Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.27
§ 3743.27. Fountain device retailer operations
Status: in_force

February 7, 2022 House Bill 172 - 134th General Assembly (A) A licensed fountain device retailer is authorized to possess fountain devices and sell fountain devices at retail pursuant to this section: (1) A licensed retailer's displays for fountain devices shall be limited to three hundred square feet. No single fountain device display shall exceed one hundred fifty square feet, and each display must be placed at least twenty-five feet from any other highly flammable materials. (2) A licensed retailer's possession and storage of fountain devices shall comply with the national fire protection association standard "NFPA 1124, Code for the Manufacture, Transportation, Storage, and Retail Sales of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (2006 Edition)." (3) A licensed retailer shall only possess and sell fountain devices as packaged merchandise with covered fuses. (4) A licensed retailer's fountain devices that are displayed for sale shall be under the visual supervision of an employee of the licensed retailer or other responsible party while the licensed retail location is open to the public. (5) A licensed retailer's possession, storage, and sale of fountain devices shall comply with the state fire marshal's rules adopted pursuant to section 3743.28 of the Revised Code. (6) No licensed retailer shall sell fountain devices to a person who is under eighteen years of age. (7) No licensed retailer shall knowingly sell fountain devices to a person who is obviously under the influence of alcohol or a drug of abuse, as defined in section 4506.01 of the Revised Code. (8) A licensed retailer shall comply with divisions (A) and (B) of section 3743.47 of the Revised Code. (9) A licensed retailer shall possess and sell fountain devices only at the location described in the application for licensure and the sale shall be from the inside of a licensed building and from no structure or device outside a licensed building. At no time shall a licensed retailer sell fountain devices outside of a licensed building. (10) A licensed retailer shall prohibit smoking in the licensed location. (B) No licensed fountain device retailer shall negligently fail to furnish a safety pamphlet to a purchaser of 1.4G fireworks as required by division (A) of section 3743.47 of the Revised Code. (C) No licensed fountain device retailer shall negligently fail to have safety glasses available for sale as required by division (B) of section 3743.47 of the Revised Code. Last updated December 9, 2021 at 4:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3772.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3772 / § 3772.24
§ 3772.24. Employees under age twenty-one; notification of operating hours
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) An employee of a casino facility who is between eighteen and twenty-one years of age may be present in the area of a casino facility where casino gaming is being conducted, as long as the employee's duties are related solely to nongaming activities. An individual who is less than twenty-one years of age may enter a designated area of a casino facility where casino gaming is being conducted, as established by the commission, to pass to another area where casino gaming is not being conducted, but only if the individual is personally escorted by licensed casino personnel, as approved by the commission, who at all times remain in close proximity to the individual. An individual who is less than twenty-one years of age shall not make a wager under this chapter. (B) Casino operators shall notify the commission of the days and hours during which casino gaming will be conducted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.34
§ 3702.34. Option of having a long-acting reversible contraceptive placed after delivery; exception
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a freestanding birthing center shall modify operational processes to ensure that a woman giving birth in the freestanding birthing center has the option of having a long- acting reversible contraceptive placed after delivery and before the woman is discharged. (B) A freestanding birthing center is exempt from the requirement in division (A) of this section if the freestanding birthing center notifies the department of health in writing that it has a faith-based objection to the requirement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.47
§ 3701.47. Standard tests for syphilis and gonorrhea
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 3701.46 to 3701.50 of the Revised Code, the standard tests for syphilis and gonorrhea are tests approved by the department of health, and shall be made at a laboratory approved to make such tests by the department. Such tests as are required shall, on request of the physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner submitting the specimens, be made without charge by the department. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3710.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3710 / § 3710.13
§ 3710.13. Hearing
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Before the director of environmental protection takes any action under section 3710.12 of the Revised Code, the director shall give the license applicant, licensee, or certificate holder against whom action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the director shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The director, without notice or hearing and in accordance with rules adopted by the director, may issue an order requiring any action necessary to meet an environmental health emergency involving asbestos. Any person to whom an order is directed shall immediately comply with the order. Upon application to the director, the person shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible, but no more than twenty days after receipt of the application by the director. (C) If the director determines, pursuant to division (B) of this section, that an environmental health emergency involving asbestos exists, the director may order, without a hearing, the denial, suspension, or revocation of any license or certificate issued under this chapter of the parties involved, provided that an opportunity for a hearing is provided to the affected party as soon as reasonably possible.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3725.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3725 / § 3725.05
§ 3725.05. Federal requirements for collection of plasma
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly No plasmapheresis center shall be certified by the director of health unless all federal requirements for the collection of plasma by plasmapheresis under the "Public Health Service Act," 58 Stat. 682 (1944) 42 U.S.C. 201, as amended, are met and: (A) A test approved by the director of health for hepatitis B antigen is made on a sample of blood taken from the donor at the time of blood collection; (B) No person who has ever shown a positive test for hepatitis B antigen or who has a history of hepatitis serves as a donor for plasma, with the exception of plasma intended for special purposes approved by the director of health; (C) A qualified licensed physician, known as the medical director, is responsible for compliance with this chapter and rules adopted thereunder, and for maintaining the health and safety of participants in the plasmapheresis procedure; (D) One of the following individuals is in attendance at all times when a donor is undergoing plasmapheresis and is responsible for supervising the procedure and the maintenance of sterile technique: (1) A physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; (2) A licensed practical nurse or registered nurse as defined in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code; (3) An individual who is certified as an emergency medical technician-intermediate or emergency medical technician-paramedic under Chapter 4765. of the Revised Code, but is not attending or supervising the procedure or maintaining sterile technique in the individual's capacity as an emergency medical technician; (4) Another qualified medical staff person, including a medical technologist, approved by the director of health. (E) Handwashing facilities are present in the room where the blood is drawn and in the room where the formed elements are separated from the plasma. Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3722.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3722 / § 3722.07
§ 3722.07. Enforcement
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each hospital licensed under this chapter shall comply with the requirements of this chapter and the rules adopted under it. (B) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, if the director of health finds that a license holder has violated any requirement of this chapter or the rules adopted under it, the director may do any of the following: (1) Impose a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars; (2) Require the license holder to submit a plan to correct or mitigate the violation; (3) Suspend a health care service or revoke a license issued under this chapter if the director determines that the license holder is not in substantial compliance with this chapter or the rules adopted under it. (C)(1) If the director takes action under division (B)(3) of this section, the director shall give written notice of proposed action to the hospital. The notice shall specify all of the following: (a) The nature of the conditions giving rise to the director's judgment; (b) The measures that the director determines the hospital must take to respond to the conditions; (c) The date, which shall be not later than thirty days after the notice is delivered, on which the director intends to suspend the health care service or revoke the license if the conditions are not corrected and the director determines that the license holder has not come into substantial compliance with this chapter or the rules adopted under it. (2) If the licensed hospital notifies the director, within the period of time specified in division (C)(1)(c) of this section, that the conditions giving rise to the director's determination have been corrected and that the hospital is in substantial compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it, the director shall conduct an inspection. The director may suspend the health care service or revoke the license if the director determines on the basis of the inspection that the conditions have not been corrected and the license holder has not come into substantial compliance with this chapter or the rules adopted under it. (3) If the licensed hospital fails to notify the director, within the period of time specified in division (C)(1)(c) of this section, that the conditions giving rise to the director's determination have been corrected and that the hospital is in substantial compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it, the director may suspend the health care service or revoke the license. (D) If the director suspends a health care service or revokes a license under division (C) of this section, the director shall serve a written order of suspension or revocation in accordance with sections 119.05 and 119.07 of the Revised Code. If the license holder subject to the suspension or revocation requests an adjudication, the date set for the adjudication shall be within seven days after the license holder makes the request, unless another date is agreed to by both the individual and the director. The suspension or revocation shall remain in effect, unless reversed by the director, until a final adjudication order issued by the director pursuant to this section and Chapter 119. of the Revised Code becomes effective. The director shall issue a final adjudication order not later than fourteen days after completion of the adjudication. If the director does not issue a final order within the fourteen-day period, the suspension or revocation is void, but any final adjudication order issued subsequent to the fourteen-day period shall not be affected. (E) If the director issues a final adjudication order suspending a health care service or suspending or revoking a license issued under this chapter and the license holder continues to operate a hospital, the director may ask the attorney general to apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which the hospital is located for an order enjoining the license holder from operating the hospital. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 4:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3796.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3796 / § 3796.17
§ 3796.17. Toll-free telephone line
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly The division of cannabis control shall establish a toll-free telephone line to respond to inquiries from adult-use consumers, medical marijuana patients, caregivers, and health professionals regarding adverse reactions to marijuana and to provide information about available services and assistance. The division may contract with a separate entity to establish and maintain the telephone line on behalf of the division. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3726.95 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3726 / § 3726.95
§ 3726.95. Pregnant women not guilty of crime
Status: in_force

April 6, 2021 Senate Bill 27 - 133rd General Assembly A pregnant woman who has a surgical abortion, the fetal remains from which are not disposed of in compliance with this chapter, is not guilty of committing, attempting to commit, complicity in the commission of, or conspiracy in the commission of a violation of section 3726.99 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3739.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3739 / § 3739.02
§ 3739.02. Cigarette presale testing requirements
Status: in_force

May 1, 2010 House Bill 500 - 127th General Assembly Except as otherwise permitted in section 3739.12 of the Revised Code, no person shall sell or offer to sell cigarettes in this state or sell or offer to sell cigarettes to persons located in this state unless all of the following requirements are met: (A) The manufacturer of the cigarettes has the cigarettes tested in accordance with the testing method specified in section 3739.03 of the Revised Code or the testing method approved by the state fire marshal under section 3739.04 of the Revised Code. (B) The cigarettes meet the performance standard specified under division (B) of section 3739.03 of the Revised Code or the performance standard approved by the state fire marshal under section 3739.04 of the Revised Code. (C) The manufacturer has marked the packaging of the cigarettes as required in section 3739.06 of the Revised Code. (D) The manufacturer files a written certification with the state fire marshal as required under section 3739.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3746.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3746 / § 3746.15
§ 3746.15. Consolidated standards permit
Status: in_force

September 28, 1994 Senate Bill 221 - 120th General Assembly (A) A person participating in the voluntary action program under this chapter and rules adopted under it who otherwise would be required to obtain any permits, licenses, plan approvals, or other approvals from the environmental protection agency in connection with the voluntary action under Chapter 3704., 3714., 3734., or 6111. of the Revised Code or rules adopted under any of those chapters, or under the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972," 86 Stat. 886, 33 U.S.C.A. 1251, as amended, the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976," 90 Stat. 2806, 42 U.S.C.A. 6921, as amended, or the "Air Quality Act of 1967," 81 Stat. 485, 42 U.S.C.A. 1857, as amended, or regulations adopted under any of those acts, may obtain a consolidated standards permit for the activities in connection with the voluntary action for which those permits, licenses, plan approvals, or other approvals are required that contains all of the substantive requirements applicable to those activities under any of those chapters, rules, acts, or regulations and that complies with any agreements the director of environmental protection has entered into with the United States environmental protection agency under those acts or regulations. (B) Prior to issuing a permit under this section, the director shall hold a public meeting on it in the county in which the affected property is located or in an adjacent county. At least thirty days prior to holding the public meeting, the director shall publish notice of the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is located and, if the affected property is located in close proximity to the boundary of the county with an adjacent county, as determined by the director, shall publish notice of the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in the adjacent county. The notice shall contain the date, time, and location of the public meeting and a general description of the activities to be conducted at the property under the permit. At the public meeting, any person may submit written or oral comments on or objections to the permit. The person, or a representative of the person, who requested the permit shall be present at the public meeting to respond to comments or questions concerning the voluntary action conducted or to be conducted at the property directed to him by the officer or employee of the agency presiding at the meeting. After considering the comments and objections, the director shall approve or deny an application for a consolidated standards permit by issuance of an order as a final action under Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code. (C) A person who is issued a consolidated standards permit under this section in connection with a particular activity is not required to obtain a permit, license, plan approval, or other approval in connection with the activity under the applicable provisions of Chapter 3704., 3714., 3734., or 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under any of those chapters. A person who obtains a consolidated standards permit for a particular activity is hereby deemed to be in compliance with the requirement to obtain a permit, license, plan approval, or other approval in connection with the activity under the applicable provisions of those chapters and rules. (D) No person shall violate or fail to comply with a term or condition of a consolidated standards permit issued under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.49
§ 3707.49. Violation by a corporation - forfeiture
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A corporation shall, for any violation, obstruction, interference, or omission mentioned in section 3707.48 of the Revised Code, forfeit and pay to the proper city or general health district a sum not to exceed three hundred dollars, to be collected in a civil action brought in the name of the board of health of such district. No proof of actual damages shall be required, but the court or jury, finding other facts to justify recovery, shall determine the amount by reference to all the facts, culpatory, exculpatory, or extenuating, adduced upon the trial.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.31
§ 3734.31. Inspecting and monitoring facilities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The director of environmental protection shall employ and equip such individuals as are needed to adequately and regularly inspect and monitor operating hazardous waste facilities, infectious waste treatment facilities, or solid waste facilities located off the premises where hazardous waste, infectious waste, or solid waste is generated. (B) The director may employ and equip such individuals as are necessary to inspect and monitor operating hazardous waste facilities, infectious waste treatment facilities, or solid waste facilities other than those described in division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3796.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3796 / § 3796.31
§ 3796.31. Prohibition on local taxes, fees
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly Except as otherwise authorized in the Revised Code, no political subdivision shall do either of the following: (A) Levy any tax or fee on license holders that is based on the license holder's businesses' gross receipts or that is the same as or similar to any tax or fee imposed by the state; (B) Levy any tax, fee, or charge on license holders or license holders' property that is not generally charged on other businesses. Last updated January 14, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3746.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3746 / § 3746.21
§ 3746.21. Right of entry
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) In addition to the authority established in sections 3746.18 , 3746.19 , and 3746.20 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection or the director's authorized representative, upon proper identification and upon stating the necessity and purpose of an inspection, may enter at reasonable times upon any of the following: (1) Any public or private property at which a voluntary action has been or is being conducted under this chapter and rules adopted under it; (2) Any public or private property, real or personal, that is owned or operated by a person who is participating or has participated in the voluntary action program under this chapter and rules adopted under it where data, information, records, or documents relating to the person's participation in the voluntary action program are kept; (3) Any public or private property, real or personal, upon which is located a certified laboratory, accredited laboratory, or the offices of a certified professional. (B) The director or the director's authorized representative may enter upon any property described in division (A) of this section to do any of the following: (1) Inspect the credentials of the certified professional or the credentials and facilities of the certified laboratory or accredited laboratory; To examine or copy data, information, records, or documents relating to the evaluation, investigation, or remediation of properties under this chapter and rules adopted under it or to compliance with a consolidated standards permit issued under section 3746.15 of the Revised Code; (3) Obtain samples of soil, water, or other environmental media at properties where voluntary actions have been or are being conducted under this chapter and rules adopted under it. (C) The director or the director's authorized representative may apply for and any judge of a court of record may issue an administrative inspection warrant under division (F) of section 2933.21 of the Revised Code, or other appropriate search warrant, necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter within the court's territorial jurisdiction. Last updated August 18, 2021 at 2:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.05
§ 3719.05. Pharmacist may dispense controlled substances - prescriptions - sale of stock
Status: in_force

