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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.031 | Hotel or Sro Facility License Renewal.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 509 - 134th General Assembly
(A) On or before the first day of December of each year, the holder of a hotel or SRO license shall submit a renewal application as prescribed by the state fire marshal with the appropriate renewal fee.
(B) The renewal fee for each hotel or SRO facility license shall be as follows:
(a) For a hotel or SRO facility containing at least six but less than twenty-six rooms, twenty-five dollars;
(b) For a hotel or SRO facility containing at least twenty-six but less than fifty-one rooms, fifty dollars;
(c) For a hotel or SRO facility containing at least fifty-one but less than seventy-six rooms, seventy-five dollars;
(d) For a hotel containing seventy-six or more rooms, one hundred dollars.
Last updated March 22, 2023 at 3:51 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.04 | Types of Accommodations Offered by Hotels.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 237 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Transient hotels may offer extended stay temporary residence guest accommodations within any dwelling units or transient sleeping room with dwelling unit features within the structure if such units or sleeping rooms are specifically constructed and approved as also being dwelling units with provisions for living, eating, cooking, sanitation, and sleeping. A transient or extended stay guestroom shall be approved through a valid certificate of occupancy issued by the building official having jurisdiction. The certificate shall indicate the specific guestrooms within the structure that can be used as dwelling units and such dwelling units shall be approved by the state fire marshal for extended stay temporary residence purposes. A transient hotel also may allow a guest to stay in a transient sleeping room for a continuous period of two hundred seventy days or less if the transient hotel satisfies the requirements specified in section 3731.041 of the Revised Code.
(B) Extended stay hotels may offer transient guest accommodations for less than thirty days within any dwelling units or other rooms within the structure if such dwelling units or rooms are specifically constructed and approved as also being transient sleeping rooms. Such transient sleeping rooms shall be approved, through a valid certificate of occupancy issued by the building official having jurisdiction, that indicates the specific rooms within the structure that can be used as transient sleeping rooms and such transient sleeping rooms shall be approved by the state fire marshal for transient stay purposes.
(C) All of the requirements for the construction and operation of transient hotels and extended stay hotels, including the provisions applicable to transient sleeping rooms and temporary residence dwelling units, apply to hotels as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3731.01 of the Revised Code with a total number of guestrooms, including transient sleeping rooms or extended stay dwelling units, that is greater than five, but do not apply to residential hotels as defined in division (A)(4) of that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.07 | Enforcement Actions - Citations.

Effective:
July 1, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 351 - 119th General Assembly
All enforcement actions pursued and citations issued with respect to state fire code violations shall comply with sections 3737.41 to 3737.51 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.08 | Failure or Refusal to Comply.

Effective:
July 1, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 351 - 119th General Assembly
No person shall fail or refuse to comply with sections 3731.01 to 3731.21 of the Revised Code or the state fire code adopted pursuant to section 3737.82 of the Revised Code. Each day of violation of such sections constitutes a separate offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.09 | Sanitary Requirements.

Effective:
April 4, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 305 - 126th General Assembly
In every transient hotel and extended stay hotel and SRO facility in which the person, firm, or corporation operating it is required to have a license, the premises shall be kept in a sanitary condition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.10 | Plumbing, Lighting, and Ventilation.

Effective:
October 16, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 347 - 121st General Assembly
Every hotel and SRO facility shall have proper plumbing, lighting, and ventilation which shall conform to Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.11 | Bathroom and Restroom Facilities.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 237 - 127th General Assembly
In all political subdivisions of this state where a system of water works and sewerage is maintained for public use, every hotel and SRO facility shall be equipped with a sufficient number of suitable water closets for the accommodation of its guests, which water closets shall be ventilated and connected by proper plumbing with such sewerage system. All lavatories, bathtubs, sinks, drains, closets, and urinals in such hotels and SRO facilities shall be properly constructed and shall be kept clean and well ventilated at all times. Separate compartments shall be furnished for different sexes, each being properly designated.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.13 | Bedding, Floors, and Carpets Must Be Kept Sanitary.

Effective:
July 1, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 351 - 119th General Assembly
All bedding used in any hotel must be thoroughly aired, disinfected, and kept clean. No bedding which is infested with vermin or bedbugs shall be used on any bed in any hotel. All floors, carpets, and equipment in hotels, and all walls and ceilings shall be kept in sanitary condition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.14 | Fumigation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When any room has been occupied by a person having an infectious or contagious disease, such room shall not be used again until it is thoroughly fumigated and the bedding disinfected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.15 | Separate Sleeping and Bath Areas - Cooking Facilities.

