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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.085 | Contracts for Enforcement Services for Air Pollution Control or Supervision of Sewage Disposal Systems.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The board of health of a city or general health district may enter into a contract with any political subdivision or other governmental agency to obtain or provide all or part of any services, including, but not limited to, enforcement services, for the purposes of Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code, the rules adopted and orders made pursuant thereto, or any other ordinances or rules for the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution.
(B)(1) As used in division (B)(2) of this section:
(a) "Semipublic disposal system" means a disposal system that treats the sanitary sewage discharged from publicly or privately owned buildings or places of assemblage, entertainment, recreation, education, correction, hospitalization, housing, or employment, but does not include a disposal system that treats sewage in amounts of more than twenty-five thousand gallons per day; a disposal system for the treatment of sewage that is exempt from the requirements of section 6111.04 of the Revised Code pursuant to division (F)(7) of that section; or a disposal system for the treatment of industrial waste.
(b) Terms defined in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code have the same meanings as in that section.
(2) The board of health of a city or general health district may enter into a contract with the environmental protection agency to conduct on behalf of the agency inspection or enforcement services, for the purposes of Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder, for the disposal or treatment of sewage from semipublic disposal systems. The board of health of a city or general health district may charge a fee established pursuant to section 3709.09 of the Revised Code to be paid by the owner or operator of a semipublic disposal system for inspections conducted by the board pursuant to a contract entered into under division (B)(2) of this section, except that the board shall not charge a fee for those inspections conducted at any recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp that is licensed under section 3729.05 of the Revised Code or at any manufactured home park that is licensed under section 4781.27 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.092 | Transmission of Fees.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) A board of health of a city or general health district shall transmit to the director of health all fees or additional amounts that the director requires to be collected under sections 3701.344, 3718.06, 3729.07, and 3749.04 of the Revised Code. The fees and amounts shall be transmitted according to the following schedule:
(1) For fees and amounts received by the board on or after the first day of January but not later than the thirty-first day of March, transmit the fees and amounts not later than the fifteenth day of May;
(2) For fees and amounts received by the board on or after the first day of April but not later than the thirtieth day of June, transmit the fees and amounts not later than the fifteenth day of August;
(3) For fees and amounts received by the board on or after the first day of July but not later than the thirtieth day of September, transmit the fees and amounts not later than the fifteenth day of November;
(4) For fees and amounts received by the board on or after the first day of October but not later than the thirty-first day of December, transmit the fees and amounts not later than the fifteenth day of February of the following year.
(B) The director shall deposit the fees and amounts received under this section into the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. Each amount shall be used solely for the purpose for which it was collected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.10 | Union of General Health Districts.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
When it is proposed that two or more general health districts unite in the formation of one general health district, the district advisory council of each general health district shall meet and vote on the question of union. An affirmative majority vote of the district advisory council shall be required for approval. When the district advisory councils have voted affirmatively on the question, they shall meet in joint session and shall elect a board of health for the combined districts. Each original general health district shall be entitled to at least one member on the board of health of the combined districts.
When such union is completed, the district shall constitute a general health district and shall be governed in the manner provided for general health districts. When two or more general health districts unite to form one district, the office of the board of health shall be located at the county seat of the county selected by the joint board of district advisory councils.
When two or more general health districts have been combined into a single district, the county auditor of the county selected by the joint board of district advisory councils as the location of the central office of the board of health shall be the auditor of such district and the county treasurer of such county shall be the custodian of the health funds of such district. When the budget of such combined general health district is a matter for consideration, the members of the budget commissions of the counties constituting the district shall sit as a joint board for considering and acting on such budget.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.11 | Organization of Board of General Health District - Appointment of Health Commissioner - Duties.