September 23, 2022 House Bill 193 - 134th General Assembly (A) A pharmacist may dispense controlled substances to any person upon a prescription issued in accordance with section 3719.06 of the Revised Code. When dispensing controlled substances, a pharmacist shall act in accordance with rules adopted by the state board of pharmacy and in accordance with the following: (1) The prescription shall be retained on file by the owner of the pharmacy in which it is filled for a period of three years, so as to be readily accessible for inspection by any public officer or employee engaged in the enforcement of Chapter 2925., 3719., or 4729. of the Revised Code. (2) Each oral prescription shall be recorded by the pharmacist and the record shall show the name and address of the patient for whom, or of the owner of the animal for which the controlled substance is dispensed, the full name, address, and registry number under the federal drug abuse control laws of the prescriber, the name of the controlled substance dispensed, the amount dispensed, and the date when dispensed. The record shall be retained on file by the owner of the pharmacy in which it is filled for a period of three years. (3)(a) Except as provided in divisions (A)(3)(b) and (c) of this section, a schedule II controlled substance shall be dispensed only upon an electronic prescription. (b) A schedule II controlled substance may be dispensed upon an oral prescription in emergency situations as provided in the federal drug abuse control laws. (c) A schedule II controlled substance may be dispensed upon a written prescription if either of the following applies: (i) A temporary technical, electrical, or broadband failure prevents the pharmacist from dispensing upon an electronic prescription. (ii) The written prescription was issued as described in division (C) of section 3719.06 of the Revised Code. (d) A pharmacist who receives a faxed, oral, or written prescription for a schedule II controlled substance is not required to verify that the prescription was issued under an exception to the requirement that a prescriber issue such a prescription electronically, including an exception described in divisions (A)(3)(b) and (c) of this section or division (C) of section 3719.06 of the Revised Code. A pharmacist may continue to dispense any other drug upon an otherwise valid faxed, oral, or written prescription that is consistent with state and federal statutes, rules, and regulations. (4) A prescription for a schedule II controlled substance shall not be refilled. (5) Prescriptions for schedule III and IV controlled substances may be refilled not more than five times in a six-month period from the date the prescription is given by a prescriber. (B) The legal owner of any stock of schedule II controlled substances in a pharmacy, upon discontinuance of dealing in those drugs, may sell the stock to a manufacturer, wholesaler, or owner of a pharmacy registered under the federal drug abuse control laws pursuant to an official written order. Last updated July 11, 2022 at 9:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3794.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3794 / § 3794.02
§ 3794.02. Smoking prohibitions
Status: in_force

December 7, 2006 Enacted by Initiative Petition - Issue 5 Smoking Prohibitions. (A) No proprietor of a public place or place of employment, except as permitted in section 3794.03 of this chapter, shall permit smoking in the public place or place of employment or in the areas directly or indirectly under the control of the proprietor immediately adjacent to locations of ingress or egress to the public place or place of employment. (B) A proprietor of a public place or place of employment shall ensure that tobacco smoke does not enter any area in which smoking is prohibited under this chapter through entrances, windows, ventilation systems, or other means. (C) No person or employer shall discharge, refuse to hire, or in any manner retaliate against an individual for exercising any right, including reporting a violation, or performing any obligation under this chapter. (D) No person shall refuse to immediately discontinue smoking in a public place, place of employment, or establishment, facility or outdoor area declared nonsmoking under section 3794.05 of this chapter when requested to do so by the proprietor or any employee of an employer of the public place, place of employment or establishment, facility or outdoor area. (E) Lack of intent to violate a provision of this chapter shall not be a defense to a violation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.18
§ 3709.18. Infant welfare stations and prenatal clinics
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of health of a city or general health district may provide such infant welfare stations, prenatal clinics, and other measures for the protection of children as are necessary. It may also provide for the prevention and treatment of trachoma and may establish clinics or detention hospitals and provide the necessary medical and nursing service therefor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3797.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3797 / § 3797.02
§ 3797.02. Personal registration required in counties of residence and employment
Status: in_force

August 3, 2006 Senate Bill 17 - 126th General Assembly (A)(1) A registrant shall register personally with the sheriff of the county in which the registrant resides and with the sheriff of any county in which the registrant is employed. (2) A registrant who is registered in one or more counties and who establishes a new residence or place of employment in a county in which the registrant is not registered shall register personally with the sheriff of the county in which the new residence or place of employment is located immediately upon coming into that county. (B) A registrant shall obtain from the sheriff a registration form prescribed by the attorney general pursuant to section 3797.07 of the Revised Code, complete and sign the form, and return the form to the sheriff. The sheriff shall sign the form and indicate on the form the date on which it is returned. The registration required under this division is complete when the registrant returns the form, containing the requisite information, signature, and date, to the sheriff. (C) The duty to register pursuant to division (A) of this section commences on the date a declaratory judgment against the registrant is entered and continues unless and until the registrant is removed pursuant to section 2721.21 of the Revised Code from the civil registry established under section 3797.08 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3772.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3772 / § 3772.35
§ 3772.35. Legal actions; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 386 - 129th General Assembly (A) Any action asserting that this chapter, any portion of this chapter, or any rule adopted under this chapter violates any provision of the Ohio Constitution shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county within ninety days after the effective date of the enactment of this section by Sub. H.B. 386 of the 129th general assembly or within ninety days after the effective date of any rule, as applicable. (B) Any claim asserting that any action taken by the commission under this chapter violates any provision of the Ohio Constitution or any provision of the Revised Code shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county within sixty days after the action is taken. (C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to any claim within the original jurisdiction of the supreme court or a court of appeals under Article IV of the Ohio Constitution. (D) The court of common pleas of Franklin county shall give any claim filed under division (A) or (B) of this section priority over all other civil cases before the court, irrespective of position on the court's calendar, and shall make a determination on the claim expeditiously. A court of appeals shall give any appeal from a final order issued in a case brought under division (A) or (B) of this section priority over all other civil cases before the court, irrespective of position on the court's calendar, and shall make a determination on the appeal expeditiously.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3711.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3711 / § 3711.04
§ 3711.04. Application for license
Status: in_force

September 30, 2024 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Each person seeking to operate a maternity home shall apply to the director of health for a license under this chapter. The application shall be submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the director in rules adopted under section 3711.12 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 30, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3796.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3796 / § 3796.40
§ 3796.40. Excise tax on sale of adult-use marijuana
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly (A) Terms used in this section have the same meanings as in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code. (B) For the purpose of funding the needs of the state and local governments that host adult-use marijuana dispensaries, an excise tax is levied on the retail sale of adult-use marijuana. The rate of the tax shall equal ten per cent of the price of adult-use marijuana and is in addition to taxes levied under Chapters 5739. and 5741. of the Revised Code. (C) The tax shall be paid by the consumer to the vendor at the time of the sale, and the vendor shall report and remit the tax to the state in the same manner and at the same time the vendor reports and remits the tax levied under Chapter 5739. of the Revised Code. The return required by this division shall be filed on a form prescribed by the tax commissioner, which shall be separate from the return required to be filed under section 5739.12 of the Revised Code. The tax levied under this section shall be collected consistent with Chapters 5703. and 5739. of the Revised Code. (D) For the same purpose as the tax levied under division (B) of this section, a tax is levied on a vendor that sells any marijuana other than adult-use marijuana or medical marijuana to a consumer. That tax equals ten per cent of the price of such marijuana, and the consumer and vendor are liable for any amounts, including tax, interest, and penalties, imposed under this section and chapter in the same manner as vendors subject to the tax imposed under division (B) of this section. (E) All amounts collected from a tax levied under this section shall be deposited into the adult use tax fund, which is created in the state treasury. From the adult use tax fund, the director of budget and management shall transfer as needed to the tax refund fund amounts equal to the refunds attributable to the tax levied under this section and certified by the tax commissioner. (F) After making any transfers required under division (E) of this section, the director of budget and management shall transfer amounts remaining in the adult use tax fund as follows: (1) Sixty-four per cent to the general revenue fund; (2) Thirty-six per cent to the host community cannabis fund, which is created in the state treasury, for the benefit of municipal corporations or townships that have at least one licensed dispensary. Distributions to such municipal corporations and townships shall be based on the portion of the tax levied under division (B) of this section attributable to each municipal corporation or township. Municipal corporations and townships receiving funds under this division may use such funds for any lawful purpose. The tax commissioner shall make distributions under this division by the end of each month based on tax collections from the preceding month. (G) The tax commissioner may prescribe all forms and adopt all rules necessary to administer the tax authorized under this section. Last updated February 3, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.071
§ 3721.071. Home must be equipped with both automatic fire extinguishing and fire alarm systems
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The buildings in which a home is housed shall be equipped with both an automatic fire extinguishing system and fire alarm system. Such systems shall conform to standards set forth in the regulations of the board of building standards and the state fire marshal. The time for compliance with the requirements imposed by this section shall be January 1, 1975, except that the date for compliance with the automatic fire extinguishing requirements is extended to January 1, 1976, provided the buildings of the home are otherwise in compliance with fire safety laws and regulations and: (A) The home within thirty days after August 4, 1975, files a written plan with the state fire marshal's office that: (1) Outlines the interim safety procedures which shall be carried out to reduce the possibility of a fire; (2) Provides evidence that the home has entered into an agreement for a fire safety inspection to be conducted not less than monthly by a qualified independent safety engineer consultant or a township, municipal, or other legally constituted fire department, or by a township or municipal fire prevention officer; (3) Provides verification that the home has entered into a valid contract for the installation of an automatic fire extinguishing system or fire alarm system, or both, as required to comply with this section; (4) Includes a statement regarding the expected date for the completion of the fire extinguishing system or fire alarm system, or both. (B) Inspections by a qualified independent safety engineer consultant or a township, municipal, or other legally constituted fire department, or by a township or municipal fire prevention officer are initiated no later than sixty days after August 4, 1975, and are conducted no less than monthly thereafter, and reports of the consultant, fire department, or fire prevention officer identifying existing hazards and recommended corrective actions are submitted to the state fire marshal, the division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce, and the department of health. It is the express intent of the general assembly that the department of medicaid shall terminate the medicaid provider agreements of those homes that do not comply with the requirements of this section for the submission of a written fire safety plan and the deadline for entering into contracts for the installation of systems.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.79
§ 3734.79. Permit application fees
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, each application for a permit submitted under sections 3734.76 to 3734.78 of the Revised Code shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of four hundred dollars that shall be credited to the scrap tire management fund created in section 3734.82 of the Revised Code. If a permit is issued, the amount of the application fee paid shall be deducted from the amount of the applicable permit fee due under division (Q) of section 3745.11 of the Revised Code. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to an application for a permit for a scrap tire storage facility submitted under section 3734.76 of the Revised Code if the owner or operator of the facility or proposed facility is a motor vehicle salvage dealer licensed under Chapter 4738. of the Revised Code. Last updated August 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.161 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.161
§ 3704.161. Enforcement
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly (A) The director of environmental protection shall enforce sections 3704.16 to 3704.162 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under them. In doing so, the director or the director's authorized representative may do either or both of the following: (1) Inspect, during normal business hours, any motor vehicle or documents located at premises owned, operated, rented, leased, or otherwise used by any owner or operator of a motor vehicle if that motor vehicle is operated for commercial purposes, or by any person engaged in the sale, lease, or rental of motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts, in order to determine compliance with sections 3704.16 to 3704.162 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under them; (2) Issue a notice of violation to any person who violates any provision of sections 3704.16 to 3704.162 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under them and who the director or the director's authorized representative finds has committed such a violation. The notice of violation shall set forth the specific violation allegedly committed by the person and be accompanied by an order requiring the person to comply with the relevant provision. The person may appeal the order to the environmental review appeals commission in accordance with section 3745.04 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 3704.16 to 3704.162 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include all of the following: (1) Requirements and procedures for inspection of motor vehicles and documents under division (A)(1) of this section; (2) A method by which any person may report violations or suspected violations of sections 3704.16 to 3704.162 of the Revised Code to the director for enforcement; (3) Any other rule the director determines necessary for the administration and enforcement of sections 3704.16 to 3704.162 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code relating to the distribution or crediting of fines for violations of the Revised Code, all fines imposed under divisions (D) and (E) of section 3704.99 of the Revised Code resulting from an arrest made by the law enforcement agency of a political subdivision shall be paid to the treasury of the political subdivision. (2) All civil penalties collected pursuant to section 3704.06 of the Revised Code for violations of section 3704.16 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under this section shall be deposited in the anti-tampering settlement fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The director shall use the moneys in the fund solely for public education concerning and administration and enforcement of sections 3704.16 to 3704.162 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.102
§ 3781.102. Extending building department certifications
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Any county or municipal building department certified pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code as of September 14, 1970, and that, as of that date, was inspecting single-family, two-family, and three-family residences, and any township building department certified pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code, is hereby declared to be certified to inspect single-family, two-family, and three-family residences containing industrialized units, and shall inspect the buildings or classes of buildings subject to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code. (B) Each board of county commissioners may adopt, by resolution, rules establishing standards and providing for the licensing of electrical and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractors who are not required to hold a valid and unexpired license pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code. Rules adopted by a board of county commissioners pursuant to this division may be enforced within the unincorporated areas of the county and within any municipal corporation where the legislative authority of the municipal corporation has contracted with the board for the enforcement of the county rules within the municipal corporation pursuant to section 307.15 of the Revised Code. The rules shall not conflict with rules adopted by the board of building standards pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code or by the department of commerce pursuant to Chapter 3703. of the Revised Code. This division does not impair or restrict the power of municipal corporations under Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, to adopt rules concerning the erection, construction, repair, alteration, and maintenance of buildings and structures or of establishing standards and providing for the licensing of specialty contractors pursuant to section 715.27 of the Revised Code. A board of county commissioners, pursuant to this division, may require all electrical contractors and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractors, other than those who hold a valid and unexpired license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code, to successfully complete an examination, test, or demonstration of technical skills, and may impose a fee and additional requirements for a license to engage in their respective occupations within the jurisdiction of the board's rules under this division. (C) No board of county commissioners shall require any specialty contractor who holds a valid and unexpired license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code to successfully complete an examination, test, or demonstration of technical skills in order to engage in the type of contracting for which the license is held, within the unincorporated areas of the county and within any municipal corporation whose legislative authority has contracted with the board for the enforcement of county regulations within the municipal corporation, pursuant to section 307.15 of the Revised Code. (D) A board may impose a fee for registration of a specialty contractor who holds a valid and unexpired license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code before that specialty contractor may engage in the type of contracting for which the license is held within the unincorporated areas of the county and within any municipal corporation whose legislative authority has contracted with the board for the enforcement of county regulations within the municipal corporation, pursuant to section 307.15 of the Revised Code, provided that the fee is the same for all specialty contractors who wish to engage in that type of contracting. If a board imposes such a fee, the board immediately shall permit a specialty contractor who presents proof of holding a valid and unexpired license and pays the required fee to engage in the type of contracting for which the license is held within the unincorporated areas of the county and within any municipal corporation whose legislative authority has contracted with the board for the enforcement of county regulations within the municipal corporation, pursuant to section 307.15 of the Revised Code. (E) The political subdivision associated with each municipal, township, and county building department the board of building standards certifies pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code may prescribe fees to be paid by persons, political subdivisions, or any department, agency, board, commission, or institution of the state, for the acceptance and approval of plans and specifications, and for the making of inspections, pursuant to sections 3781.03 and 3791.04 of the Revised Code. (F) Each political subdivision that prescribes fees pursuant to division (E) of this section shall collect, on behalf of the board of building standards, fees equal to the following: (1) Three per cent of the fees the political subdivision collects in connection with nonresidential buildings; (2) One per cent of the fees the political subdivision collects in connection with the erection of and construction of new residential buildings and, if the political subdivision elects under division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code to enforce the state residential building code for the repair and alteration of existing residential buildings, one per cent of the fees the political subdivision collects in connection with the repair and alteration of existing residential buildings. (G)(1) The board shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, specifying the manner in which the fee assessed pursuant to division (F) of this section shall be collected and remitted monthly to the board. The board shall pay the fees into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created in section 121.084 of the Revised Code. (2) All money credited to the industrial compliance operating fund under this division shall be used exclusively for the following: (a) Operating costs of the board; (b) Providing services, including educational programs, for the building departments that are certified by the board pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code; (c) Paying the expenses of the residential construction advisory committee, including the expenses of committee members as provided in section 4740.14 of the Revised Code. (H) A board of county commissioners that adopts rules providing for the licensing of electrical and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractors, pursuant to division (B) of this section, may accept, for purposes of satisfying the requirements of rules adopted under that division, a valid and unexpired license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code that is held by an electrical or heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractor, for the construction, replacement, maintenance, or repair of one-family, two-family, or three-family dwelling houses or accessory structures incidental to those dwelling houses. (I) A board of county commissioners shall not register a specialty contractor who is required to hold a license under Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code but does not hold a valid license issued under that chapter. (J) If a board of county commissioners regulates a profession, occupation, or occupational activity under this section, the board shall comply with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code. (K) As used in this section, "specialty contractor" means a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractor, refrigeration contractor, electrical contractor, plumbing contractor, or hydronics contractor, as those contractors are described in Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3731.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3731 / § 3731.16
§ 3731.16. Posting of hotel rates
Status: in_force

