Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.15
§ 3721.15. Authorization to handle residents' financial affairs
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 444 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Authorization from a resident or a sponsor with a power of attorney for a home to manage the resident's financial affairs shall be in writing and shall be attested to by a witness who is not connected in any manner whatsoever with the home or its administrator. The home shall maintain accounts pursuant to division (A)(27) of section 3721.13 of the Revised Code. Upon the resident's transfer, discharge, or death, the account shall be closed and a final accounting made. All remaining funds shall be returned to the resident or resident's sponsor, except in the case of death, when all remaining funds shall be transferred or used in accordance with section 5162.22 of the Revised Code. (B) A home that manages a resident's financial affairs shall deposit the resident's funds in excess of one thousand dollars, and may deposit the resident's funds that are one thousand dollars or less, in an interest-bearing account separate from any of the home's operating accounts. Interest earned on the resident's funds shall be credited to the resident's account. A resident's funds that are one thousand dollars or less and have not been deposited in an interest-bearing account may be deposited in a noninterest-bearing account or petty cash fund. (C) Each resident whose financial affairs are managed by a home shall be promptly notified by the home when the total of the amount of funds in the resident's accounts and the petty cash fund plus other nonexempt resources reaches two hundred dollars less than the maximum amount permitted a recipient of medicaid. The notice shall include an explanation of the potential effect on the resident's eligibility for medicaid if the amount in the resident's accounts and the petty cash fund, plus the value of other nonexempt resources, exceeds the maximum assets a medicaid recipient may retain. (D) Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, each home that manages the financial affairs of residents shall purchase a surety bond or otherwise provide assurance satisfactory to the director of health, or, in the case of a home that participates in the medicaid program, to the medicaid director, to assure the security of all residents' funds managed by the home.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.024
§ 3734.024. Funding for municipal corporation or township for conducting environmental monitoring programs in connection with off-site infectious waste treatment facilities
Status: in_force

March 4, 1992 House Bill 150 - 119th General Assembly For the purpose of providing funding to a municipal corporation or township for conducting environmental monitoring programs in connection with off-site infectious waste treatment facilities located within the municipal corporation or township; providing local emergency response services in connection with such a facility and the transportation of infectious wastes to such a facility; and providing financial assistance to the board of health of the health district having jurisdiction within the municipal corporation or township for the enforcement of the infectious waste provisions of this chapter and rules, orders, and terms and conditions of permits and licenses adopted or issued under them, the municipal corporation or township may levy a fee of not more than five dollars per ton on the treatment of infectious wastes at the treatment facility. The fees levied under this section are in addition to all other applicable fees and taxes and shall be added to any other fee or amount specified in a contract that is charged by the owner or operator of an off-site infectious waste treatment facility. The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or township may levy the fee authorized by this section by enacting an ordinance or adopting a resolution. Upon doing so, the legislative authority shall mail a copy of the ordinance or resolution to the director of environmental protection, the board of health of the health district having jurisdiction within the municipal corporation or township, and the owner or operator of each treatment facility located in the municipal corporation or township. The levying of the fee shall commence on the sixtieth day after the adoption of the ordinance or resolution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.033 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.033
§ 3701.033. Distribution of funds for family planning services
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) This section establishes the order of priority to be followed by the department of health when distributing funds for the purpose of providing family planning services, including funds the department receives through the "Maternal and Child Health Block Grant," Title V of the "Social Security Act," 95 Stat. 818 (1981), 42 U.S.C. 701, as amended, and funds the department receives through Title X of the "Public Health Service Act," 84 Stat. 1504 (1970), 42 U.S.C. 300a, as amended. This section does not apply to grants awarded by the department under section 3701.046 of the Revised Code. (B) With respect to each period during which funds from a particular source are distributed for the purpose of providing family planning services, the department is subject to both of the following when distributing the funds to applicants seeking those funds: (1) Foremost priority shall be given to public entities that are operated by state or local government entities and that provide or are able to provide family planning services. (2) If any funds remain after the department distributes funds to public entities under division (B)(1) of this section, the department may distribute funds to nonpublic entities. If funds are distributed to nonpublic entities, the department shall distribute the funds in the following order of descending priority: (a) Nonpublic entities that are federally qualified health centers or federally qualified health center look-alikes, both as defined in section 3701.047 of the Revised Code, or community action agencies, as defined in section 5101.311 of the Revised Code; (b) Nonpublic entities that provide comprehensive primary and preventive care services in addition to family planning services; (c) Nonpublic entities that provide family planning services, but do not provide comprehensive primary and preventive care services. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3792.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3792 / § 3792.03
§ 3792.03. Parental permission for COVID-19 vaccine
Status: in_force

May 14, 2021 House Bill 6 - 134th General Assembly No individual authorized to administer a vaccine shall administer to a minor a COVID-19 vaccine without first obtaining written permission from the minor's parent or legal guardian. Last updated June 3, 2021 at 12:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3767.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3767 / § 3767.99
§ 3767.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 14, 1980 House Bill 361 - 113th General Assembly (A) Whoever is guilty of contempt under sections 3767.01 to 3767.11 or violates section 3767.14 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates section 3767.12 or 3767.29 , or, being an association, violates section 3767.30 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 3767.13 , 3767.19 , or 3767.32 or, being a natural person, violates section 3767.30 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. The sentencing court may, in addition to or in lieu of the penalty provided in this division, require a person who violates section 3767.32 of the Revised Code to remove litter from any public or private property, or in or on waters of the state. (D) Whoever violates section 3767.16 , 3767.17 , 3767.18 , 3767.201 , or 3767.34 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.99
§ 3701.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 157 - 134th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (C) of section 3701.23 , division (C) of section 3701.232 , division (C) of section 3701.24 , division (D)(2) of section 3701.262 , or sections 3701.46 to 3701.55 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 3701.82 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates section 3701.352 or 3701.81 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (D) Whoever violates division (F) or (G) of section 3701.792 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the third degree. Last updated January 13, 2022 at 3:33 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.039 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.039
§ 3704.039. Annual report
Status: in_force

