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...n, infants, and children" established under the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 885, 42 U.S.C. 1786, as amended. (B) The department of health is hereby designated as the state agency to administer the WIC program. The director of health shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary for administering the WIC program. The rules may include civil money penalties for violations...

...(A) The department of health shall make available on its web site information about the risks associated with meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B, the availability of vaccines, and the effectiveness of the vaccines. The department shall provide written notice of the availability of meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B information on the web site to all of the following: (1) Each city, local, exempted ...

...To the extent appropriations made by the general assembly make this possible, the director of health shall provide, for the purpose of section 3313.671 of the Revised Code, the means of immunization against chicken pox to boards of health, legislative authorities of municipal corporations, and boards of township trustees.

...nals with expertise in screening, diagnosing, and treating autism spectrum disorders to share that information with other health care professionals in this state; (4) To encourage the regional coordination of services to facilitate the effective, timely treatment of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. (B) The director of health shall contract with a statewide association representing pediatric p...

...lth may establish a school-based fluoride mouth rinse program. If the director establishes the program, divisions (B) to (E) of this section are applicable. (B) The director shall conduct a program to educate employees of the department of health and dental hygienists licensed under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code on how to train employees of, and volunteers for, public and nonpublic schools regarding the ...

...sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, means a debilitating and progressively chronic syndrome characterized by severe burning pain, pathological changes in bone and skin, excessive sweating, tissue swelling, and extreme sensitivity to touch. (B) The department of health shall include information on its internet web site to promote complex regional pain syndrome education in a manner that enables individuals to make ...

...(A) As used in this section, "older adult" means an individual who is sixty years of age or older. (B) The department of health shall prepare an influenza vaccine information sheet that pertains to older adults. The information sheet shall contain all of the following: (1) A description of influenza, including its causes, symptoms, and methods of transmission; (2) A discussion of the health risks that influenza...

...hall convene meetings with staff of the department of health, department of medicaid, department of administrative services, and commission on minority health to do all of the following: (1) Assess the prevalence of all types of diabetes in this state, including disparities in that prevalence among various demographic populations and local jurisdictions; (2) Establish and reevaluate goals for each of the agencies...

...During any declared disaster, epidemic, pandemic, public health emergency, or public safety emergency, an individual with a developmental disability or any other permanent disability who is in need of surgery or any other health care procedure, any medical or other health care test, or any clinical care visit shall be given the opportunity to have at least one parent or legal guardian present if the presence of the i...

...ies and employments, the personal and business habits of the people that affect their health, and the relation of the diseases of man and beast, shall be subjects of study by the director. The director may make and execute orders necessary to protect the people against diseases of lower animals, and shall collect and preserve information in respect to such matters and kindred subjects as may be useful in the discharg...

...(A) There is hereby created in the department of health the women's health program,. (B) To the extent funds are available, the women's health program shall: (1) Identify, review, and assist the director in the coordination of programs and resources the department of health is committing to women's health concerns, including the department's women's and infants' program activities; (2) Advocate for women's health...

...n this state. The communities shall be identified by zip code or portions of zip codes that are contiguous. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

... as in section 4506.01 of the Revised Code. (B) For purposes of sections 1547.11, 4511.19, and 4511.194 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall determine, or cause to be determined, techniques or methods for chemically analyzing a person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, urine, breath, oral fluid, or other bodily substance in order to ascertain the presence or amount of alcohol, a drug of abuse, contr...

... as in section 3923.85 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of health shall administer the state's participation in the national breast and cervical cancer early detection program (NBCCEDP), which shall be known as the Ohio breast and cervical cancer project. The project shall be administered in accordance with Title XV of the "Public Health Service Act," 42 U.S.C. 300k et seq., and the department's NBCCEDP gra...

... cervical cancer project administered under section 3701.144 of the Revised Code, a woman who meets all of the following conditions receives treatment for breast or cervical cancer: (1) The woman was screened for breast or cervical cancer by a provider who either does not participate in or was not paid for the screening by the Ohio breast and cervical cancer project. (2) The woman is in need of treatment for brea...

...lishes and shall be responsible for advising and assisting physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse practitioners, and other health care practitioners who participate in tuberculosis control activities and for reviewing medical records pertaining to the treatment provided to individuals with tuberculosis. (B)(1) The director shall adopt rules establishing standards for the f...

