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...Whenever, in the issuing of bonds by the board of county commissioners or by the board of township trustees, the signature of the county auditor is necessary, either to such bonds or to any documents or certificates in connection therewith, and by reason of the absence or disability of the auditor it is impossible to obtain his signature, on application by the board of county commissioners or by the board of township...

...All bonds issued by the board of county commissioners shall be correctly numbered in the order in which issued, and registered by the county auditor in a book provided by him and kept in his office. All warrants drawn upon the county treasurer for the payment of the principal and interest on such bonds shall specify the fund on which they are drawn. Upon delivering to the holder of any such bond a warrant upon the t...

...(A) No claims against the county shall be paid otherwise than upon the allowance of the board of county commissioners, upon the warrant, including an electronic warrant authorizing direct deposit for payment of a county obligation in accordance with division (F) of section 9.37 of the Revised Code, of the county auditor, except in those cases in which the amount due is fixed by law or is authorized to be fixed by som...

...A person aggrieved by the decision of the board of county commissioners may appeal to the court of common pleas, as provided by and under the authority of Chapter 2506. of the Revised Code. The court shall advance such appeal when perfected for immediate trial. Where a board of county commissioners has adopted administrative regulations pursuant to various enabling sections of the Revised Code, such regulations may ...

...(A) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in another section of the Revised Code, section 303.12 of the Revised Code, or any vote of the electors on a petition for zoning referendum, a county may settle any court action by a consent decree or court-approved settlement agreement which may include an agreement to rezone any property involved in the action as provided in the decree or court-approved settlement agreemen...

...If the county owns any securities of the United States, or any other securities, and they have been lost, destroyed, or stolen, the board of county commissioners, if necessary for the procuring of duplicates or for the recovery of the amount of such certificates, may execute and deliver on behalf of the county bonds of indemnity to the United States, or other person, corporation, or municipal corporation bound to pay...

...The board of county commissioners may have any of the records or books in the office of the county auditor, county recorder, or county engineer, transcribed into other books by the officers having charge of such books. The records and books so made shall have the same force and be as valid in law as evidence as the records and books from which they were taken.

...When a record, journal, or other book belonging to any of the courts, is so worn or defaced as to require transcribing, the board of county commissioners shall order it done by the officer in charge of such records.

...(A) The board of county commissioners may allow a physician or surgeon making a post mortem examination at the instance of the coroner or other officer such compensation as it deems proper. (B) A board of county commissioners may appropriate annually an amount to any municipal corporation within the county to be used to compensate or recruit physicians or other medical personnel who provide medical services for resi...

...Each public or private hospital, reformatory home, house of detention, private asylum, and correctional institution shall be open at all times to the inspection of the board of county commissioners or the board of health of the general health district or the city health district in which the institution is situated.

...s" does not include the provision of an attorney to represent the crime victim in any criminal prosecution based upon the crime committed against such victim. (6) "Crime prevention services" means educational programs and materials to help avoid and prevent the commission of criminal acts in the future. (7) "Victim and offender mediation services" means services designed to provide victims the opportunity for a mee...

...A board of county commissioners shall appoint a health commissioner of the board of health of a city or general health district that is entirely or partially located in the county in which the board of county commissioners is located to establish a child fatality review board to review the deaths of children under eighteen years of age. The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may, by adopting a joi...

...(A) The health commissioner of the board of health of a city or a general health district who is appointed under section 307.621 of the Revised Code to establish the child fatality review board shall select six members to serve on the child fatality review board along with the commissioner. The review board shall consist of the following: (1) A county coroner or designee; (2) The chief of police of a police depar...

...The purpose of the child fatality review board is to decrease the incidence of preventable child deaths by doing all of the following: (A) Promoting cooperation, collaboration, and communication between all groups, professions, agencies, or entities that serve families and children; (B) Maintaining a comprehensive database of all child deaths that occur in the county or region served by the child fatality review bo...

...The board of county commissioners, or if a regional child fatality review board is established, the group of health commissioners appointed to select the health commissioner to establish the regional review board, shall designate either the health commissioner that establishes the review board or a representative of the health commissioner to convene meetings and be the chairperson of the review board. If a regional ...

...death is pending unless the prosecuting attorney agrees to allow the review. The law enforcement agency conducting the criminal investigation, on the conclusion of the investigation, and the prosecuting attorney prosecuting the case, on the conclusion of the prosecution, shall notify the chairperson of the review board of the conclusion.

...(A) By the first day of April of each year, the person convening the child fatality review board shall prepare and submit to the Ohio department of health a report that summarizes the following information with respect to the child deaths that were reviewed by the review board in the previous calendar year: (1) The cause of death; (2) Factors contributing to death; (3) Age; (4) Sex; (5) Race; (6) The ge...

... law enforcement agency, or prosecuting attorney shall provide any information regarding the death of a child to a child fatality review board while an investigation of the death or prosecution of a person for causing the death is pending unless the prosecuting attorney has agreed pursuant to section 307.625 of the Revised Code to allow review of the death.

...(A) An individual or public or private entity providing information, documents, or reports to a child fatality review board is immune from any civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that otherwise might be incurred or imposed as a result of providing the information, documents, or reports to the review board. (B) Each member of a review board is immune from any civil liability for injury, d...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section and sections 5153.171 to 5153.173 of the Revised Code, any information, document, or report presented to a child fatality review board, all statements made by review board members during meetings of the review board, all work products of the review board, and child fatality review data submitted by the child fatality review board to the department of hea...

...r personal services, and exercise other powers as necessary to operate the system. The board may adopt policies or rules for the administration, operation, and maintenance of the system. If the county sheriff is the operator of the system, he may employ personnel in connection with the operation of the system. (D) The board of county commissioners may enter into agreements with this state, political subdivisions of ...

...(A) A board of county commissioners may appoint a health commissioner of the board of health of a city or general health district that is entirely or partially located in the county in which the board of county commissioners is located to establish a drug overdose fatality review committee to review drug overdose deaths and opioid-involved deaths occurring in the county. (B) The boards of county commissioners of t...

...(A)(1) If a health commissioner establishes a drug overdose fatality review committee as described in division (A) of section 307.631 of the Revised Code, the commissioner shall select four members to serve on the review committee along with the commissioner. The review committee shall consist of the following: (a) The chief of police of a police department in the county or the county sheriff or a designee of the c...

...If a drug overdose fatality review committee is established under division (A) or (B) of section 307.631 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners, or if a regional drug overdose fatality review committee is established, the group of health commissioners appointed to select the health commissioner to establish the regional review committee, shall designate either the health commissioner that establishes ...

...The purpose of a drug overdose fatality review committee is to decrease the incidence of preventable overdose deaths by doing all of the following: (A) Promoting cooperation, collaboration, and communication between all groups, professions, agencies, or entities engaged in drug abuse prevention, education, or treatment efforts; (B) Maintaining a comprehensive database of all overdose deaths that occur in the coun...