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Ohio Rev Code § 3781.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions|Section 3781.40 | Welding Standards.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section: (1) "Adequate welding standards" means specifications, guidelines, tests, and other methods used to ensure that all structural steel welds meet, at minimum, the codes and standards for such welds established in the American welding society structural steel welding code D1.1 and the nonresidential building code adopted under section 3781.10 of the Revised Code. (2) "Certified welding inspector" means a person who has been certified by the American welding society to inspect structural steel welding projects and conduct welder qualification tests. (3) "Structural steel welding" means structural welds, weld repair, the structural system, and the welding of all primary steel members of a structure in accordance with the American welding society structural steel welding code D1.1. "Structural steel welding" does not include welding that is required by the American society of mechanical engineers to have its own certification. (B) A contractor, subcontractor, or construction manager whose workers are welding the structural steel on a construction project shall ensure that all of the following occur: (1) The workers performing the structural steel welding have been tested by and hold a valid certification from a facility that or individual who has been accredited by the American welding society to test and certify welders and welding inspectors. (2) All structural steel welds performed for the project meet adequate welding standards and are listed in the project's job specifications. (3) All structural steel welding inspections listed in the project's job specifications are completed by a certified welding inspector. (C) No person shall recklessly fail to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3781.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions|Section 3781.55 | Breast-Feeding in Places of Public Accommodation.

Effective: September 16, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 41 - 126th General Assembly|A mother is entitled to breast-feed her baby in any location of a place of public accommodation wherein the mother otherwise is permitted."Place of public accommodation" has the same meaning as in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3781.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions|Section 3781.99 | Penalty.

Effective: May 27, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates division (E) of section 3781.111 of the Revised Code shall be issued a warning for a first offense. On each subsequent offense, the person shall be fined twenty-five dollars for each parking location that is not properly marked or whose markings are not properly maintained.(B) Whoever violates this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued pursuant to it that relates to the construction, alteration, or repair of any building, and the violation is not detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of any person shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.(C) Whoever violates this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued pursuant to it that relates to the construction, alteration, or repair of any building, and the violation is detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of any person, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
Ohio Rev Code § 3783.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3783 | Building Standards - Electrical Safety Standards|Section 3783.01 | Building Standards - Electrical Safety Standards Definitions.

Effective: September 4, 1970|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 991 - 108th General Assembly|As used in sections 3783.01 to 3783.08, inclusive, of the Revised Code:(A) "Electrical safety inspector" means a person who is certified as provided in Chapter 3783. of the Revised Code.(B) The "practice of electrical inspection" includes any ascertainment of compliance with the Ohio building code, or the electrical code of a political subdivision of this state by a person, who, for compensation, inspects the construction and installation of electrical conductors, fittings, devices, and fixtures for light, heat or power services equipment, or the installation, alteration, replacement, maintenance, or repair of any electrical wiring and equipment that is subject to any of the aforementioned codes.(C) "Ohio building code" means the rules and regulations adopted by the board of building standards under Chapter 3781. of the Revised Code.(D) "Board of building standards" or "board" means the board established by section 3781.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3783.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3783 | Building Standards - Electrical Safety Standards|Section 3783.02 | Exemptions.

Effective: November 3, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 222 - 118th General Assembly|Nothing in sections 3783.01 to 3783.08 of the Revised Code shall apply to inspection of the design, construction, maintenance, or replacement of any of the following:(A) Installations in ships, watercraft, railway rolling stock, aircraft, or automotive vehicles;(B) Installations underground in mines;(C) Installations of railways for the generation, transformation, transmission, or distribution of power used exclusively for operation of rolling stock or installations used exclusively for signaling and communication purposes;(D) Installations of communication equipment under control of communication utilities, located outdoors or in building spaces used for such installations;(E) Installations under the control of electric utilities for the purpose of communication, metering, or for the generation, control, transformation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy located in building spaces used by utilities for such purposes or located on property owned or leased by the utility or on public highways, streets, roads, etc., or by established rights on private property;(F) Installations of elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators as regulated by the bureau of workers' compensation.
Ohio Rev Code § 3783.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3783 | Building Standards - Electrical Safety Standards|Section 3783.03 | Certificate of Competency.