Effective:
October 16, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 347 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Each sleeping room of a hotel shall include a separate sleeping and bath area.
(B) No sleeping room of a hotel or an SRO facility shall include cooking facilities unless the facilities have been approved by the state, municipal, township, or county building department having jurisdiction over the hotel or SRO facility.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.16 | Posting of Hotel Rates.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 237 - 127th General Assembly
The owner or manager of each hotel shall post in a conspicuous place in each room thereof a card or sign stating the price per day of such room, and shall file with the state fire marshal a diagram or list showing the price of each room in the hotel and no advances shall be made in this schedule, without twenty days' written notice to the state fire marshal. The posted hotel rate shall reflect the maximum actual rate and include the maximum rate per number of actual occupants.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.20 | Gifts to Officials Prohibited.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 237 - 127th General Assembly
The state fire marshal or the state fire marshal's assistants shall accept no gift or gratuity in any form from any hotel or SRO facility under penalty of summary dismissal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.21 | Enforcement.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 237 - 127th General Assembly
(A) If a health official determines that an owner, keeper, or lessee has not complied with the requirements for sanitation specified in sections 3731.09, 3731.11, 3731.12, and 3731.13 of the Revised Code, the health official shall notify the state fire marshal, and the state fire marshal may take any action permitted under this chapter that the state fire marshal determines is appropriate.
(B)(1) Except as limited by division (B)(3) of this section, the state fire marshal, or other person representing the state fire marshal, may file a complaint with the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the hotel or structure that is the subject of the complaint is located, or both. Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, upon receipt of that complaint, the attorney general or prosecuting attorney may prosecute to termination before the court of common pleas of the county in which the hotel or structure that is the subject of the complaint is located a proper action or proceeding against any person violating this chapter.
(2) If the state fire marshal elects to file a complaint with both the attorney general and a county prosecutor, the following circumstances apply, as applicable:
(a) If both the attorney general and the county prosecutor determine that the complaint should be prosecuted, the state fire marshal shall do both of the following:
(i) Determine which one of those two entities should proceed with the complaint and request that entity to proceed;
(ii) Notify the entity not chosen pursuant to division (B)(2)(a)(i) of this section of the state fire marshal's determination and request that entity not to proceed with the complaint.
(b) If one of the entities determines, on the merits of the complaint, not to prosecute the complaint, the state fire marshal shall request the other entity not to proceed with the complaint.
(c) If one of the entities determines, for reasons other than the merits of the complaint, not to prosecute the complaint, the state fire marshal may request the other entity to proceed with the complaint.
(3) If the state fire marshal elects to file a complaint with either the attorney general or a county prosecutor, but not both, the following circumstances apply, as applicable:
(a) If the entity with which the state fire marshal files the complaint determines, for reasons other than the merits of the complaint, not to prosecute the complaint, the state fire marshal may file the complaint with the other entity.
(b) If the entity with which the state fire marshal files the complaint determines, on the merits of the complaint, not to prosecute the complaint, the state fire marshal shall not file the complaint with the other entity.
(C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the attorney general and prosecuting attorney from collaborating on a prosecution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3731 | Hotels › Section 3731.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 237 - 127th General Assembly
Whoever violates section 3731.03 or 3731.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3733 | Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3733.41 | Agricultural Labor Camp Definitions.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Agricultural labor camp" means one or more buildings or structures, trailers, tents, or vehicles, together with any land appertaining thereto, established, operated, or used as temporary living quarters for two or more families or five or more persons intending to engage in or engaged in agriculture or related food processing, whether occupancy is by rent, lease, or mutual agreement. "Agricultural labor camp" does not include a hotel or motel, or a manufactured home park regulated pursuant to sections 4781.26 to 4781.52 of the Revised Code, and rules adopted thereunder.
(B) "Board of health" means the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health in any city as authorized by section 3709.05 of the Revised Code or an authorized representative of the board of health.
(C) "Director" means the director of health or the authorized representative of the director of health.
(D) "Licensor" means the director of health.
(E) "Person" means the state, any political subdivision, public or private corporation, partnership, association, trust, individual, or other entity.
(F) "State monitor advocate" means an individual appointed under 20 C.F.R. 653.108.
Last updated October 10, 2023 at 9:45 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3733 | Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3733.42 | Labor Camp Rules.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The director of health, subject to sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules having a uniform application throughout the state, governing the issuance of licenses, location, layout, construction, approval of plans, sanitation, safety, operation, use, and maintenance of agricultural labor camps. The rules shall establish minimum standards of habitability with which a licensee shall comply in operating an agricultural labor camp. The rules shall establish, beyond minimum standards of habitability, additional standards of habitability for those camps and shall establish priorities for those additional standards with which a licensee may voluntarily comply.