Effective:
May 3, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 55 - 118th General Assembly
Within thirty days after the appointment of the members of the board of health in a general health district, they shall organize by selecting one of the members as president and another member as president pro tempore. The board shall appoint a health commissioner upon such terms, and for such period of time, not exceeding five years, as may be prescribed by the board. The person appointed as commissioner shall be a licensed physician, licensed dentist, a licensed veterinarian, licensed podiatrist, licensed chiropractor, or the holder of a master's degree in public health or an equivalent master's degree in a related health field as determined by the members of the board of health in a general health district. He shall be secretary of the board, and shall devote such time to the duties of his office as may be fixed by contract with the board. Notice of such appointment shall be filed with the director of health. The commissioner shall be the executive officer of the board and shall carry out all orders of the board and of the department of health. He shall be charged with the enforcement of all sanitary laws and regulations in the district. The commissioner shall keep the public informed in regard to all matters affecting the health of the district. When the commissioner is not a physician, the board shall provide for adequate medical direction of all personal health and nursing services by the employment of a licensed physician as medical director on either a full-time or part-time basis. The medical director shall be responsible to the board of health.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.12 | President Pro Tempore of Board of City Health District - Meetings.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of health in a city health district shall elect one of its number president pro tempore, who shall preside in the absence of the chief executive and shall perform all duties incumbent upon the president. The board shall meet at least once in each calendar month for the transaction of business, and as much oftener as is necessary for the prompt and thorough transaction of its business. Special meetings of the board shall be called by the president or three members thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.13 | Appointment of Clerk, Nurses, Physicians, and Others by Board of General Health District.

Effective:
December 13, 1967
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 271 - 107th General Assembly
In any general health district the board of health may, upon the recommendation of the health commissioner, appoint for full or part time service a public health nurse and a clerk and such additional public health nurses, physicians, and other persons as are necessary for the proper conduct of its work. Such number of public health nurses may be employed as is necessary to provide adequate public health nursing service to all parts of the district. Employees of the board, other than the commissioner, shall be in the classified service of the state, and all employees of the board may be removed for cause by a majority of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.14 | Appointment of Health Commissioner, Clerks, Nurses, Physicians, and Others by Board of City Health District.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In any city health district, the board of health or person performing the duties of a board of health shall appoint for full or part time service a health commissioner and may appoint such public health nurses, clerks, physicians, and other persons as are necessary.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.15 | Appointing Sanitarians and Nurses.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The board of health of a city or general health district may appoint as many persons for sanitary duty as the public health and sanitary conditions of the district require, and such persons shall have general police powers and be known as "sanitarians." The board may also appoint as many registered nurses for public health nurse duty as the public health and sanitary conditions of the district require, who shall be known as "public health nurses," and where such are appointed, the board may appoint licensed practical nurses as defined by section 4723.15 of the Revised Code. The legislative authority of the city may determine the maximum number of sanitarians and public health nurses and licensed practical nurses to be appointed.
The board of health of a city or general health district may provide nursing care and other therapeutic and supportive care services to maintain an ill or infirm person in a place of residence used as such person's home or elsewhere. The board shall charge and collect reasonable fees not to exceed the cost of service for such care from patients financially able to pay, or may accept payment for such services from persons or public or private agencies on behalf of the recipient, either directly or by contract with such persons or agencies. The fees shall be retained by the board and placed in a special fund to be known as the home health services fund, and shall be used by the board only for defraying the cost of personnel, equipment, supplies, rental of physical facilities including real property, utilities, and administrative costs in providing services under this section. The approval of the auditor of state referred to in section 5705.12 of the Revised Code shall not be required for the establishment of the fund.
The board, in addition, may contract with any individual or a public or private agency to furnish services authorized by this section on behalf of a city or general health district for such time and for such compensation as may be agreed upon by the board and the individual or agency. The compensation shall be paid by the board from the home health services fund, or from any other available fund of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.16 | Board Determines Duties and Salaries of Employees - Employee Insurance.

Effective:
June 4, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 67 - 122nd General Assembly
The board of health of a city or general health district shall determine the duties and fix the salaries of its employees.
No member of the board shall be appointed as health officer or ward physician.
The board of health of any health district may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group life, hospitalization, surgical, major medical, sickness and accident insurance, or a combination of any of the foregoing types of insurance or coverage, for the health commissioner, the employees of the health district, and their immediate dependents, from the funds or budgets from which said health commissioner or employees are compensated for services, issued by an insurance company or a health insuring corporation duly authorized to do business in this state.
Notwithstanding section 3917.01 of the Revised Code, the board of health of any health district may purchase group life insurance authorized by this section by reason of payment of premiums therefor by the board from its funds, and such group life insurance may be issued and purchased if otherwise consistent with sections 3917.01 to 3917.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.161 | Liability Insurance.