...eport to the governor, which shall include so much of the proceedings of the department of health, information concerning vital statistics and diseases, instructions on the subject of hygiene for dissemination among the people and suggestions as to legislation as the director deems proper. The director shall include in the director's annual report a full statement of all examinations made in the department's pub...

...s or medical supplies that the director deems advisable in the interest of preparing for or responding to a public health emergency. The discretion granted to the director by this section does not relieve the director of the duty to act under section 3701.161 of the Revised Code.

...rsuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...ertified nurse-midwife if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the Revised Code, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner practicing in this state, or the superintendent of any state or county institution, may receive without charge the quantities of antitoxin as the physician, nurse, or superintendent requires for the treatment or prevention of diphtheria in indigent persons, provided suc...

... subject of the information, either by using the information alone or with other information that is available to predictable recipients of the information. (B) Protected health information reported to or obtained by the director of health, the department of health, or a board of health of a city or general health district is confidential and shall not be released without the written consent of the individual who is...

...sent a possible health risk to persons using the waters for swimming and bathing and that the posting of signs advising the public of the condition is warranted, the director shall notify the chief of the division of parks and watercraft.

...ns 3701.19 to 3701.201 of the Revised Code: (A) "Poison prevention and treatment center" means an entity designated as a poison prevention and treatment center by the director of health under section 3701.20 of the Revised Code. (B) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property. (C) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property. "Tort action" includes a...

...(A) In accordance with rules adopted under division (C) of this section, the director of health shall establish, promote, and maintain the Ohio poison control network; designate regions within the network; and designate poison prevention and treatment centers within each region. The purposes of the network are to: (1) Reduce the mortality resulting from and the expenditures incurred because of accidental, hom...

...ents or biological or chemical toxins posing a risk of human fatality or disability. Rules adopted under this section may require a report of any of the following: (1) An unexpected pattern or increase in the number of telephone inquiries or requests to provide information about poison prevention and treatment and available services; (2) An unexpected pattern or increase in the number of requests to provide sp...

...(A) Determinations made by the executive director of the Ohio air quality development authority, with the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the authority, that a particular project is an advanced energy project and is consistent with Chapter 166. of the Revised Code and Section 2p or 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, shall be conclusive as to the validity and enforceability of the obligatio...

...The Ohio air quality development authority shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt any rules necessary to implement sections 3706.25 to 3706.28 of the Revised Code.

...ludes an existing facility that is proposing to expand the facility beyond the limits of construction and demolition debris placement approved by a board of health or the director of environmental protection, as applicable, under this chapter. "Person" includes the state, any political subdivision of the state or other state or local body, the United States and any agency or instrumentality thereof, and any legal en...

...inants from the facility that may be causing contamination of ground water; (3) Recommendations for actions, if any are necessary, that should be taken to investigate or remediate the source of any ground water contamination. (F) Requirements for the monitoring and sampling of leachate. The rules adopted under division (F) of this section shall include all of the following: (1) A requirement that the owner or oper...

...at the facility on the preceding full business day as determined by using the amount of disposal fees collected under section 3714.07 of the Revised Code for wastes disposed of at the facility on that preceding full business day. (2) The owner or operator or the employees of the facility remove the solid wastes from the working face of the facility. The existence of solid wastes on the working face of a constructio...

...19. of the Revised Code governing processing facilities and the inspection of and issuance of permits to install and licenses for those facilities. The rules shall ensure that the facilities will not create a nuisance, fire hazard, or health hazard or cause or contribute to air or water pollution. (B) The rules adopted under this section may establish all of the following: (1) Requirements for the location, desig...

...ction 3727.01 of the Revised Code, a nursing home as defined in that section, a school, and a restaurant or other eating establishment. "Occupied dwelling" does not include a dwelling owned or controlled by the owner or operator of a construction and demolition debris facility to which the siting criteria established under this section are being applied. (5) "Residential dwelling" means a building used or intended...

...ion may by order exempt any person disposing of or proposing to dispose of construction and demolition debris in such quantities or under such circumstances that, in the determination of the director or board of health, are unlikely to adversely affect the public health or safety or the environment, or to create a fire hazard, from any provision of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it, other than d...

...install for and the inspection of, licensing of, and enforcement of standards governing construction and demolition debris facilities under this chapter and rules adopted under it. The director of environmental protection shall provide for the issuance of permits to install for construction and demolition debris facilities, the inspection and licensing of facilities, and the enforcement of standards in health distri...

