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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Change in district composition" and "change" have the same meaning as in section 3734.521 of the Revised Code. (2) "Deliver" has the same meaning as in division (G)(2) of section 3734.55 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The board of county commissioners of a county seeking to establish a new joint district with the board of county commissioners of one or more other counties may init...

...(A) All of the following individuals shall be permitted to cast a provisional ballot at an election: (1) An individual who declares that the individual is a registered voter in the precinct in which the individual desires to vote and that the individual is eligible to vote in an election, but the name of the individual does not appear on the official list of eligible voters for the precinct or an election official ...

...(A) When the ballot boxes are delivered to the board of elections from the precincts, the board shall separate the provisional ballot envelopes from the rest of the ballots. Teams of employees of the board consisting of one member of each major political party shall place the sealed provisional ballot envelopes in a secure location within the office of the board. The sealed provisional ballot envelopes shall remain i...

...(A) The board of elections of each county shall provide absent voter's ballots for use at every primary and general election, or special election to be held on the day specified by division (E) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code for the holding of a primary election, designated by the general assembly for the purpose of submitting constitutional amendments proposed by the general assembly to the voters of the sta...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Candidate" has the same meaning as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code but includes only candidates for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, and member of the general assembly. (2) "Statewide candidate" means the joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor or a candida...

...(A)(1) Upon the referral of a matter for a hearing under division (E)(3) of section 3517.16 of the Revised Code, the Ohio election integrity commission shall appoint an attorney in good standing before the supreme court of Ohio to review and hear the complaint in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The attorney shall draft a report and recommend that the commission make a finding and, if applicable, imp...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (A)(2) and (D) of this section, when section 3517.17 of the Revised Code authorizes the imposition of an administrative fine, the secretary of state or the Ohio election integrity commission, as applicable, may impose an administrative fine for each violation that does not exceed the maximum fine a court could impose for the violation. (2) When section 3517.17 of the...

...(A) The director of health may establish a school-based fluoride mouth rinse program. If the director establishes the program, divisions (B) to (E) of this section are applicable. (B) The director shall conduct a program to educate employees of the department of health and dental hygienists licensed under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code on how to train employees of, and volunteers for, public and nonpublic ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Amblyopia" means reduced vision in an eye that has not received adequate use during early childhood. (2) "501(c) organization" means an organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C.A. 501(a) and (c). (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the save our sight fund. The fund shall consist of voluntary contributions deposited as provided in sec...

...(A) Except as provided in this section or section 3701.248 of the Revised Code, no person or agency of state or local government that acquires the information while providing any health care service or while in the employ of a health care facility or health care provider shall disclose or compel another to disclose any of the following: (1) The identity of any individual on whom an HIV test is performed; (2) The ...

...(A) As used in this section, "violation" means an occasion of noncompliance involving a single injured individual. (B) A person or an agency of state or local government that knowingly violates division (A) of section 3701.242, division (A) of section 3701.243, or division (E) of section 3701.248 of the Revised Code may be found liable in a civil action; the action may be brought by any individual injured by the vio...

...(A) Each health care provider and medical records company shall provide copies of medical records in accordance with this section. (B) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (E) of this section, a health care provider or medical records company that receives a request for a copy of a patient's medical record shall charge not more than the amounts set forth in this section. (1)(a) Except as provided in division...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Ambulatory surgical facility" means a facility in which surgical services are provided to patients who do not require hospitalization for inpatient care, the duration of services for any patient does not extend beyond twenty-four hours after the patient's admission, and to which any of the following apply: (a) The surgical services are provided in a building that is separate from...

...(A) Within ninety days after September 16, 2004, the superintendent of industrial compliance shall appoint a backflow advisory board consisting of not more than ten members, who shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent. The superintendent shall appoint a representative from the plumbing section of the division of industrial compliance, three representatives recommended by the plumbing administrator of the di...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Administrator" means the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency or the chief executive of any successor federal agency responsible for implementation of the federal Clean Air Act. (B) "Air contaminant" means particulate matter, dust, fumes, gas, mist, radionuclides, smoke, vapor, or odorous substances, or any combination thereof, but does not mean emissi...

...(A) Within sixty days after the director of environmental protection or the director's agent or authorized representative receives an application for the issuance of an initial permit to operate, or for the modification or renewal of such a permit, pursuant to rules adopted under division (G) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, the director shall determine whether the application is substantially complete or ma...

...(A) Whoever recklessly violates division (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), or (I) of section 3704.05 or division (B)(5) of section 3704.16 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for each violation. Each day the violation continues after a conviction for a violation is a separate offense. (B) Whoever knowingly violates division (H)...

...The Ohio air quality development authority may: (A) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (B) Adopt an official seal; (C) Maintain a principal office and suboffices at such places within the state as it designates; (D) Sue and plead in its own name; be sued and impleaded in its own name with respect to its contracts or torts of its members, employees, or agents acting ...

...(A)(1) No person shall operate or maintain a construction and demolition debris facility or processing facility without an annual construction and demolition debris facility or processing facility operation license issued by either of the following: (a) The board of health of the health district in which the facility or processing facility is located; (b) The director of environmental protection if the facility or...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Ohio uniform food safety code" means the food safety and related standards adopted under section 3717.05 of the Revised Code. (B) "Food" means any raw, cooked, or processed edible substance used or intended for use in whole or in part for human consumption. "Food" includes ice, water or any other beverage, food ingredients, and chewing gum. (C) "Retail food establishment" means ...

...(A) The following are not retail food establishments: (1) A food service operation licensed under this chapter, including a food service operation that provides the services of a retail food establishment pursuant to an endorsement issued under section 3717.44 of the Revised Code; (2) An entity exempt under divisions (B)(1) to (9), (11) to (13), or (15) of section 3717.42 of the Revised Code from the requirement ...

...(A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Another adult authorized to consent to the minor's medical treatment" means an adult to whom a minor's parent or guardian has given written authorization to consent to the minor's medical treatment. (b) "Emergency facility" means a hospital emergency department or any other facility that provides emergency care. (c) "Medical emergency" means a situation that in a prescriber'...

...Except as provided in division (C) of section 2923.42, division (B) of section 2923.44, divisions (D)(1), (F), and (H) of section 2925.03, division (D)(1) of section 2925.02, 2925.04, or 2925.05, division (E)(1) of section 2925.11, division (E) of section 2925.13, division (F) of section 2925.36, division (D) of section 2925.22, division (H) of section 2925.23, division (M) of section 2925.37, division (B) of section...

...(A) As used in sections 3721.01 to 3721.09 and 3721.99 of the Revised Code: (1)(a) "Home" means an institution, residence, or facility that provides, for a period of more than twenty-four hours, whether for a consideration or not, accommodations to three or more unrelated individuals who are dependent upon the services of others, including a nursing home, residential care facility, home for the aging, and a vetera...

...(A) Before the director of health can issue a license to operate a nursing home to an entering operator, all of the following requirements must be satisfied: (1) The entering operator completes a change of operator license application on a form prescribed by the director and pays the applicable fee as determined by the director. Any fee required by the director under division (A)(1) of this section shall be cre...