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...As used in this section, "alien" means an individual who is not a citizen of the United States. Any 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 employ...

...solation 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 other persons in charge of such schools or other gatherings shall exclude any such person until he presents a written permit of the board to attend.

...ntined in a county by a city or 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 ...

...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.

...ithin 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 family of the deceased and such other persons as are actually necessary may be present at the burial or cremation.

...No person, who has a contagious or infectious disease, or who has been exposed to a contagious or infectious disease, may be sent or admitted to a prison; jail; workhouse; infirmary; children's home; state hospital or institution for persons who are blind, persons with mental illnesses, or persons with intellectual disabilities; school for the blind or deaf; or other state or county benevolent institution without fir...

...e rules and orders of the department of health to that effect. The trustees or managers of any benevolent or correctional institution may erect any necessary temporary building for the reception of the affected persons or for the detention of persons exposed to the listed diseases and may remove the persons to, and confine them in, the building.

...The trustees or managers of any institution mentioned in section 3707.21 of the Revised Code may contract for the care, treatment, or detention of any persons affected with or exposed to any disease mentioned in such section with any corporation having a hospital or other proper place for the isolation or care of persons having or exposed to contagious disease, and may remove such persons to such hospital or place. I...

... 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, or passengers and the sanitary condition of the baggage and freight.

...No owner, consignee, assignee, or 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.

...es 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.

...in its judgment necessary, the board of health of a city or general health district shall inspect the sanitary condition of all schools and school buildings within its jurisdiction, and may disinfect any school building. When a dangerous communicable disease is unusually prevalent and verified positive cases of the disease have been documented in a specific school building, the board may close that specific school bu...

...The board of health of a city or general health district may take measures, supply agents, and afford inducements and facilities for gratuitous vaccination, or may make reasonable charges for such vaccination. Where a city or general health district provides vaccinations using a vaccine provided by the Ohio department of health, the city or general health district shall pay fifty cents for each such vaccination whic...

...hen expenses are incurred by a board of health under sections 3707.01 to 3707.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code, upon application and certificate from such board, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall pass the necessary appropriation ordinances to pay such expenses. The legislative authority may levy and set apart the necessary sum to pay such expenses and to carry such sections into effect.

...dings shall be approved by the board of health of the city or general health district in which such hospital is to be located. The legislative authority may issue bonds and apply the proceeds thereof to such construction if, at an election held for that purpose, two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor thereof. Such bonds may not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, with a rate or rates of interest not to exceed t...

...boardinghouse, tenement house, or other public place in the municipal corporation, the board, if it deems it necessary for the protection of the public health, may remove such person to such hospital, where all needful provisions shall be made for the person's care and treatment. If such person is able, the expense so incurred shall be paid by the person.

...en great emergency exists, the board of health of a city or general health district may seize, occupy, and temporarily use for a quarantine hospital a suitable vacant house or building within its jurisdiction. The board of a district within which is located a municipal corporation having a quarantine hospital shall have exclusive control of such hospital.

...The board of health of a city or general health district may erect temporary wooden buildings or field hospitals necessary for the isolation or protection of persons or freight supposed to be infected, and may employ nurses, physicians, and laborers sufficient to operate them, and sufficient police to guard them. Such board may cause the disinfection, renovation, or destruction of bedding, clothing, or other property...

... a meeting of the board compromises the public health. (B) Each board of health shall adopt a policy, subject to the approval of the district advisory council or city council for city health districts not governed by an advisory council, specifying the actions that a health commissioner may take pursuant to this section. Any action a health commissioner takes in accordance with the board's policy is deemed an action...

...The board of health of a city or general health district may appoint, define the duties of, and fix the compensation of the number of inspectors of shops, wagons, appliances, and food, and the number of other persons necessary to carry out this chapter and Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code and, if applicable, to carry out any duties assumed by the board under an agreement entered into under division (A)(2) of section...

...al corporation may empower the board of health of the city or general health district of which the municipal corporation is a part to employ such number of scavengers for the removal of swill, garbage, and offal from the houses, buildings, yards, and lots within the municipal corporation as are necessary. In such case, the board may make contracts therefor, subject to the approval of the legislative authority and sig...

...As used in sections 3707.40 to 3707.46 of the Revised Code, "sanitary plant" means a structure with necessary land, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances required for the treatment, purification, transfer, and disposal in a sanitary manner of the sewage, solid wastes as defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, or any other liquid or solid wastes of a municipal corporation.

...Upon the recommendation of the board of health of the city or general health district in which a municipal corporation is located, or, if the powers of such board have been vested in any other officer or board, upon the recommendation of such officer or board, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation may cause plans and estimates to be prepared and acquire by condemnation or otherwise such lands within...

...stes, or any substance injurious to the health of the municipal corporation.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may contract for a period of not to exceed five years for the collection and removal of the garbage, night soil, dead animals, and other solid waste substances mentioned in section 3707.42 of the Revised Code at the expense of the municipal corporation or at the expense of persons responsible for the existence of such waste substances.

... under division (B) of this section are public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Whoever violates section 3707.03 of the Revised Code, unless good and sufficient reason therefor is shown, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 3707.06 or section 3707.48 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...The state shall be divided into health districts. Each city constitutes a city health district. The townships and villages in each county shall be combined into a general health district. As provided for in sections 3709.051, 3709.07, and 3709.10 of the Revised Code, there may be a union of two or more general health districts, a union of two or more city health districts to form a single city health district, or a...

...board or authority, including the term "public health."

