Ohio Code § 3709.22

§ 3709.22.

Each board of health of a city or general health district shall study and record the

prevalence of disease within its district and provide for the prompt diagnosis and

control of communicable diseases.  The board may also provide for the medical and dental supervision of school children,

for the free treatment of cases of venereal diseases, for the inspection of schools,

public institutions, jails, workhouses, children's homes, infirmaries, and county

homes, and other charitable, benevolent, and correctional institutions.  The board may also provide for the inspection of dairies, stores, restaurants, hotels,

and other places where food is manufactured, handled, stored, sold, or offered for

sale, and for the medical inspection of persons employed therein.  The board may also provide for the inspection and abatement of nuisances dangerous

to public health or comfort, and may take such steps as are necessary to protect the

public health and to prevent disease. In the medical supervision of school children, as provided in this section, no medical

or surgical treatments shall be administered to any minor school child except upon

the written request of a parent or guardian of such child.  Any information regarding any diseased condition or defect found as a result of

any school medical examination shall be communicated only to the parent or guardian

of such child and if in writing shall be in a sealed envelope addressed to such parent

or guardian.