Ohio Administrative Code

(A) What is a caretaker improper child care payment?A caretaker improper payment for publicly funded child care (PFCC) means that a PFCC payment was made to a caretaker's provider for services provided to the caretaker's child that were ineligible to be paid by the PFCC program. …

(A) How are the county departments of job and family services (CDJFS), in accordance with Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, to manage the publicly funded child care (PFCC) program?(1) The CDJFS is to accept any gift, grant, or other funds from public or private sources offered u…

(A) Who is eligible to sign an agreement to provide publicly funded child care (PFCC)? (1) A child care program who operates a licensed child care center; a licensed type A or type B child care home; a licensed preschool program; a licensed school-age program; an approved child d…

19.03 PDF: (A) How are payment rates established in the publicly funded child care program (PFCC)?(1) Payment rates are based on a market rate survey completed by the department for programs in the state of Ohio.(2) Payment rates are to apply to all programs of PFCC.(B) What is t…

(A) What is a program improper child care payment?A program improper child care payment means that payment was made to a program for which the program was not eligible to receive. Improper payments are the result of one of the following: (1) An error on the part of the program.(2…

(A) What is a program integrity review? A program integrity review carried out for the publicly funded child care program is meant to ensure: (1) The program is limited to only eligible recipients.(2) Payments to programs are for actual services provided.(3) Payments to programs …

(A) This rule contains the definitions for Chapter 5180:6-2 of the Administrative Code:(1) "Child care choice voucher program (CCVP)" means a program that provides assistance with child care costs for families over income for publicly funded child care.(2) "Early intervention (EI…

(A) What requirements does an early care and education program have to meet to become eligible to participate in the Ohio preschool program (OPP), as defined in Chapter 5180:6-2 of the Administrative Code, during an open enrollment period?(1) Be licensed as an early care and educ…

(A) What are the county department of job and family services (CDJFS) responsibilities for determining eligibility for the Ohio preschool program (OPP)?The CDJFS is to:(1) Review and determine eligibility no later than thirty business days from the date the CDJFS receives a valid…

19.03 PDF: (A) The following definitions apply to rules 5101:6-50-01 to 5101:6-50-09 of the Administrative Code.(1) "Affected party" means a person whose interests are subject to an adjudication by ODJFS, including providers and licensees.(2) "Appellant" means an affected party w…

19.03 PDF: (A) Written notice of intended action.(1) Whenever ODJFS proposes to take an action that the Ohio general assembly has expressly made subject to the administrative adjudication procedure outlined in Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, ODJFS is to give notice of the inten…

19.03 PDF: (A) Initial scheduling of the hearing(1) When an affected party timely requests a hearing, ODJFS will set the date, time, and place for the hearing and notify the appellant of the scheduling. ODJFS will initially schedule the hearing not earlier than seven calendar day…

19.03 PDF: (A) Hearing examiner may allow pre-hearing discovery.(1) As a part of the authority to conduct the hearing, and except as provided in paragraph (B) of this rule, the hearing examiner may allow pre-hearing discovery of any matter that is not privileged or confidential a…

19.03 PDF: (A) Conduct of the hearing.(1) The date, time, and place of any hearing before ODJFS is set by ODJFS or the hearing examiner. The hearing examiner is to provide written or electronic notice before the date of the hearing to all participants in the hearing and file a co…

(A) Who is a putative father?As defined in section 3107.01 of the Revised Code, a putative father is a man, including one under age eighteen, who may be a child's father and to whom all of the following apply:(1) He was not married to the child's mother at the time of the child's…

(A) What does prefinalization mean?Prefinalization refers to the period of time from the date a child is placed in an adoptive home and the date the adoption is finalized, as evidenced by a final decree of adoption or interlocutory order of adoption issued by the court. (B) What …

19.03 PDF: (A) How may a foster caregiver who is not an approved adoptive parent express interest in adoption of any child(ren) not placed in the foster caregiver's home?A foster caregiver may apply to be an adoptive parent for any child not placed in the home by completing the f…

(A) What does postfinalization mean? Postfinalization refers to the period of time after the date an adoption is finalized as evidenced by a final decree of adoption or interlocutory order of adoption issued by the court.(B) What are postfinalization adoption services?Postfinaliz…

(A) What information is an assessor to provide to birth parents who enter into a voluntary surrender agreement, regarding the release of their identifying information?The assessor is to inform birth parents who enter into a voluntary surrender agreement, of the following:(1) Comp…

(A) What is an adoptive family case record?An adoptive family case record is a detailed file created and maintained by a public children services agency (PCSA), private child placing agency (PCPA) or private noncustodial agency (PNA) that documents all aspects of the adoption pro…

19.03 PDF: (A) What is the Ohio adoption grant program (OAGP)?OAGP provides a one-time payment per adopted child to eligible adoptive parent(s) for qualifying adoptions finalized on or after January 1, 2023, as long as state funds are available. The Ohio department of children an…

19.03 PDF: (A) All home visiting services will be delivered in accordance with the following:(1) Utilizing a model that has been determined evidence-based by the Ohio department of children and youth (DCY), and/or the office of planning, research, and evaluation in the administra…

19.03 PDF: (A) Central intake and referral system contractors who enter into contracts, subsidy agreements, or who are awarded grant funds by the department will be qualified nonprofit entities as defined by the Ohio department of taxation, or government entities who will:(1) Com…

