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...(A) Any record, document, report, or other information presented to the PAMR board, as well as all statements made by board members during board meetings, all work products of the board, and data submitted to the department of health by the board, other than the biennial reports described in section 3738.08 of the Revised Code, are confidential and not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Such ma...

...(A) An individual or public or private entity providing records, documents, reports, or other information to the PAMR board is immune from any civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that otherwise might be incurred or imposed as a result of providing the records, documents, reports, or information to the board. (B) Each board member is immune from any civil liability for injury, death, or ...

...(A) The PAMR board shall prepare a biennial report that does all of the following: (1) Summarizes the board's findings from the reviews completed in the immediately preceding two calendar years, including any trends or patterns identified by the board; (2) Makes recommendations on how pregnancy-associated deaths may be prevented, including changes that should be made to policies and laws; (3) Includes any other...

...The director of health shall adopt rules that are necessary for the implementation of sections 3738.01 to 3738.08 of the Revised Code, including rules that do all of the following: (A) Establish a procedure for the PAMR board to follow in conducting pregnancy-associated death reviews; (B) Specify the data and other relevant information the board must use when conducting pregnancy-associated death reviews; (C) E...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Agent" means any person licensed by a county auditor or the tax commissioner to purchase and affix adhesive or meter stamps on packages of cigarettes pursuant to Chapter 5743. of the Revised Code. (B) "Brand family" means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not l...

...Except as otherwise permitted in section 3739.12 of the Revised Code, no person shall sell or offer to sell cigarettes in this state or sell or offer to sell cigarettes to persons located in this state unless all of the following requirements are met: (A) The manufacturer of the cigarettes has the cigarettes tested in accordance with the testing method specified in section 3739.03 of the Revised Code or th...

...(A) A manufacturer shall have a laboratory conduct the testing required under division (B) of this section. The laboratory that the manufacturer uses for the testing shall be accredited pursuant to the international organization for standardization and international electrotechnical commission standard 17025 of the international organization for standardization, or another comparable accreditation standard req...

...(A) If a manufacturer manufactures a cigarette that the state fire marshal determines cannot be tested in accordance with division (B) of section 3739.03 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall require the manufacturer to propose and submit a test method and performance standard for the cigarette to the state fire marshal for approval. If the state fire marshal determines that the test method and perf...

...(A) Each manufacturer shall maintain copies of the reports of all tests conducted on all cigarettes offered for sale in this state for a period of three years after a test is concluded, and shall make copies of these reports available to the state fire marshal and the attorney general upon receipt of a written request from the state fire marshal or attorney general. (B) No manufacturer shall fail to make t...

...(A) A manufacturer, shall place a marking on each package of cigarettes that is certified under section 3739.07 of the Revised Code. The marking shall be in eight-point type or larger, permanently printed, stamped, engraved, or embossed upon the cigarette package or cellophane wrap at or near the UPC code on the package, and consist of only the letters "FSC" that shall signify "fire standards compliant." (...

...(A) Each manufacturer shall submit to the state fire marshal a written certification that each type of cigarette listed in the certification has been tested in accordance with division (B) of section 3739.03 or section 3739.04 of the Revised Code and each type of cigarette listed in the certification meets the performance standard set forth in division (B) of section 3739.03 of the Revised Code or approved unde...

...Each cigarette a manufacturer lists in a certification submitted pursuant to section 3739.07 of the Revised Code for which the manufacturer uses lowered permeability bands in the cigarette paper to comply with the testing requirements described in division (B) of section 3739.03 of the Revised Code shall have either of the following bands surrounding the tobacco column: (A) For cigarettes on which bands are n...

...A manufacturer shall recertify each cigarette the manufacturer certifies pursuant to section 3739.07 of the Revised Code every three years. A manufacturer that certifies a cigarette in accordance with that section and that subsequently makes any change to that cigarette that alters the cigarette in such a way that the manufacturer knows that the cigarette is likely to no longer meet the standard specified in ...

...A manufacturer that certifies its cigarettes in accordance with section 3739.07 of the Revised Code shall provide a copy of the certifications to each wholesale dealer and agent to which the manufacturer sells cigarettes and shall provide sufficient copies of an illustration of the package marking used by the manufacturer pursuant to section 3739.06 of the Revised Code for each retail dealer to which the wholes...

...Each violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it constitutes a separate civil violation for which the state fire marshal may obtain relief. Upon obtaining judgment for injunctive relief under this section, the state fire marshal shall provide a copy of the judgment to all wholesale dealers and agents to which the cigarette has been sold. To enforce the requirements of this chapter, t...

...(A) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any person or entity from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements specified in this chapter if the cigarette's packaging is or will be stamped for sale in another state or is packaged for sale outside of the United States, and that person or entity has taken reasonable steps to ensure that those cigarettes will not be sold ...

...arshal and attorney general may adopt rules, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, as necessary to administer this chapter. The tax commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to division (M) of section 5703.05 of the Revised Code and section 5703.14 of the Revised Code, as necessary to enforce this chapter.

...The state fire marshal shall periodically evaluate the effectiveness of this chapter. The state fire marshal shall submit a report that consists of the state fire marshal's findings to the general assembly on the first day of the forty-ninth month after the effective date of this section, and every three years after that date.

...Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no political subdivision of this state may enact or enforce any ordinance or other local law or regulation that conflicts with or preempts this chapter or any policy of this state expressed in this chapter.

...red to comply with this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it if a federal reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard that preempts this chapter or rules adopted under it is adopted and becomes effective.

...In addition to any other immunities, defenses, and exclusions provided under the Revised Code, the state, the department of taxation, the department of commerce, the division of the fire marshal within the department of commerce, and any employees of the state, either department, or the division, are immune from liability in any civil action or proceeding arising from the performance or nonperformance of an...

...reasury the fire prevention and public safety fund. Moneys collected from penalties assessed under divisions (B) to (E) of section 3739.99 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the fund. The state fire marshal shall use this fund to support fire safety and prevention programs. If the department of taxation has expenses for the storage or destruction of cigarettes as required by this chapter, the state fi...

...(A) A manufacturer who violates division (B) of section 3739.05 of the Revised Code shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each day after the sixtieth day that the manufacturer fails to comply with that division. (B) A manufacturer, wholesale dealer, agent, or any other person other than a retail dealer who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes in violation of sectio...

...to maintain the individual's health and safety, including picking up prescriptions and groceries. (R) "Physical therapy" has the same meaning as in section 4755.40 of the Revised Code. (S) "Skilled home health services" means any of the following: (1) Any service identified in divisions (G)(1) to (5) of this section; (2) Any other service the director of health designates as a skilled home health service ...

...Beginning one year after the effective date of this section : (A)(1) No home health agency shall do either of the following unless the agency holds a current, valid license to provide skilled home health services issued under this chapter: (a) Provide skilled home health services through one or more employees; (b) Hold the agency, or any employee of the agency, out as a provider of skilled home health servic...