Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.09
§ 3709.09. Board of health to establish uniform system of fees; adoption of rules
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The board of health of a city or general health district may, by rule, establish a uniform system of fees to pay the costs of any services provided by the board. The fee for issuance of a certified copy of a vital record or a certification of birth shall not be less than the fee prescribed for the same service under division (A)(1) of section 3705.24 of the Revised Code and shall include the fees required by division (B) of section 3705.24 and section 3109.14 of the Revised Code. Fees for services provided by the board for purposes specified in sections 3701.344 , 3711.10 , 3718.06 , 3729.07 , 3730.03 , and 3749.04 of the Revised Code shall be established in accordance with rules adopted under division (B) of this section. The district advisory council, in the case of a general health district, and the legislative authority of the city, in the case of a city health district, may disapprove any fee established by the board of health under this division, and any such fee, as disapproved, shall not be charged by the board of health. (B) The director of health shall adopt rules under section 111.15 of the Revised Code that establish fee categories and a uniform methodology for use in calculating the costs of services provided for purposes specified in sections 3701.344 , 3711.10 , 3718.06 , 3729.07 , 3730.03 , and 3749.04 of the Revised Code. In adopting the rules, the director shall consider recommendations it receives from advisory boards established either by statute or the director for entities subject to the fees. (C) Except when a board of health establishes a fee by adopting a rule as an emergency measure, the board of health shall hold a public hearing regarding each proposed fee for a service provided by the board for a purpose specified in section 3701.344 , 3711.10 , 3718.06 , 3729.07 , 3730.03 , or 3749.04 of the Revised Code. If a public hearing is held, at least twenty days prior to the public hearing the board shall give written notice of the hearing to each entity affected by the proposed fee. The notice shall be mailed to the last known address of each entity and shall specify the date, time, and place of the hearing and the amount of the proposed fee. (D) If payment of a fee established under this section is not received by the day on which payment is due, the board of health shall assess a penalty. The amount of the penalty shall be equal to twenty-five per cent of the applicable fee. (E) All rules adopted by a board of health under this section shall be adopted, recorded, and certified as are ordinances of municipal corporations and the record thereof shall be given in all courts the same effect as is given such ordinances, but the advertisements of such rules shall be by publication in one newspaper of general circulation within the health district. Publication shall be made once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, and such rules shall take effect and be in force ten days from the date of the first publication.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3713.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3713 / § 3713.10
§ 3713.10. Moneys deposited into industrial compliance operating fund
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly All money collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created under section 121.084 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3730.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3730 / § 3730.11
§ 3730.11. Municipalities and townships may prohibit establishment of businesses
Status: in_force

January 12, 1998 House Bill 25 - 122nd General Assembly Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as prohibiting municipal corporations, or townships that have adopted the limited self-government form of township government under Chapter 504. of the Revised Code, from adopting ordinances or resolutions that prohibit the establishment of businesses that offer tattooing or body piercing services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3729.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3729 / § 3729.06
§ 3729.06. Annual survey of health district for compliance
Status: in_force

October 13, 2004 House Bill 368 - 125th General Assembly (A) The director of health may survey annually each health district that is licensing recreational vehicle parks, recreation camps, combined park-camps, or temporary park-camps as provided in section 3729.05 of the Revised Code to determine whether the district is in substantial compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. Upon determination that there is substantial compliance, the director shall place the health district on an approved list. The director shall make a resurvey when in the director's opinion a resurvey is necessary and shall remove from the approved list any health district not substantially complying with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (B) If, after a survey or resurvey is made as provided in this section, the director determines that a health district is not eligible to be placed on the approved list or to continue on the list, the director shall certify that fact to the board of health of the health district. The director shall administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it in the health district until the director determines that the health district is eligible for placement on the approved list. Until the district is placed on or returned to the approved list, the director shall collect all fees payable to a board of health under section 3729.07 of the Revised Code and all such fees previously paid that have not been expended or encumbered for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the campground licensing fund, which is hereby created for use by the director in the director's capacity as licensor. The director shall repay any balance remaining in the account to the district when the director places the district on the approved list.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.282 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.282
§ 3709.282. Participation and cooperation by board of health
Status: in_force

May 26, 1970 House Bill 1140 - 108th General Assembly The board of health of any city or general health district may participate in, receive or give financial and other assistance, and cooperate with other agencies or organizations, either private or governmental, in establishing and operating any federal program enacted prior to or after November 6, 1969, by the congress of the United States.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3713.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3713 / § 3713.99
§ 3713.99. Penalties
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (A), (B), or (D) of section 3713.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 3713.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (C) A person who, after receiving a notice issued under division (B) of section 3713.021 of the Revised Code or division (B) or (C) of section 3713.022 of the Revised Code, continues to violate the applicable division of either of thos e sections is subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.22
§ 3745.22. Environmental education fund
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "eligible institution of higher education" means any of the state universities listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, or a community college, technical college, university branch, state community college, or an institution that is nonprofit and holds a certificate of authorization issued under section 1713.02 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the environmental education fund consisting of moneys credited to the fund pursuant to sections 3704.06 and 6111.09 of the Revised Code and any gifts, grants, or contributions received by the director of environmental protection for the purposes of the fund. The fund shall be administered by the director with the advice and assistance of the Ohio environmental education fund advisory council created in section 3745.21 of the Revised Code. Moneys in the fund shall be used exclusively to develop, implement, and administer a program to enhance public awareness and the objective understanding within this state of issues affecting environmental quality. Toward that end, moneys in the fund may be used for purposes that include, without limitation, developing elementary and secondary school and collegiate curricula on environmental issues; providing training for this state's elementary and secondary school teachers on environmental issues; providing educational seminars for concerned members of the public regarding the scientific and technical aspects of environmental issues; providing educational seminars regarding pollution prevention and waste minimization for persons regulated by the environmental protection agency; providing educational seminars for persons regulated by the environmental protection agency, including, without limitation, small businesses, regarding the regulatory requirements of the agency and the means of achieving and maintaining compliance with them; and providing one or more scholarships in environmental sciences or environmental engineering for students enrolled at an eligible institution of higher education. The director may expend not more than one million five hundred thousand dollars of the moneys credited to the environmental education fund under sections 3704.06 and 6111.09 of the Revised Code 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. (C) Not later than the first day of April each year, the director, with the advice and assistance of the council, shall prepare and submit to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives an environmental education agenda that describes the proposed uses of the environmental education fund during the following fiscal year. Prior to submitting the agenda the director, in conjunction with the council, shall hold a public hearing in Franklin county to receive comments on the agenda. After the public hearing and before submitting the agenda to the governor, the president, and the speaker, the director, with the advice and assistance of the council, may make any modifications to the agenda that the director considers appropriate based upon the comments received at the public hearing. (D) Not later than the first day of September each year, the director, with the advice and assistance of the council, shall prepare and submit to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives a report on the revenues credited to and expenditures from the environmental education fund during the immediately preceding fiscal year. Last updated February 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3706.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3706 / § 3706.03
§ 3706.03. Purposes of air authority
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state through the operations of the Ohio air quality development authority under this chapter to contribute toward one or more of the following: to provide for the conservation of air as a natural resource of the state, and to prevent or abate the pollution thereof, to provide for the comfort, health, safety, and general welfare of all employees, as well as all other inhabitants of the state, to assist in the financing of air quality facilities for industry, commerce, distribution, and research, including public utility companies, to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities or improve the economic welfare of the people, or assist and cooperate with governmental agencies in achieving such purposes. In furtherance of such public policy the Ohio air quality development authority may initiate, acquire, construct, maintain, repair, and operate air quality projects or cause the same to be operated pursuant to a lease, sublease, or agreement with any person or governmental agency; may make loans and grants to governmental agencies for the acquisition or construction of air quality facilities by such governmental agencies; may make loans to persons for the acquisition or construction of air quality facilities by such persons; may enter into commodity contracts with, or make loans for the purpose of entering into commodity contracts to, any person, governmental agency, or entity located within or without the state in connection with the acquisition or construction of air quality facilities; and may issue air quality revenue bonds of this state payable solely from revenues, to pay the cost of such projects, including any related commodity contracts. Any air quality project shall be determined by the authority to be not inconsistent with any applicable air quality standards duly established and then required to be met pursuant to the "Clean Air Act," 84 Stat. 1679 (1970), 42 U.S.C.A. 1857, as amended. Any resolution of the authority providing for acquiring or constructing such projects or for making a loan or grant for such projects shall include a finding by the authority that such determination has been made. Determinations by resolution of the authority that a project is an air quality facility under this chapter and is consistent with the purposes of section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and this chapter, shall be conclusive as to the validity and enforceability of the air quality revenue bonds issued to finance such project and of the resolutions, trust agreements or indentures, leases, subleases, sale agreements, loan agreements, and other agreements made in connection therewith, all in accordance with their terms.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3706.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3706 / § 3706.04
§ 3706.04. Development authority - powers and duties
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The Ohio air quality development authority may: (A) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (B) Adopt an official seal; (C) Maintain a principal office and suboffices at such places within the state as it designates; (D) Sue and plead in its own name; be sued and impleaded in its own name with respect to its contracts or torts of its members, employees, or agents acting within the scope of their employment, or to enforce its obligations and covenants made under sections 3706.05 , 3706.07 , and 3706.12 of the Revised Code. Any such actions against the authority shall be brought in the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal office of the authority is located, or in the court of common pleas of the county in which the cause of action arose, provided such county is located within this state, and all summonses, exceptions, and notices of every kind shall be served on the authority by leaving a copy thereof at the principal office with the person in charge thereof or with the secretary-treasurer of the authority. (E) Make loans and grants to governmental agencies for the acquisition or construction of air quality projects by any such governmental agency and adopt rules and procedures for making such loans and grants; (F) Acquire, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, equip, maintain, repair, operate, lease or rent to, or contract for operation by, a person or governmental agency, air quality projects, and establish rules for the use of such projects; (G) Make available the use or services of any air quality project to one or more persons, one or more governmental agencies, or any combination thereof; (H) Issue air quality revenue bonds and notes and air quality revenue refunding bonds of the state, payable solely from revenues as provided in section 3706.05 of the Revised Code, unless the bonds be refunded by refunding bonds, for the purpose of paying any part of the cost of one or more air quality projects or parts thereof; (I) Acquire by gift or purchase, hold, and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of the powers of the authority and the performance of its duties under this chapter; (J) Acquire, in the name of the state, by purchase or otherwise, on such terms and in such manner as the authority finds proper, or by the exercise of the right of condemnation in the manner provided by section 3706.17 of the Revised Code, such public or private lands, including public parks, playgrounds, or reservations, or parts thereof or rights therein, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements, and interests as it finds necessary for carrying out this chapter, but excluding the acquisition by the exercise of the right of condemnation of any air quality facility owned by any person or governmental agency; and compensation shall be paid for public or private lands so taken; (K) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements and execute all instruments necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter. (1) When the cost under any such contract or agreement, other than compensation for personal services, involves an expenditure of more than two thousand dollars, the authority shall make a written contract with the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code, after advertisement for not less than two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Franklin county, and in such other publications as the authority determines, which notice shall state the general character of the work and the general character of the materials to be furnished, the place where plans and specifications therefor may be examined, and the time and place of receiving bids; provided, that a contract or lease for the operation of an air quality project constructed and owned by the authority or an agreement for cooperation in the acquisition or construction of an air quality project pursuant to section 3706.12 of the Revised Code or any contract for the construction of an air quality project that is to be leased by the authority to, and operated by, persons who are not governmental agencies and the cost of such project is to be amortized exclusively from rentals or other charges paid to the authority by persons who are not governmental agencies is not subject to the foregoing requirements and the authority may enter into such contract, lease, or agreement pursuant to negotiation and upon such terms and conditions and for such period as it finds to be reasonable and proper in the circumstances and in the best interests of proper operation or of efficient acquisition or construction of such project. (2) Each bid for a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an improvement shall contain the full name of every person interested in it and meet the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code. (3) Each bid for a contract except as provided in division (K)(2) of this section shall contain the full name of every person interested in it and shall be accompanied by a sufficient bond or certified check on a solvent bank that if the bid is accepted a contract will be entered into and the performance thereof secured. (4) The authority may reject any and all bids. (5) A bond with good and sufficient surety, approved by the authority, shall be required of every contractor awarded a contract except as provided in division (K)(2) of this section, in an amount equal to at least fifty per cent of the contract price, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract. (L) Employ managers, superintendents, and other employees and retain or contract with consulting engineers, financial consultants, accounting experts, architects, attorneys, and such other consultants and independent contractors as are necessary in its judgment to carry out this chapter, and fix the compensation thereof. All expenses thereof shall be payable solely from the proceeds of air quality revenue bonds or notes issued under this chapter, from revenues, or from funds appropriated for such purpose by the general assembly. (M) Receive and accept from any federal agency, subject to the approval of the governor, grants for or in aid of the construction of any air quality project or for research and development with respect to air quality facilities, and receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of money, property, labor, or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for which such grants and contributions are made; (N) Engage in research and development with respect to air quality facilities; (O) Purchase fire and extended coverage and liability insurance for any air quality project and for the principal office and suboffices of the authority, insurance protecting the authority and its officers and employees against liability for damage to property or injury to or death of persons arising from its operations, and any other insurance the authority may agree to provide under any resolution authorizing its air quality revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same; (P) Charge, alter, and collect rentals and other charges for the use or services of any air quality project as provided in section 3706.13 of the Revised Code; (Q) Provide coverage for its employees under Chapters 145., 4123., and 4141. of the Revised Code; (R) In accordance with section 54D(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 54D(e), allocate the national qualified energy conservation bond limitation allocated to the state and reallocate any portion of an allocation waived by a county or municipality. (S) Do all acts necessary or proper to carry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter. Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.31
§ 3721.31. Approving or rejecting programs
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 144 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The director of health shall approve training and competency evaluation programs in accordance with rules adopted under section 3721.30 of the Revised Code and shall periodically review and reapprove programs approved under this section. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(3) of this section, the director may approve and reapprove programs conducted by or in long-term care facilities, or by any government agency or person, including an employee organization. (3) The director shall not approve or reapprove a training and competency evaluation program conducted by or in a long-term care facility that was determined by the director or the United States secretary of health and human services to have been out of compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), (c), or (d) of section 1819 or 1919 of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, within a two-year period prior to making application for approval or reapproval and shall revoke the approval or reapproval of a program conducted by or in a facility for which such a determination is made. This division does not apply to a program conducted by or in a long-term care facility to which the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services granted a waiver of the prohibition on training and competency programs. (4) A long-term care facility, employee organization, person, or government entity seeking approval or reapproval of a training and competency evaluation program shall make an application to the director for approval or reapproval of the program and shall provide any documentation requested by the director. (5) The director may conduct inspections and examinations of approved training and competency evaluation programs, training and competency evaluation programs for which an application for approval has been submitted under division (A)(4) of this section, and the sites at which they are or will be conducted. The director may conduct inspections of long-term care facilities in which individuals who have participated in approved training and competency evaluation programs are being used as nurse aides. (B) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director may do the following: (1) Deny, suspend, or revoke approval or reapproval of any of the following that is not in compliance with this section and section 3721.30 of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder: (a) A training and competency evaluation program; (b) A training program for instructors, coordinators, or evaluators for training and competency evaluation programs. (2) Deny a request that the director determine any of the following for the purposes of division (B) of section 3721.28 of the Revised Code: (a) That a program completed prior to the dates specified in division (B)(3) of section 3721.28 of the Revised Code included a competency evaluation component no less stringent than the competency evaluation programs approved or conducted by the director under this section, and was otherwise comparable to the training and competency evaluation programs being approved under this section; (b) That an individual satisfies division (B)(5) of section 3721.28 of the Revised Code; (c) That an individual meets the conditions specified in division (F)(1) or (2) of section 3721.28 of the Revised Code. (C) The director may develop and conduct a competency evaluation program for individuals used by long-term care facilities as nurse aides at any time during the period commencing July 1, 1989, and ending January 1, 1990, and individuals who participate in training and competency evaluation programs conducted in or by long-term care facilities. The director also may conduct other competency evaluation programs and training and competency evaluation programs. When conducting competency evaluation programs and training and competency evaluation programs, both of the following apply: (1) The director may use a nurse aide competency evaluation prepared by a testing service, and may contract with the service to administer the evaluation pursuant to section 3701.044 of the Revised Code. (2) The director shall permit a training and competency evaluation program approved under division (A) of this section that is operated by a career center, community college, or similar educational institution to perform competency evaluations if the director determines that the program complies with federal laws and regulations relating to competency evaluations and the competency evaluation is substantially similar to the competency evaluation conducted by the director. A nursing home may proctor a competency evaluation under the circumstances specified in federal laws and regulations. (D) The director may approve or conduct programs to train instructors, coordinators, and evaluators for training and competency evaluation programs. The director may conduct inspections and examinations of those programs that have been approved by the director or for which an application for approval has been submitted, and the sites at which the programs are or will be conducted. The director shall not restrict participation in a training program for instructors to individuals who have experience working in a nursing home. (E) The test materials, examinations, or evaluation tools used in any competency evaluation program or training and competency evaluation program that the director conducts or approves under this section are subject to the confidentiality provisions of section 3701.044 of the Revised Code. (F) The director shall impose fees prescribed by rules adopted under section 3721.30 of the Revised Code for both of the following: (1) Making application for approval or reapproval of either of the following: (a) A training and competency evaluation program; (b) A training program for instructors, coordinators, or evaluators for training and competency evaluation programs; (2) Participation in any competency evaluation program, training and competency evaluation program, or other program conducted by the director under this section. (G) Each participant shall provide evidence of the participant's identity by showing identification issued by this or another state or the United States citizenship and immigration services. Last updated August 30, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.40
§ 3734.40. Policy as to off-site treatment, storage and disposal of wastes
Status: in_force

