other cases. Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code relating to the distribution and crediting of fines for violations of the Revised Code, fines imposed under section 3752.99 of the Revised Code for all violations prosecuted by the attorney general under this division shall be credited to the immediate removal fund created in section 3745.12 of the Revised Code. (B) The prosecuting attorney of the county, city director of law of the city, or village solicitor of the village where a violation has occurred or is occurring, upon obtaining the written approval of the director and the attorney general, may bring a civil action for injunction on behalf of the county, city, or village, as appropriate, against any person who has violated or is violating any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. A prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or village solicitor who seeks to bring an action for injunction under this division first shall submit a written request for approval to do so to the director and the attorney general. The director and the attorney general, at their discretion, shall approve or disapprove the request and, upon doing so, shall mail notice of the approval or disapproval of the request by first class mail to the prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or village solicitor. If either the director or the attorney general disapproves the request, the prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or village solicitor shall not bring the action for injunction in connection with the violation named in the request. A civil action for injunction authorized pursuant to this division may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction. The court in which such an action for injunction is filed has jurisdiction to and shall grant preliminary and permanent injunctive relief upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought has violated or is violating any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. Upon a showing that such a violation or threatened violation endangers or threatens to endanger public health or safety or is causing or threatening to cause air or water pollution or soil contamination, the court shall give precedence to such an action over all other cases. (C) Whoever violates any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it, except section 3752.07 , 3752.11 , 3752.111 , or 3752.113 of the Revised Code, a rule adopted under section 3752.03 of the Revised Code pertaining to the securing of buildings, structures, or outdoor locations of operation, or an order issued to enforce section 3752.07 of the Revised Code or such a rule, shall pay a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each day of each violation. Whoever violates section 3752.07 or 3752.113 of the Revised Code, a rule adopted under section 3752.03 of the Revised Code pertaining to the securing of buildings, structures, or outdoor locations of operation in connection with either of those sections, or an order issued to enforce section 3752.07 of the Revised Code or such a rule shall pay a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each day of each violation. Whoever violates section 3752.11 or 3752.111 of the Revised Code or a rule adopted under section 3752.03 of the Revised Code pertaining to the securing of buildings, structures, or outdoor locations of operation in connection with either of those sections shall pay a civil penalty in an amount equal to the costs incurred by the director or the appropriate political subdivision under division (A) of section 3752.112 of the Revised Code as a result of the violation. (1) The attorney general, upon the written request of the director, shall bring a civil action for imposition of a civil penalty under division (C) of this section against any person who has committed or is committing any such violation. (2) The prosecuting attorney of the county, city director of law of the city, or village solicitor of the village where a violation has occurred or is occurring, upon obtaining the written approval of the director and the attorney general, may bring a civil action for imposition of a civil penalty on behalf of the county, city, or village, as appropriate, against a person who has committed or is committing a violation of any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. A prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or village solicitor who seeks to bring an action for the imposition of a civil penalty first shall submit a written request for approval to do so to the director and the attorney general. The director and the attorney general, at their discretion, shall approve or disapprove the request and, upon doing so, shall mail notice of the approval or disapproval of the request by first class mail to the prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or village solicitor. If either the director or the attorney general disapproves the request, the prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or village solicitor shall not bring the action for imposition of a civil penalty in connection with the violation named in the request. (3) All civil penalties received under division (C) of this section pursuant to actions brought under division (C)(1) of this section shall be credited to the immediate removal fund created in section 3745.12 of the Revised Code. All civil penalties received under division (C) of this section pursuant to actions brought under division (C)(2) of this section shall be credited to the general fund of the political subdivision whose legal officer brought the action for imposition of the civil penalty and shall be used exclusively to defray the costs to the political subdivision incurred under division (A) of section 3752.112 of the Revised Code and of enforcing this chapter and rules adopted and orders issued under it. (D) Any action for injunction or civil penalties under division (A), (B), or (C) of this section is a civil action governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3761.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3761 / § 3761.07
§ 3761.07. County's right of action against member of mob
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The county, in which a lynching occurs, may recover from any of the persons composing a mob the amount of a judgment and costs rendered against it, under sections 3761.01 to 3761.10 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, in favor of the legal representatives of a person killed or seriously injured by such mob. A person present, with hostile intent, at a lynching is a member of the mob and is liable under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3775.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3775 / § 3775.041
