Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.41
§ 3734.41. Qualifications of licensees and related persons definitions
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 Senate Bill 302, Senate Bill 294 - 129th General Assembly As used in sections 3734.41 to 3734.47 of the Revised Code: (A) "Applicant" means any person seeking a permit or license for an off-site facility and any person or business concern operating such a facility for an applicant. (B) "Application" means the forms and accompanying documents filed in connection with the applicant's request for a permit. (C) "Business concern" means any corporation, association, firm, partnership, trust, or other form of commercial organization. (D) "Disclosure statement" means a statement submitted to the director of environmental protection and the attorney general by an applicant. The statement shall include all of the following: (1) The full name, business address, and social security number of the applicant or, if the applicant is a business concern, of all officers, directors, partners, or key employees thereof and all individuals or business concerns holding any equity in or debt liability of that business concern or, if the business concern is a publicly traded corporation, all individuals or business concerns holding more than five per cent of the equity in or debt liability of that business concern, except that when the debt liability is held by a chartered lending institution, the applicant need supply only the name and business address of the lending institution; (2) The full name, business address, and social security number of all officers, directors, or partners of any business concern disclosed in the statement and the names and addresses of all persons holding any equity in or debt liability of any business concern so disclosed or, if the business concern is a publicly traded corporation, all individuals or business concerns holding more than five per cent of the equity in or debt liability of that business concern, except that when the debt liability is held by a chartered lending institution, the applicant need supply only the name and business address of the lending institution; (3) The full name and business address of any company in which the applicant holds an equity interest and that collects, transfers, transports, treats, stores, or disposes of solid wastes, infectious wastes, or hazardous waste or processes solid wastes that consist of scrap tires; (4) A description of the experience and credentials, including any past or present permits or licenses, for the collection, transfer, transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of solid wastes, infectious wastes, or hazardous waste, or the processing of solid wastes that consist of scrap tires, possessed by the applicant or, if the applicant is a business concern, by the officers, directors, partners, or key employees thereof; (5) A listing and explanation of any civil or criminal prosecution by government agencies, administrative enforcement actions resulting in the imposition of sanctions, or license revocations or denials issued by any state or federal authority in the ten years immediately preceding the filing of the application, that are pending or have resulted in a finding or a settlement of a violation of any law or rule or regulation relating to the collection, transfer, transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of solid wastes, infectious wastes, or hazardous waste, or the processing of solid wastes that consist of scrap tires, or of any other environmental protection statute, by the applicant or, if the applicant is a business concern, by the business concern or any officer, director, partner, or key employee thereof. For the purposes of division (D)(5) of this section, violations of any law or rule relating to the transportation of solid wastes, infectious wastes, or hazardous waste do not include violations that also apply to the transportation of commodities that are not wastes. (6) A listing and explanation of any judgment of liability or conviction that was rendered pursuant to any state or federal law or local ordinance resulting in the imposition of a sanction against the applicant or, if the applicant is a business concern, against the business concern or any officer, director, partner, or key employee thereof; (7) A listing of any agency outside this state that has or has had regulatory responsibility over the applicant in connection with its collection, transfer, transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of solid wastes, infectious wastes, or hazardous waste or processing of solid wastes that consist of scrap tires. (E) "Key employee" means any individual, other than a public official or employee as defined in division (B) of section 102.01 of the Revised Code who is required to file a statement under section 102.02 of the Revised Code, employed by the applicant or the licensee in a supervisory capacity or empowered to make discretionary decisions with respect to the solid waste, infectious waste, or hazardous waste operations of the business concern, but does not include any employee exclusively engaged in the physical or mechanical collection, transfer, transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of solid wastes, infectious wastes, or hazardous waste or processing of solid wastes that consist of scrap tires. If the applicant or permittee has entered into a contract with another person to operate the facility that is the subject of the permit or license or application for a permit or license, "key employee" also includes those employees of the contractor who act in a supervisory capacity, or are empowered to make discretionary decisions, with respect to the operation of the solid, infectious, or hazardous waste facility. An officer or director of a business concern required to file a disclosure statement under section 3734.42 of the Revised Code who meets the definition of "key employee" shall be considered a key employee for purposes of the filing and disclosure requirements of sections 3734.42 to 3734.47 of the Revised Code. (F) "License" means the annual license required by section 3734.05 of the Revised Code for an off-site solid waste disposal or transfer facility or an off-site infectious waste treatment facility. (G) "Off-site facility" means a facility that is located off the premises where the solid wastes, infectious wastes, or hazardous waste is generated, but does not include any such facility that exclusively disposes of wastes that are generated from the combustion of coal, or from the combustion of primarily coal in combination with scrap tires, that is not combined in any way with garbage or any such facility that is owned and operated by the generator of the waste and that exclusively stores, processes, or disposes of or transfers solid wastes, exclusively treats infectious wastes, or exclusively disposes of hazardous waste, generated at one or more premises owned by the generator. (H) "Permit" means a permit to install a new off-site solid waste disposal facility, including an incineration facility, or a new transfer facility issued under section 3734.05 of the Revised Code; a permit to install a new off-site solid waste facility that is a scrap tire storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facility issued under section 3734.76 , 3734.77 , or 3734.78 of the Revised Code, as applicable; a permit to install a new off-site infectious waste treatment facility issued under section 3734.05 of the Revised Code; and a permit to install and operate a new off-site hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility issued under section 3734.05 of the Revised Code. (I) "Permittee" means any person who has received a permit or license for an off-site facility. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.91
§ 3734.91. Definitions - lead acid batteries
Status: in_force

April 25, 2008 House Bill 169 - 127th General Assembly As used in sections 3734.91 to 3734.915 of the Revised Code: (A) "Consumer product" means any device that primarily is intended for personal or household use and typically is sold, distributed, or available to the general population through retail or mail-order distribution. "Consumer product" includes, but is not limited to, computers, electronic games, telephones, radios, and similar electronics. "Consumer product" does not include vehicles, motorcycles, wheelchairs, boats, or other forms of motive power. (B) "Lead-acid battery" means a battery that contains lead and sulfuric acid, is used as a power source, and is not intended as a power source for consumer products. (C) "Retailer" means a person that sells lead-acid batteries directly to the end user. (D) "Secondary lead smelter" means a facility that produces lead from a lead-bearing scrap material by smelting the material to the metallic form and that is permitted or licensed by a state or the United States environmental protection agency. (E) "Wholesaler" means a person that sells replacement lead-acid batteries for resale.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3749.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3749 / § 3749.09
§ 3749.09. Prohibitions - injunctive relief
Status: in_force

September 10, 1987 House Bill 68 - 117th General Assembly (A) No person shall violate sections 3749.01 to 3749.09 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted thereunder. (B) The prosecuting attorney of the county, the city director of law, or the attorney general, upon complaint of the licensor, shall prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunctive relief, or both, against any person violating sections 3749.01 to 3749.09 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted thereunder.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.121
§ 3705.121. Adoption decreed in out-of-state court
Status: in_force

March 20, 2015 Senate Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly When the adoption of a child whose birth occurred in this state is decreed by a court in another state and when the department of health has received, from the court that decreed the adoption, an official communication containing information similar to that contained in the certificate of adoption for adoptions decreed in this state, section 3705.12 of the Revised Code shall apply to the child's case just as if the adoption had taken place in this state. The department shall place the original birth record and all papers and documents in its possession that pertain to the original birth record or to the adoption of the child in an adoption file and seal the file. The contents of the adoption file are not a public record and shall be made available only in accordance with section 3705.126 of the Revised Code. Index references to the original birth record, including references that were not a public record under section 3705.12 of the Revised Code as that section existed before September 18, 1996, are a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.35
§ 3735.35. Payments to county treasurer
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly With respect to property, both real and personal, owned or acquired by a metropolitan housing authority for the purpose of exercising the powers set forth in sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, such authority shall make annual payments to the county treasurer for distribution in the maximum amounts consistent with obtaining federal assistance under the "United States Housing Act of 1937" as now or hereafter amended, and general regulations or orders issued thereunder, provided no such annual payments shall be in an amount which would reduce the local contributions in the form of tax exemption to an amount below that required to enable such authority to receive the annual contributions contracted to be paid by the federal government in connection with such project, nor shall any such payment exceed the taxes which would be payable on the project if it were not tax exempt. Such payments shall be made to and shall be received by the treasurer on the certification of the county auditor to be credited to a fund to be designated as the "undevided public housing fund" and shall be distributed to the taxing subdivisions levying taxes in the subdivision in which the property is located, in the same proportions in which the current general property tax is distributed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.21
§ 3781.21. Expedited appeals
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 Senate Bill 6 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Any appeal of an order requested under section 3781.19 or 3781.20 of the Revised Code may be requested to be expedited. If the expedited appeal is requested, the state board of building appeals or a certified municipal or county board of appeals shall do both of the following: (a) Commence the appeal within one day after the request was made, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays as defined in section 1.14 of the Revised Code; (b) Hold a hearing within five days after the request was made, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays as defined in section 1.14 of the Revised Code. (2)(a) If a person requests an appeal of an order pursuant to section 3781.19 or 3781.20 of the Revised Code and the person did not request the appeal to be expedited under division (A)(1) of this section, the person may request the remainder of the appeal proceeding be expedited if, during the course of the appeal, the board issues a continuance of the hearing, such that no decision is made and additional evidence is requested in order to continue the proceeding. A person may request that any follow-up hearing be expedited within five days of the continuance being issued. (b) If the expedited appeal is requested under division (A)(2)(a) of this section, the board shall hold the follow-up hearing within five days of the request, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays as defined in section 1.14 of the Revised Code. (3) Any expedited appeal under this division shall apply notwithstanding the seven-day notice requirement under section 119.07 of the Revised Code or any other conflicting provision of the Revised Code. However, a board conducting an expedited appeal under this section shall provide all parties a notice of the hearing prior to conducting the hearing. (B) The person making the request for an expedited appeal pursuant to division (A) of this section shall pay any fee established by the state board of building appeals under section 3781.19 of the Revised Code or a certified municipal or county board of appeals under section 3781.20 of the Revised Code, which shall not exceed five hundred dollars for each day the appeal is pending and shall not exceed a total of one thousand dollars for the entire expedited appeal. (C) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, the state board of building appeals or a certified municipal or county board of appeals may conduct an expedited hearing, as described under this section, by means of teleconference, video conference, or any other similar electronic technology. (D) The board of building standards may adopt rules to implement this section. Last updated September 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.33
§ 3773.33. Ohio athletic commission
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the Ohio athletic commission. The commission shall consist of five voting members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, not more than three of whom shall be of the same political party, and two nonvoting members, one of whom shall be a member of the senate appointed by and to serve at the pleasure of the president of the senate and one of whom shall be a member of the house of representatives appointed by and to serve at the pleasure of the speaker of the house of representatives. To be eligible for appointment as a voting member, a person shall be a qualified elector and a resident of the state for not less than five years immediately preceding the person's appointment. Two voting members shall be knowledgeable in boxing and mixed martial arts. One commission member shall hold the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy. (B) No person shall be appointed to the commission or be an employee of the commission who is licensed, registered, or regulated by the commission. No member shall have any legal or beneficial interest, direct or indirect, pecuniary or otherwise, in any person who is licensed, registered, or regulated by the commission or who participates in prize fights or public boxing or wrestling matches or exhibitions. No member shall participate in any fight, match, or exhibition other than in the member's official capacity as a member of the commission, or as an inspector as authorized in section 3773.52 of the Revised Code. (C) The governor shall appoint the voting members to the commission. Of the initial appointments, two shall be for terms ending one year after September 3, 1996, two shall be for terms ending two years after September 3, 1996, and one shall be for a term ending three years after September 3, 1996. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for three years, each term ending the same day of the same month of the year as did the term which it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. 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 the term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office. The governor shall name one voting member as chairperson of the commission at the time of making the appointment of any member for a full term. Three voting members shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of the majority of voting members shall be necessary for any action taken by the commission. No vacancy on the commission impairs the authority of the remaining members to exercise all powers of the commission. Voting members, when engaged in commission duties, shall receive a per diem compensation determined in accordance with division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code, and all members shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. Each voting member, before entering upon the discharge of the member's duties, shall file a surety bond payable to the treasurer of state in the sum of ten thousand dollars. Each surety bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office, executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in this state, and filed in the office of the secretary of state. The governor may remove any voting member for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office after giving the member a copy of the charges against the member and affording the member an opportunity for a public hearing, at which the member may be represented by counsel, upon not less than ten days' notice. If the member is removed, the governor shall file a complete statement of all charges made against the member and the governor's finding on the charges in the office of the secretary of state, together with a complete report of the proceedings. The governor's decision shall be final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.79
§ 3702.79. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

December 19, 2016 House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer sections 3702.71 to 3702.78 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3751.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3751 / § 3751.07
§ 3751.07. Prohibitions
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly No person shall violate any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.68
§ 3743.68. Violators
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 241 - 126th General Assembly (A) The fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified fire safety inspector may arrest, or may cause the arrest of, any person whom the fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, or certified fire safety inspector finds in the act of violating, or who the fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, or certified fire safety inspector has reasonable cause to believe has violated, sections 3743.60 to 3743.66 of the Revised Code. Any arrest shall be made in accordance with statutory and constitutional provisions governing arrests by law enforcement officers. (B) If the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or certified fire safety inspector has probable cause to believe that fireworks are being manufactured, sold, possessed, transported, or used in violation of this chapter, the fire marshal, assistant fire marshal, or certified fire safety inspector may seize the fireworks. Any seizure of fireworks shall be made in accordance with statutory and constitutional provisions governing searches and seizures by law enforcement officers. The fire marshal's or certified fire safety inspector's office shall impound at the site or safely keep seized fireworks pending the time they are no longer needed as evidence. A sample of the seized fireworks is sufficient for evidentiary purposes. The remainder of the seized fireworks may be disposed of pursuant to an order from a court of competent jurisdiction after notice and a hearing. Fireworks manufactured, sold, possessed, transported, or used in violation of this chapter shall be forfeited by the violator. The fire marshal's or certified fire safety inspector's office shall dispose of seized fireworks pursuant to the procedures specified in sections 2981.11 to 2981.13 of the Revised Code for the disposal of forfeited property by law enforcement agencies, and the fire marshal or that office is not liable for claims for the loss of or damages to the seized fireworks. (C) This section does not affect the authority of a peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, to make arrests for violations of this chapter or to seize fireworks manufactured, sold, possessed, transported, or used in violation of this chapter. (D) Any fines imposed for a violation of this chapter relating to the sale, purchase, possession, or discharge of fireworks shall be distributed in the following manner if a municipal corporation, county, or township either filed or enforced the complaint regarding the violation. One-half of the amount of the fine shall be distributed to the municipal corporation, county, or township which filed the complaint regarding the violation and one-half of the amount of the fine shall be distributed to the municipal corporation, county, or township which enforced the complaint. If the same municipal corporation, county, or township both filed the complaint regarding the violation and enforced the complaint, the entire amount of the fine shall be distributed to that municipal corporation, county, or township.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.12
§ 3707.12. Destruction of infected property
Status: in_force

April 9, 1981 House Bill 965 - 113th General Assembly The board of health of a city or general health district may destroy any infected clothing, bedding, or other article that cannot be made safe by disinfection, and shall furnish to the owner of the articles a receipt, of which the board shall keep a complete and accurate copy, for articles so destroyed. The receipt shall show the number, character, condition, and estimated value of the articles destroyed. When a building, hut, or other structure has become infected with a dangerous communicable disease, and cannot, in the opinion of the board, be made safe by disinfection, the board may have the building, hut, or other structure appraised and destroyed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3726.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3726 / § 3726.10
§ 3726.10. Fetal remains disposition documented in pregnant woman's medical records
Status: in_force

