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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.23 | Prohibitions Concerning Election Materials or Papers.

Effective:
December 9, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 116 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) No printer or other person entrusted with the printing, custody, or delivery of registration cards or forms, ballots, blanks, pollbooks, cards of instruction, or other required papers shall do any of the following:
(1) Knowingly and unlawfully open or permit to be opened a sealed package containing ballots or other printed forms;
(2) Knowingly give or deliver to another not lawfully entitled to them, or unlawfully misplace or carry away, or knowingly fail to deliver, or knowingly destroy any such forms or packages of ballots, or a ballot, pollbooks, cards of instruction, or other required papers;
(3) Negligently lose or permit to be taken from the printer or other entrusted person any of the materials described in division (A)(2) of this section.
(B) No person entrusted with the preparation, custody, or delivery of marking devices shall do either of the following:
(1) Unlawfully open or permit to be opened a sealed package containing marking devices, or give or deliver to another not lawfully entitled to them any such marking devices;
(2) Unlawfully or carelessly use or negligently lose or permit to be taken from the printer or other entrusted person and fail to deliver or destroy any such marking devices.
(C) Whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) or (B) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Whoever violates division (A)(3) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.24 | Interference With Conduct of Election.

Effective:
May 2, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly
(A) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) By force, fraud, or other improper means, obtain or attempt to obtain possession of the ballots, ballot boxes, or pollbooks;
(2) Recklessly destroy any property used in the conduct of elections;
(3) Attempt to intimidate an election officer, or prevent an election official from performing the official's duties;
(4) Knowingly tear down, remove, or destroy any of the registration lists or sample ballots furnished by the board of elections at the polling place;
(5) Loiter in or about a registration or polling place during registration or the casting and counting of ballots so as to hinder, delay, or interfere with the conduct of the registration or election;
(6) Remove from the voting place the pencils, cards of instruction, supplies, or other conveniences furnished to enable the voter to mark the voter's ballot.
(B) Whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) of this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. Whoever violates division (A)(3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.25 | Inducing Illegal Voting.

Effective:
December 9, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 116 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1) Counsel or advise another to vote at an election, knowing that the person is not a qualified voter;
(2) Advise, aid, or assist another person to go or come into a precinct for the purpose of voting in it, knowing that such person is not qualified to vote in it;
(3) Counsel, advise, or attempt to induce an election officer to permit a person to vote, knowing such person is not a qualified elector.
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.26 | Tampering With Ballots.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
No person shall fraudulently put a ballot or ticket into a ballot box; or knowingly and willfully vote a ballot other than an official ballot lawfully obtained by the person from the precinct election authorities; or fraudulently or deceitfully change a ballot of an elector, by which such elector is prevented from voting for such candidates or on an issue as the elector intends to do; or mark a ballot of an elector except as authorized by section 3505.24 of the Revised Code; or hand a marked ballot to an elector to vote, with intent to ascertain how the elector voted; or furnish a ballot to an elector who cannot read, knowingly informing the elector that it contains a name different from the one that is printed or written thereon, to induce the elector to vote contrary to the elector's intentions; or unduly delay or hinder an elector from applying for registration, registering, or from attempting to vote or voting; or knowingly print or distribute a ballot contrary to law.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.27 | Possession of or Tampering With Voting Machine, Automatic Tabulating Equipment, or Marking Device Prohibited.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
No unauthorized person shall have in the person's possession any voting machine that may be owned or leased by any county or any of the parts or the keys thereof. No person shall tamper or attempt to tamper with, deface, impair the use of, destroy, or otherwise injure in any manner any voting machine.
No unauthorized person shall have in the person's possession any marking device, automatic tabulating equipment, or any of the parts, appurtenances, or accessories thereof. No person shall tamper or attempt to tamper with, deface, impair the use of, destroy, or otherwise change or injure in any manner any marking device, automatic tabulating equipment, or any appurtenances or accessories thereof.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.28 | False Signatures.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
No person, with intent to defraud or deceive, shall write or sign the name of another person to any document, petition, registration card, or other book or record authorized or required by Title XXXV of the Revised Code.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.29 | Possession of False Records.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
No person shall have in the person's possession a falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited registration card, form, or list, pollbook, tally sheet, or list of election returns of an election, knowing it to be such, with intent to hinder, defeat, or prevent a fair expression of the popular will at such election.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.31 | Failure of Officer of Law to Assist Election Officers.

