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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3775 | Sports Gaming › Section 3775.16 | Withholding Government Debts From Winnings.

Effective:
March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Pursuant to section 131.02 of the Revised Code, the attorney general shall develop and implement a real time data match program and make it available to each sports gaming proprietor to identify patrons who owe amounts to the state or a political subdivision.
(B)(1) Before disbursing any sports gaming winnings to a patron in an amount for which reporting to the internal revenue service of the amount is required by section 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, a sports gaming proprietor shall consult the data match program to determine whether the patron owes any amounts to the state or a political subdivision. If the data match program indicates that the patron owes any amounts to the state or a political subdivision, the sports gaming proprietor shall withhold from the patron's winnings an amount sufficient to satisfy those amounts, up to the amount of the winnings.
(2) If the data match program described in section 3123.90 of the Revised Code indicates that the patron also is in default under a support order, the sports gaming proprietor shall transmit to the department of job and family services an amount sufficient to satisfy any past due support owed by the patron, up to the amount of the winnings, before transmitting any remaining amount to the attorney general under division (C) of this section.
(C)(1) Not later than fourteen days after withholding an amount under division (B) of this section, the sports gaming proprietor shall transmit to the attorney general any amount withheld and not already disbursed to the department of job and family services under section 3123.90 of the Revised Code as payment on the amount owed.
(2) If the patron owes more than one amount to the state or a political subdivision as identified by the data match program described in this section, the amount owed to the state shall be satisfied first, except that any amounts owed under section 5739.33 and division (G) of section 5747.07 of the Revised Code shall have first priority.
(D) Except as otherwise provided in section 131.021 of the Revised Code, this section applies only to amounts owed that have become final.
(E) The attorney general, in consultation with the commission, may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section.
Last updated February 14, 2022 at 4:01 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3776 | Environmental Health Specialists › Section 3776.01 | [Former r.c. 4736.01, Amended and Renumbered as r.c. 3776.01 by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Definitions.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Environmental health science" means the aspect of public health science that includes, but is not limited to, the following bodies of knowledge: air quality, food quality and protection, hazardous and toxic substances, consumer product safety, housing, institutional health and safety, community noise control, radiation protection, recreational facilities, solid and liquid waste management, vector control, drinking water quality, milk sanitation, and rabies control.
(B) "Environmental health specialist" means a person who performs for compensation educational, investigational, technical, or administrative duties requiring specialized knowledge and skills in the field of environmental health science.
(C) "Registered environmental health specialist" means a person who is registered as an environmental health specialist in accordance with this chapter.
(D) "Environmental health specialist in training" means a person who is registered as an environmental health specialist in training in accordance with this chapter.
(E) "Practice of environmental health" means consultation, instruction, investigation, inspection, or evaluation by an employee of a city health district, a general health district, the environmental protection agency, the department of health, or the department of agriculture requiring specialized knowledge, training, and experience in the field of environmental health science, with the primary purpose of improving or conducting administration or enforcement under any of the following:
(1) Chapter 911., 913., 917., 3717., 3718., 3721., 3729., 3730., or 3733. of the Revised Code;
(2) Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code as it pertains to solid and hazardous waste;
(3) Section 955.26, 955.261, 3701.344, 3707.01, 3707.03, 3707.26, or 3715.021 of the Revised Code;
(4) Rules adopted under Chapter 3749. of the Revised Code pertaining to swimming pools.
"Practice of environmental health" does not include sampling, testing, controlling of vectors, reporting of observations, or other duties that do not require application of specialized knowledge and skills in environmental health science performed under the supervision of a registered environmental health specialist.
The director of health may further define environmental health science in relation to specific functions in the practice of environmental health through rules adopted by the director under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:45 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3776 | Environmental Health Specialists › Section 3776.02 | [Former r.c. 4736.02, Amended and Renumbered as r.c. 3776.02 by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Environmental Health Specialist Advisory Board.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
There is hereby created the environmental health specialist advisory board consisting of seven members appointed by the director of health for terms established in accordance with rules adopted by the director under section 3776.03 of the Revised Code. The advisory board shall advise the director regarding the registration of environmental health specialists in training and environmental health specialists, continuing education requirements for environmental health specialists, the manner in which the passage of an examination required by section 3776.06 of the Revised Code is verified, the education and employment criteria required under section 3776.05 of the Revised Code, and any other matters as may be of assistance to the director in the regulation of environmental health specialists and environmental health specialists in training.
