Ohio § 3715.56 Attorney general, prosecuting attorney or city director of law to institute proceedings and prosecutions

Ohio Statutes

§ 3715.56 — Attorney general, prosecuting attorney or city director of law to institute proceedings and prosecutions

Ohio § 3715.56

Title 37Health-Safety-Morals

Ch. 3715Pure Food and Drug Law

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3715.56 (2026).

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The attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or city director of law to whom the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy reports any violation of sections3715.01and3715.52to3715.72of the Revised Code, shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper court without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law.  The director of agriculture, before reporting any violation of sections3715.01and3715.52to3715.72of the Revised Code to any such attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, shall give the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated appropriate notice and an opportunity to present testimony before the director, either orally or in writing, in person, or by attorney, with regard to the contemplated proceeding.

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The attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or city director of law to whom the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy reports any violation of sections3715.01and3715.52to3715.72of the Revised Code, shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper court without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. The director of agriculture, before reporting any violation of sections3715.01and3715.52to3715.72of the Revised Code to any such attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, shall give the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated appropriate notice and an opportunity to present testimony before the director, either orally or in writing, in person, or by attorney, with regard to the contemplated proceeding.