CHAPTER 141 – DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

141.01   Establishment; Employees

141.02   Powers and Duties of Director

141.03   Acceptance of Gifts

141.04   Establishment of Special Accounts

141.05   Expenditure of Donated Funds

141.06   Treatment of Indigent Alcoholics, Drug Addicts – Repealed

141.07   Division of Correction; Duties of Commissioner – Repealed

141.071   Reimbursement for Confinement Costs – Repealed

141.072   Inmate Labor – Repealed

141.08   Contracts with Governments for Care of Persons at Institutions – Repealed

141.081   Home Detention Program; Contract Authority – Repealed

141.09   Uniforms for Institutional Guards and Matrons – Repealed

141.091   Uniform Maintenance Allowances – Repealed

141.10   Division of Health

141.11   Duties of Commissioner of Health

141.12   Subdivision of Communicable Diseases

141.13   Controller of Tuberculosis

141.14   Controller of Chronic Illness

141.15   Bureau of Public Health Education

141.16   Subdivision of Child Hygiene

141.17   Coordinator of Venereal Diseases

141.18   Bureau of Vital Statistics

141.19   Division of Environment

141.20   Bureau of Environmental Health

141.21   Voluntary Food Safety Training Courses

141.22   Division of Air Quality

141.23   Duties of the Commissioner of Air Quality

141.24   Division of Health Equity and Social Justice

141.25   Duties of the Commissioner of Health Equity and Social Justice

141.26   Charges for Services

141.27   Payment of Clothing Allowance – Repealed

141.28   Correctional Officer Training – Repealed

141.29 to 141.36   Reserved

141.37   Employment of Consultants

141.38   Contracts with the State of Ohio to Receive Reimbursement under the Medicaid Administrative Claiming (MAC) Program for the Department of Public Health

141.39   Employment of Licensed Medical Professionals

   Note: The legislative history of this chapter, except where specifically noted at the end of a section, is as follows: Ordinance No. 63410-A, passed September 22, 1924.

Charter reference:
   General provisions for public health, Charter § 114

Cross-reference:
   Contents, purpose and implementation of neighborhood conservation plan, CO Ch. 323
   Housing Clinic’s function, CO 137.13 et seq.

Statutory reference:
   Air pollution, RC Ch. 3704
   Inspection of food, RC 3707.38 et seq.
   Quarantine and communicable diseases, RC 3707.04 et seq.

§ 141.01 Establishment; Employees

   There is hereby established a Department of Public Health to be controlled and administered by a Director of Public Health subject to the provisions of the Charter and ordinances of the City, and to the direction of the Mayor. The Director may appoint and employ a secretary who may be in the unclassified service and such other officers and employees as may be necessary for the operation of his or her office and the several divisions and activities comprising the Department, except officers and employees appointed by the commissioners of the several divisions in accordance with the provisions of Charter Section 40.

(Ord. No. 2421-90. Passed 1-28-91, eff. 2-5-91)

   Note: Pursuant to Section 2 of Ord. No. 2421-90, any references in the Codified Ordinances to the Department of Public Health and Welfare, Director of Public Health and Welfare, Director of Public Welfare or Director of Welfare shall be amended to read Department of Public Health and Director of Public Health, respectively.

§ 141.02 Powers and Duties of Director

   The Director of Public Health shall have charge of and general supervision and control over divisions and bureaus established in the Department of Public Health. The Director shall have the power to authorize, approve and accept the rendition of voluntary services to the benefit of and without cost to the City and its citizens by medical and paramedical and other volunteer personnel. He or she shall have additional duties as may be required by ordinance.

(Ord. No. 1871-06, § 3. Passed 12-11-06, eff. 12-15-06) (BOC Res. No. 184-07. Adopted 4-18-07)

§ 141.03 Acceptance of Gifts

   The Director of Public Health is authorized to accept gifts of money, property, or services, with or without limitations imposed by the donor, that may be donated for the use and benefit of the Department of Public Health.

(Ord. No. 640-07. Passed 6-11-07, eff. 6-15-07)

§ 141.04 Establishment of Special Accounts

   (a)   Funds so accepted shall be placed to the credit of the particular institution in Fund 126 in an account to be designated, if the fund is limited in purpose by the conditions of the gift, as “_______________ limited purpose account”; otherwise in an account to be designated “_______________ unconditioned expenditure account”.

   (b)   The funds deposited to the credit of the foregoing accounts are hereby determined not to constitute public funds subject to the provisions of law relating to the budget, but funds to be expended for the benefit of the named institution at the discretion of the Director of Public Health and Welfare, or in the manner and for the specific purpose named in the gift.

(Ord. No. 2640-55. Passed 12-12-55, eff. 12-15-55)