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...for injuries done thereby to private or public property lying upon or near such ground, which may be recovered by civil action brought by the owner before the proper court at any time within two years from the completion of the track.

...unicipal corporation and the mayor approving, any municipal corporation may grant the right, by ordinance, to a railroad company operating a railroad in such municipal corporation to place and maintain necessary piers, or other stays or supports, in any street or way, when they are provided for and included in the plans and specifications prepared for the abolishment of grade crossings in such municipal corporation u...

...The officials in charge of general elections, in accordance with the laws relating to elections, shall arrange for and conduct the submission of the question referred to in section 4955.04 of the Revised Code to the electors. The question whether the grant shall be made shall be submitted to the electors of such municipal corporation at the succeeding general election occurring more than ninety days after the e...

...rize a grant of the right to occupy any public street, avenue, or alley, longitudinally by an elevated track, except in so far as necessary to accommodate a curve in the line of the elevated track, in which case no supports shall be placed in the roadway of the street, avenue, or alley between the curb lines thereof. Such longitudinal occupancy of the street, avenue, or alley shall not exceed three hundred feet in le...

...Every company shall make every railroad constructed or controlled by it of one uniform gauge or width of track from end to end. When a railroad connects with or crosses another railroad, the companies owning or controlling such railroads may adopt such uniform gauge or width of track as will enable each company to pass its cars over the railroad of the other. If railroads so connecting or crossing are constructed of ...

...e same gauge in the same street, alley, public way, or opening through a municipal corporation, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation may require such companies to use such tracks in common and to pass their locomotives and cars over each track in one direction only.

...No person or corporation shall willfully interfere with or obstruct any company engaged in laying the track of its railroad across any other railroad, if such company has fully complied with the law and obtained the right to so lay its track. No person or corporation shall obstruct the full operation of any railroad so constructed. A person or corporation which violates this section, for each day of such interference...

...When the tracks of two railroads cross each other, or in any way connect at a common grade, the crossings shall be made and kept in repair and watchmen maintained at such crossing at the joint expense of the companies owning the tracks. All trains or engines passing over such tracks must come to a full stop not nearer than two hundred nor further than eight hundred feet from the crossing, and must not cross until si...

...When two passenger or freight trains approach a crossing at the same time, the train on the road first built shall have precedence if the tracks are both main tracks over which all passengers and freights on the road are transported. If only one track is such main track, and the other is a side or depot track, the train on the main track shall take precedence. If one of the trains is a passenger train and the other a...

...The managing agent or superintendent of each railroad shall establish, and publish to all the employees on the railroad, such rules and regulations as in all cases will secure strict compliance with sections 4955.10 and 4955.11 of the Revised Code, and shall republish such rules and regulations on each timetable or card issued to the employees on the railroad.

...If a managing agent or superintendent fails to establish and publish rules and regulations as provided by section 4955.12 of the Revised Code, or fails to republish them on each timetable or card issued to the employees on the railroad, he is personally liable for every such failure to a penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered together with costs in an action against him in favor of the state, to be brought i...

...op at least two hundred feet before arriving at a railroad crossing or connection, or crosses it before signaled to do so by the watchman, or before the way is clear, is personally liable to any person injured by reason of such failure in a penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by civil action at the suit of the state in the court of common pleas of the county in which such crossing or connection is. The ...

... and fixtures first are approved by the public utilities commission, and the plan thereof for the crossing, designating the plan of crossing, has been filed with the commission, sections 4955.10 to 4955.15 of the Revised Code do not apply. If the commission disapproves the plan, or fails to approve it within twenty days from its filing, the companies may apply in the county where the crossing is situated to the court...

...pany, other than within the limits of a public street or highway, unless the manner of such crossing is agreed to between such companies, the court of common pleas of the county in which such crossing is located, or a judge of such court in vacation, on application of either party, must ascertain and define by its decree the mode of such crossing which will inflict the least practical injury upon the rights of the co...

...If in the judgment of the court of common pleas or judge of such court, as provided in section 4955.16 of the Revised Code, it is reasonable and practicable to avoid a grade crossing, by its process the court shall prevent a crossing at grade. In determining the mode of such crossing, no grade shall be required to exceed the established maximum or ruling grade governing the operation by motive power of that division ...

...The court, by its order referred to in section 4955.16 of the Revised Code, shall define the manner in which the applicant is to do or let the work for such crossing and equitably apportion the initial expense of such construction or crossing and the expense of maintenance among the parties interested. A party feeling aggrieved by the decision of the court shall have the right of appeal as in other civil cases. Unl...

