Ohio Laws & Regulations
The information contained on this website is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice on any matter. The Information constitutes general information of applicable administrative regulation and/or laws related to general topics in the arena of controlled substance misuse and abuse and may not reflect current legal developments and updates. Please refer to your state legislature for any potential changes.
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Ohio Administrative Code (OAC)
Ohio Revised Code (ORC)
Ohio Advertising/Marketing Information
- ORC 2925.14 – Illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.
Ohio Child Safety Information
Ohio Compounding Information
Ohio Coroner/Medical Examiner Information
- ORC 313.01 – Elected – term.
- ORC 313.02 – Qualifications for coroner – continuing education.
- ORC 313.09 – Records.
- ORC 313.132 – Screening for presence of buprenorphine, naltrexone, and methadone.
- ORC 313.211 – Powers of coroner regarding dangerous drugs.
- ORC 313.212 – Notice of Death by overdose.
- CDC – Ohio Coroner/Medical Examiner Laws
Ohio Drug Checking Information (Test Strips)
- ORC 2925.14 – Illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.
Ohio Drug Cleanup Information (Methamphetamine & Fentanyl Labs)
- NO STATE STATUTES OR REGULATIONS IDENTIFIED
Ohio Drug Court Information
- ORC 1901.041 – Assignment and referral of cases to special divisions of court.
- ORC 1901.181 – Exclusive and concurrent jurisdiction of housing or environmental divisions.
- ORC 2301.03 – Designation domestic relations, juvenile and probate duties.
Ohio Drug Free Workplace Information
- OAC 123:1-76 – Drug-Free Workplace Program
- ORC 153.03 – Contracts to require drug-free workplace program.
Ohio Drugged Driving Information
- ORC 4511.19 – Operating vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs – OVI.
Ohio Drug Violations Information
- OAC 4729:9-1-03 – Schedule III controlled substances. (Xylazine added 9/28/2023)
- ORC 2925 – Drug Offenses
Ohio Electronic Prescribing Information
- ORC 4729.01 – Pharmacists, dangerous drugs definitions.
- ORC 5164.757 – E-prescribing applications.
Ohio First Responder Deflection Program(s) Information
- ORC 2935.36 – Pre-trial diversion programs.
Ohio 911 – Good Samaritan Information
- ORC 2305.23 – Liability for emergency care.
- ORC 2305.234 – Immunity of volunteer health care professionals and workers and of nonprofit shelters and facilities.
- ORC 2925.11 – Possession of controlled substances.
- ORC 3715.504 – Administering overdose reversal drugs.
Ohio Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana & CBD Information
- ORC Chapter 928 et seq. – Hemp and Hemp Products
- ORC Chapter 3780 et seq. – Adult Use Cannabis Control
- ORC Chapter 3796 et seq. – Medical Marijuana Control Program
- ODC – Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program – Rules
Ohio Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Information
- ORC 3719.064 – Prerequisites for initiation of medication-assisted treatment.
- ORC 5119.37 – Requirements to operate opioid addiction treatment programs.
- OAC 4723-9-13 – Medication-assisted treatment.
- OAC 5122-40-06 – Medication assisted treatment administration.
Ohio Naloxone Information
- ORC 3715.50 et seq. – Overdose Reversal Drugs (3715.50 thru 3715.505)
- ORC 4729.01 – Pharmacists, dangerous drugs definitions.
- ORC 4729.541 – Exemption from licensure as terminal distributor of dangerous drugs.
- ORC 4765.45 – Reports to department of health.
Ohio Needle Exchange Programs (NEP) & Syringe Services programs (SSP) Information
- ORC 2925.14 – Illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.
- ORC 3707.57 – Bloodborne infectious disease prevention programs.
- ORC 3719.172 – Possession or sale of hypodermics.
Ohio Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal (NOWS) Information
- ORC 5.25 – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Week.
- ORC 3711.30 – Reports of opioid dependence.
- ORC 3722.11 – Reporting – opioid dependent newborns
Ohio Opioid Litigation Proceeds Information
- One Ohio Memorandum of Understanding (November 2021)
- Opioid Settlement Tracker
- Opioid Settlement Tracker – Ohio
Ohio Overdose Prevention Centers (OPC), Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS), Supervised Injection Facilities (SIF) Information
- NO STATE STATUTES OR REGULATIONS IDENTIFIED
Ohio Overdose Surveillance/Reporting Information
- ORC 307.631 et seq. – Establishing drug overdose fatality review committee. (307.631 thru 307.639)
- ORC 3701.0410 – Drug overdose fatality review.
- ORC 4765.45 – Reports to department of health.
Ohio Pain Management Information
- OAC Chapter 4729:5-11 – Pain Management Clinics
- OAC 4731-11-01 – Definitions
- OAC 4731-11-13 – Prescribing of opiate analgesics for acute pain
- OAC 4731-11-14 – Prescribing for subacute and chronic pain
- OAC 4731-29 – Pain Management Clinics
- ORC 4729.552 – License as a category III terminal distributor of dangerous drugs with a pain management clinic classification.