Effective:
February 25, 2014
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 109 - 130th General Assembly
No officer of the law shall fail to obey forthwith an order of the voting location manager and aid in enforcing a lawful order of the voting location manager at an election, against persons unlawfully congregating or loitering within one hundred feet of a polling place, hindering or delaying an elector from reaching or leaving the polling place, soliciting or attempting, within one hundred feet of the polling place, to influence an elector in casting the elector's vote, or interfering with the registration of voters or casting and counting of the ballots.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.32 | General Prohibition Concerning Election Officials.

Effective:
December 9, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 116 - 122nd General Assembly
No official upon whom a duty is imposed by an election law for the violation of which no penalty is otherwise provided shall knowingly disobey such election law.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.33 | Fraudulent Marking or Altering Ballots or Election Records.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
No person, from the time ballots are cast or counted until the time has expired for using them as evidence in a recount or contest of election, shall willfully and with fraudulent intent make any mark or alteration on any ballot; or inscribe, write, or cause to be inscribed or written in or upon a registration form or list, pollbook, tally sheet, or list, lawfully made or kept at an election, or in or upon a book or paper purporting to be such, or upon an election return, or upon a book or paper containing such return the name of a person not entitled to vote at such election or not voting thereat, or a fictitious name, or, within such time, wrongfully change, alter, erase, or tamper with a name, word, or figure contained in such pollbook, tally sheet, list, book, or paper; or falsify, mark, or write thereon with intent to defeat, hinder, or prevent a fair expression of the will of the people at such election.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.34 | Prohibitions Concerning Destruction of Election Records.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
No person, from the time ballots are cast or voted until the time has expired for using them in a recount or as evidence in a contest of election, shall unlawfully destroy or attempt to destroy the ballots, or permit such ballots or a ballot box or pollbook used at an election to be destroyed; or destroy, falsify, mark, or write in a name on any such ballot that has been voted.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.35 | Proxies Not to Be Given by Party Representatives - Impersonation of Representatives.

Effective:
December 9, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 116 - 122nd General Assembly
No party committeeperson or party delegate or alternate chosen at an election, or a delegate or alternate appointed to a convention provided by law, shall give or issue a proxy or authority to another person to act or vote in that person's stead.
No person shall knowingly or fraudulently act or vote or attempt to impersonate, act, or vote in place of that committeeperson, delegate, or alternate.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.36 | Election Falsification.

Effective:
December 9, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 116 - 122nd General Assembly
No person, either orally or in writing, on oath lawfully administered or in a statement made under penalty of election falsification, shall knowingly state a falsehood as to a material matter relating to an election in a proceeding before a court, tribunal, or election official, or in a matter in relation to which an oath or statement under penalty of election falsification is authorized by law, including a statement required for verifying or filing any declaration of candidacy, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, nominating petition, or other petition presented to or filed with the secretary of state, a board of elections, or any other public office for the purpose of becoming a candidate for any elective office, including the office of a political party, for the purpose of submitting a question or issue to the electors at an election, or for the purpose of forming a political party.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of election falsification, a felony of the fifth degree.
Every paper, card, or other document relating to any election matter that calls for a statement to be made under penalty of election falsification shall be accompanied by the following statement in bold face capital letters: "Whoever commits election falsification is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree."
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.37 | Disobedience of Subpoena Concerning Violation of Election Laws.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
(A) No person having been subpoenaed or ordered to appear before a grand jury, court, board, or officer in a proceeding or prosecution upon a complaint, information, affidavit, or indictment for an offense under an election law shall do either of the following:
(1) Fail to appear or, having appeared, refuse to answer a question pertinent to the matter under inquiry or investigation;
(2) Refuse to produce, upon reasonable notice, any material, books, papers, documents, or records in that person's possession or under that person's control.
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section, unless the violator personally appears before the grand jury, court, board, or officer and asserts the protection of the violator's constitutional rights, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.38 | Illegally Influencing Voters While Performing Election Duties.

