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...(A) All inspections of retail food establishments conducted by a licensor under this chapter shall be conducted according to the procedures and schedule of frequency specified in rules adopted under section 3717.33 of the Revised Code. An inspection may be performed only by an individual registered as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 3776. of the Revised ...

...(A) This section applies when the licensor of retail food establishments is the director of agriculture. (B) The director of agriculture may suspend or revoke a retail food establishment license on determining that a license holder is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted under it pertaining to retail food establishments, including a violation evidenced by documented failure to maintain...

...(A) All inspections of food service operations conducted by a licensor under this chapter shall be conducted according to the procedures and schedule of frequency specified in rules adopted under section 3717.51 of the Revised Code. An inspection may be performed only by an individual registered as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 3776. of the Revised Cod...

...(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'...

...It is not necessary to place a poison label upon, nor record the delivery of, any of the following: (A) Preparations containing substances named in section 3719.32 of the Revised Code when a single box, bottle, or other package of the bulk of fifteen milliliters or the weight of fifteen grams does not contain more than one adult medicinal dose of any of those substances; (B) The sulphide of antimony, the oxide or c...

...(A) The director of health may investigate any complaint the director receives concerning a home. (1) Except as required by court order, as necessary for the administration or enforcement of any statute relating to homes, or as provided in division (C) of this section, the director and any employee of the department of health shall not release any of the following information without the permission of the individual...

...(A) The administrator of a home shall: (1) With the advice of residents, their sponsors, or both, establish and review at least annually, written policies regarding the applicability and implementation of residents' rights under sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code, the responsibilities of residents regarding the rights, and the home's grievance procedure established under division (A)(2) of this s...

...fixed position video camera or an audio recording device, or a combination thereof, that is installed in a resident's room and broadcasts or records activities or sounds occurring in the room. (C) "Guardian" has the same meaning as in section 2111.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Long-term care facility" has the same meaning as in section 3721.21 of the Revised Code. (E) "Resident" means an individual who resides i...

...(A) To protect the health of individuals inhabiting, occupying, or frequenting buildings, the director of health shall adopt rules to implement the requirements of this chapter. All rules adopted under this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall adopt rules establishing criteria and procedures for issuing and renewing licenses under section 3723.06 ...

...An abortion facility shall document in the pregnant woman's medical record the final disposition determination made, and if applicable, the consent made, under section 3726.04 or 3726.041 of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section, "fetal death" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include either of the following: (1) The product of human conception of at least twenty weeks of gestation; (2) The purposeful termination of a pregnancy, as described in section 2919.11 of the Revised Code. (B) If a woman presents herself at a hospital as a result of a fetal d...

...(A) No hospital shall do any of the following: (1)(a) Fail to comply with the requirement to make public the list described in section 3727.33 of the Revised Code; (b) Fail to comply with the requirements to make public the either the list or the internet-based price estimator tool described in section 3727.34 of the Revised Code. (2)(a) Fail to maintain the list required by section 3727.33 of the Revised Code ...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, on or after the first day of April, but before the first day of May of each year, every person who intends to operate a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp shall procure a license to operate the park or camp from the licensor. If the applicable license fee prescribed under section 3729.07 of the Revised Code is not received by the lice...

...(A) Each operator of a business that offers tattooing or body piercing services shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain procedures for ensuring that the individuals who perform tattooing or body piercing procedures are adequately trained to perform the procedures properly; (2) With respect to tattooing services, maintain written records that include the color, manufacturer, and lot number of each pigment ...

...Chapter 119. of the Revised Code applies to all adjudications under this chapter except that: (A) The director of health shall notify a licensee that the licensee is entitled to a hearing if the licensee requests it within ten days of the time the notice informing the licensee of the licensee's right to a hearing was mailed; (B) If the licensee requests a hearing, the date set for the hearing shall be within te...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (A)(6) and (7) of this section, no person shall operate or maintain a solid waste facility without a license issued under this division by the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located or by the director of environmental protection when the health district in which the facility is located is not on the approved list under section 3734.08 of the Revi...

...Before beginning activities under section 3734.21 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall endeavor to enter into an agreement with the owner of the land on which the activities will be conducted, specifying the activities to be performed and authorizing the director, employees of the agency, or contractors retained by the director to enter upon the land and perform the specified activi...

...Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary and except as provided in division (F) of this section, no permit or license shall be issued or renewed by the director of environmental protection or a board of health: (A) Unless the director or the board of health finds that the applicant, in any prior performance record in the transportation, transfer, treatment, storage, or disposal of solid wastes, inf...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of a county or board of directors of a joint solid waste management district that is ordered to implement an initial or amended solid waste management plan prepared by the director of environmental protection under section 3734.521, 3734.55, or 3734.56 of the Revised Code and that is levying fees under division (A) or (B) of section 3734.574 of the Revised Code shall reimburse th...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Authority having jurisdiction" means an organization, office, agency, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements under this section. (2) "NFPA 101" means the standards for life safety code published by the national fire protection association, which includes the NFPA 80 standards for fire doors and other opening protectives. (3) "Protective door assembly" or "prot...

...(A) The fire marshal, any assistant fire marshal, the chief of the fire and explosion investigation bureau established pursuant to section 3737.22 of the Revised Code, the chief of a fire department of any municipal corporation or township where a fire department is established, the fire prevention officer of any municipal corporation or township where no fire department exists, any federal, state, or local law enf...

...(A) If, after an examination or inspection, the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal finds that a release of petroleum is suspected, the fire marshal shall take such action as the fire marshal considers necessary to ensure that a suspected release is confirmed or disproved and, if the occurrence of a release is confirmed, to correct the release. These actions may include one or more of the following: (1) Issu...

...(A) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state through the operations of the petroleum underground storage tank release compensation board under sections 3737.90 to 3737.948 of the Revised Code to contribute toward one or more of the following: to preserve and protect the water resources of the state and to prevent, abate, or control the pollution of water resources, particularly ground water, for the...

...A manufacturer shall recertify each cigarette the manufacturer certifies pursuant to section 3739.07 of the Revised Code every three years. A manufacturer that certifies a cigarette in accordance with that section and that subsequently makes any change to that cigarette that alters the cigarette in such a way that the manufacturer knows that the cigarette is likely to no longer meet the standard specified in ...

...(A)(1) A home health agency or nonagency provider seeking to provide skilled home health services shall apply to the department of health for a skilled home health services license. The application shall include all of the following: (a) Evidence that the agency or provider meets one of the following: (i) Is certified for participation in the medicare program; (ii) Is accredited by the accreditation commissi...

...For purposes of this section, "gross income" means all income, before expenses, earned on risk assets. "Risk assets" shall be defined by rule adopted by the superintendent of credit unions. Each credit union shall establish and maintain reserves as required by Chapter 1733. of the Revised Code, or by rules adopted by the superintendent, including the following: (A) Valuation allowances for delinquent loans, investm...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 1733.32 of the Revised Code, and subject to division (B) of this section, the superintendent of financial institutions shall not conduct an examination of a credit union more frequently than once every twenty-four-month cycle, if the credit union meets both of the following conditions: (1) It has assets of ten billion dollars or less. (2) Under the uniform financial institutions rating...

...(A) There is hereby created in the division of financial institutions the credit union council, which shall consist of seven members. The deputy superintendent for credit unions shall be a member of the council and its chairperson. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the remaining six members. (B)(1) At least five of the six members appointed to the council shall have had credit u...

...(A)(1) The superintendent of credit unions may issue an order appointing a conservator for any credit union whenever he considers it necessary in order to conserve the assets of such credit union for members, depositors, and creditors. The superintendent shall appoint a conservator for any credit union whose status as an insured institution has been terminated. (2) Within thirty days after the date of the order of a...

...In addition to the specific authority given the superintendent of credit unions by other sections of this chapter, the superintendent may from time to time make, issue, amend, and rescind such rules and orders as he may consider necessary or appropriate to further the purposes of this chapter or to protect the public interest, including rules defining accounting, technical, trade, and other terms, whether or not used...

...Any incorporated association or society maintained by and operating on behalf of the state for the preservation of historic or prehistoric sites or monuments, the exploration, examination, improvement, or preservation of such sites or monuments for educational, scientific, or memorial purposes, or the collecting of relics or artifacts therefrom and the placing of such relics or artifacts in a public museum, may acqui...

...(A) An unincorporated nonprofit association may file in the office of the secretary of state a statement appointing an agent authorized to receive service of process. The agent shall be one of the following: (1) A natural person who is a resident of this state; (2) A domestic or foreign corporation, nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnersh...

...(A) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, meetings of voting members of an unincorporated nonprofit association may be called by any of the following: (1) The president or, in case of the president's absence, death, or disability, the vice-president authorized to exercise the authority of the president; (2) The manager or managers by action at a meeting, or a majority of the managers acting witho...

...Unless the governing principles provide for notice of meetings otherwise than as provided in this section, written notice stating the place, if any, and the time of a meeting, the means, if any, by which the voting members can be present and vote at the meeting through the use of authorized communications equipment, and in case of a special meeting the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall ...

