Ohio § 3709.21 Orders and regulations of board of general health district

Ohio Statutes

§ 3709.21 — Orders and regulations of board of general health district

Ohio § 3709.21

Title 37Health-Safety-Morals

Ch. 3709Health Districts

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3709.21 (2026).

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The board of health of a general health  district may make such orders and regulations as are necessary for  its own government, for the public health, the prevention or  restriction of disease, and the prevention, abatement, or  suppression of nuisances. Such board may require that no human,  animal, or household wastes from sanitary installations within the  district be discharged into a storm sewer, open ditch, or  watercourse without a permit therefor having been secured from the  board under such terms as the board requires. All orders and  regulations not for the government of the board, but intended for  the general public, shall be adopted, recorded, and certified as  are ordinances of municipal corporations and the record thereof  shall be given in all courts the same effect as is

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The board of health of a general health district may make such orders and regulations as are necessary for its own government, for the public health, the prevention or restriction of disease, and the prevention, abatement, or suppression of nuisances. Such board may require that no human, animal, or household wastes from sanitary installations within the district be discharged into a storm sewer, open ditch, or watercourse without a permit therefor having been secured from the board under such terms as the board requires. All orders and regulations not for the government of the board, but intended for the general public, shall be adopted, recorded, and certified as are ordinances of municipal corporations and the record thereof shall be given in all courts the same effect as is given such ordinances, but the advertisements of such orders and regulations shall be by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the district. Publication shall be made once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section7.16of the Revised Code, and such orders and regulations shall take effect and be in force ten days from the date of the first publication. In cases of emergency caused by epidemics of contagious or infectious diseases, or conditions or events endangering the public health, the board may declare such orders and regulations to be emergency measures, and such orders and regulations shall become effective immediately without such advertising, recording, and certifying.