Each member appointed by the director shall be a registered environmental health specialist who meets the education and employment requirements of section 3776.05 of the Revised Code for registration as an environmental health specialist. At least one and not more than two of the members shall be employees of a general health district; at least one and not more than two shall be employees of a city health district; and at least one and not more than two shall be employed in private industry. Not more than one member may be employed by a university and not more than one member may be employed by an agency or department of the state.
Within ninety days of September 29, 2017, the director shall make initial appointments to the advisory board.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:46 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3776 | Environmental Health Specialists › Section 3776.03 | [Former r.c. 4736.03, Amended and Renumbered as r.c. 3776.03 by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Director of Health Rules.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The director of health shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing all of the following:
(1) The manner in which the passage of an examination required by section 3776.06 of the Revised Code is verified;
(2) The form for application;
(3) The establishment of criteria for determining what courses may be included toward fulfillment of the science course requirements of section 3776.05 of the Revised Code;
(4) The determination of the continuing education program requirements of section 3776.07 of the Revised Code;
(5) The administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(B) The director may adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, rules of a general application throughout the state for the practice of environmental health that are necessary to administer and enforce this chapter, including rules governing all of the following:
(1) The registration, advancement, and reinstatement of applicants to practice as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training;
(2) Educational requirements necessary for qualification for registration as an environmental health specialist or an environmental health specialist in training under division of (B) section 3776.05 of the Revised Code, including criteria for determining what courses may be included toward fulfillment of the science course requirements of that section;
(3) Continuing education requirements for environmental health specialists and environmental health specialists in training, including the process for applying for continuing education credits;
(4) The terms of office for members of the environmental health specialist advisory board created in section 3776.02 of the Revised Code;
(5) Any other rule necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:46 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3776 | Environmental Health Specialists › Section 3776.04 | [Former r.c. 4736.07, Amended and Renumbered as r.c. 3776.04 by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Registration Application Records.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The director of health shall keep a record of all applications for registration, including:
(A) The name and address of each applicant;
(B) The name and address of the employer or business connection of each applicant;
(C) The date of the application;
(D) The educational and employment qualifications of each applicant;
(E) The date on which the director reviewed and acted upon each application;
(F) The action taken by the director on each application.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:47 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3776 | Environmental Health Specialists › Section 3776.05 | [Former r.c. 4736.08, Amended and Renumbered as r.c. 3776.05 by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Application for Registration.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) A person seeking to register as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training shall submit an application to the director of health on a form prescribed by the director. Along with the application, the person shall submit the application fee prescribed in rules adopted under this chapter.
(B) The director shall register an applicant as an environmental health specialist if the applicant complies with the examination requirements specified under section 3776.06 of the Revised Code and meets any of the following education and employment requirements:
(1) Graduated from an accredited college or university with at least a baccalaureate degree, including at least forty-five quarter units or thirty semester units of science courses approved by the director; and completed at least two years of full-time employment as an environmental health specialist;
(2) Graduated from an accredited college or university with at least a baccalaureate degree, completed a major in environmental health science which included an internship program approved by the director; and completed at least one year of full-time employment as an environmental health specialist;
(3) Graduated from an accredited college or university with a degree higher than a baccalaureate degree, including at least forty-five quarter units or thirty semester units of science courses approved by the director; and completed at least one year of full-time employment as an environmental health specialist.
(C)(1) The director shall register an applicant as an environmental health specialist in training if the applicant meets the educational qualifications of division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, but does not meet the employment requirement of any such division.
(2) An environmental health specialist in training shall apply for registration as an environmental health specialist within four years after registration as an environmental health specialist in training. The director may extend the registration of any environmental health specialist in training who furnishes, in writing, sufficient cause for not applying for registration as an environmental health specialist within the four-year period. However, the director shall not extend the registration more than an additional two years beyond the four-year period.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:47 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3776 | Environmental Health Specialists › Section 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.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
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
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3776 | Environmental Health Specialists › Section 3776.08 | [Former r.c. 4736.12, Amended and Renumbered as r.c. 3776.08 by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Fees.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The director of health shall charge the following fees:
(1) To apply as an environmental health specialist in training, fifty dollars;
(2) For an environmental health specialist in training to apply for registration as an environmental health specialist, fifty dollars.
