Ohio Revised Code Title IX. Agriculture Animals Fences § 941.09

(A) The director of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the identification of an animal tested for, vaccinated against, or infected with a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern or adulterated with a residue and the importation, use, dispensation, and reporting of the use of vaccines for mitigating dangerously contagious or infectious diseases or diseases of concern or other treatments for residues.

(B) No person shall remove, alter, or replace an identification that is required by federal or state law and is placed upon an animal by a person authorized by the director.