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...(A) The Ohio ballot board, as authorized by Section 1 of Article XVI, Ohio Constitution, shall consist of the secretary of state and four appointed members. No more than two of the appointed members shall be of the same political party. One of the members shall be appointed by the president of the senate, one shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate, one shall be appointed by the speaker of the house o...

...When the board of elections has completed the canvass of the election returns from the precincts in its county, in which electors were entitled to vote at any general or special election, it shall determine and declare the results of the elections determined by the electors of such county or of a district or subdivision within such county. If more than the number of candidates to be elected to an office received the ...

...(A) The board of directors of a convention facilities authority may adopt a resolution requesting the board of county commissioners of the county in which the convention facilities authority has its territory to propose the question of a tax to be levied pursuant to this section and section 4301.424 or sections 5743.026 and 5743.324 of the Revised Code for the purpose of construction or renovation of a sports facilit...

...ce, except in an election for which the board of elections has received no valid declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate under this section. Write-in votes shall not be counted for any candidate who has not filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate pursuant to this section. A qualified person who has filed a declaration of intent may receive write-in votes at either a primary or general...

... of a city, local, or exempted village board of education shall appear on the nonpartisan ballot. Nominating petitions of candidates for member of a board of education of a local or exempted village school district shall be signed by twenty-five qualified electors of the school district. Nominating petitions for candidates for member of a board of education of a city school district having a population of less...

...or election as a member of a governing board of an educational service center shall appear on the nonpartisan ballot. Each nominating petition shall be signed by fifty qualified electors who reside in one of the following, as applicable: (A) The school districts over which the educational service center governing board has jurisdiction, in the case of any candidate running for a position on any educational se...

...e the proportion of the expenses of the board of health or health department of the combined district t o be paid by the city or cities and by the original general health district. The contract may provide that the administration of the combined district shall be taken over by either the board of health or health department of one of the cities, by the board of health of the general health district, or by a combined ...

...(A) A board of health may grant a variance from or waiver of any of the requirements established in rules adopted under section 3711.12 of the Revised Code regarding the operation of a maternity home. (B) Each maternity home seeking a variance or waiver shall file an application with the board of health of the city or general health district in which the maternity home is located. The application shall be mad...

...ion and demolition debris facilities by boards of health of health districts that are on the approved list under section 3714.09 of the Revised Code and the director of environmental protection, the director may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the purpose of levying a fee of not more than five cents per cubic yard or ten cents per ton on the disposal of construction and demolition debris at a c...

...ation seeking this designation with the board of township trustees of the township in whose unincorporated area that property is located. An application to designate an area as a revitalization district shall contain all of the following: (1) The applicant's name and address; (2) A map or survey of the proposed revitalization district in sufficient detail to identify the boundaries of the district and the prop...

...The architects board shall organize by electing from its membership a president and a secretary, and also a vice-president and an assistant secretary, who shall act during absence or disability of the president or secretary respectively. The board shall adopt all necessary rules, regulations, and bylaws, not inconsistent with sections 4703.01 to 4703.19 of the Revised Code and the constitutions and laws of this stat...

... under this section with the architects board and otherwise complies with all requirements of sections 4703.01 to 4703.19 of the Revised Code. A nonprofit membership corporation may use a name including the word "architect" or any modification or derivation of the word without complying with this section. (I) A corporation may be organized under Chapter 1701. of the Revised Code, a professional association may be o...

...tion with the Ohio landscape architects board and otherwise complies with all requirements of this chapter. A nonprofit membership corporation may use a name including the word "landscape architect," "professional landscape architect," or "registered landscape architect" or any modification or derivation of those words without complying with this section. (C) A corporation may be organized under Chapter 1701. of th...

...ction, the state cosmetology and barber board shall issue a practicing license to an applicant who satisfies all of the following applicable conditions: (1) Is at least sixteen years of age; (2) Has the equivalent of an Ohio public school tenth grade education; (3) Has submitted a written application on a form furnished by the board that contains all of the following: (a) The name of the individual and an...

...iber number issued by the state medical board, and has been granted physician-delegated prescriptive authority. (5) "Supervising physician" means a physician who has entered into a supervision agreement with a physician assistant under section 4730.19 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, one or more pharmacists may enter into a consult agreement with one or more of the following pract...

