About

Division Counsel serves as the primary legal advisor to the Superintendent of the Division of Industrial Compliance. In that role, Division Counsel advises the Superintendent in legal matters pertaining to buildings, pressure piping, boilers, bedding, upholstered furniture, and stuffed toys, steam engineering, elevators, plumbing, and licensed occupations regulated by the Department, among other areas relevant to the Division's day-to-day operations. In addition, Division Counsel advises senior staff and Division employees in legal matters affecting the Division's regulatory responsibilities, as well as internal Department policies. 

Scope of responsibilities

• Division rule-making
  • Drafting and review of administrative rules
  • Filing of rules into the administrative rule-making process
    • Common Sense Initiative (CSI)
    • Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR)
• Drafting and review of contracts, agreements, and memorandums of understanding (MOUs)
• Drafting of Adjudication Orders issued by the Division
• Litigation
  • Acting as a liaison between the Division's staff and trial counsel
  • Assisting outside counsel with litigation strategy and trial preparation
• Manufactured Homes Program
• Ohio's ethics law
• Public records requests (Pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code)
  • Department of Commerce Public Records Request Policy
• Review of draft legislation

Ohio Law

Ohio Administrative Code

• Ohio Administrative Code 
• Backflow Technician (O.A.C. Ch. 1301:3-7)
• Bedding and Upholstered Furniture Inspection (O.A.C. Ch. 4101:6) 
• Bedding Laboratory Fees (O.A.C. Ch. 1301:3-3)
• Board of Building Appeals (O.A.C. Ch. 4101:13)
• Board of Building Standards: Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules (O.A.C. Ch. 4101:4)
• Board of Building Standards: Elevator Rules (O.A.C. Ch. 4101:5)
• Board of Building Standards: Ohio Building Code (O.A.C. Ch. 4101:1)
• Board of Building Standards: Ohio Mechanical Code (O.A.C. Ch. 4101:2)
• Board of Building Standards: Ohio Plumbing Code (O.A.C. Ch. 4101:3)
• Boiler Inspection (O.A.C. 1301:3-5)
• Elevator Inspection (O.A.C. 1301:3-6)
• Historical Boilers (O.A.C. 1301:3-4)
• Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board (O.A.C. Ch. 4101:16)
• Ohio Manufactured Homes Program (O.A.C. Ch. 4781)
• Plumbing Permit, Reinspection Fees (O.A.C. Ch. 1301:3-2)
• Ski Tramway Board (O.A.C. Ch. 4101:14)
• Wage and Hour (O.A.C. Ch. 4101:9)
• Welders and Brazers (O.A.C. Ch. 1301:3-8)

Ohio Revised Code

• Ohio Revised Code 
• Bedding (R.C. Ch. 3713)
• Boilers (R.C. Ch. 4104)
• Board of Building Appeals (R.C. 3781.19)
• Building Standards - Electrical Safety Standards (R.C. Ch. 3783)
• Building Standards - General Provisions (R.C. Ch. 3781)
• Building Standards - Offense and Penalties (R.C. Ch. 3791)
• Construction Industry Licensing Board (R.C. Ch. 4740)
• Elevators (R.C. Ch. 4105)
• Employment Of Minors (R.C. Ch. 4109)
• Manufactured Homes (R.C. Ch. 4781)
• Minimum Fair Wage Standards (R.C. Ch. 4111)
• Miscellaneous Labor Provisions (R.C. Ch. 4113)
• Plumbing (R.C. Ch. 3703)
• Ski Tramways (R.C. Ch. 4169)
• Wages And Hours on Public Works (R.C. Ch. 4115)