(3) For persons other than environmental health specialists in training to apply for registration as environmental health specialists, one hundred dollars.
(4) The renewal fee for a registered environmental health specialist is seventy-five dollars.
(5) The renewal fee for a registered environmental health specialist in training is thirty-five dollars.
(6) For late application for renewal, an additional seventy-five dollars.
The director, with the approval of the controlling board, may establish fees in excess of the amounts provided in this section, provided that such fees do not exceed the amounts permitted by this section by more than fifty per cent.
(B) The director shall charge a fee for the examination required by section 3776.06 of the Revised Code, provided that the fee is not in excess of the actual cost to the department of health of conducting the examinations.
(C) The director may adopt rules establishing fees for all of the following:
(1) Application for the registration of a training agency approved under rules adopted by the director pursuant to section 3776.07 of the Revised Code and for the annual registration renewal of an approved training agency;
(2) Application for the review of continuing education hours submitted for the director's approval by approved training agencies or by registered environmental health specialists or environmental health specialists in training;
(3) Additional copies of pocket identification cards and wall certificates.
(D) Any fee collected under this section shall be deposited into the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. The director shall use the money collected from such fees for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:55 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3776 | Environmental Health Specialists › Section 3776.09 | [Former r.c. 4736.13, Amended and Renumbered as r.c. 3776.09 by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Denial, Refusal, Revocation, or Suspension of Certificate.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The director of health may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, or suspend a certificate of registration to practice in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for unprofessional conduct, the practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of registration, dereliction of duty, incompetence in the practice of environmental health science, or for other good and sufficient cause.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:56 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3776 | Environmental Health Specialists › Section 3776.10 | [Former r.c. 4736.14, Amended and Renumbered as r.c. 3776.10 by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 12/29/2023] Reciprocity.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The director of health may, upon application and proof of valid registration, issue a certificate of registration to any person who is or has been registered as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training by any other state, if the requirements of that state at the time of such registration are determined by the director to be at least equivalent to the requirements of this chapter.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 4:53 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3776 | Environmental Health Specialists › Section 3776.11 | [Former r.c. 4736.15, Amended and Renumbered as r.c. 3776.11 by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Registration Required to Practice Environmental Health.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) No person shall engage in, or offer to engage in, the practice of environmental health without being registered in accordance with this chapter.
(B) No person except a registered environmental health specialist shall use the title "registered environmental health specialist" or the abbreviation "R.E.H.S." after the person's name, or represent self as a registered environmental health specialist.
(C)(1) No person except a registered environmental health specialist in training shall use the title "registered environmental health specialist in training" or the abbreviation "E.H.S.I.T." after the person's name, or represent self as a registered environmental health specialist in training.
(2) No environmental health specialist in training shall engage in the active practice of environmental health for a period exceeding six years from the date that the environmental health specialist in training's registration was initially issued. During the period that a person is engaged as an environmental health specialist in training, the person shall undertake the duties of an environmental health specialist in training solely under the supervision of a registered environmental health specialist in good standing. Such supervision is a condition for the advancement of an environmental health specialist in training to an environmental health specialist.
(D) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:58 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3776 | Environmental Health Specialists › Section 3776.12 | [Former r.c. 4736.17, Renumbered as r.c. 3776.12 by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Effect of Child Support Default on Certificate.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th 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 certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:59 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3776 | Environmental Health Specialists › Section 3776.13 | [Former r.c. 4736.18, Amended and Renumbered as r.c. 3776.13 by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 10/3/2023] Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions for Human Trafficking.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The director of health shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 1:59 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.02 | Authorization and Purpose.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Authorization and purpose.
(A) Controlled and regulated sales and use of adult use cannabis shall be permitted under this chapter for the following public purposes:
(1) Reducing illegal marijuana sales and providing for a safer and regulated cannabis product;
(2) Limiting the transportation of out-of-state cannabis into the state;
(3) Providing key funding to support social equity, job creation, host communities that have adult use dispensaries, cannabis research, and proper oversight and regulation of the adult cannabis industry; and
(4) Improving social equity issues to address the state's compelling interest to redress past and present effects of discrimination and economic disadvantage for individuals in the state.