Effective:
June 1, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly
(A) No election official, observer, deputy sheriff, special deputy sheriff, or police officer, while performing that person's duties related to the casting of votes, shall do either of the following:
(1) Wear any badge, sign, or other insignia or thing indicating that person's preference for any candidate or for any question submitted at an election;
(2) Influence or attempt to influence any voter to cast the voter's ballot for or against any candidate or issue submitted at an election.
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.39 | Second Conviction Under Election Laws.

Effective:
December 9, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 116 - 122nd General Assembly
Any person convicted of a violation of any provision of Title XXXV of the Revised Code, who is again convicted of a violation of any such provision, whether such conviction is for the same offense or not, is on such second conviction guilty of a felony of the fourth degree, and in addition, shall be disfranchised.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.40 | General Penalty.

Effective:
September 5, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 326 - 129th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in section 3599.39 of the Revised Code, whoever violates any provision of Title XXXV of the Revised Code, unless otherwise provided in such title, and whoever violates division (D) of section 9.03 of the Revised Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.41 | Person Violating Election Laws May Testify Against Other Violators.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A person violating any provision of Title XXXV of the Revised Code is a competent witness against another person so offending, and may attend and testify at a trial, hearing, or investigation thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.42 | Prima-Facie Case of Fraud.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A violation of any provision of Title XXXV of the Revised Code constitutes a prima-facie case of fraud within the purview of such title.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.43 | Prohibitions Concerning Communication Purporting to Be From Board of Elections.

Effective:
September 16, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 709 - 105th General Assembly
No person, not authorized by a board of elections, shall send or transmit to any other person any written or oral communication which purports to be a communication from a board of elections, or which reasonably construed appears to be a communication from such a board and which was intended to be so construed.
Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 35 | Elections › Chapter 3599 | Offenses and Penalties › Section 3599.45 | Candidates Prohibited From Accepting Contributions From Medicaid Providers.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
"Candidate," "campaign committee," and "contribution" have the same meanings as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code.
"Medicaid provider" has the same meaning as in section 5164.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) No candidate for the office of attorney general or county prosecutor or such a candidate's campaign committee shall knowingly accept any contribution from a medicaid provider or from any person having an ownership interest in the medicaid provider.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.01 | Department of Health Definitions.