In addition to meeting the requirements of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall mail a notice of the date, time, and place of any hearing on the adoption, amendment, or rescission of such rules and the full text of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded, at least thirty days prior to the hearing date, to all persons currently authorized or licensed to operate camps by the department of health, or authorized or licensed to operate camps in the previous calendar year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3733 | Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3733.43 | License for Operation.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, prior to the fifteenth day of April in each year, every person who intends to operate an agricultural labor camp shall make application to the licensor for a license to operate such camp, effective for the calendar year in which it is issued. The licensor may accept an application on or after the fifteenth day of April. The license fees specified in this division shall be submitted to the licensor with the application for a license. No agricultural labor camp shall be operated in this state without a license. Any person operating an agricultural labor camp without a current and valid agricultural labor camp license is not excepted from compliance with this chapter by holding a valid and current hotel license. Each person proposing to open an agricultural labor camp shall submit with the application for a license any plans required by any rule adopted under section 3733.42 of the Revised Code. For any license issued on or after July 1, 2009, the annual license fee is one hundred fifty dollars, unless the application for a license is made on or after the fifteenth day of April in any given year, in which case the annual license fee is one hundred sixty-six dollars. For any license issued on or after July 1, 2009, an additional fee of twenty dollars per housing unit per year shall be assessed to defray the costs of enforcing this chapter, unless the application for a license is made on or after the fifteenth day of April in any given year, in which case an additional fee of forty-two dollars and fifty cents per housing unit shall be assessed. All fees collected under this division shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code and shall be used for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted thereunder.
(B) Any license under this section may be denied, suspended, or revoked by the licensor for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted thereunder. Unless there is an immediate serious public health hazard, no denial, suspension, or revocation of a license shall be made effective until the person operating the agricultural labor camp has been given notice in writing of the specific violations and a reasonable time to make corrections. When the licensor determines that an immediate serious public health hazard exists, the licensor shall issue an order denying or suspending the license without a prior hearing.
(C) All proceedings under this section are subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code except as provided in section 3733.431 of the Revised Code.
(D) Every occupant of an agricultural labor camp shall keep that part of the dwelling unit, and premises thereof, that the occupant occupies and controls in a clean and sanitary condition.
Last updated October 10, 2023 at 9:48 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3733 | Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3733.431 | Applicability of Administrative Procedure Act.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code applies to all adjudications under this chapter except that:
(A) The director of health shall notify a licensee that the licensee is entitled to a hearing if the licensee requests it within ten days of the time the notice informing the licensee of the licensee's right to a hearing was mailed;
(B) If the licensee requests a hearing, the date set for the hearing shall be within ten days after the licensee has requested a hearing;
(C) The director shall not apply for a postponement or continuation of an adjudication hearing. If the licensee requests a postponement or continuation of an adjudication hearing, it shall not be granted unless the licensee demonstrates that an unusual hardship will be incurred in meeting the hearing date. If the director grants a postponement or continuation on the grounds of an unusual hardship to the licensee, the record shall document the nature and cause of the unusual hardship.
(D) If the director of health appoints a referee or examiner to conduct the hearing:
(1) A copy of the written adjudication report and recommendation of the referee or examiner shall be served by certified mail upon the director and the licensee or the licensee's attorney or other representative of record within three working days of the conclusion of the hearing;
(2) The licensee is not entitled to file written objections to the report;
(3) The director shall approve, modify, or disapprove of the report and recommendations within three working days of receiving the report.
(E) A notice of appeal of an adverse adjudication decision shall be filed within fifteen days of the mailing of the director's order;
(F) The court shall not suspend an adjudication order pending disposition of the appeal. Any adjudication order issued by the director shall remain in force pending final disposition of the appeal.
Last updated October 10, 2023 at 9:50 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3733 | Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3733.45 | Duties of Licensor.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The licensor shall inspect all agricultural labor camps and shall require compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder prior to the issuance of a license. Upon receipt of a complaint from the state monitor advocate or upon the basis of a licensor's own information that an agricultural labor camp is operating without a license, the licensor shall inspect the camp. If the camp is operating without a license, the licensor shall require the camp to comply with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. No license shall be issued unless results of water supply tests indicate that the water supply meets required standards or if any violations exist concerning sanitation, drainage, or habitability of housing units.
