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Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.22 (2026)

Duties of board of city or general health district

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October 1, 1953

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House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

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Each board of health of a city or general health district shall study and record the prevalence of disease within its district and provide for the prompt diagnosis and control of communicable diseases. The board may also provide for the medical and dental supervision of school children, for the free treatment of cases of venereal diseases, for the inspection of schools, public institutions, jails, workhouses, children's homes, infirmaries, and county homes, and other charitable, benevolent, and correctional institutions. The board may also provide for the inspection of dairies, stores, restaurants, hotels, and other places where food is manufactured, handled, stored, sold, or offered for sale, and for the medical inspection of persons employed therein. The board may also provide for the inspection and abatement of nuisances dangerous to public health or comfort, and may take such steps as are necessary to protect the public health and to prevent disease.

In the medical supervision of school children, as provided in this section, no medical or surgical treatments shall be administered to any minor school child except upon the written request of a parent or guardian of such child. Any information regarding any diseased condition or defect found as a result of any school medical examination shall be communicated only to the parent or guardian of such child and if in writing shall be in a sealed envelope addressed to such parent or guardian.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases, 1960–2006 · leading case: D.A.B.E., Inc. v. Toledo-Lucas Cty. Bd. of Health, 2002 Ohio 4172 (Ohio 2002).

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D.A.B.E., Inc. v. Toledo-Lucas Cty. Bd. of Health, 2002 Ohio 4172 (Ohio 2002). · cites it 6× “R.C. 3709.22 8 January Term, 2002 requires boards of health of a city or general health district to promptly diagnose and control communicable diseases and gives the boards the power to inspect places where food is prepared and handled and to examine workers employed there.”

D.A.B.E., Inc. v. Toledo-Lucas Cnty. Bd. of Health, 96 Ohio St. 3d 250 (Ohio 2002). · cites it 5× “R.C. 3709.22 requires boards of health of a city or general health district to promptly diagnose and control communicable diseases and gives the boards the power to inspect places where food is prepared and handled and to examine workers employed there.”

Johnson's Markets, Inc. v. New Carlisle Dep't of Health, 567 N.E.2d 1018 (Ohio 1991). “” Also, in order to facilitate such rule-making powers, the General Assembly empowered city health districts by way of R.C. 3709.22 to inspect places “where food is manufactured, handled, stored, sold, or offered for sale * * *.”

Clark v. Greene Cnty. Combined Health Dist., 844 N.E.2d 330 (Ohio 2006). “{¶ 12} Pursuant to R.C. 3709.22, a health district “may * * * provide for the inspection and abatement of nuisances dangerous to public health or comfort, and may take such steps as are necessary to protect the public health and to prevent disease.”

Rumpke Container Serv., Inc. v. Zaino, 762 N.E.2d 995 (Ohio 2002). “” R.C. 3709.22. Pursuant to its powers, the Hamilton County General Health District has adopted rules respecting the collection of garbage.”

Clark v. Bd. of Commissioners, 817 N.E.2d 113 (Ohio Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “{¶ 15} The duties of health districts are set out in R.C. 3709.22. That section provides that health districts “may * * * provide for the inspection and abatement of nuisances dangerous to public health or comfort, and may take such steps as are necessary to protect the public…”

Rumpke Container Serv., Inc. v. Zaino, 2002 Ohio 792 (Ohio 2002). “” R.C. 3709.22. Pursuant to its powers, the Hamilton County General Health District has adopted rules respecting the collection of garbage.”

Coop. Pure Milk Assn. v. Bd. of Health, 252 N.E.2d 182 (Ohio Ct. App. 1969). · cites it 2× “21, Revised Code, generally to regulate for the public health through the issuance of orders and regulations and, particularly, to regulate by providing for inspection of “* * # places where food is manufactured, handled, stored, sold, or offered for sale” under Section 3709.22,…”

Schlenker v. Bd. of Health of Auglaize Cnty. Gen. Health Dist., 171 Ohio St. (N.S.) 23 (Ohio 1960). · cites it 2× “* * *” Section 3709.22, Revised Code, details other activities in which such boards may engage, including the taking of “such steps as are necessary to protect the public health and to prevent disease.”

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