Ohio Revised Code Title XLVII. Occupations Professions § 4733.18

(A) The state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors shall authorize a temporary registration for an individual who has filed with the board an application for a temporary registration and has paid the required fee in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code. The temporary registration continues only for the time the board requires for consideration of the application for registration.

(C) Nothing in this chapter prevents persons other than engineers from preparing plans, drawings, specifications, or data, from filing applications for building permits, or from obtaining those permits for residential buildings, as defined by section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, or buildings that are erected as one-, two-, or three-family units or structures within the meaning of the term “industrialized unit” as provided in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code.

(D) Nothing in this chapter prevents persons other than engineers from preparing drawings or data, from filing applications for building permits, or from obtaining those permits for the installation of replacement equipment or systems that are similar in type or capacity to the equipment or systems being replaced, and for any improvement, alteration, repair, painting, decorating, or other modification of any buildings or structures subject to sections 3781.06 to 3781.18 and 3791.04 of the Revised Code where the building official determines that no plans or specifications are required for approval.