(B) The licensor shall, upon issuance of each license, distribute posters containing the toll-free telephone number of the state monitor advocate and information in English and Spanish describing the purpose of the state monitor advocate's office under 20 C.F.R. Parts 651, 653, 654, and 658. The licensor shall provide at least two posters to the licensee, one for the licensee's personal use and at least one that shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the camp.
(C) The licensor may, upon proper identification to the operator or the operator's agent, enter on any property or into any structure at any reasonable time for the purpose of making inspections required by this section.
The licensor shall make at least one inspection prior to licensing. The licensor shall make such other inspections as the licensor considers necessary to enforce this chapter adequately.
(D) Any plans submitted to the licensor shall be in compliance with rules adopted pursuant to section 3733.42 of the Revised Code and shall be approved or disapproved within thirty days after they are filed.
(E) The licensor shall issue an annual report that shall accurately reflect the results of that year's inspections, including, but not limited to, numbers of inspections, number of violations found, and action taken in regard to violations. The report shall also include an assessment of any problems found in that year and proposed solutions for them.
Last updated October 10, 2023 at 9:52 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3733 | Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3733.46 | Licensing Bodies.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The director of health is the licensor and shall administer and enforce this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder.
(B) If the director determines that a board of health can satisfactorily enforce this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder, the director shall delegate the director's authority to enforce this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder to the board. The director may enter an agreement with a board of health to which the director has delegated the director's authority to enforce this chapter, to provide funds to the board of health to carry out this duty. The director shall retain authority to issue, deny, renew, suspend, or revoke licenses authorizing the operation of agricultural labor camps.
Last updated October 10, 2023 at 9:55 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3733 | Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3733.47 | Prosecutions.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The attorney general, or the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law shall upon complaint of the licensor prosecute to termination or bring an action for a temporary restraining order or preliminary or permanent injunction against any person violating this chapter or the rules adopted thereunder. The common pleas court in which an action for a temporary restraining order or preliminary or permanent injunction is filed has the jurisdiction to grant such relief upon a showing that the respondent named in the complaint is in violation of this chapter or the rules adopted thereunder.
Last updated October 10, 2023 at 9:56 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3733 | Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3733.471 | Investigations.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Any person who believes that violations of this chapter, Chapter 4109., or Chapter 4111. of the Revised Code are taking place may report or cause reports to be made of the information directly to the state monitor advocate. No person who files a report is liable for civil damages resulting from the report if the report was made on the basis of personal knowledge and belief, and not on the basis of hearsay, and was made in good faith and without recklessness as to the truth of the information contained in the report.
(B) The state monitor advocate shall immediately forward to the attorney general all reports that the state monitor advocate receives under division (A) of this section. Within forty-eight hours of receiving a report alleging that conditions in violation of this chapter, Chapter 4109., or Chapter 4111. of the Revised Code exist that cause a direct or serious threat to the health or safety of migrant agricultural laborers, the attorney general, or the attorney general in conjunction with the director of health, shall investigate the complaint. If after an investigation period, which shall not exceed forty-eight hours, the attorney general finds probable cause to believe that existing conditions cause a direct or serious threat to the health or safety of the laborers, the attorney general, or the attorney general in conjunction with the appropriate prosecuting attorney, shall bring an action for a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction.
(C) The attorney general, or the attorney general in conjunction with the director of health, shall, within seven days of receiving a complaint that does not allege a serious health or safety violation of this chapter, Chapter 4109., or Chapter 4111. of the Revised Code, begin an investigation of the complaint. If after an investigation period, which shall not exceed fourteen days, the attorney general finds probable cause to believe that a violation of this chapter, Chapter 4109., or Chapter 4111. of the Revised Code exists, the attorney general shall refer the matter to the appropriate prosecuting attorney, who shall prosecute the complaint.
(D) The state monitor advocate shall treat as confidential all information that the state monitor advocate receives as a result of reports filed with the state monitor advocate under division (A) of this section and shall not reveal that information to any person except under division (B) of this section or as required in the course of an investigation or prosecution.
Last updated October 10, 2023 at 9:59 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3733 | Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3733.48 | Prohibitions.

