As Introduced

127th General Assembly
Regular Session
2007-2008
H. B. No. 565


Representative Yates 



A BILL
To enact section 3707.012 of the Revised Code to 1
require boards of health to adopt vermin control 2
policies under which bedbug infestations are 3
treated to the same extent as other infestations.4


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1. That section 3707.012 of the Revised Code be 5
enacted to read as follows:6

       Sec. 3707.012. As used in this section, "board of health" 7
means the board of health of a city or general health district or 8
the city authority having the duties of a board of health under 9
section 3709.05 of the Revised Code.10

       Each board of health shall adopt policies for the prevention, 11
detection, and eradication of vermin in public places, including 12
residential facilities other than private dwellings. Under each 13
such policy, bedbug infestations shall be treated to the same 14
extent as other vermin infestations.15