Ohio Code § 3701.82

§ 3701.82.

(A) A brazier, salamander, space heater, room heater, furnace, water heater, or other

burner or heater using wood, coal, coke, fuel oil, kerosene, gasoline, natural gas,

liquid petroleum gas, or similar fuel, and tending to give off carbon monoxide or

other harmful gases: (1) When used in living quarters, or in any enclosed building or space in which persons

are usually present, shall be used with a flue or vent so designed, installed, and

maintained as to vent the products of combustion outdoors;  except in storage, factory,

or industrial buildings which are provided with sufficient ventilation to avoid the

danger of carbon monoxide poisoning; (2) When used as a portable or temporary burner or heater at a construction site, or

in a warehouse, shed, or structure in which persons are temporarily present, shall

be vented as provided in division (A)(1) of this section, or used with sufficient

ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning. (B) This section does not apply to domestic ranges, laundry stoves, gas logs installed

in a fireplace with an adequate flue, or hot plates, unless the same are used as space

or room heaters. (C) No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge, or occupant

of premises, negligently permit the use of a burner or heater in violation of the

standards for venting and ventilation provided in this section. (D) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any kerosene-fired space or room heater

that is equipped with an automatic extinguishing tip-over device, or to any natural

gas-fired or liquid petroleum gas-fired space or room heater that is equipped with

an oxygen depletion safety shutoff system, and that has its fuel piped from a source

outside of the building in which it is located, that are approved by an authoritative

source recognized by the state fire marshal in the state fire code adopted by him

under section 3737.82 of the Revised Code . (E) The state fire marshal may make rules to ensure the safe use of unvented kerosene,

natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heaters exempted from division (A) of this section

when used in assembly buildings, business buildings, high hazard buildings, institutional

buildings, mercantile buildings, and type R-1 and R-2 residential buildings, as these

groups of buildings are defined in rules adopted by the board of building standards

under section 3781.10 of the Revised Code .  No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge, or occupant

of premises, negligently permit the use of a heater in violation of any rules adopted

under this division. (F) The state fire marshal may make rules prescribing standards for written instructions

containing ventilation requirements and warning of any potential fire hazards that

may occur in using a kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heater.  No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum

gas heater unless the manufacturer provides with the heater written instructions that

comply with any rules adopted under this division. (G) No product labeled as a fuel additive for kerosene heaters and having a flash point

below one hundred degrees fahrenheit or thirty-seven and eight-tenths degrees centigrade

shall be sold, offered for sale, or used in any kerosene space heater. (H) No device that prohibits any safety feature on a kerosene, natural gas, or liquid

petroleum gas space heater from operating shall be sold, offered for sale, or used

in connection with any kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas space heater. (I) No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene-fired, natural gas, or liquid

petroleum gas-fired heater that is not exempt from division (A) of this section unless

it is marked conspicuously by the manufacturer on the container with the phrase “Not

Approved For Home Use.” (J) No person shall use a cabinet-type, liquid petroleum gas-fired heater having a fuel

source within the heater, inside any building, except as permitted by the state fire

marshal in the state fire code adopted by him under section 3737.82 of the Revised Code .