April 6, 2021 Senate Bill 27 - 133rd General Assembly An abortion facility shall document in the pregnant woman's medical record the final disposition determination made, and if applicable, the consent made, under section 3726.04 or 3726.041 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.73
§ 3707.73. Purpose
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The purpose of a fetal-infant mortality review board is to decrease the incidence of preventable infant and fetal deaths by doing all of the following: (A) Assessing, planning, improving, and monitoring the service systems and broad community resources that support and promote the health and well-being of women, infants, and families; (B) Recommending and developing plans for implementing local service and program changes, as well as changes to the groups, professions, agencies, and entities that serve families, children, and pregnant women; (C) Providing the department of health with aggregate data, trends, and patterns regarding fetal and infant deaths.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.03
§ 3704.03. Director of environmental protection - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of environmental protection may do any of the following: (A) Develop programs for the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution; (B) Advise, consult, contract, and cooperate with any governmental or private agency in the furtherance of the purposes of this chapter; (C) Encourage, participate in, or conduct studies, investigations, and research relating to air pollution, collect and disseminate information, and conduct education and training programs relating to the causes, prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution; (D) Adopt, modify, and rescind rules prescribing ambient air quality standards for the state as a whole or for various areas of the state that are consistent with and no more stringent than the national ambient air quality standards in effect under the federal Clean Air Act; (E) Adopt, modify, suspend, and rescind rules for the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution, including rules prescribing for the state as a whole or for various areas of the state emission standards for air contaminants, and other necessary rules for the purpose of achieving and maintaining compliance with ambient air quality standards in all areas within the state as expeditiously as practicable, but not later than any deadlines applicable under the federal Clean Air Act; rules for the prevention or control of the emission of hazardous or toxic air contaminants; rules prescribing fugitive dust limitations and standards that are related, on an areawide basis, to attainment and maintenance of ambient air quality standards; rules prescribing shade, density, or opacity limitations and standards for emissions, provided that with regard to air contaminant sources for which there are particulate matter emission standards in addition to a shade, density, or opacity rule, upon demonstration by such a source of compliance with those other standards, the shade, density, or opacity rule shall provide for establishment of a shade, density, or opacity limitation for that source that does not require the source to reduce emissions below the level specified by those other standards; rules for the prevention or control of odors and air pollution nuisances; rules that prevent significant deterioration of air quality to the extent required by the federal Clean Air Act; rules for the protection of visibility as required by the federal Clean Air Act; and rules prescribing open burning limitations and standards. In adopting, modifying, suspending, or rescinding any such rules, the director, to the extent consistent with the federal Clean Air Act, shall hear and give consideration to evidence relating to all of the following: (1) Conditions calculated to result from compliance with the rules, the overall cost within this state of compliance with the rules, and their relation to benefits to the people of the state to be derived from that compliance; (2) The quantity and characteristics of air contaminants, the frequency and duration of their presence in the ambient air, and the dispersion and dilution of those contaminants; (3) Topography, prevailing wind directions and velocities, physical conditions, and other factors that may or may combine to affect air pollution. Consistent with division (K) of section 3704.036 of the Revised Code, the director shall consider alternative emission limits proposed by the owner or operator of an air contaminant source that is subject to an emission limit established in rules adopted under this division and shall accept those alternative emission limits that the director determines to be equivalent to emission limits established in rules adopted under this division. (F)(1) Adopt, modify, suspend, and rescind rules consistent with the purposes of this chapter prohibiting the location, installation, construction, or modification of any air contaminant source or any machine, equipment, device, apparatus, or physical facility intended primarily to prevent or control the emission of air contaminants unless an installation permit therefor has been obtained from the director or the director's authorized representative. (2)(a) Applications for installation permits shall be accompanied by plans, specifications, construction schedules, and such other pertinent information and data, including data on ambient air quality impact and a demonstration of best available technology, as the director may require. Installation permits shall be issued for a period specified by the director and are transferable. The director shall specify in each permit the applicable emission standards and that the permit is conditioned upon payment of the applicable fees as required by section 3745.11 of the Revised Code and upon the right of the director's authorized representatives to enter upon the premises of the person to whom the permit has been issued, at any reasonable time and subject to safety requirements of the person in control of the premises, for the purpose of determining compliance with such standards, this chapter, the rules adopted thereunder, and the conditions of any permit, variance, or order issued thereunder. Each proposed new or modified air contaminant source shall provide such notice of its proposed installation or modification to other states as is required under the federal Clean Air Act. Installation permits shall include the authorization to operate sources installed and operated in accordance with terms and conditions of the installation permits for a period not to exceed one year from commencement of operation, which authorization shall constitute an operating permit under division (G) of this section and rules adopted under it. No installation permit shall be required for activities that are subject to and in compliance with a plant-wide applicability limit issued by the director in accordance with rules adopted under this section. No installation permit shall be issued except in accordance with all requirements of this chapter and rules adopted thereunder. No application shall be denied or permit revoked or modified without a written order stating the findings upon which denial, revocation, or modification is based. A copy of the order shall be sent to the applicant or permit holder by certified mail. (b) An air contaminant source that is the subject of an installation permit shall be installed or modified in accordance with the permit not later than eighteen months after the permit's effective date at which point the permit shall terminate unless one of the following applies: (i) The owner or operator has undertaken a continuing program of installation or modification during the eighteen-month period. (ii) The owner or operator has entered into a binding contractual obligation to undertake and complete within a reasonable period of time a continuing program of installation or modification of the air contaminant source during the eighteen-month period. (iii) The director has extended the date by which the air contaminant source that is the subject of the installation permit must be installed or modified. (iv) The installation permit is the subject of an appeal by a party other than the owner or operator of the air contaminant source that is the subject of the installation permit, in which case the date of termination of the permit is not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the permit plus the number of days between the date in which the permit was appealed and the date on which all appeals concerning the permit have been resolved. (v) The installation permit has been superseded by a subsequent installation permit, in which case the original installation permit terminates on the effective date of the superseding installation permit. Division (F)(2)(b) of this section applies to an installation permit that has not terminated as of October 16, 2009. The director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the purpose of establishing additional requirements that are necessary for the implementation of division (F)(2)(b) of this section. (3) Not later than two years after August 3, 2006, the director shall adopt a rule in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying that a permit to install is required only for new or modified air contaminant sources that emit any of the following air contaminants: (a) An air contaminant or precursor of an air contaminant for which a national ambient air quality standard has been adopted under the federal Clean Air Act; (b) An air contaminant for which the air contaminant source is regulated under the federal Clean Air Act; (c) An air contaminant that presents, or may present, through inhalation or other routes of exposure, a threat of adverse human health effects, including, but not limited to, substances that are known to be, or may reasonably be anticipated to be, carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, or neurotoxic, that cause reproductive dysfunction, or that are acutely or chronically toxic, or a threat of adverse environmental effects whether through ambient concentrations, bioaccumulation, deposition, or otherwise, and that is identified in the rule by chemical name and chemical abstract service number. The director may modify the rule adopted under division (F)(3)(c) of this section for the purpose of adding or deleting air contaminants. For each air contaminant that is contained in or deleted from the rule adopted under division (F)(3)(c) of this section, the director shall include in a notice accompanying any proposed or final rule an explanation of the director's determination that the air contaminant meets the criteria established in that division and should be added to, or no longer meets the criteria and should be deleted from, the list of air contaminants. The explanation shall include an identification of the scientific evidence on which the director relied in making the determination. Until adoption of the rule under division (F)(3)(c) of this section, nothing shall affect the director's authority to issue, deny, modify, or revoke permits to install under this chapter and rules adopted under it. (4)(a) Applications for permits to install new or modified air contaminant sources shall contain sufficient information regarding air contaminants for which the director may require a permit to install to determine conformity with the environmental protection agency's document entitled "Review of New Sources of Air Toxics Emissions, Option A," dated May 1986, which the director shall use to evaluate toxic emissions from new or modified air contaminant sources. The director shall make copies of the document available to the public upon request at no cost and post the document on the environmental protection agency's web site. Any inconsistency between the document and division (F)(4) of this section shall be resolved in favor of division (F)(4) of this section. (b) The maximum acceptable ground level concentration of an air contaminant shall be calculated in accordance with the document entitled "Review of New Sources of Air Toxics Emissions, Option A." Modeling shall be conducted to determine the increase in the ground level concentration of an air contaminant beyond the facility's boundary caused by the emissions from a new or modified source that is the subject of an application for a permit to install. Modeling shall be based on the maximum hourly rate of emissions from the source using information including, but not limited to, any emission control devices or methods, operational restrictions, stack parameters, and emission dispersion devices or methods that may affect ground level concentrations, either individually or in combination. The director shall determine whether the activities for which a permit to install is sought will cause an increase in the ground level concentration of one or more relevant air contaminants beyond the facility's boundary by an amount in excess of the maximum acceptable ground level concentration. In making the determination as to whether the maximum acceptable ground level concentration will be exceeded, the director shall give consideration to the modeling conducted under division (F)(4)(b) of this section and other relevant information submitted by the applicant. (c) If the modeling conducted under division (F)(4)(b) of this section with respect to an application for a permit to install demonstrates that the maximum ground level concentration from a new or modified source will be greater than or equal to eighty per cent, but less than one hundred per cent of the maximum acceptable ground level concentration for an air contaminant, the director may establish terms and conditions in the permit to install for the air contaminant source that will require the owner or operator of the air contaminant source to maintain emissions of that air contaminant commensurate with the modeled level, which shall be expressed as allowable emissions per day. In order to calculate the allowable emissions per day, the director shall multiply the hourly emission rate modeled under division (F)(4)(b) of this section to determine the ground level concentration by the operating schedule that has been identified in the permit to install application. Terms and conditions imposed under division (F)(4)(c) of this section are not federally enforceable requirements and, if included in a Title V permit, shall be placed in the portion of the permit that is only enforceable by the state. (d) If the modeling conducted under division (F)(4)(b) of this section with respect to an application for a permit to install demonstrates that the maximum ground level concentration from a new or modified source will be less than eighty per cent of the maximum acceptable ground level concentration, the owner or operator of the source annually shall report to the director, on a form prescribed by the director, whether operations of the source are consistent with the information regarding the operations that was used to conduct the modeling with regard to the permit to install application. The annual report to the director shall be in lieu of an emission limit or other permit terms and conditions imposed pursuant to division (F)(4) of this section. The director may consider any significant departure from the operations of the source described in the permit to install application that results in greater emissions than the emissions rate modeled to determine the ground level concentration as a modification and require the owner or operator to submit a permit to install application for the increased emissions. The requirements established in division (F)(4)(d) of this section are not federally enforceable requirements and, if included in a Title V permit, shall be placed in the portion of the permit that is only enforceable by the state. (e) Division (F)(4) of this section and the document entitled "Review of New Sources of Air Toxics Emissions, Option A" shall not be included in the state implementation plan under section 110 of the federal Clean Air Act and do not apply to an air contaminant source that is subject to a maximum achievable control technology standard or residual risk standard under section 112 of the federal Clean Air Act, to a particular air contaminant identified under 40 C.F.R. 51.166, division (b)(23), for which the director has determined that the owner or operator of the source is required to install best available control technology for that particular air contaminant, or to a particular air contaminant for which the director has determined that the source is required to meet the lowest achievable emission rate, as defined in 40 C.F.R. part 51, Appendix S, for that particular air contaminant. (f)(i) Division (F)(4) of this section and the document entitled "Review of New Sources of Air Toxics Emissions, Option A" do not apply to parking lots, storage piles, storage tanks, transfer operations, grain silos, grain dryers, emergency generators, gasoline dispensing operations, air contaminant sources that emit air contaminants solely from the combustion of fossil fuels, or the emission of wood dust, sand, glass dust, coal dust, silica, and grain dust. (ii) Notwithstanding division (F)(4)(f)(i) of this section, the director may require an individual air contaminant source that is within one of the source categories identified in division (F)(4)(f)(i) of this section to submit information in an application for a permit to install a new or modified source in order to determine the source's conformity to the document if the director has information to conclude that the particular new or modified source will potentially cause an increase in ground level concentration beyond the facility's boundary that exceeds the maximum acceptable ground level concentration as set forth in the document. (iii) The director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are consistent with the purposes of this chapter and that add to or delete from the source category exemptions established in division (F)(4)(f)(i) of this section. (5) Not later than one year after August 3, 2006, the director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying activities that do not, by themselves, constitute beginning actual construction activities related to the installation or modification of an air contaminant source for which a permit to install is required such as the grading and clearing of land, on-site storage of portable parts and equipment, and the construction of foundations or buildings that do not themselves emit air contaminants. The rules also shall allow specified initial activities that are part of the installation or modification of an air contaminant source, such as the installation of electrical and other utilities for the source, prior to issuance of a permit to install, provided that the owner or operator of the source has filed a complete application for a permit to install, the director or the director's designee has determined that the application is complete, and the owner or operator of the source has notified the director that this activity will be undertaken prior to the issuance of a permit to install. Any activity that is undertaken by the source under those rules shall be at the risk of the owner or operator. The rules shall not apply to activities that are precluded prior to permit issuance under section 111, section 112, Part C of Title I, and Part D of Title I of the federal Clean Air Act. (G) Adopt, modify, suspend, and rescind rules prohibiting the operation or other use of any new, modified, or existing air contaminant source unless an operating permit has been obtained from the director or the director's authorized representative, or the air contaminant source is being operated in compliance with the conditions of a variance issued pursuant to division (H) of this section. Applications for operating permits shall be accompanied by such plans, specifications, and other pertinent information as the director may require. Operating permits may be issued for a period determined by the director not to exceed ten years, are renewable, and are transferable. The director shall specify in each operating permit that the permit is conditioned upon payment of the applicable fees as required by section 3745.11 of the Revised Code and upon the right of the director's authorized representatives to enter upon the premises of the person to whom the permit has been issued, at any reasonable time and subject to safety requirements of the person in control of the premises, for the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter, the rules adopted thereunder, and the conditions of any permit, variance, or order issued thereunder. Operating permits may be denied or revoked for failure to comply with this chapter or the rules adopted thereunder. An operating permit shall be issued only upon a showing satisfactory to the director or the director's representative that the air contaminant source is being operated in compliance with applicable emission standards and other rules or upon submission of a schedule of compliance satisfactory to the director for a source that is not in compliance with all applicable requirements at the time of permit issuance, provided that the compliance schedule shall be consistent with and at least as stringent as that contained in any judicial consent decree or administrative order to which the air contaminant source is subject. The rules shall provide for the issuance of conditional operating permits for such reasonable periods as the director may determine to allow the holder of an installation permit, who has constructed, installed, located, or modified a new air contaminant source in accordance with the provisions of an installation permit, to make adjustments or modifications necessary to enable the new air contaminant source to comply with applicable emission standards and other rules. Terms and conditions of operating permits issued pursuant to this division shall be federally enforceable for the purpose of establishing the potential to emit of a stationary source and shall be expressly designated as federally enforceable. Any such federally enforceable restrictions on a source's potential to emit shall include both an annual limit and a short-term limit of not more than thirty days for each pollutant to be restricted together with adequate methods for establishing compliance with the restrictions. In other respects, operating permits issued pursuant to this division are enforceable as state law only. No application shall be denied or permit revoked or modified without a written order stating the findings upon which denial, revocation, or modification is based. A copy of the order shall be sent to the applicant or permit holder by certified mail. (H) Adopt, modify, and rescind rules governing the issuance, revocation, modification, or denial of variances that authorize emissions in excess of the applicable emission standards. No variance shall be issued except pursuant to those rules. The rules shall prescribe conditions and criteria in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter and consistent with the federal Clean Air Act governing eligibility for issuance of variances, which shall include all of the following: (1) Provisions requiring consistency of emissions authorized by a variance with timely attainment and maintenance of ambient air quality standards; (2) Provisions prescribing the classes and categories of air contaminants and air contaminant sources for which variances may be issued; (3) Provisions defining the circumstances under which an applicant shall demonstrate that compliance with applicable emission standards is technically infeasible, economically unreasonable, or impossible because of conditions beyond the control of the applicant; (4) Other provisions prescribed in furtherance of the goals of this chapter. The rules shall prohibit the issuance of variances from any emission limitation that was applicable to a source pursuant to an installation permit and shall prohibit issuance of variances that conflict with the federal Clean Air Act. Applications for variances shall be accompanied by such information as the director may require. In issuing variances, the director may order the person to whom a variance is issued to furnish plans and specifications and such other information and data, including interim reports, as the director may require and to proceed to take such action within such time as the director may determine to be appropriate and reasonable to prevent, control, or abate the person's existing emissions of air contaminants. The director shall specify in each variance that the variance is conditioned upon payment of the applicable fees as required by section 3745.11 of the Revised Code and upon the right of the director's authorized representatives to enter upon the premises of the person to whom the variance has been issued, at any reasonable time and subject to safety requirements of the person in control of the premises, for the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter, the rules adopted thereunder, and the conditions of any permit, variance, or order issued thereunder. The director may hold a public hearing on an application for a variance or renewal thereof at a location in the county where the variance is sought. The director shall give not less than twenty days' notice of the hearing to the applicant by certified mail or another type of mail accompanied by a receipt. The director also shall cause at least one publication of notice in a newspaper with general circulation in the county where the variance is sought or may instead provide public notice by publication on the environmental protection agency's web site. The director shall keep available for public inspection at the principal office of the environmental protection agency a current schedule of pending applications for variances and a current schedule of pending variance hearings. The director shall make a complete stenographic record or electronic record of testimony and other evidence submitted at the hearing. The director shall make a written determination to issue, renew, or deny the variance and shall enter the determination and the basis therefor into the record of the hearing. The director shall issue, renew, or deny an application for a variance or renewal thereof, or issue a proposed action upon the application pursuant to section 3745.07 of the Revised Code, within six months of the date upon which the director receives a complete application with all pertinent information and data required by the director. Any variance granted pursuant to rules adopted under this division shall be for a period specified by the director, not to exceed three years, and may be renewed from time to time on such terms and for such periods, not to exceed three years each, as the director determines to be appropriate. A variance may be revoked, or renewal denied, for failure to comply with conditions specified in the variance. No variance shall be issued, denied, revoked, or modified without a written order stating the findings upon which the issuance, denial, revocation, or modification is based. A copy of the order shall be sent to the applicant or variance holder by certified mail. (I) Require the owner or operator of an air contaminant source to install, employ, maintain, and operate such emissions, ambient air quality, meteorological, or other monitoring devices or methods as the director shall prescribe; to sample those emissions at such locations, at such intervals, and in such manner as the director prescribes; to maintain records and file periodic reports with the director containing information as to location, size, and height of emission outlets, rate, duration, and composition of emissions, and any other pertinent information the director prescribes; and to provide such written notice to other states as the director shall prescribe. In requiring monitoring devices, records, and reports, the director, to the extent consistent with the federal Clean Air Act, shall give consideration to technical feasibility and economic reasonableness and allow reasonable time for compliance. For sources where a specific monitoring, record-keeping, or reporting requirement is specified for a particular air contaminant from a particular air contaminant source in an applicable regulation adopted by the United States environmental protection agency under the federal Clean Air Act or in an applicable rule adopted by the director, the director shall not impose an additional requirement in a permit that is a different monitoring, record-keeping, or reporting requirement other than the requirement specified in the applicable regulation or rule for that air contaminant except as otherwise agreed to by the owner or operator of the air contaminant source and the director. For sources where no specific monitoring requirement is specified for a particular air contaminant from a particular air contaminant source in an applicable regulation adopted by the United States environmental protection agency under the federal Clean Air Act or in an applicable rule adopted by the director, the director shall not impose a monitoring requirement in a permit that requires community air monitoring, except as otherwise agreed to by the owner or air operator of the air contaminant source and the director. If two or more regulations or rules impose different monitoring, record-keeping, or reporting requirements for the same air contaminant from the same air contaminant source, the director may impose permit terms and conditions that consolidate or streamline the monitoring, record-keeping, or reporting requirements in a manner that conforms with each applicable requirement. To the extent consistent with the federal Clean Air Act and except as otherwise agreed to by the owner or operator of an air contaminant source and the director, the director shall not require an operating restriction that has the practical effect of increasing the stringency of an existing applicable emission limitation or standard. (J) Establish, operate, and maintain monitoring stations and other devices designed to measure air pollution and enter into contracts with any public or private agency for the establishment, operation, or maintenance of such stations and devices, except that the director shall not enter into contracts with any private agency for the establishment, operation, or maintenance of community air monitoring where the intended use of the data produced by such monitoring stations and other devices would violate divisions (B) or (C) of section 3704.09 of the Revised Code; (K) By rule adopt procedures for giving reasonable public notice and conducting public hearings on any plans for the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution that the director is required to submit to the federal government; (L) Through any employee, agent, or authorized representative of the director or the environmental protection agency, enter upon private or public property, including improvements thereon, at any reasonable time, to make inspections, take samples, conduct tests, and examine records or reports pertaining to any emission of air contaminants and any monitoring equipment or methods and to determine if there are any actual or potential emissions from such premises and, if so, to determine the sources, amounts, contents, and extent of those emissions, or to ascertain whether there is compliance with this chapter, any orders issued or rules adopted thereunder, or any other determination of the director. The director, at reasonable times, may have access to and copy any such records. If entry or inspection authorized by this division is refused, hindered, or thwarted, the director or the director's authorized representative may by affidavit apply for, and any judge of a court of record may issue, an appropriate inspection warrant necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter within the court's territorial jurisdiction. (M) Accept and administer gifts or grants from the federal government and from any other source, public or private, for carrying out any of the functions under this chapter; (N) Obtain necessary scientific, technical, and laboratory services; (O) Establish advisory boards in accordance with section 121.13 of the Revised Code; (P) Delegate to any city or general health district or political subdivision of the state any of the director's enforcement and monitoring powers and duties, other than rule-making powers, as the director elects to delegate, and in addition employ, compensate, and prescribe the powers and duties of such officers, employees, and consultants as are necessary to enable the director to exercise the authority and perform duties imposed upon the director by law. Technical and other services shall be performed, insofar as practical, by personnel of the environmental protection agency. (Q) Certify to the government of the United States or any agency thereof that an industrial air pollution facility is in conformity with the state program or requirements for control of air pollution whenever such certificate is required for a taxpayer pursuant to any federal law or requirements; (R) Issue, modify, or revoke orders requiring abatement of or prohibiting emissions that violate applicable emission standards or other requirements of this chapter and rules adopted thereunder, or requiring emission control devices or measures in order to comply with applicable emission standards or other requirements of this chapter and rules adopted thereunder. Any such order shall require compliance with applicable emission standards by a specified date and shall not conflict with any requirement of the federal Clean Air Act. In the making of such orders, the director, to the extent consistent with the federal Clean Air Act, shall give consideration to, and base the determination on, evidence relating to the technical feasibility and economic reasonableness of compliance with such orders and their relation to benefits to the people of the state to be derived from such compliance. If, under the federal Clean Air Act, any such order shall provide for the posting of a bond or surety to secure compliance with the order as a condition of issuance of the order, the order shall so provide, but only to the extent required by the federal Clean Air Act. (S) To the extent provided by the federal Clean Air Act, adopt, modify, and rescind rules providing for the administrative assessment and collection of monetary penalties, not in excess of those required pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act, for failure to comply with any emission limitation or standard, compliance schedule, or other requirement of any rule, order, permit, or variance issued or adopted under this chapter or required under the applicable implementation plan whether or not the source is subject to a federal or state consent decree. The director may require the submission of compliance schedules, calculations of penalties for noncompliance, and related information. Any orders, payments, sanctions, or other requirements imposed pursuant to rules adopted under this division shall be in addition to any other permits, orders, payments, sanctions, or other requirements established under this chapter and shall not affect any civil or criminal enforcement proceedings brought under any provision of this chapter or any other provision of state or local law. This division does not apply to any requirement of this chapter regarding the prevention or abatement of odors. (T) Require new or modified air contaminant sources to install best available technology, but only in accordance with this division. With respect to permits issued pursuant to division (F) of this section beginning three years after August 3, 2006, best available technology for air contaminant sources and air contaminants emitted by those sources that are subject to standards adopted under section 112, Part C of Title I, and Part D of Title I of the federal Clean Air Act shall be equivalent to and no more stringent than those standards. For an air contaminant or precursor of an air contaminant for which a national ambient air quality standard has been adopted under the federal Clean Air Act, best available technology only shall be required to the extent required by rules adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for permit to install applications filed three or more years after August 3, 2006. Best available technology requirements established in rules adopted under this division shall be expressed only in one of the following ways that is most appropriate for the applicable source or source categories: (1) Work practices; (2) Source design characteristics or design efficiency of applicable air contaminant control devices; (3) Raw material specifications or throughput limitations averaged over a twelve-month rolling period; (4) Monthly allowable emissions averaged over a twelve-month rolling period. Best available technology requirements shall not apply to an air contaminant source that has the potential to emit, taking into account air pollution controls installed on the source, less than ten tons per year of emissions of an air contaminant or precursor of an air contaminant for which a national ambient air quality standard has been adopted under the federal Clean Air Act. In addition, best available technology requirements established in rules adopted under this division shall not apply to any existing, new, or modified air contaminant source that is subject to a plant-wide applicability limit that has been approved by the director. Further, best available technology requirements established in rules adopted under this division shall not apply to general permits issued prior to January 1, 2006, under rules adopted under this chapter. For permits to install issued three or more years after August 3, 2006, any new or modified air contaminant source that has the potential to emit, taking into account air pollution controls installed on the source, ten or more tons per year of volatile organic compounds or nitrogen oxides shall meet, at a minimum, the requirements of any applicable reasonably available control technology rule in effect as of January 1, 2006, regardless of the location of the source. (U) Consistent with section 507 of the federal Clean Air Act, adopt, modify, suspend, and rescind rules for the establishment of a small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program as provided in section 3704.18 of the Revised Code; (V) Provide for emissions trading, marketable permits, auctions of emission rights, and economic incentives that would reduce the cost or increase the efficiency of achieving a specified level of environmental protection; (W) Provide for the construction of an air contaminant source prior to obtaining a permit to install pursuant to division (F) of this section if the applicant demonstrates that the source will be installed to comply with all applicable emission limits and will not adversely affect public health or safety or the environment and if the director determines that such an action will avoid an unreasonable hardship on the owner or operator of the source. Any such determination shall be consistent with the federal Clean Air Act. (X) Exercise all incidental powers, including adoption of rules, required to carry out this chapter. The environmental protection agency shall develop a plan to control air pollution resulting from state-operated facilities and property. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3739.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3739 / § 3739.17
§ 3739.17. Immunity for acts in compliance with chapter
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 500 - 127th General Assembly In addition to any other immunities, defenses, and exclusions provided under the Revised Code, the state, the department of taxation, the department of commerce, the division of the fire marshal within the department of commerce, and any employees of the state, either department, or the division, are immune from liability in any civil action or proceeding arising from the performance or nonperformance of any duties specified in this chapter that the state, either department, the division, or any employees of the state, either department, or division are required to perform. In no event shall the state, either department, division, or any employees of the state, either department, or division be liable to any person for any claims for injury or damages, including, but not limited to, claims for indirect, consequential, incidental, special, or punitive damages or claims for lost profits, arising from the performance or nonperformance of the duties specified in this chapter that the state, either department, division, or employees of the state, either department, or division are required to perform.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.042
§ 3734.042. Complaint of presence of vectors at scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facility
Status: in_force