...reditation standards promulgated by the public health accreditation board. (C) The director of health shall provide technical and financial assistance to each city described in division (A) of this section and shall oversee any efficiency and effectiveness study conducted. (D) If, based on the criteria described in division (B) of this section, the study indicates that a merger would be efficient and effective,...

...(A) In each general health district there shall be a board of health consisting of five members to be appointed as provided in sections 3709.03 and 3709.41 of the Revised Code. The term of office of the members shall be five years from the date of appointment, except that of those first appointed one shall serve for five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and the...

...There is hereby created in each general health district a district advisory council. A council shall consist of the president of the board of county commissioners, the chief executive of each municipal corporation not constituting a city health district, and the chairperson of the board of township trustees of each township. The board of county commissioners, the legislative body of a municipal corporation, and the ...

...If in any general health district the district advisory council fails to meet or to select a board of health, the director of health may appoint a board of health for such district which shall have and exercise all powers conferred on a board of health of a general health district.

...(A) Unless an administration of public health different from that specifically provided in this section is established and maintained under authority of its charter, or unless a combined city health district is formed under section 3709.051 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of each city constituting a city health district shall establish a board of health. The board of health shall be composed of five me...

...Two or more city health districts may be united to form a single city health district by a majority affirmative vote of the legislative authority of each city affected by the union. If at least three per cent of the qualified electors residing within each of two or more city health districts sign a petition proposing a union into a single city health district, an election shall be held as provided in this sec...

...to a contract for the administration of public health affairs in the combined district. Such contract shall state the proportion of expenses of the board of health or health department of the combined district to be paid by each city. Unless the proposal establishing the district as contained in the petition and submitted to the electors provides for the board of health of the new district, the contract may provide t...

...If any city constituting a city health district fails to establish a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, the director of health may appoint a health commissioner for such city, and fix the commissioner's salary and term of office. Such commissioner shall have the same powers and perform the duties granted to or imposed upon a board of health of a city health district, except that rules, regulat...

...en it is proposed that one or more city health districts unite with a general health district in the formation of a single district, the district advisory council of the general health district shall meet and vote on the question of union. It shall require a majority affirmative vote of the members of the district advisory council to carry the question. The legislative authority of each city constituting a city healt...

...esiding within each of one or more city health districts and a general health district sign a petition for union into a single general health district, an election shall be held as provided in this section to determine whether a single general health district shall be formed. The petition for union may specify regarding the board of health of the new district: (A) The qualifications for membership; (B) The te...

...into a contract to provide some or all public health services for a board of health of another city or general health district. (B) Each contract entered under division (A) of this section shall do all of the following: (1) State the amount of money or the proportion of expenses to be paid by the board of health or authority having the duties of a board of health for such services and how it is to be paid; ...

...ision (B)(2) of this section: (a) "Semipublic disposal system" means a disposal system that treats the sanitary sewage discharged from publicly or privately owned buildings or places of assemblage, entertainment, recreation, education, correction, hospitalization, housing, or employment, but does not include a disposal system that treats sewage in amounts of more than twenty-five thousand gallons per day; a di...

...sure, the board of health shall hold a public hearing regarding each proposed fee for a service provided by the board for a purpose specified in section 3701.344, 3711.10, 3718.06, 3729.07, 3730.03, or 3749.04 of the Revised Code. If a public hearing is held, at least twenty days prior to the public hearing the board shall give written notice of the hearing to each entity affected by the proposed fee. The notic...

...a fee as required by rule of a board of health of a city or general health district pursuant to section 3709.09 of the Revised Code for an operation permit for, or for inspection of, a household sewage treatment system or a small flow on-site sewage treatment system located on the real property, the health commissioner of the city or general health district or the commissioner's designated representative shall notif...

...(A) A board of health of a city or general health district shall transmit to the director of health all fees or additional amounts that the director requires to be collected under sections 3701.344, 3718.06, 3729.07, and 3749.04 of the Revised Code. The fees and amounts shall be transmitted according to the following schedule: (1) For fees and amounts received by the board on or after the first day of January...

...t is proposed that two or more general health districts unite in the formation of one general health district, the district advisory council of each general health district shall meet and vote on the question of union. An affirmative majority vote of the district advisory council shall be required for approval. When the district advisory councils have voted affirmatively on the question, they shall meet in join...

...rse practitioner and who specializes in public health; a licensed dentist; a licensed veterinarian; a licensed podiatrist; a licensed chiropractor; or the holder of a master's degree in public health or an equivalent master's degree in a related health field as determined by the members of the board of health in a general health district. Notice of such appointment shall be filed with the director of health. The co...

...The board of health in a city health district shall elect one of its number president pro tempore, who shall preside in the absence of the chief executive and shall perform all duties incumbent upon the president. The board shall meet at least once in each calendar month for the transaction of business, and as much oftener as is necessary for the prompt and thorough transaction of its business. Special meetings of t...

...appoint for full or part time service a public health nurse and a clerk and such additional public health nurses, physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse practitioners, and other persons as are necessary for the proper conduct of its work. Such number of public health nurses may be employed as is necessary to provide adequate public health nursing service to all parts of the ...

...ealth commissioner and may appoint such public health nurses, clerks, physicians, and other persons as are necessary.

...s many persons for sanitary duty as the public health and sanitary conditions of the district require, and such persons shall have general police powers and be known as "sanitarians." The board may also appoint as many registered nurses for public health nurse duty as the public health and sanitary conditions of the district require, who shall be known as "public health nurses," and where such are appointed, the boar...