September 12, 2008 Senate Bill 237 - 127th General Assembly The owner or manager of each hotel shall post in a conspicuous place in each room thereof a card or sign stating the price per day of such room, and shall file with the state fire marshal a diagram or list showing the price of each room in the hotel and no advances shall be made in this schedule, without twenty days' written notice to the state fire marshal. The posted hotel rate shall reflect the maximum actual rate and include the maximum rate per number of actual occupants.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3730.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3730 / § 3730.99
§ 3730.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

January 1, 2002 Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (A), (B), or (C) of section 3730.02 or division (A) of section 3730.06 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of section 3730.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.345 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.345
§ 3701.345. Applying for variance from rules
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Any applicant for a permit to construct, develop, install, or modify a private water system required by rules adopted by the director of health under section 3701.347 of the Revised Code may apply to the board of health of the city or general health district administering and enforcing the private water supply program in the health district in which the private water system is or is to be located or, if the health district is not administering and enforcing the program, may apply to the department of health for a variance from such rules governing the design, construction, development, installation, or modification of private water systems. The application for a variance shall be made in writing and shall include a statement of the particular rule or rules from which a variance is sought, a description of the proposed system or modification, and the necessity for the variance. The board of health or the department of health shall not grant a variance unless the applicant demonstrates that: (A) There will be an unusual and unnecessary hardship in complying with the rules from which the variance is sought; (B) Contamination of the private water system will not occur as a result of construction and operation of the system as proposed by the variance application; (C) The health of persons using water from the private water system will not be endangered as a result of construction and operation of the system as proposed by the variance application; and (D) No other technically feasible and economically reasonable means exist for obtaining water from the proposed type of water source.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.091
§ 3709.091. Failure to pay household sewage disposal system permit or inspection fee
Status: in_force

May 6, 2005 House Bill 231 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Household sewage treatment system" means any sewage treatment system, or part of such a system, for a single-family, two-family, or three-family dwelling that receives sewage. (2) "Sewage" means liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution that originates from humans and human activities. "Sewage" includes liquids containing household chemicals in solution commonly discharged from a residence or from commercial, institutional, or other similar facilities. (3) "Small flow on-site sewage treatment system" means a system, other than a household sewage treatment system, that treats not more than one thousand gallons of sewage per day and that does not require a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit issued under section 6111.03 of the Revised Code or an injection well drilling or operating permit issued under section 6111.043 of the Revised Code. (B) If any owner, leaseholder, or assignee of real property fails to pay a fee as required by rule of a board of health of a city or general health district pursuant to section 3709.09 of the Revised Code for an operation permit for, or for inspection of, a household sewage treatment system or a small flow on-site sewage treatment system located on the real property, the health commissioner of the city or general health district or the commissioner's designated representative shall notify the owner, leaseholder, or assignee of the real property of the amount of the fee and any accrued penalties for late payment of the fee. The notice shall state, in boldface letters: "You have 30 days to object to the amount of the unpaid operation permit or inspection fee for your household sewage treatment system or small flow on-site sewage treatment system, as applicable, as designated in this notice, which may include accrued penalties for late payment of the fee. If you do not pay this amount as instructed herein within 30 days of receipt of this notice or object to this amount during that time period in accordance with the procedures set forth herein, the amount will be placed as a lien on your real property." The notice also shall explain how the owner, leaseholder, or assignee may pay the amount, or object to the amount in accordance with the procedures established by divisions (C) and (D) of this section. Notice to the owner, leaseholder, or assignee shall be made by either of the following: (1) Certified mail, overnight delivery service, hand delivery, or any other method that includes written evidence of receipt; (2) The sheriff of the county in which the owner, leaseholder, or assignee to be served resides, in one or more of the methods provided in the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure. The sheriff may charge reasonable fees for that service. (C) Not later than thirty days after receipt under division (B) of this section of notification of the amount of an unpaid operation permit or inspection fee and any accrued late payment penalties, the owner, leaseholder, or assignee may object to the amount by delivering a written notice of objection to the health commissioner by any of the means provided for in division (B)(1) of this section. Not later than sixty days after receipt of the notice of objection, the county prosecutor, on behalf of the city or general health district, may file a civil action in the court of common pleas against the owner, leaseholder, or assignee. If the county prosecutor fails to commence suit within the sixty-day period, or if the action is commenced, but dismissed with prejudice before adjudication, the unpaid fee and any accrued late payment penalties are void and cannot be placed on the general tax list and duplicate as a lien against the real property. (D) If, in accordance with division (C) of this section, the owner, leaseholder, or assignee objects to the amount of the unpaid operation permit or inspection fee and any accrued late payment penalties and the county prosecutor commences suit and prevails in the action, the owner, leaseholder, or assignee objecting shall pay the amount of the fee, any accrued late payment penalties, and the costs of the action, as determined by the court. (E) If the owner, leaseholder, or assignee on which the notice required by division (B) of this section was served does not pay to the city or general health district the amount of an unpaid operation permit or inspection fee and any accrued late payment penalties within thirty days after receipt of the notice, or does not object to the amount in the manner provided in division (C) of this section, the health commissioner of the city or general health district or the commissioner's designated representative may certify, on or before the first Monday of September, the amount of the unpaid fee and any accrued late payment penalties to the county auditor to be placed on the general tax list and duplicate as provided in section 319.281 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3706.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3706 / § 3706.09
§ 3706.09. Bonds not a debt of state
Status: in_force

June 1, 1970 House Bill 963 - 108th General Assembly Air quality revenue bonds and notes and air quality revenue refunding bonds issued under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or any political subdivision thereof, and the holders or owners thereof have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly or taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state for the payment of the principal thereof or interest thereon, but such bonds and notes are payable solely from the revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by such chapter, unless the notes are issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds or the bonds are refunded by refunding bonds issued under such chapter, which bonds or refunding bonds shall be payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by such sections. All such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds or notes, as to both principal and interest, are not debts of the state or any political subdivision thereof, but are payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for their payment. All expenses incurred in carrying out Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code are payable solely from funds provided under such chapter. Such chapter does not authorize the Ohio air quality development authority to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any political subdivision thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.32
§ 3719.32. Regulating the sale of poisons
Status: in_force

July 1, 1976 House Bill 300 - 111th General Assembly No person shall knowingly sell or deliver to any person otherwise than in the manner prescribed by laws, or sell or deliver to a minor under sixteen years of age in the manner prescribed by law but without the written order of an adult, any of the following substances or any poisonous compounds, combinations, or preparations thereof: the compounds and salts of antimony, arsenic, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, and zinc; the concentrated mineral acids; oxalic and hydrocyanic acids and their salts, and carbolic acid; yellow phosphorus; the essential oils of almonds, pennyroyal, tansy, and savin, croton oil, creosote, chloroform, chloral hydrate, and cantharides; aconite, belladonna, bitter almonds, colchicum, cotton root, cocculus indicus, conium, digitalis, hyoscyamus, ignatia, lobelia, nux vomica, opium, physostigma, phytolacca, strophanthus, stramonium, veratum viride, or any of the poisonous alkaloids or alkaloidal salts or other poisonous principles derived from such alkaloids, or other poisonous alkaloids or their salts; or other virulent poison.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.944 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.944
§ 3737.944. Bonds not a debt of state
Status: in_force

July 11, 1989 House Bill 421 - 118th General Assembly Revenue bonds issued under sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, and the holders thereof have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly or the taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state for the payment of the principal thereof or interest thereon. The bonds are payable solely from the revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by those sections. All bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds, as to both principal and interest, are not debts of the state or any political subdivision thereof, but are payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for their payment. Pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, such revenue bonds shall not be deemed to be debts or bonded indebtedness of the state under any other section of Article VIII, or Sections 6 and 11 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution. All expenses incurred in carrying out sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code are payable solely from funds provided under section 3737.91 of the Revised Code. Those sections do not authorize the petroleum underground storage tank release compensation board to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any political subdivision thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.54
§ 3735.54. Loan or donation of money
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation or county, located in whole or in part within the territorial limits of a metropolitan housing authority, may lend or donate money to the authority or agree to take such action. The authority, when it has money available therefor, shall make reimbursements for all such loans made to it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.23
§ 3727.23. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

October 8, 1992 House Bill 714 - 119th General Assembly The director of health may adopt rules for the implementation of sections 3727.21 and 3727.22 of the Revised Code, including rules establishing procedures and criteria for the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative agreements under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code. If rules are adopted, they shall ensure that there is opportunity for public comment during the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative agreements.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.9012 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.9012
§ 3734.9012. Wholesale distributor to provide statement to customers
Status: in_force

October 29, 1993 Senate Bill 165 - 120th General Assembly Each wholesale distributor required to be registered under division (A) of section 3734.9011 of the Revised Code shall provide its customers with a statement that the distributor is liable for the fee imposed by section 3734.901 of the Revised Code and the distributor's account number assigned by the tax commissioner. This section does not apply to sales at retail.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.081
§ 3727.081. Standards and procedures for designating hospitals as level II pediatric trauma centers
Status: in_force

November 3, 2000 House Bill 138 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Not later than two years after the effective date of this section, the director shall adopt rules that establish standards and procedures for designating hospitals under this section as level II pediatric trauma centers. The rules shall include standards to be followed by a hospital operating as a level II pediatric trauma center under the director's designation and procedures to be used by the director in enforcing those standards. All rules adopted under this division shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) If a hospital has been denied verification as a pediatric trauma center by the American college of surgeons solely because the hospital does not meet that organization's anesthesia and surgical staffing standards, the hospital may submit an application to the director of health to receive the director's designation of the hospital as a level II pediatric trauma center. In a timely manner, the director shall review all applications received, except that the director shall cease reviewing applications on December 31, 2003. Any application pending on that date is void. (C) Before designating a hospital as a level II pediatric trauma center, the director may conduct an inspection of the hospital. The inspection may be conducted by using a contractor of the department of health with appropriate competence and independence. (D) The director shall designate a hospital as a level II pediatric trauma center if the hospital has submitted a complete application and the director finds that all of the following apply: (1) The hospital has established trauma care protocols that ensure a surgeon and anesthesiologist are available from outside the hospital in a timely manner and on short notice. (2) The hospital's protocols ensure that the surgeon will participate in the early care of a trauma patient. (3) The hospital has adhered to its protocols and the hospital's performance has met the expected outcomes, as evidenced by data obtained from a review of at least two years of the hospital's trauma care activities. (4) The care of patients will not be compromised by designating the hospital as a level II pediatric trauma center. (E) A hospital's designation under this section expires December 31, 2004, unless earlier suspended or revoked by the director or surrendered by the hospital. Any action by the director to suspend or revoke a hospital's designation shall be taken in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (F) The director of health and any employee or contractor of the department of health shall not make public any information reported to or collected by the department of health under this section or rules adopted under it that identifies or would tend to identify specific patients.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.62
§ 3715.62. Unsafe food
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Any poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food, except where such substance is required in the production thereof or cannot be avoided by good manufacturing practice, shall be unsafe for purposes of the application of division (B) of section 3715.59 of the Revised Code, but when such substance is so required or cannot be so avoided, the director of agriculture shall adopt rules limiting the quantity therein or thereon to such extent as the director finds necessary for the protection of public health, and any quantity exceeding the limits so fixed shall also be deemed to be unsafe for purposes of the application of division (B) of section 3715.59 of the Revised Code. While such a regulation is in effect limiting the quantity of any such substance in the case of any food, such food shall not, by reason of bearing or containing any added amount of such substance, be considered to be adulterated within the meaning of division (A) of section 3715.59 of the Revised Code. In determining the quantity of such added substance to be tolerated in or on different articles of food, the director shall take into account the extent to which the use of such substance is required or cannot be avoided in the production of each such article and the other ways in which the consumer may be affected by the same or other poisonous or deleterious substances.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3713.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3713 / § 3713.022
§ 3713.022. Reckless manufacture, sale, delivery or possession of mesh crib liner
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly (A) No person shall recklessly manufacture, offer for sale, sell, deliver, or possess for the purpose of manufacturing, selling, or delivering a mesh crib liner intended for placement between a crib mattress and one or more of the crib's inner sides that does not comply with consumer product safety standards governing such liners that are promulgated after October 9, 2016, 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) for the purpose of ensuring sufficient permeability and breathability so as to prevent infant suffocation. (B) In the absence of standards described in division (A) of this section, no person shall, beginning three years after the effective date of this section, recklessly manufacture, offer for sale, sell, deliver, or possess for the purpose of manufacturing, selling, or delivering a mesh crib liner. (C) The superintendent of industrial compliance shall issue a notice of violation to any person found to have violated division (A) or (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.08
§ 3704.08. Information to be available for public inspection - exceptions
Status: in_force

July 22, 1994 House Bill 715 - 120th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any records, reports, or information obtained under this chapter shall be available for public inspection, except that upon a showing satisfactory to the director of environmental protection by any person that such records, reports, or information, or any particular part thereof, other than emission data, to which the director has access under this chapter, if made public, would divulge methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets of that person, the director shall consider the record, report, or information or particular portion thereof confidential, except that the record, report, or information may be disclosed when necessary to sustain an action brought pursuant to section 3704.06 of the Revised Code or during an adjudication hearing conducted by the director on the denial, modification, or revocation of a variance or permit. (B) To the extent consistent with the federal Clean Air Act, any records, reports, or information, other than emissions data, obtained by those public officials acting under section 3704.18 , 3704.19 , or 3706.19 of the Revised Code pursuant to the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program created under section 3704.18 of the Revised Code shall be held confidential by those public officials. Any records, reports, or information obtained by the director or his agents who are not acting under section 3704.18 , 3704.19 , or 3706.19 of the Revised Code shall not be held confidential unless they have been granted confidentiality under division (A) of this section. (C) Nothing in division (A) or (B) of this section shall be construed to prevent the director from compiling or publishing analyses or summaries relating to the general condition of the atmosphere, provided that the reports do not reveal any information otherwise confidential under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.914 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.914
§ 3734.914. Required signage
Status: in_force