October 29, 1993 Senate Bill 153 - 120th General Assembly Not later than the first day of March each year, the director of environmental protection shall prepare and submit to the governor and the general assembly a report on the timeliness of the issuance of installation permits pursuant to division (F) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code for the immediately preceding year. The report shall include indicators to monitor the processing of installation permits by the environmental protection agency and a comparison of the performance of the two previous years. The report also shall identify the measures that have been taken during the immediately preceding year to improve the efficiency and timeliness of the issuance of installation permits and what acitivities are planned in the year in which the report is issued to improve that issuance. Last updated October 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3796.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3796 / § 3796.03
§ 3796.03. Adoption of rules and standards
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly (A) The division of cannabis control shall adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for the cannabis control program. All rules adopted under this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The rules shall do all of the following: (1) Establish application procedures and fees for licensure; (2) Specify both of the following: (a) The conditions that must be met to be eligible for licensure; (b) The criminal offenses that disqualify an applicant from licensure under this chapter. (3) Establish, in accordance with section 3796.05 of the Revised Code, the number of cultivator licenses that will be permitted at any one time; (4) Establish a license renewal schedule, renewal procedures, and renewal fees; (5) Specify reasons for which a license may be suspended, including without prior hearing, revoked, or not be renewed or issued and the reasons for which a civil penalty may be imposed on a license holder; (6) Establish standards under which a license suspension may be lifted; (7) Establish procedures for registration of medical marijuana patients and caregivers and requirements that must be met to be eligible for registration; (8) Establish training requirements for employees of licensed dispensaries; (9) Specify, by form and tetrahydrocannabinol content, a maximum ninety-day supply of medical marijuana that may be possessed; (10) Specify the paraphernalia or other accessories that may be used in the administration of medical marijuana, adult-use marijuana, and homegrown marijuana; (11) Establish procedures for the issuance of patient or caregiver identification cards; (12) Specify the forms of or methods of using adult-use marijuana and medical marijuana that are attractive to children; (13) Establish a program to assist medical marijuana patients who are veterans or indigent in obtaining medical marijuana in accordance with this chapter; (14) Establish, in accordance with section 3796.05 of the Revised Code, standards and procedures for the testing of medical marijuana and adult-use marijuana by a licensed laboratory; (15) Establish standards and procedures for both of the following: (a) Online and mobile ordering of adult-use and medical marijuana by a licensed dispensary; (b) Delivery of medical marijuana by a licensed dispensary or an agent of a licensed dispensary to a registered medical marijuana patient or caregiver. (16) Establish standards prohibiting the use of gifts, samples, or other free or discounted goods or services to induce or reward a license holder for business or referrals; (17) Establish standards for non-marijuana ingredients used in adult-use and medical marijuana products, which may take into account industry best-practices and criteria set by the federal food and drug administration for food ingredients, vitamins, and supplements. The division may prohibit ingredients that do not meet such standards. (C) In addition to the rules described in division (B) of this section, the division may adopt any other rules it considers necessary for the program's administration and the implementation and enforcement of this chapter. (D) When adopting rules under this section, the division shall consider standards and procedures that have been found to be best practices relative to the use and regulation of medical marijuana, adult-use marijuana, and homegrown marijuana. Last updated January 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.3011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.3011
§ 3702.3011. [Former R.C. 3702.305, renumbered by S.B. 157 of the 134th General Assembly, effective 3/23/2022] Conditions on variance
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 157 - 134th General Assembly The director of health may impose conditions on any variance the director has granted under section 3702.304 of the Revised Code. The director may, at any time, rescind the variance for any reason, including a determination by the director that the facility is failing to meet one or more of the conditions or no longer adequately protects public health and safety. The director's decision to rescind a variance is final. Last updated January 13, 2022 at 5:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.06
§ 3704.06. Prosecution by attorney general - injunction - civil penalties
Status: in_force

June 30, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The attorney general, upon the request of the director of environmental protection, shall prosecute any person who violates section 3704.05 or 3704.16 of the Revised Code. (B) The attorney general, upon request of the director, shall bring an action for an injunction, a civil penalty, or any other appropriate proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction against any person violating or threatening to violate section 3704.05 or 3704.16 of the Revised Code. The court shall have jurisdiction to grant prohibitory and mandatory injunctive relief and to require payment of a civil penalty upon the showing that the person has violated this chapter or rules adopted thereunder. (C) A person who violates section 3704.05 or 3704.16 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day of each violation. This division does not apply to any requirement of this chapter regarding the prevention or abatement of odors. (D) One-half of the moneys collected as civil penalties under division (C) of this section shall be credited to the environmental education fund created in section 3745.22 of the Revised Code. The remainder of the moneys so collected shall be credited to the air pollution control administration fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The air pollution control administration fund shall be administered by the director. Moneys in the air pollution control administration fund shall be used to supplement other moneys available for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and the rules adopted and terms and conditions of orders and permits issued under it, including, without limitation, the issuance of permits under it, and shall not be used to satisfy any state matching fund requirements for the receipt of any federal grant funds. The director may expend not more than one million five hundred thousand dollars of the moneys credited to the air pollution control administration fund under this division in any fiscal year for the purposes specified in this division. The director may request authority from the controlling board to expend any moneys credited to that fund in any fiscal year in excess of that amount. (E) Upon written complaint by any person, the director shall conduct such investigations and make such inquiries as are necessary to secure compliance with this chapter. The director, upon complaint or upon the director's own initiative, may investigate or make inquiries into any alleged violation or act of air pollution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.501 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.501
§ 3701.501. Newborns screened for genetic, endocrine, and metabolic disorders
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, all newborn children shall be screened for the presence of the genetic, endocrine, and metabolic disorders specified in rules adopted pursuant to this section. (2) Division (A)(1) of this section does not apply in any of the following circumstances: (a) If the parents of the child object to the screening on the grounds that it conflicts with their religious tenets and practices; (b) With respect to the screening for Krabbe disease described in division (C)(1)(b) of this section, if the parents of the child communicate their decision to forgo the screening; (c) If appropriate laboratory equipment is not available. (B) There is hereby created the newborn screening advisory council to advise the director of health regarding the screening of newborn children for genetic, endocrine, and metabolic disorders. The council shall engage in an ongoing review of the newborn screening requirements established under this section and shall provide recommendations and reports to the director as the director requests and as the council considers necessary. The director may assign other duties to the council, as the director considers appropriate. The council shall consist of fourteen members appointed by the director. In making appointments, the director shall select individuals and representatives of entities with interest and expertise in newborn screening, including such individuals and