Effective:
July 10, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 232 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The board of health of a city or general health district may procure a policy or policies of insurance insuring the members of the board, the health commissioner, and the employees of the board against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property resulting from any act or omission that occurs in the individual's official capacity as a member or employee of the board or resulting solely out of such membership or employment.
(B)(1) As used in this division, "health care professional" means all of the following:
(a) A dentist or dental hygienist licensed under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code;
(b) A registered nurse or licensed practical nurse licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code;
(c) A person licensed under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code to practice as a pharmacist;
(d) A person authorized under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code to practice as a physician assistant;
(e) A person authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatry;
(f) A psychologist licensed under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code;
(g) A veterinarian licensed under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code;
(h) A speech-language pathologist or audiologist licensed under Chapter 4753. of the Revised Code;
(i) An occupational therapist, physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, or athletic trainer licensed under Chapter 4755. of the Revised Code;
(j) A licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed professional counselor, independent social worker, or social worker licensed under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code;
(k) A dietitian licensed under Chapter 4759. of the Revised Code.
(2) The board of health of a city or general health district may purchase liability insurance for a health care professional with whom the board contracts for the provision of health care services against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property arising from the health care professional's performance of services under the contract. The policy shall be purchased from an insurance company licensed to do business in this state, if such a policy is available from such a company. The board of health of a city or general health district shall report the cost of the liability insurance policy and subsequent increases in the cost to the director of health on a form prescribed by the director.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.17 | Travel Expense Outside District.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When it is necessary for an employee of a board of health of a city or general health district to travel outside the district, such employee shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses incidental to such travel. No employee of a board shall be reimbursed for such travel unless prior approval has been granted by the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.18 | Infant Welfare Stations and Prenatal Clinics.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of health of a city or general health district may provide such infant welfare stations, prenatal clinics, and other measures for the protection of children as are necessary. It may also provide for the prevention and treatment of trachoma and may establish clinics or detention hospitals and provide the necessary medical and nursing service therefor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.19 | Record of Proceedings and Record of Diseases - Quarterly Activity Reports.

Effective:
April 2, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 355 - 121st General Assembly
The secretary of the board of health of a city or general health district shall keep a complete and accurate record of the proceedings of the board together with a record of diseases reported to the health commissioner. The records shall be kept as required by the director of health.
In each general health district, the health commissioner shall prepare a quarterly report detailing the board's activities during the preceding three months. The secretary shall provide a complete and accurate copy of the record of proceedings of the board of health to the health commissioner for the purpose of preparing the report. The quarterly reports shall be submitted to the district advisory council on or before the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year.
On leaving office, the secretary shall turn over to the succeeding secretary all books, records, papers, and other matter belonging to the board.
Each board or person performing the duties of the board shall procure suitable books, blanks, and other things necessary to the transaction of its business. The forms shall be used as the director of health prescribes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.20 | Orders and Regulations of Board of City Health District - Hearing Referees or Examiners.