June 24, 1988 House Bill 592 - 117th General Assembly The general assembly hereby finds and declares the following to be the public policy of this state: (A) That the off-site treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste and the off-site disposal of solid wastes, including incineration, and transfer of solid wastes are critical components of the economic structure of this state and, when properly controlled and regulated, make substantial contributions to the general welfare, health, and prosperity of the state and its inhabitants by minimizing the serious health and environmental threats inherent in the management of these wastes; (B) That the regulatory provisions of this chapter are designed to extend strict state regulation to those persons involved in the operations of these permitted activities so as to foster and justify the public confidence and trust in the credibility and integrity of the conduct of these activities; (C) That the solid and hazardous waste management industries in this state can attain, maintain, and retain integrity, public confidence, and trust, and promote the general public interest, only under a system of control and regulation that precludes the participation therein of persons with known criminal records and excludes or removes from any position of authority or responsibility any person known to be so deficient in reliability, expertise, or competence with specific reference to the solid or hazardous waste management industries that his participation in them would create or enhance the danger of unsound, unfair, or illegal practices, methods, and activities in the conduct of the business of the industries; (D) That strict licensing standards will help ensure that members of the waste management industry in this state will continue to maintain standards of professionalism and responsibility; (E) That it therefore is vital to the interests of this state to prevent either direct or indirect entry into the operations of the off-site solid waste disposal and transfer and the off-site hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal, industries of persons who are not competent and reliable or who have pursued economic gains in an occupational manner or context violative of the criminal code or civil public policies of this state, and it is to the end of excluding such persons from those industries that the regulatory and investigatory powers and duties provided in sections 3734.41 to 3734.47 of the Revised Code shall be exercised to the fullest extent consistent with law. Last updated September 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3723.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3723 / § 3723.08
§ 3723.08. Director of health - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 8, 1995 Senate Bill 19 - 121st General Assembly (A) The director of health shall do all of the following: (1) Administer the radon licensing program established by this chapter and enforce the requirements of this chapter and the rules adopted under it; (2) Examine records of radon testers, mitigation specialists, mitigation contractors, and operators of radon laboratories and training courses approved under section 3723.07 of the Revised Code as he considers necessary to determine whether they are in compliance with the requirements of this chapter and the rules adopted under it; (3) Coordinate the radon licensing program with any radon programs in schools; (4) Collect and disseminate information relating to radon in this state; (5) Conduct research on indoor radon contamination, which may include a statewide survey. (B) The director of health may do any of the following: (1) Employ individuals with training necessary to implement the requirements of this chapter and the rules adopted under it, and pay the license fee or license renewal fee established under section 3723.09 of the Revised Code for any such employee who is required to be licensed under this chapter; (2) Conduct inspections as he considers necessary to determine whether the requirements of this chapter and the rules adopted under it have been met; (3) Conduct training programs and establish and collect fees to cover the cost of conducting them; (4) Advise, consult with, cooperate with, and enter into contracts or grant agreements with any individual, business entity, government entity, interstate agency, or the federal government as he considers appropriate to fulfill the requirements of this chapter and the rules adopted under it; (5) Consult with and seek recommendations from the radiation advisory council established under section 3748.20 of the Revised Code with respect to the implementation of this chapter; (6) Delegate his authority and duties under this chapter to any division, bureau, agency, or employee of the department of health; (7) Collect information required to be reported to him under any rules adopted under section 3723.09 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.813 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.813
§ 3719.813. Qualified immunity of sample drug manufacturers
Status: in_force

April 15, 2005 House Bill 454 - 125th General Assembly A drug manufacturer shall not, in the absence of bad faith, be subject to criminal prosecution or liability in tort or other civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property for matters related to the donation, acceptance, or dispensing of a drug manufactured by the drug manufacturer that is donated by any person as permitted under section 3719.811 of the Revised Code, including but not limited to liability for failure to transfer or communicate product or consumer information or the expiration date of the donated drug.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.16
§ 3737.16. Release of, or request for, information relating to fire loss by insurance company
Status: in_force

March 19, 2003 Senate Bill 115 - 124th General Assembly (A) The fire marshal, any assistant fire marshal, the chief of the fire and explosion investigation bureau established pursuant to section 3737.22 of the Revised Code, the chief of a fire department of any municipal corporation or township where a fire department is established, the fire prevention officer of any municipal corporation or township where no fire department exists, any federal, state, or local law enforcement agency, or the prosecuting attorney of any county may request any insurance company that has investigated or is investigating a fire loss or potential fire loss of real or personal property to release any information in its possession relative to that loss or potential loss. The company shall release the information and cooperate with any official authorized to request the information under this section. The information shall include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) Any insurance policy relevant to a fire loss under investigation and any application for such a policy; (2) Policy premium payment records; (3) History of previous claims made by the insured or previous insureds for fire loss; (4) Material relating to the investigation of the loss or potential loss, including statements of any person, proof of loss, and any other relevant evidence. (B) If an insurance company has reason to suspect that a fire loss to its insured's real or personal property was caused by incendiary means, the company shall notify the fire marshal and the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the loss occurred, and furnish them with all relevant material acquired during its investigation of the fire loss, cooperate with and take such action as may be requested of it by any federal, state, or local law enforcement agency, and permit any other person ordered by a court to inspect any of its records pertaining to the policy and the loss. (C) If an agency, official, or officer mentioned in division (A) or (B) of this section has received information under those divisions from an insurance company that has investigated or is investigating a fire loss of real or personal property, the agency, official, or officer may release to, and share with, the insurance company any information in the agency's, official's, or officer's possession relative to the loss, upon the request of the insurance company. (D) In the absence of fraud or malice, no insurance company, or person who furnishes information on its behalf, is liable in damages in any civil action, including any action brought pursuant to section 1347.10 of the Revised Code, or subject to criminal prosecution for any oral or written statement made or any other action taken that is necessary to supply information required under this section. (E) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, the officials and departmental and agency personnel receiving any information furnished under this section shall hold the information in confidence until such time as its release is required pursuant to a criminal or civil proceeding. (F) Any official referred to in division (A) of this section may testify as to any information in the official's possession regarding the fire loss of real or personal property in any civil action in which any person seeks recovery under a policy against an insurance company for the fire loss. (G) As used in this section, "insurance company" includes the Ohio fair plan underwriting association as established in section 3929.43 of the Revised Code. (H)(1) No person shall purposely refuse to release any information requested, pursuant to division (A) of this section, by an agency, official, or officer authorized to request the information by that division. (2) No person shall purposely refuse to notify the fire marshal and prosecuting attorney of a fire loss required to be reported under division (B) of this section. (3) No person shall purposely refuse to supply the fire marshal and prosecuting attorney with pertinent information required to be furnished under division (B) of this section. (4) No person shall purposely fail to hold in confidence information required to be held in confidence by division (E) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3767.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3767 / § 3767.27
§ 3767.27. Inspector of nuisances
Status: in_force

August 11, 1955 House Bill 11 - 101st General Assembly The board of county commissioners, whenever there is a violation of sections 3767.13 to 3767.29 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, may employ and reasonably compensate one inspector of nuisances who shall be vested with police powers and authorized to examine all cases of violation of such sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.58
§ 3701.58. Prosecuting attorney to prosecute violations
Status: in_force