Effective: October 9, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The board of building standards shall issue a certificate of competency as an electrical safety inspector to any person who successfully passes an examination pursuant to division (B) of this section or who qualifies for renewal pursuant to section 3783.04 of the Revised Code. Each certificate of competency issued by the board shall be signed by the chairperson and the secretary of the board and shall show on its face the dates of issuance and expiration. (B) The board shall administer an examination to an applicant for a certificate of competency as an electrical safety inspector if such applicant has paid an application fee, as prescribed by the board, and meets any of the following qualifications: (1) Has been a journeyperson electrician or equivalent for four years, two years of which were as an electrician foreman, and has had two years experience as a building inspector trainee of electrical systems; (2) Has been a journeyperson electrician or equivalent for four years and has had three years experience as a building inspector trainee of electrical systems; (3) Has had four years experience as a building inspector trainee of electrical systems; (4) Had been a journeyperson electrician or equivalent for six years; (5) Is a graduate electrical engineer and registered by the state of Ohio. An applicant who fails two examinations shall not be eligible to take another examination until the applicant has successfully completed a training program approved by the board pursuant to division (C) of this section. A new application fee shall be required for each examination given an applicant. (C) No training program for electrical safety inspectors shall be offered in this state unless approved by the board of building standards. The board may issue an electrical safety inspector trainee certificate to any person enrolled in an approved training program. A person possessing a trainee certificate may work under the supervision of an electrical safety inspector and such experience shall be considered equivalent to that of a building inspector trainee of electrical systems in satisfying the requirement under division (B) of this section. (D) The board may deny a certificate to an applicant who commits an act that would constitute grounds for disciplinary action under Chapter 3783. of the Revised Code if committed by an electrical safety inspector. (E) The board shall keep a record of the names, addresses, and such other information as it requires, of each electrical safety inspector and each electrical safety inspector trainee and a record of its proceedings under Chapter 3783. of the Revised Code. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:15 AM
Ohio Rev Code § 3783.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3783 | Building Standards - Electrical Safety Standards|Section 3783.04 | Renewing Certificates.

Effective: September 4, 1970|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 991 - 108th General Assembly|All certificates of competency issued to electrical safety inspectors shall expire three years from the date of issuance unless renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code. The board of building standards shall establish the amount of the renewal fee.Each renewal certificate shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary of the board, and shall show on its face the dates of issuance and expiration. The board may provide for the issuance of a duplicate certificate to a certified electrical safety inspector upon proof that his original certificate has been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated. A fee in an amount established by the board shall be charged for such issuance.
Ohio Rev Code § 3783.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3783 | Building Standards - Electrical Safety Standards|Section 3783.05 | Board of Building Standards Rules - Fees Credited to Industrial Compliance Operating Fund.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|The board of building standards, in accordance with Chapters 119., 3781., and 3791. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, amend, or repeal such rules as may be reasonably necessary to administer this chapter. All fees collected by the board pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created in section 121.084 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3783.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3783 | Building Standards - Electrical Safety Standards|Section 3783.06 | Certificate Required.

Effective: March 22, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 110th General Assembly|No person shall engage in the practice of electrical inspection in this state unless he is the holder of a certificate of competency as an electrical safety inspector issued under Chapter 3783. of the Revised Code. Any person practicing or offering to practice electrical inspection shall show proof of his certification upon request as provided by rules of the board of building standards.
Ohio Rev Code § 3783.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3783 | Building Standards - Electrical Safety Standards|Section 3783.07 | Investigations.

Effective: September 4, 1970|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 991 - 108th General Assembly|The board, upon its own motion or upon a written complaint of any person affected by enforcement, may investigate the actions of any electrical safety inspector and may revoke or suspend the certificate of any electrical safety inspector for reasons that shall be established by regulations adopted by the board. Hearings shall be held and appeals permitted on any such proceedings for revocation or suspension of a certificate of competency as an electrical safety inspector as provided in section 3781.101 of the Revised Code for other proceedings of the board of building standards.
Ohio Rev Code § 3783.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3783 | Building Standards - Electrical Safety Standards|Section 3783.08 | Electrical Safety Inspector Advisory Committee.

Effective: December 2, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly|The board of building standards shall appoint an electrical safety inspector advisory committee which shall consist of five members, as follows: one electrical contractor, one electrical engineer who is registered in accordance with Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code, one electrical safety inspector who is employed by the department of commerce, and two electrical safety inspectors who are employed by municipal or county building departments that are certified pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code. Members of the advisory committee shall receive their actual and necessary expenses.
Ohio Rev Code § 3783.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3783 | Building Standards - Electrical Safety Standards|Section 3783.09 | Effect of Child Support Default on Certificate.

Effective: March 22, 2001|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly|On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the board of building standards 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 certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 3783.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3783 | Building Standards - Electrical Safety Standards|Section 3783.99 | Penalty.

Effective: September 4, 1970|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 991 - 108th General Assembly|Whoever violates section 3783.06 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 3791.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3791 | Building Standards - Offenses and Penalties|Section 3791.01 | Prohibited Acts Generally.

Effective: October 24, 1975|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 367 - 111th General Assembly|No owners, officers, member of a board or committee, or other person shall construct, erect, build, or equip an opera house, hall, theater, church, schoolhouse, college, academy, seminary, infirmary, sanitarium, children's home, hospital, medical institute, asylum, memorial building, armory, assembly hall, or other building used for the assemblage or betterment of people in any municipal corporation, county, or township in this state, or make any addition thereto or alteration thereof, except in case of repairs for maintenance without affecting the construction, sanitation, safety, or other vital feature of said building or structure, without complying with Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.No architect, builder, engineer, plumber, carpenter, mason, contractor, subcontractor, foreman, or employee shall violate or assist in violating such chapters.
Ohio Rev Code § 3791.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3791 | Building Standards - Offenses and Penalties|Section 3791.02 | Failure to Obey Order Prohibited.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|No owner, or person having the control as an officer or member of a board or committee or otherwise of any opera house, hall, theater, church, schoolhouse, college, academy, seminary, infirmary, sanitarium, children's home, hospital, medical institute, asylum, memorial building, armory, assembly hall, or other building for the assemblage or betterment of people shall fail to obey any order of the state fire marshal, boards of health of city and general health districts, the building inspector or commissioner in cities having a building inspection department, or the superintendent of industrial compliance in the department of commerce under Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 3791.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3791 | Building Standards - Offenses and Penalties|Section 3791.03 | General Prohibition - Fine.