entities as health care professionals, hospitals, children's hospitals, regional genetic centers, regional sickle cell centers, newborn screening coordinators, and members of the public. The department of health shall provide meeting space, staff services, and other technical assistance required by the council in carrying out its duties. Members of the council shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the council or performing assignments for the council. The council is not subject to sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code. (C)(1)(a) Subject to division (C)(1)(b) of this section, the director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the disorders for which each newborn child must be screened. (b) In adopting the rules, all of the following apply: (i) The director shall specify Krabbe disease as a disorder for which a newborn child who is born on or after July 1, 2016, must be screened. (ii) The director shall specify spinal muscular atrophy and X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy as disorders for which a newborn child who is born on or after May 28, 2022, must be screened. (iii) The director shall specify Duchenne muscular dystrophy as a disorder for which a newborn child who is born on or after the date that is two hundred forty days after the effective date of this amendment must be screened. (iv) Not later than six months after receiving a recommendation as described in division (C)(3)(b) of this section, the director shall specify for screening a disorder recommended as described in division (C)(3)(b) of this section, with such screening to begin not later than one year after the date that the rule specifying the disorder for screening becomes effective. (2) The newborn screening advisory council shall evaluate genetic, metabolic, and endocrine disorders to assist the director in determining which disorders should be included in the screenings required under this section. In determining whether a disorder should be included, the council shall consider all of the following: (a) The disorder's incidence, mortality, and morbidity; (b) Whether the disorder causes disability if diagnosis, treatment, and early intervention are delayed; (c) The potential for successful treatment of the disorder; (d) The expected benefits to children and society in relation to the risks and costs associated with screening for the disorder; (e) Whether a screening for the disorder can be conducted without taking an additional blood sample or specimen; (f) Whether the secretary of the United States department of health and human services has included the disorder in the federal recommended uniform screening panel. (3)(a) Based on the considerations specified in division (C)(2) of this section, the council shall make recommendations to the director of health for the adoption of rules under division (C)(1) of this section. (b) In the case of a disorder included within the federal recommended uniform screening panel, the council shall determine not later than six months after the date of the disorder's inclusion on the federal panel whether or not to recommend to the director that each newborn child be screened for the disorder. If the council recommends screening for the disorder, the council shall submit to the director as soon as practicable a recommendation for such screening. (c) The director shall promptly and thoroughly review each recommendation the council submits. (D) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards and procedures for the screenings required by this section. The rules shall include standards and procedures for all of the following: (1) Causing rescreenings to be performed when initial screenings have abnormal results; (2) Designating the person or persons who will be responsible for causing screenings and rescreenings to be performed; (3) Giving to the parents of a child notice of the required initial screening and the possibility that rescreenings may be necessary; (4) Communicating to the parents of a child the results of the child's screening and any rescreenings that are performed; (5) Giving notice of the results of an initial screening and any rescreenings to the person who caused the child to be screened or rescreened, or to another person or government entity when the person who caused the child to be screened or rescreened cannot be contacted; (6) Referring children who receive abnormal screening or rescreening results to providers of follow-up services, including the services made available through funds disbursed under division (F) of this section. (E)(1) Except as provided in divisions (E)(2) and (3) of this section, all newborn screenings required by this section shall be performed by the public health laboratory authorized under section 3701.22 of the Revised Code. (2) If the director determines that the public health laboratory is unable to perform screenings for all of the disorders specified in the rules adopted under division (C) of this section, the director shall select another laboratory to perform the screenings. The director shall select the laboratory by issuing a request for proposals. The director may accept proposals submitted by laboratories located outside this state. At the conclusion of the selection process, the director shall enter into a written contract with the selected laboratory. If the director determines that the laboratory is not complying with the terms of the contract, the director shall immediately terminate the contract and another laboratory shall be selected and contracted with in the same manner. (3) Any rescreening caused to be performed pursuant to this section may be performed by the public health laboratory or one or more other laboratories designated by the director. Any laboratory the director considers qualified to perform rescreenings may be designated, including a laboratory located outside this state. If more than one laboratory is designated, the person responsible for causing a rescreening to be performed is also responsible for selecting the laboratory to be used. (F)(1) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing a fee that shall be charged and collected in addition to or in conjunction with any laboratory fee that is charged and collected for performing the screenings required by this section. The fee, which shall be not less than fourteen dollars, shall be disbursed as follows: (a) Not less than ten dollars and twenty-five cents shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the genetics services fund, which is hereby created. Not less than seven dollars and twenty-five cents of each fee credited to the genetics services fund shall be used to defray the costs of the programs authorized by section 3701.502 of the Revised Code. Not less than three dollars from each fee credited to the genetics services fund shall be used to defray costs of phenylketonuria programs. (b) Not less than three dollars and seventy-five cents shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the sickle cell fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the sickle cell fund shall be used to defray costs of programs authorized by section 3701.131 of the Revised Code. (2) In adopting rules under division (F)(1) of this section, the director shall not establish a fee that differs according to whether a screening is performed by the public health laboratory or by another laboratory selected by the director pursuant to division (E)(2) of this section. Last updated September 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.61
§ 3721.61. Electronic monitoring authorization form
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 58 - 134th General Assembly (A) Subject to section 3721.62 of the Revised Code, a resident or a resident's guardian or attorney in fact may authorize the installation and use of an electronic monitoring device in the resident's room in a long-term care facility. (B) The installation and use of an electronic monitoring device may be authorized only if both of the following conditions are met: (1) If a long-term care facility has prescribed a form described in section 3721.63 of the Revised Code, the resident or resident's guardian or attorney in fact completes the form and submits it to the facility. (2) The cost of the device and the cost of installing, maintaining, and removing the device, other than the cost of electricity for the device, is paid for by the resident or the resident's guardian or attorney in fact. (C) A resident who has authorized the installation and use of an electronic monitoring device may withdraw that authorization at any time. Last updated January 14, 2022 at 5:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3774.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3774 / § 3774.04
§ 3774.04. Recordkeeping