Effective:
October 10, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 173 - 123rd General Assembly
As used in sections 3701.01, 3701.04, 3701.08, 3701.09, and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code:
(A) "The federal act" means Title VI of the "Public Health Service Act," 60 Stat. 1041 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 291, as amended.
(B) "The surgeon general" means the surgeon general of the public health service of the United States or such other officer or employee of the United States responsible for administration of the federal act.
(C) "Hospital" includes public health centers and general, mental, chronic disease, and other types of hospitals, and related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses' home facilities, extended care facilities, self-care units, and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals, and also includes education and training facilities for health professions personnel operated as an integral part of a hospital, but does not include any hospital furnishing primarily domiciliary care.
(D) "Public health center" means a publicly owned facility for the housing of the public health services of a community and one which makes available equipment to aid physicians in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease.
(E) "Nonprofit hospital," or "nonprofit" as applied to a facility, means any hospital or facility owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(F) "Medical facilities" means outpatient facilities, rehabilitation facilities, and facilities for long-term care, including nursing homes, as those terms are defined in the federal act, and such other facilities for which federal aid may be authorized under the federal act.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.025 | Advisory Council.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
There is hereby created the children and youth with special health care needs medical advisory council consisting of twenty-one members to be appointed by the director of health for terms set in accordance with rules adopted by the director under division (A)(11) of section 3701.021 of the Revised Code. The children and youth with special health care needs medical advisory council shall advise the director regarding the administration of the program for children and youth with special health care needs, the suitable quality of medical practice for providers, and the requirements for medical eligibility for the program.
All members of the council shall be licensed physicians, surgeons, dentists, and other professionals in the field of medicine, representative of the various disciplines involved in the treatment of children and youth with special health care needs, and representative of the treatment facilities involved, such as hospitals, private and public health clinics, and private physicians' offices, and shall be eligible for the program.
Members of the council shall receive no compensation, but shall receive their actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties in accordance with the rules of the office of budget and management.
Last updated September 21, 2023 at 6:00 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.027 | Grant Programs.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of health shall administer funds received from the "Maternal and Child Health Block Grant," Title V of the "Social Security Act," 95 Stat. 818 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 701, as amended, for programs including the program for children and youth with special health care needs, and to provide technical assistance and consultation to city and general health districts and local health planning organizations in implementing local, community-based, family-centered, coordinated systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs. The department may make grants to persons and other entities for the provision of services with the funds. In addition, the department may use the funds to purchase liability insurance covering the provision of services under the programs by physicians and other health care professionals, and to pay health insurance premiums on behalf of children and youth with special health care needs participating in the program for children and youth with special health care needs when the department determines, in accordance with criteria set forth in rules adopted under division (A)(9) of section 3701.021 of the Revised Code, that payment of the premiums is cost effective.
In determining eligibility for services provided with funds received from the "Maternal and Child Health Block Grant," the department may use the application form established under section 5163.40 of the Revised Code. The department may require applicants to furnish their social security numbers. Funds from the "Maternal and Child Health Block Grant" that are administered for the purpose of providing family planning services shall be distributed in accordance with section 3701.033 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 11:59 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.028 | Confidentiality.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The following records of the program for children and youth with special health care needs and of programs funded with funds received from the "Maternal and Child Health Block Grant," Title V of the "Social Security Act," 95 Stat. 818 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 701, as amended, are confidential and are not public records within the meaning of section 149.43 of the Revised Code:
(1) Records that pertain to medical history, diagnosis, treatment, or medical condition;
(2) Reports of psychological diagnosis and treatment and reports of social workers;
(3) Reports of public health nurses.
(B) The department of health shall not release any records specified in division (A) of this section without consent of the subject of the record or, if the subject is a minor, the minor's parent or guardian, except as necessary to do any of the following:
(1) Administer the program for children and youth with special health care needs or other programs funded with funds received from the "Maternal and Child Health Block Grant";
(2) Coordinate the provision of services under the programs with other state agencies and city and general health districts;
(3) Coordinate payment of providers.
No person or government entity to whom the director, for the purposes specified in this division, releases records described in division (A) of this section shall release those records without consent of the subject of the record or, if the subject is a minor, the minor's parent or guardian, except as necessary for any of the reasons described in this division.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 12:00 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.029 | Hemophilia Program to Provide Payment of Health Insurance Premiums for Ohio Residents.

Effective:
June 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Subject to available funds, the department of health shall establish and administer a hemophilia program to provide payment of health insurance premiums for Ohio residents who meet all of the following requirements:
(A) Have been diagnosed with hemophilia or a related bleeding disorder;
(B) Are at least twenty-one years of age;
(C) Meet the eligibility requirements established by rules adopted under division (A)(12) of section 3701.021 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.0210 | Hemophilia Advisory Subcommittee.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The children and youth with special health care needs medical advisory council shall appoint a hemophilia advisory subcommittee to advise the director of health and council on all matters pertaining to the care and treatment of persons with hemophilia. The duties of the subcommittee include, but are not limited to, the monitoring of care and treatment of children and adults who suffer from hemophilia or from other similar blood disorders.
The subcommittee shall consist of not fewer than fifteen members, each of whom shall be appointed to terms of four years. The members of the subcommittee shall elect a chairperson from among the appointed membership to serve a term of two years. Members of the subcommittee shall serve without compensation, except that they may be reimbursed for travel expenses to and from meetings of the subcommittee.
Members shall be appointed to represent all geographic areas of this state. Not fewer than five members of the subcommittee shall be persons with hemophilia or family members of persons with hemophilia. Not fewer than five members shall be providers of health care services to persons with hemophilia. Not fewer than five members shall be experts in fields of importance to treatment of persons with hemophilia, including experts in infectious diseases, insurance, and law.
Notwithstanding section 101.83 of the Revised Code, that section does not apply to the children and youth with special health care needs medical advisory council hemophilia advisory subcommittee, and the subcommittee shall not expire under that section.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 11:13 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.0211 | Application for Federal Abstinence Education Funds.

