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... Except as provided in section 4715.73 of the Revised Code, a mobile dental facility operator or the operator's representative shall provide each patient receiving dental or dental hygiene services at a mobile dental facility, or the patient's representative, with all of the following: (A) The name of each individual who arranged for or provided dental or dental hygiene services to the patient; (B) The telephone ...

... Except as provided in section 4715.73 of the Revised Code, a mobile dental facility operator or the operator's representative shall notify the state dental board and all treatment venues not later than fourteen days after either of the following occurs: (A) There is a change in the address or telephone number of the operator. (B) The mobile dental facility ceases to operate. The notice must be provided in writ...

... Sections 4715.71 and 4715.72 of the Revised Code do not apply to a mobile dental facility that is under the control or management of any of the following, when the only services provided by the mobile dental facility are the placement of pit and fissure sealants and the application of fluoride varnish: (A) A program operated through a school district board of education or the governing board of an educational serv...

...(A) Whoever violates section 4715.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense. (B) Whoever violates section 4715.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 4715.09, 4715.19, 4715.20, 4715.29, 4715.32, 4715.39, 4715.52, or 4715.61 of the Revised Code is guilty of ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Embalming" means the process of chemically treating the dead human body by any of the following to reduce the presence and growth of microorganisms, to temporarily slow organic decomposition, and to restore acceptable physical appearance: (1) Arterial injection; (2) Cavity treatment; (3) Hypodermic tissue injection. (B) "Funeral business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, co...

...(A) There is hereby created the board of embalmers and funeral directors consisting of seven members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Five members shall be licensed practicing funeral directors, four of which shall also be licensed embalmers. Each of the funeral director members shall have at least ten consecutive years of experience in this state immediately preceding the da...

...(A) Members of the board of embalmers and funeral directors shall annually in July, or within thirty days after the senate's confirmation of the new members appointed in that year, meet and organize by selecting from among its members a president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer. The board may hold other meetings as it determines necessary. A quorum of the board consists of four members, of whom at least thre...

... (A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the government, transaction of the business, and the management of the affairs of the board of embalmers and funeral directors and the crematory review board, and for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. These rules shall include all of the following: (1) The nature, scope, con...

... (A) Any person who desires to be licensed as an embalmer shall apply to the board of embalmers and funeral directors on a form provided by the board. The applicant shall include with the application an initial license fee as set forth in section 4717.07 of the Revised Code and evidence, verified by oath and satisfactory to the board, that the applicant meets all of the following requirements: (1) The applicant is...

... (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any person who desires to obtain a permit as a crematory operator shall apply to the board of embalmers and funeral directors on a form prescribed by the board. The applicant shall include with the application the initial permit fee set forth in section 4717.07 of the Revised Code and evidence, verified under oath and satisfactory to the board, that the applica...

... (A)(1) A licensed funeral director who desires to obtain a license to operate a funeral home, a licensed embalmer who desires to obtain a license to operate an embalming facility, or a holder of a crematory operator permit who desires to obtain a license to operate a crematory facility shall apply to the board of embalmers and funeral directors on a form prescribed by the board. The application shall include the ini...

... (A) As used in this section, "license" and "applicant for an initial license" have the same meanings as in section 4776.01 of the Revised Code, except that "license" as used in both of those terms refers to the types of authorizations otherwise issued or conferred under this chapter. (B) In addition to any other eligibility requirement set forth in this chapter, each applicant for an initial license shall comply w...

... (A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall charge and collect the following fees: (1) For applying for an initial or biennial renewal of an embalmer's or funeral director's license, or a reactivation of a license as described in division (H) of section 4717.05 of the Revised Code, two hundred dollars; (2) For applying for an embalmer or funeral director certificate of apprenticeship, thirty-five do...

...(A) Every license and permit issued under this chapter expires on the last day of December of each even-numbered year and shall be renewed on or before that date according to the standard license renewal procedure set forth in Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code. Licenses and permits not renewed by the last day of December of each even-numbered year are lapsed. (B) A holder of a lapsed license to operate a funeral hom...

... (A) Every two years, licensed embalmers and funeral directors shall attend not less than twelve hours of educational programs as a condition for renewal of their licenses. The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall adopt rules governing the administration and enforcement of the continuing education requirements of this section. The board may contract with a professional organization or association or other t...

... (A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall issue an embalmer's or funeral director's license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant who holds a license in another state or who has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as an embalmer or funeral director in a state that does not issue that license. Suc...

...(A)(1) A person who is licensed to operate a funeral home shall surrender that person's license to operate a funeral home within thirty days after a change in any of the following: (a) The location of the funeral home; (b) The person who is actually in charge and ultimately responsible for the funeral home; (c) Ownership of the funeral home business that owns the funeral home that results in a majority of the owne...

...(A) The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this chapter: (1) An officer or employee of the department of health or any board of health, who, in compliance with rules or orders of the department of health or board of health, is preparing the body of a person whose death was caused by a virulent communicable disease; (2) An officer, employee, or licensed physician of a medical college, when an...

... (A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Engage in the business or profession of funeral directing unless the person is licensed as a funeral director under this chapter, is certified as an apprentice funeral director in accordance with rules adopted under section 4717.04 of the Revised Code and under the supervision of a funeral director licensed under this chapter, or is a student in a college of mortuar...

... (A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors may, except as provided in division (G) of this section, refuse to grant or renew, or may suspend or revoke, any license or permit issued under this chapter or may require the holder of a license or permit to take corrective action courses for any of the following reasons: (1) The holder of a license or permit obtained the license or permit by fraud or misrepresent...

...(A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors, without the necessity for conducting a prior adjudication hearing, may issue a notice of violation to the holder of an embalmer's, funeral director's, funeral home, or embalming facility, or crematory facility license, or a crematory operator permit or a courtesy card permit issued under this chapter who the board finds has committed any of the violations described in...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the board of embalmers and funeral directors shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

...A funeral director acting in good faith is not liable in damages for injury resulting from acting or attempting to act in accordance with sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code regarding an anatomical gift.

...As used in sections 4717.20 to 4717.30 of the Revised Code: (A) "Alternative container" means a receptacle, other than a casket, in which a dead human body or body parts are transported to a crematory facility and placed in the cremation chamber for cremation, and that meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is composed of readily combustible materials that are suitable for cremation; (2) May be closed in ord...

...(A) Any person, on an antemortem basis, may serve as the person's own authorizing agent, authorize the person's own cremation, and specify the arrangements for the final disposition of the person's own cremated remains by executing an antemortem cremation authorization form. A guardian, custodian, or other personal representative who is authorized by law or contract to do so on behalf of a person, on an antemortem ba...