October 29, 1993 Senate Bill 165 - 120th General Assembly Upon receiving a written complaint of the presence of vectors at a scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facility, the board of health of the health district having jurisdiction promptly shall conduct an inspection of the facility named in the complaint. If the board of health finds from the inspection that vectors are present at the facility in such numbers that the chemical treatment of the scrap tires present at the facility is necessary to protect the public health, and if the board has exhausted all means to compel the person holding a license for the facility under section 3734.81 of the Revised Code to abate the problem, the board may apply to the director of environmental protection for a grant from the scrap tire management fund created in section 3734.82 of the Revised Code to pay the board's costs of providing such treatment. The application shall be accompanied by a plan that indicates the nature of the chemical treatment that the board intends to use and the locations at the facility where the chemical treatment is to be applied and by a summary of all efforts made by the board to compel the person holding a license for the facility to abate the problem. If the director finds from the application and plan that the proposed treatment of the scrap tires stored at the facility is necessary to protect the public health and that the board will apply such treatment only to the tires stored in an outdoor location at the facility and to no other locations on the premises of the facility, the director may make a grant to the board from the fund to pay the costs to be incurred by the board for providing the proposed chemical treatment. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the awarding of such grants. Prior to submitting an application for a grant, the board of health may take formal action to suspend or revoke the facility's license under section 3734.09 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.912 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.912
§ 3734.912. Duties of retailer
Status: in_force

April 25, 2008 House Bill 169 - 127th General Assembly (A) A retailer that sells lead-acid batteries in this state shall accept from a purchaser of a lead-acid battery, at the time of purchase, used lead-acid batteries of the same general type and in a quantity that is at least equal to the number sold to the purchaser if the purchaser offers the used lead-acid batteries to the retailer. (B) A retailer that displays for sale and sells lead-acid batteries in this state shall post the sign that is prescribed by section 3734.914 of the Revised Code at a location that is visible to customers and in close proximity to the location where lead-acid batteries are displayed for sale at the retailer's location. (C) Division (B) of this section does not apply to a motor vehicle dealer that is licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3731.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3731 / § 3731.08
§ 3731.08. Failure or refusal to comply
Status: in_force

July 1, 1992 Senate Bill 351 - 119th General Assembly No person shall fail or refuse to comply with sections 3731.01 to 3731.21 of the Revised Code or the state fire code adopted pursuant to section 3737.82 of the Revised Code. Each day of violation of such sections constitutes a separate offense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3746.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3746 / § 3746.121
§ 3746.121. Verifying eligible costs for tax credit purposes
Status: in_force

