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...n does not apply to a hospital or other health care facility that is owned or operated by, or affiliated with, a state institution of higher education.

...es all of the following: (a) A county home or district home operated under Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code; (b) A health care facility, as defined in section 3702.30 of the Revised Code; (c) A hospice care program or pediatric respite care program, each as defined in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code, but only when providing care and services other than in a home; (d) A hospital, as defined in section 372...

...(A)(1) The department of health shall create a "Never Alone" information sheet that describes all of the duties, prohibitions, requirements, and rights established under section 3792.05 of the Revised Code, including the following: (a) That a congregate care setting is prohibited from denying a patient or resident access to an advocate except as provided in division (D)(2) or (E) of section 3792.05 of the Revised C...

...l subdivision" also includes a board of health of a city or general health district. (8) "Public official" means any officer, employee, or duly authorized agent or representative of a state agency or political subdivision. (9) "State agency" means any organized agency, board, body, commission, department, institution, office, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of...

...Definitions. As used in this chapter: (A) "Smoking" means inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated tobacco product or plant product intended for inhalation in any manner or in any form. "Smoking" includes the use of an electronic smoking device and a vapor product. "Smoking" does not include the burning of incense in a religious ceremony. (B) "Public place" means an enclosed area to which ...

...Smoking Prohibitions. (A) No proprietor of a public place or place of employment, except as permitted in section 3794.03 of this chapter, shall permit smoking in the public place or place of employment or in the areas directly or indirectly under the control of the proprietor immediately adjacent to locations of ingress or egress to the public place or place of employment. (B) A proprietor of a public place or pla...

...ll annually file with the department of health by the thirty-first day of January an affidavit stating the percentage of its gross income during the prior calendar year that was derived from the sale of cigars, cigarettes, pipes, or other smoking devices for smoking tobacco and related smoking accessories. (2) Any retail tobacco store that begins operation after December 7, 2006, or any existing retail tobacco sto...

..., it is in the best interests of public health that smoking of tobacco products be prohibited in public places and places of employment and that there be a uniform statewide minimum standard to protect workers and the public from the health hazards associated with exposure to secondhand smoke from tobacco. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed so as to further its purposes of protecting public ...

...Declaration of establishment as nonsmoking. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the owner, manager, operator, or other person in charge or control of an establishment, facility, or outdoor area which does not otherwise qualify as a public place or place of employment may declare such establishment, facility, or outdoor area as a nonsmoking place. Smoking shall be prohibited in any place declared non...

...Posting of signs; prohibition of ashtrays; responsibilities of proprietors. In addition to the prohibitions contained in section 3794.02 of this chapter, the proprietor of a public place or place of employment shall comply with the following requirements: (A) "No Smoking" signs or the international "No Smoking" symbol (consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a r...

...Duties of the Department of Health. This chapter shall be enforced by the department of health and its designees. The director of health shall within six months of December 7, 2006: (A) Promulgate rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement and enforce all provisions of this chapter; (B) Promulgate rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to prescribe a schedule of fi...

...er moneys received by the department of health for the purposes of this chapter shall be credited to the smoke free indoor air fund and used solely for the purposes of this chapter.

...sion of this chapter, the department of health or its designee shall investigate the report and, if it concludes that there was a violation, issue a warning letter to the proprietor or individual. (B) Upon a report of a second or subsequent violation of any provision of this chapter by a proprietor of a public place or place of employment or an individual, the department of health or its designee shall investigate ...

....01 of the Revised Code; (3) A nursing home; (4) A home health agency; (5) An intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities. (G) "Health care personnel" means physicians, nurses, physician assistants, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, emergency medical technicians-paramedic, medical technicians, dietitians, other authorized persons ac...

...vidual who is providing or has provided health care to a person who is preparing or has prepared to commit or who is attempting or has attempted to commit suicide with the assistance of the person sought to be enjoined; (6) An individual who has provided health care to a person who committed suicide with the assistance of the person sought to be enjoined; (7) A prosecuting attorney; (8) The attorney general. If a...

...ient's death; (B) Prohibit or preclude health care personnel acting under the direction of a person authorized to prescribe a patient's treatment and who carry out the responsibility to provide comfort care to the patient in good faith and while acting within the scope of their authority from dispensing, administering, or causing to be administered any particular medical procedure, treatment, intervention, or other ...

...(A) Except as provided in section 3795.03 of the Revised Code, no person shall knowingly cause another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide by doing either of the following: (1) Providing the physical means by which the other person commits or attempts to commit suicide; (2) Participating in a physical act by which the other person commits or attempts to commit suicide. (B) Whoever violates division (A) o...

...does not include adult-use marijuana or homegrown marijuana. (3) "Academic medical center" has the same meaning as in section 4731.297 of the Revised Code. (4) "Drug database" means the database established and maintained by the state board of pharmacy pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code. (5) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and ...

...There is hereby established a division of cannabis control in the department of commerce under the supervision and direction of the superintendent of marijuana control as established under section 121.04 of the Revised Code. The cannabis control program is hereby established in the division of cannabis control. The division shall provide for the licensure of marijuana cultivators, processors, retail dispensaries, and...

...cal marijuana, adult-use marijuana, and homegrown marijuana; (11) Establish procedures for the issuance of patient or caregiver identification cards; (12) Specify the forms of or methods of using adult-use marijuana and medical marijuana that are attractive to children; (13) Establish a program to assist medical marijuana patients who are veterans or indigent in obtaining medical marijuana in accordance with...

...(A) The director of commerce may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules that establish a closed-loop payment processing system under which the state creates accounts to be used only by registered patients and caregivers at licensed dispensaries as well as by all license holders under this chapter. The system may include record-keeping and accounting functions that identify all parties invol...

...of the following: (A) The agency for health care research and quality; (B) The national institutes of health; (C) The national academy of sciences; (D) The centers for medicare and medicaid services; (E) The United States department of defense; (F) The centers for disease control and prevention; (G) The United States department of veterans affairs; (H) The drug enforcement administration; (...

...ing: (1) Cultivate, grow, and possess homegrown marijuana plants at the adult-use consumer's primary residence, if all of the following apply: (a) Not more than six homegrown marijuana plants are cultivated or grown by each adult-use consumer; (b) Not more than twelve homegrown marijuana plants are cultivated or grown at a single residence; (c) Cultivation or growing of homegrown marijuana takes place only wi...

...(A) When establishing the number of cultivator licenses that will be permitted at any one time, the division of cannabis control shall consider all of the following: (1) The population of this state; (2) The number of patients seeking to use medical marijuana; (3) The number of adult-use consumers seeking to use adult-use marijuana. (B)(1) Not more than four hundred licensed dispensaries shall be permitted...

...ical marijuana, adult-use marijuana and homegrown marijuana, all of the following apply: (1) The smoking or combustion of medical marijuana is prohibited. (2) No person shall knowingly consume adult-use marijuana or homegrown marijuana by smoking, combustion, or vaporization or knowingly consume medical marijuana by vaporization in any place other than privately owned real property that is used primarily for re...