...(A) Notice of the place, if any, the time, and the purpose or purposes of any meeting of voting members or managers, as the case may be, whether required by law or the governing principles may be waived in writing, either before or after the holding of that meeting, by any member or any manager. That writing shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the meeting. A transmission by authorized communicati...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in the governing principles, each member, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter properly submitted to the members for their vote, consent, waiver, release, or other action. (B) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, voting at elections and votes on other matters may be conducted by mail or by the use of authorized communications equipment...

...(A) Unless the governing principles prohibit the authorization or taking of any action of the members or the managers without a meeting, any action that may be authorized or taken at a meeting of the members or the managers, as the case may be, may be authorized or taken without a meeting with the affirmative vote or approval of, and in a writing or writings signed by, all of the members or all of the managers,...

...(A) On reasonable notice, a member or manager of an unincorporated nonprofit association may inspect and copy during the association's regular operating hours and at a reasonable location specified by the association any record maintained by the association regarding its activities, financial condition, and other circumstances, to the extent the information is material to the member's or manager's rights and du...

...(A) Before transacting real estate business in this state, a real estate investment trust shall file the following report in the office of the secretary of state, on forms prescribed by the secretary of state: (1) An executed copy of the trust instrument or a true and correct copy of it, certified to be such by a trustee before an official authorized to administer oaths or by a public official in another state in ...

...(A) The Ohio housing finance agency shall do all of the following related to the agency's operation: (1) Adopt bylaws for the conduct of its business; (2) Employ and fix the compensation of the executive director who serves at the pleasure of the agency to administer the agency's programs and activities. The executive director may employ and fix the compensation of employees in the unclassified civil service ...

...(A) As used in this section, "federally subsidized residential rental property" has the same meaning as in section 5713.031 of the Revised Code. (B) The Ohio housing finance agency shall prepare and maintain a list of all federally subsidized residential rental property in the state. The list shall be organized by county and include the following information for each individual property: (1) The owner of the pr...

...As used in this chapter: (A)(1) "Basic health care services" means the following services when medically necessary: (a) Physician's services, except when such services are supplemental under division (B) of this section; (b) Inpatient hospital services; (c) Outpatient medical services; (d) Emergency health services; (e) Urgent care services; (f) Diagnostic laboratory services and diagnostic and therapeu...

...The utilization review program of a health insuring corporation shall be implemented in accordance with all of the following: (A) The program shall use documented clinical review criteria that are based on sound clinical evidence and are evaluated periodically to assure ongoing efficacy. A health insuring corporation may develop its own clinical review criteria or may purchase or license such criteria from qualified...

...A health insuring corporation shall establish and maintain an internal review system that has been approved by the superintendent of insurance. The system shall provide for review by a clinical peer and include adequate and reasonable procedures for review and resolution of appeals from enrollees concerning adverse determinations made under section 1751.81 of the Revised Code, including procedures for verifying...

...As used in this chapter, "basic health care services," "enrollee," "health care facility," "health care services," "health insuring corporation," "medical record," "person," "primary care provider," "provider," "specialty health care services," "subscriber," and "supplemental health care services" have the same meanings as in section 1751.01 of the Revised Code.

...(A)(1) Prior to entering into a participation contract with a provider under section 1751.13 of the Revised Code, a health insuring corporation shall disclose basic information regarding its programs and procedures to the provider. The information shall include all of the following: (a) How a participating provider is reimbursed for the participating provider's services, including the range and structure of ...

...(A) A health insuring corporation that does not allow direct access to all specialists shall establish and implement a procedure by which an enrollee may receive a standing referral to a specialist. The procedure shall provide for a standing referral to a specialist if a primary care provider determines in consultation with a specialist that an enrollee needs continuing care from a specialist. The referral shall be m...

...(A) If a policy, contract, or agreement of a health insuring corporation uses a restricted formulary of prescription drugs, the health insuring corporation shall do both of the following: (1) Develop such a formulary in consultation with and with the approval of a pharmacy and therapeutics committee, a majority of the members of which are physicians or advanced practice registered nurses affiliated with the health ...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance shall keep all of the following confidential: (1) An RBC report, to the extent that information contained in the report is not required to be included in an annual statement available to the public; (2) An RBC plan; (3) The results of, or reports on, examinations or analyses conducted pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 1753.34 of the Revised Code, and a corrective order issu...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Account" means the total of all amounts credited to a participating credit union for paid-in capital contribution, and other credits, net of any charges to that participating credit union. "Account" is an "advancement" as that term is used in section 3901.72 of the Revised Code, and is subject to the requirements of that section. (B) "Capital contribution" means the amount each partic...