September 29, 1997 House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly Upon receiving a request submitted under section 122.16 of the Revised Code for verification of eligible costs associated with a voluntary action incurred by the applicant for the agreement under that section, a certified professional shall submit to the director of development verification of the eligible costs associated with the voluntary action as defined in section 122.16 of the Revised Code. The verification shall be submitted in the form of an affidavit subject to section 3746.20 of the Revised Code, shall state that the information contained in the verification is true to the best of the knowledge, information, and belief of the certified professional, and shall be accompanied by any receipts, invoices, canceled checks, or other documents evidencing eligible costs associated with the voluntary action that are provided by the applicant. Verification submitted under this section does not constitute a finding or representation by the certified professional that eligible costs associated with the voluntary action are reasonable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3775.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3775 / § 3775.01
§ 3775.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Applicant" means a person that applies to the Ohio casino control commission for a license under this chapter. (B) "Casino operator" has the same meaning as in section 3772.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Collegiate sport or athletic event" means a sport or athletic event offered or sponsored by, or played in connection with, a public or private institution that offers educational services beyond the secondary level. (D) "Commission" means the Ohio casino control commission. (E) "Esports event" means an organized video game competition that is regulated by a sports governing body and that is held between professional players who play individually or as teams. (F) "Lottery sports gaming" has the same meaning as in section 3770.23 of the Revised Code. (G)(1) "Mobile management services provider" means a person that contracts with a type A sports gaming proprietor under section 3775.05 of the Revised Code to operate sports gaming on behalf of the sports gaming proprietor and that is licensed by the Ohio casino control commission as a mobile management services provider under that section. (2) "Management services provider" means a person that contracts with a type B sports gaming proprietor under section 3775.051 of the Revised Code to operate sports gaming on behalf of the sports gaming proprietor and that is licensed by the Ohio casino control commission as a management services provider under that section. (H) "Official league data" means statistics, results, outcomes, and other data related to a sporting event provided by the appropriate sports governing body or its designee. (I) "Online sports pool" means sports gaming in which a wager on a sporting event is made through a computer or mobile device and accepted through an online gaming web site that is operated by a type A sports gaming proprietor or mobile management services provider. (J) "Professional sport or athletic event" means an event at which two or more persons participate in sports or athletic events and receive compensation, or the potential for compensation based on their performance, in excess of actual expenses for their participation in the event. (K) "Professional sports organization" means any of the following: (1) The owner of a professional sports team in this state that is a member of the national football league, the national hockey league, major league baseball, major league soccer, or the national basketball association; (2) The owner of a sports facility in this state that hosts an annual tournament on the professional golf association tour or a wholly owned for-profit subsidiary of the owner, if the owner is a nonprofit corporation or organization; (3) A promoter of a national association for stock car auto racing national touring race conducted in this state. (L) "Promotional gaming credit" means a credit, discount, or other similar item issued to a patron to enable the placement of, or increase in, a wager on a sporting event. (M) "Proposition bet" means a wager on a sporting event that is based on whether an identified instance or statistical achievement will occur, will be achieved, or will be surpassed, other than the score or outcome of the sporting event or parts of the sporting event, such as quarters, halves, periods, or innings. (N)(1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (N)(2) and (3) of this section, "sporting event" means any professional sport or athletic event, any collegiate sport or athletic event, any Olympic or international sports competition event, any motor race event, any esports event, or any other special event the Ohio casino control commission authorizes for sports gaming, the individual performance statistics of athletes or participants in such an event, or a combination of those. (2) "Sporting event" does not include an event for primary or secondary school students, whether conducted or sponsored by a primary or secondary school or by another person, or the individual performance statistics of athletes or participants in such an event. (3) "Sporting event" includes an event that involves athletes or participants who are under eighteen years of age, or the individual performance statistics of athletes or participants in the event, only if the Ohio casino control commission authorizes the event for sports gaming. (O)(1) "Sports gaming" means the business of accepting wagers on sporting events. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (O)(3) of this section and in section 3770.25 of the Revised Code, "sports gaming" includes any system or method of wagering on sporting events that the Ohio casino control commission approves, including exchange wagering, parlays, spreads, over-under, moneyline, in-game wagering, single game bets, teaser bets, in-play bets, proposition bets, pools, pari-mutuel sports wagering pools, or straight bets. (3) "Sports gaming" does not include any of the following: (a) Wagering on horse racing; (b) Lottery games authorized under Chapter 3770. of the Revised Code, including video lottery terminals, other than lottery sports gaming authorized under sections 3770.23 to 3770.25 of the Revised Code; (c) Casino gaming authorized under division (C) of Section 6 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution and Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code; (d) Fantasy contests authorized under Chapter 3774. of the Revised Code. (P) "Sports gaming equipment" means any of the following that directly relate to or affect, or are used or consumed in, the operation of sports gaming: (1) Any mechanical, electronic, or other device, mechanism, or equipment, including a self-service sports gaming terminal; (2) Any software, application, components, or other goods; (3) Anything to be installed or used on a patron's personal device. (Q) "Sports gaming facility" means a designated area of a building or structure in which patrons may place wagers on sporting events with a type B sports gaming proprietor either in person or using self-service sports gaming terminals. (R) "Sports gaming license" means a sports gaming proprietor license, a mobile management services provider license, a management services provider license, a sports gaming occupational license, a type C sports gaming host license, or a sports gaming supplier license issued by the Ohio casino control commission under this chapter. (S) "Sports gaming licensee" means a person who holds a valid sports gaming license. (T) "Sports gaming proprietor" means a person licensed by the Ohio casino control commission to offer sports gaming in this state as a type A, type B, or type C sports gaming proprietor. (U) "Sports gaming receipts" has the same meaning as in section 5753.01 of the Revised Code. (V)(1) "Sports gaming supplier" means a person or entity that provides sports gaming equipment or related services to a sports gaming proprietor, mobile management services provider, or management services provider, including providing services, directly or indirectly, that are necessary to create a betting market or to determine bet outcomes. (2) A sports gaming supplier that provides sports gaming equipment or services to be used through a sports gaming proprietor, mobile management services provider, or management services provider is not considered a sports gaming proprietor, mobile management services provider, or management services provider solely on that basis. (3) A sports governing body that provides official league data concerning its own sporting event to a sports gaming proprietor, mobile management services provider, management services provider, or sports gaming supplier is not considered a sports gaming supplier solely on that basis. (W) "Sports gaming voluntary exclusion program" means the program described in division (B)(11) of section 3775.02 of the Revised Code. (X) "Sports governing body" means a regional, national, or international organization having ultimate authority over the rules and codes of conduct with respect to a sporting event and the participants in the sporting event. (Y) "Type A sports gaming proprietor" means a sports gaming proprietor licensed by the Ohio casino control commission to offer sports gaming through an online sports pool. (Z) "Type B sports gaming proprietor" means a sports gaming proprietor licensed by the Ohio casino control commission to offer sports gaming at a sports gaming facility. (AA) "Type C sports gaming proprietor" means a sports gaming proprietor licensed by the Ohio casino control commission to offer sports gaming through self-service or clerk-operated sports gaming terminals located at type C sports gaming hosts' facilities. (BB) "Type C sports gaming host" means the owner of a facility with an A-1-A, A-1c, D-1, D-2, or D-5 liquor permit issued under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code who is licensed by the Ohio casino control commission to offer sports gaming at the facility through a type C sports gaming proprietor. (CC) "Video lottery sales agent" means an agent of the state lottery authorized to operate video lottery terminals under section 3770.21 of the Revised Code. (DD) "Wager" or "bet" means to risk a sum of money or thing of value on an uncertain occurrence. Last updated August 3, 2023 at 12:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3763.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3763 / § 3763.06
§ 3763.06. Liability of property for losses occurring thereon
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly As used in this section, "incompetent person" means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of an intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper care of the person's self or property or fails to provide for the person's family or other persons for whom the person is charged by law to provide. The property, both real and personal, of a defendant against whom a judgment is rendered under sections 3763.01 to 3763.08 of the Revised Code, for fines, costs, or to recover money or any other thing of value, lost or paid, shall be liable therefor without exemption, and such judgment shall be a lien thereon until paid. If the owner of the building in which the money was lost knowingly permits it to be used for gaming purposes, such building, and the real estate upon which it stands, shall be liable therefor in a like manner. The guardian or trustee of a minor or incompetent person, permitting property under the guardian's or trustee's charge to be used for gaming purposes and to become liable on account thereof, shall be liable to the guardian's or trustee's ward for such amount.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.032
§ 3704.032. Emergency action plan - declaration of emergency - emergency orders
Status: in_force

October 23, 1972 Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly The director of environmental protection may adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, an emergency action plan for the purpose of protecting the public health during air pollution episodes associated with atmospheric temperature inversions, which plan may define various levels of emergency conditions, the criteria on which such levels are based, and the measures to be taken at each level. The plan may include means for cooperating with persons outside this state during interstate air pollution emergencies. If the director finds that air pollution in any area exceeds any level set in the plan or otherwise presents an imminent and substantial danger to the health of persons in the areas, he shall notify the governor, who may declare that an air pollution emergency exists, identify the area, and pursuant to his declaration order temporary prohibitions and restrictions of the use and operation of motor vehicles, aircraft, incinerators, and air conditioners, the operation of government and private offices, commercial, manufacturing, industrial, and other activities, the use of fuels, and any other activity that contributes or may contribute to the emergency necessary to meet the emergency. Orders pursuant to the declaration of an air pollution emergency shall take effect upon issuance, and any person to whom an order is directed shall initiate compliance measures immediately upon receiving notice. During an air pollution emergency the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county where a violation of an emergency order occurs may bring action for an immediate injunction to enjoin any emission or other activity violating an emergency order. The court may issue an ex parte temporary restraining order without notice which shall enforce the prohibitions and restrictions which have been determined by the director to be necessary, and shall schedule an immediate hearing on the matter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.09
§ 3745.09. Action to abate pollution from sources outside the state
Status: in_force

December 14, 1978 Senate Bill 445 - 112th General Assembly Upon investigation of any complaint filed under section 3704.06 , 3734.10 , 3745.08 , or 6109.11 of the Revised Code, if the director of environmental protection finds that the violation is caused by or contributed to from air or water pollution sources outside Ohio, he shall immediately notify the responsible officials of the state in which the source lies, the United States environmental protection agency, and the attorney general of Ohio, in an effort to secure prompt compliance with all laws, regulations, and standards for the prevention, abatement, and control of air and water pollution and disposal of solid wastes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.9314 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.9314
§ 3701.9314. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The director of health may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to establish, maintain, and carry out the purposes of the Ohio violent death reporting system under sections 3701.93 to 3701.9314 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.073 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.073
§ 3701.073. Department to administer medicare rural hospital flexibility program
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) The department of health is hereby designated as the state agency responsible for administering the medicare rural hospital flexibility program, as established in 42 U.S.C. 1395i-4, as amended. (B) The director of health shall designate as a critical access hospital a hospital registered as an acute care hospital with the department under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code if the hospital meets the following requirements: (1) Has not more than twenty-five acute care and swing beds in use at any time for the furnishing of extended care or acute care inpatient services; (2) Has a length of stay not more than ninety-six hours per patient, on an annual average basis; (3) Provides inpatient, outpatient, emergency, laboratory, radiology, and twenty-fourhour emergency care services; (4) Has network agreements in place for patient referral and transfer, a communication system for telemetry systems, electronic sharing of patient data, provision for emergency and non-emergency transportation, and assures credentialing and quality assurance; (5) Was certified as a critical access hospital by the centers for medicare and medicaid services between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2005, or is located in a rural area as identified below: (a) An area within an Ohio metropolitan area designated as a rural area by the United States department of health and human services, office of rural health policy, in accordance with 42 C.F.R. 412.103 regarding rural urban commuting area codes four through ten in effect on the effective date of this section; (b) A non-metropolitan county as designated in United States office of management and budget bulletin no. 93-17, June 30, 1993, and its attachments; (c) A rural zip code within a metropolitan county as designated in United States office of management and budget bulletin no. 93-17, June 30, 1993, and its attachments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3727.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3727 / § 3727.14
§ 3727.14. Certification by accrediting organization
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If an accrediting organization approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services or an organization that certifies hospitals in accordance with nationally recognized certification guidelines establishes a level of stroke certification that is in addition to the four levels described in sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code, the department of health shall recognize a hospital certified at that additional level. For purposes of this section, the department and a hospital shall comply with sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code as if the certification and recognition described in this section were one of the four levels described in sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 10, 2023 at 9:38 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3753.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3753 / § 3753.99
§ 3753.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 30, 1998 Senate Bill 219 - 122nd General Assembly Whoever purposely violates division (D) of section 3753.03 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars and imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Each day of violation is a separate offense. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.29
§ 3715.29. Cider or apple vinegar
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Vinegar manufactured, offered or exposed for sale, sold, or delivered, or in the possession of a person with intent to sell or deliver, under the name of cider vinegar, apple vinegar, or any compounding of the word "cider" or "apple" as the name or part of the name of vinegar, shall be the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of the juice of apples, and shall not contain any foreign substance, drugs, or acids, and is laevorotatory. It shall contain not less than four grams of acetic acid, not less than one and six-tenths grams of apple solids of which not more than fifty per cent are reducing sugars, and not less than twenty-five hundredths grams of apple ash in one hundred cubic centimeters at a temperature of twenty degrees centigrade. The water-soluble ash from one hundred cubic centimeters, at a temperature of twenty degrees centigrade, of the vinegar shall contain not less than ten milligrams of phosphoric acid (P2O5) which shall require not less than thirty cubic centimeters of decinormal acid to neutralize its alkalinity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.62
§ 3737.62. Negligent spread of fires
Status: in_force

July 1, 1979 House Bill 590 - 112th General Assembly No person shall set, kindle, or cause to be set or kindled any fire, which through his negligence, spreads beyond its immediate confines to any structure, field, or wood lot.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.03
§ 3737.03. Duties of state fire council
Status: in_force

June 30, 2011 Senate Bill 171 - 129th General Assembly The state fire council may do all of the following: (A) Conduct research, make and publish reports on fire safety, and recommend to the governor, the general assembly, the board of building standards, and other state agencies, any needed changes in the laws, rules, or administrative policies relating to fire safety; (B) Recommend revisions in the rules included in the state fire code adopted by the fire marshal. The recommendations may propose the adoption of new rules or the amendment or repeal of existing rules. The council shall file its recommendations in the office of the fire marshal, and, within sixty days after the recommendations are filed, the fire marshal shall file with the chairperson of the council the fire marshal's comments on, and proposed action in response to, the recommendations. (C) Maintain the Ohio fire service hall of fame. In maintaining the hall of fame, the council shall keep official commendations that recognize and commemorate exemplary accomplishments and acts of heroism by firefighters and other persons at fire-related incidents or similar events occurring in the state. The council may adopt criteria and guidelines for selecting individuals for that recognition and commemoration. The recognition and commemoration of individuals may occur annually and include an annual awards ceremony. The expenses associated with the recognition and commemoration of individuals shall be paid in accordance with division (F) of section 3737.81 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3723.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3723 / § 3723.18
§ 3723.18. Effect of child support default on license
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.76
§ 3701.76. Programs to raise awareness of hazards of nonsteroidal synthetic estrogens - annual report of director
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of health shall establish and maintain a statewide public information campaign on the effects of diethylstilbestrol or other nonsteroidal synthetic estrogens for the purpose of educating the public concerning the potential hazards related to exposure to diethylstilbestrol or other nonsteroidal synthetic estrogens and encouraging persons exposed to diethylstilbestrol or other nonsteroidal synthetic estrogens, including those exposed before birth, to seek medical attention for the identification and treatment of any conditions resulting from this exposure. (B) The director shall maintain a registry of hospitals, clinics, physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse practitioners, or other health care providers to whom the director shall refer persons who make inquiries to the department of health regarding possible exposure to diethylstilbestrol or other nonsteroidal synthetic estrogens. In order to be eligible for listing in the registry, a health care provider shall make an application to the director, and shall have the necessary experience, facilities, and equipment to make examinations for possible effects of diethylstilbestrol or other nonsteroidal synthetic estrogens. (C) The director shall maintain a registry of persons who have been exposed to diethylstilbestrol or other nonsteroidal synthetic estrogens, including persons exposed before birth, for the purpose of studying and monitoring conditions caused by exposure to diethylstilbestrol or other nonsteroidal synthetic estrogen. No person shall be listed in the registry without the director's consent. (D) The director shall make an annual report to the general assembly on the effectiveness of the programs established under this section, and shall make recommendations concerning the programs and possible legislation relating to them. (E) No insurance company doing business under Title XXXIX and no health insuring corporation holding a certificate of authority under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code shall cancel or refuse to renew a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement or limit benefits provided under a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement solely because a policyholder, subscriber, or applicant for a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement has been exposed to diethylstilbestrol or other nonsteroidal synthetic estrogens. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.08
§ 3701.08. Duties of department regarding hospitals and medical facilities
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly The department of health constitutes the sole agency of the state for the purpose of: (A) Making an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, surveying the need for construction and modernization of hospitals and medical facilities, and developing a program of hospital and medical facilities construction and modernization as provided in sections 3701.01 , 3701.04 , 3701.08 , 3701.09 , and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code. (B) Developing and administering a state plan for the construction and modernization of public and other nonprofit hospitals and medical facilities as provided in sections 3701.01 , 3701.04 , 3701.08 , 3701.09 , and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3770.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3770 / § 3770.051
§ 3770.051. Disqualification from contracting with commission
Status: in_force

