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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.42 | Construction of Sanitary Plant - Purposes.

Effective:
April 16, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 723 - 119th General Assembly
Upon obtaining the approval of the director of environmental protection, and if so required by rules adopted under division (G)(2) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code, the approval of the board of county commissioners of the county or board of directors of the joint solid waste management district, or board of trustees of a regional solid waste management authority if such has been formed under section 343.011 of the Revised Code, having jurisdiction where a sanitary plant for the transfer or disposal of solid wastes is to be located, for compliance with the initial or amended solid waste management plan of the district approved under section 3734.521, 3734.55, or 3734.56 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may contract for, erect, and maintain a sanitary plant on the lands acquired as provided in section 3707.41 of the Revised Code, with all necessary buildings, machinery, appliances, and appurtenances for the treatment, purification, transfer, and disposal in a sanitary and economic manner of the sewage, solid wastes as defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, or any other liquid or solid wastes, or any substance injurious to the health of the municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.43 | Contract for Removal of Waste Substances - Expense.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may contract for a period of not to exceed five years for the collection and removal of the garbage, night soil, dead animals, and other solid waste substances mentioned in section 3707.42 of the Revised Code at the expense of the municipal corporation or at the expense of persons responsible for the existence of such waste substances.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.44 | Joint Construction and Use of Sanitary Plants.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of any township may enter into a contract, upon such terms and for such period of time as is mutually agreed upon, with any other municipal corporation or township to prepare all necessary plans and estimates of cost, and to construct, operate, use, and maintain a sanitary plant.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.45 | Appointment of Sanitary Board.

Effective:
August 22, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, by resolution, may determine to have all the work in connection with the erection and maintenance of a sanitary plant and the acquisition of the necessary real estate therefor put under the control of a sanitary board.
The sanitary board shall consist of two citizens from each of the two political parties casting the highest vote at the most recent municipal election. The members of the board shall be appointed by the mayor, with the consent and approval of the legislative authority, and shall serve for a term of two years.
The board shall receive the reasonable compensation that the legislative authority prescribes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.46 | Powers of Sanitary Board.

Effective:
October 23, 1972
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly
The sanitary board shall have entire control of the erection and maintenance of the sanitary plant and the purchase of the necessary real estate therefor on behalf of the municipal corporation. The board may modify the original plans and specifications, subject to the approval of the director of environmental protection, but the total cost thereof shall not exceed the original estimate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.47 | Annual Reports.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
On or before the fifteenth day of January of each year, the board of health or health department shall make a report in writing for the preceding calendar year, to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and to the director of health. Such report shall be on the sanitary condition and prospects of such municipal corporation, and shall contain the statistics of deaths and the action of the board and its officers and agents and the names thereof. The report shall contain other useful information, and the board shall suggest therein any further legislative action deemed proper for the better protection of life and health. Such board or health department shall promptly furnish any special report called for by the director of health.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.48 | Prohibition Against Violation of Orders or Regulations of Board.

Effective:
May 28, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 26 - 130th General Assembly
No person shall violate sections 3707.01 to 3707.50 or section 3707.53 of the Revised Code, or any order or regulation of the board of health of a city or general health district made in pursuance thereof, obstruct or interfere with the execution of such order, or willfully or illegally omit to obey such order.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.49 | Violation by a Corporation - Forfeiture.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A corporation shall, for any violation, obstruction, interference, or omission mentioned in section 3707.48 of the Revised Code, forfeit and pay to the proper city or general health district a sum not to exceed three hundred dollars, to be collected in a civil action brought in the name of the board of health of such district. No proof of actual damages shall be required, but the court or jury, finding other facts to justify recovery, shall determine the amount by reference to all the facts, culpatory, exculpatory, or extenuating, adduced upon the trial.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.50 | Warning Concerning Anabolic Steroids to Be Conspicuously Posted in Athletic Facility Locker Rooms.

