(A) The director of health, any employee of the department of health, or any individual, business entity, or government entity with which the director enters into an agreement under division (B)(4) of section 3723.08 of the Revised Code, shall not release information collected pursuant to this chapter concerning a specific building used as a private residence or the real property upon which it is located to anyone other than the owner or occupant of the building or real property without their consent, unless the director determines that the release is necessary for use in conducting legitimate scientific studies, or the information is released in summary statistical or other form that does not reasonably tend to disclose the address of the building or real property or the identity of the owner or occupant.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3723.12

  • Building: means a publicly or privately owned structure consisting of any combination of foundations, walls, columns, girders, beams, floors, or roofs, with or without other elements or appurtenances. See Ohio Code 3723.01
  • Business entity: means a corporation, partnership, association, firm, sole proprietorship, or other entity engaged in business. See Ohio Code 3723.01
  • Government entity: means the state, a state agency as defined in section 1. See Ohio Code 3723.01
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(B) The department of health shall maintain information collected pursuant to this chapter and the rules adopted under it for at least five years. The department may destroy any such information that it has maintained for five years.

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