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Title 37, Title 37. Health-Safety-Morals

67 chapters · 2,076 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 372,076 Ch 3701, Chapter 3701 | Department of Health215 Ch 3734, Chapter 3734 | Solid and Hazardous W…131 Ch 3715, Chapter 3715 | Pure Food and Drug Law85 Ch 3702, Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilitie…83 Ch 3737, Chapter 3737 | Fire Marshal; Fire Safety75 Ch 3707, Chapter 3707 | Board of Health69 Ch 3721, Chapter 3721 | Nursing Homes; Reside…67 Ch 3727, Chapter 3727 | Hospitals60 Ch 3781, Chapter 3781 | Building Standards - …59 Ch 3709, Chapter 3709 | Health Districts58 Ch 3743, Chapter 3743 | Fireworks54 Ch 3719, Chapter 3719 | Controlled Substances51 Ch 3705, Chapter 3705 | Vital Statistics49 Ch 3772, Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming47

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.01 Fire marshal - fire safety definitions
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As used in this chapter:(A) "Assistant fire marshal" means any person who is employed by the fire marshal and who carries out specific duties assigned by the fire marshal, including, but not limited to, enforcement of Chapters 3731., 3737., and 3743. of the Revised Code, fire ins…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.02 Fees - federal funding
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(A) The fire marshal may collect fees to cover the costs of performing inspections and other duties that the fire marshal is authorized or required by law to perform. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, all fees collected by the fire marshal shall be deposited to …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.03 Duties of state fire council
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The state fire council may do all of the following: (A) Conduct research, make and publish reports on fire safety, and recommend to the governor, the general assembly, the board of building standards, and other state agencies, any needed changes in the laws, rules, or administrat…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.07 Inspection of protective door assemblies
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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Authority having jurisdiction" means an organization, office, agency, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements under this section. (2) "NFPA 101" means the standards for life safety code published by the national fire protection a…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.14 Right of entry

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(A) The fire marshal, any assistant fire marshal, the chief of the fire department of each municipal corporation where a fire department is established, the chief of the fire department in each township where a fire department is established, and such members of any such departme…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.16 Release of, or request for, information relating to fire loss by insurance company

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(A) The fire marshal, any assistant fire marshal, the chief of the fire and explosion investigation bureau established pursuant to section 3737.22 of the Revised Code, the chief of a fire department of any municipal corporation or township where a fire department is established, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.17 Small government fire department services revolving loan program

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(A) As used in this section, a "qualifying small government" means any of the following: (1) A township that has a population of not more than five thousand or, regardless of its population, is located in a county that has a population of less than one hundred thousand; (2) A mun…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.21 Appointment, qualifications of fire marshal - vacancy

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(A) The director of the department of commerce shall appoint, from names submitted to the director by the state fire council, a state fire marshal, who shall serve at the pleasure of the director and shall possess the following qualifications:(1) A degree from an accredited colle…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.22 Fire marshal - powers and duties

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(A) The fire marshal shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt the state fire code under sections 3737.82 to 3737.86 of the Revised Code; (2) Enforce the state fire code; (3) Appoint assistant fire marshals who are authorized to enforce the state fire code; (4) Conduct investigati…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.221 Negligent operation of motor vehicles by fire marshal employees

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(A) As used in this section, "motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.(B) The office of the fire marshal is liable for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the negligent operation of any motor vehicle by its employees upon t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.23 Record of all fires

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The fire marshal shall keep in his office a record of all fires occurring in the state, the origin of such fires, and all facts, statistics, and circumstances relating thereto which have been determined by investigations. Except for the testimony given upon an investigation, such…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.24 Investigation of fire

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The fire marshal and the chief of the fire department of each municipal corporation in which a fire department is established, the chief of the fire department in each township in which a fire department is established, the chief of the fire department of a joint fire district, o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.25 Taking of testimony on oath

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If in the opinion of the fire marshal further investigation is necessary, he, or an assistant fire marshal, shall take or cause to be taken the testimony on oath of all persons supposed to be cognizant of any facts, or to have means of knowledge in relation to the matter concerni…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.26 Arrest of suspect

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If the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal determines that there is evidence sufficient to charge a person with arson or a similar crime, or with a violation of section 3737.62 of the Revised Code, the marshal or assistant marshal may arrest the person or cause the person t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.27 Power to summon and compel attendance of witnesses

