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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.184 | Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards.

Effective:
March 30, 1999
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 142 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) Every manufactured home, as defined in division (C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, shall be constructed in accordance with the federal construction and safety standards established by the secretary of housing and urban development pursuant to the "Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 700, 42 U.S.C.A. 5401, 5403. The federal standards shall be the exclusive construction and safety standards in this state and neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state may establish any other standard governing the construction of manufactured homes.
(B) Every manufactured home constructed in accordance with the federal standards specified in division (A) of this section, shall have a permanent label or tag affixed to it, as specified in 42 U.S.C.A. 5415, certifying compliance with the federal construction and safety standards.
(C)(1) Every manufactured home that is constructed in accordance with the federal standards specified in division (A) of this section and is a permanently sited manufactured home as defined in division (C)(6) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code shall be a permitted use in any district or zone in which a political subdivision permits single-family homes, and no political subdivision may prohibit or restrict the location of a permanently sited manufactured home in any zone or district in which a single-family home is permitted.
(2) This division does not limit the authority of a political subdivision to do either of the following:
(a) Require that a permanently sited manufactured home comply with all zoning requirements that are uniformly imposed on all single-family residences within the district or zone in which the permanently sited manufactured home is or is to be located, except requirements that specify a minimum roof pitch and requirements that do not comply with the standards established pursuant to the "Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 700, 42 U.S.C.A. 5401;
(b) Prohibit from any residential district or zone, travel trailers, park trailers, and mobile homes, as these terms are defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, and manufactured homes that do not qualify as permanently sited manufactured homes.
(D) This section does not prohibit a private landowner from incorporating a restrictive covenant in a deed, prohibiting the inclusion on the conveyed land of manufactured homes, as defined in division (C)(4) or (6) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, or of travel trailers, park trailers, and mobile homes, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. This division does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right for a private landowner to incorporate such a restrictive covenant in a deed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.191 | Board Jurisdiction Regarding Residential Building Code.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
The Ohio board of building appeals has no authority to hear any case based on the Ohio residential building code or to grant any variance to the Ohio residential building code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.26 | Protection Service for Underground Utility Facilities.

Effective:
March 27, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 458 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Each utility that owns or operates underground utility facilities shall participate in and register the location of its underground utility facilities with a protection service that serves the area where the facilities are located. A utility may elect to participate in the service on a limited basis and if it does so, it shall register the location of its underground utility facilities by identifying the municipal corporations, and outside the limits of a municipal corporation, the townships by county and, where applicable, the immediate geographic area in which it has facilities. The service shall establish reasonable fees for limited basis participants.
(B) Protection services, utilities, commercial excavators, excavation equipment dealers, the public utilities commission of Ohio, the board of building standards, local law enforcement agencies, and fire departments should publicize the importance of ascertaining the location of underground utility facilities before excavating and the use of protection services to ascertain that information.
(C) A protection service shall maintain records of notifications received from developers, designers, and excavators, and of its notifications made to utilities, developers, designers, and excavators, under sections 3781.27 and 3781.28 of the Revised Code. The records of a protection service shall identify by reference number, the notifications it received regarding a proposed excavation site, the notifications it provided regarding a proposed excavation site, and the date and time of each notification.
(D) Each utility fully participating in a protection service pursuant to this section shall also participate in its affiliated positive response system. Each utility participating in a protection service on a limited basis shall directly communicate to the excavator the presence or absence of any conflict between the existing underground utility facilities and the proposed excavation site.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.261 | Protection of Underground Utility Facilities Training.

Effective:
March 27, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 458 - 129th General Assembly
An excavator, contractor, or utility that utilizes a protection service shall obtain training in the protection of underground utility facilities. An excavator, contractor, or utility shall be deemed to have obtained that training if the excavator, contractor, or utility is a member of a protection service or a statewide association representing excavators, contractors, or utilities and the service or association provides that training. An excavator, contractor, or utility also may obtain the training from such a service or association without becoming a member.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.271 | Modification of One-Call Notification System.

Effective:
March 27, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 458 - 129th General Assembly
Beginning on July 1, 2013, each protection service shall reasonably modify its one-call notification system so as to permit the reasonable identification of the location of a proposed excavation site in a manner in which the protection service may then notify any potentially affected limited basis participants. Each member of a protection service, including limited basis participants, shall be responsible for providing current contact information to the protection service.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.30 | Duties of Excavator.

