Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 3707.02 | Proceedings when order of board is neglected or disregarded.
...e mailed to such persons by registered letter, if the address is known or can be found by ordinary diligence. If the address cannot be found, the board shall cause the citation to be left upon the premises, in charge of any person residing thereon, otherwise it shall be posted conspicuously thereon. The citation shall briefly recite the cause of complaint, and require the owner or other persons responsible to appear ... |
Section 3707.021 | Injunctive relief.
...ith in whole or in part, the board may petition the court of common pleas for an injunction requiring all persons to whom such order of the board is directed to comply with such order. The court of the county in which the offense is alleged to be occurring may grant such injunctive relief as the equities of the case require. |
Section 3707.03 | Correction of nuisance or unsanitary conditions on school property.
... school board, or other person responsible for such property, for the abatement of such nuisance or condition within a reasonable but fixed time. The board of health may appoint such number of inspectors of schools and school buildings as is necessary to properly carry out this section. |
Section 3707.04 | Quarantine regulations.
...der of the department or the board to meet a new and sudden emergency. |
Section 3707.05 | Board must secure approval of department of health in certain cases.
...The board of health of a city or general health district shall not close public highways or prohibit travel thereon, interfere with public officers not afflicted with or directly exposed to a contagious or infectious disease, in the discharge of their official duties, or establish a quarantine of one municipal corporation or township against another municipal corporation or township, as such, without permission first... |
Section 3707.06 | Notice to be given of prevalence of infectious diseases.
...(A) Each physician or other person called to attend a person having cholera, plague, yellow fever, typhus fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever, or any other disease dangerous to the public health, or required by the department of health to be reported, shall report to the health commissioner within whose jurisdiction the sick person is found the name, age, sex, and color of the patient, and the house and place in which t... |
Section 3707.07 | Complaint concerning prevalence of disease - inspection by health commissioner.
...When complaint is made or a reasonable belief exists that an infectious or contagious disease prevails in a house or other locality which has not been reported as provided in section 3707.06 of the Revised Code, the board of health of a city or general health district shall cause such house or locality to be inspected by its health commissioner, and on discovering that such disease exists, the board may send the pers... |
Section 3707.08 | Isolation of persons exposed to communicable disease - placarding of premises.
...placard having printed on it, in large letters, the name of the disease. No person shall remove, mar, deface, or destroy such placard, which shall remain in place until after the persons restricted have been released from isolation or quarantine. Physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse practitioners attending a person affected with a communicable disease shall use such ... |
Section 3707.09 | Board may employ quarantine guards.
...affected with or exposed to a communicable disease declared quarantinable by the board or the department of health. The persons employed shall be sworn in as quarantine guards, shall have police powers, and may use all necessary means to enforce sections 3707.01 to 3707.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for the prevention of contagious or infectious disease, or the orders of any board made in pursuance thereof. |
Section 3707.10 | Disinfection of house in which there has been a contagious disease.
...eria has recovered and is no longer liable to communicate the disease to others, or has died, the attending physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner shall furnish a certificate of the recovery or death to the board of health of the city or general health district. As soon thereafter as the board considers it advisable, its health commissioner shall thoroughly disi... |
Section 3707.11 | Application of quarantine or isolation orders.
...A board of health of a city or general health district, or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, may only issue a quarantine or isolation order under this chapter that applies to individuals who have been medically diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of the order or individuals who have come in direct contact with someone who has been medically diag... |
Section 3707.12 | Destruction of infected property.
...t, of which the board shall keep a complete and accurate copy, for articles so destroyed. The receipt shall show the number, character, condition, and estimated value of the articles destroyed. When a building, hut, or other structure has become infected with a dangerous communicable disease, and cannot, in the opinion of the board, be made safe by disinfection, the board may have the building, hut, or other structur... |
Section 3707.13 | Compensation for property destroyed.
