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(A) Each school principal, chief administrator or governing authority shall cooperate with the board of health that has jurisdiction over the school in the conduct of school inspections by providing the following:
(1) Access to the building and grounds for the inspection at any time during the school’s operation and during regular school hours;
(2) Record of inspections of the school grounds and buildings for dangerous and recalled products that have been identified by the local board of health;
(3) Any records or other information the board of health considers necessary to evaluate the health and safety of the school; and
(4) A representative of the school building or district shall accompany the sanitarian during the course of the inspection, with advance notice from the board of health and upon request of the sanitarian.
(B) The administration of each school for which an inspection report is submitted by the board of health shall develop and submit to the board of health, a written plan for abatement of conditions identified by the inspection report.
(1) The plan of abatement shall be submitted to the board of health, in writing, within sixty days of receipt of the inspection report. The board of health may grant an extension for a period not to exceed thirty days.
(2) The administrator of each school building shall provide written notification to the board of health when abatement, as outlined in the plan of abatement, has been completed.
(C) The administrator of each school building shall appoint a school representative to inspect the school building, on at least a quarterly basis, for dangerous products and conditions listed on a transmittal form supplied by the board of health. The representative shall take appropriate action if a dangerous product or condition is found. If items on the transmittal form are found within the school building, their presence and the action(s) that will be or have been taken to remove or remediate the hazard, shall be documented on the transmittal form. The school shall document compliance with this rule by retaining completed transmittal forms in a central location for verification by inspectors from the board of health. The administrator of each school building shall be responsible for informing the board of health of the method by which they choose to receive quarterly transmittal form. The board of health shall transmit to the school, by this method, on a quarterly basis, a list of dangerous products or conditions that might be present in school buildings and associated grounds.
(1) The administrator of each school building shall be responsible for assuring completion of the transmittal form. All items listed on the quarterly transmittal form of dangerous conditions and products, found on school grounds or within the building, shall be abated, or controlled, immediately and within a period not to exceed thirty days of receipt of the transmittal form. If abatement is not immediately possible the hazard shall be sufficiently controlled to reduce the risk of illness or injury; and
(2) Copies of the transmittal forms that have been received or completed since the last inspection shall be provided to the sanitarian at the time of each inspection.
(D) For the purpose of receiving copies of the inspection report, the administrator of each school building shall provide to the sanitarian, at or before the time of inspection, a list of contact names and addresses for the following:
(1) The school principal, chief administrator or governing authority of the building;
(2) The administrator responsible for facility operations and maintenance on behalf of the school district, educational service center, board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, or community school controlling the inspected building and grounds;
(3) In the case of a school operated by a school district, the superintendent and board of education of that district; and
(4) In the case of a school operated by an educational service center or board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, the center or board.
Effective: 09/27/2007
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 09/27/2012
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3701.935
Rule Amplifies: 3701.931, 3701.935