(B) Adult use cannabis shall only be sold to, or used by, an adult use consumer pursuant to this chapter unless otherwise authorized pursuant to the Revised Code.
(C) Nothing in this chapter shall limit any sale, use, possession, or any other activity authorized by Chapter 3796 of the Revised Code.
Last updated November 14, 2023 at 11:11 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.04 | Allowable Forms of Adult Use Cannabis.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Allowable forms of adult use cannabis.
(A) Only adult use cannabis may be sold under this chapter in the following forms: plant material and seeds, live plants, clones, extracts, drops, lozenges, oils, tinctures, edibles, patches, smoking or combustible product, vaporization of product, beverages, pills, capsules, suppositories, oral pouches, oral strips, oral and topical sprays, salves, lotions or similar cosmetic products, and inhalers.
(B) Any person may submit a petition to the division of cannabis control requesting that an additional form or method of adult use cannabis be approved. A petition shall be submitted to the division of cannabis control in a manner prescribed by the division of cannabis control.
(C) On receipt of a petition, the division of cannabis control shall determine whether or not to approve the form or method of adult use cannabis described in the petition within sixty days of petition receipt.
(D) The division of cannabis control may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:50 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.05 | Electronic Database.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Electronic database.
The division of cannabis control shall establish and maintain an electronic database to monitor all adult use cannabis from its seed or clone source through its cultivation, processing, testing, and dispensing for all adult use cannabis operator operations. The division of cannabis control may contract with a separate entity or state agency to establish and maintain all or any part of the electronic database on behalf of the division of cannabis control.
The electronic database shall allow for information regarding adult use cannabis to be updated instantaneously. Any license holder licensed under this chapter shall submit to the division of cannabis control any information the division of cannabis control determines is necessary for maintaining the electronic database.
The division of cannabis control, and any entity under contract with the division of cannabis control, shall not make public any information reported to or collected by the division of cannabis control under this section that identifies or would tend to identify any adult use consumer.
Last updated November 14, 2023 at 11:11 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.06 | Information Provided by the Department of Taxation.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Information provided by the department of taxation.
(A)(1) Notwithstanding section 149.43 of the Revised Code or any other public records law to the contrary or any law relating to the confidentiality of tax return information, upon the request of the division of cannabis control, the department of taxation shall provide to the division of cannabis control all of the following information:
(a) Whether an applicant for license under this chapter follows the applicable tax laws of this state;
(b) Any past or pending violation by the applicant of those tax laws, and any penalty imposed on the applicant for such a violation.
(2) The division of cannabis control shall request the information only as it pertains to an application for license that the division of cannabis control is reviewing.
(3) The department of taxation may charge the division of cannabis control a reasonable fee to cover the administrative cost of providing the information.
(B) Information received under this section is confidential. Except as otherwise permitted by other state law or federal law, the division of cannabis control shall not make the information available to any person other than the applicant for licensure to whom the information applies.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:51 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.09 | Location of Adult Use Cannabis Operators.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Location of adult use cannabis operators.
(A) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 3796 of the Revised Code or Chapter 3796 of the Administrative Code, an adult use cannabis operator and an adult use testing laboratory licensed under this chapter shall conduct business under their license at the same location where the adult use cannabis operator or adult use testing laboratory, or the same owners of the adult use cannabis operator or adult use testing laboratory, also have been issued a certificate of operation, unless the adult use cannabis operator or adult use testing laboratory relocates all or a portion of their facility and business if authorized under this chapter and rules adopted by the division of cannabis control.
(B) All other applicants who do not have a certificate of operation shall conduct business at a facility consistent with this chapter and as approved by the division of cannabis control.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:52 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.12 | Level I and Level II Adult Use Cultivator License.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Level I and level II adult use cultivator license.
(A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (B) of this section, the holder of a current and valid level I or level II adult use cultivator license issued under this chapter may do either of the following:
(1) Cultivate adult use cannabis;
(2) Distribute, transfer, and sell adult use cannabis to other adult use cannabis operators; and
(3) Acquire seeds, clones, plants, and other genetic material.
(B) A level I or level II adult use cultivator license holder shall not cultivate any adult use cannabis for personal, family, or household use under the license.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:54 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.13 | Level III Adult Use Cultivator License.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Level III adult use cultivator license.