§ 3775.041. Licensing preferences and suitability factors
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly (A) In issuing initial and renewed type A and type B sports gaming proprietor licenses, the Ohio casino control commission shall give preference to applicants that are professional sports organizations, casino operators, or video lottery sales agents, subject to the factors described in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, as applicable. The commission shall give equal preference to professional sports organizations, casino operators, and video lottery sales agents for that purpose. (B) In issuing initial and renewed sports gaming proprietor, mobile management services provider, management services provider, and sports gaming supplier licenses, the commission shall consider all of the following factors, in addition to all other requirements for licensure specified under this chapter and in the rules of the commission: (1) The reputation, experience, and financial integrity of the applicant and any person that controls the applicant, as determined under division (C) of section 3775.03 of the Revised Code; (2) The financial ability of the applicant to purchase and maintain adequate liability and casualty insurance and to provide an adequate surety bond; (3) The past and present compliance of the applicant and its affiliates or affiliated companies with gambling-related licensing requirements in this state or any other jurisdiction, including whether the applicant has a history of noncompliance with those requirements; (4) Whether the applicant has been charged with, indicted for, or convicted of any felony or misdemeanor criminal offense under the laws of any jurisdiction, not including any traffic violation; (5) Whether the applicant has filed, or had filed against it, a proceeding for bankruptcy, or has ever been involved in any formal process to adjust, defer, suspend, or otherwise work out the payment of any debt; (6) Whether the applicant has been served with a complaint or other notice filed with any public body regarding a payment of any tax required under federal, state, or local law that has been delinquent for one or more years; (7) Whether the applicant is or has been a defendant in litigation involving its business practices; (8) Whether awarding a license would undermine the public's confidence in the sports gaming industry in this state. (C) In the case of a sports gaming proprietor license, the Ohio casino control commission also shall consider all of the following: (1) The nature of the applicant's current or intended physical presence in this state, including any expenditures for physical infrastructure; (2) The length of time, if any, for which the applicant has been doing any kind of business in this state; (3) The total amount of taxable income the applicant pays, or will pay, to its employees in this state; (4) The applicant's current or intended local and statewide economic involvement in this state; (5) The applicant's other current or intended contributions to this state, including promoting tourism. (D) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of division (A), (B), or (C) of this section, the Ohio casino control commission shall not give preference to an applicant for a sports gaming proprietor license on the basis that any of the following persons currently contract, or have contracted, with the state lottery commission or any other agency of this state: (1) The applicant; (2) A person that has control over the applicant, as determined under division (C) of section 3775.03 of the Revised Code; (3) A person over which the applicant has control, as determined under that division. Last updated February 14, 2022 at 3:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.06
§ 3719.06. Authority of licensed health professional
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 95 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs, if acting in the course of professional practice, in accordance with the laws regulating the professional's practice, and in accordance with rules adopted by the state board of pharmacy, may, except as provided in division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section, do the following: (a) Prescribe schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances; (b) Administer or personally furnish to patients schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances; (c) Cause schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances to be administered under the prescriber's direction and supervision. (2) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who is a clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner is subject to both of the following: (a) A schedule II controlled substance may be prescribed only in accordance with division (C) of section 4723.481 of the Revised Code. (b) No schedule II controlled substance shall be personally furnished to any patient. (3) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who is a physician assistant is subject to all of the following: (a) A controlled substance may be prescribed or personally furnished only if it is included in the physician-delegated prescriptive authority granted to the physician assistant in accordance with Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code. (b) A schedule II controlled substance may be prescribed only in accordance with division (B)(4) of section 4730.41 and section 4730.411 of the Revised Code. (c) No schedule II controlled substance shall be personally furnished to any patient. (4) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who is a certified mental health assistant is subject to both of the following: (a) A controlled substance may be prescribed or personally furnished only in accordance with sections 4772.12 and 4772.13 of the Revised Code. (b) No schedule II controlled substance shall be personally furnished to any patient. (B) No licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs shall prescribe, administer, or personally furnish a schedule III anabolic steroid for the purpose of human muscle building or enhancing human athletic performance and no pharmacist shall dispense a schedule III anabolic steroid for either purpose, unless it has been approved for that purpose under the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended. (C) When issuing a prescription for a schedule II controlled substance, a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs shall do so only upon an electronic prescription, except that the prescriber may issue a written prescription if any of the following apply: (1) A temporary technical, electrical, or broadband failure occurs preventing the prescriber from issuing an electronic prescription. (2) The prescription is issued for a nursing home resident or hospice care