Effective:
March 27, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 458 - 129th General Assembly
(A) When making excavations using traditional or trenchless technologies, the excavator shall do all of the following:
(1) Maintain reasonable clearance between any underground facility and the cutting edge or point of powered equipment;
(2) Protect and preserve the markings of tolerance zones of underground utility facilities until those markings are no longer required for proper and safe excavations;
(3) When approaching and excavating within the tolerance zone of underground utility facilities with powered equipment, require an individual other than the equipment operator, to visually monitor the excavation activity for any indication of the underground utility facility;
(4) Conduct the excavation within the tolerance zone of underground utility facilities in a careful, prudent, and nondestructive manner, when necessary, in order to prevent damage;
(5) Excavate up to the total depth of the excavation to either determine the precise location of underground utility facilities or verify that the total depth of excavation is free of such facilities;
(6) As soon as any damage is discovered, including gouges, dents, or breaks to coatings, cable sheathes, and cathodic protection anodes or wiring, report the type and location of the damage to the utility and permit the utility a reasonable amount of time to make necessary repairs;
(7) Immediately report to the utility, the protection service, and, if necessary, to the appropriate law enforcement agencies and fire departments by calling 9-1-1, any damage to an underground utility facility that results in escaping flammable, corrosive, explosive, or toxic liquids or gas, and take reasonable appropriate actions needed to protect persons and property and to minimize safety hazards until those agencies and departments and the utility arrive at the scene.
(B) When utilizing trenchless excavation methods, the excavator must comply with the following requirements, in a manner consistent with division (A) of this section:
(1) Expose and confirm all underground utility facilities at each crossing point by the proposed excavation in a nondestructive manner to the installation depth of the new facility;
(2) Expose all parallel underground utility facilities in a nondestructive manner at the beginning and end of each trenchless excavation to the installation depth of the new facility. If the proposed alignment is within the tolerance zone of any parallel underground utility facility, the underground utility facility shall be exposed every one hundred feet.
(3) Ensure that the final product installation maintains the proper clearances of existing underground utility facilities as determined pursuant to division (E)(4) of section 3781.27 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.31 | Notifying of Commencement of Excavation or of Removal of Markings.

Effective:
March 27, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 458 - 129th General Assembly
(A) When a utility marks its underground utility facilities in accordance with section 3781.29 of the Revised Code, the utility may request that the excavator provide prior notice to the utility of the actual commencement of the excavation. An excavator that receives a request for notice under this division shall provide the notice to the utility at least one full working day prior to the commencement of excavation. The excavator may make this notice by telephone.
(B) If the markings of underground utility facilities made under section 3781.29 of the Revised Code are destroyed or removed before excavation is completed, the excavator shall notify the utility through the protection service that the markings have been destroyed or removed, and the utility shall remark the facilities in accordance with section 3781.29 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.32 | Connections or Tie-Ins Within Right-of-Way.