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The fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal may summon and compel the attendance of witnesses to testify in relation to any matter that is a proper subject of inquiry or investigation, and may require the production of any book, paper, document, or record, regardless of physica…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.28 Power to administer oaths - refusal to cooperate

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The fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal may administer an oath to any person appearing as a witness before the fire marshal or assistant fire marshal. No witness shall refuse to be sworn, refuse to testify, disobey an order of the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.29 Investigation may be private

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Investigation by or under the direction of the fire marshal may be private. The marshal may exclude from the place where such investigation is held all persons other than those required to be present, and witnesses may be kept separate from each other and not allowed to communica…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.31 Fire marshal to report to superintendent of insurance

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When required by the superintendent of insurance, the fire marshal shall report his proceedings, the progress made in all prosecutions for arson and similar crimes, and the result of all cases finally disposed of.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.32 Fire marshal to investigate bombing

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The fire marshal shall, upon the request of any sheriff or mayor, investigate any bombing and shall work with local law enforcement officials in the apprehension of any person participating in any bombing.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.33 Ohio fire academy

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The fire marshal shall establish and conduct a training school for firemen, including volunteer firemen, of any political subdivision of the state, and for other persons interested in the vocation of firefighting and desiring to attend. The school shall be known as the Ohio fire …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.331 Arson seminar programs

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The fire marshal, after consultation with prosecuting attorneys of this state selected with due regard for geographic, urban, and rural representation, shall make available a seminar program, attendance at which is optional, that is designed to provide the prosecuting attorney an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.34 Fire safety inspector certificate

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No person shall serve as a fire safety inspector for any fire agency unless he has received a certificate issued under former section 3303.07 or section 4765.55 of the Revised Code evidencing his satisfactory completion of a fire safety inspector training program.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.41 Citation to remedy dangerous condition

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(A) If the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or any certified fire safety inspector, upon an examination or inspection, finds a building or other structure, which for want of proper repair, by reason of age and dilapidated condition, defective or poorly installed electrica…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.42 Issuing citation or notice of violation

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(A) As used in this section, "authority having jurisdiction" and "school governing authority" have the same meanings as in section 3737.07 of the Revised Code. (B) If, upon inspection or investigation, the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified fire safety inspec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.43 Notice of penalty and right to appeal

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(A) If, after an inspection or investigation, the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified fire safety inspector issues a citation under section 3737.41 or 3737.42 of the Revised Code, the issuing authority shall, within a reasonable time after such inspection or i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.44 Injunction - temporary restraining order

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(A) The courts of common pleas shall have jurisdiction, upon a complaint filed by the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified fire safety inspector, to restrain, immediately or before the imminence of such danger can be eliminated through the enforcement procedure…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.45 Failure to comply with order

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If any responsible person fails to comply with an order of the fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified fire safety inspector as finally affirmed or modified by the state board of building appeals under section 3737.43 of the Revised Code, within the time fixed in …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.46 Actions against violators

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Upon the request of the fire marshal, the fire marshal's authorized representative, or a certified fire safety inspector, the attorney general, the legal officer of any county or municipal corporation, or the law director of a township that has adopted a limited home rule governm…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.51 Civil penalty for violations

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(A) No person shall knowingly violate any provision of the state fire code or any order made pursuant to it. (B) Except as provided in section 3737.07 of the Revised Code, any person who has received a citation for a serious violation of the fire code or any order issued pursuant…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.52 PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Class B firefighting foam" means a foam that is designed to extinguish a fire caused by flammable liquid. (2) "PFAS chemicals" means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom, including perfluo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.61 Posting arson laws

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The owner, operator, or lessee of any transient residential building shall post the provisions of sections 2909.02 and 2909.03 of the Revised Code in a conspicuous place in each room occupied by guests in such building. The owner, operator, or lessee of any nontransient residenti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.62 Negligent spread of fires

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No person shall set, kindle, or cause to be set or kindled any fire, which through his negligence, spreads beyond its immediate confines to any structure, field, or wood lot.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.63 Discovery of unfriendly fire

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(A) The owner, operator, or lessee, an employee of any owner, operator, or lessee, an occupant, and any person in direct control of any building regulated under the Ohio building code, upon the discovery of an unfriendly fire, or upon receiving information that there is an unfrie…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.64 Disclosing purpose of non-official inspection