Effective:
March 20, 1984
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 244 - 115th General Assembly
No person shall violate sections 3733.41 to 3733.471 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted thereunder.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.023 | Off-Site Infectious Waste Treatment Facility Definitions.

Effective:
March 4, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 150 - 119th General Assembly
As used in sections 3734.024, 3734.025, and 3734.026 of the Revised Code, "off-site infectious waste treatment facility" and "treatment facility" mean an infectious waste treatment facility for which a license is required under division (B) of section 3734.05 of the Revised Code. "Off-site infectious waste treatment facility" and "treatment facility" also include a solid waste incineration facility for which the license issued under division (A)(1) of section 3734.05 of the Revised Code includes the notation authorizing the treatment of infectious wastes made pursuant to division (B)(3) of that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.024 | Funding for Municipal Corporation or Township for Conducting Environmental Monitoring Programs in Connection With Off-Site Infectious Waste Treatment Facilities.

Effective:
March 4, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 150 - 119th General Assembly
For the purpose of providing funding to a municipal corporation or township for conducting environmental monitoring programs in connection with off-site infectious waste treatment facilities located within the municipal corporation or township; providing local emergency response services in connection with such a facility and the transportation of infectious wastes to such a facility; and providing financial assistance to the board of health of the health district having jurisdiction within the municipal corporation or township for the enforcement of the infectious waste provisions of this chapter and rules, orders, and terms and conditions of permits and licenses adopted or issued under them, the municipal corporation or township may levy a fee of not more than five dollars per ton on the treatment of infectious wastes at the treatment facility. The fees levied under this section are in addition to all other applicable fees and taxes and shall be added to any other fee or amount specified in a contract that is charged by the owner or operator of an off-site infectious waste treatment facility.
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or township may levy the fee authorized by this section by enacting an ordinance or adopting a resolution. Upon doing so, the legislative authority shall mail a copy of the ordinance or resolution to the director of environmental protection, the board of health of the health district having jurisdiction within the municipal corporation or township, and the owner or operator of each treatment facility located in the municipal corporation or township. The levying of the fee shall commence on the sixtieth day after the adoption of the ordinance or resolution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.025 | Return and Remittance of Fees by Owner or Operator.

Effective:
December 20, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly
The owner or operator of an off-site infectious waste treatment facility shall pay the fees levied by an ordinance or resolution adopted under section 3734.024 of the Revised Code monthly to the treasurer or other such officer of the municipal corporation as, by virtue of the charter, has the duties of the treasurer or to the fiscal officer of the township. The owner or operator shall remit the fees to the treasurer or other officer or to the fiscal officer in accordance with rules adopted under section 3734.026 of the Revised Code. The remittance shall be accompanied by a return indicating the total amount of infectious wastes received at the facility for treatment during the month to which the return applies. If a monthly return and remittance of the fees are not submitted to the treasurer or other officer or to the fiscal officer within sixty days after the last day of the month to which the return and remittance apply or within sixty days after the date otherwise established in rules adopted under section 3734.026 of the Revised Code, the owner or operator shall pay a penalty of an additional fifty per cent of the amount of the remittance for each month that it is late.
Money received by the treasurer or other officer of the municipal corporation under this section shall be paid into the general fund of the municipal corporation. Money received by the fiscal officer of a township under this section shall be paid into the general fund of the township. The treasurer or other officer of the municipal corporation or the fiscal officer of the township, as appropriate, shall maintain separate records of money received from the fees remitted under this section.
No owner or operator of an off-site infectious waste treatment facility shall violate or fail to comply with this section or a rule adopted under section 3734.026 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.026 | Procedures for Remitting Fees.

Effective:
December 20, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly
The director of environmental protection shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing procedures for remitting fees levied under section 3734.024 of the Revised Code to the treasurers or other appropriate fiscal officers of municipal corporations and to the fiscal officers of townships. The rules also shall establish the dates for remitting the fees to those officers and may establish any other requirements that the director considers necessary or appropriate to implement or administer sections 3734.024 and 3734.025 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.027 | Low-Level Radioactive Waste - Prohibited Activities.