Effective:
March 22, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 229 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Anabolic steroid" means a controlled substance, as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code, that is designated as an anabolic steroid.
(2) "Athletic facility" means both of the following:
(a) A privately owned athletic training, exercise, or sports facility or stadium that is open to the public;
(b) A publicly owned sports facility or stadium.
(B) The following warning shall be conspicuously posted in each locker room of every athletic facility:
"Warning: improper use of anabolic steroids may cause serious or fatal health problems, such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, growth deformities, infertility, personality changes, severe acne, and baldness. Possession, sale, or use of anabolic steroids without a valid prescription is a crime punishable by a fine and imprisonment."
(C) No privately owned athletic facility shall fail to post the warning required by this section.
(D) Any person who violates division (C) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.51 | "Youth Sports Organization" Defined.

Effective:
March 27, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 143 - 129th General Assembly
As used in sections 3707.511 and 3707.52 of the Revised Code, "youth sports organization" means a public or nonpublic entity that organizes an athletic activity in which the athletes are not more than nineteen years of age and are required to pay a fee to participate in the athletic activity or whose cost to participate is sponsored by a business or nonprofit organization.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.52 | Concussion and Head Injury Information Sheet.

Effective:
March 27, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 143 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The department of health shall create a concussion and head injury information sheet for participants in interscholastic athletics and youth sports organizations. The department shall include in the information sheet pertinent information to inform and educate coaches, athletes, and the parents, guardians, or other persons having care or charge of athletes of the signs and symptoms of concussion or head injury and the risks of continuing to practice for or compete in an athletic event or activity after sustaining a concussion or head injury. The department periodically shall review the information sheet and update it accordingly.
The department shall make the information sheet available on its internet web site in a format suitable for easy downloading and printing.
(B) The department shall provide a link on its internet web site to one or more free online training programs in recognizing the symptoms of concussions and head injuries. The department shall include one or more programs that are appropriate for coaches or referees of schools or youth sports organizations seeking to fulfill the requirements of section 3313.539 or 3707.511 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.521 | Rules Regarding Assessment of Athletes Sustaining Concussions or Head Injuries.

Effective:
December 19, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
"License," "licensee," and "licensing agency" have the same meanings as in section 4745.01 of the Revised Code.
"Licensed health care professional" means an individual, other than a physician, who is authorized under Title XLVII of the Revised Code to practice a health care profession.
"Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(B) If a licensing agency responsible for the licensing of physicians or licensed health care professionals seeks to have its licensees authorized to assess and clear athletes for return to practice or competition under section 3313.539 or 3707.511 of the Revised Code, the licensing agency shall adopt rules establishing standards that are equal to or stronger than the guidelines developed by the committee established by the director of health under a previous version of this section, and which met during 2014 and 2015.
The licensing agency may adopt rules establishing continuing education requirements for its licensees who assess and clear athletes for return to practice or competition under section 3313.539 or 3707.511 of the Revised Code.
Any rules adopted under this division shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.53 | Deposit for Costs Not Required in Prosecutions - Fines.

Effective:
March 17, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 412 - 116th General Assembly
In prosecutions under sections 3707.01 to 3707.49 of the Revised Code, no deposit for costs shall be required. A judgment or verdict of guilty immediately shall be followed by sentence and execution of sentence. All fines collected under such sections shall be paid to the treasurer of the proper city or general health district and credited to the health fund of the board of health instituting the prosecution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.54 | Order or Regulation May Apply Only to Specific Persons.

Effective:
June 23, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 22 - 134th General Assembly
Notwithstanding sections 3707.01 to 3707.53 of the Revised Code, a board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, or any person acting on the board's or authority's behalf, may issue an order or regulation that applies only to specific persons. Any order or regulation that applies to a class of persons in violation of this section is invalid and has no legal effect. As used in this section, "person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code.
Last updated May 4, 2021 at 1:26 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.55 | Acquisition or Sale of Real Property.