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 House Bill 132 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Each fantasy contest operator shall retain and maintain in a place secure from theft, loss, or destruction all of the records required to be maintained by this chapter for at least five years from the date of the record's creation. (B) Each fantasy contest operator shall retain and maintain accurate, complete, legible, and permanent records, whether in electronic or other format, of any books, records, or documents relating to the fantasy contest operator's business and accounting operations, which includes all of the following: (1) The fantasy contest operator's business and organizational structure; (2) Correspondence with or by, or reports to or from, the commission, or any local, state, or federal governmental agency, foreign or domestic; (3) The fantasy contest operator's financial statements, accounting records, ledgers, and internal and external audit records; (4) All records related to the conduct of fantasy contests by the fantasy contest operator in this state; (5) Any materials used to advertise, publicize, or otherwise promote the fantasy contest operator's fantasy contests in this state; (6) Any other books, records, or documents the commission requires the fantasy contest operator to retain and maintain, in rules adopted by the commission under this chapter or division (L) of section 3772.03 of the Revised Code. (C) Each fantasy contest operator shall organize all required records in a manner that enables the commission to locate, inspect, review, and analyze the records with reasonable ease and efficiency and, upon request, provide the commission or its executive director, or duly authorized designee thereof, with the records required to be retained and maintained by this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3751.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3751 / § 3751.03
§ 3751.03. Submission of toxic chemical release forms
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) On or before the first day of July of each year or as otherwise prescribed by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA, the owner or operator of a facility described in division (A)(2) of this section shall prepare and submit to the administrator a completed toxic chemical release form for each toxic chemical that was so manufactured, processed, or otherwise used at the facility during the preceding calendar year. The electronic submission of the form to the administrator constitutes simultaneous submission of the form to the director of environmental protection for purposes of EPCRA. (2) Division (A)(1) of this section applies to the owner or operator of a facility to which all of the following apply: (a) The facility is in standard industrial classification codes 20 to 39, as those codes were in effect on July 1, 1985, or in any other applicable code added by the administrator. (b) The owner or operator has ten or more full-time employees. (c) The facility manufactured, processed, or otherwise used during the calendar year immediately preceding the first day of July or date otherwise prescribed by the administrator, a toxic chemical in an amount exceeding the applicable threshold quantity established by the administrator under EPCRA. (3) The owner or operator shall submit the information on a uniform toxic chemical release form prescribed by the administrator under EPCRA. (B) The toxic chemical release forms required by this section are intended to provide information to federal, state, and local governments and the public, including residents of communities surrounding facilities covered by this section. (C) No owner or operator of a facility who is required by this section to file a toxic chemical release form shall fail to submit a toxic chemical release form as required by this section. (D) An owner or operator of a facility who is required under this section to file a toxic chemical release form and who knowingly makes a false statement on that form, on a record upon which the information on that form is based, or on other information or records required to be kept or submitted under this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter is guilty of falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.16
§ 3721.16. Residents' rights concerning transfer or discharge
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly For each resident of a home, all of the following apply with respect to a proposed transfer or discharge from the home: (A)(1) The administrator of a home shall notify a resident in writing, and the resident's sponsor in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, in advance of any proposed transfer or discharge from the home. The administrator shall send a copy of the notice to the state department of health. The notice shall be provided at least thirty days in advance of the proposed transfer or discharge, unless any of the following applies: (a) The resident's health has improved sufficiently to allow a more immediate discharge or transfer to a less skilled level of care; (b) The resident has resided in the home less than thirty days; (c) An emergency arises in which the safety of individuals in the home is endangered; (d) An emergency arises in which the health of individuals in the home would otherwise be endangered; (e) An emergency arises in which the resident's urgent medical needs necessitate a more immediate transfer or discharge. In any of the circumstances described in divisions (A)(1)(a) to (e) of this section, the notice shall be provided as many days in advance of the proposed transfer or discharge as is practicable. (2) The notice required under division (A)(1) of this section shall include all of the following: (a) The reasons for the proposed transfer or discharge; (b) The proposed date the resident is to be transferred or discharged; (c) Subject to division (A)(3) of this section, a proposed location to which the resident may relocate and a notice that the resident and resident's sponsor may choose another location to which the resident will relocate; (d) Notice of the right of the resident and the resident's sponsor to an impartial hearing at the home on the proposed transfer or discharge, and of the manner in which and the time within which the resident or sponsor may request a hearing pursuant to section 3721.161 of the Revised Code; (e) A statement that the resident will not be transferred or discharged before the date specified in the notice unless the home and the resident or, if the resident is not competent to make a decision, the home and the resident's sponsor, agree to an earlier date; (f) The address of the legal services office of the department of health; (g) The name, address, and telephone number of a representative of the state long-term care ombudsman program and, if the resident or patient has a developmental disability or mental illness, the name, address, and telephone number of the Ohio protection and advocacy system. (3) The proposed location to which a resident may relocate as specified pursuant to division (A)(2)(c) of this section in the proposed transfer or discharge notice shall be capable of meeting the resident's health-care and safety needs. The proposed location for relocation need not have accepted the resident at the time the notice is issued to the resident and resident's sponsor. (B) No home shall transfer or discharge a resident before the date specified in the notice required by division (A) of this section unless the home and the resident or, if the resident is not competent to make a decision, the home and the resident's sponsor, agree to an earlier date. (C) Transfer or discharge actions shall be documented in the resident's medical record by the home if there is a medical basis for the action. (D) A resident or resident's sponsor may challenge a transfer or discharge by requesting an impartial hearing pursuant to section 3721.161 of the Revised Code, unless the transfer or discharge is required because of one of the following reasons: (1) The home's license has been revoked under this chapter; (2) The home is being closed pursuant to section 3721.08 , sections 5165.60 to 5165.89 , or section 5155.31 of the Revised Code; (3) The resident is a recipient of medicaid and the home's participation in the medicaid program has been involuntarily terminated or denied by the federal government; (4) The resident is a beneficiary under the medicare program and the home's certification under the medicare program has been involuntarily terminated or denied by the federal government. (E) If a resident is to be transferred or discharged pursuant to this section, the home proposing the transfer or discharge shall provide the resident with adequate preparation prior to the transfer or discharge to ensure a safe and orderly transfer or discharge from the home, and the home or alternative setting to which the resident is to be transferred or discharged shall have accepted the resident for transfer or discharge. (F) At the time of a transfer or discharge of a resident who is a recipient of medicaid from a home to a hospital or for therapeutic leave, the home shall provide notice in writing to the resident and in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the resident's sponsor, specifying the number of days, if any, during which the resident will be permitted under the medicaid program to return and resume residence in the home and specifying the medicaid program's coverage of the days during which the resident is absent from the home. An individual who is absent from a home for more than the number of days specified in the notice and continues to require the services provided by the facility shall be given priority for the first available bed in a semi-private room. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.231 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.231
