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...d of health of a city or general health district shall determine the duties and fix the salaries of its employees. No member of the board shall be appointed as health officer or ward physician. The board of health of any health district may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group life, hospitalization, surgical, major medical, sickness and accident insurance, or a combination of any of the foregoing ty...

...d of health of a city or general health district may procure a policy or policies of insurance insuring the members of the board, the health commissioner, and the employees of the board against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property resulting from any act or omission that occurs in the individual's official capacity as a member or employee of the board or resulting solely out of such members...

...d of health of a city or general health district to travel outside the district, such employee shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses incidental to such travel. No employee of a board shall be reimbursed for such travel unless prior approval has been granted by the board.

...d of health of a city or general health district may provide such infant welfare stations, prenatal clinics, and other measures for the protection of children as are necessary. It may also provide for the prevention and treatment of trachoma and may establish clinics or detention hospitals and provide the necessary medical and nursing service therefor.

...d of health of a city or general health district shall keep a complete and accurate record of the proceedings of the board together with a record of diseases reported to the health commissioner. The records shall be kept as required by the director of health. In each general health district, the health commissioner shall prepare a quarterly report detailing the board's activities during the preceding three months. T...

...A) The board of health of a city health district may make such orders and regulations as are necessary for its own government, for the public health, the prevention of restriction of disease, and the prevention, abatement, or suppression of nuisances. Orders and regulations not for the government of the board, but intended for the general public, shall be adopted, advertised, recorded, and certified as are ordinance...

...re that no human, animal, or household wastes from sanitary installations within the district be discharged into a storm sewer, open ditch, or watercourse without a permit therefor having been secured from the board under such terms as the board requires. All orders and regulations not for the government of the board, but intended for the general public, shall be adopted, recorded, and certified as are ordinan...

...d of health of a city or general health district made pursuant to section 3709.20 or 3709.21 of the Revised Code is not complied with in whole or in part, the board may petition the court of common pleas for injunctive or other appropriate relief requiring all persons to whom such order of the board is directed to comply with such order. The court of the county in which such offense is alleged to be occurring may gra...

...d of health of a city or general health district under section 3709.20 or 3709.21 of the Revised Code may apply to only the following persons: (A) Those who have been medically diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of the order or regulation; (B) Those who have come in direct contact with someone who has been medically diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of the order or regulation; (C) Those...

...d of health of a city or general health district shall study and record the prevalence of disease within its district and provide for the prompt diagnosis and control of communicable diseases. The board may also provide for the medical and dental supervision of school children, for the free treatment of cases of venereal diseases, for the inspection of schools, public institutions, jails, workhouses, children's homes...

...d of health of a city or general health district may provide for the carrying on of such laboratory work as is necessary for the proper conduct of its work. It may establish a district laboratory or may contract with any existing laboratory within or convenient to the district for the performance of such work or may unite with another district in the establishment of a joint laboratory. All state institutions support...

...d of health of a city or general health district may provide for the free treatment of cases of gonorrhea, syphilis, and chancroid. It may establish and maintain one or more clinics for such purpose and may provide for the necessary medical and nursing service therefor. The board may provide for the quarantine of such carriers of gonorrhea, syphilis, or chancroid, as the director of health orders to be quarantined. ...

...Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a minor may give consent for the diagnosis or treatment of any sexually transmitted infection by a licensed physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner. Such consent is not subject to disaffirmance because of minority. The consent of the parent, parents, or guardian of a minor is not required for such diagnosis or treatment...

...d of health of a city or general health district shall provide for the free distribution of antitoxin for the treatment of cases of diphtheria and shall establish sufficient distributing stations to render such antitoxin readily available in all parts of the district.

...ommissioner of a city or general health district may make frequent inspection of all county homes, children's homes, workhouses, jails, or other charitable, benevolent, or correctional institutions in the district, including physical examination of the inmates whenever necessary, and may make laboratory examinations of inmates as requested by any state or county official having jurisdiction over an institution.

...d of health of a city or general health district may establish detention hospitals for cases of communicable diseases and provide for the support and maintenance thereof. It may collect from persons committed to such hospitals the cost of the care and treatment of such persons while inmates therein. The expenses of such indigent persons as are committed to such hospitals shall be a proper charge against and shall be ...

...(A) If a general health district will receive any part of its revenue for a fiscal year from an appropriation apportioned among the townships and municipal corporations composing the district, the board of health of the district shall adopt an itemized appropriation measure under this section for that fiscal year on or before the first day of April of the immediately preceding fiscal year. If a general health d...

...d of health of a city or general health district may enter into an agreement with the legislative authority of a municipality in which such health district is totally or partially located, and such legislative authority may enter into an agreement with such board of health, whereby such board of health undertakes, and is authorized by such legislative authority to exercise any power, perform any function, or render a...

...of health of any city or general health district may participate in, receive or give financial and other assistance, and cooperate with other agencies or organizations, either private or governmental, in establishing and operating any federal program enacted prior to or after November 6, 1969, by the congress of the United States.

...m conducted by a city or general health district.

... meet the expenses of a general health district program will not be forthcoming to the board of health of such district out of the district health fund because the taxes within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient, the board of health shall certify the fact of such insufficiency to the board of county commissioners of the county in which such district is located. Such board of county commissioners is h...

...municable disease, if the moneys in the district health fund of a general health district are not sufficient, in the judgment of the board of health of the district, to defray the expenses necessary to prevent the spread of such disease, the board shall estimate the amount required for this purpose and apportion it among the townships and municipal corporations in which the condition exists, on the basis provided ...

... a city which constitutes a city health district shall be the custodian of the health fund of such city health district. The county treasurer of a county which constitutes all or the major portion of a general health district shall be the custodian of the health fund of the general health district. The county auditor of a county which constitutes all or a major portion of a general health district shall act as the a...

...sed Code to the director of budget and management for payment. Payment shall not be made unless: (A) The board or department has provided such information concerning services and costs as is requested by the director of health; (B) The certificate of the board of health or health department has been endorsed by the director of health; (C) The board or department has complied with section 3701.342 of the Rev...

...In general health districts the prosecuting attorney of the county constituting all or a major part of such district shall act as the legal advisor of the board of health. In a proceeding in which the board is a party the prosecuting attorney of the county in which such proceeding is instituted shall act as the legal representative of the board.