Effective:
March 27, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 458 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Any connections or tie-ins to existing utility services within a public right-of-way shall comply with permit requirements of the public authority that has jurisdiction over that right-of-way.
(B) A developer or the designer employed by the developer shall not require, as a condition for entering into a contract for a project that will require excavation, that responsibility for performance of duties imposed under sections 3781.25 to 3781.32 of the Revised Code shall be assumed by a person other than the person on whom those duties are imposed under those sections. This division does not prohibit a utility from entering into any contract for the performance of duties that are imposed on a utility under those sections.
(C) Nothing in sections 3728.25 to 3728.32 of the Revised Code shall be construed to require a utility to relocate its underground utility facilities located at an excavation site.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.34 | Underground Technical Committee.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 378 - 130th 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.
(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) The terms of office for members initially appointed 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.
(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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.341 | Conflicts of Interest.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly
A member of the underground technical committee who has a conflict of interest in a particular review under section 4913.15 of the Revised Code shall declare the conflict to the committee and recuse self from committee discussions and voting regarding that review.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.342 | Meetings.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The underground technical committee may conduct meetings in person, by teleconference, or by video conference.
(B) The committee shall establish a primary meeting location that is open and accessible to the public.
(C) Before convening a meeting by teleconference or video conference, the committee shall send, via electronic mail, or United States postal service, a copy of meeting-related documents to each committee member.
(D) The minutes of each meeting shall specify who was attending by teleconference, who was attending by video conference, and who was physically present. Any vote taken in a meeting held by teleconference that is not unanimous shall be recorded as a roll call vote.
Last updated September 18, 2023 at 9:03 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.343 | Disclosure Requirements.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly
A member of the underground technical committee is not subject to the disclosure requirements of sections 102.02 and 102.021 of the Revised Code by virtue of membership on the committee.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.36 | Duties of Committee.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The underground technical committee shall do the following:
(1) Coordinate with the public utilities commission in carrying out its duties under Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code;
(2) Provide subject matter expertise when requested during inquiries conducted under section 4913.09 of the Revised Code;
(3) Review reports in accordance with section 4913.15 of the Revised Code;
(4) Make recommendations under sections 4913.15 and 4913.16 of the Revised Code;
(5) Perform any additional duties as may be required under this chapter.
(B) The committee shall meet as necessary to carry out its duties and meet the time-period requirements of division (B) of section 4913.15 of the Revised Code, but not less than once every three months. A majority of committee members constitutes a quorum.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - General Provisions › Section 3781.38 | Member Immunity.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly
Every member of the underground technical committee shall be immune, individually and jointly, from civil liability for any act or omission done or made in performance of the member's duties while serving as a member of the committee, but only in the absence of willful misconduct.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3791 | Building Standards - Offenses and Penalties › Section 3791.07 | Inspection Fees.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The superintendent of industrial compliance shall establish such reasonable inspection fee schedules as the superintendent determines necessary or desirable relating to the inspection of all plans and specifications submitted for approval to the division of industrial compliance, and all industrialized units inspected at the point of origin and at the construction site of the building. The inspection fee schedule shall be adopted by rule, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, and shall bear some reasonable relationship to the cost of administering and enforcing the provisions of Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code.
(B) In addition to the fee assessed in division (A) of this section, the board of building standards shall assess a fee of not more than five dollars for each application for acceptance and approval of plans and specifications and for making inspections pursuant to section 3791.04 of the Revised Code. The board shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, specifying the manner by which the superintendent of industrial compliance shall collect and remit to the board the fees assessed under this division and requiring that remittance of the fees be made at least quarterly.
(C) Any person who fails to pay an inspection fee required for any inspection conducted by the department of commerce pursuant to Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code, except for fees charged for the inspection of plans and specifications, within forty-five days after the inspection is conducted, shall pay a late payment fee equal to twenty-five per cent of the inspection fee.
(D) The board of building standards shall pay the fees assessed under this section into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created in section 121.084 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 18, 2021 at 1:46 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3791 | Building Standards - Offenses and Penalties › Section 3791.13 | Repair and Removal.

Effective:
July 1, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly
(A) When a municipal corporation or county enters and repairs or removes an abandoned service station and its appurtenances and restores the property as provided in division (E) or (G) of section 3791.12 of the Revised Code, it may bring an action to recover the costs of repair or removal and restoration, plus the costs of the suit. The owner of the property and any lessee, other than a person leasing and operating the service station pursuant to a contract with a supplier of gasoline and other petroleum products, shall be jointly and severally liable for the costs.
(B) Sections 3791.12, 3791.13 and 3791.99 of the Revised Code shall be an alternative remedy for the removal of abandoned service stations and shall not invalidate municipal ordinances regulating the use, requiring maintenance or repair, or providing for the removal of service stations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3791 | Building Standards - Offenses and Penalties › Section 3791.21 | Refuse Container Safety Standards.

Effective:
June 6, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 518 - 112th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section "refuse container" means only that type of refuse container which is self-dumping by means of a specially designed front, side, or rear loading vehicle.
(B) The board of building standards shall adopt by rule safety standards in compliance with regulations adopted by the federal consumer product safety commission on June 13, 1977 (Federal Register Vol. 42, No. 113, pp. 30296-30302), to require refuse containers to be constructed, installed, or redesigned so that they will not tip over if persons climb in or on them.
(C) The rules of the board shall require all newly manufactured or installed refuse containers and all existing refuse containers to meet the safety standards before July 1, 1978.
(D) No person shall install, manufacture, sell, lease, or purchase any refuse container that does not conform to the rules of the board adopted under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3791 | Building Standards - Offenses and Penalties › Section 3791.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
July 1, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates division (D) of section 3791.21 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and each day the violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
(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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3792 | Vaccines › Section 3792.03 | Parental Permission for Covid-19 Vaccine.

Effective:
May 14, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 6 - 134th General Assembly
No individual authorized to administer a vaccine shall administer to a minor a COVID-19 vaccine without first obtaining written permission from the minor's parent or legal guardian.
Last updated June 3, 2021 at 12:38 PM