Effective:
September 5, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 294 - 129th General Assembly
(A) No person shall commingle with any type of solid wastes, hazardous waste, or infectious wastes any low-level radioactive waste whose treatment, recycling, storage, or disposal is governed under division (B) of section 3748.10 of the Revised Code.
(B) Except as authorized by the director of health under Chapter 3748. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it, no owner or operator of a solid waste facility, infectious waste treatment facility, or hazardous waste facility shall accept for transfer, storage, treatment, or disposal or shall transfer, store, treat, or dispose of any radioactive waste specified in division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.028 | Standards of Quality for Compost Products.

Effective:
August 10, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 73 - 120th General Assembly
(A) The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and in consultation with the director of agriculture, shall adopt, and may amend, suspend, or rescind, rules establishing standards of quality for compost products produced by composting facilities subject to this chapter to ensure that the use of those products in accordance with accepted agricultural or horticultural practices does not pose a threat to public health or safety or the environment. The rules may establish differing standards of quality for compost products, in accordance with their various uses, if the director considers such standards to be necessary or appropriate to protect public health and safety and the environment. The rules shall require the owner or operator of a composting facility subject to this chapter that produces a compost product that does not meet the standards of quality applying to it to either reprocess the product or dispose of it in a manner approved by the director.
(B) No owner or operator of a composting facility shall sell or offer for sale at retail or wholesale, use, distribute for use, or give away any compost product that does not comply with the applicable standard of quality established in rules adopted under this section for the use for which the product is being sold, offered for sale, distributed, or given away or for which the product is being used by the owner or operator.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.029 | Application to Compost Products Produced by Facility Composting Dead Animals.

Effective:
January 1, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the standards of quality for compost products established in rules adopted under division (A) of section 3734.028 of the Revised Code apply to compost products produced by a facility composting dead animals that is subject to section 939.04 of the Revised Code in addition to compost products produced by facilities subject to this chapter.
(2) The standards of quality established in rules adopted under division (A) of section 3734.028 of the Revised Code do not apply to the use, distribution for use, or giving away of the compost products produced by a composting facility subject to section 939.04 of the Revised Code when either of the following applies:
(a) The composting is conducted by the person who raises the animals and the compost product is used in agricultural operations owned or operated by that person, regardless of whether the person owns the animals;
(b) The composting is conducted by the person who owns the animals, but does not raise them and the compost product is used in agricultural operations either by a person who raises the animals or by a person who raises grain that is used to feed them and that is supplied by the owner of the animals.
(B) No owner or operator of a composting facility that is subject to regulation under section 939.04 of the Revised Code shall sell or offer for sale at retail or wholesale, distribute for use, or give away any compost product that does not comply with the standard of quality applicable under division (A) of this section for the use for which the product is being sold, offered for sale, distributed, or given away.
No person shall violate this division.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.03 | Open Burning or Open Dumping.

Effective:
August 10, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 73 - 120th General Assembly
No person shall dispose of solid wastes by open burning or open dumping, except as authorized by the director of environmental protection in rules adopted in accordance with division (V) of section 3734.01, section 3734.02, or sections 3734.70 to 3734.73 of the Revised Code and except for burying or burning the body of a dead animal as authorized by section 941.14 of the Revised Code. No person shall dispose of treated or untreated infectious wastes by open burning or open dumping.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.04 | Inspection - Enforcement.

Effective:
October 29, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 165 - 120th General Assembly
The board of health of each district maintaining a program on the approved list under division (A) or (B) of section 3734.08 of the Revised Code shall provide for the inspection, licensing, and enforcement of sanitary standards for solid waste facilities, other than scrap tire facilities, in conformity with this chapter and for the inspection and licensing of solid waste facilities that are scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, and recovery facilities and the enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it governing those facilities, the management of scrap tires, and the transportation of scrap tires. The director of environmental protection shall provide for the inspection of hazardous waste facilities and of generators and transporters of hazardous waste, issuance of permits, and enforcement of this chapter and of rules adopted thereunder governing the storage, treatment, transportation, and disposal of hazardous waste and also shall provide for the enforcement of section 3734.60 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.042 | Complaint of Presence of Vectors at Scrap Tire Collection, Storage, Monocell, Monofill, or Recovery Facility.