Effective:
March 30, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 581 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) A board of health of a general health district may acquire, convey, lease, or enter into a contract to purchase, lease, or sell real property for the district's purposes, and may enter into loan agreements, including mortgages, for the acquisition of such property.
(B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3709.34 of the Revised Code, if a board of health of a general health district acquires, leases, or enters into a contract to purchase or lease real property under this section, the board of county commissioners has no obligation to pay for or reimburse the general health district for such property, or to furnish suitable quarters to the general health district.
(C) The board of county commissioners may issue securities of the county pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code for the acquisition of real property by a general health district under division (A) of this section, but only if the county has a contract with the general health district whereby the health district agrees to pay the county an amount equal to the debt charges on the issued securities on or before the date those charges fall due.
For purposes of this section, "debt charges" and "securities" have the same meanings as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code, and "board of health of a general health district" includes a board of health of a combined health district formed pursuant to section 3709.07, 3709.071, or 3709.10 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.59 | Educational Materials Regarding Sudden Cardiac Arrest.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Athletic activity" means both of the following:
(a) An athletic activity, as defined in section 3313.5310 of the Revised Code;
(b) An athletic activity organized by a youth sports organization.
(2) "Youth athlete" and "youth sports organization" have the same meanings as in section 3707.58 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of health and the department of education and workforce jointly shall develop and shall post on their respective internet web sites guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students and youth athletes participating in or desiring to participate in an athletic activity, their parents, and their coaches about the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest. These guidelines and materials shall address the risks associated with continuing to participate in an athletic activity after experiencing one or more symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest, such as fainting, difficulty breathing, chest pains, dizziness, and an abnormal racing heart rate. In developing guidelines and other relevant materials under this division, the department of health and the department of education and workforce shall consult with the Ohio chapter of the American college of cardiology and with an interscholastic conference or an organization that regulates interscholastic athletic competition and conducts interscholastic athletic events.
In developing guidelines and materials under this division, the departments may utilize existing materials developed by the parent heart watch organization, the sudden arrhythmia death syndromes foundation, and any other organizations deemed appropriate by the departments.
(C) For purposes of the training required for a coach of an athletic activity under division (D) of section 3313.5310 or division (D) of section 3707.58 of the Revised Code, the department of health shall approve a sudden cardiac arrest training course offered by an outside entity.
Last updated September 5, 2023 at 10:59 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.60 | Protocols for Dispensing Epinephrine in Certain Health Districts.

