Ohio § 3709.35 Preferment of charges against health commissioner or member of board

Ohio Statutes

§ 3709.35 — Preferment of charges against health commissioner or member of board

Ohio § 3709.35

Title 37Health-Safety-Morals

Ch. 3709Health Districts

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3709.35 (2026).

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If the director of health charges that the  health commissioner or a member of the board of health of a health  district is guilty of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance or  has failed to perform any or all of the duties required by  sections3701.10,3701.29,3701.81,3707.08,3707.14,3707.16,3707.47, and3709.01to3709.36of the Revised Code, the director  shall notify the commissioner or board member as to the time and  place at which such charges will be heard. If the director, after  hearing, finds the commissioner or board member guilty of the  charge, it may remove such commissioner or member from office.

If the lesser of three or one-fifth of the members of a  district advisory council have reason to believe a member of the  board of health of a general health district is guilty of  

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If the director of health charges that the health commissioner or a member of the board of health of a health district is guilty of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance or has failed to perform any or all of the duties required by sections3701.10,3701.29,3701.81,3707.08,3707.14,3707.16,3707.47, and3709.01to3709.36of the Revised Code, the director shall notify the commissioner or board member as to the time and place at which such charges will be heard. If the director, after hearing, finds the commissioner or board member guilty of the charge, it may remove such commissioner or member from office.

If the lesser of three or one-fifth of the members of a district advisory council have reason to believe a member of the board of health of a general health district is guilty of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance or has failed to perform any or all of the duties required by sections3701.10,3701.29,3701.81,3707.14,3707.16,3707.47, and3709.01to3709.36of the Revised Code, the district advisory council members shall prefer a charge against the board member before the district advisory council and shall notify the board member as to the time and place at which such charges will be heard. If a majority of the council, after hearing, finds the board member guilty of the charge, it may remove the member from office.

When any member of the board of health of a general or city health district is removed from office, the district advisory council or the chief executive of the city, upon notice of such removal, shall within thirty days after receipt of such notice fill the vacancy in accordance with section3709.03or3709.05of the Revised Code.