Codes & Regulations

CODES

• Uniform Food Safety Code – Chapter 3717-1 – Ohio Administrative Code | Ohio Laws
• Public Swimming Pools and Spas – Chapter 3701-31 – Ohio Administrative Code | Ohio Laws
• Parks/ Camps – Chapter 3701-26 – Ohio Administrative Code | Ohio Laws
• Resident Camps – Chapter 3701-25 – Ohio Administrative Code | Ohio Laws
• Smoke Free Workplace Program – Chapter 3701-52 – Ohio Administrative Code | Ohio Laws

REGULATIONS

• Housing and Environmental Sanitation Regulation 1-2026
• Public Accommodation Facilities Public Health Sanitation Regulation
• Rabies Regulation
• School Environmental Health Safety

CODES

• Ohio Plumbing Code
  • See Section 312 for inspection requirements
• Ohio Plumbing Code Amendment 2016

REGULATIONS

• Regulation 3 (2025) – Hamilton County General Health District Plumbing Regulation 3 2025

• Body Art
  • Ohio Revised Code: Chapter 3730
  • Ohio Administrative Code: Chapter 3701-9
• Compost Facilities Except from Registering
  • Exemption for agricultural operations – Ohio Revised Code: Section 1.61
  • On-farm mortality composting – Ohio Revised Code: Section 939.04
  • Sewage sludge composting – Ohio Revised Code: Chapter 6111 
• Infectious Waste
  • Ohio Revised Code – Section 3701.33
  • Ohio Revised Code – Chapter 119
•  Sewage sludge composting
  • Chapter 3745-40 of the Ohio Administrative Code
  • Chapter 6111 of the Ohio Revised Code

• Waste Haulers
  • Housing and Environmental Sanitation Regulation 1-2026

• Private Water
  • Ohio Administrative Code: Chapter 3701-28
• Registered Environmental Health Specialists – Ohio Revised Code 3776
• Sewage Treatment Systems (STS)
  • Ohio Revised Code 3718
  • Ohio Administrative Code: Chapter 3701-29
  • HCPH Policies and Standards Pursuant to Ohio Administrative Code: Section 3701-29
    • Ohio Administrative Code 3701-29-21 (Septic System Abandonment)
  • Operation & Maintenance Program Standards (2025)