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Section 3750.09 | Withholding of specific chemical identity as trade secret.

...ide the specific chemical identity to a health professional, physician, or nurse pursuant to division (E) of this section. (D) The governor may, pursuant to section 322 of the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1747, 42 U.S.C.A. 11042, request the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency to provide specific chemical identities that are claimed or have be...

Section 3750.10 | Applying for access to information.

...(A) Any person who seeks to review or obtain copies of information submitted to the emergency response commission or a local emergency planning committee under this chapter and rules adopted under it shall submit a written application to the information coordinator of the commission or committee in accordance with the policies and procedures in rules adopted under division (B)(2)(c) of section 3750.02 of the Revised ...

Section 3750.11 | Enforcement.

...facility is necessary to protect public health and safety and the environment or to protect emergency management personnel responding to a release of any such substance or chemical from the facility, the fire department, in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(2)(f) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code, may submit an application to the committee of the district in which the facility is located for issua...

Section 3750.12 | Fire marshal rules for placards or labels at bulk storage areas.

...The fire marshal, after consultation with the emergency response commission, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards governing the placement of placards or labels containing specified information at bulk storage areas of hazardous chemicals for the purposes of division (E) of section 3750.11 of the Revised Code. The rules shall, without limitation, do all of the fo...

Section 3750.13 | Fees.

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(3) or (4) of this section, the owner or operator of a facility required to annually file an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form under section 3750.08 of the Revised Code shall submit with the inventory form a filing fee of one hundred fifty dollars. In addition to the filing fee, the owner or operator shall submit with the inventory form the following additional f...

Section 3750.14 | Emergency planning and community right-to-know fund.

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the emergency planning and community right-to-know fund. Moneys received by the emergency response commission under section 3750.13 of the Revised Code and civil penalties imposed under division (B) of section 3750.20 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the fund until an aggregate amount of five million dollars has been credited to it during a fiscal year. All mo...

Section 3750.15 | Emergency planning and community right-to-know reserve fund.

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the emergency planning and community right-to-know reserve fund consisting of all moneys credited to it under section 3750.14 of the Revised Code. Fifty per cent of the moneys in the reserve fund shall be used for the grant program under division (B) of this section, and fifty per cent of the moneys shall be held in reserve for the purposes of division (C) of this sec...

Section 3750.16 | Right of entry.

...A member of the emergency response commission or his designated representative who also is an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, a member of the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district having territorial jurisdiction who is also an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, or the designated representative of the fire department having territo...

Section 3750.17 | Prohibitions.

...(A) No person shall violate any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. (B) No person shall falsify, tamper with, or render inaccurate any information or records required to be submitted under any section of this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or an order issued under it. Violation of this division is not also a violation of division (C) of this section and is not falsification under s...

Section 3750.18 | Orders for enforcement.

...The executive committee of the emergency response commission may issue orders requiring the owner or operator of a facility or other responsible person at a facility to abate a violation of any section of this chapter or a rule adopted under it, and orders requiring a local emergency planning committee or fire department to comply with this chapter or rules adopted under it. Enforcement orders issued under this sect...

Section 3727.181 | Hospital workplace violence incident reporting system.

...scriminating or retaliating against any health care employee for reporting to, or seeking assistance or intervention from, the employer, security agencies, law enforcement authorities, including hospital police departments, local emergency service organizations, or government agencies, or for participating in an incident investigation. All hospital systems and hospitals shall use their reporting systems to track th...

Section 3727.182 | [Former R.C. 3727.18, amended and renumbered by H.B. 452, 135th General Assembly, effective 4/9/2025] Notice regarding abuse or assault of hospital staff.

...(A) All hospitals shall post the notice described in division (B) of this section in accordance with this division. The notice may be posted in print or a digital sign format. Each hospital shall consider posting the notice in a conspicuous location in all of the following areas: (1) Major waiting room areas, including the waiting room areas of the emergency department, the labor and delivery department, the surgic...

Section 3727.19 | Vaccinations to be offered to patients.

...fuse vaccination. (D) The director of health may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as the director considers appropriate to implement this section.

Section 3727.20 | Option for placement of long-acting reversible contraceptive placed after delivery; exception.

...the hospital notifies the department of health in writing that it has a faith-based objection to the requirement.

Section 3727.21 | Hospitals may conduct discussions or negotiations concerning allocation of equipment or services.

...gotiations concerning the allocation of health care equipment or health care services, provided that the discussions or negotiations do not involve price-fixing or predatory pricing and are designed to achieve one or more of the following goals: (1) Reducing health care costs for consumers; (2) Improving access to health care services; (3) Improving the quality of patient care. Directors or trustees who participa...

Section 3750.19 | Appeals.

...The environmental review appeals commission created in section 3745.02 of the Revised Code has exclusive original jurisdiction over any matter that may be brought before it under Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code or this chapter. For purposes of this section, the terms "any person," "act," and "action" have the same meanings as in section 3745.04 of the Revised Code. Any person who has been aggrieved or adversely af...

Section 3750.20 | Prosecutions.