March 16, 1989 House Bill 790 - 117th General Assembly The prosecuting attorney shall prosecute all violations of sections 3701.51 to 3701.55 and 3705.01 to 3705.29 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.231 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.231
§ 3705.231. Copy of birth record
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly A local registrar shall allow an individual to photograph or otherwise copy a birth or death record.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.57
§ 3734.57. Fees for waste disposal
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 Senate Bill 147 (GA 136), House Bill 96 (GA 136) (A) The following fees are hereby levied on the transfer or disposal of solid wastes in this state: (1) Seventy-one cents per ton through June 30, 2028, eleven cents of the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the hazardous waste facility management fund created in section 3734.18 of the Revised Code and sixty cents of the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code; (2) An additional ninety cents per ton through June 30, 2028, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the waste management fund created in section 3734.061 of the Revised Code; (3) An additional two dollars and eighty-one cents per ton through June 30, 2028, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the environmental protection fund created in section 3745.015 of the Revised Code; (4) An additional twenty-five cents per ton through June 30, 2028, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the soil and water conservation district assistance fund created in section 940.15 of the Revised Code; (5) An additional eight cents per ton through June 30, 2028, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the national priority list remedial support fund created in section 3734.579 of the Revised Code. In the case of solid wastes that are taken to a solid waste transfer facility located in this state prior to being transported for disposal at a solid waste disposal facility located in this state or outside of this state, the fees levied under this division shall be collected by the owner or operator of the transfer facility as a trustee for the state. The amount of fees required to be collected under this division at such a transfer facility shall equal the total tonnage of solid wastes received at the facility multiplied by the fees levied under this division. In the case of solid wastes that are not taken to a solid waste transfer facility located in this state prior to being transported to a solid waste disposal facility, the fees shall be collected by the owner or operator of the solid waste disposal facility as a trustee for the state. The amount of fees required to be collected under this division at such a disposal facility shall equal the total tonnage of solid wastes received at the facility that was not previously taken to a solid waste transfer facility located in this state multiplied by the fees levied under this division. Fees levied under this division do not apply to materials separated from a mixed waste stream for recycling by a generator or materials removed from the solid waste stream through recycling, as "recycling" is defined in rules adopted under section 3734.02 of the Revised Code. The owner or operator of a solid waste transfer facility or disposal facility, as applicable, shall prepare and file with the director of environmental protection each month a return indicating the total tonnage of solid wastes received at the facility during that month and the total amount of the fees required to be collected under this division during that month. In addition, the owner or operator of a solid waste disposal facility shall indicate on the return the total tonnage of solid wastes received from transfer facilities located in this state during that month for which the fees were required to be collected by the transfer facilities. The monthly returns shall be filed on a form prescribed by the director. Not later than thirty days after the last day of the month to which a return applies, the owner or operator shall mail to the director the return for that month together with the fees required to be collected under this division during that month as indicated on the return or may submit the return and fees electronically in a manner approved by the director. If the return is filed and the amount of the fees due is paid in a timely manner as required in this division, the owner or operator may retain a discount of three-fourths of one per cent of the total amount of the fees that are required to be paid as indicated on the return. The owner or operator may request an extension of not more than thirty days for filing the return and remitting the fees, provided that the owner or operator has submitted such a request in writing to the director together with a detailed description of why the extension is requested, the director has received the request not later than the day on which the return is required to be filed, and the director has approved the request. If the fees are not remitted within thirty days after the last day of the month to which the return applies or are not remitted by the last day of an extension approved by the director, the owner or operator shall not retain the three-fourths of one per cent discount and shall pay an additional ten per cent of the amount of the fees for each month that they are late. For purposes of calculating the late fee, the first month in which fees are late begins on the first day after the deadline has passed for timely submitting the return and fees, and one additional month shall be counted every thirty days thereafter. The owner or operator of a solid waste facility may request a refund or credit of fees levied under this division and remitted to the director that have not been paid to the owner or operator. Such a request shall be made only if the fees have not been collected by the owner or operator, have become a debt that has become worthless or uncollectable for a period of six months or more, and may be claimed as a deduction, including a deduction claimed if the owner or operator keeps accounts on an accrual basis, under the "Internal Revenue Code of 1954," 68A Stat. 50, 26 U.S.C. 166, as amended, and regulations adopted under it. Prior to making a request for a refund or credit, an owner or operator shall make reasonable efforts to collect the applicable fees. A request for a refund or credit shall not include any costs resulting from those efforts to collect unpaid fees. A request for a refund or credit of fees shall be made in writing, on a form prescribed by the director, and shall be supported by evidence that may be required in rules adopted by the director under this chapter. After reviewing the request, and if the request and evidence submitted with the request indicate that a refund or credit is warranted, the director shall grant a refund to the owner or operator or shall permit a credit to be taken by the owner or operator on a subsequent monthly return submitted by the owner or operator. The amount of a refund or credit shall not exceed an amount that is equal to ninety days' worth of fees owed to an owner or operator by a particular debtor of the owner or operator. A refund or credit shall not be granted by the director to an owner or operator more than once in any twelve-month period for fees owed to the owner or operator by a particular debtor. If, after receiving a refund or credit from the director, an owner or operator receives payment of all or part of the fees, the owner or operator shall remit the fees with the next monthly return submitted to the director together with a written explanation of the reason for the submittal. For purposes of computing the fees levied under this division or division (B) of this section, any solid waste transfer or disposal facility that does not use scales as a means of determining gate receipts shall use a conversion factor of three cubic yards per ton of solid waste or one cubic yard per ton for baled waste, as applicable. The fees levied under this division and divisions (B) and (C) of this section are in addition to all other applicable fees and taxes and shall be paid by the customer or a political subdivision to the owner or operator of a solid waste transfer or disposal facility. In the alternative, the fees shall be paid by a customer or political subdivision to a transporter of waste who subsequently transfers the fees to the owner or operator of such a facility. The fees shall be paid notwithstanding the existence of any provision in a contract that the customer or a political subdivision may have with the owner or operator or with a transporter of waste to the facility that would not require or allow such payment regardless of whether the contract was entered prior to or after October 16, 2009. For those purposes, "customer" means a person who contracts with, or utilizes the solid waste services of, the owner or operator of a solid waste transfer or disposal facility or a transporter of solid waste to such a facility. (B) For the purposes specified in division (G) of this section, the solid waste management policy committee of a county or joint solid waste management district may levy fees upon the following activities: (1) The disposal at a solid waste disposal facility located in the district of solid wastes generated within the district; (2) The disposal at a solid waste disposal facility within the district of solid wastes generated outside the boundaries of the district, but inside this state; (3) The disposal at a solid waste disposal facility within the district of solid wastes generated outside the boundaries of this state. The solid waste management plan of the county or joint district approved under section 3734.521 or 3734.55 of the Revised Code and any amendments to it, or the resolution adopted under this division, as appropriate, shall establish the rates of the fees levied under divisions (B)(1), (2), and (3) of this section, if any, and shall specify whether the fees are levied on the basis of tons or cubic yards as the unit of measurement. A solid waste management district that levies fees under this division on the basis of cubic yards shall do so in accordance with division (A) of this section. The fee levied under division (B)(1) of this section shall be not less than one dollar per ton nor more than two dollars per ton, the fee levied under division (B)(2) of this section shall be not less than two dollars per ton nor more than four dollars per ton, and the fee levied under division (B)(3) of this section shall be not more than the fee levied under division (B)(1) of this section. Prior to the approval of the solid waste management plan of a district under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code, the solid waste management policy committee of a district may levy fees under this division by adopting a resolution establishing the proposed amount of the fees. Upon adopting the resolution, the committee shall deliver a copy of the resolution to the board of county commissioners of each county forming the district and to the legislative authority of each municipal corporation and township under the jurisdiction of the district and shall prepare and publish the resolution and a notice of the time and location where a public hearing on the fees will be held. Upon adopting the resolution, the committee shall deliver written notice of the adoption of the resolution; of the amount of the proposed fees; and of the date, time, and location of the public hearing to the director and to the fifty industrial, commercial, or institutional generators of solid wastes within the district that generate the largest quantities of solid wastes, as determined by the committee, and to their local trade associations. The committee shall make good faith efforts to identify those generators within the district and their local trade associations, but the nonprovision of notice under this division to a particular generator or local trade association does not invalidate the proceedings under this division. The publication shall occur at least thirty days before the hearing. After the hearing, the committee may make such revisions to the proposed fees as it considers appropriate and thereafter, by resolution, shall adopt the revised fee schedule. Upon adopting the revised fee schedule, the committee shall deliver a copy of the resolution doing so to the board of county commissioners of each county forming the district and to the legislative authority of each municipal corporation and township under the jurisdiction of the district. Within sixty days after the delivery of a copy of the resolution adopting the proposed revised fees by the policy committee, each such board and legislative authority, by ordinance or resolution, shall approve or disapprove the revised fees and deliver a copy of the ordinance or resolution to the committee. If any such board or legislative authority fails to adopt and deliver to the policy committee an ordinance or resolution approving or disapproving the revised fees within sixty days after the policy committee delivered its resolution adopting the proposed revised fees, it shall be conclusively presumed that the board or legislative authority has approved the proposed revised fees. The committee shall determine if the resolution has been ratified in the same manner in which it determines if a draft solid waste management plan has been ratified under division (B) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code. The committee may amend the schedule of fees levied pursuant to a resolution adopted and ratified under this division by adopting a resolution establishing the proposed amount of the amended fees. The committee may repeal the fees levied pursuant to such a resolution by adopting a resolution proposing to repeal them. Upon adopting such a resolution, the committee shall proceed to obtain ratification of the resolution in accordance with this division. Not later than fourteen days after declaring the new fees to be ratified or the fees to be repealed under this division, the committee shall notify by certified mail the owner or operator of each solid waste disposal facility that is required to collect the fees of the ratification and the amount of the fees or of the repeal of the fees. Collection of any fees shall commence or collection of repealed fees shall cease on the first day of the second month following the month in which notification is sent to the owner or operator. Fees levied under this division also may be established, amended, or repealed by a solid waste management policy committee through the adoption of a new district solid waste management plan, the adoption of an amended plan, or the amendment of the plan or amended plan in accordance with sections 3734.55 and 3734.56 of the Revised Code or the adoption or amendment of a district plan in connection with a change in district composition under section 3734.521 of the Revised Code. Not later than fourteen days after the director issues an order approving a district's solid waste management plan, amended plan, or amendment to a plan or amended plan that establishes, amends, or repeals a schedule of fees levied by the district, the committee shall notify by certified mail the owner or operator of each solid waste disposal facility that is required to collect the fees of the approval of the plan or amended plan, or the amendment to the plan, as appropriate, and the amount of the fees, if any. In the case of an initial or amended plan approved under section 3734.521 of the Revised Code in connection with a change in district composition, other than one involving the withdrawal of a county from a joint district, the committee, within fourteen days after the change takes effect pursuant to division (E) of that section, shall notify by certified mail the owner or operator of each solid waste disposal facility that is required to collect the fees that the change has taken effect and of the amount of the fees, if any. Collection of any fees shall commence or collection of repealed fees shall cease on the first day of the second month following the month in which notification is sent to the owner or operator. If, in the case of a change in district composition involving the withdrawal of a county from a joint district, the director completes the actions required under section 3734.522 of the Revised Code, forty-five days or more before the beginning of a calendar year, the policy committee of each of the districts resulting from the change that obtained the director's approval of an initial or amended plan in connection with the change, within fourteen days after the director's completion of the required actions, shall notify by certified mail the owner or operator of each solid waste disposal facility that is required to collect the district's fees that the change is to take effect on the first day of January immediately following the issuance of the notice and of the amount of the fees or amended fees levied under divisions (B)(1) to (3) of this section pursuant to the district's initial or amended plan as so approved or, if appropriate, the repeal of the district's fees by that initial or amended plan. Collection of any fees set forth in such a plan or amended plan shall commence on the first day of January immediately following the issuance of the notice. If such an initial or amended plan repeals a schedule of fees, collection of the fees shall cease on that first day of January. If, in the case of a change in district composition involving the withdrawal of a county from a joint district, the director completes the actions required under section 3734.522 of the Revised Code, less than forty-five days before the beginning of a calendar year, the director, on behalf of each of the districts resulting from the change that obtained the director's approval of an initial or amended plan in connection with the change proceedings, shall notify by certified mail the owner or operator of each solid waste disposal facility that is required to collect the district's fees that the change is to take effect on the first day of January immediately following the mailing of the notice and of the amount of the fees or amended fees levied under divisions (B)(1) to (3) of this section pursuant to the district's initial or amended plan as so approved or, if appropriate, the repeal of the district's fees by that initial or amended plan. Collection of any fees set forth in such a plan or amended plan shall commence on the first day of the second month following the month in which notification is sent to the owner or operator. If such an initial or amended plan repeals a schedule of fees, collection of the fees shall cease on the first day of the second month following the month in which notification is sent to the owner or operator. If the schedule of fees that a solid waste management district is levying under divisions (B)(1) to (3) of this section is amended or repealed, the fees in effect immediately prior to the amendment or repeal shall continue to be collected until collection of the amended fees commences or collection of the repealed fees ceases, as applicable, as specified in this division. In the case of a change in district composition, money so received from the collection of the fees of the former districts shall be divided among the resulting districts in accordance with section 3734.522 of the Revised Code and the agreements entered into under division (B) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code to establish the former and resulting districts and any amendments to those agreements. For the purposes of the provisions of division (B) of this section establishing the times when newly established or amended fees levied by a district are required to commence and the collection of fees that have been amended or repealed is required to cease, "fees" or "schedule of fees" includes, in addition to fees levied under divisions (B)(1) to (3) of this section, those levied under section 3734.573 or 3734.574 of the Revised Code. (C) For the purposes of defraying the added costs to a municipal corporation or township of maintaining roads and other public facilities and of providing emergency and other public services, and compensating a municipal corporation or township for reductions in real property tax revenues due to reductions in real property valuations resulting from the location and operation of a solid waste disposal facility within the municipal corporation or township, a municipal corporation or township in which such a solid waste disposal facility is located may levy a fee of not more than twenty-five cents per ton on the disposal of solid wastes at a solid waste disposal facility located within the boundaries of the municipal corporation or township regardless of where the wastes were generated. The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or township may levy fees under this division by enacting an ordinance or adopting a resolution establishing the amount of the fees. Upon so doing the legislative authority shall mail a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution to the board of county commissioners or directors of the county or joint solid waste management district in which the municipal corporation or township is located or, if a regional solid waste management authority has been formed under section 343.011 of the Revised Code, to the board of trustees of that regional authority, the owner or operator of each solid waste disposal facility in the municipal corporation or township that is required to collect the fee by the ordinance or resolution, and the director of environmental protection. Although the fees levied under this division are levied on the basis of tons as the unit of measurement, the legislative authority, in its ordinance or resolution levying the fees under this division, may direct that the fees be levied on the basis of cubic yards as the unit of measurement based upon a conversion factor of three cubic yards per ton generally or one cubic yard per ton for baled wastes. Not later than five days after enacting an ordinance or adopting a resolution under this division, the legislative authority shall so notify by certified mail the owner or operator of each solid waste disposal facility that is required to collect the fee. Collection of any fee levied on or after March 24, 1992, shall commence on the first day of the second month following the month in which notification is sent to the owner or operator. (D)(1) The fees levied under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section do not apply to the disposal of solid wastes that: (a) Are disposed of at a facility owned by the generator of the wastes when the solid waste facility exclusively disposes of solid wastes generated at one or more premises owned by the generator regardless of whether the facility is located on a premises where the wastes are generated; (b) Are generated from the combustion of coal, or from the combustion of primarily coal, regardless of whether the disposal facility is located on the premises where the wastes are generated; (c) Are asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products disposed of at a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under Chapter 3714. of the Revised Code or at a solid waste facility that is licensed under this chapter. (2) Except as provided in section 3734.571 of the Revised Code, any fees levied under division (B)(1) of this section apply to solid wastes originating outside the boundaries of a county or joint district that are covered by an agreement for the joint use of solid waste facilities entered into under section 343.02 of the Revised Code by the board of county commissioners or board of directors of the county or joint district where the wastes are generated and disposed of. (3) When solid wastes, other than solid wastes that consist of scrap tires, are burned in a disposal facility that is an incinerator or energy recovery facility, the fees levied under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section shall be levied upon the disposal of the fly ash and bottom ash remaining after burning of the solid wastes and shall be collected by the owner or operator of the sanitary landfill where the ash is disposed of. (4) When solid wastes are delivered to a solid waste transfer facility, the fees levied under divisions (B) and (C) of this section shall be levied upon the disposal of solid wastes transported off the premises of the transfer facility for disposal and shall be collected by the owner or operator of the solid waste disposal facility where the wastes are disposed of. (5) The fees levied under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section do not apply to sewage sludge that is generated by a waste water treatment facility holding a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit and that is disposed of through incineration, land application, or composting or at another resource recovery or disposal facility that is not a landfill. (6) The fees levied under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section do not apply to solid wastes delivered to a solid waste composting facility for processing. When any unprocessed solid waste or compost product is transported off the premises of a composting facility and disposed of at a landfill, the fees levied under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section shall be collected by the owner or operator of the landfill where the unprocessed waste or compost product is disposed of. (7) When solid wastes that consist of scrap tires are processed at a scrap tire recovery facility, the fees levied under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section shall be levied upon the disposal of the fly ash and bottom ash or other solid wastes remaining after the processing of the scrap tires and shall be collected by the owner or operator of the solid waste disposal facility where the ash or other solid wastes are disposed of. (8) The director of environmental protection may issue an order exempting from the fees levied under this section solid wastes, including, but not limited to, scrap tires, that are generated, transferred, or disposed of as a result of a contract providing for the expenditure of public funds entered into by the administrator or regional administrator of the United States environmental protection agency, the director of environmental protection, or the director of administrative services on behalf of the director of environmental protection for the purpose of remediating conditions at a hazardous waste facility, solid waste facility, or other location at which the administrator or regional administrator or the director of environmental protection has reason to believe that there is a substantial threat to public health or safety or the environment or that the conditions are causing or contributing to air or water pollution or soil contamination. An order issued by the director of environmental protection under division (D)(8) of this section shall include a determination that the amount of the fees not received by a solid waste management district as a result of the order will not adversely impact the implementation and financing of the district's approved solid waste management plan and any approved amendments to the plan. Such an order is a final action of the director of environmental protection. (E) The fees levied under divisions (B) and (C) of this section shall be collected by the owner or operator of the solid waste disposal facility where the wastes are disposed of as a trustee for the county or joint district and municipal corporation or township where the wastes are disposed of. Moneys from the fees levied under division (B) of this section shall be forwarded to the board of county commissioners or board of directors of the district in accordance with rules adopted under division (H) of this section. Moneys from the fees levied under division (C) of this section shall be forwarded to the treasurer or such other officer of the municipal corporation as, by virtue of the charter, has the duties of the treasurer or to the fiscal officer of the township, as appropriate, in accordance with those rules. (F) Moneys received by the treasurer or other officer of the municipal corporation under division (E) of this section shall be paid into the general fund of the municipal corporation. Moneys received by the fiscal officer of the township under that division shall be paid into the general fund of the township. The treasurer or other officer of the municipal corporation or the township fiscal officer, as appropriate, shall maintain separate records of the moneys received from the fees levied under division (C) of this section. (G) Moneys received by the board of county commissioners or board of directors under division (E) of this section or section 3734.571 , 3734.572 , 3734.573 , or 3734.574 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the county treasurer, or other official acting in a similar capacity under a county charter, in a county district or to the county treasurer or other official designated by the board of directors in a joint district and kept in a separate and distinct fund to the credit of the district. If a regional solid waste management authority has been formed under section 343.011 of the Revised Code, moneys received by the board of trustees of that regional authority under division (E) of this section shall be kept by the board in a separate and distinct fund to the credit of the district. Moneys in the special fund of the county or joint district arising from the fees levied under division (B) of this section and the fee levied under division (A) of section 3734.573 of the Revised Code shall be expended by the board of county commissioners or directors of the district in accordance with the district's solid waste management plan or amended plan approved under section 3734.521 , 3734.55 , or 3734.56 of the Revised Code exclusively for the following purposes: (1) Preparation of the solid waste management plan of the district under section 3734.54 of the Revised Code, monitoring implementation of the plan, and conducting the periodic review and amendment of the plan required by section 3734.56 of the Revised Code by the solid waste management policy committee; (2) Implementation of the approved solid waste management plan or amended plan of the district, including, without limitation, the development and implementation of solid waste recycling or reduction programs; (3) Providing financial assistance to boards of health within the district, if solid waste facilities are located within the district, for enforcement of this chapter and rules, orders, and terms and conditions of permits, licenses, and variances adopted or issued under it, other than the hazardous waste provisions of this chapter and rules adopted and orders and terms and conditions of permits issued under those provisions; (4) Providing financial assistance to each county within the district to defray the added costs of maintaining roads and other public facilities and of providing emergency and other public services resulting from the location and operation of a solid waste facility within the county under the district's approved solid waste management plan or amended plan; (5) Pursuant to contracts entered into with boards of health within the district, if solid waste facilities contained in the district's approved plan or amended plan are located within the district, for paying the costs incurred by those boards of health for collecting and analyzing samples from public or private water wells on lands adjacent to those facilities; (6) Developing and implementing a program for the inspection of solid wastes generated outside the boundaries of this state that are disposed of at solid waste facilities included in the district's approved solid waste management plan or amended plan; (7) Providing financial assistance to boards of health within the district for the enforcement of section 3734.03 of the Revised Code or to local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction within the district for enforcing anti-littering laws and ordinances; (8) Providing financial assistance to boards of health of health districts within the district that are on the approved list under section 3734.08 of the Revised Code to defray the costs to the health districts for the participation of their employees responsible for enforcement of the solid waste provisions of this chapter and rules adopted and orders and terms and conditions of permits, licenses, and variances issued under those provisions in the training and certification program as required by rules adopted under division (L) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code; (9) Providing financial assistance to individual municipal corporations and townships within the district to defray their added costs of maintaining roads and other public facilities and of providing emergency and other public services resulting from the location and operation within their boundaries of a composting, energy or resource recovery, incineration, or recycling facility that either is owned by the district or is furnishing solid waste management facility or recycling services to the district pursuant to a contract or agreement with the board of county commissioners or directors of the district; (10) Payment of any expenses that are agreed to, awarded, or ordered to be paid under section 3734.35 of the Revised Code and of any administrative costs incurred pursuant to that section. In the case of a joint solid waste management district, if the board of county commissioners of one of the counties in the district is negotiating on behalf of affected communities, as defined in that section, in that county, the board shall obtain the approval of the board of directors of the district in order to expend moneys for administrative costs incurred. (11) Providing financial assistance to individual counties, boards of health, municipal corporations, and townships for the costs of mitigating impacts to public health, safety, and welfare of solid waste disposal or transfer facilities within the applicable political subdivision. Prior to the approval of the district's solid waste management plan under section 3734.55 of the Revised Code, moneys in the special fund of the district arising from the fees shall be expended for those purposes in the manner prescribed by the solid waste management policy committee by resolution. (H) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing procedures for collecting and forwarding the fees levied under divisions (B) and (C) of this section to the boards of county commissioners or directors of county or joint solid waste management districts and to the treasurers or other officers of municipal corporations and the fiscal officers of townships. The rules also shall prescribe the dates for forwarding the fees to the boards and officials and may prescribe any other requirements the director considers necessary or appropriate to implement and administer divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated July 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.64
§ 3721.64. Posted notice
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 58 - 134th General Assembly A long-term care facility may post a notice in a conspicuous place at the entrance to a resident's room with an electronic monitoring device stating that an electronic monitoring device is in use in that room. Last updated January 14, 2022 at 5:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.09
§ 3769.09. Commission to employ racing inspectors
Status: in_force