Effective:
August 6, 1976
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 766 - 111th General Assembly
(A) The board of health of a city health district may make such orders and regulations as are necessary for its own government, for the public health, the prevention of restriction of disease, and the prevention, abatement, or suppression of nuisances. Orders and regulations not for the government of the board, but intended for the general public, shall be adopted, advertised, recorded, and certified as are ordinances of municipal corporations and the record thereof shall be given in all courts the same effect as is given such ordinances. In cases of emergency caused by epidemics of contagious or infectious diseases, or conditions or events endangering the public health, the board may declare such orders and regulations to be emergency measures, and such orders and regulations shall become effective immediately without such advertising, recording, and certifying.
(B) In any hearing conducted by the board of health of a city health district, general health district, or combined health district, the board may appoint a referee or examiner to conduct the hearing. In a hearing conducted by a board of health of a city health district, a combined health district, or a general health district at least one member of the board shall be present.
The referee or examiner appointed to conduct the hearing shall have the same powers and authority in conducting the hearing as is granted to the board. The referee or examiner shall have been admitted to the practice of law in the state and be possessed of such additional qualifications as the board may require. The referee or examiner shall submit to the board a written report setting forth his findings of fact and conclusions of law and a recommendation of the action to be taken by the board. A copy of such written report and recommendation of the referee or examiner shall, within five days of the date of filing thereof, be served upon the party or his attorney or other representative of record, by certified mail. The party may, within ten days of receipt of the copy of the written report or recommendation, file with the board written objections to the report and recommendation, which objections shall be considered by the board before approving, modifying, or disapproving the recommendation. The board may grant extensions of time to the party within which to file such objections.
No recommendation of the referee or examiner shall be approved, modified, or disapproved by the board until ten days after the service of the report and recommendation as provided in this section. The board may order additional testimony to be taken or permit the introduction of further documentary evidence. No recommendation shall be final until approved by a quorum of the entire board as indicated by an order on its record of proceedings.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.21 | Orders and Regulations of Board of General Health District.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of health of a general health district may make such orders and regulations as are necessary for its own government, for the public health, the prevention or restriction of disease, and the prevention, abatement, or suppression of nuisances. Such board may require that no human, animal, or household wastes from sanitary installations within the district be discharged into a storm sewer, open ditch, or watercourse without a permit therefor having been secured from the board under such terms as the board requires. All orders and regulations not for the government of the board, but intended for the general public, shall be adopted, recorded, and certified as are ordinances of municipal corporations and the record thereof shall be given in all courts the same effect as is given such ordinances, but the advertisements of such orders and regulations shall be by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the district. Publication shall be made once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, and such orders and regulations shall take effect and be in force ten days from the date of the first publication. In cases of emergency caused by epidemics of contagious or infectious diseases, or conditions or events endangering the public health, the board may declare such orders and regulations to be emergency measures, and such orders and regulations shall become effective immediately without such advertising, recording, and certifying.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.211 | Injunctive or Other Relief.

Effective:
December 23, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 370 - 109th General Assembly
When an order of the board of health of a city or general health district made pursuant to section 3709.20 or 3709.21 of the Revised Code is not complied with in whole or in part, the board may petition the court of common pleas for injunctive or other appropriate relief requiring all persons to whom such order of the board is directed to comply with such order. The court of the county in which such offense is alleged to be occurring may grant such injunctive or other appropriate relief as the equities of the case require.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.212 | Application of Order or Regulation for the Public Health or for Prevention or Restriction of Disease.

Effective:
June 23, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 22 - 134th General Assembly
Any order or regulation for the public health or for the prevention or restriction of disease issued by a board of health of a city or general health district under section 3709.20 or 3709.21 of the Revised Code may apply to only the following persons:
(A) Those who have been medically diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of the order or regulation;
(B) Those who have come in direct contact with someone who has been medically diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of the order or regulation;
(C) Those that have had a documented incident in the building of the disease that is the subject of the order or regulation.
As used in this section, "person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.22 | Duties of Board of City or General Health District.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Each board of health of a city or general health district shall study and record the prevalence of disease within its district and provide for the prompt diagnosis and control of communicable diseases. The board may also provide for the medical and dental supervision of school children, for the free treatment of cases of venereal diseases, for the inspection of schools, public institutions, jails, workhouses, children's homes, infirmaries, and county homes, and other charitable, benevolent, and correctional institutions. The board may also provide for the inspection of dairies, stores, restaurants, hotels, and other places where food is manufactured, handled, stored, sold, or offered for sale, and for the medical inspection of persons employed therein. The board may also provide for the inspection and abatement of nuisances dangerous to public health or comfort, and may take such steps as are necessary to protect the public health and to prevent disease.
In the medical supervision of school children, as provided in this section, no medical or surgical treatments shall be administered to any minor school child except upon the written request of a parent or guardian of such child. Any information regarding any diseased condition or defect found as a result of any school medical examination shall be communicated only to the parent or guardian of such child and if in writing shall be in a sealed envelope addressed to such parent or guardian.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.23 | Laboratory Work.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Each board of health of a city or general health district may provide for the carrying on of such laboratory work as is necessary for the proper conduct of its work. It may establish a district laboratory or may contract with any existing laboratory within or convenient to the district for the performance of such work or may unite with another district in the establishment of a joint laboratory. All state institutions supported in whole or in part by public funds shall furnish such laboratory service as may be required by any board under terms to be agreed upon. Any contract for the furnishing of laboratory service to a board and any proposal for the establishment of a joint laboratory shall be subject to the approval of the director of health. In the operation of such laboratories standard methods approved by the director shall be used.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.24 | Free Treatment for Venereal Diseases.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Each board of health of a city or general health district may provide for the free treatment of cases of gonorrhea, syphilis, and chancroid. It may establish and maintain one or more clinics for such purpose and may provide for the necessary medical and nursing service therefor. The board may provide for the quarantine of such carriers of gonorrhea, syphilis, or chancroid, as the director of health orders to be quarantined. It shall use due diligence in the prevention of such venereal diseases and shall carry out all orders and regulations of the department of health in connection therewith.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.241 | Minor May Give Consent for Diagnosis or Treatment of Venereal Disease.

