Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The body of a person who has died of a communicable disease declared by the department of health to require immediate disposal for the protection of others shall be buried or cremated within twenty-four hours after death. No public or church funeral […]
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly No person, who is suffering from a contagious or infectious disease, or who has been exposed to a contagious or infectious disease, may be sent or admitted to a prison ; jail ; workhouse ; infirmary ; children’s home ; state hospital […]
Effective: October 6, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 571 – 120th General Assembly When cholera, yellow fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or other dangerous, contagious, or infectious disease appears in any state, county, or municipal benevolent or correctional institution, the superintendent or manager of the institution shall at once isolate the persons so affected and enforce […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The trustees or managers of any institution mentioned in section 3707.21 of the Revised Code may contract for the care, treatment, or detention of any persons affected with or exposed to any disease mentioned in such section with any corporation having a […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When a quarantine is declared, all railroads, steamboats, or other common carriers, and the owners, consignees, or assignees of any railroad, steamboat, or other vehicle used for the transportation of passengers, baggage, or freight, shall submit to any rules or regulations imposed […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No owner, consignee, assignee, or other person interested in any manner set forth in section 3707.23 of the Revised Code shall make an unfounded statement or declaration respecting the points under the examination provided by such section.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Rules and regulations passed by a board of health of a city or general health district or health commissioner shall apply to all persons, goods, or effects arriving by railroad, steamboat, or other vehicle of transportation, after quarantine is declared.
Effective: June 23, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 22 – 134th General Assembly Semiannually, and more often, if in its judgment necessary, the board of health of a city or general health district shall inspect the sanitary condition of all schools and school buildings within its jurisdiction, and may disinfect any school building. When a […]
Effective: November 15, 1981 Latest Legislation: House Bill 694 – 114th General Assembly The board of health of a city or general health district may take measures, supply agents, and afford inducements and facilities for gratuitous vaccination, or may make reasonable charges for such vaccination. Where a city or general health district provides vaccinations using […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When expenses are incurred by a board of health under sections 3707.01 to 3707.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code, upon application and certificate from such board, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall pass the necessary appropriation ordinances to pay such […]
Effective: November 15, 1991 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 233 – 119th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may purchase land within or without its boundaries and erect thereon suitable hospital buildings for the isolation, care, or treatment of persons suffering from dangerous contagious disease, and provide for the maintenance thereof. The plans […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Hospital buildings constructed under section 3707.29 of the Revised Code shall be under the care and control of the board of health of the city or general health district in which such buildings are located. The board shall appoint all employees or […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A municipal corporation may establish a quarantine hospital within or without its limits. If without its limits, the consent of the municipal corporation or township within which it is proposed to establish such hospital shall first be obtained, but such consent shall […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The board of health of a city or general health district may erect temporary wooden buildings or field hospitals necessary for the isolation or protection of persons or freight supposed to be infected, and may employ nurses, physicians, and laborers sufficient to […]
Effective: February 12, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 6 – 125th General Assembly (A) The health commissioner appointed by a board of health of a general or city health district may act on behalf of the board in administering the provision of sections 3707.04 to 3707.32 of the Revised Code regarding quarantine and isolation if […]
Effective: April 15, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 202 – 125th General Assembly The board of health of a city or general health district may appoint, define the duties of, and fix the compensation of the number of inspectors of shops, wagons, appliances, and food, and the number of other persons necessary to carry out […]
Effective: April 16, 1993 Latest Legislation: House Bill 723 – 119th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may empower the board of health of the city or general health district of which the municipal corporation is a part to employ such number of scavengers for the removal of swill, garbage, and offal […]
Effective: June 24, 1988 Latest Legislation: House Bill 592 – 117th General Assembly As used in sections 3707.40 to 3707.46 of the Revised Code, “sanitary plant” means a structure with necessary land, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances required for the treatment, purification, transfer, and disposal in a sanitary manner of the sewage, solid wastes as defined […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Upon the recommendation of the board of health of the city or general health district in which a municipal corporation is located, or, if the powers of such board have been vested in any other officer or board, upon the recommendation of […]
Effective: April 16, 1993 Latest Legislation: House Bill 723 – 119th General Assembly Upon obtaining the approval of the director of environmental protection, and if so required by rules adopted under division (G)(2) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code, the approval of the board of county commissioners of the county or board of directors […]