§ 3701.231. Laboratory compliance with reporting and confidentiality requirements
Status: in_force

February 12, 2004 House Bill 6 - 125th General Assembly If a medical laboratory outside this state performs a test or other diagnostic or investigative analysis that results in information pertaining to a resident of this state that must be reported under section 3701.23 or 3707.06 of the Revised Code, the entity using the laboratory shall ensure that the laboratory complies with reporting and confidentiality requirements and shall verify to the director of health that the laboratory complies with reporting and confidentiality requirements. The director shall establish procedures by which an entity may verify the laboratory's compliance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.122 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.122
§ 3734.122. Storage and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls, substances, equipment, and devices containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls
Status: in_force

May 8, 1996 Senate Bill 158 - 121st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "commercial facility" means a facility of a business engaged for profit in the storage and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls, substances, equipment, and devices containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or both. (B) The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt, amend, suspend, or rescind rules with respect to all of the following subjects: (1) Notification of the existence or proposed establishment of any commercial facility; (2) Required inspections of commercial facilities, including, without limitation, a requirement that any such commercial facility be inspected before commencing its activities; (3) Establishing standards for the storage and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and substances, equipment, and devices containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls at commercial facilities; (4) Establishing standards and criteria for defining substances, equipment, and devices containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls for the purposes of this section. Rules adopted under divisions (B)(3) and (4) of this section shall be identical to federal laws and regulations governing the storage and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and substances, devices, and equipment containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls. No person shall violate a rule adopted under this section. (C) The director shall not issue an enforcement order or request the attorney general to bring a civil action for injunction or imposition of a civil penalty under section 3734.13 of the Revised Code, and neither the director, a board of health of a health district, nor the legislative authority of a political subdivision shall request the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of a county, or a city director of law to prosecute or bring an action for injunction under section 3734.10 of the Revised Code, for a violation of a rule adopted under division (B) of this section if the United States environmental protection agency has commenced and is pursuing administrative or civil proceedings to impose a civil penalty or has commenced criminal prosecution of the violation under applicable federal law. This division does not require that administrative, civil, and criminal actions to enforce a rule adopted under division (B) of this section be abandoned if the action was commenced before the United States environmental protection agency initiated an administrative, civil, or criminal action with respect to the violation. (D) The director may expend moneys credited to the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code for the payment of the cost of measures necessary for the proper cleanup of sites where polychlorinated biphenyls and substances, equipment, and devices containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls have been stored or disposed of. Before beginning to clean up any site under this division, the director shall develop a plan for the cleanup and an estimate of its cost. The director may carry out the plan in whole or in part by entering into contracts for that purpose. The director shall keep an itemized record of the cost of the measures performed, including, without limitation, the cost for labor, materials, and any contract services required. Upon completion of the measures, the director shall record the cost of performing those measures at the office of the county recorder of the county in which the site is located. The cost so recorded constitutes a lien against the property on which the site is located until discharged. Upon written request of the director, the attorney general shall institute a civil action to recover the cost. Any moneys so received shall be credited to the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.045 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.045
§ 3701.045. Child fatality review boards conducting reviews
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of health, in consultation with the department of children and youth and any bodies acting as child fatality review boards on October 5, 2000, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish a procedure for county or regional child fatality review boards to follow in conducting a review of the death of a child. The rules shall do all of the following: (1) Establish the format for the annual reports required by section 307.626 of the Revised Code; (2) Establish guidelines for a county or regional child fatality review board to follow in compiling statistics for annual reports so that the reports do not contain any information that would permit any person's identity to be ascertained from a report; (3) Establish guidelines for a county or regional child fatality review board to follow in creating and maintaining the comprehensive database of child deaths required by section 307.623 of the Revised Code, including provisions establishing uniform record-keeping procedures; (4) Establish guidelines for reporting child fatality review data to the department of health or a national child death review database, either of which must maintain the confidentiality of information that would permit a person's identity to be ascertained; (5) Establish guidelines, materials, and training to help educate members of county or regional child fatality review boards about the purpose of the review process and the confidentiality of the information described in section 307.629 of the Revised Code and to make them aware that such information is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (B) On or before the thirtieth day of September of each year, the department of health and the department of children and youth jointly shall prepare and publish a report organizing and setting forth the data from the department of health child death review database or the national child death review database, data in all the reports provided by county or regional child fatality review boards in their annual reports for the previous calendar year, and recommendations for any changes to law and policy that might prevent future deaths. The department of health and the department of children and youth jointly shall provide a copy of the report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the minority leaders of the house of representatives and the senate, each county or regional child fatality review board, and each county or regional family and children first council. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3791.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3791 / § 3791.07
§ 3791.07. Inspection fees
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The superintendent of industrial compliance shall establish such reasonable inspection fee schedules as the superintendent determines necessary or desirable relating to the inspection of all plans and specifications submitted for approval to the division of industrial compliance, and all industrialized units inspected at the point of origin and at the construction site of the building. The inspection fee schedule shall be adopted by rule, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, and shall bear some reasonable relationship to the cost of administering and enforcing the provisions of Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code. (B) In addition to the fee assessed in division (A) of this section, the board of building standards shall assess a fee of not more than five dollars for each application for acceptance and approval of plans and specifications and for making inspections pursuant to section 3791.04 of the Revised Code. The board shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, specifying the manner by which the superintendent of industrial compliance shall collect and remit to the board the fees assessed under this division and requiring that remittance of the fees be made at least quarterly. (C) Any person who fails to pay an inspection fee required for any inspection conducted by the department of commerce pursuant to Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code, except for fees charged for the inspection of plans and specifications, within forty-five days after the inspection is conducted, shall pay a late payment fee equal to twenty-five per cent of the inspection fee. (D) The board of building standards shall pay the fees assessed under this section into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created in section 121.084 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 18, 2021 at 1:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3730.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3730 / § 3730.06