...(A) The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law of the city where a violation has occurred or is occurring, upon the written request of the executive committee of the emergency response commission, the local emergency planning committee, or the fire department having jurisdiction where the violation has occurred or is occurring, shall prosecute to termination or bring an ...

Section 3750.21 | Liability for disclosures.

...ficer or employee of a fire department, health professional, physician, nurse, or other person who receives information classified as a trade secret pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(2)(d) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code, information classified as a trade secret pursuant to division (B)(14) of that section, or information identified as confidential business information by rules adopted under divisio...

Section 3750.22 | Distribution by facility owner of copies of vulnerability assessment.

... the Ohio highway patrol, the office of homeland security, and the emergency management agency. (2) A local emergency planning committee, fire department, sheriff, or chief of police, or other public office that receives a vulnerability assessment or other security-sensitive information pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section may provide a copy of that assessment or information to any local emergency planning co...

Section 3750.99 | Penalty.

...(A) Whoever recklessly violates section 3750.06 of the Revised Code or an order issued under section 3750.18 of the Revised Code to enforce that section is guilty of a felony and shall be fined at least ten thousand but not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for at least two but not more than four years, or both. Each day of violation is a separate offense. Upon a second or subsequent conviction for...

Section 3751.01 | Hazardous substances definitions.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Confidential business information" means the types or categories of information identified in rules adopted by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA. (B) "EPCRA" means the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1728, 42 U.S.C. 11001, et seq. (C) "Facility" means all buildings, equipment, structures, and othe...

Section 3751.02 | Authority of director.

...The director of environmental protection may do any of the following: (A) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing requirements or authorizations that the director considers necessary or appropriate to implement and administer this chapter. (B) As the representative of the governor pursuant to EPCRA, request the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency t...

Section 3751.03 | Submission of toxic chemical release forms.

...(A)(1) On or before the first day of July of each year or as otherwise prescribed by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA, the owner or operator of a facility described in division (A)(2) of this section shall prepare and submit to the administrator a completed toxic chemical release form for each toxic chemical that was so manufactured, processed, or otherwise used at th...

Section 3751.04 | Specific chemical identity as trade secret.

...ide the specific chemical identity to a health professional, physician, or nurse pursuant to division (D) of this section. (C) The governor may, pursuant to EPCRA, request the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency to provide specific chemical identities that are claimed or have been determined to be trade secret information or the explanations and supplemental information supporting trad...

Section 3751.05 | Toxic chemical release reporting fund.

...All civil penalties received under division (B) of section 3751.10 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the toxic chemical release reporting fund, hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys credited to the fund shall be expended by the director exclusively for the purposes of implementing, administering, and enforcing this chapter and the rules adopted and orders issued under it.

Section 3727.22 | Request for approval of agreement to undertake cooperative action.

...may submit a request to the director of health on behalf of the hospitals for approval of an agreement to undertake the cooperative action. The request shall include all of the following: (1) A copy of the proposed agreement; (2) An implementation plan that states how and when the cooperative action identified in the agreement will meet one or more of the goals specified in division (A) of section 3727.21 of the Re...

Section 3727.23 | Adoption of rules.

...The director of health may adopt rules for the implementation of sections 3727.21 and 3727.22 of the Revised Code, including rules establishing procedures and criteria for the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative agreements under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code. If rules are adopted, they shall ensure that there is opportunity for public comment during the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative ag...

Section 3727.24 | State to provide direction, supervision, and control over approved cooperative agreements.

...uire the state, through the director of health and attorney general, to provide direction, supervision, and control over approved cooperative agreements entered into under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code. To achieve the goals specified in section 3727.21 of the Revised Code, this state direction, supervision, and control of cooperative agreements will provide state action immunity under federal antitrust laws to...

Section 3727.25 | Surgical smoke evacuation policy.

...acuation system. (C) The director of health may adopt any rules the director considers necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

Section 3751.06 | Enforcement.

...No political subdivision or local emergency planning committee of an emergency planning district established under section 3750.03 of the Revised Code shall enforce any ordinance, resolution, rule, or requirement for the reporting or providing of the names or amounts of toxic chemicals manufactured, processed, or otherwise used at facilities within the political subdivision or district; for the reporting or providing...

Section 3751.07 | Prohibitions.

...No person shall violate any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it.

Section 3751.08 | Right of entry.

...The director of environmental protection or his authorized representative, upon proper identification and upon stating the purpose and necessity of an inspection, may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property, real or personal, to inspect or investigate, obtain samples, and examine and copy records to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted and orders issued under it. The directo...

Section 3751.09 | Issuing abatement orders.

...The director of environmental protection may issue orders requiring the owner or operator of a facility where toxic chemicals are manufactured, processed, or otherwise used to abate a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. The director may issue such orders as final orders without issuing a proposed action under section 3745.07 of the Revised Code and, notwithstanding section 119.06 of ...

Section 3751.10 | Prosecutions.

...(A) The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law of the city where a violation has occurred or is occurring, upon the written request of the director of environmental protection, shall prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person who has violated or is violating any section of this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued under it. The c...

Section 3727.31 | Hospital price transparency definitions.