Effective:
June 30, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
For each year that federal funds are made available to states under Title V of the "Social Security Act," 124 Stat. 352 (2010), 42 U.S.C. 710, as amended, for use in providing abstinence education, the director of health shall submit to the United States secretary of health and human services an application for the allotment of those funds that is available to this state. The director shall use the funds received in accordance with any conditions under which the application was approved.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.03 | General Duties of Director of Health.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The director of health shall perform duties that are incident to the director's position as chief executive officer of the department of health. The director shall administer the laws relating to health and sanitation and the rules of the department of health. The director may designate employees of the department and, during a public health emergency, other persons to administer the laws and rules on the director's behalf.
(B) Nothing in this section authorizes any action that prevents the fulfillment of duties or impairs the exercise of authority established by law for any other person or entity.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.031 | Federal Grants for Monitoring, Studying and Preventing Pregnancy Losses.

Effective:
June 30, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) The director of health shall accept and administer grants received from the federal government or other sources, public or private, that are made available for use in monitoring, studying, and preventing pregnancy losses. To the extent that funding from grants is available, the director shall do the following:
(1) Establish a population-based pregnancy loss registry to monitor the incidence of various types of pregnancy losses that occur in this state, make appropriate epidemiological studies to determine any causal relations of the pregnancy losses with occupational, nutritional, environmental, genetic, or infectious conditions, and determine what can be done to prevent such losses;
(2) Advise, consult, cooperate with, and assist, by contract or otherwise, agencies of the state and federal government, agencies of governments of other states, agencies of political subdivisions of this state, universities, private organizations, corporations, and associations for the purpose of division (A)(1) of this section.
(B) The director may adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to specify the reporting requirements for physicians as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.
(C) As used in this section, "Pregnancy loss" means a termination of pregnancy within the first twenty weeks of pregnancy either spontaneously or by means other than the purposeful termination of a pregnancy as described in section 2919.11 of the Revised Code.
Last updated February 7, 2022 at 2:23 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.033 | Distribution of Funds for Family Planning Services.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) This section establishes the order of priority to be followed by the department of health when distributing funds for the purpose of providing family planning services, including funds the department receives through the "Maternal and Child Health Block Grant," Title V of the "Social Security Act," 95 Stat. 818 (1981), 42 U.S.C. 701, as amended, and funds the department receives through Title X of the "Public Health Service Act," 84 Stat. 1504 (1970), 42 U.S.C. 300a, as amended. This section does not apply to grants awarded by the department under section 3701.046 of the Revised Code.
(B) With respect to each period during which funds from a particular source are distributed for the purpose of providing family planning services, the department is subject to both of the following when distributing the funds to applicants seeking those funds:
(1) Foremost priority shall be given to public entities that are operated by state or local government entities and that provide or are able to provide family planning services.
(2) If any funds remain after the department distributes funds to public entities under division (B)(1) of this section, the department may distribute funds to nonpublic entities. If funds are distributed to nonpublic entities, the department shall distribute the funds in the following order of descending priority:
(a) Nonpublic entities that are federally qualified health centers or federally qualified health center look-alikes, both as defined in section 3701.047 of the Revised Code, or community action agencies, as defined in section 122.66 of the Revised Code;
(b) Nonpublic entities that provide comprehensive primary and preventive care services in addition to family planning services;
(c) Nonpublic entities that provide family planning services, but do not provide comprehensive primary and preventive care services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.04 | Director of Health - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
July 3, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 243 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The director of health shall:
(1) Require reports and make inspections and investigations that the director considers necessary;
(2) Provide administration, appoint personnel, make reports, and take other action as necessary to comply with the requirements of the "Construction and Modernization of Hospitals and Other Medical Facilities Act," Title VI of the "Public Health Service Act," 60 Stat. 1041 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 291, as amended, and the regulations adopted under that act;
(3) Procure by contract the temporary or intermittent services of experts, consultants, or organizations when those services are to be performed on a part-time or fee-for-service basis and do not involve the performance of administrative duties;
(4) Enter into agreements for the utilization of the facilities and services of other departments, agencies, and institutions, public or private;
(5) On behalf of the state, solicit, accept, hold, administer, and deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code, any grant, gift, devise, bequest, or contribution made to assist in meeting the cost of carrying out the director's responsibilities and expend the grant, gift, devise, bequest, or contribution for the purpose for which made. Fees collected by the director in connection with meetings and conferences shall also be credited to the fund and expended for the purposes for which paid.
(6) Make an annual report to the governor on activities and expenditures, including recommendations for such additional legislation as the director considers appropriate to furnish adequate hospital, clinic, and similar facilities to the people of this state.
(B) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules jointly with the executive director of the emergency management agency to do both of the following, as required by section 5502.281 of the Revised Code:
(1) Advise, assist, consult with, and cooperate with agencies and political subdivisions of this state to establish and maintain a statewide system for recruiting, registering, training, and deploying volunteers reasonably necessary to respond to an emergency declared by the state or a political subdivision;
(2) Establish fees, procedures, standards, and requirements necessary for recruiting, registering, training, and deploying the volunteers.
(C) The director of health may enter into agreements to sell services offered by the department of health to boards of health of city and general health districts and to other departments, agencies, and institutions of this state, other states, or the United States. Fees collected by the director for the sale of services shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.043 | Medicare Initial Certification Fund - Fees.