Effective:
July 13, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 56 - 109th General Assembly
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a minor may give consent for the diagnosis or treatment of any venereal disease by a licensed physician. Such consent is not subject to disaffirmance because of minority. The consent of the parent, parents, or guardian of a minor is not required for such diagnosis or treatment. The parent, parents, or guardian of a minor giving consent under this section are not liable for payment for any diagnostic or treatment service provided under this section without their consent.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.25 | Free Distribution of Antitoxin.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Each board of health of a city or general health district shall provide for the free distribution of antitoxin for the treatment of cases of diphtheria and shall establish sufficient distributing stations to render such antitoxin readily available in all parts of the district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.26 | Inspections of County Institutions.

Effective:
October 6, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly
The health commissioner of a city or general health district may make frequent inspection of all county homes, children's homes, workhouses, jails, or other charitable, benevolent, or correctional institutions in the district, including physical examination of the inmates whenever necessary, and may make laboratory examinations of inmates as requested by any state or county official having jurisdiction over an institution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.27 | Establishment of Detention Hospitals.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of health of a city or general health district may establish detention hospitals for cases of communicable diseases and provide for the support and maintenance thereof. It may collect from persons committed to such hospitals the cost of the care and treatment of such persons while inmates therein. The expenses of such indigent persons as are committed to such hospitals shall be a proper charge against and shall be collected from the township or municipal corporation from which such person was sent to the hospital.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.281 | Agreement by a Board of Health to Perform Municipal Services.

Effective:
December 11, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 228 - 107th General Assembly
A board of health of a city or general health district may enter into an agreement with the legislative authority of a municipality in which such health district is totally or partially located, and such legislative authority may enter into an agreement with such board of health, whereby such board of health undertakes, and is authorized by such legislative authority to exercise any power, perform any function, or render any service, in behalf of such legislative authority which such legislative authority may exercise, perform, or render.
Upon the execution of such agreement and within the limitations prescribed by it, such board of health may exercise the same powers as such legislative authority possesses with respect to the performance of any function or the rendering of any service, which, by such agreement, it undertakes to perform or render, and all powers necessary or incidental thereto, as amply as such powers are possessed and exercised by such legislative authority directly. Any agreement authorized by this section does not suspend the possession by such legislative authority of any power or function exercised or performed by such board of health in pursuance of such agreement, and no board of health, by virtue of any agreement entered into under this section, shall acquire any power to levy taxes in behalf of such legislative authority unless approved by a majority of the electors of the municipality.
Every agreement entered into under this section shall provide, either in specific terms or by prescribing a method for determining the amounts, for any payments which are to be made by the legislative authority in consideration of the performance of the agreement. Such payments shall be made to the health fund of the health district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.282 | Participation and Cooperation by Board of Health.