... 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the state board of pharmacy shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out and enforce sections 4729.75 to 4729.83 of the Revised Code. The rules shall specify all of the following: (A) A means of identifying each patient, each terminal distributor of dangerous drugs, each purchase at wholesale of dangerous drugs, and each retail dispensary licensed u...

...(A) The state medical board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of this chapter. All adjudicative proceedings of the state medical board shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The state medical board shall appoint an executive director who shall be in the unclassified service of the state. The board may appoint other em...

... (B) of this section, the state medical board shall not limit or suspend a license, certificate, or limited permit, refuse to issue a license, certificate, or limited permit, or reprimand or place on probation an applicant solely on the grounds of impairment occurring prior to the applicant seeking authority to practice in this state. (B)(1) An applicant who was authorized to practice in another jurisdiction befor...

...shall file with the state chiropractic board a written application on a form prescribed and supplied by the board. The application shall include all of the following: (1) Evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant's license is current and valid and that the applicant is in good standing with the board; (2) Evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant has completed a course of study in acu...

... For purposes of the state chiropractic board's enforcement of division (C)(16) or (17) of section 4734.31 of the Revised Code, an individual who applies for or receives a license to practice chiropractic or certificate to practice acupuncture under this chapter accepts the privilege of practicing chiropractic and, if applicable, acupuncture in this state and, by so doing, shall be deemed to have given consent to s...

... the following: (a) The state dental board established under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code; (b) The board of nursing established under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; (c) The state vision professionals board established under Chapter 4725. of the Revised Code; (d) The state board of pharmacy established under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code; (e) The state medical board established under Chapte...

...'s laws which is imposed by a Licensing Board or other authority against an Occupational Therapist or Occupational Therapy Assistant, including actions against an individual's license or Compact Privilege such as censure, revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the Licensee, or restriction on the Licensee's practice. C. "Alternative Program" means a non-disciplinary monitoring process approved by an Occupa...

...rker, and marriage and family therapist board shall issue a license as an art therapist to each applicant who submits a properly completed application, pays the fee established under section 4757.31 of the Revised Code, and meets the requirements established under division (B) of this section. The music therapy professional standards committee of the board shall issue a license as a music therapist to each applica...

...rker, and marriage and family therapist board shall investigate alleged violations of this chapter or the rules adopted under it and alleged irregularities in the delivery of services related to professional counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, art therapy, or music therapy by persons licensed or registered under this chapter. As part of its conduct of an investigation, the board may issue subpoenas,...

...'s laws which is imposed by a licensing board or other authority against a Licensed Professional Counselor, including actions against an individual's license or Privilege to Practice such as revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the licensee, limitation on the licensee's practice, or any other Encumbrance on licensure affecting a Licensed Professional Counselor's authorization to practice, including issuan...

...When making appointments to a county board of developmental disabilities, an appointing authority shall do all of the following: (A) Appoint only individuals who are residents of the county the appointing authority serves, citizens of the United States, and interested and knowledgeable in the field of intellectual disabilities and other allied fields; (B) If the appointing authority is a board of county commissio...

...ty shall remove a member of a county board of developmental disabilities for any of the following reasons: (1) Neglect of duty; (2) Misconduct; (3) Malfeasance; (4) Ineligibility to serve on the county board pursuant to section 5126.023 of the Revised Code; (5) Failure to attend at least four hours of in-service training session each year; (6) Failure to attend within one year four regularly sche...

...The county board of developmental disabilities shall identify residents of the county for whom supported living is to be provided. Identification of the residents shall be made in accordance with the priorities set under section 5126.04 of the Revised Code and the waiting lists established under section 5126.042 of the Revised Code. The board shall assist the residents in identifying their individual service ne...

...joint township hospital district in the board of hospital governors pursuant to sections 513.16 and 513.17 of the Revised Code, a joint township district hospital board may, upon such terms as are agreed upon between such board and a constituted and empowered nonsectarian Ohio corporation, organized for charitable purposes and not for profit, a majority of whose members reside in the county or counties in which said ...

...o 5139.43 of the Revised Code. (F) The board or other governing body of a community corrections facility shall meet not less often than once per quarter. A community corrections facility may reimburse the members of the board or other governing body of the facility and the members of an advisory board created by the board or other governing body of the facility for their actual and necessary expenses incurred ...