Effective:
April 8, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "board of health" means a board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code.
(B) A board of health that has, through a physician serving as the board's health commissioner or medical director, established a protocol that meets the requirements specified by the state board of pharmacy in rules adopted under section 4729.47 of the Revised Code may authorize pharmacists and pharmacy interns practicing pharmacy in a county that includes all or part of the health district represented by the board to use the protocol for the purpose of dispensing epinephrine under section 4729.47 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.70 | Definitions for Sections 3707.71 to 3707.77.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
As used in this section and sections 3707.71 to 3707.77 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Board of health" means a board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Fetal death" means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after such expulsion or extraction does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles.
(C) "Infant" means a child who is less than one year of age.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.71 | Fetal Infant Mortality Review Board.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) A board of health may, in accordance with rules adopted under section 3701.049 of the Revised Code, establish and operate a fetal-infant mortality review board to review both of the following:
(1) Each fetal death experienced by a woman who was, at the time of the fetal death, a resident of the health district in which the board exercises authority;
(2) Each death of an infant who was, at the time of death, a resident of the health district in which the board exercises authority.
(B) A fetal-infant mortality review board may not conduct a review of a death while an investigation of the death or prosecution of a person for causing the death is pending unless the prosecuting attorney agrees to allow the review. The law enforcement agency conducting the criminal investigation, on the conclusion of the investigation, and the prosecuting attorney prosecuting the case, on the conclusion of the prosecution, shall notify the chairperson of the review board of the conclusion.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.72 | Board Members.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A)(1) If a board of health establishes a fetal-infant mortality review board under section 3707.71 of the Revised Code, the board, by a majority vote of a quorum of its members, shall select the board's members. Members may include the following professionals or individuals representing the following constituencies:
(a) Fetal-infant mortality review coordinators;
(b) Physicians who are board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology by a certifying board recognized by the American board of medical specialties;
(c) Key community leaders from the board of health's jurisdiction;
(d) Health care providers;
(e) Human services providers;
(f) Consumer and advocacy groups;
(g) Community action teams.
(2) A majority of the board members specified in division (A)(1) of this section may invite additional individuals to serve on the board. The additional members shall serve for a period of time determined by a majority of the board members specified in division (A)(1) of this section and shall have the same authority, duties, and responsibilities as members specified in that division.
(3) A board, by a majority vote of a quorum of its members, shall select an individual to serve as its chairperson.
(B) A vacancy on a board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(C) A board member shall not receive any compensation for, and shall not be paid for any expenses incurred pursuant to, fulfilling the member's duties on the board.
(D) A board may work in conjunction with, or be a component of, a child fatality review board or regional child fatality review board created under section 307.621 of the Revised Code.
(E) A board shall convene at least once a year at the call of the board's chairperson.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.73 | Purpose.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
The purpose of a fetal-infant mortality review board is to decrease the incidence of preventable infant and fetal deaths by doing all of the following:
(A) Assessing, planning, improving, and monitoring the service systems and broad community resources that support and promote the health and well-being of women, infants, and families;
(B) Recommending and developing plans for implementing local service and program changes, as well as changes to the groups, professions, agencies, and entities that serve families, children, and pregnant women;
(C) Providing the department of health with aggregate data, trends, and patterns regarding fetal and infant deaths.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.74 | Production of Documents and Information.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding section 3701.243 and any other section of the Revised Code pertaining to confidentiality, an individual, public children services agency, private child placing agency, agency that provides services specifically to individuals or families, a law enforcement agency, or another public or private entity that provided services to a pregnant woman whose fetus died or an infant who died if the death is being reviewed by a fetal-infant mortality review board shall submit to the board copies of any record it possesses that the board requests. These records may include maternal health records. In addition, such an individual or entity may make available to the board additional information, documents, or reports that could be useful to the board's investigation.
(B) No person, entity, law enforcement agency, or prosecuting attorney shall provide any information regarding a fetal death or death of an infant to a fetal-infant mortality review board while an investigation of the death or prosecution of a person for causing the death is pending, unless the prosecuting attorney has agreed pursuant to division (B) of section 3707.71 of the Revised Code to allow review of the death.
(C) A family member of the deceased may decline to participate in an interview as part of the review process. In that case, the review shall continue without the family member's participation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.75 | Confidentiality.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in sections 5153.171 to 5153.173 of the Revised Code, any record, document, report, or other information presented to a fetal-infant mortality review board or a person abstracting such materials on the board's behalf, statements made by board members during board meetings, all work products of the board, and data submitted by the board to the department of health or a national infant death review database, other than the report prepared pursuant to section 3707.77 of the Revised Code, are confidential. Such materials shall be used by the board and department of health only in the exercise of the proper functions of the review board and the department.
If the materials are presented to the board or a person abstracting the materials on the board's behalf in paper form, the materials shall be stored in a locked file cabinet. If a database is used to store the materials electronically, the database shall be stored in a secure manner. All information accessible to each board member and used during a review, including information provided by the deceased's mother, shall be de-identified.
(B) No person shall permit or encourage the authorized dissemination of confidential information described in division (A) of this section.
(C) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.76 | Immunity From Civil Liability.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) An individual or public or private entity providing records, documents, reports, or other information to a fetal-infant mortality review board is immune from any civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that otherwise might be incurred or imposed as a result of providing the records, documents, reports, or information to the board.
(B) Each board member is immune from any civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of the member's participation on the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.77 | Reporting.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
Not later than the first day of April of each year, a fetal-infant mortality review board shall do both of the following:
(A) Submit to the fetal-infant mortality database maintained by the department of health or the national infant death review database individual data pertaining to each fetal or infant death reviewed in that board's jurisdiction within the twelve months immediately before the submission. The specific data to be submitted, as well as other information the board considers relevant to a review, shall be specified by the director of health in rules adopted under section 3701.049 of the Revised Code.
(B) Submit to the department of health a report that summarizes any trends or patterns identified by the board. The report may include recommendations on how to decrease the incidence of preventable fetal and infant deaths in the board's jurisdiction and the state, as well as any other information the board determines should be included.
(C) Reports prepared under division (B) of this section are public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3707 | Board of Health › Section 3707.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
February 12, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 6 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates section 3707.03 of the Revised Code, unless good and sufficient reason therefor is shown, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 3707.06 or section 3707.48 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.01 | Health Districts.