April 25, 2008 House Bill 169 - 127th General Assembly (A) A retailer that displays for sale and sells lead-acid batteries in the state shall post a sign that shall be at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in size, use lettering that is at least thirty point font in size, display the universal recycling symbol, and contain all of the following language: (1) "It is illegal to discard a used lead-acid battery." (2) "Recycle your used batteries." (3) "State law requires us to accept used lead-acid batteries for recycling in exchange for new batteries purchased." (B) This section does not apply to a motor vehicle dealer that is licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.67
§ 3715.67. Misbranded cosmetics
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly A cosmetic is misbranded within the meaning of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, if: (A) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (B) It is in package form unless it bears a label containing: (1) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; (2) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count; provided, that reasonable variations shall be permitted, and exemptions as to small packages shall be established by regulations prescribed by the director of agriculture. (C) Any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, in the labeling, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use. (D) Its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.81
§ 3719.81. Furnishing drug samples
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 95 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "sample drug" has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A person may furnish another a sample drug, if all of the following apply: (1) The sample drug is furnished free of charge by a manufacturer, manufacturer's representative, or wholesale dealer in pharmaceuticals to a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs, or is furnished free of charge by such a professional to a patient for use as medication; (2) The sample drug is in the original container in which it was placed by the manufacturer, and the container is plainly marked as a sample; (3) Prior to its being furnished, the sample drug has been stored under the proper conditions to prevent its deterioration or contamination; (4) If the sample drug is of a type which deteriorates with time, the sample container is plainly marked with the date beyond which the sample drug is unsafe to use, and the date has not expired on the sample furnished. Compliance with the labeling requirements of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, shall be deemed compliance with this section. (5) The sample drug is distributed, stored, or discarded in such a way that the sample drug may not be acquired or used by any unauthorized person, or by any person, including a child, for whom it may present a health or safety hazard. (C) Division (B) of this section does not do any of the following: (1) Apply to or restrict the furnishing of any sample of a nonnarcotic substance if the substance may, under the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act" and under the laws of this state, otherwise be lawfully sold over the counter without a prescription; (2) Authorize a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who is a clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, certified nurse practitioner, optometrist, physician assistant, or certified mental health assistant to furnish a sample drug that is not a drug the professional is authorized to prescribe. (3) Prohibit a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs, manufacturer of dangerous drugs, wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs, or representative of a manufacturer of dangerous drugs from furnishing a sample drug to a charitable pharmacy in accordance with section 3719.811 of the Revised Code. (4) Prohibit a pharmacist working, whether or not for compensation, in a charitable pharmacy from dispensing a sample drug to a person in accordance with section 3719.811 of the Revised Code. (D) The state board of pharmacy shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules as necessary to give effect to this section. Last updated January 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3749.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3749 / § 3749.99
§ 3749.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 10, 1987 House Bill 68 - 117th General Assembly Whoever violates division (A) of section 3749.09 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.21
§ 3745.21. Ohio environmental education fund advisory council
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created within the environmental protection agency the Ohio environmental education fund advisory council consisting of the directors of environmental protection, natural resources, and education and workforce, or their designees, as members ex officio, one member of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives or the member's designee, one member to be appointed by the chancellor of higher education who shall have experience in providing environmental education at the university or college level, and six members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Of the members appointed by the governor, two shall be from statewide environmental advocacy organizations, one shall represent the interests of the industrial community in this state, one shall represent the interests of employers in this state with one hundred fifty or fewer employees, one shall represent municipal corporations, and one shall represent the interests of elementary and secondary school teachers in this state. Within thirty days after October 1, 1990, the appointing authorities shall make their initial appointments to the council. The initial appointment to the council by the chancellor shall be for a term ending two years after October 1, 1990. Of the initial appointments made to the council by the governor, three shall be for a term ending one year after October 1, 1990, and three shall be for a term ending two years after October 1, 1990. Thereafter, the terms of office of the members appointed by the chancellor and the governor shall be for two years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as the term that it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member of the board of trustees for the remainder of that term. A member of the council appointed by the chancellor or the governor shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. The council shall hold at least two regular, semiannual meetings each year. Special meetings may be held at the behest of the chairperson or a majority of the members. The director of environmental protection shall serve as the chairperson of the council. The council annually shall select from among its members a vice-chairperson and a secretary to keep a record of its proceedings. A majority vote of the members of the council is necessary to take action on any matter. Serving as a member of the council does not constitute holding a public office or a position of employment under the laws of this state and does not constitute grounds for the removal of public officers or employees from their offices or positions of employment. The chancellor may at any time remove a member of the council appointed by the chancellor for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office. The governor may at any time remove a member of the council appointed by the governor for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office. Members of the council appointed by the chancellor and the governor shall serve without compensation. Members of the council shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the council from moneys credited to the environmental education fund created in section 3745.22 of the Revised Code. (B) The council shall advise and assist the director of environmental protection in the implementation and administration of section 3745.22 of the Revised Code and shall review and comment on all expenditures from the fund proposed by the director. (C) The council may adopt bylaws for the regulation and conduct of the council's affairs and may propose to the director of environmental protection expenditures from the fund. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.052 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.052
§ 3715.052. Submission of information regarding non-prescription sales of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine products
Status: in_force