September 26, 1996 Senate Bill 211 - 121st General Assembly (A) The director of the state lottery commission may refuse to enter into any contracts or agreements with vendors whose activities on behalf of the commission could potentially affect the integrity of the state lottery's on-line gaming system or instant ticket gaming system, if any principal of the vendor has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or an offense involving illegal gambling or has been found guilty of fraud or misrepresentation in any manner. (B) The director shall request the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, the department of public safety, or any other state, local, or federal agency to supply the director with the criminal records of any vendor with whom the commission is considering entering into a contract or agreement, and may periodically request such records of any vendor with whom the commission has entered into a contract or agreement. At or prior to the time of making such a request, the director shall require a vendor to obtain fingerprint cards prescribed by the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation at a qualified law enforcement agency and the director shall cause these fingerprint cards to be forwarded to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and the federal bureau of investigation. The commission shall assume the cost of obtaining the fingerprint cards. The director shall pay to each agency supplying such records for each investigation a reasonable fee, as determined by the agency. The commission may adopt uniform rules specifying time periods after which the director may enter into contracts or agreements with vendors described in division (A) of this section and establishing requirements for a vendor to seek a court order to have records sealed in accordance with law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.60
§ 3715.60. Misbranded food
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 10 - 136th General Assembly In addition to the specifications established in section 3715.602 of the Revised Code, food is misbranded within the meaning of sections 3715.01 , 3715.02 , 3715.022 , and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, if: (A) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (B) It is offered for sale under the name of another food. (C) Its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading. (D) It is an imitation of another food, unless its label bears in type of uniform size and prominence, the word "imitation," and immediately thereafter the name of the food imitated. (E) When it is in package form, it does not bear 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 rules adopted by the director of agriculture; (3) In the case of food subject to section 3715.023 of the Revised Code, the information specified in that section. (F) Any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of sections 3715.01 , 3715.02 , and 3715.52 to 3715.72 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. (G) It purports to be, or is represented as, a food for which a definition and standard of identity have been prescribed by statute, or by any rule adopted under an existing statute, or by rule as provided by section 3715.02 of the Revised Code, unless: (1) It conforms to such definition and standard. (2) Its label bears the name of the food specified in the definition and standard, and, insofar as may be required by such statute or rules, the common names of optional ingredients, other than spices, flavoring, and coloring, present in such food. (H) It purports to be or is represented as: (1) A food for which a standard of quality has been prescribed by rule as provided by section 3715.02 of the Revised Code and its quality falls below the standard unless its label bears, in the manner and form that the rules specify, a statement that it falls below the standard; (2) A food for which a standard or standards of fill of container have been prescribed by rule as provided by section 3715.02 of the Revised Code, and it falls below the standard of fill of container applicable thereto, unless its label bears, in the manner and form that the rules specify, a statement that it falls below the standard. (I) It is not subject to the provisions of division (G) of this section, unless it bears labeling clearly giving: (1) The common or usual name of the food, if any; (2) In case it is fabricated from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each ingredient; except that spices, flavorings, and colorings, other than those sold as such, may be designated as spices, flavorings, and colorings, without naming each; provided, that, to the extent that compliance with the requirements of division (I)(2) of this section is impractical or results in deception or unfair competition, exemptions shall be established by rules adopted by the director; and provided that these requirements shall not apply to any carbonated beverage of which a full and correct statement of the ingredients, to the extent prescribed by division (I)(2) of this section, has been filed under oath with the director. (J) It purports to be or is represented to be for special dietary uses, unless its label bears such information concerning its vitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as is provided by rules adopted by the director, as necessary, in order to fully inform purchasers as to its value for such uses. (K) It bears or contains any artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical preservative, unless it bears labeling stating that fact; provided, that to the extent that compliance with the requirements of this division is impracticable, exemptions shall be established by rules adopted by the director. Last updated January 21, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.19
§ 3781.19. Board of building appeals
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 Senate Bill 6 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby established in the department of commerce a board of building appeals consisting of five members who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Terms of office shall be for four years, commencing on the fourteenth day of October and ending on the thirteenth day of October. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. 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 such term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until a successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. One member shall be an attorney-at-law, admitted to the bar of this state and of the remaining members, one shall be a registered architect and one shall be a professional engineer, each of whom shall be duly licensed to practice their respective professions in this state, one shall be a fire prevention officer qualified under section 3737.66 of the Revised Code, and one shall be a person with recognized ability in the plumbing or pipefitting profession. No member of the board of building standards shall be a member of the board of building appeals. Each member shall be paid an amount fixed pursuant to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code per diem. The department shall provide and assign to the board such employees as are required by the board to perform its functions. The board may adopt its own rules of procedure not inconsistent with sections 3781.06 to 3781.18 and 3791.04 of the Revised Code, and may change them in its discretion. The board may establish reasonable fees, based on actual costs for administration of filing and processing, not to exceed two hundred dollars, for the costs of filing and processing appeals. The board may establish additional fees for any expedited appeal subject to section 3781.21 of the Revised Code. A full and complete record of all proceedings of the board shall be kept and be open to public inspection. In the enforcement by any department of the state or any political subdivision of this chapter and Chapter 3791., and sections 3737.41 , 3737.42 , 4104.02 , 4104.06 , 4104.43 , 4104.44 , 4104.45 , 4105.011 , and 4105.11 of the Revised Code and any rule made thereunder, such department is the agency referred to in sections 119.07 , 119.08 , and 119.10 of the Revised Code. The appropriate municipal or county board of appeals, where one exists, certified pursuant to section 3781.20 of the Revised Code shall conduct the adjudication hearing referred to in sections 119.09 to 119.13 and required by section 3781.031 of the Revised Code. If there is no certified municipal or county board of appeals, the board of building appeals shall conduct the adjudication hearing. If the adjudication hearing concerns section 3781.111 of the Revised Code or any rule made thereunder, reasonable notice of the time, date, place, and subject of the hearing shall be given to any local corporation, association, or other organization composed of or representing persons with disabilities, as defined in section 3781.111 of the Revised Code, or if there is no local organization, then to any statewide corporation, association, or other organization composed of or representing persons with disabilities. In addition to the provisions of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the municipal, county, or state board of building appeals, as the agency conducting the adjudication hearing, may reverse or modify the order of the enforcing agency if it finds that the order is contrary to this chapter and Chapters 3791. and 4104., and sections 3737.41 , 3737.42 , 4105.011 , and 4105.11 of the Revised Code and any rule made thereunder or to a fair interpretation or application of such laws or any rule made thereunder, or that a variance from the provisions of such laws or any rule made thereunder, in the specific case, will not be contrary to the public interest where a literal enforcement of such provisions will result in unnecessary hardship. Except for expedited proceedings pursuant to section 3781.21 of the Revised Code, the state board of building appeals or a certified municipal or county board of appeals shall render its decision within thirty days after the date of the adjudication hearing. Following the adjudication hearing, any municipal or county officer, official municipal or county board, or person who was a party to the hearing before the municipal or county board of appeals may apply to the state board of appeals for a de novo hearing before the state board, or may appeal directly to the court of common pleas pursuant to section 3781.031 of the Revised Code. In addition, any local corporation, association, or other organization composed of or representing persons with disabilities as defined in section 3781.111 of the Revised Code, or, if no local corporation, association, or organization exists, then any statewide corporation, association, or other organization composed of or representing persons with disabilities may apply for the de novo hearing or appeal to the court of common pleas from any decision of a certified municipal or county board of appeals interpreting, applying, or granting a variance from section 3781.111 of the Revised Code and any rule made thereunder. Application for a de novo hearing before the state board shall be made no later than thirty days after the municipal or county board renders its decision. The state board of building appeals or the appropriate certified local board of building appeals shall grant variances and exemptions from the requirements of section 3781.108 of the Revised Code in accordance with rules adopted by the board of building standards pursuant to division (K) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code. The state board of building appeals or the appropriate certified local board of building appeals shall, in granting a variance or exemption from section 3781.108 of the Revised Code, in addition to any other considerations the state or the appropriate local board determines appropriate, consider the architectural and historical significance of the building. Last updated August 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3748.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3748 / § 3748.10
§ 3748.10. Prohibiting treatment, recycling, storing or disposal of waste except at licensed facility
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "person" means any legal entity defined as a person under section 1.59 of the Revised Code, the state or any agency of the state, any political subdivision or agency of a political subdivision, and the United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United States other than the United States department of energy or the United States nuclear regulatory commission where state regulation of the treatment, recycling, storage, or disposal of low-level radioactive waste by either of those agencies is prohibited by federal law. (B) No person shall treat, recycle, store, or dispose of any low-level radioactive waste except at a facility that is licensed for treatment, recycling, storage, or disposal of that waste by the director of health under this chapter and rules adopted under it or, until the state becomes an agreement state pursuant to section 3748.03 of the Revised Code, by the United States nuclear regulatory commission under the "Atomic Energy Act of 1954," 68 Stat. 919, 42 U.S.C.A. 2011, as amended, and regulations adopted under it regardless of whether the waste has been reclassified as "below regulatory concern" by the United States nuclear regulatory commission pursuant to any rule or standard adopted after January 1, 1990. (C) Division (B) of this section does not apply to either of the following: (1) Any low-level radioactive waste that on or before January 1, 1990, was authorized under the "Atomic Energy Act of 1954," 68 Stat. 919, 42 U.S.C.A. 2011, as amended, and regulations adopted under it to be treated, recycled, stored, or disposed of at a facility that has not been licensed under that act and regulations adopted under it; (2) Any low-level radioactive waste that has received an exemption from the director of health under division (C)(2) of this section. If the United States nuclear regulatory commission declares its intent to institute a policy regarding the reclassification of waste as "below regulatory concern," the director, in consultation with the environmental protection agency, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that govern the granting of such exemptions and that do at least all of the following: (a) Establish an application procedure to be followed by the generator of a low-level radioactive waste who wishes to obtain an exemption for that waste under division (C)(2) of this section; (b) Require that in order to receive an exemption, a low-level radioactive waste shall have been reclassified as "below regulatory concern" by the United States nuclear regulatory commission after August 19, 1992. The rules adopted under division (C)(2)(b) of this section shall stipulate that such a reclassification does not automatically qualify a low-level radioactive waste for an exemption under division (C)(2) of this section. (c) Require an applicant to demonstrate with clear and convincing evidence that the low-level radioactive waste that is the subject of the application does not present a higher radioactive hazard than any low-level radioactive waste to which division (C)(1) of this section applies and that treatment, recycling, storage, or disposal of the waste at a facility that has not been licensed by the director under this chapter and rules adopted under it or, until the state becomes an agreement state pursuant to section 3748.03 of the Revised Code, by the United States nuclear regulatory commission under the "Atomic Energy Act of 1954," 68 Stat. 919, 42 U.S.C.A. 2011, as amended, and regulations adopted under it, will not harm public health or safety or the environment; (d) Establish public notification procedures to be followed by the director for any public hearing held under division (C)(2) of this section. The director shall review an application submitted under division (C)(2) of this section and shall hold a public hearing concerning the application before granting or denying the exemption requested. The director may grant an exemption to the low-level radioactive waste that is the subject of the application after determining that the generator has complied with the rules adopted under division (C)(2)(a) of this section and that the waste satisfies the requirements established in the rules adopted under divisions (C)(2)(b) and (c) of this section. The director shall maintain a list of all low-level radioactive wastes to which the director has granted such an exemption. Division (C)(2) of this section does not apply to any low-level radioactive waste generated at a nuclear power station.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3753.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3753 / § 3753.01
§ 3753.01. Risk management program definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 1998 Senate Bill 219 - 122nd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Accidental release" means an unanticipated emission of a regulated substance into the ambient air from a stationary source. (B) "Clean Air Act Amendments" means the "Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990," 91 Stat. 685, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et al., as amended, and regulations adopted under it. (C) "Covered process" means a process that has a regulated substance present in an amount that is in excess of the threshold quantity established in rules adopted under section 3753.02 of the Revised Code. (D) "Environmental receptor" means natural areas such as national or state parks, forests, or natural monuments; federally designated or state-designated wildlife sanctuaries, preserves, refuges, or areas; and federal wilderness areas, that could be exposed at any time to toxic concentrations, radiant heat, or overpressure greater than or equal to the endpoints prescribed in rules adopted under section 3753.02 of the Revised Code and that can be identified on United States geological survey maps. (E) "Owner or operator" means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a stationary source. (F) "Process" means any activity involving a regulated substance, including any use, storage, manufacturing, handling, or on-site movement of the substance or any combination of these activities. Any group of vessels that are interconnected, or separate vessels that are located in such a manner that a regulated substance potentially could be involved in a release, shall be considered a single process. (G) "Public" means any person except employees or contractors at a stationary source. (H) "Public receptor" means off-site residences, institutions such as schools or hospitals, industrial, commercial, and office buildings, parks, or recreational areas inhabited or occupied by the public at any time where the public could be exposed to toxic concentrations, radiant heat, or overpressure as a result of an accidental release. (I) "Regulated substance" means a toxic or flammable substance listed in rules adopted under section 3753.02 of the Revised Code. (J) "Risk management plan" means a risk management plan required under section 3753.03 of the Revised Code. (K) "Stationary source" means any buildings, structures, equipment, installations, or substance-emitting stationary activities that belong to the same industrial group as described in the standard industrial classification manual, 1987, that are located on one or more contiguous properties under the control of the same person or persons, and from which an accidental release may occur. Properties shall not be considered contiguous solely because of a railroad or pipeline right-of-way. (1) "Stationary source" includes transportation containers that are used for storage not incident to transportation and transportation containers that are connected to equipment at a stationary source for loading and unloading. "Stationary source" does not include the transportation, including storage incident to transportation, of any regulated substance under this chapter. "Stationary source" does not include naturally occurring hydrocarbon reservoirs. (2) "Transportation" includes, but is not limited to, transportation that is subject to oversight or regulation under 49 C.F.R. part 192, 193, or 195, or to a state natural gas or hazardous liquid program for which the state has in effect a certification to the United States department of transportation under 49 U.S.C. 60105. (L) "Threshold quantity" means the quantity established for a regulated substance in rules adopted under section 3753.02 of the Revised Code that, if exceeded, subjects an owner or operator to compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (M) "Vessel" means any reactor, tank, drum, barrel, cylinder, vat, kettle, boiler, pipe, hose, or other container.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.13
§ 3701.13. Department of health - powers
Status: in_force

October 13, 2021 House Bill 244 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Isolation" means the separation of one or more individuals who have been medically diagnosed with a communicable or contagious disease from other individuals who have not been medically diagnosed with the disease. (2) "Quarantine" means the separation or restriction of movement of one or more individuals who have come into direct contact with someone who has been medically diagnosed with a communicable or contagious disease. (B)(1) The department of health shall have supervision of all matters relating to the preservation of the life and health of the people and have authority in matters of quarantine and isolation, which it may declare and enforce, when neither exists, and modify, relax, or abolish, when either has been established. (2) Under the authority described in division (B)(1) of this section, the department may require an individual traveling to this state from another country for which the centers for disease control and prevention has issued the highest level of travel health notice due to an outbreak of communicable or contagious disease in that country, and the notice is in effect at the time of arrival in this state from that country, to quarantine or isolate for a period of up to forty-eight hours from arrival, regardless of whether the individual has been medically diagnosed with or come into direct contact with an individual who has been medically diagnosed with that disease. If the department requires an individual to quarantine or isolate under division (B)(2) of this section, the department shall provide the individual with transportation, lodging, food, and any necessary medical examination, testing, or treatment related to the communicable or contagious disease during that period. (3) The authority of the department of health under this section is superior to the authority of a board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code. (4) The department may approve methods of immunization against the diseases specified in section 3313.671 of the Revised Code for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of that section and take such actions as are necessary to encourage vaccination against those diseases. (C) Subject to section 101.36 of the Revised Code, the department may make special or standing orders or rules for preventing the spread of contagious or infectious diseases. (D) In addition to the authority granted by division (C) of this section, the department may make special or standing orders or rules for any of the following purposes: (1) To prevent the use of fluoroscopes for nonmedical purposes that emit doses of radiation likely to be harmful to any person; (2) To govern the receipt and conveyance of remains of deceased persons; (3) To address such other sanitary matters as are best controlled by a general rule. (E) Whenever possible, the department shall work in cooperation with the health commissioner of a general or city health district. In any of the following circumstances, the department may make and enforce orders in local matters or reassign substantive authority for mandatory programs from a general or city health district to another general or city health district: when an emergency exists, when the board of health of a general or city health district has neglected or refused to act with sufficient promptness or efficiency, or when such board has not been established as provided by sections 3709.02 , 3709.03 , 3709.05 , 3709.06 , 3709.11 , 3709.12 , and 3709.14 of the Revised Code. In such cases, the necessary expense incurred shall be paid by the general health district or city for which the services are rendered. The department of health may require general or city health districts to enter into agreements for shared services under section 9.482 of the Revised Code. The department shall prepare and offer to boards of health a model contract and memorandum of understanding that are easily adaptable for use by boards of health when entering into shared services agreements. The department also may offer financial and other technical assistance to boards of health to encourage the sharing of services. As a condition precedent to receiving funding from the department of health, the director of health may require general or city health districts to apply for accreditation by July 1, 2018, and be accredited by July 1, 2020, by an accreditation body approved by the director. The director of health, by July 1, 2016, shall conduct an evaluation of general and city health district preparation for accreditation, including an evaluation of each district's reported public health quality indicators as provided for in section 3701.98 of the Revised Code. (F) The department may make evaluative studies of the nutritional status of Ohio residents, and of the food and nutrition-related programs operating within the state. Every agency of the state, at the request of the department, shall provide information and otherwise assist in the execution of such studies. Last updated July 15, 2021 at 2:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3761.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3761 / § 3761.09
§ 3761.09. Limitations of action
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Actions for the recoveries provided in sections 3761.01 to 3761.10 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, must be commenced, within two years from the date of the lynching, in any court having original jurisdiction of an action for damages for malicious assault.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.928 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.928
§ 3701.928. Development of curricula
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of health shall collaborate with medical, nursing, and physician assistant schools or programs in this state to develop appropriate curricula designed to prepare primary care physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants to practice within the patient centered medical home model of care. In developing the curricula, the director and the schools or programs shall include all of the following: (1) Components for use at the medical student, advanced practice registered nursing student, physician assistant student, and primary care resident training levels; (2) Components that reflect, as appropriate, the special needs of patients who are part of a medically underserved population, including medicaid recipients, individuals without health insurance, individuals with disabilities, individuals with chronic health conditions, and individuals within racial or ethnic minority groups; (3) Components that include training in interdisciplinary cooperation between physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants in the patient centered medical home model of care, including curricula ensuring that a common conception of a patient centered medical home model of care is provided to medical students, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and primary care residents ; (4) Components that include training in preconception care and family planning. (B) The director may work in association with the medical, nursing, and physician assistant schools or programs to identify funding sources to ensure that the curricula developed under division (A) of this section are accessible to medical students, advanced practice registered nursing students, physician assistant students, and primary care residents. The director shall consider scholarship options or incentives provided to students in addition to those provided under the choose Ohio first scholarship program operated under section 3333.61 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.26
§ 3707.26. Board shall inspect schools and may close them
Status: in_force