Effective:
March 22, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 229 - 132nd General Assembly
The state shall be divided into health districts. Each city constitutes a city health district.
The townships and villages in each county shall be combined into a general health district.
As provided for in sections 3709.051, 3709.07, and 3709.10 of the Revised Code, there may be a union of two or more general health districts, a union of two or more city health districts to form a single city health district, or a union of a general health district and one or more city health districts located within or partially within such general health district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.011 | Titles.

Effective:
March 22, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 229 - 132nd General Assembly
A board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code may select the titles it uses to refer to itself, the health district it represents, or any health facility or other entity it operates. The titles may include any terms selected by the board or authority, including the term "public health."
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.012 | Study of Merging City Health District With General Health District.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, not later than the date that is eighteen months after the official announcement of the result of a federal decennial census taken in a particular census year, including the 2020 census, a city with a population less than fifty thousand that is represented by a board of health of a city health district shall complete a study examining the efficiency and effectiveness of the city health district merging with the general health district of the county in which the city is located. As part of the study, the city shall compare the merger's efficiency and effectiveness with that of remaining as a separate health district.
(B) The director of health shall develop criteria to be used by the city described in division (A) of this section in determining whether such a merger is advisable. The criteria may include accreditation standards promulgated by the public health accreditation board.
(C) The director of health shall provide technical and financial assistance to each city described in division (A) of this section and shall oversee any efficiency and effectiveness study conducted.
(D) If, based on the criteria described in division (B) of this section, the study indicates that a merger would be efficient and effective, then the chief executive of the city shall enter into a contract with the district advisory council of the general health district that includes the city for the administration of health affairs in the former city health district and the merged general health district.
(E) If a merger is required by this section, the merger shall be completed not later than thirty months after the official announcement of the result of a federal decennial census, unless either of the following, as applicable, acts for good cause to delay implementation of the merger:
(1) In the case of a general health district consisting of a single county, the district advisory council of the general health district;
(2) In the case of a general health district consisting of more than one county as a result of a union of general health districts under section 3709.10 of the Revised Code, the district advisory council representing the county within the district where a majority of the population to be served by the merged general health district resides.
(F) This section does not apply to a city with a population less than fifty thousand whose city health district meets either of the following conditions regarding accreditation by an accreditation body approved by the director of health:
(1) The district has received accreditation and maintains its accreditation.
(2) The district is in the process of applying for accreditation on the effective date of this section , receives accreditation not later than December 31, 2025, and maintains its accreditation.
Last updated September 9, 2021 at 12:59 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.02 | Board of Health of General Health District - Term - Expenses - Vacancies - Quorum.

