Section 3794.09 - Enforcement; penalties(A) Upon the receipt of a first report that a proprietor of a public place or place of employment or an individual has violated any provision of this chapter, the department of health or its designee shall investigate the report and, if it concludes that there was a violation, issue a warning letter to the proprietor or individual.(B) Upon a report of a second or subsequent violation of any provision of this chapter by a proprietor of a public place or place of employment or an individual, the department of health or its designee shall investigate the report. If the director of health or director's designee concludes, based on all of the information before the director or the director's designee, that there was a violation, the director or the director's designee shall impose a civil fine upon the proprietor or individual in accordance with the schedule of fines required to be promulgated under section 3794.07 of the Revised Code.(C) Any proprietor or individual against whom a finding of a violation is made under this chapter may appeal the finding in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code.(D) The director of health may institute an action in the court of common pleas seeking an order in equity against a proprietor or individual that has repeatedly violated the provisions of this chapter or fails to comply with its provisions.Amended by 135th General Assembly, HB 33,§101.01, eff. 10/3/2023.Amended by 135th General Assembly, SB 21,§1, eff. 9/29/2023.Effective Date: 12/7/2006.