June 23, 2021 Senate Bill 22 - 134th General Assembly Semiannually, and more often, if in its judgment necessary, the board of health of a city or general health district shall inspect the sanitary condition of all schools and school buildings within its jurisdiction, and may disinfect any school building. When a dangerous communicable disease is unusually prevalent and verified positive cases of the disease have been documented in a specific school building, the board may close that specific school building for such time as is necessary to disinfect the building or otherwise bring that specific school building into sanitary condition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3717.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3717 / § 3717.44
§ 3717.44. Endorsement to provide services of retail food establishment - determination of license required
Status: in_force

February 1, 2001 House Bill 223 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The person or government entity holding a license for a food service operation may provide the services of a retail food establishment within the food service operation without obtaining a retail food establishment license if the person or entity has received from the licensor of food service operations an endorsement to provide the services of a retail food establishment. (B) When the activities of a food service operation and a retail food establishment are carried on within the same facility by the same person or government entity, the determination of whether the person or entity must be licensed as a food service operation or retail food establishment shall be made according to the primary business of the person or entity. If the primary business is that of a food service operation, the person or entity shall be licensed as a food service operation with an endorsement from the licensor issued under this section to provide the services of a retail food establishment. If the primary business is that of a retail food establishment, the person or entity shall be licensed as a retail food establishment and is subject to the endorsement provisions of section 3717.24 of the Revised Code. The licensor of food service operations and retail food establishments for the area in which a facility is located shall make the determination of whether the primary business carried on within a facility is that of a food service operation or retail food establishment. If the licensor of food service operations for the area is not the same as the licensor of retail food establishments, the determination shall be made jointly by both licensors. Each determination shall be made according to criteria specified in the Ohio uniform food safety code. (C) A request to have a food service operation license include an endorsement may be submitted with an application for issuance or renewal of a food service operation license or may be submitted separately. Procedures for making separate requests shall be the same as the license application procedures established under section 3717.43 of the Revised Code. An endorsement may be suspended or revoked in the same manner as a license may be suspended or revoked under section 3717.48 of the Revised Code. The suspension or revocation of an endorsement does not affect the food service operation license that includes the endorsement. If the food service operation license is suspended or revoked, the endorsement included on the license is also suspended or revoked. (D) If a retail food establishment is operated within a food service operation by a person or government entity other than the person or entity holding the license to operate the food service operation, the retail food establishment may not be operated under an endorsement. The establishment shall be licensed as a separate retail food establishment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.924 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.924
§ 3701.924. Patient centered medical home education advisory group
Status: in_force

March 20, 2013 House Bill 303 - 129th General Assembly (A) The patient centered medical home education advisory group is hereby created for the purpose of advising the director of health on the implementation and administration of the patient centered medical home education program. The advisory group shall develop and provide to the director a set of expected outcomes for the pilot project. The advisory group shall consider and provide other recommendations to the director and complete other duties as the director considers appropriate. (B) The advisory group shall consist of the following members: (1) The following members appointed by the director of health: (a) One individual with expertise in the training and education of primary care physicians recommended by the dean of the university of Toledo college of medicine; (b) One individual with expertise in the training and education of primary care physicians recommended by the dean of the Boonshoft school of medicine at Wright state university; (c) One individual with expertise in the training and education of primary care physicians recommended by the president and dean of the northeast Ohio medical university; (d) One individual with expertise in the training and education of primary care physicians recommended by the dean of the Ohio university college of osteopathic medicine; (e) Two individuals recommended by the governing board of the Ohio academy of family physicians; (f) One individual recommended by the governing board of the Ohio chapter of the American college of physicians; (g) One individual recommended by the governing board of the Ohio chapter of the American academy of pediatrics; (h) One individual recommended by the governing board of the Ohio osteopathic association; (i) One individual with expertise in the training and education of advanced practice registered nurses, recommended by the governing board of the Ohio council of deans and directors of baccalaureate and higher degree programs in nursing; (j) One individual recommended by the governing board of the Ohio nurses association; (k) One individual recommended by the governing board of the Ohio association of advanced practice nurses; (l) One individual recommended by the governing board of the Ohio council for home care and hospice; (m) One individual recommended by the superintendent of insurance; (n) An employee of the department of health; (o) Not more than five additional members who have relevant expertise that the director considers appropriate. (2) The following members: (a) The executive director of the state medical board or the director's designee; (b) The executive director of the board of nursing or the director's designee; (c) The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents or the chancellor's designee; (d) The medical assistance director, or the director's designee. (C)(1) In making the original appointments of the members specified in divisions (B)(1)(a) to (m) of this section, the director shall appoint the member who served in that capacity in the patient centered medical home advisory group, as it existed immediately prior to September 10, 2012. If for any reason the member who served immediately prior to September 10, 2012, is unable to serve on the advisory group, the director shall request from the specified recommending authority a list of not less than two persons qualified to serve as members of the advisory group. The director shall appoint as a member one person from the list submitted by the recommending authority. (2) The advisory group members specified in divisions (B)(1)(a) to (m) of this section shall serve at the pleasure of the director, in consultation with their respective recommending authorities. (3) Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. (D) Members shall serve without compensation, except to the extent that serving on the advisory group is considered part of their regular employment duties. (E) The director may appoint from the members of the advisory group a chairperson and vice-chairperson. A majority of the members of the advisory group constitutes a quorum. A majority of a quorum is necessary for the advisory group to make any recommendations to the director. The advisory group shall meet at the call of the director. The director shall call the advisory group to meet not less than annually to discuss or consider recommendations to the director on the administration of the patient centered medical home education program. (F) Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to the advisory group. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.82
§ 3737.82. Adopting state fire code rules
Status: in_force

September 17, 1986 House Bill 552 - 116th General Assembly The fire marshal shall adopt a state fire code which shall consist of rules relating to all aspects of fire safety. The rules shall be the minimum standards for safeguarding life and property from fire and explosion, and the fire marshal may, in adopting these rules, incorporate by reference existing published standards as well as amendments thereto subsequently published by the same authority. The fire code shall include, but not be limited to, rules relating to the movable contents of any building, or class of buildings, the transportation, storage, location, and use of flammable or explosive materials, the procedures to be employed by persons in the event of fire, the installation and location of fire protection equipment, and other similar matters. The fire code may contain rules applicable to particular classes of existing buildings or structures as the use and occupancy of such buildings or structures suggest are necessary. The fire marshal may amend, modify, or repeal any rule of the state fire code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3722.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3722 / § 3722.09
§ 3722.09. Technical assistance
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of health may provide each licensed hospital with technical assistance in all of the following areas: (1) Infectious diseases, including measures to prevent and control their spread; (2) Quality improvement projects, including health equity and disparities; (3) Population health initiatives; (4) Data analytics; (5) Workforce recruitment and development. (B) The director may engage with one or more quality improvement organizations to assist in providing technical assistance. The director may terminate the assistance of a quality improvement organization at any time. (C) The director may use any fees and civil penalties collected under this chapter to fund the provision of technical assistance to licensed hospitals, including contracting with entities to provide training or technical assistance as determined necessary by the director. Last updated October 19, 2021 at 5:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3734.9011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3734 / § 3734.9011
§ 3734.9011. Registration of wholesale distributors, retail dealers
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) No wholesale distributor or other person shall sell tires to a retail dealer within this state, and no retail dealer or other person shall import or otherwise acquire tires for sale at retail within this state from a person who is not a registered wholesale distributor, without having a registration therefor. (B) Each wholesale distributor and each retail dealer required to be registered under division (A) of this section shall apply for registration on or before the first day of doing business that requires the registration. The application shall be filed with the tax commissioner in a form and providing such information as prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall assign an account number to each registration and shall so notify the registrant. An unrevoked registration shall remain in effect until canceled by the wholesale distributor or retail dealer upon the cessation of business. (C) The tax commissioner shall not accept a registration under division (B) of this section or may suspend or revoke the registration of a wholesale distributor or retail dealer if the wholesale distributor or retail dealer has failed to file any returns, submit any information, or pay any outstanding taxes, charges, or fees as required for any tax, charge, or fee administered by the commissioner, to the extent that the commissioner is aware of such failure at the time of the application.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3711.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3711 / § 3711.05
§ 3711.05. Requirements for license - issuance - notice
Status: in_force

September 30, 2024 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of health shall review all applications received under section 3711.04 of the Revised Code. On receipt of a complete application, the director shall send a copy of the application to the board of health of the city or general health district in which the maternity home is to be operated. Unless the board finds that an applicant is not in compliance with an applicable health regulation adopted by the board, the board shall approve the application. The board shall notify the director of its determination to approve or disapprove the application. If the board does not notify the director of its determination by the end of the thirtieth day after the board receives the copy of the application, the application is deemed to have been approved by the board. (B) The director shall issue a license to an applicant if all of the following requirements are met: (1) The board of health approves the application or the application is deemed to have been approved; (2) The applicant meets the standards specified in rules adopted under section 3711.12 of the Revised Code; (3) The applicant passes the inspection required by section 3711.06 of the Revised Code. (C) On issuance of a license, the director shall notify the board of health to which the application was sent under division (A) of this section. In the notice, the director shall specify the terms that apply to the license. Last updated September 30, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3776.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3776 / § 3776.06
§ 3776.06. [Former R.C. 4736.09, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3776.06 by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] Examinations
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Prior to applying for an initial environmental health specialist registration, a person shall take the credentialed national environmental health association examination administered by the department of health. (B) The director of health shall not register the person if the person fails to meet the minimum grade requirement for the examination specified by the national environmental health association. An applicant for registration who meets the minimum grade requirement shall verify the grade with the director on a form and in a manner prescribed by the director. Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.54
§ 3701.54. Duties of department of health
Status: in_force

September 10, 1996 Senate Bill 154 - 121st General Assembly The department of health shall: (A) Enforce sections 3701.51 to 3701.55 of the Revised Code; (B) Promulgate rules as necessary for the purpose of those sections and as the director of health deems necessary for the further and proper guidance of health commissioners; (C) Provide for the gratuitous distribution of a scientific prophylactic for inflammation of the eyes of the newborn, together with directions for its proper use and administration, to all physicians and certified nurse-midwives engaged in the practice of obstetrics or assisting at childbirth; (D) Publish and promulgate such further advice and information concerning the dangers of inflammation of the eyes of the newborn and of gonorrheal ophthalmia, and the necessity for prompt and effective treatment; (E) Furnish copies of sections 3701.51 to 3701.55 of the Revised Code to all physicians, certified nurse-midwives, and persons engaged in services relating to the public health; (F) Keep a proper record of all cases of inflammation of the eyes of the newborn and gonorrheal ophthalmia filed with the department pursuant to sections 3701.51 to 3701.55 of the Revised Code and as may come to its attention in any way; (G) Report all violations of sections 3701.51 to 3701.55 of the Revised Code that come to its attention to the state medical board and also to the prosecuting attorney of the county wherein the violation was committed, and assist those officials in every way possible.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3798.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3798 / § 3798.10
§ 3798.10. Standard authorization form
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The medicaid director shall prescribe by rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code a standard authorization form for the use and disclosure of protected health information by covered entities in this state. The form shall meet all requirements specified in 45 C.F.R. 164.508 and, where applicable, 42 C.F.R. part 2. (B) If a form the medicaid director prescribes under division (A) of this section is properly executed by an individual or the individual's personal representative, it shall be accepted by any person or governmental entity in this state as valid authorization for the use or disclosure of the individual's protected health information to the persons or governmental entities specified in the form. (C) This section does not preclude a person or governmental entity from accepting as valid authorization for the use or disclosure of protected health information a form other than the form prescribed under division (A) of this section if the other form meets all requirements specified in 45 C.F.R. 164.508 and, if applicable, 42 C.F.R. part 2.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.05
§ 3781.05. Plumbing standards for veterans' emergency housing
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The installation and use of federal facilities, which are a reconstruction of, or relocation of, an existing facility and not a new facility, for veterans' emergency housing shall be permitted so long as the use of such facilities is limited to veterans' emergency housing and confined to such plumbing supplies and equipment as are a part of the federal structures so used and the mainenance, repair, and replacements of such parts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3739.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3739 / § 3739.10
§ 3739.10. Copy of certification provided to dealers
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 500 - 127th General Assembly A manufacturer that certifies its cigarettes in accordance with section 3739.07 of the Revised Code shall provide a copy of the certifications to each wholesale dealer and agent to which the manufacturer sells cigarettes and shall provide sufficient copies of an illustration of the package marking used by the manufacturer pursuant to section 3739.06 of the Revised Code for each retail dealer to which the wholesale dealer or agent sells cigarettes. Each wholesale dealer and agent who receives a copy of a manufacturer's certification and copies of the manufacturer's illustration shall provide to each retail dealer to which the wholesale dealer and agent sell the manufacturer's cigarettes a copy of the illustration provided to the wholesale dealer or agent by the manufacturer. A wholesale dealer, agent, or retail dealer shall allow the state fire marshal, the tax commissioner, and the attorney general to inspect the markings of cigarette packaging marked in accordance with section 3739.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3767.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3767 / § 3767.24
§ 3767.24. Contempt proceedings
Status: in_force

August 11, 1955 House Bill 11 - 101st General Assembly If the defendant, convicted of a violation of sections 3767.13 to 3767.29 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, fails, neglects, or refuses to abate the nuisance described in the indictment, as ordered by the court, or, if the nuisance is of a recurring character, and such defendant fails, neglects, or refuses to keep it abated, proceedings in contempt of court may be instituted against him and all others assisting in or conniving at the violation of such order, and the court may direct the sheriff to execute the order of abatement at the cost and expense of the defendant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.36
§ 3719.36. Board of pharmacy to enforce poison laws
Status: in_force