Effective:
May 26, 1970
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1140 - 108th General Assembly
The board of health of any city or general health district may participate in, receive or give financial and other assistance, and cooperate with other agencies or organizations, either private or governmental, in establishing and operating any federal program enacted prior to or after November 6, 1969, by the congress of the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.283 | County Establishing and Operating Any Health Program.

Effective:
August 13, 1976
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 200 - 111th General Assembly
A board of county commissioners may give or receive financial or other assistance, cooperate with other agencies or organizations, either private or governmental, or otherwise participate in establishing and operating any health program conducted by a city or general health district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.29 | Special Levy for General Health Districts.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
If the estimated amount of money necessary to meet the expenses of a general health district program will not be forthcoming to the board of health of such district out of the district health fund because the taxes within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient, the board of health shall certify the fact of such insufficiency to the board of county commissioners of the county in which such district is located. Such board of county commissioners is hereby ordained to be a special taxing authority for the purposes of this section only, and, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board of county commissioners of any county in which a general health district is located is the taxing authority for such special levy outside the ten-mill limitation. The board of county commissioners shall thereupon, in the year preceding that in which such health program will be effective, by vote of two-thirds of all the members of that body, declare by resolution that the amount of taxes which may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary requirements of such district within the county, and that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of such limitation in order to provide the board of health with sufficient funds to carry out such health program. Such resolution shall be filed with the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of election.
Such resolution shall specify the amount of increase in rate which it is necessary to levy and the number of years during which such increase shall be in effect, which shall not be for a longer period than ten years.
The resolution shall conform to section 5705.191 of the Revised Code and be certified and submitted in the manner provided in section 5705.25 of the Revised Code, provided that the proposal shall be placed on the ballot at the next primary or general election occurring more than ninety days after the resolution is filed with the board of elections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.31 | Custodian of Health Fund - Auditor - Expenses.