...The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may enter into an agreement for the joint development, implementation, and operation of community corrections programs and may establish and maintain a joint county corrections planning board. Subject to division (A)(2) of section 5149.34 of the Revised Code, the board shall consist of an equal number of members of each county's local corrections planning boa...

...The clerk of the board of county commissioners or, if there is no clerk of the board, the county auditor shall keep a record of the board's transactions respecting the county home, and this record shall be kept in the manner provided by sections 305.10 and 305.11 of the Revised Code. The board of county commissioners may determine that the clerk or, if there is no clerk of the board, the county auditor shall keep a s...

...trol is vested in an association or its board of trustees, or is vested in a religious society, whether incorporated or not, or in its board of trustees, and such cemetery is used exclusively for cemetery purposes, such association, society, or board of trustees may convey such grounds to the board of township trustees and its successors in office. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, and subject to th...

...(A) The boards of township trustees of two or more townships, by adopting resolutions by a majority vote of the board of township trustees of each township, may cause the appropriate board of elections for each township to submit to the electors of each township the question of merger under section 523.01 of the Revised Code. The question shall be voted upon at the next general election occurring not less than ...

...be as follows: (A) All members of each board of township trustees shall serve as board members of the new township. At the first general election for township officers occurring not less than ninety days after a merger is approved, the electors of the new township shall elect three township trustees with staggered terms of office. The first terms of office following the election shall be modified to an even nu...

...e meetings of the association and the board of directors; (d) Records of the names and addresses of the unit owners and their respective undivided interests in the common elements. (2) Within thirty days after a unit owner obtains a condominium ownership interest, the unit owner shall provide the following information in writing to the unit owners association through the board of directors: (a) The home addre...

...his section prohibits a school district board of education or governing body of a school from requiring additional training for an individual to which this section applies. (C)(1) The curriculum of the initial and requalification instruction and training required under this section shall include instruction in all of the following: (a) Mitigation techniques; (b) Communications capabilities and coordination and ...

... to the state highway patrol retirement board, shall knowingly and with intent to affect the nomination or the outcome of the campaign do any of the following by means of campaign materials, an advertisement on radio or television or in a newspaper or periodical, a public speech, press release, or otherwise: (1) With regard to a candidate, identify the candidate in a manner that implies that the candidate is a membe...

... of the state highway patrol retirement board and each individual appointed to fill a vacancy on the board, shall, not later than ninety days after commencing service as a board member, complete the orientation program component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code. Each member of the board who has served a year or longer as a board member shall, not l...

...pplication is filed with the retirement board on or after the attainment of age fifty-five years by the applicant. A member or former member who withdraws any part or all of the accumulated contributions from the employees' savings fund shall thereupon forfeit all rights to a pension provided for in this division. (3)(a) A surviving spouse of a deceased member who died before the effective date of this amendment sh...

...on, the state highway patrol retirement board shall annually increase pensions payable to eligible persons under this chapter in accordance with the following: (a) For each person sixty-five years of age or older who is receiving a pension not greater than one hundred eighty-five per cent of the federal poverty level for a family of two persons, as revised annually by the United States department of health and human...

...(B) The state highway patrol retirement board may establish a program under which members of the retirement system, employers on behalf of members, and persons receiving service or disability pensions or survivor benefits are permitted to participate in contracts for long-term care insurance. Participation may include dependents and family members. If a participant in a contract for long-term care insurance leaves em...

...Where the board of county commissioners, under authority of section 5521.02 of the Revised Code, co-operate with the director of transportation in any work within a municipal corporation, such board and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation may co-operate with respect to such work, and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation may assume and pay such portion of that part of the entire co...

...s county, under the jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners, except for those county roads the board places on nonmaintained status pursuant to section 5541.05 of the Revised Code; (2) Construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, or improvement of roads by boards of township trustees under sections 5571.01, 5571.06, 5571.07, 5571.15, 5573.01 to 5573.15, and 5575.02 to 5575.09 of the Revised Code; (3) Constr...

... structures when, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, they constitute obstructions in any highway, other than the state highway system; or the bridges or culverts thereon, or interfere or may interfere with the proposed improvement of such highways, bridges, or culverts or the use thereof by the traveling public. By obtaining the consent and approval of the board, such persons, partnerships, and corp...