June 22, 1984 House Bill 37 - 115th General Assembly The state racing commission shall employ a racing inspector to attend each horse-racing meeting, held under a permit issued under sections 3769.01 to 3769.14 of the Revised Code. Such racing inspector shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars with sufficient sureties to be approved by and made payable to the treasurer of state, which bond shall be filed with the secretary of state. Such racing inspectors shall be paid a salary fixed pursuant to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code. Such racing inspector shall have full and free access to the books, records, and papers pertaining to the pari-mutuel system of wagering and to the enclosure or space where the pari-mutuel system is conducted at any horse-racing meeting to which he shall be assigned, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the holder of such permit is retaining the proper amount of commission. Such racing inspector shall investigate and ascertain whether such sections or rules promulgated by the commission are being violated at such race track or enclosure. Upon discovering any such violation, such racing inspector shall immediately report his findings in writing and under oath to the commission for such action as it may deem fitting and proper.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.50
§ 3735.50. Metropolitan housing authority is a political subdivision
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A metropolitan housing authority, created under section 3735.27 of the Revised Code, constitutes a political subdivision of the state within the meaning of section 5739.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3796.221 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3796 / § 3796.221
§ 3796.221. Rights of adult-use users
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, an adult-use consumer who obtains adult-use marijuana from a licensed dispensary may do all of the following: (1) Use adult-use marijuana; (2) Possess adult-use marijuana, subject to division (B) of this section; (3) Possess any paraphernalia or accessories that may be used in the administration of adult-use marijuana as specified in rules adopted under section 3796.03 of the Revised Code; (4) Transfer adult-use and homegrown marijuana to another adult-use consumer if all of the following apply: (a) The transfer is without remuneration. (b) The amount transferred to the same adult-use consumer in the same day does not exceed either of the following: (i) Two and one-half ounces of plant material, excluding any seeds, live plants, or clones being cultivated, grown, or possessed in accordance with section 3796.04 of the Revised Code; (ii) Fifteen grams of extract. (c) The transfer occurs at privately owned real property that is used primarily for residential or agricultural purposes, including any dwellings, facilities, improvements, and appurtenances on such real property. (B) No person shall knowingly possess more than the following cumulative amounts of homegrown marijuana and adult-use marijuana: (1) Two and one-half ounces of plant material, excluding any seeds, live plants, or clones being cultivated, grown, or possessed in accordance with section 3796.04 of the Revised Code; (2) Fifteen grams of extract. (C) Except as expressly authorized under division (A)(4) of this section, no person other than a license holder shall knowingly give, sell, or transfer adult-use or homegrown marijuana to any other person, with or without remuneration. (D) Subject to divisions (B) and (C) of this section, an adult-use consumer is not subject to arrest or criminal prosecution for engaging in any of the activities described in division (A) of this section. (E) This section does not authorize an adult-use consumer to operate a vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, watercraft, or aircraft while under the influence of marijuana. Last updated February 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.36
§ 3773.36. Promoter's license
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) Upon the proper filing of an application to conduct any public or private competition that involves boxing, mixed martial arts, kick boxing, tough man contests, tough guy contests, or any other form of boxing or martial arts, accompanied by the surety bond and the application fee, or upon the proper filing of an application to conduct any public or private competition that involves wrestling accompanied by the application fee, the Ohio athletic commission shall issue a promoter's license to the applicant if it finds that the applicant is not in default on any payment, obligation, or debt payable to the state under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code, is financially responsible, and is knowledgeable in the proper conduct of such matches or exhibitions. (B) Notwithstanding the requirements for a license under division (A) of this section, the commission shall issue a promoter's license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a promoter in a state that does not issue that license. (C) Each license issued pursuant to this section shall bear the name of the licensee, the post office address of the licensee, the date of expiration, an identification number designated by the commission, and the seal of the commission. (D) A promoter's license shall expire twelve months after its date of issuance and shall become invalid on that date unless renewed. A promoter's license may be renewed upon application to the commission and upon payment of the renewal fee prescribed in section 3773.43 of the Revised Code. The commission shall renew the license unless it denies the application for renewal for one or more reasons stated in section 3123.47 or 3773.53 of the Revised Code. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 6:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3767.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3767 / § 3767.22
§ 3767.22. Exceptions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Section 3767.16 of the Revised Code does not prohibit the deposit of the contents of privy vaults and catch basins into trenches or pits not less than three feet deep excavated in a lot, field, or meadow, with the consent of the owner, outside of the limits of a municipal corporation and not less than thirty rods distant from a dwelling, well or spring of water, lake, bay, pond, canal, run, creek, brook or stream of water, public road or highway, provided that such contents so deposited are forthwith covered with at least twelve inches of dry earth; nor prohibit the deposit of such contents in furrows, as specified for such trenches or pits, to be forthwith covered with dry earth by plowing or otherwise, and with the consent of the owner or occupant of the land in which such furrows are plowed. The board of health of a city or a general health district may allow the contents of privy vaults and catch basins to be deposited within corporate limits into such trenches, pits, or furrows.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.81
§ 3727.81. Hospital patients - overdose reversal drugs
Status: in_force

June 9, 2026 Senate Bill 137 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 3727.811 of the Revised Code: (1) "Health benefit plan" has the same meaning as in section 3922.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Overdose reversal drug" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, at the time of a patient's discharge from a hospital's emergency department, the hospital shall provide to the patient an overdose reversal drug if the patient presented to its emergency department with one or more symptoms of an opioid overdose, opioid use disorder, or other adverse event related to opioid use. (2) A hospital is not required to provide an overdose reversal drug to a patient under division (B)(1) of this section if any of the following is the case: (a) The patient's treating practitioner has determined, in the practitioner's clinical and professional judgment, that providing the drug is not appropriate. (b) The patient's treating practitioner has confirmed that the patient possesses an overdose reversal drug. (c) The hospital has not received a supply of overdose reversal drugs from any source, including the department of behavioral health as described in section 5119.192 of the Revised Code. (d) The patient refuses to accept the overdose reversal drug. (C) In providing an overdose reversal drug under this section, the hospital also shall provide the patient with directions for the drug's use as well as information about medications for opioid use disorder, harm reduction strategies, and available services, such as treatment and peer counseling. In the case of a patient described in division (B)(2)(d) of this section, the hospital shall provide the patient with information about medications for opioid use disorder, harm reduction strategies, and available services, such as treatment and peer counseling. (D)(1) Subject to division (D)(2) of this section, in the case of a patient who is covered by a health benefit plan or the medicaid program and receives an overdose reversal drug under this section, the hospital may seek reimbursement for the drug's cost by submitting to the plan or program a claim for payment. Payment of the claim is dependent on whether the patient's health benefit plan or the medicaid program covers the drug and the terms and conditions for that coverage. (2) Under division (D)(1) of this section, a hospital may seek reimbursement for the cost of an overdose reversal drug only if the drug provided to the patient was from a supply purchased by the hospital. (E) This section does not do any of the following: (1) Prohibit a hospital from providing an overdose reversal drug at no cost to a patient or third-party payor from a supply purchased by the hospital; (2) Limit the authority of a hospital to provide overdose reversal drugs as described in section 3715.50 of the Revised Code; (3) Affect a hospital's ability or responsibility to provide financial assistance to a patient as required by state or federal law. (F) A hospital, including any of its employees, contractors, and practitioners, is not liable for or subject to any of the following for an act or omission that arises from fulfilling the duties of or exercising any authority under this section: damages in any civil action, prosecution in any criminal proceeding, sanctions under this chapter or Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code, or professional disciplinary action. Last updated May 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.03
§ 3715.03. Right of entry
Status: in_force

July 22, 1998 Senate Bill 66 - 122nd General Assembly The director of agriculture, in performing duties under this chapter, may enter a creamery, factory, store salesroom, pharmacy, laboratory, or other place where the director believes or has reason to believe drugs, food, or drink is made, prepared, dispensed, sold, or offered for sale; examine the books therein; and open a cask, tub, jar, bottle, or other package containing or supposed to contain a drug or an article of food or drink and examine the contents or cause them to be examined and analyzed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.42
§ 3773.42. Official's and contestant's licenses
Status: in_force

October 9, 2021 House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly Upon the proper filing of an application for a referee's, judge's, matchmaker's, timekeeper's, manager's, trainer's, contestant's, or second's license and payment of the applicable application fee, the Ohio athletic commission shall issue the license to the applicant if it determines that the applicant is not likely to engage in acts detrimental to the fair and honest conduct of public boxing matches, mixed martial arts events, or any other unarmed combat sports regulated by the commission and is qualified to hold such a license by reason of the applicant's knowledge and experience. A person shall not be determined to possess the knowledge and experience necessary to qualify that person to hold a referee's license unless all of the following conditions are met: (A) The person has completed such referee training requirements as the commission prescribes by rule. (B) The person possesses such experience requirements as the commission prescribes by rule. The commission shall issue a referee's license to each person who meets the requirements of divisions (A) and (B) of this section. If upon the proper filing of an application for a contestant's license the commission determines that the applicant is not likely to engage in acts detrimental to the conduct of public boxing matches, mixed martial arts events, or any other unarmed combat sports regulated by the commission and possesses sufficient knowledge and experience, the commission shall issue the license to the applicant. Each license issued pursuant to this section shall bear the correct name, or assumed name, if any, of the licensee, the address of the licensee, the date of issue, and a number designated by the commission. A license issued pursuant to this section shall expire twelve months after its date of issue unless renewed. Upon application for renewal and payment of the renewal fee prescribed in section 3773.43 of the Revised Code, the commission shall renew the license unless it denies the application for one or more reasons stated in section 3123.47 or 3773.53 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:15 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.14
§ 3704.14. Enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) If the director of environmental protection determines that implementation of a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program is necessary for the state to effectively comply with the federal Clean Air Act after June 30, 2025, the director may provide for the implementation of the program in those counties in this state in which such a program is federally mandated. Upon making such a determination, the director of environmental protection may request the director of administrative services to extend the terms of the contract that was entered into under the authority of H.B. 33 of the 135th general assembly. Upon receiving the request, the director of administrative services shall extend the contract, beginning on July 1, 2025, in accordance with this section. The contract shall be extended for a period of up to twenty-four months with the contractor who conducted the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program under that contract. (2) Prior to the expiration of the contract extension that was authorized by division (A)(1) of this section under the authority of H.B. 33 of the 135th general assembly, the director of environmental protection shall request the director of administrative services to enter into a contract with a vendor to operate a decentralized motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program in each county in this state in which such a program is federally mandated through June 30, 2027. The contract shall ensure that the decentralized motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program achieves an equivalent amount of emission reductions as achieved by the program operated under the authority of the contract that was extended under division (A)(1) of this section under the authority of H.B. 33 of the 135th general assembly. The director of administrative services shall select a vendor through a competitive selection process in compliance with Chapter 125. of the Revised Code. (3) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the director of administrative services shall ensure that a competitive selection process regarding a contract to operate a decentralized motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program in this state incorporates the following, which shall be included in the contract: (a) For purposes of expanding the number of testing locations for consumer convenience, a requirement that the vendor utilize established local businesses, auto repair facilities, or leased properties to operate state-approved inspection and maintenance testing facilities; (b) A requirement that the vendor selected to operate the program provide notification of the program's requirements to each owner of a motor vehicle that is required to be inspected under the program. The contract shall require the notification to be provided not later than sixty days prior to the date by which the owner of the motor vehicle is required to have the motor vehicle inspected. The director of environmental protection and the vendor shall jointly agree on the content of the notice. However, the notice shall include at a minimum the locations of all inspection facilities within a specified distance of the address that is listed on the owner's motor vehicle registration. (c) A requirement that the vendor comply with testing methodology and supply the required equipment approved by the director of environmental protection as specified in the competitive selection process in compliance with Chapter 125. of the Revised Code. (4) A decentralized motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program operated under this section shall comply with division (B) of this section. The director of environmental protection shall administer the decentralized motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program operated under this section. (B) The director shall establish a decentralized motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program as authorized by this section and, at a minimum, the director shall ensure that the program does all of the following: (1) Complies with the federal Clean Air Act; (2) Provides for the issuance of inspection certificates and alternative emissions certificates as specified in rules adopted under division (C)(2) of this section; (3) Provides for a new car exemption for motor vehicles six years old or newer and provides that a new motor vehicle is exempt for six years regardless of whether legal title to the motor vehicle is transferred during that period; (4) Provides for an exemption for battery electric motor vehicles; (5) Provides for an exemption for hybrid motor vehicles seven years old or newer and provides that a hybrid motor vehicle is exempt for seven years regardless of whether legal title to the motor vehicle is transferred during that period. (C)(1) The director of environmental protection shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that the director determines are necessary to implement this section. The director may continue to implement and enforce rules pertaining to the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program previously implemented under former section 3704.14 of the Revised Code as that section existed prior to its repeal and reenactment by Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th general assembly, provided that the rules do not conflict with this section. (2) The rules adopted under division (C)(1) of this section shall provide for the issuance of inspections certificates and alternative emissions certificates. Under the rules, an inspection certificate shall be issued to the owner or lessee of a motor vehicle when the motor vehicle passes an emissions inspection conducted in accordance with the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program established under this section. In lieu of obtaining an inspection certificate, the rules shall establish a system by which the owner or lessee of a motor vehicle may request an alternative emissions certificate from the director. (a) The rules providing for the issuance of alternative emissions certificates shall require an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle to do the following in order to receive the certificate: (i) Complete and submit an attestation form created by the director that includes a statement that reads substantially as follows: "I, _______, attest that, to the best of my knowledge, the motor vehicle concerning which I am the owner or lessee complies with all laws of Ohio and the United States governing motor vehicle emissions. I, ______, am aware that a false statement on this form is not permitted." (ii) Sign and date the form either manually or electronically; (iii) Submit the form to the director either by regular mail, certified mail, or electronically. (b) The rules shall require the director to include both of the following additional information on the attestation form: (i) A provision that allows the owner or lessee of a motor vehicle to specify one of the following methods by which the owner or lessee may request delivery of the alternative emissions certificate: certified mail, noncertified mail, or electronically; (ii) A provision that allows the owner or lessee of a motor vehicle to specify the vehicle identification number, make, model, and year of the relevant motor vehicle and the date the attestation form is submitted to the director. (c) Subject to division (C)(2)(d) of this section, the rules shall require the director to deliver an alternative emission certificate to the owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who complies with rules adopted under division (C)(2)(a) of this section. The director shall deliver the certificate within thirty business days after the director's receipt of the attestation form or, if the owner or lessee submits the form electronically, within five business days after receipt of the form. The director shall confirm the receipt of the attestation form if the director receives it by electronic means. (d) The rules shall require the director to reject an attestation form for any of the following reasons: (i) The motor vehicle that is the subject of the attestation form was in an accident or collision within the two years prior to the date of submission of the form, and the accident or collision caused substantial damage to the internal structure of the motor vehicle. (ii) The owner or lessee of the motor vehicle that is the subject of the attestation form has received a ticket, citation, or summons with regard to that motor vehicle within the two years prior to the date of submission of the form for a violation of section 4513.22 of the Revised Code or substantially equivalent municipal ordinance. (iii) The information in the attestation form is determined by the director to be false. If the director rejects an attestation form under division (C)(2)(d)(iii) of this section, the director shall provide notice to the owner or lessee that the attestation form was determined to be false. The notice shall inform the owner or lessee that the owner or lessee may submit a corrected form to the director within thirty days of the receipt of the notice. If the owner or lessee submits a corrected attestation form that complies with rules adopted under division (C)(2) of this section within that thirty-day period, the director shall issue an alternative emissions certificate to the owner or lessee. If the owner or lessee fails to correct the attestation form, the director shall require the owner or lessee to complete an emissions inspection and obtain an inspection certificate in accordance with rules adopted under this section. If the director rejects an attestation form under division (C)(2)(d)(i) or (ii) of this section, the director shall require the owner or lessee to complete an emissions inspection and obtain an inspection certificate in accordance with rules adopted under this section. (e) In adopting rules under division (C)(2) of this section, the director shall ensure that the owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who falsifies an attestation form receives a notice that includes a statement that reads substantially as follows: "You have falsified an attestation form for your vehicle under the E-Check/motor vehicle emissions testing program. Your vehicle is registered in one of [insert the number of counties] counties in this state that has federal emission mandates imposed on it that the State of Ohio is required, under threat of penalty, to enforce. This letter serves as Ohio's only penalty for falsification of an attestation form. You have thirty days from the date of this notice to amend your attestation form and submit the amended form to the Environmental Protection Agency. However, if you choose not to submit an amended attestation form, you must have a motor vehicle emissions inspection conducted for your vehicle in accordance with section 3704.14 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it." (f) No penalties apply to a person who the director has determined to have falsified an attestation form, other than the issuance of the notice required under division (C)(2)(e) of this section. (D) There is hereby created in the state treasury the auto emissions test fund, which shall consist of money received by the director from any cash transfers, state and local grants, and other contributions that are received for the purpose of funding the program established under this section. The director of environmental protection shall use money in the fund solely for the implementation, supervision, administration, operation, and enforcement of the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program established under this section. Money in the fund shall not be used for either of the following: (1) To pay for the inspection costs incurred by a motor vehicle dealer so that the dealer may provide inspection certificates to an individual purchasing a motor vehicle from the dealer when that individual resides in a county that is subject to the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program; (2) To provide payment for more than one free passing emissions inspection or a total of three emissions inspections for a motor vehicle in any three-hundred-sixty-five-day period. The owner or lessee of a motor vehicle is responsible for inspection fees that are related to emissions inspections beyond one free passing emissions inspection or three total emissions inspections in any three-hundred-sixty-five-day period. Inspection fees that are charged by a contractor conducting emissions inspections under a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program shall be approved by the director of environmental protection. (E) The motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program established under this section expires upon the termination of all contracts entered into under this section and shall not be implemented beyond the final date on which termination occurs. (F) As used in this section "battery electric motor vehicle" and "hybrid motor vehicle" have the same meanings as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (G) On June 30, 2025, the director shall immediately begin procedures to submit to the United States environmental protection agency the alternative emissions certification program for approval as part of the Ohio state implementation plan. If the United States environmental protection agency approves the modification of the decentralized motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program as providing sufficient air pollution reductions to meet the federal Clean Air Act requirements for a vehicle inspection and maintenance program and modifies the Ohio state implementation plan, the director shall immediately begin to modify the Ohio environmental protection agency rules to implement the alternative emissions certification program. Nothing in this division requires the Ohio environmental protection agency to take action to implement the alternative emissions certification program until the United States environmental protection agency approves the alternative program as part of the Ohio state implementation plan. (H) If the United States environmental protection agency determines that the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program implemented in accordance with this section is not necessary for the state or any area of the state to comply with the federal Clean Air Act, the director shall immediately discontinue the program and take any actions necessary to effectuate the termination of the program. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.53
§ 3773.53. Disciplinary actions
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The Ohio athletic commission may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license issued under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code if the licensee: (A) Has committed an act detrimental to any sport regulated by this chapter or to the public interest, convenience, or necessity; (B) Is associating or consorting with any person who has been convicted of a crime involving the sports regulated by the commission, including a conviction under sections 2913.02 , 2915.05 , or 2921.02 of the Revised Code; (C) Is or has been consorting with bookmakers or gamblers, or has engaged in similar pursuits; (D) Is financially irresponsible; (E) Has been found guilty of any fraud or misrepresentation in connection with any sport regulated by this chapter; (F) Has violated any law with respect to any sport regulated by this chapter or any rule or order of the commission; (G) Has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of sections 2913.02 , 2915.05 , or 2921.02 of the Revised Code; (H) Has engaged in any other activity that the commission determines is detrimental to any sport regulated by this chapter. The commission, in addition to any other action it may take under this chapter, may impose a fine in an amount to be determined by rule of the commission adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code against any person licensed under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code for a violation of any of these sections or a violation of any rule or order of the commission. The amount of fines collected shall be deposited into the general revenue fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.302 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.302
§ 3702.302. License renewal for uncertified ambulatory surgical facilities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly In the case of an ambulatory surgical facility not certified by the centers for medicare and medicaid services as an ambulatory surgical center, the director of health shall conduct an inspection of the facility each time the facility submits an application for license renewal. The director shall not renew the license unless all of the following conditions are met: (A) The inspector conducting the inspection completes each item on the following, as applicable: (1) Until the director adopts rules under division (F) of section 3702.30 of the Revised Code, the form approved by the director on the effective date of this section; (2) The form specified by the director pursuant to rules adopted under division (F) of section 3702.30 of the Revised Code. (B) The inspection demonstrates that the ambulatory surgical facility complies with all quality standards established by the director in rules adopted under division (B) of section 3702.30 of the Revised Code. (C) The director determines that the most recent version of the updated written transfer agreement filed in accordance with division (B) of section 3702.303 of the Revised Code is satisfactory, unless the director has granted a variance from the written transfer agreement requirement as permitted by section 3702.304 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.73
§ 3727.73. Revocation of designation
Status: in_force