July 22, 1998 Senate Bill 66 - 122nd General Assembly The state board of pharmacy shall enforce sections 3719.30 to 3719.35 of the Revised Code. If the board has information that any of those sections has been violated, it shall investigate, and upon probable cause appearing, shall file a complaint and prosecute the offender. Fines assessed and collected under prosecutions commenced by the board shall be paid to the executive director of the state board of pharmacy, and by the executive director paid into the state treasury to the credit of the board of pharmacy drug law enforcement fund created by section 4729.65 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.52
§ 3743.52. Renewal
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The license of an exhibitor of fireworks is effective for one year from the date of its issuance by the fire marshal. If an exhibitor of fireworks wishes to continue as an exhibitor after its then effective license expires, it shall apply for a new license pursuant to section 3743.50 of the Revised Code. The fire marshal shall send a written notice of the expiration of its license to a licensed exhibitor at least two months before the expiration date. (B) The license of an exhibitor of fireworks authorizes the exhibitor to conduct public fireworks exhibitions in this state if it complies with sections 3743.50 to 3743.55 of the Revised Code and with the rules adopted by the fire marshal pursuant to section 3743.53 of the Revised Code. The license is not transferable or assignable, and is subject to revocation as provided in section 3743.70 or division (D) of section 3743.99 of the Revised Code or pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if the exhibitor fails to comply with sections 3743.50 to 3743.55 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted by the fire marshal pursuant to section 3743.53 of the Revised Code. If the license of an exhibitor is revoked, the exhibitor shall cease conducting public fireworks exhibitions immediately. Subject to division (D) of section 3743.99 of the Revised Code, the exhibitor may not reapply for licensure as an exhibitor of fireworks until two years expire from the date of revocation. The fire marshal shall remove from the list of licensed exhibitors the exhibitor's name, and shall notify fire chiefs, fire prevention officers, and police chiefs or other similar chief law enforcement officers of municipal corporations, townships, or township or joint police districts in this state of the revocation. (C) Each licensed exhibitor of fireworks or a designee of the exhibitor, whose identity is provided to the fire marshal by the exhibitor, shall attend a continuing education program consisting of not less than six hours of instruction once every three years. The fire marshal shall develop the program, and the fire marshal or a person or public agency approved by the fire marshal shall conduct it. A licensed exhibitor or the exhibitor's designee who attends a program as required under this division, within one year after attending the program, and on an annual basis during the following two years, shall conduct in-service training for other employees of the licensee regarding the information obtained in the program. A licensed exhibitor shall provide the fire marshal with certified proof of full compliance with all applicable annual training requirements of the United States department of transportation and of the occupational safety and health administration. A licensed exhibitor shall provide the fire marshal with notice of the date, time, and place of all in-service training not less than thirty days prior to an in-service training event. An individual exhibitor who has no employees shall not fulfill continuing education requirements through a designee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3715.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3715 / § 3715.32
§ 3715.32. Distilled vinegar
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Vinegar manufactured, offered or exposed for sale, sold, or delivered, or in the possession of a person with intent to sell or deliver, under the name of distilled vinegar, shall be the product made wholly or in part by the acetous fermentation of dilute distilled alcohol and shall contain in one hundred cubic centimeters, at a temperature of twenty degrees centigrade, not less than four grams of acetic acid, and shall be free from coloring matter added during or after distillation and from coloring other than that imparted to it by distillation. Vinegar made wholly or in part from distilled liquor shall be branded "distilled vinegar," and free from coloring matter added during or after distillation and from color other than that imparted to it by distillation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.509 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.509
§ 3701.509. Analyzing and interpreting hearing screening information
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of health shall develop a mechanism to analyze and interpret the hearing screening information to be reported under division (B) of this section. The department shall notify all hospitals and freestanding birthing centers subject to the reporting requirements of the date the department anticipates that the mechanism will be complete. After the mechanism is complete, the department shall notify each hospital and freestanding birthing center subject to the reporting requirement of the date by which the hospital or center must submit its first report. (B) Subject to division (A) of this section and in accordance with rules adopted by the director of health under section 3701.508 of the Revised Code, each hospital and freestanding birthing center that has conducted a hearing screening required by section 3701.505 of the Revised Code shall provide to the department of health for use by the children and youth with special health care needs medical advisory council's infant hearing screening subcommittee information specifying all of the following: (1) The number of newborns born in the hospital or freestanding birthing center and the number of newborns and infants not screened because they were transferred to another hospital; (2) The number of newborns and infants referred to the hospital or freestanding birthing center for a hearing screening and the number of those newborns and infants who received a hearing screening; (3) The number of newborns and infants who did not pass the hearing screenings conducted by the hospital or freestanding birthing center; (4) Any other information concerning the program established under section 3701.504 of the Revised Code. (C) The department of health shall conduct a timely review of the information submitted by hospitals and freestanding birthing centers in accordance with rules adopted by the director under section 3701.508 of the Revised Code. (D) The infant hearing screening subcommittee, with the support of the department of health, shall compile and summarize the information submitted to the department by hospitals and freestanding birthing centers under division (B) of this section. Beginning with the first year after the mechanism developed under division (A) of this section is complete, the subcommittee shall annually prepare and transmit a report to the director of health, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate. The council shall make the report available to the public. (E) The department and all members of the subcommittee shall maintain the confidentiality of patient-identifying information submitted under division (B) of this section and section 3701.505 of the Revised Code. The information is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, except to the extent that the information is used in preparing reports under this section. Nothing in this division prohibits the department from providing patient-identifying information to other entities as it considers necessary to implement the statewide tracking and early intervention components of the program established under section 3701.504 of the Revised Code. Any entity that receives patient-identifying information from the department shall maintain the confidentiality of the information. Last updated September 20, 2023 at 12:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3752.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3752 / § 3752.111
§ 3752.111. Fiduciary's authority where operator fails to comply
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 House Bill 98 - 120th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Fiduciary" means a person who for purposes of administering an estate or trust holds legal title to a reporting facility, holds an equity or partnership interest in a reporting facility, or is a lessee of a reporting facility, but who has not exercised actual and direct control over the use, generation, transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of regulated substances at the facility. (2) "Actual and direct control" does not include any action taken to inspect the facility for the occurrence of a release or threatened release of a regulated substance; any response action taken under section 107(d)(1) of the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2781, 42 U.S.C.A. 9607, as amended, and applicable regulations adopted under that act; compliance with the requirements established in division (B) of this section; or any remedial action taken under the trust agreement or other similar document. (B) If the operator of a reporting facility fails to comply with section 3752.07 of the Revised Code, a fiduciary, within sixty days after receiving actual notice of the cessation of regulated operations at the facility, shall undertake the actions required under division (B) of section 3752.11 of the Revised Code, to the extent there are sufficient assets in the trust, unless the fiduciary is prevented from doing so by circumstances beyond the control of the fiduciary. For the purposes of the application of that division to this division, "holder" shall be deemed to be "fiduciary," and each of the following applies: (1) To the extent there are sufficient assets in the trust, the fiduciary shall continue the security measures, and maintain the warning signs, as required under division (B)(1) of that section until the fiduciary no longer holds legal title to or an equity or partnership interest in the facility or leases the facility or until the fiduciary or another person has performed the measures required under divisions (A)(4) and (5) of section 3752.06 of the Revised Code in connection with the regulated substances present at the facility; (2) The notice required under division (B)(2) of section 3752.11 of the Revised Code shall be of the cessation of regulated operations at the facility and of the fiduciary's compliance with the requirements established in division (B)(1) of that section. (C) Within thirty days before the date when a fiduciary will cease to maintain security and warning signs at a reporting facility pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section, the fiduciary shall so notify the director, the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which the facility is located, and the fire department having jurisdiction where the facility is located. The fiduciary shall submit the notice on a form prescribed by the director. (D) A fiduciary is not liable for compliance with divisions (B) and (C) of this section if the fiduciary rejects an appointment as a fiduciary within sixty days after receiving actual notice of its appointment. Nothing in this section precludes claims against the assets that constitute an estate or the corpus of a trust for compliance with the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it, including, without limitation, the requirements of this section. (E) No person shall fail to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.22
§ 3769.22. Participation in national racing compact
Status: in_force

April 4, 2007 House Bill 546 - 126th General Assembly (A) The general assembly finds and declares all of the following: (1) A national racing compact, comprised of states that are party to the compact, exists to provide for the licensure and regulation of individuals involved in the horse racing industry. (2) The intent of the compact is to prevent individual owners, trainers, jockeys, drivers, backstretch employees, totalizator employees, farriers, concessionaires, veterinarians, and other persons involved in live horse racing upon which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted from having to be licensed in each state in which they may conduct business. (3) The compact authorizes the individuals described in division (A)(2) of this section to be licensed in occupational categories established by the compact committee that oversees the compact and, thus, to be able to practice their occupation in all states that are parties to the compact. (4) The purposes of the compact are to do all of the following: (a) Establish uniform requirements among the states that are parties to the compact for the licensure of the individuals described in division (A)(2) of this section and to ensure that all of those individuals licensed pursuant to the compact meet a uniform minimum standard of honesty and integrity; (b) Facilitate the growth of the horse racing industry in each state that is a party to the compact and throughout the country by simplifying the licensing process for the individuals described in division (A)(4)(a) of this section and by reducing the duplicative and costly process of separate licensing by the applicable agency in each state that is a party to the compact; (c) Provide for participation in the compact by officials of the states that are parties to the compact, and permit those officials, through the compact committee established by the compact, to enter into contracts with governmental agencies and nongovernmental persons and entities to carry out the purposes of the compact; (d) Establish the compact committee as an interstate governmental entity authorized to request and receive criminal record history information from the federal bureau of investigation, other federal law enforcement agencies, the royal Canadian mounted police, law enforcement agencies of other nations, and state and local law enforcement agencies. (5) Both of the following apply under the compact: (a) No state that is party to the compact, including that state's racing commission or equivalent agency, is liable for the debts or other financial obligations incurred by the compact committee. (b) No official of a state that is a party to the compact or employee of the compact committee is personally liable for any act the official or employee performs or omits to perform in good faith while carrying out the official's or employee's responsibilities and duties under the compact. (B)(1) The state racing commission is hereby authorized to enter into and participate in the compact described in division (A) of this section for the purposes described in that division. (2) The participation of this state and the commission in the compact shall not have any of the following consequences: (a) Result in the diminution of any applicable existing standards governing the issuance, denial, suspension, or revocation of a license issued under section 3769.03 of the Revised Code; (b) Prevent the enforcement of any statute or rule affecting the holder of any such license; (c) Relieve any individual or entity of its duty to obtain any such license or pay any license fee; (d) Make the state or the commission liable for the debts or other financial obligations incurred by the compact committee; (e) Make any officer or employee of this state personally liable for any act the official or employee performs or omits to perform in good faith while carrying out the official's or employee's responsibilities and duties under the compact. (3) The commission shall designate an individual to represent this state and the commission on the compact committee in the administration of the compact.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3702.524 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3702 / § 3702.524
§ 3702.524. Duties of certificate holder within 24 months of grant
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) Not later than twenty-four months after the date the director of health mails the notice that the certificate of need has been granted or, if the grant or denial of the certificate of need is appealed under section 3702.60 of the Revised Code, not later than twenty-four months after issuance of an order granting the certificate that is not subject to further appeal, each person holding a certificate of need granted shall: (1) If the project for which the certificate of need was granted primarily involves construction and is to be financed primarily through external borrowing of funds, secure financial commitment for the stated purpose of developing the project and commence construction that continues uninterrupted except for interruptions or delays that are unavoidable due to reasons beyond the person's control, including labor strikes, natural disasters, material shortages, or comparable events; (2) If the project for which the certificate of need was granted primarily involves construction and is to be financed primarily internally, receive formal approval from the holder's board of directors or trustees or other governing authority to commit specified funds for implementation of the project and commence construction that continues uninterrupted except for interruptions or delays that are unavoidable due to reasons beyond the person's control, including labor strikes, natural disasters, material shortages, or comparable events; (3) If the project for which the certificate of need was granted involves no capital expenditure or only minor renovations to existing structures, provide the long-term care service by the means specified in the approved application for the certificate; (4) If the project for which the certificate of need was granted primarily involves leasing a building or space that requires only minor renovations to the existing space, execute a lease and provide the long-term care service by the means specified in the approved application for the certificate; (5) If the project for which the certificate of need was granted primarily involves leasing a building or space that has not been constructed or requires substantial renovations to existing space, commence construction for the purpose of implementing the reviewable activity that continues uninterrupted except for interruptions or delays that are unavoidable due to reasons beyond the person's control, including labor strikes, natural disasters, material shortages, or comparable events. (B) The twenty-four-month period specified in division (A) of this section shall not be extended by any means, including the granting of a subsequent or replacement certificate of need. Each person holding a certificate of need shall provide the director of health documentation of compliance with that division not later than the earlier of thirty days after complying with that division or five days after the twenty-four-month period expires. Not later than the earlier of fifteen days after receiving the documentation or fifteen days after the twenty-four-month period expires, the director shall send by certified mail a notice to the holder of the certificate of need specifying whether the holder has complied with division (A) of this section. (C) A certificate of need expires, regardless of whether the director sends a notice under division (B) of this section, if the holder fails to comply with division (A) of this section or to provide information under division (B) of this section as necessary for the director to determine compliance. The determination by the director that a certificate of need has expired is final and not appealable under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.45
§ 3745.45. Volkswagen clean air act settlement fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the Volkswagen clean air act settlement fund consisting of money received by the state from the Volkswagen clean air act settlement. It is the intent of the general assembly to appropriate into the fund the money received by the state from that settlement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3714.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3714 / § 3714.02
§ 3714.02. Rules governing construction and demolition debris facilities
Status: in_force