...w" means section 2718(e) of the "Public Health Service Act," 42 U.S.C. 300gg-18, and hospital price transparency rules adopted by the United States department of health and human services and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services implementing that section, including the rules and requirements under 45 C.F.R. 180. (G) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3722.01 of the Revised Code. ...

Section 3727.32 | Hospital to publish price lists.

...A hospital shall make public both of the following: (A) As described in section 3727.33 of the Revised Code, a digital file in a machine-readable format that contains a list of all standard charges, expressed in dollar amounts, for all hospital items or services; (B) As described in section 3727.34 of the Revised Code, a consumer-friendly list of standard charges for the hospital's shoppable services or an intern...

Section 3727.33 | Hospital standard charges list.

...isplayed in a prominent location on the home page of the hospital's publicly accessible internet web site or be accessible by selecting a dedicated link that is prominently displayed on that home page. If the hospital operates multiple locations and maintains a single internet web site, a separate list shall be posted for each location the hospital operates and shall be displayed in a manner that clearly associates t...

Section 3727.34 | Hospital shoppable services list; price estimator tool.

...y the name of the third-party payor and health plan associated with the charge and displayed in a manner that clearly associates the charge with the third-party payor and health plan; (3) The discounted cash price that applies to each shoppable service included on the list and any ancillary service or, if the hospital does not offer a discounted cash price for one or more of the shoppable or ancillary services on t...

Section 3727.35 | Submitting hospital price lists to director of health.

...price estimator tool to the director of health. The director shall prescribe the form in which the updated list or description is to be submitted.

Section 3727.36 | Compliance with hospital price transparency requirements.

...the Revised Code. (B) The director of health shall monitor each hospital's compliance with division (A) of this section. The monitoring may occur by any of the following methods: (1) Reviewing any credible analysis prepared regarding compliance or noncompliance by hospitals; (2) Auditing the internet web sites of hospitals for compliance; (3) Confirming that each hospital submits updated lists as required by ...

Section 3727.37 | Hospital price transparency corrective action plan.

...(A) If the director of health determines that a hospital has violated division (A) of section 3727.36 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue a notice of violation to the hospital. The director shall clearly explain in the notice the manner in which the hospital is not in compliance. When a notice of violation is issued, the director shall require the hospital to submit a corrective action plan to the directo...

Section 3727.38 | Hospital price transparency administrative penalty.

...on of the Revised Code, the director of health shall impose an administrative penalty on a hospital if the hospital does both of the following: (a) Violates division (A) of section 3727.36 of the Revised Code; (b) Violates division (D) of section 3727.37 of the Revised Code. (2) Each day a violation continues is considered a separate violation. (B) In imposing an administrative penalty under this section, the...

Section 3727.381 | Hospital price transparency fund.

...38 of the Revised Code. The director of health shall administer the fund. The amounts deposited shall be used for purposes of administering and enforcing sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code, except that the director may use a portion for purposes of informing the public about the availability of hospital price information and other consumer rights under those sections.

Section 3727.39 | Reports concerning hospital price transparency.

...The director of health shall prepare reports and submit them in accordance with all of the following: (A) On an annual basis, the director shall prepare a report on hospitals that are in violation of division (A) of section 3727.36 or division (D) of section 3727.37 of the Revised Code. (B) Within sixty days after any change to the federal price transparency law, the director shall prepare a report of the direct...

Section 3727.40 | [Former R.C. 3727.44, amended and renumbered by H.B. 173, 135th General Assembly, effective 4/3/2025] Rules.

...The director of health may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code. All rules adopted pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

Section 3727.46

...ty fee" means the portion of a bill for health care treatment that covers all the costs of delivering patient care, except for those that are billed by one or more physicians and other professionals. (2) "Governmental health plan" means a plan established or maintained for its beneficiaries by the government of the United States, the government of any state or political subdivision thereof, or by any agency or inst...

Section 3727.49 | Freestanding emergency department; notice.

... 162.408, on all claims for payment for health care services or goods. (D) The director of health may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which a freestanding emergency department is located for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining the freestanding emergency department from failure to comply with this section.

Section 3727.50 | Hospital nursing staff definitions.

...As used in this section and sections 3727.51 to 3727.57 of the Revised Code: (A) "Direct patient care" means care provided by a nurse with direct responsibility to carry out medical regimens or nursing care for one or more patients. (B) "Inpatient care unit" means a hospital unit, including an operating room or other inpatient care area, in which nursing care is provided to patients who...

Section 3727.51 | Hospital-wide nursing care committee.

...(A) Each hospital shall convene a hospital-wide nursing care committee not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section or, if the hospital is not treating patients on the effective date of this section, ninety days after the hospital begins to treat patients. The hospital shall select the members of the committee, subject to all of the following: (1) The hospital's...

Section 3727.52 | Duties of nursing care committee.

...A hospital-wide nursing care committee convened pursuant to section 3727.51 of the Revised Code shall do both of the following: (A) If one exists, evaluate the hospital's current nursing services staffing plan; (B) Recommend a nursing services staffing plan that is, at a minimum, consistent with current standards established by private accreditation organizations or governmental entities and ...