...Sections 4955.16 to 4955.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not prevent any street or electric railway company, interurban railroad company, or railroad company from laying additional tracks at existing crossings, under authority existing on May 9, 1908.

..., and switches, at all points where any public highway, street, lane, avenue, alley, road, or pike is intersected by such railroad, its tracks, sidetracks, or switches. Such companies shall build and keep in repair good and sufficient sidewalks on both sides of streets intersected by their railroads, the full width of the right of way owned, claimed, or occupied by them. The board of township trustees shall have powe...

...(A) If the interstate commerce commission approves the abandonment of a railroad track that crosses a road or highway at grade, the railroad that owned the track immediately after the approval of the abandonment shall remove the track at the crossing and fill the space previously occupied by the rails with the same material that comprises the road or highway at the crossing. Upon completion of the work, the surface o...

...The officers having charge of a public highway, street, or alley intersected by a railroad shall serve a written notice upon the nearest station agent or section foreman having charge of that portion of the railroad where such intersection occurs that the crossing, approach, or sidewalk described in section 4955.20 of the Revised Code must be built or repaired, setting forth its kind and extent and the time and manne...

...A railroad company which neglects to comply with sections 4955.20 and 4955.21 of the Revised Code is liable to pay damage to the municipal corporation or township in which the highway is situated in the sum of thirty dollars for such neglect, and a further sum of ten dollars per day for each day such company fails to comply with the terms of such sections, to be recovered in an action brought in the name of the munic...

...No person or company owning or operating a railroad which crosses over and above a street less than seventy feet in width, in any city in this state, at an elevation above such street sufficient to permit persons to pass and repass along such street beneath the crossing, shall place, cause to be placed, or permit to be or remain in the street beneath such crossing or bridge, any pier or other stay or support for it, ...

...A person or company owning or operating a railroad that fails to comply with the requirements of or violates section 4955.23 of the Revised Code, for each day during the continuance of such failure or violation, shall forfeit to such city one hundred dollars, to be recovered in a civil action in the city's name against the owner or operator of such railroad, or both, as the city elects. Like recovery may be had for s...

...The legislative authority of a city may prohibit the switching of freight engines, trains, or cars, over or on a crossing or bridge referred to by section 4955.23 of the Revised Code, the sounding of locomotive steam whistles on or near such bridge, and the standing or stopping of a railroad engine over or on such crossing or bridge, and by ordinance, may constitute a violation of such prohibition an offense and prov...

...ilroads constructed across an avenue or public highway leading from a city to a public cemetery of such city located within or without the limits of the city, shall be constructed so as to pass under or over such avenue or highway at an elevation or depression that will allow the unobstructed passage of all vehicles necessary for any person to use on such avenue or highway.

...(A) Upon petition by the director of behavioral health, the court of common pleas or the probate court may appoint a receiver to take possession of and operate a residential facility licensed pursuant to section 5119.34 of the Revised Code, when conditions existing at the residential facility present a substantial risk of physical or mental harm to residents and no other remedies at law are adequate to protect the he...

... action" means an action by a state, provincial, federal, or other licensing or regulatory authority other than the department of behavioral health to deny, revoke, suspend, place on probation, or otherwise restrict a license, certificate, or other approval to operate a residential facility or practice a health care profession. (B)(1) When submitting an application for initial or renewed licensure of a residential...

...(E) A class one residential facility serving children shall not have children placed in the facility while a summary suspension remains in effect. Upon the issuance of the order of suspension, the department shall place a hold on the license or indicate that the license is suspended in Ohio's statewide automated child welfare information system. (F) The director of mental health and addiction services may adopt rul...

...The department of behavioral health shall publish a directory of all residential facilities licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code on the department's web site. For each facility, the directory shall include all of the following: (A) The name of the facility; (B) The facility's full address; (C) The facility's categorization as a class one, class two, or class three facility; (D) The services offe...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if a mental health service or alcohol and drug addiction service has been specified in rules adopted under this section as a service that is required to be certified, no person or government entity shall provide that service unless it has been certified under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to either of the...

...ddiction, and mental health services serving the alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district in which the applicant's certifiable services and supports will be provided of the receipt of the application. On the board's request, the director shall provide the board with a copy of the application. Not later than thirty days after a provider's certification ceases to be valid for any reason, including...

...did not contact the provider after receiving, during the immediately preceding month, the notices under division (A)(2) of this section about the provider having slots available for the individuals and, if known, the reasons the contacts were not made; (e) The total number of such individuals who withdrew, in the immediately preceding month, their requests for included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction service...