March 21, 2017 House Bill 470 - 131st General Assembly A patient or guardian may revoke a lay caregiver designation at any time before the patient's discharge by communicating that intent to hospital staff. After revocation, a new lay caregiver designation may be completed in accordance with section 3727.71 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.019 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.019
§ 3745.019. Public notices; delivery of documents and notices
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code or Administrative Code requiring the director of environmental protection to provide public notice by publication in one or more newspapers, including one or more newspapers of general circulation, the director may instead provide public notice by publication on the environmental protection agency's official web site. (B) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code or Administrative Code requiring the director of environmental protection to deliver a document or notice by certified mail, the director may instead deliver the document or notice by any method capable of documenting the intended recipient's receipt of the document or notice. Last updated September 13, 2023 at 11:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.59
§ 3743.59. Variances to Fireworks Law requirements; hobbyists
Status: in_force

July 1, 2022 House Bill 172 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "hobbyist activities" means the manufacture, possession, and use of individual items, each of which meets the definition of either a 1.3G firework or 1.4G firework. (B) Upon application by an affected party, the fire marshal may grant variances from the requirements of this chapter or from the requirements of rules adopted pursuant to this chapter if the fire marshal determines that a literal enforcement of the requirement will result in practical difficulty in complying with the requirements of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and that the variance will not be contrary to the public health, safety, or welfare. Except as provided in division (C)(2)(c) of section 3743.25 of the Revised Code, a variance shall not be granted to a person who is initially licensed as a manufacturer or wholesaler of fireworks after June 14, 1988. (C) The fire marshal may authorize a variance from the prohibitions in this chapter against the possession and use of pyrotechnic compounds to a person who submits proof that the person is certified and in good standing with the Ohio state board of education, provided that the pyrotechnic compounds are used for educational purposes only, or are used only at an authorized educational function approved by the governing board that exercises authority over the educational function. (D)(1) Subject to division (D)(2) of this section, the state fire marshal may authorize a variance from the prohibitions in this chapter to allow a person to engage in hobbyist activities. (2)(a) A variance allowing hobbyist activities does not at any time permit a person to possess more than five pounds, in total, of explosives, pyrotechnics, or similar raw materials for, and finished 1.3G and 1.4G fireworks manufactured during, hobbyist activities. (b) A variance allowing hobbyist activities does not affect a person's obligation to comply with federal, state, or local law or regulation outside of this chapter. (c) The state fire marshal shall not issue a variance allowing hobbyist activities to a person unless the person does all of the following: (i) Demonstrates that the person has experience, education, and training in pyrotechnics necessary to protect public safety when engaging in hobbyist activities; (ii) Demonstrates that the person has, compliant with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, proper methods and locations to safely acquire, store, and use explosives, pyrotechnics, or similar raw materials for the manufacture of 1.3G fireworks and 1.4G fireworks; (iii) Provides any other information or records the state fire marshal considers necessary to protect public safety during the person's hobbyist activities. (2) The state fire marshal shall not unreasonably withhold a variance allowing hobbyist activities that the state fire marshal may authorize pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section. (3) The state fire marshal may rescind a variance authorizing hobbyist activities under division (D)(1) of this section for cause at any time. Last updated July 1, 2022 at 4:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.22
§ 3705.22. Birth certificate to be amended to correct errors
Status: in_force

March 16, 1989 House Bill 790 - 117th General Assembly Whenever it is alleged that the facts stated in any birth, fetal death, or death record filed in the department of health are not true, the director may require satisfactory evidence to be presented in the form of affidavits, amended records, or certificates to establish the alleged facts. When established, the original record or certificate shall be supplemented by the affidavit or the amended certificate or record information. An affidavit in a form prescribed by the director shall be sworn to by a person having personal knowledge of the matter sought to be corrected. Medical certifications contained on fetal death or death records may be corrected only by the person whose name appears on the original record as attending physician or by the coroner of the county in which the death occurred. The amended birth record shall be signed by the person who attended the birth and the informant or informants whose names appear on the original record. The amended death or fetal death record shall be signed by the physician or coroner, funeral director, and informant whose names appear on the original record. An affidavit or amended record for the correction of the given name of a person shall have the signature of the person, if the person is age eighteen or older, or of both parents if the person is under eighteen, except that in the case of a child born out of wedlock, the mother's signature will suffice; in the case of the death or incapacity of either parent, the signature of the other parent will suffice; in the case of a child not in the custody of his parents, the signature of the guardian or agency having the custody of the child will suffice; and in the case of a child whose parents are deceased, the signature of another person who knows the child will suffice. Once a correction or amendment of an item is made on a vital record, that item shall not be corrected or amended again except on the order of a court of this state or the request of a court of another state or jurisdiction. The director may refuse to accept an affidavit or amended certificate or record that appears to be submitted for the purpose of falsifying the certificate or record. A certified copy of a certificate or record issued by the department of health shall show the information as originally given and the corrected information, except that an electronically produced copy need indicate only that the certificate or record was corrected and the item that was corrected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.308 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.308
§ 3702.308. Severability
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly If any provision in sections 3702.302 to 3702.307 of the Revised Code is enjoined, the injunction does not affect any remaining provision of those sections, any provision of section 3702.30 of the Revised Code, or any provision of the rules adopted under that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.51
§ 3701.51. Inflammation of the eyes of the newborn and gonorrheal ophthalmia
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any inflammation, swelling, or redness in either one or both eyes of any infant, either apart from or together with any unnatural discharge from the eyes of such infant, independent of the nature of the infection, if any, occurring any time within two weeks after the birth of such infant, shall be known as "inflammation of the eyes of the newborn." Any inflammation of the conjunctiva or cornea, either apart from or together with any unnatural discharge from the eyes, occurring at any time after two weeks after birth, if caused by the gonococcus, shall be known as "gonorrheal ophthalmia."
Ohio Rev. Code § 3792.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3792 / § 3792.04
§ 3792.04. Public schools and state institutions of higher education - prohibition against mandatory vaccinations and discrimination
Status: in_force

October 13, 2021 House Bill 244 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Public school" means any of the following: a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district; community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; or college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code. (2) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, a public school or state institution of higher education shall not do either of the following: (1) Require an individual to receive a vaccine for which the United States food and drug administration has not granted full approval; (2) Discriminate against an individual who has not received a vaccine described in division (B)(1) of this section, including by requiring the individual to engage in or refrain from engaging in activities or precautions that differ from the activities or precautions of an individual who has received such a vaccine. (C) This section does not apply to a hospital or other health care facility that is owned or operated by, or affiliated with, a state institution of higher education. Last updated July 15, 2021 at 5:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.43
§ 3707.43. Contract for removal of waste substances - expense
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may contract for a period of not to exceed five years for the collection and removal of the garbage, night soil, dead animals, and other solid waste substances mentioned in section 3707.42 of the Revised Code at the expense of the municipal corporation or at the expense of persons responsible for the existence of such waste substances.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.026 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.026
§ 3734.026. Procedures for remitting fees
Status: in_force