patient. (3) The prescriber is employed by or under contract with the same entity that operates the pharmacy. (4) The prescriber determines that an electronic prescription cannot be issued in a timely manner and the patient's medical condition is at risk. (5) The prescriber issues the prescription from a health care facility, which may include an emergency department, and reasonably determines that an electronic prescription would be impractical for the patient or would cause a delay that may adversely impact the patient's medical condition. (6) The prescriber issues per year not more than fifty prescriptions for schedule II controlled substances. (7) The prescriber is a veterinarian licensed under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code. (D) Each written or electronic prescription for a controlled substance shall be properly executed, dated, and signed by the prescriber on the day when issued and shall bear the full name and address of the person for whom, or the owner of the animal for which, the controlled substance is prescribed and the full name, address, and registry number under the federal drug abuse control laws of the prescriber. If the prescription is for an animal, it shall state the species of the animal for which the controlled substance is prescribed. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.108 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.108
§ 3781.108. Fire suppression system required in certain new tall buildings used for human occupancy
Status: in_force

September 15, 1989 Senate Bill 139 - 118th General Assembly (A) Every building constructed on or after the effective date of this section with floors used for human occupancy located more than seventy-five feet in height above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access, shall have a fire suppression system installed and in operation in conformity with the rules of the board of building standards adopted pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Fire suppression system" means a system that includes devices and equipment to detect a fire, actuate an alarm, and suppress or control a fire. (2) "Human occupancy" does not include floors of buildings where occupancy by humans is limited to ingress, egress, and limited access for maintenance and repair. (3) "Constructed" means either the date that the plans for a building were approved by the agency having jurisdiction pursuant to sections 3781.12 and 3791.04 of the Revised Code or the date that the permit was issued for the building, whichever occurs first. (C) Nothing in this section shall be construed as restricting the authority of the board to adopt rules, pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code, that require the installation and operation of fire suppression systems in buildings constructed on or after the effective date of this section with floors used for human occupancy located seventy-five feet in height or less above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access or as restricting the authority of the board existing before the effective date of this section to adopt or amend rules, pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code, that would require the installation and operation of fire suppression systems.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.69
§ 3735.69. Community reinvestment area housing council - powers and duties
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 Senate Bill 33 - 134th General Assembly (A) A community reinvestment area housing council shall be appointed for each community reinvestment area, as follows: (1) When the area is designated by a municipal corporation, the council shall be composed of two members appointed by the mayor of the municipal corporation, two members appointed by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, and one member appointed by the planning commission of the municipal corporation. The majority of the foregoing members shall then appoint two additional members who shall be residents of the municipal corporation. (2) When the area is designated by a limited home rule township, the council shall be composed of two members appointed by the board of trustees of the township, one member appointed by the township law director, one member appointed by the township zoning commission or, if the township has not established such a commission, the county planning commission, and one member appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county where the area is located. (3) When the area is designated by a county, the council shall be composed of one member appointed by each member of the board of county commissioners of the county where the area is located and two members appointed by the county planning commission. The majority of the foregoing members shall then appoint two additional members who shall be residents of the county. Terms of the members of the council shall be for three years. An unexpired term resulting from a vacancy in the council shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment was made. The council shall make an annual inspection of the properties within the community reinvestment area for which an exemption has been granted under section 3735.67 of the Revised Code. The council shall also hear appeals under section 3735.70 of the Revised Code. (B) On or before the thirty-first day of March each year, any political subdivision that has created a community reinvestment area under section 3735.66 of the Revised Code shall submit to the director of development a status report summarizing the activities and projects for which an exemption has been granted in that area. Last updated February 8, 2023 at 3:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.74
§ 3707.74. Production of documents and information
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 3701.243 and any other section of the Revised Code pertaining to confidentiality, an individual, public children services agency, private child placing agency, agency that provides services specifically to individuals or families, a law enforcement agency, or another public or private entity that provided services to a pregnant woman whose fetus died or an infant who died if the death is being reviewed by a fetal-infant mortality review board shall submit to the board copies of any record it possesses that the board requests. These records may include maternal health records. In addition, such an individual or entity may make available to the board additional information, documents, or reports that could be useful to the board's investigation. (B) No person, entity, law enforcement agency, or prosecuting attorney shall provide any information regarding a fetal death or death of an infant to a fetal-infant mortality review board while an investigation of the death or prosecution of a person for causing the death is pending, unless the prosecuting attorney has agreed pursuant to division (B) of section 3707.71 of the Revised Code to allow review of the death. (C) A family member of the deceased may decline to participate in an interview as part of the review process. In that case, the review shall continue without the family member's participation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.032