Effective:
September 29, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly
If authorized by federal statute or regulation, the director of health may establish and collect fees for conducting the initial certification of any person or entity as a provider of health services for purposes of the medicare program established under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended. The fee established for conducting an initial medicare certification shall not exceed the actual and necessary costs incurred by the department of health in conducting the certification.
All fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the medicare initial certification fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay the costs of conducting initial medicare certifications.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.044 | Contract to Conduct Competency Examination or Evaluation.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
When required or authorized to conduct or administer an examination or evaluation of an individual for the purpose of determining competency or issuing a license, certificate, registration, or other authority to practice or perform duties, the director of health or department of health may contract with an entity to conduct or administer the examination or evaluation. The contract may authorize the entity to collect and retain, as all or part of the entity's compensation under the contract, any fee paid by an individual for the examination or evaluation. The entity is not required to deposit the fee into the state treasury.
The director or department shall post to the department's web site the dollar amounts for fees described in this section. Any changes in fee amounts shall be posted to the web site not later than thirty days before such changes are effective.
Except when considered to be necessary by the director or department, the director or department shall not disclose test materials, examinations, or evaluation tools used in any examination or evaluation the director or department conducts, administers, or provides for by contract. The test materials, examinations, and evaluation tools are not public records for the purpose of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and are not subject to inspection or copying under section 1347.08 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.045 | Child Fatality Review Boards Conducting Reviews.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The department of health, in consultation with the children's trust fund board established under section 3109.15 of the Revised Code and any bodies acting as child fatality review boards on October 5, 2000, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish a procedure for county or regional child fatality review boards to follow in conducting a review of the death of a child. The rules shall do all of the following:
(1) Establish the format for the annual reports required by section 307.626 of the Revised Code;
(2) Establish guidelines for a county or regional child fatality review board to follow in compiling statistics for annual reports so that the reports do not contain any information that would permit any person's identity to be ascertained from a report;
(3) Establish guidelines for a county or regional child fatality review board to follow in creating and maintaining the comprehensive database of child deaths required by section 307.623 of the Revised Code, including provisions establishing uniform record-keeping procedures;
(4) Establish guidelines for reporting child fatality review data to the department of health or a national child death review database, either of which must maintain the confidentiality of information that would permit a person's identity to be ascertained;
(5) Establish guidelines, materials, and training to help educate members of county or regional child fatality review boards about the purpose of the review process and the confidentiality of the information described in section 307.629 of the Revised Code and to make them aware that such information is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(B) On or before the thirtieth day of September of each year, the department of health and the children's trust fund board jointly shall prepare and publish a report organizing and setting forth the data from the department of health child death review database or the national child death review database, data in all the reports provided by county or regional child fatality review boards in their annual reports for the previous calendar year, and recommendations for any changes to law and policy that might prevent future deaths. The department and the children's trust fund board jointly shall provide a copy of the report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the minority leaders of the house of representatives and the senate, each county or regional child fatality review board, and each county or regional family and children first council.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.047 | Agreement to Promote Federally Qualified Health Centers.

