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...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...

...ent 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 fines for violations of th...

...Smoke Free Indoor Air Fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury the smoke free indoor air fund. All fines collected pursuant to this chapter and any grant, contribution, or other 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.

...Enforcement; Penalties. (A) Upon the receipt of a first report that a proprietor of a public place or place of employment or an individual has violated any provision 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 a...

...As used in sections 3795.01, 3795.02, and 3795.03 of the Revised Code: (A) "Assist suicide" or "assisting suicide" means knowingly doing either of the following, with the purpose of helping another person to commit or attempt suicide: (1) Providing the physical means by which the person commits or attempts to commit suicide; (2) Participating in a physical act by which the person commits or attempts to commi...

...(A) Assisting suicide is hereby declared to be against the public policy of the state. (B) A court of common pleas shall grant an injunction enjoining any action related to assisting suicide if it finds there is reason to believe that the person enjoined is preparing to assist a suicide, is in the course of assisting a suicide, or has assisted a suicide. The injunction shall prohibit the person from assisting any su...

...Nothing in section 3795.01, 3795.02, or 3795.04 of the Revised Code shall do any of the following: (A) Prohibit or preclude a physician, certified nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or clinical nurse specialist who carries out the responsibility to provide comfort care to a patient in good faith and while acting within the scope of the physician's or nurse's authority from prescribing, dispensing, administ...

...(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...

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Marijuana" means marihuana as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Medical marijuana" means marijuana that is cultivated, processed, dispensed, tested, possessed, or used for a medical purpose. (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 stat...

...There is hereby established a division of marijuana control in the department of commerce. The medical marijuana control program is hereby established in the division of marijuana control. The division shall provide for the licensure of medical marijuana cultivators, processors, retail dispensaries, and laboratories that test medical marijuana. The division shall also provide for the registration of patients and thei...

...(3) A member who represents local law enforcement; (4) A member who represents employers; (5) A member who represents labor; (6) A member who represents persons involved in mental health treatment; (7) A member who is a nurse; (8) A member who represents caregivers; (9) A member who represents patients; (10) A member who represents agriculture; (11) A member who represents persons involved in the treatment of...

...nistration and the implementation and enforcement of this chapter. (D) When adopting rules under this section, the division shall consider standards and procedures that have been found to be best practices relative to the use and regulation of medical marijuana.

...harmacy and all state and federal law enforcement agencies, including the United States department of the treasury's financial crimes enforcement network.

... of veterans affairs; (H) The drug enforcement administration; (I) The food and drug administration; (J) Any board recognized by the national institutes of health for the purpose of evaluating the medical value of health care services.

...(A) When establishing the number of cultivator licenses that will be permitted at any one time, the division of marijuana control shall consider both of the following: (1) The population of this state; (2) The number of patients seeking to use medical marijuana. (B) When establishing the number of retail dispensary licenses that will be permitted at any one time, the division shall consider all of the follow...

...(A) Only the following forms of medical marijuana may be dispensed under this chapter: (1) Oils; (2) Tinctures; (3) Plant material; (4) Edibles; (5) Patches; (6) Any other form approved by the division of marijuana control under section 3796.061 of the Revised Code. (B) With respect to the methods of using medical marijuana, all of the following apply: (1) The smoking or combustion of medical ...

...(A) Any person may submit a petition to the state division of marijuana control requesting that a form of or method of using medical marijuana be approved for the purposes of section 3796.06 of the Revised Code. A petition shall be submitted to the division in a manner prescribed by the division. A petition shall not seek to approve a method of using medical marijuana that involves smoking or combustion. (B) On re...

...The department of commerce shall establish and maintain an electronic database to monitor medical marijuana from its seed source through its cultivation, processing, testing, and dispensing. The department may contract with a separate entity to establish and maintain all or any part of the electronic database on behalf of the department. The electronic database shall allow for information regarding medical marijuana...

...(A)(1) Until one hundred eighty days following the effective date of this amendment , a patient seeking to use medical marijuana or a caregiver seeking to assist a patient in the use or administration of medical marijuana shall apply to the state board of pharmacy for registration. On and after one hundred eighty days following the effective date of this amendment , a patient seeking to use medical marijuana or a car...

...(A) An entity that seeks to cultivate or process medical marijuana or to conduct laboratory testing of medical marijuana shall file an application for licensure with the department of commerce. The entity shall file an application for each location from which it seeks to operate. Each application shall be submitted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3796.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall ...

...(A) An entity that seeks to dispense at retail medical marijuana shall file an application for licensure with the division of marijuana control. The entity shall file an application for each location from which it seeks to operate. Each application shall be submitted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3796.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The division shall issue a license to an applicant if all of the foll...

...(A)(1) Notwithstanding section 149.43 of the Revised Code or any other public records law to the contrary or any law relating to the confidentiality of tax return information, upon the request of the division of marijuana control, the department of taxation shall provide to the division all of the following information: (a) Whether an applicant for licensure under this chapter is in compliance with the applicable ...

...(A) As used in this section, "criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) As part of the application process for a license issued under this chapter, the division of marijuana control shall require each of the following to complete a criminal records check: (a) An administrator or other person responsible for the daily operation of the entity seeking the licens...

...(A) Each person seeking employment with an entity licensed under this chapter shall comply with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, such an entity shall not employ the person unless the person has submitted a criminal records check under those sections. The report of the resulting criminal records check shall demonstrate that the person has not been con...