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...dings, and furnishings to any board of health of a general or combined health district. Upon acceptance by the board of health of the general or combined district, the board of county commissioners may convey the property, buildings, and furnishings to the board of health to be used as quarters by the board of health. The instrument conveying the property, buildings, and furnishings shall include a reverter cla...

...If the director of health charges that the health commissioner or a member of the board of health of a health district is guilty of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance or has failed to perform any or all of the duties required by sections 3701.10, 3701.29, 3701.81, 3707.08, 3707.14, 3707.16, 3707.47, and 3709.01 to 3709.36 of the Revised Code, the director shall notify the commissioner or board member as t...

...The board of health of a city or general health district hereby created shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties formerly conferred and imposed by law upon the board of health of a municipal corporation, and all such powers, duties, procedure, and penalties for violation of the sanitary regulations of a board of health of a municipal corporation are transferred to the board of health of a city o...

...ajority vote of its members, a board of health of a city or general health district may join a statewide boards of health association. Any such board may appropriate from its health fund an amount sufficient to pay the annual dues established by such association.

...A board of health of a city or general health district may appropriate from its health fund an amount to pay the annual dues for the health commissioner's membership in a statewide association of health commissioners.

...(A) The board of health of each city and of each general health district may establish a health district licensing council, to be appointed by the entity that has responsibility for appointing the board of health in the health district. The members of the council shall consist of one representative of each business activity for which the board of health operates a licensing program. To be appointed and remain a membe...

...As used in this section: (1) "Board of health" means 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. (2) "Credit card account" means any bank-issued credit card account, store-issued credit card account, financial institution-issued credit card account, financial depository-issued credit card account, affinity ...

...ng anything in this chapter, 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, or any person acting on the board's or authority's behalf, may issue an order or regulation that applies only to specific persons. Any order or regulation that applies to a class of persons in violation of this section is invalid and has...

...any order or regulation of the board of health of a city or general health district adopted in pursuance of those sections, or whoever interferes with the execution of an order or regulation of that nature by a member of the board or person authorized by the board, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both. No person shall be imprisoned for the first offense, an...

...or the purpose of protecting the public health from the hazards associated with exposure to asbestos, including the performance of air and bulk sampling. This category of specialists includes inspectors, management planners, health professionals, industrial hygienists, private consultants, or other individuals involved in asbestos risk identification or assessment or regulatory activities. (G) "Business entity" mea...

...umstances constituting an environmental health emergency that authorize the director to issue an emergency order under division (B) of section 3710.13 of the Revised Code; (6) Employee training standards, work practices that reduce the risk of contamination and recontamination of the environment, record-keeping requirements, action levels, project clearance levels, and other requirements that asbestos hazard abateme...

...ations for the purpose of assessing the health hazards associated with the presence of friable asbestos materials in order to determine the need for an asbestos hazard abatement project shall be conducted by an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist certified pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 3710. of the Revised Code.

...e United States occupational safety and health administration. (C) A business entity or public entity applying for an asbestos hazard abatement contractor's license shall, in addition to the other requirements of this section, provide at least one asbestos hazard abatement specialist, certified pursuant to this chapter and the rules adopted under it, for each asbestos hazard abatement project, and demonstrate to th...

...e United States occupational safety and health administration; (2) A description of procedures the business entity or public entity will use for the selection, utilization, handling, removal, and disposal of clothing to prevent contamination or recontamination of the environment and to protect the public health from the hazards associated with exposure to asbestos; (3) The name and address of each asbestos dispos...

...No asbestos hazard abatement contractor shall enter into an agreement to perform any aspect of an asbestos hazard abatement project unless the agreement is written and contains at least all of the following: (A) A requirement that all persons working on the project are licensed or certified by the director of environmental protection as required by this chapter; (B) A requirement that all project clearance levels...

...(A) Within fifteen business days after receiving an application, the director of environmental protection shall acknowledge receipt of the application and notify the applicant of any deficiency in the application. Within sixty calendar days after receiving a completed application, including all additional information requested by the director, the director shall issue a license or certificate or deny the application....

...(A) Prior to engaging in any asbestos hazard abatement project, an asbestos hazard abatement contractor shall do all of the following: (1) Prepare a written respiratory protection program as defined by the director of environmental protection pursuant to rule, and make the program available to the environmental protection agency, and workers at the job site if the contractor is a public entity or prepare a written...

...e United States occupational safety and health administration set forth in 29 C.F.R. 1926.1101; (2) Comply with all applicable rules adopted by the director of environmental protection pursuant to sections 3704.03 and 3710.02 of the Revised Code. (B) An asbestos hazard abatement contractor that is a public entity shall: (1) Provide workers with protective clothing and equipment and ensure that the workers invol...

...(A) As a means of protecting the public, each asbestos hazard abatement contractor licensed under this chapter shall maintain records of all asbestos hazard abatement projects which the contractor performs and make these records available to the the director of environmental protection upon request. The licensee shall maintain the records for at least thirty years. (B) The records required by this section shall incl...

... approval or renewal of a course on the health and safety aspects of asbestos hazard abatement activities which meets the requirements of division (A)(3) of section 3710.07 of the Revised Code by submitting a written application on forms provided by the director. (B) In order to obtain or renew approval, a person sponsoring a course shall substantially satisfy all of the following criteria: (1) Provide courses of i...

...Persons licensed, certified, or otherwise approved under the laws of another state to perform functions substantially similar to those of an asbestos hazard abatement contractor, asbestos hazard abatement specialist, asbestos hazard evaluation specialist, asbestos hazard abatement project designer, or asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technician, may apply to the director of environmental protection for licens...

...e United States occupational safety and health administration as the regulations pertain to asbestos; (4) The regulations adopted by the United States environmental protection agency pursuant to the "Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act," Title II of the "Federal Toxic Substances Control Act," 90 Stat. 2003, 15 U.S.C. 2641 et seq. (1986).

...tion necessary to meet an environmental health emergency involving asbestos. Any person to whom an order is directed shall immediately comply with the order. Upon application to the director, the person shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible, but no more than twenty days after receipt of the application by the director. (C) If the director determines, pursuant to division (B) of this section, that an enviro...

...(A) At the request of the director of environmental protection, the attorney general may commence a civil action for civil penalties and injunctions, in a court of common pleas, against any person who has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate this chapter, any rule adopted under this chapter, or any license or certificate issued under this chapter. (B) The court of common pleas in which an action for ...

...All civil and criminal penalties ordered pursuant to this chapter and paid as provided in the chapter, and all fees and other moneys collected pursuant to the chapter, shall be deposited in the non-title V clean air fund created in section 3704.035 of the Revised Code.