(A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, and except as provided in division (B) of this section, the holder of a current and valid level III adult use cultivator license issued under this chapter may do any of the following:
(1) Cultivate adult use cannabis;
(2) Distribute, transfer, and sell adult use cannabis to other adult use cannabis operators; and
(3) Acquire seeds, clones, plants, and other genetic material.
(B) A level III adult use cultivator license holder shall not cultivate any adult use cannabis for personal, family, or household use under the license.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:54 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.14 | Adult Use Processor License.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Adult use processor license.
(A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, the holder of a current and valid adult use processor license issued under this chapter may do any of the following:
(1) Obtain cannabis from adult use cannabis operators;
(2) Subject to the rules adopted pursuant to this section, process adult use cannabis obtained from adult use cannabis operators into a form authorized under this chapter; and
(3) Distribute, transfer, and sell processed adult use cannabis to adult use cannabis operators.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:55 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.15 | Adult Use Dispensary License.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Adult use dispensary license.
(A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, the holder of a current and valid adult use dispensary license issued under this chapter may do the following:
(1) Obtain adult use cannabis from adult use processors, adult use cultivators, level III adult use cultivators, and other adult use dispensaries;
(2) Distribute, transfer, or sell adult use cannabis to adult use cannabis operators;
(3) Provide delivery of adult use cannabis and cannabis paraphernalia to patrons as established in rules adopted under section 3780.03 of the Revised Code; and
(4) Dispense or sell adult use cannabis in accordance with division (B) of this section and sell paraphernalia.
(B) When dispensing or selling adult use cannabis, a licensed adult use dispensary shall do all of the following:
(1) Dispense or sell adult use cannabis only to those adult use consumers who present a current, valid identification card demonstrating proof that the adult use consumer is twenty-one years of age or older;
(2) Only accept adult use cannabis from a licensed adult use cannabis operator that has been prepackaged and labeled in compliance with chapter 3780 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under 3780.03 of the Revised Code; and
(3) Not dispense or sell adult use cannabis to adult use consumers per day in amounts that exceed the possession limits in 3780.36 (B)(1) of the Revised Code.
(C) When operating a licensed adult use dispensary, an adult use dispensary shall:
(1) Only use licensed individuals who have met the training requirements established in rules adopted under section 3780.03 of the Revised Code; and
(2) Maintain addiction services information materials available at the adult use consumer's request.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:55 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.16 | Adult Use Testing Laboratory License.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Adult use testing laboratory license.
(A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, the holder of a current and valid adult use testing laboratory license issued under this chapter may do both of the following:
(1) Obtain adult use cannabis from one or more adult use cannabis operators licensed under this chapter for testing purposes only; and
(2) Conduct cannabis testing, research and operations in the manner specified in rules adopted under section 3780.03 of the Revised Code.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:56 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.17 | Licensure of Individuals.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Licensure of individuals.
(A) The division of cannabis control may issue a license to an individual applicant required to be licensed related to an adult use cannabis operator or adult use testing laboratory after it has determined that the applicant is eligible for a license under rules adopted by the division of cannabis control and after the applicant has paid any applicable fees.
(B) To be eligible for a license, an applicant shall be at least twenty-one years of age.
(C) Each application for a license shall be on a form prescribed by the division of cannabis control and shall contain all information required by the division of cannabis control.
(D) Each applicant shall submit with each application, on a form provided by the division of cannabis control, two sets of the applicant's fingerprints and a photograph as required by rule consistent with this chapter. The division of cannabis control shall charge each applicant an application fee to cover all actual regulatory costs generated by each licensee and all background checks.
(E) A license issued under this section is portable and may be used at any adult use cannabis operator or adult use testing laboratory as long as such licensee is registered with the division of cannabis control for each location where the licensee works or is employed.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:56 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.18 | Purpose of Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Program.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Purpose of cannabis social equity and jobs program.
(A) Additional efforts are needed to reduce barriers to ownership and opportunities within the adult use cannabis industry for individuals and communities most adversely impacted by the enforcement of marijuana-related laws.
(B) In the interest of establishing an adult cannabis industry that is equitable and accessible to those most adversely impacted by the enforcement of marijuana-related laws in this State, the cannabis social equity and jobs program should be established.
(C) Individuals who have been arrested or incarcerated due to drug laws suffer long-lasting negative consequences, including impacts to employment, business ownership, housing, health, and long-term financial well-being.