December 20, 2005 Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly The director of environmental protection shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing procedures for remitting fees levied under section 3734.024 of the Revised Code to the treasurers or other appropriate fiscal officers of municipal corporations and to the fiscal officers of townships. The rules also shall establish the dates for remitting the fees to those officers and may establish any other requirements that the director considers necessary or appropriate to implement or administer sections 3734.024 and 3734.025 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3718.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3718 / § 3718.04
§ 3718.04. Application for approval of nonconforming system - standards - notice to applicant
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) A manufacturer seeking approval for the installation and use of a sewage treatment system or a component of a system in this state that differs in design or function from systems or components of systems the use of which is authorized in rules adopted under section 3718.02 of the Revised Code shall request an application form from the department of health. The applicant shall complete the form and include with it all of the information that is required by the department and the sewage treatment system technical advisory committee. The applicant shall submit a completed application and all required information to the director of health. (B) Upon receipt of an application, the director shall examine the application and all accompanying information to determine if the application is complete. If the director determines that the application is not complete, the director shall notify the applicant not later than sixty days after submission of the application that the application is not complete, provide a description of the information that is missing from the application, and return the application and all accompanying information to the applicant. The applicant may resubmit the application to the director if the application includes the information that was identified by the director. Not later than thirty days after receipt of a complete application, the director shall notify the committee of the complete application and send a copy of the complete application and all accompanying information to the committee together with a request that the committee recommend that the director approve or disapprove the system. Not later than ninety days after receipt of a complete application, the committee shall recommend approval or disapproval of the application and submit its recommendation in writing to the director. The director shall approve or disapprove the application not later than sixty days after the committee submits its recommendation to the director or, if the committee fails to recommend approval or disapproval within the required time, not later than one hundred twenty days after the submission of a complete application. If the director fails to approve or disapprove an application within the required time, the application shall be deemed approved. (C) In approving or disapproving an application, the director shall use the standards, guidelines, and protocols that the committee developed with the department for that purpose. The director shall not approve an application that fails to comply with those standards, guidelines, and protocols. If the committee recommends approval or disapproval of an application, the director shall consider the committee's recommendation before approving or disapproving the application. If the committee fails to provide advice or if the committee fails to recommend approval or disapproval of the application within the required time, the director may approve or disapprove the application without considering the advice of the committee. The director shall establish and include any appropriate terms and conditions with the approval of a sewage treatment system or component of a system for use in this state. For purposes of establishing soil absorption specifications for a sewage treatment system, the terms and conditions shall include standards regarding the sizing of the system. (D) If the director approves an application under this section, the director shall notify the applicant in writing. The director also shall notify boards of health in accordance with the procedures established in rules adopted under section 3718.02 of the Revised Code that the sewage treatment system or component of a system that is the subject of the application is approved for statewide use. If the director disapproves an application under this section, the director shall notify the applicant in writing and provide a brief explanation for the disapproval. (E) Decisions of the director approving or disapproving applications under this section may be appealed in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (F) No approval shall be required under this section with respect to a sewage treatment system or component of a system that has been approved by the director prior to September 17, 2010, unless the manufacturer of the system or component changes the design or seeks modifications to any terms and conditions of the prior approval. (G) The director may revoke the approval of a sewage treatment system or component of a system if the director finds, based on substantial evidence, that the system or component fails to comply with applicable standards for the system or component. The revocation of an approval under this division may be appealed in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (H)(1) The director shall implement or enforce any special device approval or similar policy imposing additional requirements or restrictions on a sewage treatment system or component of a system that combines the treatment of effluent with subsurface dispersal of treated effluent directly to the soil, sand bed, or gravel. (2) If the director issued an approval for such a system and the approval was in effect as of December 31, 2020, the system's approval remains valid under the original terms and conditions and may not be revoked unless evidence demonstrates that the system design consistently underperforms. (3) Divisions (H)(1) and (2) of this section apply only to subsurface dispersal systems or components of a system and do not apply to effluent discharged into waters of the state. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3713.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3713 / § 3713.01
§ 3713.01. Bedding and stuffed toy definitions
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly As used in sections 3713.01 to 3713.10 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" has the same meaning as used in division (C) of section 1.59 of the Revised Code and also means any limited company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, or other association. (B) "Bedding" means any upholstered furniture, any mattress, upholstered spring, comforter, bolster, pad, cushion, pillow, mattress protector, quilt, and any other upholstered article, to be used for sleeping, resting, or reclining purposes, and any glider, hammock, or other substantially similar article that is wholly or partly upholstered. (C) "Secondhand" means any article, or material, or portion thereof of which prior use has been made in any manner whatsoever. (D) "Remade, repaired, or renovated articles not for sale" means any article that is remade, repaired, or renovated for and is returned to the owner for the owner's own use. (E) "Sale," "sell," or "sold" shall, in the corresponding tense, mean sell, offer to sell, or deliver or consign in sale, or possess with intent to sell, or deliver in sale. (F) "Upholstered furniture" means any article of furniture wholly or partly stuffed or filled with material and that is used or intended for use for sitting, resting, or reclining purposes. (G) "Stuffed toy" means any article intended for use as a plaything or for an educational or recreational purpose that is wholly or partially stuffed with material. (H) "Tag" or "label" means any material prescribed by the superintendent of industrial compliance to be attached to an article that contains information required under this chapter. (I) "Crib bumper pad" means any padding material, including a roll of stuffed fabric, that is designed for placement within a crib to cushion one or more of the crib's inner sides adjacent to the crib mattress. "Crib bumper pad" excludes a mesh crib liner intended for placement between a crib mattress and one or more of the crib's inner sides, regardless of whether consumer product safety standards promulgated by the United States consumer product safety commission pursuant to section 104 of the "Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008," 15 U.S.C. 2056a, as amended, include mesh crib liners in the federal definition of "crib bumper pad."
Ohio Rev. Code § 3775.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3775 / § 3775.03
§ 3775.03. Licensing, generally
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, no person shall operate, conduct, or assist in operating or conducting sports gaming in this state without first obtaining an appropriate sports gaming license from the Ohio casino control commission. (2) The state lottery commission is not required to receive a sports gaming license in order to operate lottery sports gaming under sections 3770.23 to 3770.25 of the Revised Code. (B) Each person applying for an initial or renewed sports gaming license issued under this chapter, other than a type C sports gaming host license, and each individual who has control of the applicant as described in division (C) of this section, shall submit two complete sets of fingerprints to the commission for the purpose of conducting a criminal records check, including obtaining any available information from the federal bureau of investigation. The person shall provide the fingerprints using a method the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation prescribes pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and fill out the form the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation prescribes pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. Upon receiving an application under this section, the executive director of the Ohio casino control commission shall request the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, or a vendor approved by the bureau, to conduct a criminal records check based on the fingerprint impressions in accordance with division (A)(19) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. Any fee required under division (C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code shall be paid by the applicant, or in the case of an occupational license, by the applicant's employer. Any applicant convicted of any disqualifying offense, as defined in section 3772.07 of the Revised Code, shall not be issued a license. (C) The Ohio casino control commission shall not grant a sports gaming proprietor, mobile management services provider, management services provider, or sports gaming supplier license until it has determined that each person who has control of the applicant has met the qualifications for sports gaming licensure established in this chapter and in rules adopted by the commission. All of the following persons are considered to have control of an applicant: (1) Each person associated with a corporate applicant, including any corporate holding company, parent company, or subsidiary company of the applicant, that has the ability to control the activities of the corporate applicant or elect a majority of the board of directors of that corporation, other than any bank or other licensed lending institution that holds a mortgage or other lien acquired in the ordinary course of business; (2) Each person associated with a noncorporate applicant that directly or indirectly holds a beneficial or proprietary interest in the applicant's business operation or that the commission otherwise determines has the ability to control the applicant; (3) Key personnel of an applicant, including any executive, employee, or agency, having the power to exercise significant influence over decisions concerning any part of the applicant's business operation. (D) A sports gaming proprietor, mobile management services provider, or management services provider shall display its license conspicuously in its place of business or have the license available for inspection by any agent of the Ohio casino control commission or any law enforcement agency. Each holder of an occupational license issued under section 3775.06 of the Revised Code shall have an indicator of licensure prominently displayed when present in a sports gaming facility at all times, in accordance with the rules of the commission. Each type C sports gaming host shall display its license conspicuously in its place of business. (E) A sports gaming licensee shall give the Ohio casino control commission written notice within ten days of any material change to any information provided in the licensee's application for a license or renewal. The commission shall specify by rule which changes to that information it considers to be material. Last updated February 14, 2022 at 3:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3763.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3763 / § 3763.07
§ 3763.07. Contracts concerning property used for gaming are void
Status: in_force

March 17, 1987 House Bill 158 - 116th General Assembly When premises are occupied for gaming or lottery purposes, the lease or agreement under which they are so occupied shall be void, at the instance of the lessor, who may at any time obtain possession of the premises by civil action, or by an action under Chapter 1923. of the Revised Code. If a person leases premises for gaming or lottery purposes, or knowingly permits them to be so used and occupied, and fails forthwith to prosecute, in good faith, an action for the recovery of such premises, such lessor shall be considered in all cases, civil and criminal, as a principal in carrying on the business of gaming, or a lottery, on such premises.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.903 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.903
§ 3734.903. Liability of wholesale distributor and retail dealer
Status: in_force

October 29, 1993 Senate Bill 165 - 120th General Assembly (A) Each wholesale distributor is liable for the fee imposed by section 3734.901 of the Revised Code on all tires sold by him to retail dealers in this state. (B) Each wholesale distributor who uses tires in his own operation in this state is liable for the fee on the tires. (C) Each retail dealer who acquires tires from a person who is not registered with the tax commissioner as a wholesale distributor pursuant to section 3734.9011 of the Revised Code is liable for the fee imposed by section 3734.901 of the Revised Code on the tires acquired for retail sale in this state to the same extent and in the same amount as the fee imposed on wholesale distributors.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.21
§ 3743.21. Inspections
Status: in_force

July 1, 2022 House Bill 172 - 134th General Assembly (A) The state fire marshal may inspect the premises, and the inventory, wholesale sale, and retail sale records, of a licensed wholesaler of fireworks during the wholesaler's period of licensure to determine whether the wholesaler is in compliance with Chapter 3743. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted by the state fire marshal pursuant to section 3743.18 or 3743.22 of the Revised Code. (B) If the state fire marshal determines during an inspection conducted pursuant to division (A) of this section that a wholesaler is not in compliance with Chapter 3743. of the Revised Code or the rules adopted by the state fire marshal pursuant to section 3743.18 or 3743.22 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal may take one or more of the following actions, whichever the state fire marshal considers appropriate under the circumstances: (1) Order, in writing, the wholesaler to eliminate, correct, or otherwise remedy the nonconformities within a specified period of time; (2) Order, in writing, the wholesaler to immediately cease its operations, if a fire or explosion hazard exists that reasonably can be regarded as posing an imminent danger of death or serious physical harm to persons. The order shall be effective until the nonconformities are eliminated, corrected, or otherwise remedied or for a period of seventy-two hours from the time of issuance, whichever first occurs. During the seventy-two hour period, the state fire marshal may obtain from the court of common pleas of Franklin county or of the county in which the premises of the wholesaler are located an injunction restraining the wholesaler from continuing its operations after the seventy-two hour period expires until the nonconformities are eliminated, corrected, or otherwise remedied. (3) Suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of, the license of the wholesaler in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; (4) Take action as authorized by section 3743.68 of the Revised Code. (C) This section does not affect the authority conferred by Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code to conduct inspections to determine conformity with those chapters or the rules adopted pursuant to them. (D) If the license of a wholesaler of fireworks is suspended or revoked or if renewal is denied pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section or section 3743.70 of the Revised Code, the wholesaler shall cease its operations immediately. The wholesaler may not reapply for licensure as a wholesaler of fireworks until two years expire from the date of revocation. The state fire marshal shall remove from the list of licensed wholesalers the name of a wholesaler whose license has been revoked, and shall notify the law enforcement authorities for the political subdivision in which the wholesaler's premises are located, of the suspension, revocation, or denial of renewal. Last updated July 1, 2022 at 4:05 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3746.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3746 / § 3746.22
§ 3746.22. Prosecutions
Status: in_force

September 28, 1994 Senate Bill 221 - 120th General Assembly (A) The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law of the city where a violation of section 3746.14 , 3746.15 , 3746.18 , or 3746.20 of the Revised Code has occurred or is occurring, upon the written request of the director of environmental protection, shall criminally prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction against any person who has violated or is violating any of those sections. The court 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 of those sections. The court shall give precedence to such an action over all other cases. (B) Whoever violates section 3746.14 , 3746.18 , or 3746.20 of the Revised Code, or violates section 3746.15 of the Revised Code in a manner that otherwise would constitute a violation of Chapter 3714., 3734., or 6111. of the Revised Code or rules adopted under any of those chapters, shall pay a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each day of each violation. Whoever violates section 3746.15 of the Revised Code in a manner that otherwise would constitute a violation of Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code or rules adopted under it shall pay a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day of each violation. The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law of the city where a violation of any of those sections has occurred or is occurring, upon the written request of the director, shall bring an action under this division for the imposition of a civil penalty in any court of competent jurisdiction against any person who has committed or is committing any such violation. Moneys arising from civil penalties imposed under this division shall be paid into the voluntary action program administration fund created in section 3746.16 of the Revised Code. (C) An 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 § 3727.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.50
§ 3727.50. Hospital nursing staff definitions
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 House Bill 346 - 127th General Assembly As used in this section and sections 3727.51 to 3727.57 of the Revised Code: (A) "Direct patient care" means care provided by a nurse with direct responsibility to carry out medical regimens or nursing care for one or more patients. (B) "Inpatient care unit" means a hospital unit, including an operating room or other inpatient care area, in which nursing care is provided to patients who have been admitted to the hospital. (C) "Nurse" means a person who is licensed to practice as a registered nurse under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code or, if the hospital employs licensed practical nurses, a person who is licensed to practice as a licensed practical nurse under that chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.021
§ 3734.021. Standards for generators and transporters of infectious wastes and owners and operators of treatment facilities
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Infectious wastes shall be segregated, managed, treated, and disposed of in accordance with rules adopted under this section. (B) The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules necessary or appropriate to protect human health or safety or the environment that do both of the following: (1) Establish standards for generators of infectious wastes that include, without limitation, the following requirements and authorizations that: (a) All generators of infectious wastes: (i) Either treat all specimen cultures and cultures of viable infectious agents on the premises where they are generated to render them noninfectious by methods, techniques, or practices prescribed by rules adopted under division (B)(2)(a) of this section before they are transported off that premises for disposal or ensure that such wastes are treated to render them noninfectious at an infectious waste treatment facility off that premises prior to disposal of the wastes; (ii) Transport and dispose of infectious wastes, if a generator produces fewer than fifty pounds of infectious wastes during any one month that are subject to and packaged and labeled in accordance with federal requirements, in the same manner as solid wastes. Such generators who treat specimen cultures and cultures of viable infectious agents on the premises where they are generated shall not be considered treatment facilities as "treatment" and "facility" are defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code. (iii) Dispose of infectious wastes subject to and treated in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a)(i) of this section in the same manner as solid wastes; (iv) May take wastes generated in providing care to a patient by an emergency medical services organization, as defined in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code, to and leave them at a hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, for treatment at a treatment facility owned or operated by the hospital or, in conjunction with infectious wastes generated by the hospital, at another treatment facility regardless of whether the wastes were generated in providing care to the patient at the scene of an emergency or during the transportation of the patient to a hospital; (v) May take wastes generated by an individual for purposes of the individual's own care or treatment to and leave them at a hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, for treatment at a treatment facility owned or operated by the hospital or, in conjunction with infectious wastes generated by the hospital, at another treatment facility. (b) Each generator of fifty pounds or more of infectious wastes during any one month: (i) Register with the environmental protection agency as a generator of infectious wastes and obtain a registration certificate. The registration certificate applies to all the premises owned or operated by the generator in this state where infectious wastes are generated and shall list the address of each such premises. If a generator owns or operates facilities for the treatment of infectious wastes it generates, the certificate shall list the address and method of treatment used at each such facility. A generator registration certificate is valid for three years from the date of issuance and shall be renewed for a term of three years upon the generator's submission of an application for renewal. The rules may establish a system of staggered renewal dates with approximately one-third of such certificates subject to renewal each year. The applicable renewal date shall be prescribed on each registration certificate. (ii) Segregate infectious wastes from other wastes at the point of generation. Nothing in this section and rules adopted under it prohibits a generator of infectious wastes from designating and managing any wastes, in addition to those defined as infectious wastes under section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, as infectious wastes. After designating any such other wastes as infectious, the generator shall manage those wastes in compliance with the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it applicable to the management of infectious wastes. (iii) Either treat the infectious wastes that it generates at a facility owned or operated by the generator by methods, techniques, or practices prescribed by rules adopted under division (B)(2)(a) of this section to render them noninfectious, or designate the wastes for treatment off that premises at an infectious waste treatment facility holding a license issued under division (B) of section 3734.05 of the Revised Code, at an infectious waste treatment facility that is located in another state that is in compliance with applicable state and federal laws, or at a treatment facility authorized by rules adopted under division (B)(2)(d) of this section, prior to disposal of the wastes. After being treated to render them noninfectious, the wastes shall be disposed of at a solid waste disposal facility holding a license issued under division (A) of section 3734.05 of the Revised Code or at a disposal facility in another state that is in compliance with applicable state and federal laws. (iv) Not compact or grind any type of infectious wastes prior to treatment in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(2)(a) of this section; (v) May discharge untreated liquid or semiliquid infectious wastes consisting of blood, blood products, body fluids, and excreta into a disposal system, as defined in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code, unless the discharge of those wastes into a disposal system is inconsistent with the terms and conditions of the permit for the system issued under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code; (vi) May transport or cause to be transported infectious wastes that have been treated to render them noninfectious in the same manner as solid wastes are transported. (2) Establish standards for owners and operators of infectious waste treatment facilities that include, without limitation, the following requirements and authorizations that: (a) Require treatment of all wastes received to be performed in accordance with methods, techniques, and practices approved by the director; (b) Govern the location, design, construction, and operation of infectious waste treatment facilities. The rules adopted under division (B)(2)(b) of this section shall require that a new infectious waste incineration facility be located so that the incinerator unit and all areas where infectious wastes are handled on the premises where the facility is proposed to be located are at least three hundred feet inside the property line of the tract of land on which the facility is proposed to be located and are at least one thousand feet from any domicile, school, prison, or jail that is in existence on the date on which the application for the permit to establish the incinerator is submitted under division (B)(2)(b) of section 3734.05 of the Revised Code. (c) Establish quality control and testing procedures to ensure compliance with the rules adopted under division (B)(2)(b) of this section; (d) Authorize infectious wastes to be treated at a facility that holds a license or renewal of a license to operate a crematory facility issued under Chapter 4717., and a permit issued under Chapter 3704., of the Revised Code to the extent that the treatment of those wastes is consistent with that permit and its terms and conditions. The rules adopted under divisions (B)(2)(b) and (c) of this section do not apply to a facility holding such a license and permit. In adopting the rules required by divisions (B)(2)(a) to (d) of this section, the director shall consider and, to the maximum feasible extent, utilize existing standards and guidelines established by professional and governmental organizations having expertise in the fields of infection control and infectious wastes management. (e) Require shipping papers to accompany shipments of wastes that have been treated to render them noninfectious. The shipping papers shall include only the following elements: (i) The name of the owner or operator of the facility where the wastes were treated and the address of the treatment facility; (ii) A certification by the owner or operator of the treatment facility where the wastes were treated indicating that the wastes have been treated by the methods, techniques, and practices prescribed in rules adopted under division (B)(2)(a) of this section. (C) This section and rules adopted under it do not apply to the treatment or disposal of wastes consisting of dead animals or parts thereof, or the blood of animals: (1) By the owner of the animal after slaughter by the owner on the owner's premises to obtain meat for consumption by the owner and the members of the owner's household; (2) In accordance with Chapter 941. of the Revised Code; or (3) By persons who are subject to any of the following: (a) Inspection under the "Federal Meat Inspection Act," 81 Stat. 584 (1967), 21 U.S.C.A. 603, as amended; (b) Chapter 918. of the Revised Code; (c) Chapter 953. of the Revised Code. (D) As used in this section, "generator" means a person who produces infectious wastes at a specific premises. (E) Rules adopted under this section shall not concern or relate to personnel policies, salaries, wages, fringe benefits, or other conditions of employment of employees of persons owning or operating infectious waste treatment facilities. (F)(1) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules governing the issuance, modification, revocation, suspension, and denial of variances from the rules adopted under division (B) of this section. Variances shall be issued, modified, revoked, suspended, or denied in accordance with division (F) of this section, rules adopted under it, and Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code. (2) A person who desires to obtain a variance or renew a variance from the rules adopted under division (B) of this section shall submit to the director an application as prescribed by the director. The application shall contain detail plans, specifications, and information regarding objectives, procedures, controls, and any other information that the director may require. The director shall issue, renew, or deny a variance or renewal of a variance within six months of the date on which the director receives a complete application with all required information and data. (3) The director may hold a public hearing on an application submitted under division (F) of this section for a variance at a location in the county in which the operations that are the subject of the application for a variance or renewal of variance are conducted. Not less than twenty days before the hearing, the director shall provide to the applicant notice of the hearing by certified mail or by another type of mail that is accompanied by a receipt and shall publish notice of the hearing at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the hearing is to be held or may instead provide public notice by publication on the environmental protection agency's web site. The director shall make a complete stenographic record or electronic record of testimony and other evidence submitted at the hearing. Not later than ten days after the hearing, the director shall make a written determination to issue, renew, or deny the variance and shall enter the determination and the basis for it into the record of the hearing. (4) A variance shall not be issued, modified, revoked, or denied under division (F) of this section until the director has considered the relative interests of the applicant, other persons and property that will be affected by the variance, and the general public. The director shall grant a variance only if the applicant demonstrates to the director's satisfaction that the requested action will not create a nuisance or a hazard to the health or safety of the public or to the environment. In granting a variance, the director shall state the specific provision or provisions whose terms are to be varied and also shall state specific terms or conditions imposed on the applicant in place of the provision or provisions. (5) A variance granted under division (F) of this section shall be for a period specified by the director and may be renewed from time to time on terms and for periods that the director determines to be appropriate. The director may order the person to whom a variance has been issued to take action within the time that the director determines to be appropriate and reasonable to prevent the creation of a nuisance or a hazard to the health or safety of the public or to the environment. (6) An application submitted under division (F) of this section shall not be denied and a variance shall not be revoked or modified under that division without a written order of the director stating the findings on which the denial, revocation, or modification is based. A copy of the order shall be sent to the applicant or holder of a variance by certified mail or by another type of mail that is accompanied by a receipt. (7) The director shall make available for public inspection at the principal office of the environmental protection agency a current list of pending applications for variances submitted under division (F) of this section and a current schedule of pending variance hearings under it. Last updated August 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.59
§ 3702.59. Review of certificate of need applications
Status: in_force