October 6, 2017 Senate Bill 2 - 132nd General Assembly The director of environmental protection shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing construction and demolition debris facilities and the inspection of and issuance of permits to install and licenses for those facilities. The rules shall ensure that the facilities will not create a nuisance, fire hazard, or health hazard or cause or contribute to air or water pollution. The rules shall establish all of the following: (A) Standards and procedures for the issuance of permits to install under section 3714.051 of the Revised Code that shall include all of the following: (1) Information that must be included in the designs and plans required to be submitted with the application for a permit to install under section 3714.051 of the Revised Code and criteria for approving, disapproving, or requiring modification of the designs and plans; (2) Information that must be included with an application for a permit to install in addition to the information required under section 3714.051 of the Revised Code; (3) Procedures for the issuance, denial, modification, transfer, suspension, and revocation of permits to install; (4) Grounds for the denial, modification, suspension, or revocation of permits to install; (5) A requirement that a person that is required to obtain both a permit to install under section 3714.051 of the Revised Code and a license under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code obtain both the permit and license prior to operation; (6) Criteria for establishing time periods after which a permit to install expires; (7) Any other requirements that the director determines necessary in order to establish the program for the issuance of permits to install under section 3714.051 of the Revised Code. (B) Standards for the design and construction of facilities. The standards may include, without limitation, requirements for diking around the areas where debris is buried to prevent runoff of surface water onto adjacent property. (C) Standards for control over access to facilities and for the operation of facilities, including, without limitation, standards for the compaction and covering of debris disposed of and standards regarding equipment used for the operation of facilities; (D) Criteria and procedures for granting authorization to the owner or operator of a facility to dispose of asbestos or asbestos-containing materials or products at the owner's or operator's facility; (E) Requirements for the installation of ground water monitoring wells and the monitoring of ground water quality at any facility where the operation of the facility threatens to contaminate ground water. The rules shall require that ground water monitoring be capable of determining impacts resulting from the operation of construction and demolition debris facilities. The rules also shall include provisions for ground water assessment and corrective actions for impacts to ground water. Further, the rules shall require that the owner or operator of a construction and demolition debris facility submit a monitoring report to the director or a board of health, as applicable, that has been prepared by a qualified ground water scientist and that includes all of the following: (1) A determination of any impacts to ground water from the migration of contaminants from the construction and demolition debris facility; (2) A list of the contaminants from the facility that may be causing contamination of ground water; (3) Recommendations for actions, if any are necessary, that should be taken to investigate or remediate the source of any ground water contamination. (F) Requirements for the monitoring and sampling of leachate. The rules adopted under division (F) of this section shall include all of the following: (1) A requirement that the owner or operator of a construction and demolition debris facility provide for sampling of leachate at least annually. However, the rules shall require that if leachate is recirculated through a facility, the leachate be sampled at least every calendar quarter. (2) A requirement that the owner or operator of a facility sample for at least seventy-seven parameters that the director shall establish in the rules, which shall include arsenic, copper, and chromium; (3) Requirements governing facilities that do not have a system for sampling leachate. The rules shall require that the owner or operator of such a facility monitor ground water in accordance with the rules adopted under division (E) of this section for the parameters established in the rules adopted under division (F)(2) of this section. (4) A requirement that a facility that monitors ground water and leachate add to the parameters monitored by the ground water monitoring system any parameter that is detected through the monitoring of leachate; (5) Requirements governing the reporting of leachate sampling data. The rules shall require that reports be submitted to the director and the applicable board of health. (G) Requirements respecting written, narrative plans for the operation of facilities. The rules shall require the owner or operator of a facility to use best management practices. In addition, the rules shall require as a part of the plan of operation of a facility the inclusion of the contingency plans required in rules adopted under division (H) of this section. (H) Requirements respecting contingency plans for effective action in response to fire or explosion at a facility or to hydrogen sulfide or other gases created by the operation of a facility that pose a nuisance, cause an offensive odor, or pose a threat to public health or safety or the environment; (I) Financial assurance requirements for the closure and post-closure care of facilities as follows: (1) The rules establishing the financial assurance requirements for the closure of facilities shall require that the owner or operator of a facility, before being issued an initial license for the facility under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code, submit a surety bond, a letter of credit, or other acceptable financial assurance, as specified by the director in the rules, in an amount determined by the director or the appropriate board of health, as applicable. The rules shall include a list of the activities for which financial assurance may be required. The rules shall allow the director or board of health, as applicable, to adjust the amount of a surety bond, a letter of credit, or other acceptable financial assurance in conjunction with the issuance of an annual license. However, the rules shall require that the amount of a surety bond, letter of credit, or other acceptable financial assurance for the closure of a facility be not less than thirteen thousand dollars per acre of land that has been or is being used for the disposal of construction and demolition debris. The rules shall require an explanation of the rationale for financial assurance amounts exceeding thirteen thousand dollars per acre. (2) The rules establishing the financial assurance requirements for the post-closure care of facilities shall address the maintenance of the facility, continuation of any required monitoring systems, and performance and maintenance of any specific requirements established in rules adopted under division (K) of this section or through a permit, license, or order of the director. The rules also shall allow the director or board of health, as applicable, to determine the amount of a surety bond, a letter of credit, or other acceptable financial assurance for the post-closure care of a facility based on a required cost estimate for the post-closure care of the facility. The rules shall require that the owner or operator of a facility provide post-closure financial assurance for a period of five years after the closure of a facility. However, the rules shall stipulate that post-closure care financial assurance may be extended beyond the five-year period if the extension of the post-closure care period is required under rules adopted under division (K) of this section. (J) Requirements for the closure of facilities. The requirements shall include minimum requirements for the closure of facilities and such additional requirements as are reasonably related to the location of the facility and the type and quantity of materials disposed of in the facility. The rules shall require that an owner or operator of a facility, upon the closure of the facility, file in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the facility is located a notice that the property was previously used as a construction and demolition debris facility. The rules shall require that the notice be filed in the same manner as a deed to the property. The rules shall require that the notice include an engineering drawing attachment showing the physical locations of debris placement, an indication of the volumes of debris, and an indication of the depth of the final cover material. (K) Requirements for the post-closure care of facilities for a period of five years after the closure of a facility. However, the rules shall require that the post-closure care period may be extended by order of the applicable board of health, the director, or a court of competent jurisdiction if conditions at a facility are impacting public health or safety or the environment or if ground water assessment and corrective measures are required to be conducted at the facility under rules adopted under division (E) of this section. This division does not limit the authority of the director, a board of health, or a court of competent jurisdiction to issue an order under any other applicable chapter of the Revised Code. The rules adopted under this division shall specify both of the following: (1) With respect to a facility that permanently ceases acceptance of construction and demolition debris in calendar year 2006, the post-closure care and post-closure care financial assurance requirements do not apply, provided that the owner or operator of the facility gives written notice of the date of the cessation to the applicable board of health or the director, the owner or operator of the facility does not submit a subsequent application for a license renewal for the facility after that cessation, and no order was issued by the applicable board of health, the director, or a court of competent jurisdiction governing the post-closure care of and post-closure financial assurance for that facility prior to the date specified in the written notice. (2) With respect to a facility that permanently ceases acceptance of construction and demolition debris in calendar year 2007, the required period of time for post-closure care and post-closure care financial assurance shall be one year after the closure of the facility, provided that the owner or operator of the facility gives written notice of the date of the cessation to the applicable board of health or the director, the owner or operator does not submit a subsequent application for a license renewal for the facility after that cessation, and no order was issued by the applicable board of health, the director, or a court of competent jurisdiction governing the post-closure care of and post-closure financial assurance for that facility prior to the date specified in the written notice. (L) Standards and procedures governing the modification of operation licenses issued under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code; (M) Procedures and requirements governing the certification of construction and demolition debris by p rocessing facilities as required under section 3714.082 of the Revised Code; (N) Requirements governing the provision of notification under section 3714.083 of the Revised Code by owners and operators of construction and demolition debris facilities of rejected loads and by transporters and shippers of the final disposition of rejected loads; (O) Requirements governing the certification and training of operators of construction and demolition debris facilities as required under section 3714.062 of the Revised Code; (P) Definitions of "owner" and "operator" for purposes of this chapter. The rules adopted under this section shall not prohibit the open burning of construction debris on a construction site in compliance with division (C)(1) of section 3704.11 of the Revised Code. Rules adopted under divisions (E) and (F) of this section apply to all new construction and demolition debris facilities for which a permit to install is required under section 3714.051 of the Revised Code on and after December 22, 2005. With respect to a facility that is licensed under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code and operating on December 22, 2005: if the facility does not have a ground water monitoring or leachate monitoring system, the facility is not required to comply with rules adopted under division (E) or (F) of this section; if the facility has a ground water monitoring system, but not a leachate monitoring system, the facility shall comply only with rules adopted under divisions (E) and (F)(3) of this section; and if the facility has a leachate monitoring system, but not a ground water monitoring system, the facility shall comply only with rules adopted under division (F) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.11
§ 3719.11. Controlled substances forfeited and destroyed
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 241 - 126th General Assembly All controlled substances, the lawful possession of which is not established or the title to which cannot be ascertained, that have come into the custody of a peace officer, shall be forfeited pursuant to Chapter 2981. of the Revised Code, and, unless any such section provides for a different manner of disposition, shall be disposed of as follows: (A) The court or magistrate having jurisdiction shall order the controlled substances forfeited and destroyed. The agency served by the peace officer who obtained or took custody of the controlled substances may destroy them or may send them to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation for destruction by it. A record of the place where the controlled substances were seized, of the kinds and quantities of controlled substances so destroyed, and of the time, place, and manner of destruction, shall be kept, and a return under oath, reporting the destruction, shall be made by the officer who destroys them to the court or magistrate and to the United States director, bureau of narcotics and dangerous drugs. (B) Upon written application by the department of health, the court or magistrate that ordered the forfeiture of the controlled substances may order the delivery of any of them, except heroin and its salts and derivatives, to the department for distribution or destruction as provided in this section. (C) Upon application by any hospital within this state that is not operated for private gain, the department of health may deliver any controlled substances that have come into its custody pursuant to this section to the applicant for medicinal use. The department may deliver excess stocks of the controlled substances to the United States director, bureau of narcotics and dangerous drugs, or may destroy the excess stocks. (D) The department of health shall keep a complete record of all controlled substances received pursuant to this section and of all controlled substances disposed of pursuant to this section, showing all of the following: (1) The exact kinds, quantities, and forms of the controlled substances; (2) The persons from whom they were received and to whom they were delivered; (3) By whose authority they were received, delivered, or destroyed; (4) The dates of their receipt, delivery, or destruction. (E) The record required by this section shall be open to inspection by all federal and state officers charged with the enforcement of federal and state narcotic and drug abuse control laws.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.46
§ 3701.46. Statement on certificate
Status: in_force

June 3, 2014 House Bill 95 - 130th General Assembly In reporting every birth and fetal death, physicians, certified nurse-midwives, and others required to make the reports shall state on the birth or fetal death certificate, as the case may be, whether approved tests for syphilis and gonorrhea have been made in an approved laboratory upon specimens taken from the woman who bore the child for which the certificate is filed, and the approximate date when the specimens were taken. If the tests were not made, the physician, certified nurse-midwife, or other person shall state the reasons why the tests were not made. In no event shall the results of the tests be stated on the birth or fetal death certificate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.34
§ 3781.34. Underground technical committee
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the underground technical committee. (B) The committee shall consist of four members from the stakeholder group of the commercial excavator industry, in accordance with division (C) of this section, and one member from each of the following stakeholder groups: (1) The natural gas transmission pipeline industry, appointed by the president of the senate; (2) The natural gas distribution industry, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; (3) Electric utilities, appointed by the governor; (4) Electric cooperatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; (5) A statewide organization representing independent oil and gas producers, appointed by the president of the senate; (6) The telephone industry, appointed by the governor; (7) Cable service providers, appointed by the president of the senate; (8) Locators of underground utility facilities, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; (9) Municipal corporations, appointed by the governor; (10) The department of transportation, appointed by the governor; (11) The general public, appointed by the governor; (12) The hazardous liquids pipeline industry, appointed by the governor; (13) Designers, developers, or surveyors, appointed by the governor; (14) OHIO811, as a nonvoting advisory member with duties described by section 3781.361 of the Revised Code, appointed by the governor. (C) The president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the house of representatives shall each appoint one of the members from the stakeholder group of the commercial excavator industry. (D)(1) The terms of office for members initially appointed, except for the member appointed under division (B)(14) of this section, shall be staggered at two, three, and four years and determined by lot, except that the stakeholder group of the commercial excavator industry shall have only one member with an initial two-year term. The term of office for each member subsequently appointed shall be four years. (2) The term of office for the member appointed under division (B)(14) of this section shall be four years. (E) Each member may be reappointed for an unlimited number of times. (F) If a vacancy occurs during a member's term of office, a new member shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.24
§ 3701.24. Report as to contagious or infectious diseases - AIDS and HIV
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 3701.241 to 3701.249 of the Revised Code: (1) "AIDS" means the illness designated as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. (2) "HIV" means the human immunodeficiency virus identified as the causative agent of AIDS. (3) "AIDS-related condition" means symptoms of illness related to HIV infection, including AIDS-related complex, that are confirmed by a positive HIV test. (4) "HIV test" means any test for the antibody or antigen to HIV that has been approved by the director of health under division (B) of section 3701.241 of the Revised Code. (5) "Health care facility" has the same meaning as in section 1751.01 of the Revised Code. (6) "Director" means the director of health or any employee of the department of health acting on the director's behalf. (7) "Physician" means a person authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (8) "Nurse" means a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse who holds a license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code. (9) "Anonymous test" means an HIV test administered so that the individual to be tested can give informed consent to the test and receive the results by means of a code system that does not link the identity of the individual tested to the request for the test or the test results. (10) "Confidential test" means an HIV test administered so that the identity of the individual tested is linked to the test but is held in confidence to the extent provided by sections 3701.24 to 3701.248 of the Revised Code. (11) "Health care provider" means an individual who provides diagnostic, evaluative, or treatment services. Pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director may adopt rules further defining the scope of the term "health care provider." (12) "Significant exposure to body fluids" means a percutaneous or mucous membrane exposure of an individual to the blood, semen, vaginal secretions, or spinal, synovial, pleural, peritoneal, pericardial, or amniotic fluid of another individual. (13) "Emergency medical services worker" means all of the following: (a) A peace officer; (b) An employee of an emergency medical service organization as defined in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code; (c) A firefighter employed by a political subdivision; (d) A volunteer firefighter, emergency operator, or rescue operator; (e) An employee of a private organization that renders rescue services, emergency medical services, or emergency medical transportation to accident victims and persons suffering serious illness or injury. (14) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 109.71 of the Revised Code, except that it also includes a sheriff and the superintendent and troopers of the state highway patrol. (B) Persons designated by rule adopted by the director under section 3701.241 of the Revised Code shall report promptly every case of AIDS, every AIDS-related condition, and every confirmed positive HIV test to the department of health on forms and in a manner prescribed by the director. In each county the director shall designate the health commissioner of a health district in the county to receive the reports. (C) No person shall fail to comply with the reporting requirements established under division (B) of this section. (D) Information reported under this section that identifies an individual is confidential and may be released only with the written consent of the individual except as the director determines necessary to ensure the accuracy of the information, as necessary to provide treatment to the individual, as ordered by a court pursuant to section 3701.243 or 3701.247 of the Revised Code, or pursuant to a search warrant or a subpoena issued by or at the request of a grand jury, prosecuting attorney, city director of law or similar chief legal officer of a municipal corporation, or village solicitor, in connection with a criminal investigation or prosecution. Information that does not identify an individual may be released in summary, statistical, or aggregate form. Last updated February 10, 2022 at 5:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.42
§ 3709.42. Authorization for use of credit card account
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 Senate Bill 229 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Board of health" means a board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code. (2) "Credit card account" means any bank-issued credit card account, store-issued credit card account, financial institution-issued credit card account, financial depository-issued credit card account, affinity credit card account, or any other card account allowing the holder to purchase goods or services on credit or to transact with the account, and any debit or gift card account related to the receipt of grant moneys. "Credit card account" does not include a procurement card account, gasoline or telephone credit card account, or any other card account where merchant category codes are in place as a system of control for use of the card account. (B) A board of health may authorize an officer or employee of the board to use a credit card account held by the board. Not later than three months after the effective date of this section, a board of health that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this section shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, a board of health shall adopt a written policy before first holding a credit card account. The policy shall include provisions addressing all of the following: (1) The officers, positions, or appointees authorized to use a credit card account; (2) The types of expenses for which a credit card account may be used; (3) The procedure for acquisition, use, and management of a credit card account and presentation instruments related to the account including cards and checks; (4) The procedure for submitting itemized receipts to the fiscal officer or the fiscal officer's designee; (5) The procedure for credit card issuance, credit card reissuance, credit card cancellation, and the process for reporting lost or stolen credit cards; (6) The credit card account's maximum credit limit or limits; (7) The actions or omissions by an officer or employee that qualify as misuse of a credit card account. (C) The name of the board of health shall appear on each presentation instrument related to the account including cards and checks. (D) If the fiscal officer of the board of health does not retain general possession and control of the credit card account and presentation instruments related to the account including cards and checks, the board of health shall appoint a compliance officer to perform the duties enumerated under division (E) of this section. The compliance officer may not use a credit card account and may not authorize an officer or employee to use a credit card account. The fiscal officer is not eligible for appointment as compliance officer. (E) The compliance officer and the board of health, at least quarterly, shall review the number of cards and accounts issued, the number of active cards and accounts issued, the cards' and accounts' expiration dates, and the cards' and accounts' credit limits. (F) If the fiscal officer retains general possession and control of the credit card account and presentation instruments related to the account including cards and checks, and the board of health authorizes an officer or employee to use a credit card, the fiscal officer may use a system to sign out credit cards to authorized users. The officer or employee is liable in person and upon any official bond the officer or employee has given to the board of health to reimburse the health fund of the city or general health district the amount for which the member or employee does not provide itemized receipts in accordance with the policy described in division (B) of this section. (G) The use of a credit card account for expenses beyond those authorized by the board of health constitutes misuse of a credit card account. An officer or employee or a public servant as defined under section 2921.01 of the Revised Code who knowingly misuses a credit card account held by the board of health violates section 2913.21 of the Revised Code. (H) The fiscal officer or the fiscal officer's designee annually shall file a report with the board of health detailing all rewards received based on the use of the board's credit card account.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3773.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3773 / § 3773.57
§ 3773.57. Effect of ordinance or resolution
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly The Ohio athletic commission and the commission's executive director shall not issue a license or permit to conduct public boxing or wrestling matches or exhibitions in a municipal corporation or the unincorporated portion of a township if the commission or the commission's executive director determines that the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or board of township trustees has in effect an ordinance or resolution prohibiting such matches or exhibitions.