When a contagious or infectious disease becomes or threatens to become epidemic in a municipal corporation or township, and the local authorities neglect or refuse to enforce efficient measures for its prevention, the director of health may appoint a medical or sanitary officer and such assistants as he may require, and authorize him to enforce such orders or regulations as the director deems necessary.
Powers of department when local authorities fail to act
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3701.28, under Chapter 3701 | Department of Health.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3701.28