§ 3721.032. Fire marshal to enforce and adopt fire safety rules
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The state fire marshal shall enforce all statutes and rules pertaining to fire safety in homes and shall adopt rules pertaining to fire safety in homes as the marshal determines necessary. The rules adopted by the marshal shall be in addition to those fire safety rules that the board of building standards and the director of health are empowered to adopt. In the event of a dispute between the marshal and another officer having responsibilities under sections 3721.01 to 3721.09 of the Revised Code with respect to the interpretation or application of a specific fire safety statute or rule, the interpretation of the marshal shall prevail.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3796.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3796 / § 3796.032
§ 3796.032. Applicability to research and development institutions and organizations
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly This chapter does not authorize the division of cannabis control to oversee or limit research conducted at a state university, academic medical center, or private research and development organization that is related to marijuana and is approved by an agency, board, center, department, or institute of the United States government, including any of the following: (A) The agency for health care research and quality; (B) The national institutes of health; (C) The national academy of sciences; (D) The centers for medicare and medicaid services; (E) The United States department of defense; (F) The centers for disease control and prevention; (G) The United States department of veterans affairs; (H) The drug enforcement administration; (I) The food and drug administration; (J) Any board recognized by the national institutes of health for the purpose of evaluating the medical value of health care services. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.75
§ 3701.75. Authenticating health care records
Status: in_force

March 22, 1999 House Bill 698 - 122nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Electronic record" means a record communicated, received, or stored by electronic, magnetic, optical, or similar means for storage in an information system or transmission from one information system to another. "Electronic record" includes a record that is communicated, received, or stored by electronic data interchange, electronic mail, facsimile, telex, or similar methods of communication. (2) "Electronic signature" means any of the following attached to or associated with an electronic record by an individual to authenticate the record: (a) A code consisting of a combination of letters, numbers, characters, or symbols that is adopted or executed by an individual as that individual's electronic signature; (b) A computer-generated signature code created for an individual; (c) An electronic image of an individual's handwritten signature created by using a pen computer. (3) "Health care record" means any document or combination of documents pertaining to a patient's medical history, diagnosis, prognosis, or medical condition that is generated and maintained in the process of the patient's treatment. (B) All notes, orders, and observations entered into a health care record, including any interpretive reports of diagnostic tests or specific treatments, such as radiologic or electrocardiographic reports, operative reports, reports of pathologic examination of tissue, and similar reports, shall be authenticated by the individual who made or authorized the entry. An entry into a health care record may be authenticated by executing handwritten signatures or handwritten initials directly on the entry. An entry that is an electronic record may be authenticated by an electronic signature if all of the following apply: (1) The entity responsible for creating and maintaining the health care record adopts a policy that permits the use of electronic signatures on electronic records. (2) The entity's electronic signature system utilizes either a two-level access control mechanism that assigns a unique identifier to each user or a biometric access control device. (3) The entity takes steps to safeguard against unauthorized access to the system and forgery of electronic signatures. (4) The system includes a process to verify that the individual affixing the electronic signature has reviewed the contents of the entry and determined that the entry contains what that individual intended. (5) The policy adopted by the entity pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section prescribes all of the following: (a) A procedure by which each user of the system must certify in writing that the user will follow the confidentiality and security policies maintained by the entity for the system; (b) Penalties for misusing the system; (c) Training for all users of the system that includes an explanation of the appropriate use of the system and the consequences for not complying with the entity's confidentiality and security policies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3714.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3714 / § 3714.20
§ 3714.20. Database of public information
Status: in_force

December 22, 2005 House Bill 397 - 126th General Assembly The director of environmental protection shall establish and maintain a database or databases composed of public information, including, but not limited to, the record made under section 3714.08 of the Revised Code of inspection of each construction and demolition debris facility, information from the annual survey of each health district made under section 3714.09 or 3734.08 of the Revised Code, as applicable, and ground water and leachate data collected in accordance with rules adopted under section 3714.02 of the Revised Code. The database or databases shall be stored in such a manner that they are easily available for sharing with health districts and all other interested persons.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.28
§ 3715.28. Vinegar
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Vinegar shall be made wholly from the fruit or grain from which it purports, or is represented, to be made and shall not contain a foreign substance or less than four per cent, by weight, of absolute acetic acid.