§ 3730.06. Consent required to perform procedure on minor
Status: in_force

January 12, 1998 House Bill 25 - 122nd General Assembly (A) No person shall perform a tattooing procedure, body piercing procedure, or ear piercing procedure with an ear piercing gun on an individual who is under eighteen years of age unless consent has been given by the individual's parent, guardian, or custodian in accordance with division (B) of this section. (B) A parent, guardian, or custodian of an individual under age eighteen who desires to give consent to a business to perform on the individual under age eighteen a tattooing procedure, body piercing procedure, or ear piercing procedure performed with an ear piercing gun shall do both of the following: (1) Appear in person at the business at the time the procedure is performed; (2) Sign a document provided by the business that explains the manner in which the procedure will be performed and methods for proper care of the affected body area following performance of the procedure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3746.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3746 / § 3746.04
§ 3746.04. Adoption and implementation of rules for voluntary action program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and subsequently may amend, suspend, or rescind, rules that do both of the following: (A) Revise the rules adopted under Chapters 3704., 3714., 3734., 6109., and 6111. of the Revised Code to incorporate the provisions necessary to conform those rules to the requirements of this chapter. The amended rules adopted under this division also shall establish response times for all submittals to the environmental protection agency required under this chapter or rules adopted under it. (B) Establish requirements and procedures that are reasonably necessary for the implementation and administration of this chapter, including, without limitation, all of the following: (1) Appropriate generic numerical clean-up standards for the treatment or removal of soils, sediments, and water media for hazardous substances and petroleum. The rules shall establish separate generic numerical clean-up standards based upon the intended use of properties after the completion of voluntary actions, including industrial, commercial, and residential uses and such other categories of land use as the director considers to be appropriate. The generic numerical clean-up standards established for each category of land use shall be the concentration of each contaminant that may be present on a property that shall ensure protection of public health and safety and the environment for the reasonable exposure for that category of land use. When developing the standards, the director shall consider such factors as all of the following: (a) Scientific information, including, without limitation, toxicological information and realistic assumptions regarding human and environmental exposure to hazardous substances or petroleum; (b) Climatic factors; (c) Human activity patterns; (d) Current statistical techniques; (e) For petroleum at industrial property, alternatives to the use of total petroleum hydrocarbons. The generic numerical clean-up standards established in the rules adopted under division (B)(1) of this section shall be consistent with and equivalent in scope, content, and coverage to any applicable standard established by federal environmental laws and regulations adopted under them, including, without limitation, the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972," 86 Stat. 886, 33 U.S.C.A. 1251, as amended; the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976," 90 Stat. 2806, 42 U.S.C.A. 6921, as amended; the "Toxic Substances Control Act," 90 Stat. 2003 (1976), 15 U.S.C.A. 2601, as amended; the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2779, 42 U.S.C.A. 9601, as amended; and the "Safe Drinking Water Act," 88 Stat. 1660 (1974), 42 U.S.C.A. 300f, as amended. In order for the rules adopted under division (B)(1) of this section to require that any such federal environmental standard apply to a property, the property shall meet the requirements of the particular federal statute or regulation involved in the manner specified by the statute or regulation. The generic numerical clean-up standards for petroleum at commercial or residential property shall be the standards established in rules adopted under division (B) of section 3737.882 of the Revised Code. (2)(a) Procedures for performing property-specific risk assessments that would be performed at a property to demonstrate that the remedy evaluated in a risk assessment results in protection of public health and safety and the environment instead of complying with the generic numerical clean-up standards established in the rules adopted under division (B)(1) of this section. The risk assessment procedures shall describe a methodology to establish, on a property-specific basis, allowable levels of contamination to remain at a property to ensure protection of public health and safety and the environment on the property and off the property when the contamination is emanating off the property, taking into account all of the following: (i) The implementation of treatment, storage, or disposal, or a combination thereof, of hazardous substances or petroleum; (ii) The existence of institutional controls or activity and use limitations that eliminate or mitigate exposure to hazardous substances or petroleum through the restriction of access to hazardous substances or petroleum; (iii) The existence of engineering controls that eliminate or mitigate exposure to hazardous substances or petroleum through containment of, control of, or restrictions of access to hazardous substances or petroleum, including, without limitation, fences, cap systems, cover systems, and landscaping. (b) The risk assessment procedures and levels of acceptable risk set forth in the rules adopted under division (B)(2) of this section shall be based upon all of the following: (i) Scientific information, including, without limitation, toxicological information and actual or proposed human and environmental exposure; (ii) Locational and climatic factors; (iii) Surrounding land use and human activities; (iv) Differing levels of remediation that may be required when an existing land use is continued compared to when a different land use follows the remediation. (c) Any standards established pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(2) of this section shall be no more stringent than standards established under the environmental statutes of this state and rules adopted under them for the same contaminant in the same environmental medium that are in effect at the time the risk assessment is conducted. (3) Minimum standards for phase I property assessments. The standards shall specify the information needed to demonstrate that there is no reason to believe that contamination exists on a property. The rules adopted under division (B)(3) of this section, at a minimum, shall require that a phase I property assessment include all of the following: (a) A review and analysis of deeds, mortgages, easements of record, and similar documents relating to the chain of title to the property that are publicly available or that are known to and reasonably available to the owner or operator; (b) A review and analysis of any previous environmental assessments, property assessments, environmental studies, or geologic studies of the property and any land within two thousand feet of the boundaries of the property that are publicly available or that are known to and reasonably available to the owner or operator; (c) A review of current and past environmental compliance histories of persons who owned or operated the property; (d) A review of aerial photographs of the property that indicate prior uses of the property; (e) Interviews with managers of activities conducted at the property who have knowledge of environmental conditions at the property; (f) Conducting an inspection of the property consisting of a walkover; (g) Identifying the current and past uses of the property, adjoining tracts of land, and the area surrounding the property, including, without limitation, interviews with persons who reside or have resided, or who are or were employed, within the area surrounding the