Effective:
November 21, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 136 - 124th General Assembly
(A) In each general health district there shall be a board of health consisting of five members to be appointed as provided in sections 3709.03 and 3709.41 of the Revised Code. The term of office of the members shall be five years from the date of appointment, except that of those first appointed one shall serve for five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter one shall be appointed each year. This paragraph does not apply to a combined board of health created under section 3709.07 of the Revised Code.
(B) Each member of the board shall be paid a sum not to exceed eighty dollars a day for the member's attendance at each meeting of the board. No member shall receive compensation for attendance at more than eighteen meetings in any year.
(C) Each member of the board shall receive travel expenses at rates established by the director of budget and management pursuant to section 126.31 of the Revised Code to cover the actual and necessary travel expenses incurred for travel to and from meetings that take place outside the county in which the member resides, except that any member may receive travel expenses for registration for any conference that takes place inside the county in which the member resides.
(D) A vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled in the same manner as an original appointment and shall be for the unexpired term. When a vacancy occurs in a position to be filled by the district advisory council, the council shall hold a special meeting pursuant to section 3709.03 of the Revised Code for the purpose of appointing a member to fill the vacancy.
(E) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.04 | Director of Health May Appoint Board for General Health District.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
If in any general health district the district advisory council fails to meet or to select a board of health, the director of health may appoint a board of health for such district which shall have and exercise all powers conferred on a board of health of a general health district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.05 | City Health District Board - Compensation, Term.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Unless an administration of public health different from that specifically provided in this section is established and maintained under authority of its charter, or unless a combined city health district is formed under section 3709.051 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of each city constituting a city health district shall establish a board of health. The board of health shall be composed of five members appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the legislative authority, unless the board of health has established a health district licensing council under section 3709.41 of the Revised Code, in which case, the mayor shall appoint four members of the board of health, confirmed by the legislative authority, and the health district licensing council shall appoint one member of the board of health.
(B) Each member of the board shall be paid a sum not to exceed eighty dollars a day for the member's attendance at each meeting of the board. No member shall receive compensation for attendance at more than eighteen meetings in any year.
(C) Each member of the board shall receive travel expenses at rates established by the director of budget and management pursuant to section 126.31 of the Revised Code to cover the actual and necessary travel expenses incurred for travel to and from meetings that take place outside the county in which the member resides, except that any member may receive travel expenses for registration for any conference that takes place inside the county in which the member resides.
(D) A majority of the members constitutes a quorum, and the mayor shall be president of the board.
(E) The term of office of the members shall be five years from the date of appointment, except that of those first appointed, one shall serve for five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter one shall be appointed each year.
A vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled in like manner as an original appointment and shall be for the unexpired term.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.051 | Formation of Single City Health District From Two or More Districts.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Two or more city health districts may be united to form a single city health district by a majority affirmative vote of the legislative authority of each city affected by the union.
If at least three per cent of the qualified electors residing within each of two or more city health districts sign a petition proposing a union into a single city health district, an election shall be held as provided in this section to determine whether a single city health district shall be formed. The petition for union may specify regarding the board of health of the new district:
(A) The qualifications for membership;
(B) The term of office;
(C) The number of members or a method by which the number may be determined from time to time;
(D) The method of appointment.
Such petition shall be filed with the boards of county commissioners of the respective counties affected, subject to approval of the director of health, and such boards shall promptly certify the text of the proposal to the boards of election for the purpose of having the proposal placed on the ballot at the next general election occurring more than ninety days after such certification. The election procedures provided in Chapter 3505. of the Revised Code for questions and issues shall apply to the election. If a majority of the electors voting on the proposal in each of the health districts affected vote in favor thereof, the union of such districts into a single city health district shall be established on the second succeeding first day of January.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.052 | Contract for Administration of Public Health Affairs in Combined District.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