...e acquisition of such right of way, the board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with any street or interurban railway company for the conveyance and transfer by such company to the board, in fee simple or such lesser estate or interest therein as the company may have, of such part or all of the right of way and other lands of the company as the board believes it for the public convenience and welfar...

...If the joint board of county commissioners is of the opinion that it is for the public convenience or welfare to make the proposed improvement, it shall declare the necessity therefor by resolution at the meeting provided for in section 5553.13 of the Revised Code. Such resolution shall set forth generally the route and termini of the road, or part thereof, to be located, established, or vacated, or the general manne...

...he Revised Code shall be filed with the board of county commissioners of either county interested. The board of such county shall file within ten days a certified copy of said petition with the boards of the other counties interested, and the board of the county where the original petition is filed shall call a joint meeting of the boards of the counties interested, to be held within thirty days from the filing of su...

...ties, he may file his petition with the board of county commissioners of either county. Such board shall within ten days thereafter cause a copy of said petition to be certified to the boards of the other counties interested and shall at the same time fix a time not later than thirty days for a hearing upon such petition. Such proceedings shall be had before the joint board of county commissioners as are provided for...

...The board of county commissioners may construct a public road by laying out and building a new road, or by improving, reconstructing, or repairing any existing public road or part of an existing public road by grading, paving, widening, altering, straightening, vacating, changing the direction, draining, dragging, graveling, macadamizing, resurfacing, applying dust preventives, or otherwise improving the same, and, w...

...stered nurse issued by the state nurses board or the board of nursing education and nurse registration under former provisions of this chapter or by the nurses' examining committee of the state medical board as provided in former sections 1295-01 to 1295-20 and 1347 et seq. of the General Code shall remain valid and shall confer the same privileges and impose the same responsibilities and requirements as a license is...

... grounds for disciplinary action by the board of nursing under this chapter or rules adopted under it shall report to the board of nursing the name of such current or former employee or person providing services under a contract. The report shall be made on the person's or governmental entity's behalf by an individual licensed by the board who the person or governmental entity has designated to make such reports. ...

... a current, valid license issued by the board of nursing under this chapter to practice nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse in the specialty indicated by the designation: (1) Engage in the practice of nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse for a fee, salary, or other consideration, or as a volunteer; (2) Represent the person as being an advanced practice registered nurse, including representi...

...ide training program shall apply to the board of nursing on a form prescribed and provided by the board. The application shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the board shall approve the applicant to provide a medication aide training program if the content of the course of instruction to be provided by the program includes all of the following: (1...

...(A) The board of nursing shall review all applications received under section 4723.83 of the Revised Code. If an applicant meets the requirements of section 4723.84 of the Revised Code, the board shall issue a community health worker certificate to the applicant. (B) Notwithstanding the requirements specified in section 4723.84 of the Revised Code, the board shall issue a community health worker certificate in acco...

...The board of nursing, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to administer and enforce sections 4723.81 to 4723.87 of the Revised Code. The rules shall establish all of the following: (A) Standards and procedures for issuance of community health worker certificates; (B) Standards for evaluating the competency of an individual who applies to receive a certificate on the basis of havin...

...Whenever the term "state board of optometry" or "Ohio optical dispensers board" is used in any statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall be construed to mean the "state vision professionals board." Whenever "executive director of the state board of optometry" or "executive secretary-treasurer of the Ohio optical dispensers board" is used in a statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall ...

...d faith, the state vision professionals board, a current or former board member, an agent of the board, a person formally requested by the board to be the board's representative, or an employee of the board shall not be held liable in damages to any person as the result of any act, omission, proceeding, conduct, or decision related to official duties undertaken or performed pursuant to this chapter. If any such perso...

...(A) The state vision professionals board shall adopt rules as it considers necessary to govern the practice of optometry and to administer and enforce sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code. All rules adopted under those sections shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The board, in consultation with the state board of pharmacy, shall adopt rules specifying any oral drugs ...

...(A) The state vision professionals board shall charge the following nonrefundable fees: (1) Three hundred fifty dollars for application for a certificate of licensure to practice optometry; (2) Three hundred fifty dollars for renewal of a certificate of licensure to practice optometry; (3) One hundred twenty-five dollars for late completion or submission, or both, of continuing optometric education; (4) One h...