(D) Family members, especially children, and communities of those who have been arrested or incarcerated due to drug laws, suffer from emotional, psychological, and financial harms as a result of such arrests or incarcerations.
(E) Certain communities have disproportionately suffered the harms of enforcement of marijuana-related laws. Those communities face greater difficulties accessing traditional banking systems and capital for establishing businesses.
(F) Individuals who have resided in areas of high poverty suffer negative consequences, including barriers to entry in employment, business ownership, housing, health, and long-term financial well-being.
(G) Promotion of business ownership and employment by individuals who have resided in areas of high poverty and high enforcement of marijuana-related laws furthers an equitable cannabis industry.
(H) Therefore, in the interest of remedying the harms resulting from the disproportionate enforcement of marijuana-related laws, a cannabis social equity and jobs program shall provide financial assistance and license application support to individuals most directly and adversely impacted by the enforcement of marijuana-related laws who are interested in starting or working in cannabis business entities.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:57 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.20 | Operations.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Operations.
(A) Adult use cannabis operators and adult use testing laboratories shall adopt operating procedures and comply with operation requirements required by rules under 3780.03 of the Revised Code, which include, but are not limited to, the following as applicable:
(1) Quality assurance;
(2) Package and labeling;
(3) Waste disposal;
(4) Inventory control and storage;
(5) Monitoring, surveillance and security requirements;
(6) Laboratory testing;
(7) Records and reporting requirements;
(8) Hours of operation and procedures when location is closed;
(9) Receipt of adult use cannabis;
(10) Dispensing errors reporting and review;
(11) Destruction and disposal of adult cannabis;
(12) Recall procedures; and
(13) Transportation of adult use cannabis.
(B) No adult use cannabis operator may sell or dispense adult use cannabis without remuneration unless authorized under rule pursuant to 3780.03 of this chapter.
(C) The division of cannabis control may adopt other operation rules as necessary consistent with this chapter.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:58 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.21 | Advertising.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Advertising.
(A) The division of cannabis control may adopt rules regulating advertisements of license holders to prevent advertisements that are false, misleading, targeted to minors, promote excessive use, or that promote illegal activity.
(B) Rules adopted by the division of cannabis control pursuant to section (A) of this chapter shall not require preapproval and shall not overly burden the legitimate commercial speech of adult use cannabis operators in communicating with adult use consumers. Notwithstanding, the division of cannabis control may adopt narrowly tailored time and place restrictions preventing advertising targeted to minors.
(C) The division of cannabis control at any time may conduct an audit of license holder's published advertisements to ensure it complies with section (A) of this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(D) The division of cannabis control may require a license holder to stop using an advertisement if the division of cannabis control finds the license holder violated rules adopted pursuant to division (A) of this section.
Last updated January 11, 2024 at 9:22 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.22 | Tax Levied on Adult Use Consumers.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Tax levied on adult use consumers.
(A) For the purpose of supporting social equity issues, providing funds to support jobs and economic development, providing funding for host communities who have adult use dispensaries in their jurisdiction to support these communities, funding education and treatment for individuals with cannabis and other addiction issues, and defraying the costs of regulation and administering the tax, there shall be an adult use tax on the sale of adult use cannabis by adult use dispensaries to adult use consumers in accordance with this chapter.
(B) The rate of the adult use tax shall be ten per cent. The adult use tax applies and is collectable when the sale is made, regardless of the time when the price is paid, or when the adult use cannabis is delivered.
(C) The adult use tax is in addition to the tax levied or collected under Chapter 5739 of the Revised Code on adult use cannabis sales by adult use dispensaries to adult use consumers.
(D) The tax authorized under division (A) shall be collected consistent with Chapter 5739 of the Revised Code, but the tax commissioner shall adopt rules the commissioner deems necessary to administer the adult use tax including the licensure, filing, collection, distribution, refund, assessment, bad debt, liability of unpaid taxes, recordkeeping, and any penalty related to the adult use tax consistent with this chapter.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:59 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.23 | Funds Created.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Funds created.
(A) For the purpose of receiving and distributing, and accounting for, revenue received from the adult use tax levied by section 3780.22 of the Revised Code, the following funds are created in the state treasury:
(1) The adult use tax fund;
(2) The cannabis social equity and jobs fund;
(3) The host community cannabis fund;
(4) The substance abuse and addiction fund; and
(5) The division of cannabis control and tax commissioner fund.