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No person who is not a certified fire safety inspector shall act as such or hold himself out to be such, unless prior to commencing any inspection function, he discloses the purpose for which he is making such inspection and the fact that he is not employed by any state or local …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.65 Fire protection equipment - prohibited activities

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(A) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or use any fire protection or fire fighting equipment that does not meet the minimum standards established by the fire marshal in the state fire code.(B) Except for public and private mobile fire trucks, no person shall service, test, rep…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.66 Qualifications for firefighter or fire official

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(A) As used in this section, "firefighting agency" and "private fire company" have the same meanings as in section 9.60 of the Revised Code.(B) No person shall claim to the public to be or act as a firefighter, volunteer firefighter, member of a fire department, chief of a fire d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.71 Additional tax on fire insurance premiums

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Each insurance company doing business in this state shall pay to the state in installments, at the time of making the payments required by section 5729.05 of the Revised Code, in addition to the taxes required to be paid by it, three-fourths of one per cent on the gross premium r…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.72 Fire stations required to have gas masks

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(A) "Gas mask" means any self-contained oxygen breathing apparatus using oxygen or air in suitable containers that enable their wearers to live in atmospheres containing less than sixteen per cent oxygen and poisonous gases in excess of two per cent by volume and having been appr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.73 Prohibition against failure to instruct pupils in fire drills and tornado safety precautions

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(A) No principal or person in charge of a public or private school or educational institution having an average daily attendance of twenty or more pupils, and no person in charge of any children's home or orphanage housing twenty or more minor persons, shall willfully neglect to …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.80 Chief of fire department responsible for primary coordination in emergency situation

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In any emergency situation relating to the prevention of an imminent release of a hazardous material, to the cleanup or disposal of a hazardous material that has been released, or to the related mitigation of the effects of a release of a hazardous material, the chief of the fire…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.81 State fire council

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(A) There is hereby created the state fire council consisting of ten members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The fire marshal or chief deputy fire marshal, a representative designated by the department of public safety who has tenure in …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.82 Adopting state fire code rules

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The fire marshal shall adopt a state fire code which shall consist of rules relating to all aspects of fire safety. The rules shall be the minimum standards for safeguarding life and property from fire and explosion, and the fire marshal may, in adopting these rules, incorporate …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.83 Provisions to be included in state fire code

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The state fire marshal shall, as part of the state fire code, adopt rules to: (A) Establish minimum standards of performance for fire protection equipment and fire fighting equipment; (B) Establish minimum standards of training, fix minimum qualifications, and require certificate…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.831 Issuance of permit for temporary structures

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The state fire code adopted pursuant to sections 3737.82 and 3737.83 of the Revised Code shall contain a provision directing the fire marshal to issue any permit that is required for any temporary membrane structure, tent, or canopy located on state-owned property or used for an …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.832 Fire and safety standards relating to shale oil processing premises

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Natural gas processing facilities" means installations, including associated buildings, pipes, valves, tanks, and other equipment, used to separate various fluids, hydrocarbons, natural gas liquids, and impurities from the raw natural gas, manufa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.833 Temporary fire permit for retail establishments

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(A) As used in this section, "retail establishment" means a place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services. (B) If the fire code official having jurisdiction over a retail establishment, including a retail establishment that is under construction a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.84 Provisions not to be included in state fire code

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(A) The state fire code adopted pursuant to sections 3737.82 and 3737.83 of the Revised Code shall not contain any provision as follows:(1) Relating to the organization or structure of a municipal or township fire department;(2) Relating to structural building requirements covere…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.841 Fire safety and standards definitions

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As used in this section and section 3737.842 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public occupancy" means all of the following: (1) Any state correctional institution as defined in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code and any county, multicounty, municipal, or municipal-county jail or workho…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.842 Rules for flammability standards

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(A) The state fire marshal shall adopt rules that conform with technical bulletin 133, state of California bureau of home furnishings and thermal insulation, establishing flammability testing procedures and flammability standards for seating furniture used in public occupancies a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3737.85 Rules for giving notice or serving notice

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The fire marshal shall, as part of the state fire code, adopt rules for giving notice to or serving a citation or order upon a responsible person, to assure that:(A) The owner of a building or premises receives notice before any action is taken with respect to that building or pr…