...The legislative authority of the municipal corporation, upon the presentation of the original receipt or written statement of the appraisers for articles or houses destroyed pursuant to section 3707.12 of the Revised Code, shall pay to the owner thereof, or other person authorized by him to receive such payment, the estimated value of such destroyed articles, or such sum as the legislative authority deems just compe... |
Section 3707.14 | Maintenance of persons confined in quarantined house.
...roperly certified by the president and clerk of the board, or health commissioner if there is no board, shall be paid by the persons quarantined, when able to make such payment, and when not, by the municipal corporation or township in which quarantined. |
Section 3707.15 | Employer of illegal alien with contagious or infectious disease to pay expense caused by disease.
...person that employs an alien who is not legally present in the United States and has a contagious or infectious disease contracted before or during employment shall pay to the municipal corporation, township, or county in which the alien is employed any expense caused by the contagious or infectious disease. An employer is not subject to this section if the employer demonstrates that the alien was employed in complia... |
Section 3707.16 | Attendance at gatherings by quarantined person prohibited.
...isolated or quarantined for a communicable disease declared by the board of health of a city or general health district or the department of health to require isolation or quarantine shall attend any public, private, or parochial school or college, Sunday school, church, or any other public gathering, until released from isolation or quarantine by the board. All school principals, Sunday school superintendents, or ot... |
Section 3707.17 | Quarantine in place other than that of legal settlement.
...r general health district, has a legal settlement in a municipal corporation or township within the same county but other than that in which quarantined, or has a legal settlement in another county of the state, and such person is unable to pay the expenses of the service provided under section 3707.14 of the Revised Code, the city or general health district rendering such service shall notify in writing the proper o... |
Section 3707.18 | Expense of quarantining county public institution.
...roperly certified by the president and clerk of the board of health, or health commissioner where there is no board, of the city or general health district in which such institution is located. |
Section 3707.19 | Disposal of body of person who died of communicable disease.
...of a person who has died of a communicable disease declared by the department of health to require immediate disposal for the protection of others shall be buried or cremated within twenty-four hours after death. No public or church funeral shall be held in connection with the burial of such person, and the body shall not be taken into any church, chapel, or other public place. Only adult members of the immediate fam... |
Section 3707.20 | Admission of person suffering from a contagious or infectious disease to certain institutions.
... mental illnesses, or persons with intellectual disabilities; school for the blind or deaf; or other state or county benevolent institution without first making known the facts concerning the illness or exposure to the superintendent or other person in charge thereof. When a dangerous, contagious, or infectious disease is in a jail or prison and a prisoner in the jail or prison exposed to the disease is sentenced to ... |
Section 3707.21 | Disease in public institution - temporary building.
...cholera, yellow fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or other dangerous, contagious, or infectious disease appears in any state, county, or municipal benevolent or correctional institution, the superintendent or manager of the institution shall at once isolate the persons so affected and enforce sections 3707.01 to 3707.53 of the Revised Code, for the prevention of contagious diseases, and the rules and orders of the de... |
Section 3707.22 | Removal of affected or exposed persons from public institution to hospital.
...ade for safely guarding the prisoner while in such hospital or place as it deems necessary. |
Section 3707.23 | Examination of common carriers by board during quarantine.
... any railroad, steamboat, or other vehicle used for the transportation of passengers, baggage, or freight, shall submit to any rules or regulations imposed and any examination required by a board of health of a city or general health district or health commissioner. They shall submit to any examination required by the health authorities respecting any circumstances or event touching the health of the crew, operatives... |
Section 3707.24 | Prohibition against unfounded statements in examination.
... other person interested in any manner set forth in section 3707.23 of the Revised Code shall make an unfounded statement or declaration respecting the points under the examination provided by such section. |
Section 3707.25 | Application of quarantine rules to persons and goods on vehicles of transportation.
...Rules and regulations passed by a board of health of a city or general health district or health commissioner shall apply to all persons, goods, or effects arriving by railroad, steamboat, or other vehicle of transportation, after quarantine is declared. |