When a majority of the members of the legislative authority or a majority of the electors of each city constituting a city health district have voted affirmatively, the chief executives of the cities affected shall enter into a contract for the administration of public health affairs in the combined district. Such contract shall state the proportion of expenses of the board of health or health department of the combined district to be paid by each city. Unless the proposal establishing the district as contained in the petition and submitted to the electors provides for the board of health of the new district, the contract may provide that the administration of the combined district be taken over by either the board of health or the health department of one of the cities or by a combined board of health. If the contract provides for a combined board of health, the number of members of the board, their terms of office, and the method of appointment, shall be set forth in the contract. The contract shall designate the city in which the central office of the board of health shall be located. The city treasurer of such city shall be the custodian of the health funds of the combined district. The auditor of such city shall act as the auditor of the combined district and shall pay the expenses of the health program as approved by the board of health and signed by the health commissioner. A copy of such contract shall be filed with the director of health.
The service status of any person employed by a city health district shall not be affected by the creation of a combined district.
Last updated August 18, 2021 at 1:53 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.06 | Director of Health May Appoint Health Commissioner for City.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
If any city constituting a city health district fails to establish a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, the director of health may appoint a health commissioner for such city, and fix the commissioner's salary and term of office. Such commissioner shall have the same powers and perform the duties granted to or imposed upon a board of health of a city health district, except that rules, regulations, or orders of a general nature, made by the commissioner and required to be published, shall be approved by the director. The salary of such commissioner and all necessary expenses incurred by the commissioner in performing the duties of the board shall be paid by and be a valid claim against such city.
Last updated August 18, 2021 at 1:54 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.071 | Election for Union Into Single General Health District.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
If at least three per cent of the qualified electors residing within each of one or more city health districts and a general health district sign a petition for union into a single general health district, an election shall be held as provided in this section to determine whether a single general health district shall be formed. The petition for union may specify regarding the board of health of the new district:
(A) The qualifications for membership;
(B) The term of office;
(C) The number of members or a method by which the number may be determined from time to time;
(D) The method of appointment.
Such petition shall be filed with the boards of county commissioners of the respective counties affected, subject to approval of the director of health, and such boards shall promptly certify the text of the proposal to the boards of election for the purpose of having the proposal placed on the ballot at the next general election occurring more than ninety days after the filing of the petition with the boards of election. The election procedures provided in Chapter 3505. of the Revised Code for questions and issues shall be followed. If a majority of the electors voting on the proposal in each of the health districts affected vote in favor thereof, the union of such districts into a single general health district shall be established on the second succeeding January 1.
When the establishment of a combined health district has been approved by the electors of a general health district and one or more city health districts, the chairperson of the district advisory council and the chief executive of each city uniting with the general health district shall enter into a contract for the administration of health affairs in the combined district. Such contract shall conform to the provisions of section 3709.07 of the Revised Code regarding the contract for the administration of health affairs in a combined district, except that the date of the change of administration shall be as provided in this section and except for the specifications as to the board of health of the new district contained in the petition and submitted to the electors in the proposal to establish such district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.08 | Contract Between Boards of Health.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly
(A) A board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code may enter into a contract to provide some or all public health services for a board of health of another city or general health district.
(B) Each contract entered under division (A) of this section shall do all of the following:
(1) State the amount of money or the proportion of expenses to be paid by the board of health or authority having the duties of a board of health for such services and how it is to be paid;
(2) Specify the amount and character of the public health services to be provided;
(3) State the date on which the provision of services is to begin;
(4) State the length of time the contract is to be in effect.
(C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no contract entered into under division (A) of this section shall be in effect until both of the following are the case:
(1) The director of health determines that the board of health or authority having the duties of a board of health that is to provide the services is organized and equipped to provide the services. After such a determination is made, the board of health or authority having the duties of a board of health providing the services shall have, within the health district receiving the services, all the powers and shall perform all the duties required of the board of health or the authority having the duties of a board of health.
(2) One of the following, as applicable, is the case:
(a) If the contract is with a city constituting a city health district, the chief executive of that city, with the approval of the majority of the members of the legislative authority of that city, approves the contract.
(b) If the contract is with the board of health of a general health district, the chairperson of the district advisory council of the general health district, with the approval of a majority of the members of the district advisory council, approves the contract.
(c) If the contract is with an authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, the majority of the members of the authority's governing body approves the contract.
(D) A contract entered into under division (A) of this section that is for not all but for only one or some public health services provided by a board of health or the authority having the duties of a board of health shall neither require a determination by the director of health described in division (C)(1) of this section nor an approval by the persons described in division (C)(2)(a), (b), or (c), as applicable, to be effective.