...The state board of pharmacy shall organize by electing a president and a vice-president who are members of the board. The president shall preside over the meetings of the board, but shall not vote upon matters determined by the board, except in the event of a tie vote, in which case the president shall vote. The board shall also employ an executive director. The person employed shall not be a member of the board. Eac...

...ith the executive director of the state board of pharmacy a verified application giving such information as the board requires. An application filed under this section may not be withdrawn without the approval of the board. Each applicant shall take an examination to determine fitness to practice pharmacy. Examinations of those applying for licensure as pharmacists shall be held at such times, during each year, and...

...The state board of pharmacy shall establish a pharmacy internship program for the purpose of providing the practical experience necessary to practice as a pharmacist. Any individual who desires to become a pharmacy intern shall apply for licensure to the board. An application filed under this section may not be withdrawn without the approval of the board. Each applicant shall be issued a license as a pharmacy inte...

...rt association or approved by the state board of pharmacy; (3) Practice in accordance with a protocol that meets the requirements of division (C) of this section. (C) All of the following apply with respect to the protocol required by division (B)(3) of this section: (1) The protocol shall be established by a physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteop...

...rt association or approved by the state board of pharmacy; (3) Practice in accordance with a protocol that meets the requirements of division (F) of this section. (D) Each time a pharmacist administers a drug pursuant to this section, the pharmacist shall do all of the following: (1) Obtain permission in accordance with the procedures specified in rules adopted under division (H) of this section and comply with...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Board of health" means a board of health of a city or general health district or an authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code. (2) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery. (B) If use of ...

...(A) The state board of pharmacy may issue a limited license to an animal shelter or county dog warden solely for the purpose of purchasing, possessing, and administering drugs that are distributed in a manufactured dosage form as described in section 4729.532 of the Revised Code. Unless otherwise approved by the board, no such license shall authorize or permit the distribution of these drugs to any person other than...

...4729.531 of the Revised Code, the state board of pharmacy may grant a chemical capture classification to the limited license. The classification permits the holder to purchase, possess, and administer a combination of drugs for chemical capture. Unless otherwise approved by the board, no such classification shall authorize or permit the distribution of these drugs to any person other than the originating wholesale di...

...The state board of pharmacy may establish and maintain a drug database. The board shall use the drug database to monitor the misuse and diversion of the following: controlled substances, as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code; medical marijuana, as authorized under Chapter 3796. of the Revised Code; and other dangerous drugs the board includes in the database pursuant to rules adopted under section 4729.84...

...(A) If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the board may use, for the purpose of establishing or maintaining the database, any portion of the licensure or registration fees collected under this chapter. The board shall not increase the amount of any of those fees solely for the purpose of establishing or maintaining the database. The ...

... Revised Code shall file with the state board of pharmacy an application in the form and manner prescribed in rules adopted under section 4729.94 of the Revised Code. The application shall be accompanied by an application fee of fifty dollars, which shall not be returned if the applicant fails to qualify for registration. (B) If the board is satisfied that the applicant meets the requirements of section 4729.90 of ...

...d under this chapter, the state medical board may, pursuant to an adjudication under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and an affirmative vote of not fewer than six of its members, impose a civil penalty. The amount of the civil penalty shall be determined by the board in accordance with the guidelines adopted under division (A)(2) of this section. The civil penalty may be in addition to any other action the board may...

...If the state medical board has reason to believe that any person who has been granted a license under this chapter to practice as a physician assistant is mentally ill or mentally incompetent, it may file in the probate court of the county in which such person has a legal residence an affidavit in the form prescribed in section 5122.11 of the Revised Code and signed by the board secretary or a member of the secretary...

...(A) The state medical board shall review all applications received under section 4731.52 of the Revised Code. The board shall determine whether an applicant meets the requirements for a license to practice podiatric medicine and surgery. (B) If the board determines that the applicant meets the requirements for a license and that the documentation provided is satisfactory to the board, the board shall issue to the a...

...her requirements that the state medical board applies in rules adopted under section 4731.70 of the Revised Code. (C) An arrangement between a hospital and a license holder or a member of the license holder's immediate family for the employment of the license holder or family member or for the provision of administrative services shall not be considered a compensation arrangement described in division (A)(2) of sect...