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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Ohio (boards of health of city and general health districts) · Ohio
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ohio Const. art. II, sec. 1; the police power of the State
- Issued
- 1953-10-01 Oct. 1, 1953
- Effective
- October 1, 1953 (read as 1953-10-01)
- End
- standing (Sub. S.B. 22 added division (A), the isolation and quarantine definitions, effective June 23, 2021; the nuisance text became division (B) unchanged) (read as 2021-06-23)
- In force
- Standing since Oct. 1, 1953 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureStanding dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- owners or persons in control of premises; occupants and tenants; businesses and pursuits within the health district
- Character
- sanitary code duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Ohio DUT-OH
Operative words
The board of health of a city or general health district shall abate and remove all nuisances within its jurisdiction. It may, by order, compel the owners, agents, assignees, occupants, or tenants of any lot, property, building, or structure to abate and remove any nuisance therein, and prosecute such persons for neglect or refusal to obey such orders.
Penalty
Prosecution for neglect or refusal to obey the board's order; violation of any board order is an offense under R.C. 3707.48 and 3707.99(B) (Exs. DUT-OH-009, DUT-OH-010)
What it required
Commanded boards of health to abate nuisances, empowered them to order owners, occupants and tenants of any property to abate them and to prosecute refusal, and authorized the board, when any 'premises, business, pursuit, matter, or thing' is 'in a condition dangerous to life or health,' to 'declare it a public nuisance and order it to be removed, abated, suspended, altered, or otherwise improved or purified.'
Retrieval noteThe local vehicle for closure and protocol enforcement. The Director's orders delegated to local health departments the authority to answer enforcement questions (Ex. OH-025 closing paragraph) and named local health departments as issuers of notices of violation (Ex. OH-037 para. 9). R.C. 3707.04 (quarantine regulations in time of epidemic) and 3707.08 (isolation of exposed persons; placarding of premises) were read on codes.ohio.gov and not saved.