property regarding the current and past uses of the property and adjacent tracts of land. The rules adopted under division (B)(3) of this section shall establish criteria to determine when a phase II property assessment shall be conducted when a phase I property assessment reveals facts that establish a reason to believe that hazardous substances or petroleum have been treated, stored, managed, or disposed of on the property if the person undertaking the phase I property assessment wishes to obtain a covenant not to sue under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code. (4) Minimum standards for phase II property assessments. The standards shall specify the information needed to demonstrate that any contamination present at the property does not exceed applicable standards or that the remedial activities conducted at the property have achieved compliance with applicable standards. The rules adopted under division (B)(4) of this section, at a minimum, shall require that a phase II property assessment include all of the following: (a) A review and analysis of all documentation prepared in connection with a phase I property assessment conducted within the one hundred eighty days before the phase II property assessment begins. The rules adopted under division (B)(4)(a) of this section shall require that if a period of more than one hundred eighty days has passed between the time that the phase I assessment of the property was completed and the phase II assessment begins, the phase II assessment shall include a reasonable inquiry into the change in the environmental condition of the property during the intervening period. (b) Quality assurance objectives for measurements taken in connection with a phase II assessment; (c) Sampling procedures to ensure the representative sampling of potentially contaminated environmental media; (d) Quality assurance and quality control requirements for samples collected in connection with phase II assessments; (e) Analytical and data assessment procedures; (f) Data objectives to ensure that samples collected in connection with phase II assessments are biased toward areas where information indicates that contamination by hazardous substances or petroleum is likely to exist. (5) Standards governing the conduct of certified professionals, criteria and procedures for the certification of professionals to issue no further action letters under section 3746.11 of the Revised Code, and criteria for the suspension and revocation of those certifications. The director shall take an action regarding a certification as a final action. The issuance, denial, renewal, suspension, and revocation of those certifications are subject to Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code, except that, in lieu of publishing an action regarding a certification in a newspaper of general circulation as required in section 3745.07 of the Revised Code, such an action shall be published on the environmental protection agency's web site and in the agency's weekly review not later than fifteen days after the date of the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension, or revocation of the certification and not later than thirty days before a hearing or public meeting concerning the action. The rules adopted under division (B)(5) of this section shall do all of the following: (a) Provide for the certification of environmental professionals to issue no further action letters pertaining to investigations and remedies in accordance with the criteria and procedures set forth in the rules. The rules adopted under division (B)(5)(a) of this section shall do at least all of the following: (i) Authorize the director to consider such factors as an environmental professional's previous performance record regarding such investigations and remedies and the environmental professional's environmental compliance history when determining whether to certify the environmental professional; (ii) Ensure that an application for certification is reviewed in a timely manner; (iii) Require the director to certify any environmental professional who the director determines complies with those criteria; (iv) Require the director to deny certification for any environmental professional who does not comply with those criteria. (b) Establish an annual fee to be paid by environmental professionals certified pursuant to the rules adopted under division (B)(5)(a) of this section. The fee shall be established at an amount calculated to defray the costs to the agency for the required reviews of the qualifications of environmental professionals for certification and for the issuance of the certifications. (c) Develop a schedule for and establish requirements governing the review by the director of the credentials of environmental professionals who were deemed to be certified professionals before the effective date of this amendment in order to determine if they comply with the criteria established in rules adopted under division (B)(5) of this section. The rules adopted under division (B)(5)(c) of this section shall do at least all of the following: (i) Ensure that the review is conducted in a timely fashion; (ii) Require the director to certify any such environmental professional who the director determines complies with those criteria; (iii) Require any such environmental professional initially to pay the fee established in the rules adopted under division (B)(5)(b) of this section at the time that the environmental professional is so certified by the director; (iv) Establish a time period within which any such environmental professional who does not comply with those criteria may obtain the credentials that are necessary for certification; (v) Require the director to deny certification for any such environmental professional who does not comply with those criteria and who fails to obtain the necessary credentials within the established time period. (d) Require that any information submitted to the director for the purposes of the rules adopted under division (B)(5)(a) or (c) of this section comply with division (A) of section 3746.20 of the Revised Code; (e) Authorize the director to suspend or revoke the certification of an environmental professional if the director finds that the environmental professional's performance has resulted in the issuance of no further action letters under section 3746.11 of the Revised Code that are not consistent with applicable standards or finds that the certified environmental professional has not substantially complied with section 3746.31 of the Revised Code; (f) Authorize the director to suspend for a period of not more than five years or to permanently revoke a certified environmental professional's certification for any violation of or failure to comply with an ethical standard established in rules adopted under division (B)(5) of this section; (g) Require the director to revoke the certification of an environmental professional if the director finds that the environmental professional falsified any information on the environmental professional's application for certification regarding the environmental professional's credentials or qualifications or any other information generated for the purposes of or use under this chapter or rules adopted under it; (h) Require the director permanently to revoke the certification of an environmental professional who has violated or is violating division (A) of section 3746.18 of the Revised Code; (i) Preclude the director from revoking the certification of an environmental professional who only conducts investigations and remedies at property contaminated solely with petroleum unless the director first consults with the director of commerce. (6) Information to be included in a no further action letter prepared under section 3746.11 of the Revised Code, including, without limitation, all of the following: (a) A summary of the information required to be submitted to the certified environmental professional preparing the no further action letter under division (C) of section 3746.10 of the Revised Code; (b) Notification that a risk assessment was performed in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(2) of this section if such an assessment was used in lieu of generic numerical clean-up standards established in rules adopted under division (B)(1) of this section; (c) The contaminants addressed at the property, if any, their source, if known, and their levels prior to remediation; (d) The identity of any other person who performed work to support the request for the no further action letter as provided in division (B)(2) of section 3746.10 of the Revised Code and the nature and scope of the work performed by that person; (e) A list of the data, information, records, and documents relied upon by the certified environmental professional in preparing the no further action letter. (7) Methods for determining fees to be paid for the following services provided by the agency under this chapter and rules adopted under it: (a) Site- or property-specific technical assistance in developing or implementing plans in connection with a voluntary action; (b) Reviewing applications for and issuing consolidated standards permits under section 