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... and schedule of frequency specified in rules adopted under section 3717.51 of the Revised Code. An inspection may be performed only by an individual registered as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code. Each inspection shall be recorded on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of health or a form approved by the director tha...

...Trade secrets and other forms of information that, under this chapter, are required to be furnished to or are procured by a licensor of food service operations shall be for the exclusive use and information of the licensor in the discharge of the licensor's official duties. The information shall not be open to the public or used in any action or proceeding in any court. If the licensor is a board of health, the boar...

... any requirement of this chapter or the rules adopted under it applicable to food service operations, including a violation evidenced by the documented failure to maintain sanitary conditions within the operation. (B)(1) Except in the case of a violation that presents an immediate danger to the public health, prior to initiating action to suspend or revoke a food service operation license, the licensor shall give th...

... the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it applicable to food service operations. Requests shall be made and assistance shall be provided in accordance with rules adopted by the director of health under section 3717.52 of the Revised Code. (C) At the request of the licensor, the attorney general or the prosecutor with jurisdiction in the area where a person or government entity allegedly has fai...

...ode, the director of health shall adopt rules regarding food service operations, as follows: (A) Licensing categories for food service operations and licensing requirements for each category; (B) Standards and procedures, including a schedule of frequency, for conducting inspections of food service operations; (C) Standards and procedures for conducting investigations of complaints pertaining to food service ...

...s and to abide by the Ohio uniform food safety code. The rules shall require, as part of a survey, both of the following: (a) The director to evaluate whether an individual registered as an environmental health specialist or an environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 4736. of the Revised Code who is employed by or has contracted with a board of health to enforce this chapter as it relates to food...

...ice operations. The director may adopt rules for that purpose in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, including rules that establish a schedule of civil penalties for violations of this section and rules adopted under it. Subject to the approval of the joint committee on agency rule review, portions of the rules may be adopted by referencing all or any part of any federal regulations pertaining to...

...Whoever violates section 3717.21 or 3717.41 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense; for a second offense or subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. Each day the violation continues is a separate offense.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Alter" means to change by making substantive replacements of, additions to, or deletions in the design or materials or to change the location of an existing sewage treatment system. (B) "Bedrock" means hard stratum that underlies unconsolidated surface materials or soil. (C) "Board of health" means the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having ...

...r Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it, the system routinely exceeds the effluent discharge limitations specified in the permit. (B) With respect to divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section, a property owner may request a test to be conducted by a board of health to verify that the sewage treatment system is causing a public health nuisance. The property owner is responsible for the costs o...

... treatment system under this chapter or rules adopted under it and shall be deemed approved if the system does not cause a public health nuisance or, if the system is causing a public health nuisance as provided in section 3718.011 of the Revised Code, repairs are made to the system that eliminate the public health nuisance as determined by the applicable board of health.

...cluding, but not limited to, tank seal safety specifications; (17) Establish standards and testing methods to ensure that all septic tanks, other disposal component tanks, dosing tanks, pump vaults, household sewage treatment disposal system holding tanks and privy vaults, or other applicable sewage disposal system components manufactured after September 17, 2010, and used in this state are watertight and stru...

...e treatment systems in accordance with rules adopted by the director of health under division (A)(13) of section 3718.02 of the Revised Code. If a board of health chooses to regulate small flow on-site sewage treatment systems, the board first shall send written notification to the director of health and the director of environmental protection. (B) If a board of health chooses to regulate small flow on-site...

...s chapter to the contrary, in adopting rules under division (A) of section 3718.02 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall consider the economic impact of the rules on property owners, the state of available technology, and the nature and economics of the available alternatives.

...(A) In accordance with rules adopted under division (A) of section 3718.02 of the Revised Code, a board of health shall approve or deny the installation, operation, or alteration of sewage treatment systems the use of which has been authorized in those rules or that have been approved for use in this state by the director of health under section 3718.04 of the Revised Code. The board shall approve an installati...

...The director of health in cooperation with a board of health shall assess the familiarity of the board's staff with best management practices in the use of sewage treatment systems, as necessary, and conduct appropriate training to educate the board's staff in those best management practices and in the use of any new sewage treatment system technology that is recommended for use by the sewage treatment system t...

...The environmental protection agency shall not require a board of health to enter into a memorandum of understanding or any other agreement with the agency regarding the issuance of national pollutant discharge elimination system permits for off-lot household sewage treatment systems. Rather, a representative of a board of health may meet with a person who intends to install such a system to determine the feasib...

...(A) There is hereby created the sewage treatment system technical advisory committee consisting of the director of health or the director's designee and thirteen members who are knowledgeable about sewage treatment systems and technologies. The director or the director's designee shall serve as committee secretary and may vote on actions taken by the committee. Of the thirteen members, five shall be appointed by the ...

...tems the use of which is authorized in rules adopted under section 3718.02 of the Revised Code shall request an application form from the department of health. The applicant shall complete the form and include with it all of the information that is required by the department and the sewage treatment system technical advisory committee. The applicant shall submit a completed application and all required informat...

...he use of which has been authorized in rules adopted under section 3718.02 of the Revised Code may request from the director of health a written statement acknowledging that the system or component of a system is approved for use in this state and that the approval is equivalent in all respects to the approval of a system or component of a system under section 3718.04 of the Revised Code. The director may appr...

...nister and enforce this chapter and the rules adopted under it; (B) Examine records of boards of health, in accordance with rules adopted by the director, that are determined necessary to ascertain compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it; (C) Review and approve or disapprove rules proposed by boards of health under division (B) of section 3718.02 of the Revised Code. The director shall not disa...

...g out its duties under this chapter and rules adopted under it, including fees for installation permits, operation permits, and alteration permits issued by the board. All fees so established and collected by the board shall be deposited in a special fund of the district to be used exclusively by the board in carrying out those duties. (B) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of h...

...to health districts and the applicable rules adopted by the director under this chapter. Upon determining that there is substantial compliance, the director shall place the district on an approved list. The director may resurvey an approved district if it is determined by the director to be necessary and may remove from the list a district that is found not to be substantially complying with the requirements o...

... a registration or permit issued under rules adopted under it.

...tice or hearing and in accordance with rules adopted by the director of health, may issue an emergency order requiring any action necessary to meet a public health emergency or to prevent or abate an imminent and substantial threat to surface water or ground water regarding domestic septage management or regarding a sewage treatment system that is being operated in a manner that does not comply with this chapt...