...The director of behavioral health shall adopt rules governing the duties of community addiction services providers under section 5119.362 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The director shall adopt rules under this section that authorize the department of behavioral health to determine an advanced practice registered nurse's, physician assistant's, ...

...(A) The department of behavioral health shall do both of the following with the reports it receives from community addiction services providers under section 5119.362 of the Revised Code: (1) Subject to division (B) of this section, make the reports available on the department's internet web site; (2) Make the reports available in an electronic format to boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health servi...

...The director of behavioral health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to do both of the following: (A) Streamline the intake procedures used by a community addiction services provider accepting and beginning to serve a new individual, including procedures regarding intake forms and questionnaires; (B) Enable a community addiction services provider to retain an individual as an ac...

...vailable to all persons seeking or receiving certifiable services and supports from a community mental health services provider or community addiction services provider.

... action" means an action by a state, provincial, federal, or other licensing or regulatory authority other than the department of behavioral health to deny, revoke, suspend, place on probation, or otherwise restrict a license, certification, or other approval to provide certifiable services and supports or an equivalent to certifiable services and supports. (B)(1) When submitting an application for initial or rene...

...aff persons assisting clients with receiving telehealth services or providing telehealth services are fully trained in using equipment necessary for providing the services. (C) Prior to providing telehealth services to a client, a provider shall describe to the client the potential risks associated with receiving treatment through telehealth services and shall document that the client was provided with the risks an...

... of real estate having situated on it a public or private school, child care center licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, or child-serving agency regulated by the department under this chapter. (5) The provider meets any additional requirements established by the department in rules adopted under division (F) of this section. (D) The department may waive the requirement of division (C)(4) of this se...

... of real estate having situated on it a public or private school, child care center licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, or child-serving agency regulated by the department under this chapter. If the department determines that the location is in compliance with division (C)(4) of section 5119.37 of the Revised Code, the department shall issue a declaration stating that the location is in compliance. T...

...A drivers' intervention program may be used as an alternative to a term of imprisonment for an offender sentenced pursuant to division (G)(1)(a) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, if it is certified by the director of behavioral health pursuant to this section. No drivers' intervention program shall be used as an alternative to a term of imprisonment that is imposed pursuant to division (G)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (...

...(A) The department of behavioral health shall monitor the operation of recovery housing in this state by doing either of the following: (1) Certifying recovery housing residences through a process established by the department; (2) Accepting accreditation, or its equivalent for recovery housing, from one or more of the following: (a) The Ohio affiliate of the national alliance for recovery residences; (b)...

...(A) The department of behavioral health shall monitor the establishment of recovery housing residences in this state. (B) For purposes of division (A) of this section, and within the timeframe specified in division (C) of this section, each person or government entity that will operate a recovery housing residence on or after October 3, 2023, including any recovery housing that was established and in operation pri...

...(A) Beginning January 1, 2025, no person or government entity shall operate a recovery housing residence unless either of the following applies: (1)(a) If the department of behavioral health certifies recovery housing residences, the recovery housing residence is certified by the department. (b) If the department accepts accreditation or its equivalent from an organization specified in section 5119.39 of the Re...

...l of the functions associated with receiving and investigating complaints. (B) Any organization under contract with the department to receive and investigate complaints shall make reports to the department as follows: (1) Not less than monthly, the contractor shall report the status of each pending investigation and shall report the outcome of each investigation that has been completed since the last report was...

...hall make the registry available to the public on the department's web site.

...e a recovery housing residence, sober living home, or any other alcohol and drug free housing for persons recovering from alcohol use disorder or drug addiction unless the residence or building meets either of the following conditions: (1) The residence or building is on the registry established and maintained under section 5119.394 of the Revised Code; (2) The residence or building is regulated by the departme...

...Beginning January 1, 2025, community addiction services providers and community mental health services providers shall not refer clients to a recovery housing residence unless the residence is on the registry established and maintained under section 5119.394 of the Revised Code on the date that the referral is made. Community addiction services providers and community mental health services providers shall maintain r...

...The director of behavioral health may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 5119.39 to 5119.396 of the Revised Code.

...admission to a nursing facility after having been transferred from a nursing facility to a hospital for care; (b) An individual who meets all of the following conditions: (i) The individual is admitted to the nursing facility directly from a hospital after receiving inpatient care at the hospital; (ii) The individual requires nursing facility services for the condition for which care in the hospital was receive...