(a) Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3709.20, the Board may make such orders and regulations as are necessary for its own government, for the public health, the prevention or restriction of disease, and the prevention, abatement or suppression of nuisances. The Board may also make orders and regulations pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3707.48 to enforce Ohio R.C. Chapter 3707.
(b) All orders and regulations not for the government of the Board, but intended for the general public, shall be adopted, recorded and certified as are ordinances of the City and the record thereof shall be given in all courts the same effect as is given such ordinances. In cases of emergency caused by epidemics of contagious or infectious diseases, or conditions or events endangering the public health, the Board may declare such orders and regulations to be emergency measures, and such orders and regulations shall become effective immediately without such advertising, recording and certifying.