December 22, 2015 House Bill 340 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of health shall accept for review certificate of need applications as provided in sections 3702.592 , 3702.593 , and 3702.594 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The director shall not approve an application for a certificate of need for the addition of long-term care beds to an existing long-term care facility or for the development of a new long-term care facility if any of the following apply: (a) The existing long-term care facility in which the beds are being placed has one or more waivers for life safety code deficiencies, one or more state fire code violations, or one or more state building code violations, and the project identified in the application does not propose to correct all life safety code deficiencies for which a waiver has been granted, all state fire code violations, and all state building code violations at the existing long-term care facility in which the beds are being placed; (b) During the sixty-month period preceding the filing of the application, a notice of proposed license revocation was issued under section 3721.03 of the Revised Code for the existing long-term care facility in which the beds are being placed or a nursing home owned or operated by the applicant or a principal participant, unless in the case of such a nursing home the notice was issued solely because the nursing home had already closed or ceased operations. (c) During the period that precedes the filing of the application and is encompassed by the three most recent standard surveys of the existing long-term care facility in which the beds are being placed, any of the following occurred: (i) The facility was cited on three or more separate occasions for final, nonappealable actual harm but not immediate jeopardy deficiencies. (ii) The facility was cited on two or more separate occasions for final, nonappealable immediate jeopardy deficiencies. (iii) The facility was cited on two separate occasions for final, nonappealable actual harm but not immediate jeopardy deficiencies and on one occasion for a final, nonappealable immediate jeopardy deficiency. (d) More than two nursing homes owned or operated in this state by the applicant or a principal participant or, if the applicant or a principal participant owns or operates more than twenty nursing homes in this state, more than ten per cent of those nursing homes, were each cited during the period that precedes the filing of the application for the certificate of need and is encompassed by the three most recent standard surveys of the nursing homes that were so cited in any of the following manners: (i) On three or more separate occasions for final, nonappealable actual harm but not immediate jeopardy deficiencies; (ii) On two or more separate occasions for final, nonappealable immediate jeopardy deficiencies; (iii) On two separate occasions for final, nonappealable actual harm but not immediate jeopardy deficiencies and on one occasion for a final, nonappealable immediate jeopardy deficiency. (2) In applying divisions (B)(1)(a) to (d) of this section, the director shall not consider deficiencies or violations cited before the applicant or a principal participant acquired or began to own or operate the long-term care facility at which the deficiencies or violations were cited. The director may disregard deficiencies and violations cited after the long-term care facility was acquired or began to be operated by the applicant or a principal participant if the deficiencies or violations were attributable to circumstances that arose under the previous owner or operator and the applicant or principal participant has implemented measures to alleviate the circumstances. In the case of an application proposing development of a new long-term care facility by relocation of beds, the director shall not consider deficiencies or violations that were solely attributable to the physical plant of the existing long-term care facility from which the beds are being relocated. (C) The director also shall accept for review any application for the conversion of infirmary beds to long-term care beds if the infirmary meets all of the following conditions: (1) Is operated exclusively by a religious order; (2) Provides care exclusively to members of religious orders who take vows of celibacy and live by virtue of their vows within the orders as if related; (3) Was providing care exclusively to members of such a religious order on January 1, 1994. (D) Notwithstanding division (C)(2) of this section, a facility that has been granted a certificate of need under division (C) of this section may provide care to any of the following family members of the individuals described in division (C)(2) of this section: mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, or children. Such a facility may also provide care to any individual who has been designated an associate member by the religious order that operates the facility. The long-term care beds in a facility that have been granted a certificate of need under division (C) of this section may not be relocated pursuant to sections 3702.592 to 3702.594 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2022 at 1:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.08
§ 3705.08. Director shall prescribe forms
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The director of health, by rule, shall prescribe the form of records and certificates required by this chapter. Records and certificates shall include the items and information prescribed by the director, including the items recommended by the national center for health statistics of the United States department of health and human services, subject to approval of and modification by the director. (B) All birth certificates shall include a statement setting forth the names of the child's parents. (C) All death certificates shall include, in the medical certification portion of the certificate, a space to indicate, if the deceased individual is female and the manner of death is determined to be a suspicious or violent death, whether any of the following conditions apply to the individual: (1) Not pregnant within the past year; (2) Pregnant at the time of death; (3) Not pregnant, but had been pregnant within forty-two days prior to the time of death; (4) Not pregnant, but had been pregnant within forty-three days to one year prior to the time of death; (5) Unknown whether pregnant within the past year. (D)(1) The director shall prescribe electronic methods and forms for obtaining registration of births, deaths, and other vital statistics in each registration district, and for preserving the records of the office of vital statistics, and no forms or blanks shall be used other than those prescribed by the director. (2) All birth, fetal death, and death records and certificates shall be certified. Except as provided in division (G) of section 3705.09 , section 3705.12 , 3705.121 , 3705.122 , or 3705.124 , division (D) of section 3705.15 , or section 3705.16 of the Revised Code, a birth certificate requiring signature may be electronically certified by the person in charge of the institution or that person's designee. A death certificate may be electronically certified by the individual who attests to the facts of death. (3) All vital records shall contain the date received for filing. (4) Information and signatures required in certificates, records, or reports authorized by this chapter may be filed and registered by photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3746.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3746 / § 3746.06
§ 3746.06. Contamination level below background level of hazardous substance or petroleum - ground water standards
Status: in_force

September 28, 1994 Senate Bill 221 - 120th General Assembly (A) If applicable standards otherwise established in this chapter and rules adopted under it establish a contamination level for a hazardous substance or petroleum that is below the background level of the hazardous substance or petroleum, the voluntary action conducted at a property is required to achieve only the background level of the hazardous substance or petroleum, notwithstanding the contamination level established in the applicable standard. (B) If the ground water underlying a property complies with standards for residential use established in or pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(1) or (2) of section 3746.04 of the Revised Code, the remedy or remedial activities undertaken in connection with a voluntary action to address sources of potential ground water contamination at or upon the property shall ensure the continued compliance of the ground water underlying the proeprty with those standards for residential use.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.034 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.034
§ 3704.034. Time limits for making completeness determination and taking action on application for permit
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly (A) Within sixty days after the director of environmental protection or the director's agent or authorized representative receives an application for the issuance of an initial permit to operate, or for the modification or renewal of such a permit, pursuant to rules adopted under division (G) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, the director shall determine whether the application is substantially complete or materially deficient and, in writing, shall notify the applicant of the director's determination. If the director fails to make such a completeness determination and provide written notice of the determination to the applicant within sixty days after the application was submitted, the applicant may submit a written request to the director for the making of such a completeness determination. (B) Within thirty days after receiving a written request for the making of a completeness determination on an application under division (A) of this section, the director shall determine whether the application is substantially complete or materially deficient and, in writing, notify the applicant of the determination. If the director fails to make a completeness determination and provide written notice of the director's determination to the applicant within thirty days after receiving the applicant's written request for the making of the determination, the application shall be deemed to have been complete in all material respects at the time that it was submitted to the director or the director's agent or authorized representative. (C) If, within the time prescribed in division (A) and, if applicable, division (B) of this section, the director determines that an application is materially deficient, the director shall return the application to the applicant together with the written notice of material deficiency. The running of the time prescribed under division (A) and, if applicable, division (B) of this section ceases at the time that the determination is made. If the applicant subsequently resubmits the application to the director, the time prescribed in division (A) of this section and, if applicable, division (B) of this section shall resume running at the time that the application is resubmitted. The resubmission of the application constitutes a request for the making of a completeness determination on the application. The director shall do one of the following within the time remaining pursuant to division (A) and, if applicable, division (B) of this section at the time that the application is resubmitted: (1) Make a completeness determination on the application and, in writing, notify the applicant of the determination; (2) Issue or deny or propose to issue or deny the permit, modification, or renewal. (D) The director shall include in each written notice of the completeness of an application provided under division (A), (B), or (C)(1) of this section the date on which the application was determined to be complete. (E) The director shall issue or deny or propose to issue or deny an initial permit to operate, or a modification or renewal of such a permit, pursuant to rules adopted under division (G) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code within one hundred eighty days after the date that the application for the permit, modification, or renewal was determined to be complete as that date is set forth in the written notice of the determination of the completeness of the application provided under division (A), (B), or (C)(1) of this section or within one hundred eighty days after the application is deemed to be complete under division (B) of this section, as appropriate. If the director fails to issue or deny or propose to issue or deny the permit, modification, or renewal within the appropriate one-hundred-eighty-day period, the applicant may bring a mandamus action to obtain a judgment that orders the director to take a final action on the application. (F) The director, upon the director's own motion or upon the written request of the applicant and in writing, may extend the time provided under division (E) of this section for issuing or denying or proposing to issue or deny the permit, modification, or renewal for an additional sixty days if a public informational meeting or public hearing was held on the application for the permit, modification, or renewal. (G) Upon the written request of the applicant, the director, in writing, may extend the time provided under division (E) of this section for issuing or denying or proposing to issue or deny the permit, modification, or renewal for the additional time specified in the applicant's request for the extension. (H) Upon the written request of the person responsible for a facility, the director may consolidate or group applications for the issuance of permits pursuant to rules adopted under division (G) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, or modifications or renewals of those permits, for individual air contaminant sources located at the facility in order to reduce the unnecessary paperwork and administrative burden to the applicant and the director in connection with the issuance of those permits, modifications, and renewals. Fees payable to the director under section 3745.11 of the Revised Code shall not be reduced by reason of any such consolidation or grouping of applications for permits, modifications, or renewals.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3723.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3723 / § 3723.13
§ 3723.13. Records to be made available for examination
Status: in_force