(A) An employee in the career professional service may appeal a demotion or a suspension of more than three days only as provided in this rule.Parties to the appeal shall be the employee, acting as appellant, and a management representative, acting as appellee.(B) The employee ma…

Positions within the Ohio department of transportation, which are listed in the attached appendix to this rule are to be included in the career professional service classification created under section 5501.20 of the Revised Code. View Appendix Last updated February 2, 2023 at 8:…

For purposes of administrative rules promulgated in accordance with section 1347.15 of the Revised Code, the following definitions apply:(A) "Access" as a noun means an instance of copying, viewing, or otherwise perceiving whereas "access" as a verb means to copy, view, or otherw…

For personal information systems, whether manual or computer systems, that contain confidential personal information, the department shall do the following:(A) Criteria for accessing confidential personal information. Personal information systems of the department are managed on …

(A) Pursuant to the requirement of division (B)(2) of section 1347.15 of the Revised Code, this rule contains a list of valid reasons, directly related to the department's exercise of its powers or duties, for which only employees of the department may access confidential persona…

The following federal statutes or regulations or state statutes and administrative rules make personal information maintained by the department confidential and identify the confidential personal information within the scope of rules promulgated by the department in accordance wi…

For personal information systems that are computer systems and contain confidential personal information, the department shall do the following:(A) Access restrictions. Access to confidential personal information that is kept electronically shall require a password or other authe…

19.03 PDF: (A) "Commercial purposes" means airports, heliports, except for medical use heliports, and seaplane bases landing sites having repeated or successive flights for compensation, student training for hire, or offering to the general public any other services pertaining to…

19.03 PDF: (A) Any political subdivision, corporation, association or person desiring or planning to construct or establish an airport, heliport, seaplane landing site, landing field or landing area on their property for any purpose shall submit a completed "Application for Landi…

19.03 PDF: (A) In accordance with section 4561.11 of the Revised Code, all public and private airports, heliports, seaplane landing sites, landing fields, landing areas and bodies of water shall be approved and issued an operating certificate by the office of aviation before bein…

19.03 PDF: (A) During short-term special events such as fairs, exhibitions, fly-ins, splash-ins etc. a temporary commercial operating permit may be issued to the owner or entity that has legal control of the property for a specific period of time not to exceed twenty-one consecut…

19.03 PDF: If an application for construction or establishment or certificate of commercial operation is denied, or conditional approval is not granted, the determination will be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested informing the applicant of the reason for denial and…

19.03 PDF: (A) Each aircraft operations area (AOA) must be maintained for safe operation of aircraft under normal weather conditions.(B) All airports must be equipped with an operating wind indicator.(C) Each landing area must have no less than eighteen hundred feet usable length…

19.03 PDF: No pilot shall operate an aircraft nor shall any owner allow any aircraft to operate from any public land or water owned or controlled by the state of Ohio, or by any political subdivision thereof, except under such rules governing the operation of aircraft thereon, un…

19.03 PDF: Any seaplane landing site at which commercial operations are conducted, as defined in rule 5501:1-1-01 of the Administrative Code, shall conform to all FAA requirements found in the current edition of "Advisory Circular (AC) No. 150/5395-1." The office of aviation can …

19.03 PDF: (A) Any heliport at which commercial operations are conducted, as defined in rule 5501:1-1-01 of the Administrative Code, shall conform to all FAA requirements found in the current edition of "Advisory Circular (AC) No. 150/5390-2." (B) All helicopter landing sites mus…

19.03 PDF: Within thirty days of being established, renewed or changed, all operators who utilize medical use heliports as defined in rule 5501:1-1-01 of the Administrative Code shall submit their instrument approach and departure procedures to the office of aviation for the offi…

19.03 PDF: No person shall violate any rules regarding the establishment, certification, approval or operation of any airport, heliport, seaplane landing site, landing field or landing area. Any such violation shall be grounds for suspension, cancellation, or revocation of any ce…

19.03 PDF: As used in rules regarding airports and the structures in their surrounding area and navigable airspace.(A) "Airport" as used in this chapter, means any area of land or water used in maneuvering for landing and taking off of aircraft owned, operated, or constructed by …

19.03 PDF: (A) The director delegates the authority to implement the rules contained in this chapter of the Administrative Code to the administrator.(B) The administrator has the authority and power, to:(1) Reject, approve or disapprove applications for permits for a structure or…

19.03 PDF: (A) An applicant for a permit required by Chapter 4561. of the Revised Code shall file a completed "FAA Form 7460-1, Notice of Proposed Construction or Alteration," with the FAA.(B) Pursuant to division (B) of section 4561.33 of the Revised Code, such submission shall …

19.03 PDF: (A) When the application process is complete, the office shall conduct an independent aeronautical study for the purposes of determining if a permit will be granted or denied.(B) The application and the conclusions of the aeronautical study are public records and avail…

19.03 PDF: The Ohio department of transportation office of aviation adopts the obstruction standards set forth in 14 CFR 77.21 to 77.29, as amended.At its sole discretion, the office of aviation may grant a permit which includes a waiver from full compliance with the obstruction …

19.03 PDF: The office shall grant or deny a permit pursuant to section 4561.34 of the Revised Code. The terms and conditions will be specified pursuant to section 4561.35 of the Revised Code. (A) An FAA objection, determination of a presumed hazard, or determination of hazard can…