March 20, 2013 House Bill 334 - 129th General Assembly The duty to comply with this section is subject to the conditions specified in section 3715.053 of the Revised Code. (A)(1) Beginning June 1, 2013, a retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs shall submit the following information to the national precursor log exchange regarding each sale of pseudoephedrine product or ephedrine product that is not made pursuant to a valid prescription: (a) The purchaser's name and address; (b) The name and quantity of the product purchased; (c) The date and time of the purchase; (d) The type of government-issued identification provided by the purchaser at the time of purchase, pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 3715.051 of the Revised Code, the identification number, if any, on the identification, and the agency that issued the identification. (2) A retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs that is unable to complete an information submission required by division (A)(1) of this section due to experiencing mechanical or electronic failure of the equipment used to complete the information submission or due to the temporary inability of the retailer or terminal distributor to obtain internet service shall do both of the following: (a) Maintain a written or electronic record of the information in division (A)(1) of this section; (b) Complete the information submission as soon as practicable after the mechanical or electronic failure has been rectified or internet service has been restored. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, a retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs shall not complete a sale if the exchange generates a stop-sale alert after the information is submitted under division (A)(1) of this section. (2) A retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs may complete a sale even though the exchange has generated a stop-sale alert if the retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs has a reasonable fear of imminent bodily harm should the sale not be completed. To accommodate such circumstances, the retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs shall ensure that the override function of the exchange has been enabled.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.031
§ 3701.031. federal grants for monitoring, studying and preventing pregnancy losses
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of health shall accept and administer grants received from the federal government or other sources, public or private, that are made available for use in monitoring, studying, and preventing pregnancy losses. To the extent that funding from grants is available, the director shall do the following: (1) Establish a population-based pregnancy loss registry to monitor the incidence of various types of pregnancy losses that occur in this state, make appropriate epidemiological studies to determine any causal relations of the pregnancy losses with occupational, nutritional, environmental, genetic, or infectious conditions, and determine what can be done to prevent such losses; (2) Advise, consult, cooperate with, and assist, by contract or otherwise, agencies of the state and federal government, agencies of governments of other states, agencies of political subdivisions of this state, universities, private organizations, corporations, and associations for the purpose of division (A)(1) of this section. (B) The director may adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to specify the reporting requirements for physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, or certified nurse practitioners as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. (C) As used in this section, "pregnancy loss" means a termination of pregnancy within the first twenty weeks of pregnancy either spontaneously or by means other than the purposeful termination of a pregnancy as described in section 2919.11 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.83
§ 3702.83. J-1 visa waiver program
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly The department of health shall administer a program, to be known as the J-1 visa waiver program, for recruiting physicians who received graduate medical education or training in the United States but are not citizens of the United States to serve in areas of the state designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as health professional shortage areas under the "Public Health Service Act," 88 Stat. 682 (1944), 42 U.S.C. 254(e), as amended. Under the program, the department of health shall accept and review applications for placement of persons seeking to remain in the United States pursuant to the "Immigration and Nationality Act," 66 Stat. 163 (1952), 8 U.S.C. 1182(J)(1) and 1184(l), as amended, by obtaining a waiver of the federal requirement that they return to their home countries for a minimum of two years after completing the graduate medical education or training for which they were admitted to the United States. The department shall administer the program in accordance with the "Immigration and Nationality Act" and the regulations adopted under it. For each application accepted for review under this section, the department shall charge a fee of three thousand five hundred seventy-one dollars. The fee is nonrefundable. All fees collected shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3752.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3752 / § 3752.99
§ 3752.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 1995 House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly (A) Whoever recklessly violates any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it, except section 3752.07 , 3752.11 , 3752.111 , 3752.113 , or 3752.14 of the Revised Code, a rule adopted under section 3752.03 of the Revised Code pertaining to the securing of buildings, structures, or outdoor locations of operation, or an order issued to enforce any of those sections or such a rule, shall be fined not less than ten thousand nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than two nor more than four years, or both. Each day of violation is a separate offense. For each subsequent offense, the offender shall be fined not less than twenty-five thousand nor more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than two nor more than four years, or both. (B) Whoever recklessly violates section 3752.07 or 3752.14 of the Revised Code, a rule adopted under section 3752.03 of the Revised Code pertaining to the securing of buildings, structures, or outdoor locations of operation in connection with either of those sections, or an order issued to enforce either of those sections or such a rule is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each day of violation is a separate offense. (C) Whoever recklessly violates section 3752.11 , 3752.111 , or 3752.113 of the Revised Code or a rule adopted under section 3752.03 of the Revised Code pertaining to the securing of buildings, structures, or outdoor locations of operation in connection with any of those sections is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3750.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3750 / § 3750.02
§ 3750.02. Emergency response commission
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the emergency response commission consisting of the directors of environmental protection, health, and administrative services, the chairperson of the public utilities commission, the fire marshal, the director of public safety, the director of transportation, the director of natural resources, the superintendent of the highway patrol, and the attorney general as members ex officio, or their designees; notwithstanding section 101.26 of the Revised Code, a member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and a member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, who may participate fully in all the commission's deliberations and activities, except that they shall serve as nonvoting members; and ten members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The appointed members, to the extent practicable, shall have technical expertise in the field of emergency response. Of the appointed members, two shall represent environmental advocacy organizations, one shall represent the interests of petroleum refiners or marketers or chemical manufacturers, one shall represent the interests of another industry subject to this chapter, one shall represent the interests of municipal corporations, one shall represent the interests of counties, one shall represent the interests of chiefs of fire departments, one shall represent the interests of professional firefighters, one shall represent the interests of volunteer firefighters, and one shall represent the interests of local emergency management agencies. An appointed member of the commission also may serve as a member of the local emergency planning committee of an emergency planning district. An appointed member of the commission who is also a member of a local emergency planning committee shall not participate as a member of the commission in the appointment of members of the local emergency planning committee of which the member is a member, in the review of the chemical emergency response and preparedness plan submitted by the local emergency planning committee of which the member is a member, in any vote to approve a grant to the member's district, or in any vote of the commission on any motion or resolution pertaining specifically to the member's district or the local emergency planning committee on which the member serves. A commission member who is also a member of a local emergency planning committee shall not lobby or otherwise act as an advocate for the member's district to other members of the commission to obtain from the commission anything of value for the member's district or the local emergency planning committee of which the member is a member. A member of the commission who is also a member of a local emergency planning committee may vote on resolutions of the commission that apply uniformly to all local emergency planning committees and districts in the state and do not provide a grant or other pecuniary benefit to the member's district or the committee of which the member is a member. The governor shall make the initial appointments to the commission within thirty days after December 14, 1988. Of the initial appointments to the commission, five shall be for a term of two years and five shall be for a term of one year. Thereafter, terms of office of the appointed members of the commission shall be for two years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. The commission may at any time by a vote of two-thirds of all the members remove any appointed member of the commission for misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for the reasonable expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties as members of the commission. The commission shall meet at least annually and shall hold such additional meetings as are necessary to implement and administer this chapter. Additional meetings may be held at the behest of either a co-chairperson or a majority of the members. The commission shall, by adoption of internal management rules under division (B)(9) of this section, establish an executive committee and delegate to it the performance of such of the commission's duties and powers under this chapter as are required or authorized to be so delegated by that division. The commission may organize itself into such additional committees as it considers necessary or convenient to implement and administer this chapter. The director of environmental protection and the director of public safety or their designees shall serve as co-chairpersons of the commission and the executive committee. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a majority of the voting members of the commission constitutes a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting members of the commission is necessary for any action taken by the commission. Meetings of the executive committee conducted for the purpose of determining whether to issue an enforcement order or request that a civil action, civil penalty action, or criminal action be brought to enforce this chapter or rules adopted or orders issued under it are not subject to section 121.22 of the Revised Code pursuant to division (D) of that section. Except for the purposes of Chapters 102. and 2921. and sections 9.86 and 109.36 to 109.366 of the Revised Code, serving as an appointed member of the commission does not constitute holding a public office or position of employment under the laws of this state and does not constitute grounds for removal of public officers or employees from their offices or positions of employment. (B) The commission shall: (1) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are consistent with and equivalent in scope, content, and coverage to the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1729, 42 U.S.C.A. 11001, and applicable regulations adopted under it: (a) Identifying or listing extremely hazardous substances and establishing a threshold planning quantity for each such substance. To the extent consistent with that act and applicable regulations adopted under it, the rules may establish threshold planning quantities based upon classes of those substances or categories of facilities at which such substances are present. (b) Listing hazardous chemicals, establishing threshold quantities for those chemicals, establishing categories of health and physical hazards of those chemicals, establishing criteria or procedures for identifying those chemicals and the appropriate hazard categories of those chemicals, and establishing ranges of quantities for those chemicals to be used in preparing emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms under section 3750.08 of the Revised Code. To the extent consistent with that act and applicable regulations adopted under it, the rules may establish threshold quantities based upon classes of those chemicals or categories of facilities where those chemicals are present. To the extent consistent with that act, the threshold quantities for purposes of the submission of lists of hazardous chemicals under section 3750.07 and the submission of emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms under section 3750.08 of the Revised Code may differ. (c) Identifying or listing hazardous substances and establishing reportable quantities of each of those substances and each extremely hazardous substance. In addition to being consistent with and equivalent in scope, content, and coverage to that act and applicable regulations adopted under it, the rules shall be consistent with and equivalent in scope, content, and coverage to regulations identifying or listing hazardous substances and reportable quantities of those substances adopted under the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2779, 42 U.S.C.A. 9602, as amended. (d) Prescribing the information to be included in the lists of hazardous chemicals required to be submitted under section 3750.07 of the Revised Code; (e) Prescribing the information to be included in the emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms required to be submitted under section 3750.08 of the Revised Code. If the commission establishes its own emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form, the rules shall authorize owners and operators of facilities who also have one or more facilities located outside the state for which they are required to submit inventory forms under the federal act and regulations adopted under it to submit their annual inventories on forms prescribed by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under that act instead of on forms prescribed by the commission and shall require those owners or operators to submit any additional information required by the commission's inventory form on an attachment to the federal form. (f) Establishing procedures for giving verbal notice of releases under section 3750.06 of the Revised Code and prescribing the information to be provided in such a notice and in the follow-up written notice required by that section; (g) Establishing standards for determining valid needs for the release of tier II information under division (B)(4) of section 3750.10 of the Revised Code; (h) Identifying the types or categories of information submitted or obtained under this chapter and rules adopted under it that constitute confidential business information; (i) Establishing criteria and procedures to protect trade secret and confidential business information from unauthorized disclosure; (j) Establishing other requirements or authorizations that the commission considers necessary or appropriate to implement, administer, and enforce this chapter. (2) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement and administer this chapter that may be more stringent than the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1729, 42 U.S.C.A. 11001, and regulations adopted under it. Rules adopted under division (B)(2) of this section shall not be inconsistent with that act or the regulations adopted under it. The rules shall: (a) Prescribe the information to be included in the chemical emergency response and preparedness plans prepared and submitted by local emergency planning committees under section 3750.04 of the Revised Code; (b) Establish criteria and procedures for reviewing the chemical emergency response and preparedness plans of local emergency planning committees required by section 3750.04 of the Revised Code and the annual exercise of those plans and for providing concurrence or requesting modifications in the plans and the exercise of those plans. The criteria shall include, without limitation, the requirement that each exercise of a committee's plan involve, in addition to local emergency response and medical personnel, either a facility that is subject to the plan or a transporter of materials that are identified or listed as hazardous materials by regulations adopted under the "Hazardous Materials Transportation Act," 88 Stat. 2156 (1975), 49 U.S.C.A. 1801, as amended. (c) Establish policies and procedures for maintaining information submitted to the commission and local emergency planning committees under this chapter, and for receiving and fulfilling requests from the public for access to review and to obtain copies of that information. The criteria and procedures shall include the following requirements and authorizations regarding that information and access to it: (i) Information that is protected as trade secret information or confidential business information under this chapter and rules adopted under it shall be kept in files that are separate from those containing information that is not so protected. (ii) The original copies of information submitted to the commission or committee shall not be removed from the custody and control of the commission or committee. (iii) A person who, either in person or by mail, requests to obtain a copy of a material safety data sheet submitted under this chapter by a facility owner or operator shall submit a separate application for each facility for which a material safety data sheet is being requested. (iv) A person who requests to receive by mail a copy of information submitted under this chapter by a facility owner or operator shall submit a separate application for each facility for which information is being requested and shall specify both the facility for which information is being requested and the particular types of documents requested. (v) Only employees of the commission or committee shall copy information in the files of the commission or committee. (vi) The commission or committee may require any person who requests to review or obtain a copy of information in its files to schedule an appointment for that purpose with the information coordinator of the commission or committee at least twenty-four hours before arriving at the office of the commission or committee for the review or copy. (vii) Any person who seeks access to information in the files of the commission or a local emergency planning committee shall submit a written application, either in person or by mail, to the information coordinator on a form provided by the commission or committee. The person also shall provide the person's name and current mailing address on the application and may be requested by the commission or committee to provide basic demographic information on the form to assist in the evaluation of the information access provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under it. Application forms may be obtained by mail or in person or by request by telephone at the office of the commission or committee during regular business hours. Upon receipt of a request for an application by telephone or mail, the information coordinator shall promptly mail an application to the person who requested it. (viii) The application form shall provide the applicant with a means of indicating that the applicant's name and address are to be kept confidential. If the applicant so indicates, that information is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be disclosed to any person who is not a member or employee of the commission or committee or an employee of the environmental protection agency. When a name and address are to be kept confidential, they also shall be deleted from the copy of the application required to be placed in the file of the facility under division (B)(2)(c)(xii) of this section and shall be withheld from any log of information requests kept by the commission or committee pursuant to that division. (ix) Neither the commission nor a local emergency planning committee shall charge any fee for access to review information in its files when no copies or computer searches of that information are requested. (x) An applicant shall be informed of the cost of copying, mailing, or conducting a computer search of information on file with the commission or committee before such a copy or search is made, and the commission or committee shall collect the appropriate fees as established under section 3750.13 of the Revised Code. Each applicant shall acknowledge on the application form that the applicant is aware that the applicant will be charged for copies and computer searches of that information the applicant requests and for the costs of mailing copies of the information to the applicant. (xi) The commission or committee may require a person requesting copies of information on file with it to take delivery of them in the office of the commission or committee whenever it considers the volume of the information to be large enough to make mailing or delivery by a parcel or package delivery service impractical. (xii) When the commission or committee receives a request for access to review or obtain copies of information in its files, it shall not routinely notify the owner or operator of the facility involved, but instead shall either keep a log or file of requests for the information or shall place a copy of each completed application form in the file for the facility to which the application pertains. Such a log or file shall be available for review by the public and by the owners and operators of facilities required to submit information to the commission or committee under this chapter and rules adopted under it. (d) Require that claims for the protection, as a trade secret, of information obtained under this chapter regarding extremely hazardous substances identified or listed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a) of this section and hazardous chemicals identified or listed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(b) of this section be submitted to the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency for determination under section 322 of the the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1747, 42 U.S.C.A. 11042, and regulations adopted under that section; (e) Establish criteria and procedures for the issuance of variances under divisions (B) and (C) of section 3750.11 of the Revised Code. The rules shall require that, before approval of an application for a variance, the commission or committee find by a preponderance of the scientific evidence based upon generally accepted scientific principles or laboratory tests that the extremely hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, or hazardous substances that would be subject to the reporting requirement pose a substantial risk of catastrophic injury to public health or safety or to the environment, or pose an extraordinary risk of injury to emergency management personnel responding to a release of the chemicals or substances, when the substances or chemicals are present at a facility in an amount equal to or exceeding the quantity for which reporting would be required under the reporting requirement for which the variance is sought. The rules shall also require that before approval of an application for a variance, the commission or committee find by a preponderance of the evidence that the development and implementation of a local emergency response plan for releases of the substances or chemicals covered by the reporting requirement will reduce the risk of catastrophic injury to public health or safety or to the environment, or will reduce the extraordinary risk of injury to responding emergency management personnel, in the event of a release of the substances or chemicals and find by a preponderance of the evidence that the reporting requirement is necessary for the development of such a local emergency response plan. The rules shall require that when determining whether the substances or chemicals that would be subject to the reporting requirement pose a substantial risk of catastrophic injury to public health or safety or to the environment, or pose an extraordinary risk of injury to emergency management personnel responding to a release of the substance or chemical, the commission or committee consider all of the following factors: (i) The specific characteristics and degree and nature of the hazards posed by a release of the extremely hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, or hazardous substances; (ii) The proximity of the facilities that would be subject to the reporting requirement to residential areas, to areas where significantly large numbers of people are employed or otherwise congregate, and to environmental resources that are subject to injury; (iii) The quantities of the extremely hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, or hazardous substances that are routinely present at facilities that would be subject to the reporting requirement; (iv) The frequency with which the extremely hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, or hazardous substances are present at the facilities that would be subject to the reporting requirement in quantities for which reporting would be required thereunder. (f) Establish criteria and procedures for the issuance of orders under division (D) of section 3750.11 of the Revised Code requiring the placement of emergency response lock box units. The rules shall require that before approval of an application for issuance of such an order, the commission or committee find by a preponderance of the scientific evidence based upon generally accepted scientific principles or laboratory tests that the presence of the extremely hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, or hazardous substances in the quantities in which they are routinely or intermittently present at the facility for which the order is sought pose a substantial risk of catastrophic injury to public health or safety or to the environment, or pose an extraordinary risk of injury to responding emergency management personnel, in the event of a release of any of those substances or chemicals from the facility. The rules shall require that before approval of an application for issuance of such an order, the commission or committee also find by a preponderance of the evidence that the placement of an emergency response lock box unit at the facility is necessary to protect against the substantial risk of catastrophic injury to public health or safety or the environment, or to protect against an extraordinary risk of injury to responding emergency management personnel, in the event of a release of any of the extremely hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, or hazardous substances routinely or intermittently present at the facility. The rules shall require that when determining whether the extremely hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, or hazardous substances present at the facility pose a substantial risk of catastrophic injury to public health or safety or to the environment, or pose an extraordinary risk of injury to responding emergency management personnel, in the event of a release of any of those substances or chemicals from the facility, the commission or committee consider all of the following factors: (i) The specific characteristics and the degree and nature of the hazards posed by a release of the extremely hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, or hazardous substances present at the facility; (ii) The proximity of the facility to residential areas, to areas where significantly large numbers of people are employed or otherwise congregate, and to environmental resources that are subject to injury; (iii) The quantities of the extremely hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, or hazardous substances that are routinely present at the facility; (iv) The frequency with which the extremely hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, or hazardous substances are present at the facility. (g) Establish procedures to be followed by the commission and the executive committee of the commission for the issuance of orders under this chapter. (3) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code adopt rules establishing reportable quantities for releases of oil that are consistent with and equivalent in scope, content, and coverage to section 311 of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972," 86 Stat. 862, 33 U.S.C.A. 1321, as amended, and applicable regulations adopted under it; (4) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing criteria and procedures for identifying or listing extremely hazardous substances in addition to those identified or listed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a) of this section and for establishing threshold planning quantities and reportable quantities for the added extremely hazardous substances; for identifying or listing hazardous chemicals in addition to those identified or listed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(b) of this section and for establishing threshold quantities and categories of health and physical hazards for the added hazardous chemicals; and for identifying or listing hazardous substances in addition to those identified or listed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(c) of this section and for establishing reportable quantities for the added hazardous substances. The criteria for identifying or listing additional extremely hazardous substances and establishing threshold planning quantities and reportable quantities therefor and for identifying or listing additional hazardous chemicals and establishing threshold quantities and categories of health and physical hazards for the added hazardous chemicals shall be consistent with and equivalent to applicable criteria therefor under the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1729, 42 U.S.C.A. 11001, and regulations adopted under it. The criteria for identifying additional hazardous substances and for establishing reportable quantities of the added hazardous substances shall be consistent with and equivalent to the applicable criteria for identifying or listing hazardous substances and establishing reportable quantities therefor under the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2779, 42 U.S.C.A. 9602, as amended, and regulations adopted under it. The rules shall require that, before identifying or listing any such additional extremely hazardous substance, hazardous chemical, or hazardous substance and establishing a threshold planning quantity, threshold quantity, or reportable quantity therefor, the commission find by a preponderance of the scientific evidence based on generally accepted scientific principles or laboratory tests that the substance or chemical poses a substantial risk of catastrophic injury to public health or safety or to the environment, or poses an extraordinary risk of injury to emergency management personnel responding to a release of the chemical or substance, when the chemical or substance is present at a facility in an amount equal to the proposed threshold planning quantity or threshold quantity or, in the instance of a proposed additional extremely hazardous substance or hazardous substance, poses a substantial risk of catastrophic injury to public health or safety or to the environment if a release of the proposed reportable quantity of the substance occurs. The rules shall further require that, before so identifying or listing a substance or chemical, the commission find by a preponderance of the evidence that the development and implementation of state or local emergency response plans for releases of the substance or chemical will reduce the risk of a catastrophic injury to public health or safety or to the environment, or will reduce the extraordinary risk of injury to responding emergency response personnel, in the event of a release of the substance or chemical and find by a preponderance of the evidence that the identification or listing of the substance or chemical is necessary for the development of state or local emergency response plans for releases of the substance or chemical. The rules shall require that the commission consider the toxicity of the substance or chemical in terms of both the short-term and long-term health effects resulting from exposure to it and its reactivity, volatility, dispersibility, combustibility, and flammability when determining the risks posed by a release of the substance or chemical and, as appropriate, when establishing a threshold planning quantity, threshold quantity, reportable quantity, or category of health or physical hazard for it. (5) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing criteria and procedures for receiving and deciding claims for protection of information as a trade secret that are applicable only to extremely hazardous substances and hazardous chemicals identified or listed in rules adopted under division (C)(5) of this section. The rules shall be equivalent in scope, content, and coverage to section 322 of the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1747, 42 U.S.C.A. 11042, and regulations adopted under it. (6)(a) After consultation with the fire marshal, adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards for the construction, placement, and use of emergency response lock box units at facilities that are subject to this chapter. The rules shall establish all of the following: (i) Specific standards of construction for lock box units; (ii) The specific types of information that shall be placed in the lock box units required to be placed at a facility by an order issued under division (D) of section 3750.11 of the Revised Code, which shall include the location of on-site emergency fire-fighting and spill cleanup equipment; a diagram of the public and private water supply and sewage systems serving the facility that are known to the owner or operator of the facility; a copy of the emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form for the facility most recently required to be submitted under section 3750.08 of the Revised Code from which the owner or operator may withhold information claimed or determined to be trade secret information pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(2)(d) of this section, or pursuant to division (B)(14) of this section and rules adopted under division (B)(5) of this section, and confidential business information identified in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(h) of this section; a copy of the local fire department's and facility's emergency management plans for the facility, if any; a current list of the names, positions, addresses, and telephone numbers of all key facility personnel knowledgeable in facility safety procedures and the locations at the facility where extremely hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, and hazardous substances are produced, used, or stored. The rules shall stipulate that, in the instance of lock box units placed voluntarily at facilities by the owners or operators of the facilities, such information shall be maintained in them as is prescribed by agreement by the owner or operator and the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility. (iii) The conditions that shall be met in order to provide safe and expedient access to a lock box unit during a release or threatened release of an extremely hazardous substance, hazardous chemical, or hazardous substance. (b) Unless the owner or operator of a facility is issued an order under division (D) of section 3750.11 of the Revised Code requiring the owner or operator to place a lock box unit at the facility, the owner or operator may place a lock box unit at the facility at the owner's or operator's discretion. If the owner or operator chooses to place a lock box unit at the facility, the responsibility to deposit information in the lock box unit is in addition to any other obligations established in this chapter. (c) Any costs associated with the purchase, construction, or placement of a lock box unit shall be paid by the owner or operator of the facility. (7) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules governing the application for and awarding of grants under division (C) of section 3750.14 and division (B) of section 3750.15 of the Revised Code; (8) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing reasonable maximum fees that may be charged by the commission and local emergency planning committees for copying information in the commission's or committee's files to fulfill requests from the public for that information; (9) Adopt internal management rules governing the operations of the commission. The internal management rules shall establish an executive committee of the commission consisting of the director of environmental protection or the director's designee, the director of public safety or the director's designee, the attorney general or the attorney general's designee, one of the appointed members of the commission representing industries subject to this chapter to be appointed by the commission, one of the appointed members of the commission representing the interests of environmental advocacy organizations to be appointed by the commission, and one other appointed member or member ex officio of the commission to be appointed by the commission. The executive committee has exclusive authority to issue enforcement orders under section 3750.18 of the Revised Code and to request the attorney general to bring a civil action, civil penalty action, or criminal action under section 3750.20 of the Revised Code in the name of the commission regarding violations of this chapter, rules adopted under it, or orders issued under it. The internal management rules may set forth the other specific powers and duties of the commission that the executive committee may exercise and carry out and the conditions under which the executive committee may do so. The internal management rules shall not authorize the executive committee to issue variances under division (B) or (C) of section 3750.11 of the Revised Code or orders under division (D) of that section. (10) Oversee and coordinate the implementation and enforcement of this chapter and make such recommendations to the director of environmental protection and the director of public safety as it considers necessary or appropriate to improve the implementation and enforcement of this chapter; (11) Make allocations of moneys under division (B) of section 3750.14 of the Revised Code and make grants under division (C) of section 3750.14 and division (B) of section 3750.15 of the Revised Code; (12) Designate an officer of the environmental protection agency to serve as the commission's information coordinator under this chapter; (13) Not later than December 14, 1989, develop and distribute a state emergency response plan that defines the emergency response roles and responsibilities of the state agencies that are represented on the commission and that provides appropriate coordination with the national contingency plan and the regional contingency plan required by section 105 of the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2767, 42 U.S.C.A. 9601, as amended. The plan shall ensure a well-coordinated response by state agencies that may be involved in assisting local emergency responders during a major release of oil or a major sudden and accidental release of a hazardous substance or extremely hazardous substance. The plan may incorporate existing state emergency response plans by reference. At least annually, the commission and the state agencies that are represented on it shall jointly exercise the state plan in conjunction with the exercise of a local emergency response plan by a local emergency planning committee under section 3750.04 of the Revised Code. After any such exercise, the commission shall review the state plan and make such revisions in it as the commission considers necessary or appropriate. (14) Receive and decide claims for the protection of information as a trade secret that pertain only to extremely hazardous substances and hazardous chemicals identified or listed by rules adopted under division (C)(5) of this section. If the commission determines that the claim meets the criteria established in rules adopted under division (B)(5) of this section, it shall issue an order to that effect in accordance with section 3750.18 of the Revised Code. If the commission determines that the claim does not meet the criteria established in those rules, it shall issue an order to that effect in accordance with section 3750.18 of the Revised Code. (15) Annually compile, make available to the public, and submit to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a summary report on the number of facilities estimated to be subject to regulation under sections 3750.05 , 3750.07 , and 3750.08 of the Revised Code, the number of facilities reporting to the commission, an estimate of the percentage of facilities in compliance with those sections, and recommendations regarding the types of activities the commission considers necessary to improve such compliance. The commission shall base its estimate of the number of facilities that are subject to regulation under those sections on the current estimates provided by the local emergency planning committees under division (D)(6) of section 3750.03 of the Revised Code. (C) The commission may: (1) Procure by contract the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants when those services are to be performed on a part-time or fee-for-service basis and do not involve the performance of administrative duties; (2) Enter into contracts or agreements with political subdivisions or emergency planning districts for the purposes of this chapter; (3) Accept on behalf of the state any gift, grant, or contribution from any governmental or private source for the purposes of this chapter; (4) Enter into contracts, agreements, or memoranda of understanding with any state department, agency, board, commission, or institution to obtain the services of personnel thereof or utilize resources thereof for the purposes of this chapter. Employees of a state department, agency, board, commission, or institution providing services to the commission under any such contract, agreement, or memorandum shall perform only those functions and provide only the services provided for in the contract, agreement, or memorandum. (5) Identify or list extremely hazardous substances in addition to those identified or listed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a) of this section and establish threshold planning quantities and reportable quantities for the additional extremely hazardous substances, identify or list hazardous chemicals in addition to those identified or listed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(b) of this section and establish threshold quantities and categories or health and physical hazards for the added chemicals, and identify or list hazardous substances in addition to those identified or listed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(c) of this section and establish reportable quantities for the added hazardous substances. The commission may establish threshold planning quantities for the additional extremely hazardous substances based upon classes of those substances or categories of facilities at which they are present and may establish threshold quantities for the additional hazardous chemicals based upon classes of those chemicals or categories of facilities where they are present. The commission shall identify or list such additional substances or chemicals and establish threshold planning quantities, threshold quantities, reportable quantities, and hazard categories therefor in accordance with the criteria and procedures established in rules adopted under division (B)(4) of this section and, after compliance with those criteria and procedures, by the adoption of rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The commission shall not adopt rules under division (C)(5) of this section modifying any threshold planning quantity established in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(a) of this section, any threshold quantity established in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(b) of this section, or any reportable quantity established in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(c) of this section. If, after the commission has adopted rules under division (C)(5) of this section identifying or listing an extremely hazardous substance, hazardous chemical, or hazardous substance, the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency identifies or lists the substance or chemical as an extremely hazardous substance or hazardous chemical under the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1729, 42 U.S.C.A. 11001, or identifies or lists a substance as a hazardous substance under the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2779, 42 U.S.C.A. 9602, as amended, the commission shall rescind its rules adopted under division (C)(5) of this section pertaining to the substance or chemical and adopt the appropriate rules under division (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section. (6) From time to time, request the director of environmental protection and the executive director of the emergency management agency to review implementation, administration, and enforcement of the chemical emergency response planning and reporting programs created by this chapter and rules adopted under it regarding their effectiveness in preparing for response to releases of extremely hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, and hazardous substances. After completion of any such review, the director of environmental protection and the director of public safety shall report their findings to the commission. Upon receipt of their findings, the commission may make such recommendations for legislative and administrative action as the commission finds necessary or appropriate to promote achievement of the purposes of this chapter. (D) Except as provided in section 3750.06 of the Revised Code, nothing in this chapter applies to the transportation, including the storage incident to transportation, of any substance or chemical subject to the requirements of this chapter, including the transportation and distribution of natural gas. (E) This chapter authorizes the state, through the emergency response commission, the department of public safety, and the environmental protection agency, to establish and maintain chemical emergency response planning and preparedness, community right-to-know, and hazardous substance and extremely hazardous substance release reporting programs that are consistent with and equivalent in scope, coverage, and content to the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1729, 42 U.S.C.A. 11001, and regulations adopted under it, except as otherwise specifically required or authorized in this chapter. The commission, department, and agencies may do all things necessary, incidental, or appropriate to implement, administer, and enforce this chapter and to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the state emergency response commission under that act and regulations adopted under it and under this chapter. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.64
§ 3734.64. Sale of mercury-added novelty for promotional purposes
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 443 - 126th General Assembly Beginning six months after the effective date of this section, no person shall offer a mercury-added novelty for sale or distribute such a novelty for promotional purposes in this state unless the only mercury in the mercury-added novelty is a removable button cell battery. Beginning January 1, 2011, no person shall offer any mercury-added novelty for sale or distribute any mercury-added novelty for promotional purposes in this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.037 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.037
§ 3704.037. Tiered permitting system for air contaminant sources - petition for exemption
Status: in_force