(B) All monies collected from the tax levied under this chapter shall be deposited into the adult use tax fund.
(C) Unless otherwise authorized under this chapter or rule, the director of budget and management shall transfer amounts to each fund as follows:
(1) Thirty-six per cent to the cannabis social equity and jobs fund to be used to implement the requirements of 3780.19 of the Revised Code;
(2) Thirty-six per cent to the host community cannabis fund for the benefit of municipal corporations or townships that have adult use dispensaries, and the municipal corporations or townships may use such funds for any approved purpose. Distributions to municipal corporations or townships shall be based on the percentage of adult use tax attributable to each municipal corporation or township ;
(3) Twenty-five per cent to the substance abuse and addiction fund to support the efforts of the department of mental health and addiction services to alleviate substance and opiate abuse and related research in the state under section 3780.30 of the Revised Code; and
(4) Three per cent to the division of cannabis control and tax commissioner fund to support the operations of the division of cannabis control and to defray the cost of the department of taxation for administering the tax levied under section 3780.22 of the Revised Code.
Payments under of this section shall be made by the end of the month following the end of each quarterly period. The tax commissioner shall make the data available to the director of the office of budget and management for this purpose and the director of budget and management shall transfer amounts the funds in this section as required. The tax commission may serve as agent of the municipal corporations or townships only for the purposes of division (C)(2) of this section as promulgated by rule.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 12:59 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.24 | Tax Administration and Enforcement.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Tax administration and enforcement.
The tax commissioner shall administer and enforce sections 3780.22 through 3780.23 of this chapter. In addition to any other powers conferred upon the tax commissioner by law, the tax commissioner may:
(A) Prescribe all forms that are required to be filed under sections 3780.22 through 3780.23 of this chapter ;
(B) Adopt rules that are necessary and proper to carry out section 3780.22 through 3780.23 of this chapter ; and
(C) Appoint professional, technical, and clerical employees as are necessary to carry out the tax commissioner's duties under sections 3780.22 through 3780.23 of this chapter.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 1:00 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3780 | Adult Use Cannabis Control › Section 3780.26 | Enforcement Authority of the Division of Cannabis Control.

Effective:
December 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
ENACTEDBYINITIATIVEPETITION,NOVEMBER7,2023 -  General Assembly
Enforcement authority of the division of cannabis control.
(A) The division of cannabis control shall enforce, or cause to be enforced, all sections of this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder. If the division of cannabis control has information that any provision of this chapter or that any rule adopted thereunder has been violated, it may investigate the matter and take any reasonable action as it considers appropriate.
(B) The division of cannabis control may do any of the following for any reason specified in rules adopted under section 3780.03 of the Revised Code:
(1) Suspend, suspend without prior hearing upon finding clear and convincing evidence that continued distribution of adult use cannabis presents a danger of immediate and serious harm to others, revoke, restrict, or refuse to renew a license it issued under this chapter;
(2) Refuse to issue a license unless a license is required in accordance with this chapter;
(3) Inspect the premises of an adult use cannabis operator or an adult use testing laboratory without prior notice; or
(4) Impose on a provisional license holder or license holder a civil penalty in an amount to be determined by the division of cannabis control through rule to be paid into the division of cannabis control and tax commissioner fund.
(C) If the division of cannabis control suspends, revokes, or refuses to renew any license issued under this chapter or determines that there is clear and convincing evidence of a danger of immediate and serious harm to any individual, the division of cannabis control may place under seal all adult use cannabis owned by or in the possession, custody, or control of the affected license holder. Except as provided in this section, the division of cannabis control shall not dispose of the adult use cannabis sealed under this section until the license holder exhausts all of the license holder's appeal rights under Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. The court involved in such an appeal may order the division of cannabis control, during the pendency of the appeal, to sell cannabis that is perishable. The division of cannabis control shall deposit the proceeds of the sale with the court.
(D) The division of cannabis control's enforcement actions under this section shall be taken in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code.
(E) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the division of cannabis control to enforce minor violations of this chapter if the division of cannabis control determines that the public interest is adequately served by a notice or warning to the alleged offender.
Last updated November 13, 2023 at 1:01 PM