- ORC 4730.53 – Conditions for prescribing opioid analgesic or benzodiazepine drugs; adoption of rules regarding review of drug database.
- ORC 4731.054 – Operation of pain management clinics; supervision and control of employees, volunteers and contractors.
- ORC 4731.055 – Conditions for prescribing opioid analgesic or benzodiazepine drugs; adoption of rules regarding review of drug database.
- ORC Chapter 4731 – Physicians; Limited Practitioners
- ORC 4731.054 – Operation of pain management clinics
- State Medical Board of Ohio – Pain Clinic Laws & Regulations
- State Medical Board of Ohio – Prescribing for Pain – Laws & Regulations
Ohio Pill Press & Counterfeit Medication Information
- ORC 2925.37 – Counterfeit controlled substance offenses.
- NO STATE SPECIFIC STATUTES OR REGULATIONS IDENTIFIED RE PILL PRESSES
Ohio Prescription Drug Drop-Off Information
- OBOP – Drug Enforcement Administration Rules on Pharmaceutical Drug Collection (Updated 8/20/2024)
- ORC 109.90 – Collaboration in establishment and administration of drug take-back program.
- OAC 4729:5-3-01 – Disposal of controlled substances.
- OAC 4729:10-1-01 – Definitions – prescription drug collection.
- OAC 4729:10-1-02 – Authorized collectors.
- OAC 4729:10-1-03 – Law Enforcement Agencies
- OAC 4729:10-1-04 – Procedure for destruction of collected drugs.
- ORC 4729.69 – Establishment and administration of drug take-back program.
- ORC 4729.691 – Information regarding drug take-back programs.
- ORC 5119.49 – Director’s collaboration in establishment and administration of drug take-back program.
Ohio Prescription Drug Importation Information
- NO STATE SPECIFIC STATUTES OR REGULATIONS IDENTIFIED
Ohio Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Information
- Medical Board (OAC 4731-11-11) & (OAC 4730-2-10)
- Pharmacy Board (OAC 4729-5-20)
- Nursing Board (OAC 4723-9-12)
- Dental Board (OAC 4715-6-01)
- Optometry Board (OAC 4725-16-04)
- ORC 4729.75 – Drug database may be established by board of pharmacy.
- ORC 4729.76 – Duties of administrator of drug database.
- ORC 4729.77 – Drug database information to be supplied by terminal distributors.
- ORC 4729.771 – Medical marijuana dispensaries.
- ORC 4729.772 – Information for drug database from other sources.
- ORC 4729.78 – Drug database information reporting.
- ORC 4729.79 – Information to be provided by licensees who personally furnish drugs to patients.
- ORC 4729.80 – Information provided from drug database – record of requests – confidentiality.
- ORC 4729.81 – Board review of drug database for violations of law.
- ORC 4729.82 – Retention and purging of drug database information.
- ORC 4729.83 – No charges to be imposed to establish or maintain drug database; acceptance of grants, gifts, or donations.
- ORC 4729.84 – Board to adopt drug database rules.
- ORC 4729.85 – Drug database reports.
- ORC 4729.86 – Applicable additional provisions regarding drug database.
- ORC 4729.861 – Restriction of database use; notification of licensor.
Ohio Precursor Chemicals/Including Pseudoephedrine Information
- ORC 109.89 – Access and use of national precursor log exchange information.
- ORC 2925.55 -Unlawful purchase of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine product.
- ORC 2925.56 – Unlawful sale of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine product.
- ORC 2925.57 – Illegal pseudoephedrine or ephedrine product transaction scan.
- ORC 2925.58 – Unlawful sale of pseudoephedrine product to minor – affirmative defense.
- ORC 3715.05 – Sale of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine product.
- ORC 3715.051 – Log of all purchases of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine products.
- ORC 3715.052 – Submission of information regarding non-prescription sales of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine products.
- ORC 3715.053 – Exemptions.
- ORC 3715.054 – Liability for damages due to sale of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine products.
- ORC 3715.06 – Discovery of theft or loss of pseudoephedrine product.
Ohio Prison/Jail Program(s) Information
- OAC 5120-17 – Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program
- ORC 5119.188 – Education and training program for employees of state correctional and youth services institutions.
Ohio School Programs/Information
- ORC 3313.60 – Prescribed curriculum
- ORC 3333.0414 – Opioid and other substance abuse prevention instruction
- ORC 3715.50 – Overdose reversal drugs definitions
Ohio Sober Living Homes/Recovery Residence Information
- ORC 340.01 – Alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district.
- ORC 340.034 – Recovery housing.
- ORC 2967.14 – Halfway houses or community residential centers.
Ohio Substance Abuse Services Information
- OAC 5120-17 – Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program
- ORC 5119 – Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
- ORC 5119.37 – Requirements to operate opioid addiction treatment programs.
Ohio Telemedicine/Telehealth Information
- OAC 4731-11-09 – Controlled substance and telehealth prescribing
- ORC 4729.285 – Telehealth Services
- ORC 4743.09 – Standards for telehealth services.
Last Updated – 8/25/2024
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