October 29, 1993 Senate Bill 153 - 120th General Assembly (A) The director of environmental protection shall formulate and implement a tiered permitting system for air contaminant sources that categorizes, prioritizes, and expedites review of, and final action on, applications for installation permits and operating permits issued pursuant to divisions (F) and (G) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, respectively. The tiered permitting system shall include at least exemptions, registration status, permits-by-rule, and general permits. The director may issue general permits to install and permits to operate, and permits-by-rule, containing terms and conditions that apply to types of air contaminant sources specified by the director that have sufficiently similar characteristics to warrant substantially identical installation permits and operating permits. (B) Any person may petition the director to exempt a certain source category from obtaining an installation permit or operating permit pursuant to division (F) or (G) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, respectively, or both. The petition shall contain all of the technical support necessary to justify the exemption, including the estimated emissions levels, the impact on air quality including the impact of any hazardous or toxic emission, and the effect that granting the exemption would have on ambient air quality standards. Sources regulated by the United States environmental protection agency under the new source performance standards or the hazardous air pollutant standards established pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act are not eligible for exemption through petition. Not later than one hundred eighty days after receiving a petition, the director shall notify the petitioner in writing if the petition has been accepted or rejected and, if rejected, the basis of the rejection. At least once every two years, the director shall propose rules containing the exemptions that have been accepted through the petition process.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.031
§ 3721.031. Investigation of complaint concerning home - disclosure of information
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The director of health may investigate any complaint the director receives concerning a home. (1) Except as required by court order, as necessary for the administration or enforcement of any statute relating to homes, or as provided in division (C) of this section, the director and any employee of the department of health shall not release any of the following information without the permission of the individual or of the individual's legal representative: (a) The identity of any patient or resident; (b) The identity of any individual who submits a complaint about a home; (c) The identity of any individual who provides the director with information about a home and has requested confidentiality; (d) Any information that reasonably would tend to disclose the identity of any individual described in division (A)(1)(a) to (c) of this section. (2) An agency or individual to whom the director is required, by court order or for the administration or enforcement of a statute relating to homes, to release information described in division (A)(1) of this section shall not release the information without the permission of the individual who would be or would reasonably tend to be identified, or of the individual's legal representative, unless the agency or individual is required to release it by division (C) of this section, by court order, or for the administration or enforcement of a statute relating to homes. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, any record that identifies an individual described in division (A)(1)(a) to (c) of this section or that reasonably would tend to identify such an individual is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code, and is not subject to inspection and copying under section 1347.08 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) If the director, or an agency or individual to whom the director is required by court order or for administration or enforcement of a statute relating to homes to release information described in division (A)(1) of this section, uses information in any administrative or judicial proceeding against a home that reasonably would tend to identify an individual described in division (A)(1)(a) to (c) of this section, the director, agency, or individual shall disclose that information to the home. However, the director, agency, or individual shall not disclose information that directly identifies an individual described in divisions (A)(1)(a) to (c) of this section, unless the individual is to testify in the proceedings. (2)(a) On the request of the director of aging or the director's designee and subject to division (C)(2)(b) of this section, the director of health may release to the department of aging the identity of a patient or resident of a home who receives assisted living services pursuant to sections 173.54 to 173.548 of the Revised Code. (b) The department of aging shall not use information obtained under division (C)(2)(a) for any purpose other than monitoring the well-being of patients or residents who receive assisted living services. (D) No person shall knowingly register a false complaint about a home with the director, or knowingly swear or affirm the truth of a false complaint, when the complaint is made for the purpose of incriminating another. (E) An individual who in good faith submits a complaint under this section or any other provision of the Revised Code regarding a violation of this chapter, or participates in any investigation, administrative proceeding, or judicial proceeding resulting from the complaint, has the full protection against retaliatory action provided by sections 4113.51 to 4113.53 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.73
§ 3745.73. Report on operation and impact of SB 138
Status: in_force

September 30, 1998 Senate Bill 219 - 122nd General Assembly Not later than March 31, 2002, the director of environmental protection, in consultation with the attorney general, appropriate federal, state, and local agencies, and appropriate statewide organizations, shall submit to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a report on the operation and impacts of Substitute Senate Bill No. 138 of the 121st general assembly, including the impact on environmental compliance and protection. The attorney general and each state agency that has received a disclosure under section 3745.72 of the Revised Code shall cooperate with the director in preparing the report required by this section and shall submit information relevant to the report to the director not later than January 31, 2002.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.92
§ 3702.92. Dentist loan repayment advisory board
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created the dentist loan repayment advisory board. The board shall consist of the following members: (A) A representative of the department of higher education designated by the chancellor; (B) The director of health or an employee of the department of health designated by the director; (C) Four representatives of the dental profession, appointed by the governor from persons nominated by the Ohio dental association. Terms of office of the members appointed under division (C) of this section shall be two years, with each term commencing on the twenty-eighth day of February and ending on the twenty-seventh day of February of the second year after appointment. The governor shall make each of the governor's appointments not later than the twenty-seventh day of February of the year in which the term of the member being appointed is to commence. 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. A majority 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 3:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3742.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3742 / § 3742.99
§ 3742.99. Violator subject to criminal action
Status: in_force

April 7, 2003 House Bill 248 - 124th General Assembly (A) At the request of the director of health or a board of health, a prosecuting attorney, city director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer may commence a criminal action against any person who violates any provision of section 3742.02 , 3742.06 , or 3742.07 of the Revised Code, any rule adopted under this chapter that is directly related to any of the provisions of those sections, or any order issued pursuant to this chapter that is directly related to any of the provisions of those sections. (B) Upon conviction, the person is subject to: (1) A fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, for a first offense; (2) A fine of at least one thousand but not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment for at least six months but not more than three years, or both, for a second or subsequent offense. Each day of violation is a separate offense. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3796.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3796 / § 3796.32
§ 3796.32. Advertisement and marketing
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly (A) The division of cannabis control may adopt rules regulating the advertisement of adult-use marijuana and medical marijuana to prevent advertisements that are false, misleading, targeted to minors, attractive to minors, promote excessive use, promote illegal activity, are obscene or indecent, contain depictions of marijuana use, or promote marijuana as an intoxicant. (B) Any rules the division adopts regulating the advertisement of adult-use marijuana shall be at least as stringent as the most stringent federal or state laws or rules governing the advertisement of tobacco or alcohol. (C) The division may, at any time, conduct an audit of an applicant's or license holder's published advertisements to ensure that the applicant or license holder complies with this chapter and associated rules. (D) Adult-use marijuana or medical marijuana shall not be packaged, advertised, or otherwise marketed using any graphic, picture, or drawing that bears any resemblance to a cartoon character, or any fictional character or popular culture figure whose target audience is children or youth. (E) No person shall place or maintain, or caused to be placed or maintained, an advertisement that asserts or suggests that adult-use marijuana has any health or therapeutic benefits. (F)(1) Subject to division (F)(2) of this section, no person shall place or maintain, or cause to be placed or maintained, an advertisement for medical or adult-use marijuana within five hundred feet of the boundaries of a parcel of real estate having situated on it a school, church, public library, public playground, or public park. (2) Division (F)(1) of this section does not apply to signage on the facility of a license holder. (G)(1) No person shall advertise medical or adult-use marijuana using names, logos, signs, or materials that have not been submitted to, and approved by, the division in accordance with rules adopted under this section. (2) The division shall either approve or deny such names, logos, signs, or materials within twenty-one business days after receiving the submission. (3) If the division does not deny a submission within twenty-one business days, the submitted names, logos, signs, or materials shall be considered approved. (H) If the division determines that a person has violated this section or any rule adopted in accordance with this section, the division may require the person to stop using the advertisement or proceed with any enforcement action it deems necessary or proper, as outlined in this chapter and associated rules. Last updated February 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.98 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.98
§ 3701.98. Standards, policies and procedures
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Not later than July 1, 2014, the director of health shall establish both of the following by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code: (A) A standardized process by which all general and city health districts shall collect and report to the director information regarding public health quality indicators. (B) A policy and procedures for the sharing of health data reported under this section with payers, providers, general and city health districts, and public health professionals. The rules shall identify the public health quality indicators that are to be a priority for general and city health districts and the information to be collected and reported regarding those indicators. The director of health shall work in conjunction with the association of county health commissioners in identifying the public health quality indicators.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.28
§ 3719.28. Rules for administration and enforcement
Status: in_force

July 1, 1976 House Bill 300 - 111th General Assembly (A) The state board of pharmacy, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules for administration and enforcement of Chapter 3719. of the Revised Code and prescribing the manner of keeping and the form and content of records to be kept by persons authorized to manufacture, distribute, dispense, conduct research in, prescribe, administer, or otherwise deal with controlled substances. Such rules shall be designed to: (1) Facilitate surveillance of traffic in drugs, to prevent the improper acquisition or use of controlled substances or their diversion into illicit channels; (2) Aid the state board of pharmacy and state, local, and federal law enforcement officers in enforcing the laws of this state and the federal government dealing with drug abuse and control of drug traffic. (B) Rules adopted pursuant to this section shall not provide any less stringent requirements with respect to records than the requirements of the federal drug abuse control laws and regulations adopted thereunder. To the extent that records kept under the federal drug abuse control laws and regulations adopted thereunder fulfill requirements for similar records under rules adopted pursuant to this section, compliance with the federal law and regulations shall constitute compliance with the law and rules of this state with respect to such records.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.22
§ 3721.22. Reporting abuse or neglect of resident or misappropriation of property
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) No person identified in division (P)(1) to (12), (14), or (15) of section 3721.21 of the Revised Code who knows or suspects that a resident has been abused, neglected, or exploited, or that a resident's property has been misappropriated, by any individual used by a long-term care facility or residential care facility to provide services to residents, shall fail to report that knowledge or suspicion to the facility. (2) No nursing home administrator licensed or temporarily licensed under Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code, and no administrator of a residential care facility, who knows or suspects that a resident has been abused, neglected, or exploited, or that a resident's property has been misappropriated, by any individual used by a long-term care facility or residential care facility to provide services to residents, shall fail to report that knowledge or suspicion to the director of health. (B) Any person, including a resident, who knows or suspects that a resident has been abused, neglected, or exploited, or that a resident's property has been misappropriated, by any individual used by a long-term care facility or residential care facility to provide services to residents, may report that knowledge or suspicion to the director of health. (C) Any person who in good faith reports suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, or misappropriation to a facility or the director of health, provides information during an investigation of suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, or misappropriation conducted by the director, or participates in a hearing conducted under section 3721.23 of the Revised Code is not subject to criminal prosecution, liable in damages in a tort or other civil action, or subject to professional disciplinary action because of injury or loss to person or property allegedly arising from the making of the report, provision of information, or participation in the hearing. (D) If the director has reason to believe that a violation of division (A) of this section has occurred, the director may report the suspected violation to the appropriate professional licensing authority and to the attorney general, county prosecutor, or other appropriate law enforcement official. (E) No person shall knowingly make a false allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a resident or misappropriation of a resident's property, or knowingly swear or affirm the truth of a false allegation, when the allegation is made for the purpose of incriminating another.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.138 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.138
§ 3701.138. Influenza information for older adults
Status: in_force