Effective:
October 29, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 165 - 120th General Assembly
Upon receiving a written complaint of the presence of vectors at a scrap tire collection, storage, monocell, monofill, or recovery facility, the board of health of the health district having jurisdiction promptly shall conduct an inspection of the facility named in the complaint. If the board of health finds from the inspection that vectors are present at the facility in such numbers that the chemical treatment of the scrap tires present at the facility is necessary to protect the public health, and if the board has exhausted all means to compel the person holding a license for the facility under section 3734.81 of the Revised Code to abate the problem, the board may apply to the director of environmental protection for a grant from the scrap tire management fund created in section 3734.82 of the Revised Code to pay the board's costs of providing such treatment. The application shall be accompanied by a plan that indicates the nature of the chemical treatment that the board intends to use and the locations at the facility where the chemical treatment is to be applied and by a summary of all efforts made by the board to compel the person holding a license for the facility to abate the problem. If the director finds from the application and plan that the proposed treatment of the scrap tires stored at the facility is necessary to protect the public health and that the board will apply such treatment only to the tires stored in an outdoor location at the facility and to no other locations on the premises of the facility, the director may make a grant to the board from the fund to pay the costs to be incurred by the board for providing the proposed chemical treatment. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the awarding of such grants. Prior to submitting an application for a grant, the board of health may take formal action to suspend or revoke the facility's license under section 3734.09 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.061 | Waste Management Fund.

Effective:
October 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 132nd General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the waste management fund. The fund shall consist of money credited to it under this chapter and Chapter 3714. of the Revised Code. The environmental protection agency shall use money in the fund to pay the costs of administering and enforcing this chapter and Chapter 3714. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under those chapters, including ground water evaluations related to solid wastes, infectious wastes, and construction and demolition debris. The agency also shall use money in the fund to address violations of Chapters 3704. and 6111. of the Revised Code at facilities regulated under this chapter and Chapter 3714. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.09 | Suspension, Revocation, Denial of License.

Effective:
October 29, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 165 - 120th General Assembly
The board of health of a health district in which a solid waste facility or an infectious waste treatment facility is located, or the director of environmental protection, may suspend, revoke, or deny a license for the facility for violation of any section of this chapter or any rule adopted under it. The director may suspend, revoke, or deny a permit to operate any hazardous waste facility for violation of any section of this chapter or any rule adopted under it. No application for a permit or license to be issued under this chapter shall be denied and no permit or license issued under this chapter shall be modified, suspended, or revoked without a written order stating the findings upon which the denial, suspension, modification, or revocation is based. A copy of the order shall be sent to the applicant or permit or license holder by certified mail. Unless an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health or safety or the environment, no suspension, modification, or revocation of a permit or license shall be made effective until the permit or license holder has been given notice in writing and, in the case of a permit holder, a reasonable period of time to make corrections. Appeal from any modification, suspension, revocation, or denial of a license shall be made in accordance with sections 3745.02 to 3745.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes › Section 3734.10 | Injunction.

Effective:
October 29, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 165 - 120th General Assembly
The attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county, city director of law, or village solicitor where a violation has occurred, is occurring, or may occur, upon request of the respective board of health of the health district, the legislative authority of a political subdivision in which a violation has occurred, is occurring, or may occur, or the director of environmental protection, shall criminally prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person who has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate any section of this chapter, rules adopted under this chapter, or terms or conditions of permits, licenses, variances, or orders issued under this chapter. In the instance of a violation of section 3734.60 of the Revised Code, only the director of environmental protection may request the attorney general, or the prosecuting attorney of the county, city director of law, or village solicitor where a violation of that section has occurred, is occurring, or may occur, to bring an action for injunction against a person who has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate that section. The court of common pleas in which an action for injunction is filed has the jurisdiction to and shall grant preliminary and permanent injunctive relief upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate any section of this chapter, rules adopted thereunder, or terms or conditions of permits, licenses, variances, or orders issued under this chapter. The court shall give precedence to such an action over all other cases.
Upon written request by any person, the board of health or the director shall conduct such investigations and make such inquiries as are necessary to secure compliance with this chapter, rules adopted thereunder, and terms and conditions of permits, licenses, variances, and orders issued under it. The director or any board of health, upon request or upon their own initiative, may investigate or make inquiries into any alleged violation or act of improper solid waste disposal, improper infectious waste transportation or treatment, or improper hazardous waste storage, transportation, treatment, or disposal or regarding the management of scrap tires.
This section does not apply to the enforcement of sections 3734.90 to 3734.9013 of the Revised Code or any rules adopted or assessments made under those sections.
This chapter does not abridge rights of action or remedies in equity, under common law, or as provided by statute or prevent the state or any municipal corporation or person in the exercise of their rights in equity, under common law, or as provided by statute to suppress nuisances or to abate or prevent pollution.