3746.15 of the Revised Code and monitoring compliance with those permits; (c) Negotiating, preparing, and entering into agreements necessary for the implementation and administration of this chapter and rules adopted under it; (d) Reviewing no further action letters, issuing covenants not to sue, and monitoring compliance with any terms and conditions of those covenants and with operation and maintenance agreements entered into pursuant to those covenants, including, without limitation, conducting audits of properties where voluntary actions are being or were conducted under this chapter and rules adopted under it. The fees established pursuant to the rules adopted under division (B)(7) of this section shall be at a level sufficient to defray the direct and indirect costs incurred by the agency for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it other than the provisions regarding the certification of professionals and laboratories. (8) Criteria for selecting the no further action letters issued under section 3746.11 of the Revised Code that will be audited under section 3746.17 of the Revised Code, and the scope and procedures for conducting those audits. The rules adopted under division (B)(8) of this section, at a minimum, shall require the director to establish priorities for auditing no further action letters to which any of the following applies: (a) The letter was prepared by an environmental professional who was deemed to be a certified professional before the effective date of this amendment , but who does not comply with the criteria established in rules adopted under division (B)(5) of this section as determined pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(5)(d) of this section; (b) The letter was submitted fraudulently; (c) The letter was prepared by a certified environmental professional whose certification subsequently was revoked in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(5) of this section, or analyses were performed for the purposes of the no further action letter by a certified laboratory whose certification was revoked before the effective date of this amendment or a laboratory that is not an accredited laboratory; (d) A covenant not to sue that was issued pursuant to the letter was revoked under this chapter; (e) The letter was for a voluntary action that was conducted pursuant to a risk assessment in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(2) of this section; (f) The letter was for a voluntary action that included as remedial activities engineering controls or institutional controls or activity and use limitations authorized under section 3746.05 of the Revised Code. The rules adopted under division (B)(8) of this section shall provide for random audits of no further action letters to which the rules adopted under divisions (B)(8)(a) to (f) of this section do not apply. (9) A classification system to characterize ground water according to its capability to be used for human use and its impact on the environment and a methodology that shall be used to determine when ground water that has become contaminated from sources on a property for which a covenant not to sue is requested under section 3746.11 of the Revised Code shall be remediated to the standards established in the rules adopted under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section. (a) In adopting rules under division (B)(9) of this section to characterize ground water according to its capability for human use, the director shall consider all of the following: (i) The presence of legally enforceable, reliable restrictions on the use of ground water, including, without limitation, local rules or ordinances; (ii) The presence of regional commingled contamination from multiple sources that diminishes the quality of ground water; (iii) The natural quality of ground water; (iv) Regional availability of ground water and reasonable alternative sources of drinking water; (v) The productivity of the aquifer; (vi) The presence of restrictions on the use of ground water implemented under this chapter and rules adopted under it; (vii) The existing use of ground water. (b) In adopting rules under division (B)(9) of this section to characterize ground water according to its impacts on the environment, the director shall consider both of the following: (i) The risks posed to humans, fauna, surface water, sediments, soil, air, and other resources by the continuing presence of contaminated ground water; (ii) The availability and feasibility of technology to remedy ground water contamination. (10) Governing the application for and issuance of variances under section 3746.09 of the Revised Code; (11)(a) In the case of voluntary actions involving contaminated ground water, specifying the circumstances under which the generic numerical clean-up standards established in rules adopted under division (B)(1) of this section and standards established through a risk assessment conducted pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(2) of this section shall be inapplicable to the remediation of contaminated ground water and under which the standards for remediating contaminated ground water shall be established on a case-by-case basis prior to the commencement of the voluntary action pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(11)(b) of this section; (b) Criteria and procedures for the case-by-case establishment of standards for the remediation of contaminated ground water under circumstances in which the use of the generic numerical clean-up standards and standards established through a risk assessment are precluded by the rules adopted under division (B)(11)(a) of this section. The rules governing the procedures for the case-by-case development of standards for the remediation of contaminated ground water shall establish application, public participation, adjudication, and appeals requirements and procedures that are equivalent to the requirements and procedures established in section 3746.09 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under division (B)(10) of this section, except that the procedural rules shall not require an applicant to make the demonstrations set forth in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of section 3746.09 of the Revised Code. (12) A definition of the evidence that constitutes sufficient evidence for the purpose of division (A)(5) of section 3746.02 of the Revised Code. At least thirty days before filing the proposed rules required to be adopted under this section with the secretary of state, director of the legislative service commission, and joint committee on agency rule review in accordance with divisions (B) and (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall hold at least one public meeting on the proposed rules in each of the five districts into which the agency has divided the state for administrative purposes. Last updated September 8, 2021 at 9:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.35
§ 3705.35. Rules
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly Not later than one hundred eighty days after October 5, 2000, the director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to do all of the following: (A) Implement the birth defects information system; (B) Specify the types of congenital anomalies and abnormal conditions of newborns to be reported to the system under section 3705.30 of the Revised Code; (C) Establish reporting requirements for information concerning diagnosed congenital anomalies and abnormal conditions of newborns; (D) Establish standards that must be met by persons or government entities that seek access to the system; (E) Establish a form for use by parents or legal guardians who seek to have information regarding their children removed from the system and a method of distributing the form to local health departments, as defined in section 3705.33 of the Revised Code, and to physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse practitioners. The method of distribution must include making the form available on the internet. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.30
§ 3701.30. Blood bank for civilian use
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The department of health may devise a suitable program for establishing a blood bank for civilian use, embracing if necessary, methods for the registration of blood donors, for the collection of blood from donors, for the processing or procurement of blood plasma or other substitutes for whole blood, and for the distribution of pool blood, blood plasma, or other blood substitutes to meet civilian needs, to communities of the state where such are not readily available.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.061
§ 3781.061. Exemption for building or structure used in agriculture
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly Whenever a county zoning inspector under section 303.16 of the Revised Code, or a township zoning inspector under section 519.16 of the Revised Code, issues a zoning certificate that declares a specific building or structure is to be used in agriculture, such building is not subject to sections 3781.06 to 3781.20 , 3781.40 , or 3791.04 of the Revised Code.