March 21, 2017 Senate Bill 311 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "older adult" means an individual who is sixty years of age or older. (B) The department of health shall prepare an influenza vaccine information sheet that pertains to older adults. The information sheet shall contain all of the following: (1) A description of influenza, including its causes, symptoms, and methods of transmission; (2) A discussion of the health risks that influenza poses to older adults; (3) A discussion of the influenza vaccine, including its availability, the methods of administration, and its effectiveness in preventing influenza and lessening symptoms and complications of influenza; (4) A recommendation that each older adult consult with a health care professional to determine whether annual vaccination against influenza is appropriate for the older adult. (C) The information sheet may contain any other information regarding influenza and the influenza vaccine that the department considers necessary, including the following: (1) The rates of influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths among older adults; (2) The benefits to older adults from annual vaccination against influenza, especially to those living in close proximity to other older adults; (3) The entities, facilities, or health care professionals providing influenza vaccinations to older adults. (D) The department shall periodically review and update the information sheet. The department shall make the information sheet available on its internet web site in a format suitable for printing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3776.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3776 / § 3776.08
§ 3776.08. [Former R.C. 4736.12, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3776.08 by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] Fees
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of health shall charge the following fees: (1) To apply as an environmental health specialist in training, fifty dollars; (2) For an environmental health specialist in training to apply for registration as an environmental health specialist, fifty dollars. (3) For persons other than environmental health specialists in training to apply for registration as environmental health specialists, one hundred dollars. (4) The renewal fee for a registered environmental health specialist is seventy-five dollars. (5) The renewal fee for a registered environmental health specialist in training is thirty-five dollars. (6) For late application for renewal, an additional seventy-five dollars. The director, with the approval of the controlling board, may establish fees in excess of the amounts provided in this section, provided that such fees do not exceed the amounts permitted by this section by more than fifty per cent. (B) The director shall charge a fee for the examination required by section 3776.06 of the Revised Code, provided that the fee is not in excess of the actual cost to the department of health of conducting the examinations. (C) The director may adopt rules establishing fees for all of the following: (1) Application for the registration of a training agency approved under rules adopted by the director pursuant to section 3776.07 of the Revised Code and for the annual registration renewal of an approved training agency; (2) Application for the review of continuing education hours submitted for the director's approval by approved training agencies or by registered environmental health specialists or environmental health specialists in training; (3) Additional copies of pocket identification cards and wall certificates. (D) Any fee collected under this section shall be deposited into the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. The director shall use the money collected from such fees for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it. Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3723.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3723 / § 3723.16
§ 3723.16. Prosecutions
Status: in_force

July 24, 1990 House Bill 279 - 118th General Assembly At the request of the director of health, an individual or business entity that is violating or has violated any requirement of this chapter or the rules adopted under it may be prosecuted by the attorney general or by the prosecuting attorney, city director of law, village solicitor, or similar prosecuting authority of the political subdivision in which the violation occurred or is occurring.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3742.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3742 / § 3742.14
§ 3742.14. Employing inspector, assessor, or clearance technician
Status: in_force

April 7, 2003 House Bill 248 - 124th General Assembly Any property owner or manager, at any time, may employ a lead inspector to conduct a lead inspection; a lead risk assessor to conduct a lead risk assessment; or a clearance technician, lead inspector, or lead risk assessor to conduct a clearance examination of the property, and may provide a copy of the report based on that inspection, assessment, or examination to the director of health. The director shall include the information in the record of the property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3741.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3741 / § 3741.12
§ 3741.12. Enforcement
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly The director of agriculture shall enforce sections 3741.08 to 3741.10 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.46
§ 3737.46. Actions against violators
Status: in_force

September 20, 1999 House Bill 187 - 123rd General Assembly Upon the request of the fire marshal, the fire marshal's authorized representative, or a certified fire safety inspector, the attorney general, the legal officer of any county or municipal corporation, or the law director of a township that has adopted a limited home rule government under Chapter 504. of the Revised Code shall bring an action for an injunction, temporary or permanent, or any other appropriate proceedings against any person violating or threatening to violate any provision of the state fire code or any order issued pursuant thereto in the court of common pleas in the county where the violation is occurring or is threatened to occur. This section does not expand, and shall not be construed as expanding, the authority of the fire marshal, the fire marshal's authorized representative, or a certified fire safety inspector to enforce any requirements that are adopted pursuant to Chapter 3781. or 3791. of the Revised Code or any rules adopted pursuant to section 3781.10 or 3781.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.01
§ 3709.01. Health districts
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 Senate Bill 229 - 132nd General Assembly The state shall be divided into health districts. Each city constitutes a city health district. The townships and villages in each county shall be combined into a general health district. As provided for in sections 3709.051 , 3709.07 , and 3709.10 of the Revised Code, there may be a union of two or more general health districts, a union of two or more city health districts to form a single city health district, or a union of a general health district and one or more city health districts located within or partially within such general health district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3714.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3714 / § 3714.11
§ 3714.11. Injunctive relief
Status: in_force

December 22, 2005 House Bill 397 - 126th General Assembly (A) The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law where a violation has occurred, is occurring, or may occur, upon the request of the respective board of health of the health district, the legislative authority of the political subdivision in which a violation has occurred, is occurring, or may occur, or the director of environmental protection, shall prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person who has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate any section of this chapter, applicable rules adopted under it, or terms or conditions of a permit, license, or order issued under it. The court of common pleas in which an action for injunction is filed has the jurisdiction to and shall grant preliminary and permanent injunctive relief upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate any section of this chapter, applicable rules adopted under it, or terms or conditions of a permit, license, or order issued under it. The court shall give precedence to such an action over all other cases. (B) If the board of health of the health district in which a violation has occurred or is occurring or the director determines that any person has violated or is violating this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or a term or condition of a permit, license, or order issued under it, the board or the director may request in writing that the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law where the violation has occurred or is occurring bring an action for civil penalties in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such an action shall have precedence over all other cases. The court may impose upon the person a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each day of each violation of this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or a term or condition of a permit, license, or order issued under it. Moneys resulting from civil penalties imposed by an action brought at the request of the board of health shall be credited to the special fund of the health district created in section 3714.07 of the Revised Code. Moneys resulting from civil penalties imposed by an action brought at the request of the director shall be credited to the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code. Any action under this division is a civil action, governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure. (C) The director and board of health, within their respective territorial jurisdictions, may, upon their own initiative, investigate or make inquiries regarding the disposal of construction and demolition debris. (D) This chapter does not abridge rights of action or remedies in equity, under common law, or as provided by statute or prevent the state or any municipal corporation or person in the exercise of their rights in equity, under common law, or as provided by statute to suppress nuisances or to abate or prevent pollution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.75
§ 3743.75. Moratorium on licenses
Status: in_force

November 4, 2021 House Bill 172 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, during the period beginning on June 29, 2001, and ending on December 31, 2022, the state fire marshal shall not do any of the following: (1) Issue a license as a manufacturer of fireworks under sections 3743.02 and 3743.03 of the Revised Code to a person for a particular fireworks plant unless that person possessed such a license for that fireworks plant immediately prior to June 29, 2001, or pursuant to a transfer authorized under division (D) of this section; (2) Issue a license as a wholesaler of fireworks under sections 3743.15 and 3743.16 of the Revised Code to a person for a particular location unless that person possessed such a license for that location immediately prior to June 29, 2001, or pursuant to a transfer authorized under division (D) of this section; (3) Approve the geographic transfer of a license as a manufacturer or wholesaler of fireworks issued under this chapter to any location other than a location for which a license was issued under this chapter immediately prior to June 29, 2001. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to either of the following: (1) An ownership transfer that the state fire marshal approves under division (D) of section 3743.04 or division (D) of section 3743.17 of the Revised Code that is consistent with division (F) of this section; (2) A geographic transfer that the state fire marshal approves under division (D) of this section. (C) Notwithstanding section 3743.59 of the Revised Code, the prohibited activities established in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section, geographic transfers approved pursuant to division (D) of this section, and nonconstruction-related matters at storage locations allowed pursuant to division (I) of section 3743.04 of the Revised Code or division (F) of section 3743.17 of the Revised Code are not subject to any variance, waiver, or exclusion. (D)(1) A licensed manufacturer of fireworks or a licensed wholesaler of fireworks may apply, on or after June 30, 2021, to geographically relocate the license to any location in the state if the license is in good standing, as defined in division (D)(6) of this section. (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the state fire marshal shall approve the transfer if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The identity of the holder of the license remains the same in the new location. (b) The former licensed premises associated with the transferred license is closed prior to the opening of the new location and no fireworks business of any kind is conducted at the former licensed premises associated with the transferred license after the transfer of the license unless a separate fireworks manufacturer or wholesaler license is or has been issued for such location. (c) The new location has received a local certificate of zoning compliance and all structures on the new licensed location receive a valid certificate of occupancy, and are otherwise in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including the building code and fire code and this chapter. (d) Every building or structure at the new location is separated from occupied residential and nonresidential buildings or structures, railroads, highways, or any other buildings or structures located on the licensed premises in accordance with the distances specified in the rules adopted by the state fire marshal pursuant to sections 3743.05 and 3743.18 of the Revised Code. If the licensee fails to comply with the requirements of division (D)(2)(d) of this section by the licensee's own act, the license at the new location is forfeited. (e) Neither the licensee nor any person holding, owning, or controlling a five per cent or greater beneficial or equity interest in the licensee has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony under the laws of this state, any other state, or the United States after June 30, 1997. (f) The subject license is in active status and does not have any pending proceedings or final orders of revocation or denial under section 3743.08 or 3743.21 of the Revised Code. (g) The state fire marshal approves the request for the transfer. (h) All sales structures at the new location comply with the requirements specified in division (C) of section 3743.25 of the Revised Code. Each licensed premises may only contain one sales structure. A sales structure on any licensed premises may be converted from a representative sample showroom to a retail sales showroom or from a retail sales showroom to a representative sample showroom at any time in accordance with rules established by the state fire marshal under this chapter. (i) A completed geographic transfer application, including the designation of the new location, is received by the state fire marshal on or after June 30, 2021, but not later than December 31, 2022. (3) All construction at the new location shall be authorized by the state fire marshal in writing before initiation and shall be completed not later than December 31, 2023. The state fire marshal shall issue preliminary construction approvals and may set conditions thereon. The state fire marshal may authorize extensions of dates specified in this section upon a finding of good cause based upon evidence submitted by the applicant. Any final approvals of a geographic transfer shall occur only after full compliance with this section. (4) The filing of an application to geographically relocate a license and any conditional approvals issued under this section do not vest in the applicant any rights to the transfer. (5) A licensed premises subject to this section may be granted only one geographic transfer pursuant to this section prior to December 31, 2022. After that date, any existing license subject to this section may be geographically transferred to any location within this state upon application to the state fire marshal and compliance with divisions (D)(2)(a) to (h) of this section. (6) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, the license of a licensed manufacturer of fireworks or a licensed wholesaler of fireworks shall be deemed in good standing for purposes of a geographic transfer if any of the following applies to the license: (a) The license existed immediately prior to June 29, 2001, and the owner of the license, including a license approved for transfers of ownership subsequent to June 29, 2001, was an active corporation in good standing as recognized by the secretary of state of the state where the company is incorporated as of December 1, 2019, or was a person, as defined by section 1.59 of the Revised Code, as of December 1, 2019. (b) The license existed on December 1, 1995, and the owner of the license, including a license approved for changes or transfers of ownership subsequent to December 1, 1995, was an active corporation in good standing as recognized by the secretary of state of the state where the company is incorporated as of December 1, 2019, or was a person, as defined by section 1.59 of the Revised Code, as of December 1, 2019. (c) For transfers requested after December 31, 2022, the owner of the license, including a license approved for transfers of ownership subsequent to June 29, 2001, is an active corporation in good standing as recognized by the secretary of state of the state where the company is incorporated as of the date of the application, or is a person, as defined by section 1.59 of the Revised Code, as of the date of application. If, between December 1, 1995, and June 30, 2021, a licensee, holding a license that has been deemed to be in good standing under division (D)(6) of this section, either converted the license type from a manufacturer to a wholesaler or has otherwise ceased operations at its licensed premises for any reason, the state fire marshal may geographically transfer under this section and reissue the license at the new location after full compliance with division (D)(2) of this section without first issuing a license at the premises where the license last existed. (E) After the end of the period described in division (A) of this section, the state fire marshal may issue new licenses as a manufacturer or wholesaler of fireworks. New licenses shall not be approved in such a manner that unduly burdens the state fire marshal's ability to ensure public safety. (F) As used in division (A) of this section: (1) "Person" includes any person or entity, in whatever form or name, that acquires possession of a manufacturer or wholesaler of fireworks license issued pursuant to this chapter by transfer of possession of a license, whether that transfer occurs by purchase, assignment, inheritance, bequest, stock transfer, or any other type of transfer, on the condition that the transfer is in accordance with division (D) of section 3743.04 of the Revised Code or division (D) of section 3743.17 of the Revised Code and is approved by the state fire marshal. (2) "Particular location" includes a licensed premises and, regardless of when approved, any storage location approved in accordance with section 3743.04 or 3743.17 of the Revised Code. (3) "Such a license" includes a wholesaler of fireworks license that was issued in place of a manufacturer of fireworks license that existed prior to June 29, 2001, and was requested to be canceled by the license holder pursuant to division (D) of section 3743.03 of the Revised Code. Last updated November 22, 2021 at 1:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.594 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.594
§ 3702.594. Certificate of need for long-term care facility beds; existing long-term care facility
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 286 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "long-term care facility" means either of the following: (1) A nursing home licensed under section 3721.02 of the Revised Code or by a political subdivision certified under section 3721.09 of the Revised Code; (2) The portion of any facility, including a county home or county nursing home, that is certified as a skilled nursing facility under the medicare program, Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1395, as amended, or as a nursing facility under the medicaid program, Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396, as amended. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the director of health shall accept, for review under section 3702.52 of the Revised Code, certificate of need applications for an increase in beds in an existing long-term care facility if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The proposed increase is attributable solely to a relocation of long-term care beds from an existing long-term care facility to another existing long-term care facility located in a county that is contiguous to the county from which the beds are to be relocated; (2) Not more than a total of thirty beds are proposed for relocation to the same existing long-term care facility, regardless of the number of applications filed. (3) After the proposed relocation, there will be existing beds remaining in the county from which the beds are relocated. (C) The director shall accept applications described in division (B) of this section at any time, except that once the cumulative total of beds relocated under this section reaches thirty, no further applications shall be accepted until the period of monitoring specified in division (E) of section 3702.52 of Revised Code of the most recent reviewable activity implemented under this section has expired.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.21
§ 3707.21. Disease in public institution - temporary building
Status: in_force

