To amend sections 3703.01, 3703.08, and 3781.03 of the Revised Code to permit the board of health of a health district to enter into a contract with a board of county commissioners to authorize the county building department to inspect plumbing in any type of building for which the county department is certified and to permit the board of health of a health district to enter into a contract with the board of health of another health district for the inspection of plumbing within the first board's district.

Section 1. That sections 3703.01, 3703.08, and 3781.03 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 3703.01. (A) The Except as otherwise provided in this section, the division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce shall do all of the following:

(1) Inspect all nonresidential buildings within the meaning of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code;

(2) Condemn all unsanitary or defective plumbing that is found in connection with those places;

(3) Order changes in plumbing necessary to insure the safety of the public health.

(B)(1)(a) The division of industrial compliance and, boards of health of city and general health districts, and county building departments shall not inspect plumbing or collect fees for inspecting plumbing in particular types of buildings in any municipal corporation that has been is certified by the board of building standards under section 3781.10 of the Revised Code to exercise enforcement authority for plumbing in such those types of buildings.

(2)(b) The division shall not inspect plumbing or collect fees for inspecting plumbing in particular types of buildings in any health district that has employed employs one or more approved plumbing inspectors certified pursuant to division (D) of this section to enforce Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to those chapters relating to plumbing in such those types of buildings.

(3) A (c) The division shall not inspect plumbing or collect fees for inspecting plumbing in particular types of buildings in any health district where the county building department is authorized to inspect those types of buildings pursuant to a contract described in division (C)(1) of this section.

(d) The division shall not inspect plumbing or collect fees for inspecting plumbing in particular types of buildings in any health district where the board of health has entered into a contract with the board of health of another district to conduct inspections pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section.

(2) No county building department shall inspect plumbing or collect fees for inspecting plumbing in any type of building in a health district unless the department is authorized to inspect that type of building pursuant to a contract described in division (C)(1) of this section.

(3) No municipal corporation does not have jurisdiction to shall inspect plumbing or collect fees for the inspection of inspecting plumbing in types of buildings for which it has is not been certified by the board of building standards under section 3781.10 of the Revised Code to exercise enforcement authority.

(4) A No board of health of a health district does not have jurisdiction to shall inspect plumbing or collect fees for the inspection of inspecting plumbing in types of buildings for which it does not have an approved a plumbing inspector certified pursuant to division (D) of this section.

(C)(1) The board of health of a health district may enter into a contract with a board of county commissioners to authorize the county building department to inspect plumbing in buildings within the health district. The contract may designate that the department inspect either residential or nonresidential buildings, as those terms are defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, or both types of buildings, so long as the department employs a plumbing inspector certified pursuant to division (D) of this section to inspect the types of buildings the contract designates. The board of health may enter into a contract regardless of whether the health district employs any certified plumbing inspectors to enforce Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code.

(2) The board of health of a health district, regardless of whether it employs any certified plumbing inspectors to enforce Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code, may enter into a contract with the board of health of another health district to authorize that board to inspect plumbing in buildings within the contracting board's district. The contract may designate the inspection of either residential or nonresidential buildings as defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, or both types of buildings, so long as the board that performs the inspections employs a plumbing inspector certified pursuant to division (D) of this section to inspect the types of buildings the contract designates.

(D) The superintendent of industrial compliance shall adopt rules prescribing minimum qualifications based on education, training, experience, or demonstrated ability, which that the superintendent shall use in certifying or recertifying plumbing inspectors to do plumbing inspections for health districts and county building departments that are authorized to perform inspections pursuant to a contract under division (C)(1) of this section, and for continuing education of plumbing inspectors. Such Those minimum qualifications shall be related to the types of buildings for which a person seeks approval certification.

(D)(E) The superintendent may enter into reciprocal registration, licensure, or certification agreements with other states and other agencies of this state relative to plumbing inspectors if both of the following apply:

(1) The requirements for registration, licensure, or certification of plumbing inspectors under the laws of the other state or laws administered by the other agency are substantially equal to the requirements the superintendent adopts under division (C)(D) of this section for certifying plumbing inspectors.

(2) The other state or agency extends similar reciprocity to persons certified under this chapter.

(E)(F) The superintendent may select and contract with one or more persons to do all of the following regarding examinations for certification of plumbing inspectors:

(1) Prepare, administer, score, and maintain the confidentiality of the examination;

(2) Maintain responsibility for all expenses required to comply with division (E)(F)(1) of this section;

(3) Charge each applicant a fee for administering the examination in an amount the superintendent authorizes;

(4) Design the examination for certification of plumbing inspectors to determine an applicant's competence to inspect plumbing.

(F)(G) Standards and methods prescribed in local plumbing regulations shall not be less than those prescribed in Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to those chapters.

(G)(H) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the division shall make a plumbing inspection of any building or other place that there is reason to believe is in a condition to be a menace to the public health.

Sec. 3703.08.  Any owner, agent, or manager, of a building in which an inspection is made by the division of industrial compliance, a board of health of a health district, or a certified department of building inspection of a municipal corporation or a county shall have the entire system of drainage and ventilation repaired, as the division, board of health, or department of building inspection directs by its order. After due notice to repair such that work is given, the owner, agent, or manager shall notify the public authority that issued the order when the work is ready for its inspection. No person shall fail to have the work ready for inspection at the time specified in the notice.

Sec. 3781.03. (A) The fire marshal or, the fire chief of a municipal corporation that has a fire department, or the fire chief of a township that has a fire department shall enforce the provisions of Chapters 3781. this chapter and Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code that relate to fire prevention.

(B) The superintendent of the division of industrial compliance, or the building inspector, or commissioner of buildings in a municipal corporation, county, or township in which the building department is certified by the board of building standards under section 3781.10 of the Revised Code shall enforce in the jurisdiction of each entity all the provisions in those chapters this chapter and Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code and any rules adopted pursuant to those chapters that relate to the construction, arrangement, and erection of all buildings or parts of buildings, as defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, including the sanitary condition of those buildings in relation to heating and ventilation.

(C) The division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce, the boards of health of health districts, and the certified departments of building inspection of municipal corporations, and county building departments that have authority to perform inspections pursuant to a contract under division (C)(1) of section 3703.01 of the Revised Code, subject to Chapter 3703. of the Revised Code, shall enforce Chapters 3781. this chapter and Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to those chapters that relate to plumbing. Building drains are considered plumbing for the purposes of enforcement of those chapters.

(D)(1) In accordance with Chapter 3703. of the Revised Code, the department of the city engineer, in cities having such departments, the boards of health of health districts, or the sewer purveyor, as appropriate, shall have complete authority to supervise and regulate the entire sewerage and drainage system in the jurisdiction in which it is exercising the authority described in this division, including the building sewer and all laterals draining into the street sewers.

(2) In accordance with Chapter 3703. of the Revised Code, the department of the city engineer, the boards of health of health districts, or the sewer purveyor, as appropriate, shall control and supervise the installation and construction of all drains and sewers that become a part of the sewerage system and shall issue all the necessary permits and licenses for the construction and installation of all building sewers and of all other lateral drains that empty into the main sewers. The department of the city engineer, the boards of health of health districts, and the sewer purveyor, as appropriate, shall keep a permanent record of the installation and location of every drain and sewer of the drainage and sewerage system of the jurisdiction in which it has exercised the authority described in this division.

(E) This section does not exempt any officer or department from the obligation to enforce Chapters 3781. this chapter and Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code.

Section 2. That existing sections 3703.01, 3703.08, and 3781.03 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.