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...The director of agriculture shall create within the department of agriculture a position to be filled by an individual knowledgeable in food safety and the epidemiology of foodborne illness. The director of health shall create within the department of health a position to be filled by an individual knowledgeable in food safety rules concerning food service operations and the epidemiology of foodborne illness. The ind...

...Trade secrets and other forms of information that under this chapter are required to be furnished to or are procured by a licensor of retail food establishments 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, th...

...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...

...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 the provision of food nutrition information and consumer incentive items. The regulation of the provision of food nutrition information and consumer incentive items at food service operations and how food service operations are characterized are...

...partment, division, board, commission, agency, or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision. (M) "Sanitary sewerage system" means pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, force mains, and all other constructions, devices, appurtenances, and facilities that convey sewage to a central sewage treatment plant and that are required to obtain a permit under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code. (N) "Septage ...

...vision of, the environmental protection agency or an environmental health specialist registered under Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code documents that there is ponding of liquid or bleeding of liquid onto the surface of the ground or into surface water and the liquid has a distinct sewage odor, a black or gray coloration, or the presence of organic matter and any of the following: (a) The presence of sewage efflue...

...mployed by the environmental protection agency, one shall be selected from among soil scientists in the division of soil and water conservation in the department of agriculture, and one shall be a representative of a statewide organization representing townships. (2) Of the members appointed by the president of the senate, one shall be a health commissioner who is a member of and recommended by the association of ...

...substances forfeited and destroyed. The agency served by the peace officer who obtained or took custody of the controlled substances may destroy them or may send them to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation for destruction by it. A record of the place where the controlled substances were seized, of the kinds and quantities of controlled substances so destroyed, and of the time, place, and manner...

...ection 2925.03 of the Revised Code. The agency that receives the fine shall use the fine as specified in division (F) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code. (E) Whoever violates section 3719.05, 3719.06, 3719.13, or 3719.31 or division (B) of section 3719.172 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of section 3719.05, 3719.06, ...

...persede federal requirements for survey agency complaint investigations.

... prevention or a successor committee or agency. (2) "Certified nurse-midwife," "clinical nurse specialist," and "certified nurse practitioner" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (B)(1) Each home shall, on an annual basis, offe...

...Every person desiring to operate a home and the superintendent or administrator of each county home or district home for which a license as a residential care facility is sought shall apply for a license to the director of health. The director shall issue a license for the home, if after investigation of the applicant and, if required by section 3721.02 of the Revised Code, inspection of the home, the following...

...e department of medicaid or contracting agency has taken action under section 5165.77 of the Revised Code to appoint a temporary manager or seek injunctive relief, if, in the judgment of the director of health, real and present danger exists at any home, the director may petition the court of common pleas of the county in which the home is located for such injunctive relief as is necessary to close the home, transfer...

...he administrator of any other facility, agency, or program that provides direct care to older adults that is owned or operated by the same entity that owns or operates the home or program; (4) A court, hearing officer, or other necessary individual involved in a case dealing with a denial of employment of the applicant or dealing with employment or unemployment benefits of the applicant; (5) Any person to whom th...

...rd the resident and a person or public agency that brings an action on behalf of a resident reasonable attorney's fees. If a home discharges a resident to whom or to whose sponsor information concerning its status relative to the medicaid program was not provided as required under this section, the court shall grant any appropriate relief including, but not limited to, actual damages, reasonable attorney's fee...

...ng hospice care program and home health agency workers, emergency medical services personnel, dialysis technicians, clinical laboratory technicians, radiology technicians, social workers, clergy members, hair salon personnel, and contractors conducting critical on-site maintenance. A facility may, however, restrict such an individual from providing services in the facility if the individual is subject to a work exclu...

...m care facilities, or by any government agency or person, including an employee organization. (3) The director shall not approve or reapprove a training and competency evaluation program conducted by or in a long-term care facility that was determined by the director or the United States secretary of health and human services to have been out of compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), (c), or (d) of sec...

...evice is installed by a law enforcement agency and used solely for a bona fide law enforcement purpose.

...no person and no political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of this state shall operate a hospital without holding a license issued by the director of health under section 3722.03 of the Revised Code. (C) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of the following: (1) A hospital operated by the federal government; (2) An ambulatory surgical facility or other health care facility licensed as d...

..., each person or political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of this state, including a state university, seeking to operate a hospital shall apply to the director of health for a license to operate a hospital. The director of health shall not consider any application for licensure until the date that is one year after the effective date of this section . An application shall be submitted in the form and man...

...rnment entity" means the state, a state agency as defined in section 1.60 of the Revised Code, a political subdivision, or any entity of local government. (F) "Radon mitigation" means the application or installation of methods or materials to reduce airborne radon concentrations in a building or to prevent the entry of radon into the indoor atmosphere. (G) "Radon laboratory" means a business entity or government en...

...United States environmental protection agency. (C) The director shall adopt rules establishing criteria and procedures for approving training courses under section 3723.07 of the Revised Code. The rules may require that participants in training courses pass an examination conducted by the operator of the course and may require that the examinations be approved by the director. (D) The director shall adopt rul...

...sed Code or conflicting procedure of an agency or board shall apply regarding a person who buries or cremates fetal remains in accordance with section 3726.15 of the Revised Code.

...A hospital shall promptly notify in writing the director of health, the emergency medical services division of the department of public safety, and the appropriate regional directors and regional advisory boards appointed under section 4765.05 of the Revised Code if any of the following occurs: (A) The hospital ceases to be an adult or pediatric trauma center verified by the American college of surgeons. (B) The ho...

...control and prevention or its successor agency. (2) "Certified nurse-midwife," "clinical nurse specialist," and "certified nurse practitioner" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (B) Each hospital shall offer to each patient wh...