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Ohio Revised Code Title XXXVII. Health Safety Morals § 3781.271

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(A) Beginning on July 1, 2013, each protection service shall reasonably modify its one-call notification system so as to permit the reasonable identification of the location of a proposed excavation site.  Each member of a protection service shall be responsible for providing current contact information to the protection service.

(B) The protection service shall create and maintain a centralized database for the purpose of collecting and tracking underground facility damage notifications made in accordance with divisions (A)(6), (7), and (8) of section 3781.30 of the Revised Code.

(C) Compiled, nonconfidential damage data shall be made publicly available on the protection service's web site for the purpose of improving excavation safety, damage prevention education, and transparency.

(D)(1) All reports made pursuant to divisions (A)(6) and (8) of section 3781.30 of the Revised Code shall be made available to the public utilities commission upon request.

(2) Information contained in such reports provided to the commission shall be held as confidential, except when disclosed under section 4901.16 of the Revised Code or when requested by the underground technical committee as part of a report prepared pursuant to section 4913.13 of the Revised Code.

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