(A) The director of health shall do all of the following:

(1) Administer and enforce this chapter and the rules adopted under it;

(2) Collect and make available information relating to sources of radiation;

(3) Ensure the review of plans and specifications, submitted in accordance with rules adopted by the director, for the control of radiation that constitutes an unreasonable or unnecessary risk to human health or the environment;

(4) Review reports of quality assurance audits performed by certified radiation experts under this chapter and the rules adopted under it;

(5) Ensure that programs for the control of sources of radiation are developed with due regard for compatibility with federal programs for the regulation of byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials;

(6) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt, and subsequently may amend and rescind, rules providing for the administrative assessment and collection of monetary penalties for failure by any facility licensed under this chapter and rules adopted under it to comply with this chapter and those rules. The director may require the submission of compliance schedules and other related information. Any orders issued or payments or other requirements imposed pursuant to rules adopted under division (A)(6) of this section shall not affect any civil or criminal enforcement proceeding brought under this chapter or any other provision of state or local law. Moneys collected as administrative penalties imposed pursuant to rules adopted under division (A)(6) of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. The moneys shall be used solely to administer and enforce this chapter and the rules adopted under it.

(7) Maintain files of both of the following:

(a) All license and registration applications, issuances, denials, amendments, renewals, suspensions, and revocations and any administrative or judicial action pertaining to them;

(b) All rules adopted under this chapter, or proposed to be adopted, relating to the regulation of sources of radiation and proceedings on them.

(B) The director may do any or all of the following:

(1) Advise, consult, and cooperate with other agencies of the state, the federal government, other states, interstate agencies, political subdivisions, industries, and other affected groups in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter and the rules adopted under it;

(2) Accept and administer grants from the federal government and from other sources, public or private, for carrying out any of the director's functions under this chapter and the rules adopted under it;

(3) Encourage, participate in, or conduct studies, investigations, training, research, and demonstrations relating to the detection and control of radiation that constitutes an unreasonable or unnecessary risk to human health or the environment, the measurement of radiation, the evaluation of potential effects on health of cumulative or acute exposure to radiation, the development and improvement of methods to limit and reduce the generation of radioactive waste, and related problems as the director considers necessary or advisable;

(4) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules establishing criteria under which other agencies of the state or private entities may perform inspections of x-ray equipment at registered dental facilities at the request of the facility or pursuant to contract with the department;

(5) Exercise all incidental powers necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and the rules adopted under it, including, without limitation, the issuance of orders.

Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.127, HB 487, §101.01, eff. 9/10/2012.

Effective Date: 06-30-1997; 12-30-2004; 06-27-2005