October 6, 1994 House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly When cholera, yellow fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or other dangerous, contagious, or infectious disease appears in any state, county, or municipal benevolent or correctional institution, the superintendent or manager of the institution shall at once isolate the persons so affected and enforce sections 3707.01 to 3707.53 of the Revised Code, for the prevention of contagious diseases, and the rules and orders of the department of health to that effect. The trustees or managers of any benevolent or correctional institution may erect any necessary temporary building for the reception of the affected persons or for the detention of persons exposed to the listed diseases and may remove the persons to, and confine them in, the building.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.132 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.132
§ 3701.132. Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 10 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "WIC program" means the "special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children" established under the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 885, 42 U.S.C. 1786, as amended. (B) The department of health is hereby designated as the state agency to administer the WIC program. The director of health shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary for administering the WIC program. The rules may include civil money penalties for violations of the rules. (C) In determining eligibility for services provided under the WIC program, the department may use the application form established under section 5163.40 of the Revised Code for the healthy start program. The department may require applicants to furnish their social security numbers. (D) If the department determines that a vendor has committed an act with respect to the WIC program that federal statutes or regulations or state statutes or rules prohibit, the department shall take action against the vendor in the manner required by 7 C.F.R. part 246, including imposition of a civil money penalty in accordance with 7 C.F.R. 246.12, or rules adopted under this section. (E) If the United States department of agriculture approves cultivated-protein food products as defined in section 3715.601 of the Revised Code for purchase under the WIC program, the director of health shall submit a request to the United States department of agriculture for a waiver that excludes those products from program eligibility in this state. Last updated January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.18
§ 3727.18. Hospital security plans
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 452 - 135th General Assembly (A) Each hospital system, and each hospital that is not part of a hospital system, shall establish a security plan for preventing workplace violence. In developing the plan, the hospital system or hospital shall involve a team consisting of members selected by the hospital system or hospital, subject to both of the following: (1) At least one member of the team shall be a current or former patient of the hospital system or hospital or a family member of such a patient. (2) At least fifty per cent of the team's total membership shall be comprised of health care employees who provide direct patient care for the hospital system or hospital. (B) All of the following apply to a security plan established under this section: (1) The plan shall be based on the results of a security risk assessment, which, in the case of a hospital system, shall be conducted for each hospital in the system. The assessment shall address all high-risk areas of the hospital, including its emergency department and psychiatric department, if the hospital has such departments. The assessment shall be conducted in consultation with the medical and nursing directors of each department or other high-risk area that is assessed. The assessment shall consider any trauma level designation held by the hospital, overall patient volume, psychiatric and forensic patient volume, past incidents of violence against staff and levels of injury resulting from those incidents, rates of crime in the community, and any other data points specified by the team selected under division (A) of this section. (2) The plan shall include an option for health care employees who provide direct patient care to request a first name only or first name and last initial only identification badge. (3) The plan shall require at least one hospital employee trained in de-escalation practices to be present at all times in the hospital's emergency department and psychiatric department, if the hospital has such departments. The plan may require at least one such trained employee to be present in other high-risk areas that were identified during the hospital's risk assessment. Additionally, based on the risk assessment, the plan shall address whether hospital police officers, trained security personnel, or off-duty law enforcement officers are required to be present in the hospital's emergency department and psychiatric department, if any, and in other high-risk areas that were identified during the hospital's risk assessment. (4) The plan shall outline training requirements for security personnel regarding all of the following: (a) The potential use of and response to weapons; (b) Defensive tactics; (c) De-escalation techniques; (d) Appropriate physical restraint and seclusion techniques; (e) Crisis intervention; (f) Trauma-informed approaches; (g) Safely addressing situations involving individuals who pose a risk of self-harm or harm to others. (5) The plan shall include guidelines outlining when law enforcement officers, hospital police officers, or trained security personnel, remain with a patient who has demonstrated violence or poses a risk of self-harm or harm to others. The guidelines shall be developed jointly with law enforcement authorities, including hospital police departments, that agree to participate after being invited to participate by the hospital system or hospital. (C) Each hospital system and hospital that establishes a security plan pursuant to this section shall review and evaluate the plan on an annual basis. In conducting the review and evaluation, the hospital system or hospital shall involve the team selected under division (A) of this section or a successor team that meets the membership requirements described in that division. If it is determined from the review and evaluation that revisions to the plan are required, the hospital system or hospital shall revise the plan accordingly. (D) All hospital systems and hospitals shall annually, in the form and manner specified by the department of health, attest to the department that the hospital system or hospital has reviewed and, if necessary, updated the security plan. (E) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, both of the following are confidential and not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code: (1) Security plans developed under this section and their annual revisions; (2) Information submitted to the department under division (D) of this section. Last updated April 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3791.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3791 / § 3791.02
§ 3791.02. Failure to obey order prohibited
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly No owner, or person having the control as an officer or member of a board or committee or otherwise of any opera house, hall, theater, church, schoolhouse, college, academy, seminary, infirmary, sanitarium, children's home, hospital, medical institute, asylum, memorial building, armory, assembly hall, or other building for the assemblage or betterment of people shall fail to obey any order of the state fire marshal, boards of health of city and general health districts, the building inspector or commissioner in cities having a building inspection department, or the superintendent of industrial compliance in the department of commerce under Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3712.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3712 / § 3712.042
§ 3712.042. Registration for pediatric transition care programs
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 558 - 134th General Assembly (A) Every person or public agency that proposes to provide a pediatric transition care program shall register with the department of health. Registration shall be made on forms prescribed and provided by the department and shall include such information as the department requires. The department shall register a pediatric transition care program if the program is in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (B) A registration under this section shall be valid for three years. Registration renewal shall be made at least ninety days before the expiration of the registration in the same manner as for an initial registration. The department shall renew the registration if the pediatric transition care program meets the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it. (C) Subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department may suspend or revoke a registration if the registration holder made any material misrepresentation related to the registration or no longer meets the requirements of this chapter or rules adopted under it. Last updated March 15, 2023 at 6:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.578 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.578
§ 3734.578. Fees inapplicable to solid waste used as alternative daily cover
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly Fees applicable to solid waste under this chapter do not apply to solid waste that the director of environmental protection approves for use as alternative daily cover in accordance with rules adopted under section 3734.02 of the Revised Code and that is used as alternative daily cover in accordance with those rules.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3770.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3770 / § 3770.071
§ 3770.071. Deducting child support or spousal support arrearage from award
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "lottery prize award" does not include a prize award from a video lottery terminal and does not include winnings from lottery sports gaming, except that "lottery prize award" includes winnings from lottery sports gaming wagers placed through a terminal described in division (B)(3) of section 3770.24 of the Revised Code. (B) If the amount of the prize money or the cost of goods or services awarded as a lottery prize award meets or exceeds the reportable winnings amounts set by 26 U.S.C. 6041, or a subsequent analogous section of the Internal Revenue Code, the director of the state lottery commission or the director's designee shall consult the data match program established under section 3123.89 of the Revised Code to determine whether the person is subject to a final and enforceable determination of default made under sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code. If so, the director or the director's designee shall withhold an amount from the prize award in accordance with section 3123.89 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3717.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3717 / § 3717.49
§ 3717.49. Licensor may suspend or revoke food service operation license
Status: in_force

November 3, 1999 House Bill 223 - 123rd General Assembly (A) A licensor may suspend or revoke a food service operation license on determining that the license holder is in violation of any requirement of this chapter or the rules adopted under it applicable to food service operations, including a violation evidenced by the documented failure to maintain sanitary conditions within the operation. (B)(1) Except in the case of a violation that presents an immediate danger to the public health, prior to initiating action to suspend or revoke a food service operation license, the licensor shall give the license holder written notice specifying each violation and a reasonable time within which each violation must be corrected to avoid suspension or revocation of the license. The licensor may extend the time specified in the notice for correcting a violation if the license holder is making a good faith effort to correct it. If the license holder fails to correct the violation in the time granted by the licensor, the licensor may initiate action to suspend or revoke the food service operation license by giving the license holder written notice of the proposed suspension or revocation. The licensor shall include in the notice a description of the procedure for appealing the proposed suspension or revocation. The license holder may appeal the proposed suspension or revocation by giving written notice to the licensor. The license holder shall specify in the notice whether a hearing is requested. The appeal shall be conducted in accordance with division (B)(3) of this section. Any action that may be taken by a licensor under division (B)(1) of this section may be taken by a health commissioner or other person employed by the licensor if the person or health commissioner is authorized by the licensor to take the action. (2)(a) If actions are initiated to revoke or, except in the case of a violation that presents an immediate danger to the public health, to suspend a food service operation license, the licensor shall determine whether to revoke or suspend the license as follows: (i) If the licensor is a board of health, by a majority vote of the members of the board present at a meeting at which there is a quorum; (ii) If the director of health is acting as the licensor, by decision of the director. (b) If the licensor determines to revoke or suspend the license, the licensor shall issue an order revoking or suspending the license. (3) An appeal made under division (B)(1) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with procedures established in rules adopted by the director of health under section 3717.52 of the Revised Code. If a hearing is requested, it shall be held prior to the issuance of an order under division (B)(2) of this section, but may be conducted at the meeting at which issuance of the order is considered. (C)(1) On determining that a license holder is in violation of any requirement of this chapter or the rules adopted under it applicable to food service operations and that the violation presents an immediate danger to the public health, the licensor may suspend the food service operation license without giving written notice or affording the license holder the opportunity to correct the violation. If the license holder is operating a mobile or catering food service operation, either the licensor that issued the license or the licensor for the health district in which the operation is being operated may suspend the license. A suspension under division (C)(1) of this section takes effect immediately and remains in effect until the licensor lifts the suspension. When a mobile food service operation license is suspended under this division, the licensor that suspended the license shall hold the license until the suspension is lifted and the licensor receives from the license holder written notice of the next location at which the license holder proposes to operate the food service operation. After suspending a license under division (C)(1) of this section, the licensor shall give the license holder written notice of the procedure for appealing the suspension. The license holder may appeal the suspension by giving written notice to the licensor and specifying in the notice whether a hearing is requested. The appeal shall be conducted in accordance with division (C)(2) of this section. Any action that may be taken by a licensor under division (C)(1) of this section may be taken by a health commissioner if the health commissioner is authorized by the licensor to take the action. A health commissioner who suspends a license under this authority may, on determining that there is no longer an immediate danger to the public health, lift the suspension without consulting the licensor. (2)(a) If the license holder appeals a suspension under division (C)(1) of this section, the licensor shall determine whether the immediate danger to the public health continues to exist as follows: (i) If the licensor is a board of health, by majority vote of the members of the board present at a meeting at which there is a quorum; (ii) If the director of health is acting as the licensor, by decision of the director. (b) If the licensor determines that there is no longer an immediate danger to the public health, the licensor shall lift the suspension. If the licensor determines that the immediate danger continues to exist, the licensor shall issue an order continuing the suspension. (3) An appeal requested under division (C)(1) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with procedures established in rules adopted by the director of health under section 3717.52 of the Revised Code. If a hearing is requested, it shall be held not later than two business days after the request is received by the licensor. The hearing shall be held prior to the issuance of an order under division (C)(2) of this section, but may be conducted at the meeting at which issuance of the order is considered. In the case of a suspension of a mobile or catering food service operation license, the appeal shall be made to the licensor that suspended the license. (D) A license holder may appeal an order issued under division (B) or (C) of this section as follows: (1) If the order was issued by a board of health, to the common pleas court of the county in which the licensor is located; (2) If the order was issued by the director of health, to the Franklin county court of common pleas.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.65
§ 3743.65. Possession, sale, and use restrictions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) No person shall possess fireworks in this state or shall possess for sale or sell fireworks in this state, except a licensed manufacturer of fireworks as authorized by sections 3743.02 to 3743.08 and 3743.48 of the Revised Code, a licensed wholesaler of fireworks as authorized by sections 3743.15 to 3743.21 and 3743.48 of the Revised Code, a shipping permit holder as authorized by section 3743.40 of the Revised Code, a licensed fountain device retailer as authorized by section 3743.27 of the Revised Code, a person as authorized by sections 3743.44 , 3743.45 , and 3743.48 of the Revised Code, or a licensed exhibitor of fireworks as authorized by sections 3743.50 to 3743.55 of the Revised Code, and except as provided in section 3743.80 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in sections 3743.45 and 3743.80 of the Revised Code and except for licensed exhibitors of fireworks authorized to conduct a fireworks exhibition pursuant to sections 3743.50 to 3743.55 of the Revised Code, no person shall discharge, ignite, or explode any fireworks in this state. (C) No person shall use in a theater or public hall, what is technically known as fireworks showers, or a mixture containing potassium chlorate and sulphur. (D) No person shall sell fireworks of any kind to a person under eighteen years of age. No person under eighteen years of age shall enter a fireworks sales showroom unless that person is accompanied by a parent, legal guardian, or other responsible adult. No person under eighteen years of age shall touch or possess fireworks on a licensed premises without the consent of the licensee. A licensee may eject any person from a licensed premises that is in any way disruptive to the safe operation of the premises. (E) Except as otherwise provided in section 3743.44 of the Revised Code, no person, other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed wholesaler, licensed exhibitor, or shipping permit holder, shall possess 1.3 G fireworks in this state. (F) Except as otherwise provided in division (J) of section 3743.06 and division (K) of section 3743.19 of the Revised Code, no person shall knowingly disable a fire suppression system as defined in section 3781.108 of the Revised Code on the premises of a fireworks plant of a licensed manufacturer of fireworks or on the premises of the business operations of a licensed wholesaler of fireworks. (G) No person shall negligently discharge, ignite, or explode fireworks while in possession or control of, or under the influence of, any intoxicating liquor, beer, or controlled substance. (H) No person shall negligently discharge, ignite, or explode fireworks on the property of another person without that person's permission to use fireworks on that property. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.592 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.592
§ 3702.592. Certificate of need for long-term care facility beds; Replacement or relocation within county
Status: in_force

September 30, 2024 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of health shall accept, for review under section 3702.52 of the Revised Code, certificate of need applications for any of the following purposes if the proposed increase in beds is attributable to a replacement or relocation of existing beds from an existing long-term care facility within the same county: (1) Approval of beds in a new long-term care facility or an increase of beds in an existing long-term care facility if the beds are proposed to be licensed as nursing home beds under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code; (2) Approval of beds in a new county home or new county nursing home, or an increase of beds in an existing county home or existing county nursing home if the beds are proposed to be certified as skilled nursing facility beds under the medicare program, Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 286 (1965), 42 U.S.C. 1395, as amended, or nursing facility beds under the medicaid program, Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 286 (1965), 42 U.S.C. 1396, as amended; (3) An increase of hospital beds reported in an application submitted under section 3722.03 of the Revised Code as long-term care beds; (4) An increase of hospital beds reported in an application submitted under section 3722.03 of the Revised Code as special skilled nursing beds that were originally authorized by and are operated in accordance with section 3702.521 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall accept applications described in division (A) of this section at any time. Last updated September 30, 2024 at 4:22 AM