July 24, 1990 House Bill 279 - 118th General Assembly If the director of health requests to examine such records, no licensed radon tester, mitigation specialist, mitigation contractor, or operator of a radon laboratory or a training course approved under section 3723.07 of the Revised Code shall fail to make available to the director any records pertinent to the activities regulated by this chapter and the rules adopted under it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.092 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.092
§ 3709.092. Transmission of fees
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) A board of health of a city or general health district shall transmit to the director of health all fees or additional amounts that the director requires to be collected under sections 3701.344 , 3718.06 , 3729.07 , and 3749.04 of the Revised Code. The fees and amounts shall be transmitted according to the following schedule: (1) For fees and amounts received by the board on or after the first day of January but not later than the thirty-first day of March, transmit the fees and amounts not later than the fifteenth day of May; (2) For fees and amounts received by the board on or after the first day of April but not later than the thirtieth day of June, transmit the fees and amounts not later than the fifteenth day of August; (3) For fees and amounts received by the board on or after the first day of July but not later than the thirtieth day of September, transmit the fees and amounts not later than the fifteenth day of November; (4) For fees and amounts received by the board on or after the first day of October but not later than the thirty-first day of December, transmit the fees and amounts not later than the fifteenth day of February of the following year. (B) The director shall deposit the fees and amounts received under this section into the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. Each amount shall be used solely for the purpose for which it was collected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3770.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3770 / § 3770.25
§ 3770.25. Conduct of lottery sports gaming
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The state lottery commission shall offer lottery sports gaming only at type C sports gaming hosts' facilities on self-service or clerk-operated terminals, and only to individuals who are at least twenty-one years of age and who are physically present on the premises of the facility. (B) All of the following apply concerning lottery sports gaming: (1) If a type C sports gaming proprietor intends to install more than two terminals in any type C sports gaming host's facility, the type C sports gaming proprietor shall notify the Ohio casino control commission of that fact not later than seven days before installing the additional terminals. The commission may disallow the installation of more than two terminals in the facility, in accordance with the commission's rules. (2) The self-service terminal or the clerk, as applicable, shall verify that the lottery sports gaming participant is at least twenty-one years of age. (3) A type C sports gaming proprietor may offer only the following types of wagers on sporting events, as approved by the Ohio casino control commission: (a) Spread wagers; (b) Over-under wagers; (c) Moneyline wagers; (d) Parlay wagers that are based on not more than four component wagers. (4) A self-service terminal or clerk shall accept wagers only by cash, credit card, debit card, or electronic payment account. As used in this section, "electronic payment account" means an account maintained with a third party for purposes of making electronic payments, such as paypal, google pay, or apple pay, that is intended for general use and not only for sports gaming purposes. (5) A self-service terminal or clerk shall not accept wagers aggregating more than seven hundred dollars in a calendar week from any one participant. (6) The rules of the Ohio casino control commission and the state lottery commission concerning lottery sports gaming shall apply identically in all applicable respects to lottery sports gaming offered on a self-service terminal and to lottery sports gaming offered on a clerk-operated terminal. (C)(1) A participant whose winnings from lottery sports gaming are of an amount that does not meet or exceed the reportable winnings amount set by 26 U.S.C. 6041 may receive the participant's winnings by any of the following methods: (a) As a credit to the participant's credit card, debit card, or electronic payment account; (b) In cash from any type C sports gaming host; (c) By any additional method permitted by the state lottery commission by rule. (2) A participant whose winnings from lottery sports gaming are of an amount that meets or exceeds the reportable winnings amount set by 26 U.S.C. 6041 may receive the participant's winnings in the manner determined by the state lottery commission, subject to withholding by the sports gaming proprietor under sections 718.031 , 3123.90 , 3775.16 , and 5747.063 of the Revised Code or subject to withholding by the state lottery commission under sections 718.031 , 3770.071 , 3770.073 , and 5747.062 of the Revised Code, as applicable. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3748.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3748 / § 3748.16
§ 3748.16. Facility inspections
Status: in_force

June 27, 2005 Senate Bill 124 - 126th General Assembly (A)(1) The director of health shall conduct regular inspections of the facility for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in accordance with rules adopted under division (J) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code and, in accordance with those rules, shall provide for at least one resident inspector at the facility. (2) Concentrations of radioactive materials released into the environment during operation, closure, institutional control, and long-term care of the facility shall be kept as low as are reasonably achievable and shall not exceed levels established in rules adopted under division (A)(7) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code or the standards set forth in 10 C.F.R. 61.41 , whichever are more stringent. The director shall establish a program to monitor concentrations of radioactive materials so released and shall conduct an investigation if monitoring results indicate concentrations of radioactive materials at levels that are greater than the established background for a monitoring point to determine the source of the increased radiation level. (B)(1) An officer of an agency of the state or of a political subdivision, acting in the officer's representative capacity, or any person may file a written complaint with the director, in accordance with rules adopted under division (K) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code, regarding the failure or alleged failure of the facility for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste to comply with health or safety requirements established under this chapter or Chapter 3747. of the Revised Code or rules adopted under them. The complaint shall be verified by an affidavit of the complainant or the complainant's agent or attorney. The affidavit may be made before any person authorized by law to administer oaths and shall be signed by the officer or person who makes it. The person before whom it was taken shall certify that it was sworn to before that person and signed in that person's presence, and the certificate signed officially by that person shall be evidence that the affidavit was made, that the name of the officer or person was written by that officer or person, and that the signer was that officer or person. (2) Upon receipt of a complaint under division (B)(1) of this section, the director shall cause a prompt investigation to be conducted as is reasonably necessary to determine whether the facility has failed or is failing to comply with the health or safety requirements identified in the complaint. The investigation shall include a discussion of the complaint with the contractor. (3) The director may hold a hearing on the complaint. Not less than twenty days before the hearing, the director shall cause publication of a notice of the hearing in the county in which the facility is located and shall mail written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the complainant and to the contractor. The hearing shall be conducted before the director or a hearing examiner designated by the director. The department of health and the contractor shall be parties. The complainant may participate as a party by filing with the director, at any time prior to the hearing, a written notice of the complainant's intent to participate. Any other person may be permitted to intervene upon the granting by the director or hearing examiner of a motion to intervene filed in accordance with rules adopted under division (K) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code. If the director does not hold a hearing, the director shall provide an opportunity to the complainant and the contractor to attend a conference with the director concerning the complaint. (4) Following the completion of the investigation under division (B)(2) of this section and the hearing or conference under division (B)(3) of this section, if the director determines that the facility is in compliance with the health or safety requirements identified in the complaint, the director shall dismiss the complaint. If the director determines that the facility is not in compliance with those requirements, the director shall issue an order under division (B)(4) of section 3748.05 of the Revised Code requiring the contractor to bring the facility into compliance and to submit a written discussion of how that will be accomplished. The director also may do any or all of the following: (a) Suspend or revoke the facility's license in accordance with rules adopted under division (A) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code; (b) Issue an order assessing an administrative penalty in accordance with rules adopted under division (A)(6) of section 3748.05 of the Revised Code; (c) Request the attorney general, in writing, to commence appropriate legal proceedings, including a civil action for imposition of a civil penalty under section 3748.19 of the Revised Code and criminal prosecution. (C) If the director suspends or revokes the license of the facility for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste for any reason in accordance with rules adopted under division (A) or (B) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code, the contractor shall indemnify the state for any loss suffered by the state as a result of the lack of disposal capacity for low-level radioactive waste that otherwise would have been disposed of at the facility. (D) The provisions of division (A) of this section establishing requirements governing the director and divisions (B) and (C) of this section apply only if the state becomes an agreement state pursuant to section 3748.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.792 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.792
§ 3701.792. Child survival form
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 157 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of health shall develop a child survival form to be submitted to the department of health in accordance with division (B) of this section each time a child is born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion. In developing the form, the director may consult with obstetricians, maternal-fetal specialists, or any other professionals the director considers appropriate. The form shall include areas for all of the following to be provided: (1) The patient number for the woman on whom the abortion was performed or attempted; (2) The name, primary business address, and signature of the attending physician described in section 3701.79 of the Revised Code who performed or attempted to perform the abortion; (3) The name and address of the facility in which the abortion was performed or attempted, and whether the facility is a hospital, ambulatory surgical facility, physician's office, or other facility; (4) The date the abortion was performed or attempted; (5) The type of abortion procedure that was performed or attempted; (6) The gestational age of the child who was born; (7) Complications, by type, for both the woman and child; (8) Any other information the director considers appropriate. (B) The attending physician who performed or attempted an abortion in which a child was born alive after that event shall complete a child survival form developed under division (A) of this section. The physician shall submit the completed form to the department of health not later than fifteen days after the woman is discharged from the facility. A completed child survival form is confidential and not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (C) A copy of the child survival form completed under this section shall be made part of the medical record maintained for the woman by the facility in which the abortion was performed or attempted. (D) Each facility in which an abortion was performed or attempted and in which a child was born alive after that event shall submit monthly and annual reports to the department of health listing the total number of women on whom an abortion was performed or attempted at the facility and in which a child was born alive after that event, delineated by the type of abortion procedure that was performed or attempted. The annual report shall be submitted following the conclusion of the state's fiscal year. Each monthly or annual report shall be submitted not later than thirty days after the end of the applicable reporting period. (E) Not later than the first day of October of each year, the department shall issue an annual report of the data submitted to the department for the previous calendar year as required by this section. At a minimum, the annual report shall specify the number of women on whom an abortion was performed or attempted and in which a child was born alive after that event, delineated by the type of abortion procedure that was performed or attempted and the facility in which the abortion was performed or attempted. The report shall not contain any information that would permit the identity of a woman on whom an abortion was performed or attempted or any child to be ascertained. (F) No person shall purposely fail to comply with the child survival form submission requirement described in division (B) of this section or the copy maintenance requirement described in division (C) of this section. (G) No person shall purposely fail to comply with the monthly or annual report submission requirements described in division (D) of this section. (H) A woman on whom an abortion is performed or attempted may file a civil action against a person who violates division (F) or (G) or this section. A woman who prevails in an action filed under this division shall receive both of the following from the person who committed the violation: (1) Damages in the amount of ten thousand dollars; (2) Court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. Last updated January 13, 2022 at 5:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3746.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3746 / § 3746.19
§ 3746.19. Notice of noncompliance by certified professional or laboratory
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) If the director of environmental protection finds that the performance of a certified professional or certified laboratory 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, the director shall notify persons for whom the certified professional or certified laboratory has performed work in connection with a voluntary action of those findings. (B) The director, in accordance with the criteria and procedures established in rules adopted under division (B)(8) of section 3746.04 of the Revised Code, may conduct an audit of any property for which a covenant not to sue was issued under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code based upon a no further action letter issued under section 3746.11 of the Revised Code that was prepared by a certified professional whose certification was subsequently suspended or revoked under this chapter and rules adopted under it or based upon a no further action letter for a voluntary action for which analyses were performed by a certified laboratory for which the certification was suspended or revoked before the effective date of this amendment . If, after such an audit, the director finds that the property does not comply with applicable standards, the director shall proceed in accordance with divisions (B)(2) through (4) of section 3746.12 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 17, 2021 at 8:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.38
§ 3707.38. Appointment, authority of inspectors
Status: in_force

April 15, 2005 Senate Bill 202 - 125th General Assembly The board of health of a city or general health district may appoint, define the duties of, and fix the compensation of the number of inspectors of shops, wagons, appliances, and food, and the number of other persons necessary to carry out this chapter and Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code and, if applicable, to carry out any duties assumed by the board under an agreement entered into under division (A)(2) of section 917.02 of the Revised Code. Inspectors for those purposes may enter any house, vehicle, or yard. The board may authorize the health commissioner to perform the duties of the inspectors.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.29
§ 3743.29. Fountain device retailer inspections and discipline
Status: in_force

February 7, 2022 House Bill 172 - 134th General Assembly (A) The state fire marshal may inspect the premises, the inventory, and retail sale records, of a licensed fountain device retailer during the retailer's period of licensure to determine whether the retailer is in compliance with Chapter 3743. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted by the state fire marshal pursuant to section 3743.28 of the Revised Code. (B) If the state fire marshal determines during an inspection conducted pursuant to division (A) of this section that a licensed fountain device retailer is not in compliance with Chapter 3743. of the Revised Code or the rules adopted by the state fire marshal pursuant to section 3743.28 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal may take one or more of the following actions, whichever the state fire marshal considers appropriate under the circumstances: (1) Order, in writing, the retailer to eliminate, correct, or otherwise remedy the nonconformities within a specified period of time; (2) Order, in writing, the retailer to immediately cease the storage and related sale of fountains. (3) Revoke, or deny renewal of, the license of the retailers in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C) This section does not affect the authority conferred by Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code to conduct inspections to determine conformity with those chapters or the rules adopted pursuant to them. The state fire marshal shall remove from the list of licensed retailers the name of a retailer whose license has been revoked, and shall notify the law enforcement authorities for the political subdivision in which the retailer's premises are located, of the revocation or denial of renewal. Last updated December 9, 2021 at 4:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3726.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3726 / § 3726.03
§ 3726.03. Pregnant woman rights for fetal remains disposition
Status: in_force

April 6, 2021 Senate Bill 27 - 133rd General Assembly (A) A pregnant woman who has a surgical abortion has the right to determine both of the following regarding the fetal remains: (1) Whether the final disposition shall be by cremation or interment; (2) The location for the final disposition. (B) A pregnant woman who has a surgical abortion shall be provided with a notification form described in division (A) of section 3726.14 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.041
§ 3769.041. Confidential information
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 386 - 129th General Assembly (A) Any information concerning the following that is submitted, collected, or gathered as part of an application to the state racing commission for a license or permit under this chapter is confidential and not subject to disclosure by a state agency or political subdivision as a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code: (1) A minor child of an applicant; (2) The social security number, passport number, or federal tax identification number of an applicant or of the spouse of an applicant; (3) The home address and telephone number of an applicant or of the spouse or dependent of an applicant; (4) An applicant's birth certificate; (5) The driver's license number of an applicant or of the applicant's spouse; (6) The name or address of a previous spouse of the applicant; (7) The date of birth of the applicant and of the spouse of an applicant; (8) The place of birth of the applicant and of the spouse of an applicant; (9) The personal financial information and records of an applicant or of an employee or the spouse or dependent of an applicant, including tax returns and information, and records of criminal proceedings; (10) Any information concerning a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; (11) The electronic mail address of the spouse or family member of the applicant; (12) Any trade secret, medical records, and patents or exclusive licenses; (13) Security information, including risk prevention plans, detection and countermeasures, location of count rooms or other money storage areas, emergency management plans, security and surveillance plans, equipment and usage protocols, and theft and fraud prevention plans and countermeasures; (14) Information provided in a multijurisdictional personal history disclosure form, including the Ohio supplement, exhibits, attachments, and updates. (B) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, upon written request from a person, the commission shall provide the following information to the person, except as provided in this chapter: (1) The information provided under this chapter concerning a licensee, permit holder, or an applicant; (2) A copy of a letter providing the reasons for the denial of an applicant's license or permit and a copy of a letter providing the reasons for the commission's refusal to allow an applicant to withdraw the applicant's application, but with confidential information redacted if that information is the reason for the denial or refusal to withdraw. (C) The individual's name, the individual's place of employment, the individual's job title, and the individual's gaming experience that is provided for an individual who holds, held, or has applied for a license or permit under this chapter is not confidential. The reason for denial or revocation of a license or permit or for disciplinary action against the individual is not confidential. The cover sheet completed by an applicant for a key employee license is not confidential. (D) A person who holds, held, or has applied for a license or permit under this chapter may waive the confidentiality requirements of division (A) of this section. (E) Confidential information received by the commission from another jurisdiction relating to a person who holds, held, or has applied for a license or permit under this chapter is confidential and not subject to disclosure as a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The commission may share the information referenced in this division with, or disclose the information to, the inspector general, any appropriate prosecuting authority, any law enforcement agency, or any other appropriate governmental or licensing agency, if the agency that receives the information complies with the same requirements regarding confidentiality as those with which the commission must comply.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.987 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.987
§ 3702.987. Chiropractic loan repayment advisory board
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the chiropractic loan repayment advisory board. The board shall consist of the following members: (1) A representative of the department of higher education, appointed by the chancellor; (2) The director of health or an employee of the department of health designated by the director; (3) Three representatives of the chiropractic profession, appointed by the governor. (B) Initial appointments shall be made not later than ninety days after November 22, 2020. Of the initial appointments made by the governor, two members shall serve a term of one year and one member shall serve a term of two years. Thereafter, terms of office of all appointed members shall be two years. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. No person shall be appointed to the board for more than two consecutive terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner prescribed for the original appointment. A 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. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration of the member's term until a successor takes office or until sixty days have elapsed, whichever occurs first. The governor may remove a member for whom the governor was the appointing authority, for misfeasance, malfeasance, or willful neglect of duty. The board shall designate a member to serve as chairperson of the board. The board shall meet at least once annually. The chairperson shall call special meetings as needed or upon the request of four members. Four members of the board constitute a quorum to transact and vote on all business coming before the board. Members of the board shall serve without compensation. The department of health shall provide the board with staff assistance as requested by the board. Last updated September 20, 2023 at 1:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3723.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3723 / § 3723.07
§ 3723.07. Approving training courses and laboratories
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The director of health shall approve all of the following: (A) Licensure training courses for radon testers and mitigation specialists; (B) Training courses for employees of mitigation contractors; (C) Radon laboratories. Each applicant for approval shall submit a completed application to the director on a form the director shall prescribe and furnish. In accordance with rules adopted under section 3723.09 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue the appropriate approval to each applicant that pays the approval fee prescribed by the director and meets the criteria for approval established by the director. In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director may refuse to issue an approval and may revoke or suspend an approval issued under this section if the operator of the course or laboratory fails to meet the criteria established by the director.