Effective: October 24, 1975|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 367 - 111th General Assembly|No architect, engineer, builder, plumber, carpenter, mason, contractor, subcontractor, foreman, or employee shall violate or assist in the violation of Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto or of any order issued thereunder.Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 3791.041 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3791 | Building Standards - Offenses and Penalties|Section 3791.041 | Fire Protection Systems.

Effective: September 26, 1996|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 293 - 121st General Assembly|(A) The board of building standards shall maintain a current list of individuals certified under section 3781.105 of the Revised Code and shall ensure that municipal, township, or county building departments certified under division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code have a current copy of the list.(B) The rules adopted under section 3791.04 of the Revised Code by the board of building standards or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, county, or township pertaining to the submission of plans and specifications and to the processing of them by the respective building departments shall:(1) Provide that plans and specifications for fire protection systems, when submitted under the signature of an individual certified under section 3781.105 of the Revised Code, shall be processed in the same manner as plans and specifications submitted under the signature of a professional engineer registered under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code or an architect registered under Chapter 4703. of the Revised Code;(2) Subject to section 3791.042 of the Revised Code, provide that plans and specifications for fire protection systems, if certified by a registered architect or professional engineer or individual certified under section 3781.105 of the Revised Code as conforming to requirements adopted by the board of building standards under Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code pertaining to design loads, stresses, strength, stability, or other requirements involving technical design analysis, shall be examined by the building department official only to the extent necessary to determine conformity of such plans with other requirements adopted by the board under Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code;(3) Where supervision of the installation of fire protection systems is required, permit supervision by a person certified under section 3781.105 of the Revised Code in lieu of supervision by a registered architect or professional engineer;(4) Not require an individual certified under section 3781.105 of the Revised Code to include in any submission of plans and specifications for a fire protection system any statistical data, reports, explanations, plan descriptions, or information that would not also be required for a similar submission by a professional engineer or registered architect.
Ohio Rev Code § 3791.042 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3791 | Building Standards - Offenses and Penalties|Section 3791.042 | Plan and Specification Review.

Effective: May 27, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly|If a building department certified under section 3781.10 of the Revised Code does not have personnel in its full-time employ who are certified by the board of building standards to do plan and specification review, plans and specifications submitted to the building department shall be examined by the approved building official and shall be approved by the official if the plans and specifications conform with the Ohio building code and Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code, and if the plans and specifications were prepared by an architect who is certificated and registered pursuant to Chapter 4703. of the Revised Code or by a professional engineer who is registered pursuant to Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code and those plans and specifications contain a written certification by the architect or engineer that indicates that the plans and specifications conform to the Ohio building code and Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3791.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3791 | Building Standards - Offenses and Penalties|Section 3791.05 | Counter Floors in Construction - Prohibition - Penalty.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|No owner, lessee, agent, factor, architect, or contractor engaged in and having supervision or charge of the building, erection, or construction of a block, building, or structure, shall neglect or refuse to place or have placed upon the joists of each story thereof, as soon as joists are in position, counter floors of such quality and strength as to render perfectly safe the going to and from thereon of all mechanics, laborers, and other persons engaged upon the work of construction or supervision, or in placing materials for such construction. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars.Each day that such person neglects or refuses to have such counter floors so placed, after notice is given by a building inspector, a chief inspector, or deputy inspector of the city building inspection department in cities where such department is organized, or by the superintendent of industrial compliance of the state, in cities where such departments are not organized, or from a person whose life or personal safety may be endangered by such neglect or refusal, is a separate offense.
Ohio Rev Code § 3791.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3791 | Building Standards - Offenses and Penalties|Section 3791.06 | Prohibition Against Use of Improper Ladders or Scaffolding - Penalty.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall employ or direct another to do or perform labor in erecting, repairing, altering, or painting a house, building, or other structure, and knowingly or negligently furnish, erect, or cause to be furnished for erection for and in the performance of said labor, unsuitable or improper scaffolding, hoists, stays, ladders, or other mechanical contrivances which will not give proper protection to the life and limb of a person so employed or engaged.Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three months, or both.If such scaffolding, swung or suspended from an overhead support or supports, is more than twenty feet from the ground floor, it is not deemed to give proper protection to the life and limb of persons employed or engaged on such scaffolding unless, when in use, it has a safety rail rising at least thirty-four inches above the floor or main portion extending along the outside thereof, and properly attached thereto, and is provided with braces strong enough to sustain the weight of a man's body against it and to prevent such scaffolding from swaying from the building or structure.