Effective:
June 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Federally qualified health center" means a health center that receives a federal public health services grant under the "Public Health Services Act," 117 Stat. 2020, 42 U.S.C. 254b, as amended, or another health center designated by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration as a federally qualified health center.
(2) "Federally qualified health center look-alike" means a public or not-for-profit health center that meets the eligibility requirements to receive a federal public health services grant under the "Public Health Services Act," 117 Stat. 2020, 42 U.S.C. 254b, as amended, but does not receive grant funding.
(B) The department of health may enter into an agreement with the state's primary care association to promote the establishment of new federally qualified health centers and federally qualified health center look-alikes.
The department and the association may assist local communities and community health centers by providing grants and grant writing assistance to establish health centers as defined in 42 U.S.C. 254b, regardless of whether the health centers apply for a grant under that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.049 | Fetal-Infant Mortality Review.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "board of health" has the same meaning as in section 3707.70 of the Revised Code.
(B) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish a procedure for fetal-infant mortality review boards to follow in conducting a review of a fetal or infant death. The rules shall do all of the following:
(1) Specify the procedures a board of health must use to establish and operate a fetal-infant mortality review board under section 3707.71 of the Revised Code;
(2) Specify the data and other relevant information a review board must use when conducting the reviews described in section 3707.71 of the Revised Code;
(3) Establish guidelines for a review board to follow so that information presented to the review board does not include anything that would permit any person's identity to be ascertained;
(4) Specify the standards and procedures a review board must use when reporting fetal-infant mortality data to the fetal-infant mortality database maintained by the department of health or the national infant death review database.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.0410 | Drug Overdose Fatality Review.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
The department of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish a procedure for county or regional drug overdose fatality review committees to follow in conducting a review of an overdose death. The rules shall do all of the following:
(A) Establish the format for the annual reports required by section 307.636 of the Revised Code;
(B) Establish guidelines for a county or regional review committee to follow in compiling statistics for annual reports so that the reports do not contain any information that would permit any person's identity to be ascertained from a report;
(C) Establish guidelines for a county or regional review committee to follow in creating and maintaining the comprehensive database of overdose deaths required by section 307.634 of the Revised Code, including provisions establishing uniform record-keeping procedures;
(D) Establish guidelines for reporting drug overdose fatality review data to the department of health, which must maintain the confidentiality of information that would permit a person's identity to be ascertained;
(E) Establish guidelines, materials, and training to help educate members of county or regional review committees about the purpose of the review process and the confidentiality of the information described in section 307.639 of the Revised Code;
(F) Establish guidelines, materials, and training, in consultation with the state board of pharmacy, about the appropriate use of the drug database maintained in accordance with section 4729.75 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 19, 2021 at 5:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.0411 | Suicide Fatality Review.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
The department of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish a procedure for county or regional suicide fatality review committees to follow in conducting a review of a suicide death. The rules shall do all of the following:
(A) Establish the format for the annual reports required by section 307.646 of the Revised Code;
(B) Establish guidelines for a county or regional review committee to follow in compiling statistics for annual reports so that the reports do not contain any information that would permit any person's identity to be ascertained from a report;
(C) Establish guidelines for a county or regional review committee to follow in creating and maintaining the comprehensive database of deaths by suicide required by section 307.643 of the Revised Code, including provisions establishing uniform record-keeping procedures;
(D) Establish guidelines for reporting suicide fatality review data to the department of health, which must maintain the confidentiality of information that would permit a person's identity to be ascertained;
(E) Establish guidelines, materials, and training to help educate members of county or regional review committees about the purpose of the review process and the confidentiality of the information described in section 307.649 of the Revised Code;
(F) Establish guidelines, materials, and training, in consultation with the state board of pharmacy, about the appropriate use of the drug database maintained in accordance with section 4729.75 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 19, 2021 at 5:19 PM