...ssuance of permits to install for processing facilities. On and after the effective date of this section , no person shall establish a processing facility without first obtaining a permit to install issued by the board of health of the health district in which the processing facility is or is to be located or from the director if the facility is or is to be located in a health district that is not on the approved lis...

... section that has changed or been added since the issuance of the most recent annual operation license for the facility. If, during that period, there have been no changes in or additions to that information, the owner or operator shall submit to the director or board an affidavit stating that there have been no changes in or additions to that information during that time period. The director or board may revoke the ...

...ermit to install a new construction and demolition debris facility, the applicant shall hold a public hearing in the township or municipal corporation in which the facility or proposed facility is or is to be located. At least thirty days prior to the public hearing, the applicant shall provide notice of the time, day, and location of the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality of the fac...

...and demolition debris facility or processing facility without an annual construction and demolition debris facility or processing facility operation license issued by either of the following: (a) The board of health of the health district in which the facility or processing facility is located; (b) The director of environmental protection if the facility or processing facility is located in a health district that ...

...) A person who submits an application under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code for a license to operate a construction and demolition debris facility shall submit with the application the plans for the operation of the facility that are required in rules adopted under division (G) of section 3714.02 of the Revised Code. In addition, the owner or operator of the facility shall submit any necessary updates to the plan...

...demolition debris facilities and processing facilities, shall establish a program for the certification of operators of construction and demolition debris facilities and processing facilities and shall establish continuing education training requirements for those operators as part of the certification program. (B) The program for the certification of operators, including the continuing education training requireme...

...e used as the unit of measurement. If basing the fee on cubic yards, the owner or operator shall utilize either the maximum cubic yard capacity of the container, or the hauling volume of the vehicle, that transports the construction and demolition debris to the facility or the cubic yards actually logged for disposal by the owner or operator in accordance with rules adopted under section 3714.02 of the Revised Code. ...

...nd water monitoring at construction 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 construct...

...owner or operator of a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under this chapter shall allow a board of health or the director of environmental protection, as applicable, to conduct ground water monitoring at the facility to detect negative impacts to ground water quality as provided in section 3714.071 of the Revised Code unless the director determines that it is unlikely that a negative impact...

...(A) In addition to the fee levied under division (A)(1) of section 3714.07 of the Revised Code, beginning July 1, 2005, there is hereby levied on the disposal of construction and demolition debris at a construction and demolition debris facility that is licensed under this chapter or at a solid waste facility that is licensed under Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code and on the disposal of asbestos or asbestos-containi...

...ed in section 3714.07 of the Revised Code for the purpose specified in division (B) of this section if both of the following apply: (1) It is the end of the fiscal year. (2) The board determines that it has more money in the fund than is necessary for the board to administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it for the following fiscal year. (B) A board of health may use excess money as describ...

...ction shall cause each construction and demolition debris facility for which the board or the director, as appropriate, issued a license under section 3714.06 of the Revised Code to be inspected and shall cause a record to be made of each inspection. The board or the director shall require each such facility to be in substantial compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (B) Within thirty days after th...

...(A) A construction and demolition debris facility shall not accept pulverized debris. (B) The board of health of a health district in which a construction and demolition debris facility is located, the director of environmental protection, or an authorized representative of either may request the removal of pulverized debris that has been brought to the construction and demolition debris facility. A board, the direc...

...on debris facility may request a p rocessing facility to certify that material that is transferred from the p rocessing facility to the construction and demolition debris facility is not off-specification material; hazardous waste, solid wastes, or infectious wastes; or low-level radioactive waste whose treatment, recycling, storage, or disposal is governed under division (B) of section 3748.10 of the Revised Code. A...

...owner or operator of a construction and demolition debris facility rejects a load of debris that has been accepted at the unloading zone of the facility because the load is not eligible for disposal at the facility under this chapter and rules adopted under it, including section 3714.081 of the Revised Code, the owner or operator shall notify the director of environmental protection or a board of health, as applicabl...

... for the purpose of permitting and licensing construction and demolition debris facilities under this chapter if the director determines that the board is both capable of and willing to enforce all of the applicable requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it. (2) The director shall annually survey each health district on the approved list under division (B)(1) of this section to determine whether there ...