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103.2.1.2 Municipalities
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Municipalities, in submitting the application described in Section 103.2.3, must specify whether the residential department is to be certified to enforce the rules of the board for plumbing and will employ a certified plumbing inspector as required in Section 103.3. If a residential department is not to be certified for plumbing, the enforcement shall be done by the local board of health.
Municipalities may, at any time, make application to the board of building standards to be approved to have the building department certification modified or to include or exclude plumbing enforcement duties in accordance with Section 103.2.8.
103.2.1.1.2 Counties and townships.Counties and townships, in submitting the application described in Section 103.2.3 for certification of a residential building department, are not certified to enforce plumbing provisions or employ plumbing inspectors required in Section 103.3. As permitted in Section 3703.01 of the Revised Code, county residential building departments may enforce plumbing provisions if the county board of health has entered into an agreement with the board of county commissioners to provide plumbing code enforcement and employs a plumbing inspector certified as required in division (D) of Section 3703.01 of the Revised Code. The county shall specify on its application whether the county residential department will enforce the rules of the board for plumbing and will employ a properly certified plumbing inspector. If, after certification, a county residential building department assumes plumbing code enforcement as required in Section 3703.01 of the Revised Code, it shall notify the board.Counties and townships may, at any time, make application to the board of building standards to be approved to have the building department certification modified or to include or exclude medical gas piping system enforcement duties in accordance with Section 103.2.8.