Effective:
July 1, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly
The treasurer of a city which constitutes a city health district shall be the custodian of the health fund of such city health district. The county treasurer of a county which constitutes all or the major portion of a general health district shall be the custodian of the health fund of the general health district.
The county auditor of a county which constitutes all or a major portion of a general health district shall act as the auditor of the general health district. The auditor of a city which constitutes a city health district shall act as the auditor of a city health district.
Expenses of the board of health of a general health district shall be paid on the warrant of the county auditor issued on vouchers approved by the board of health and signed by the health commissioner or the commissioner's designee. Expenses of a board of health or health department of a city health district shall be paid on the warrant of the auditor of the city issued on vouchers approved by the board of health or health department of a city health district and signed by the health commissioner or the commissioner's designee. A designee of a health commissioner of a general or city health district may sign vouchers only if he has given bond to the board of health in the amount of one million dollars with a company authorized to conduct a surety business in this state as a surety to be held by the board and conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties. The expense or premium of the bond shall be paid by the board and charged to the health fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.32 | Conditions for Payment of State Health District Subsidy Funds.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The president of each board of health providing health services in one or more health districts and the chief executive officer of each health department providing health services in one or more health districts shall, on or before the first day of March of each year, certify the amounts expended during the preceding calendar year which qualify for state health district subsidy funds under section 3701.342 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the director of health. The director of health shall certify the amount payable under the state health district subsidy funds distribution formula adopted by the director of health under section 3701.342 of the Revised Code to the director of budget and management for payment. Payment shall not be made unless:
(A) The board or department has provided such information concerning services and costs as is requested by the director of health;
(B) The certificate of the board of health or health department has been endorsed by the director of health;
(C) The board or department has complied with section 3701.342 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the director of health;
(D) The municipal corporations and townships composing the health district have provided adequate local funding for public health services. The director of health shall determine what constitutes adequate local funding, and may grant an exception to this requirement to a municipal corporation or township if unusually severe economic conditions prevent it from receiving adequate tax revenues to help support minimally acceptable public health services.
No state health district subsidy funds shall be granted to any board or department that decreases its appropriation for public health services in anticipation of using state funds to provide public health services normally supported by local revenues.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.33 | Legal Advisor in General Health Districts.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In general health districts the prosecuting attorney of the county constituting all or a major part of such district shall act as the legal advisor of the board of health. In a proceeding in which the board is a party the prosecuting attorney of the county in which such proceeding is instituted shall act as the legal representative of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.34 | Suitable Quarters Furnished.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of any city may furnish suitable quarters for any board of health or health department having jurisdiction over all or a major part of such county or city.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.341 | Conveyance of Property to Board of Health.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may donate or sell property, buildings, and furnishings to any board of health of a general or combined health district. Upon acceptance by the board of health of the general or combined district, the board of county commissioners may convey the property, buildings, and furnishings to the board of health to be used as quarters by the board of health. The instrument conveying the property, buildings, and furnishings shall include a reverter clause that, in the event the board of health subsequently sells the property, buildings, and furnishings:
(A) Reverts the property, buildings, and furnishings to the board of county commissioners if they initially were donated by the board of county commissioners; or
(B) Specifies how the proceeds of the board of health's subsequent sale of the property, buildings, and furnishings shall be distributed, if they initially were sold by the board of county commissioners.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.35 | Preferment of Charges Against Health Commissioner or Member of Board.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
If the director of health charges that the health commissioner or a member of the board of health of a health district is guilty of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance or has failed to perform any or all of the duties required by sections 3701.10, 3701.29, 3701.81, 3707.08, 3707.14, 3707.16, 3707.47, and 3709.01 to 3709.36 of the Revised Code, the director shall notify the commissioner or board member as to the time and place at which such charges will be heard. If the director, after hearing, finds the commissioner or board member guilty of the charge, it may remove such commissioner or member from office.
If the lesser of three or one-fifth of the members of a district advisory council have reason to believe a member of the board of health of a general health district is guilty of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance or has failed to perform any or all of the duties required by sections 3701.10, 3701.29, 3701.81, 3707.14, 3707.16, 3707.47, and 3709.01 to 3709.36 of the Revised Code, the district advisory council members shall prefer a charge against the board member before the district advisory council and shall notify the board member as to the time and place at which such charges will be heard. If a majority of the council, after hearing, finds the board member guilty of the charge, it may remove the member from office.
When any member of the board of health of a general or city health district is removed from office, the district advisory council or the chief executive of the city, upon notice of such removal, shall within thirty days after receipt of such notice fill the vacancy in accordance with section 3709.03 or 3709.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.36 | Board of Health of City or General Health District.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly
The board of health of a city or general health district hereby created shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties formerly conferred and imposed by law upon the board of health of a municipal corporation, and all such powers, duties, procedure, and penalties for violation of the sanitary regulations of a board of health of a municipal corporation are transferred to the board of health of a city or general health district by sections 3701.10, 3701.29, 3701.81, 3707.08, 3707.14, 3707.16, 3707.47, and 3709.01 to 3709.36 of the Revised Code.
The board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code shall, for the purpose of providing public health services, be a body politic and corporate. As such, it is capable of suing and being sued, contracting and being contracted with, acquiring, holding, possessing, and disposing of real and personal property, and taking and holding in trust for the use and benefit of such district or authority any grant or devise of land and any domain or bequest of money or other personal property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.37 | Statewide Boards of Health Association.

Effective:
March 14, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 689 - 115th General Assembly
By a majority vote of its members, a board of health of a city or general health district may join a statewide boards of health association. Any such board may appropriate from its health fund an amount sufficient to pay the annual dues established by such association.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.38 | Payment of Annual Association Dues of Health Commissioner.

Effective:
July 1, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly
A board of health of a city or general health district may appropriate from its health fund an amount to pay the annual dues for the health commissioner's membership in a statewide association of health commissioners.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3709 | Health Districts › Section 3709.50 | Order or Regulation May Apply Only to Specific Persons.

Effective:
June 23, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 22 - 134th General Assembly
Notwithstanding anything in this chapter, a board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, or any person acting on the board's or authority's behalf, may issue an order or regulation that applies only to specific persons. Any order or regulation that applies to a class of persons in violation of this section is invalid and has no legal effect. As used in this section, "person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code.
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