Effective: September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) An advertisement of food, drug, device, or cosmetic is false if it is false or misleading in any particular.
(B) For the purpose of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles, cholecystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erysipelas, gallstones, heart and vascular diseases, high blood pressure, mastoiditis, measles, meningitis, mumps, nephritis, otitis media, paralysis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), prostate gland disorders, pyelitis, scarlet fever, sexual impotence, sinus infection, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, uremia, venereal disease, is also false, except that no advertisement not in violation of division (A) of this section is false under this division if it is disseminated only to members of the medical, dental, pharmaceutical, or veterinary profession, or appears only in the scientific periodicals of these professions; provided, that whenever the director of agriculture determines that an advance in medical science has made any type of self-medication safe as to any of the diseases named above, the director shall adopt rules authorizing the advertisement of drugs having curative or therapeutic effect for such disease, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the director may deem necessary in the interests of public health; provided, that this division shall not be construed as indicating that self-medication for diseases other than those named in this section is safe or efficacious.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals
Chapter 3715 | Pure Food and Drug Law
Section 3715.01 | Pure Food and Drug Law Definitions.
Section 3715.011 | Effect of Changes to Federal Law.
Section 3715.02 | Definitions for Food or Class of Food and Standards.
Section 3715.021 | Standards and Good Manufacturing Practices for Food Processing Establishments.
Section 3715.022 | Standards for Food Sampling and Procedures for Administration.
Section 3715.023 | Labels for Cottage Food Production Operation, Processor, or Beekeeper.
Section 3715.024 | Voluntary Inspection of Processor's or Beekeeper's Facilities.
Section 3715.025 | Restrictions on Cottage Food Production Operation.
Section 3715.03 | Right of Entry.
Section 3715.04 | Certificate of Health and Freesale - Inspection - Fee.
Section 3715.041 | Registration of Food Processing Establishments.
Section 3715.05 | Sale of Pseudoephedrine or Ephedrine Product.
Section 3715.051 | Log of All Purchases of Pseudoephedrine or Ephedrine Products.
Section 3715.053 | Exemptions.
Section 3715.054 | Liability for Damages Due to Sale of Pseudoephedrine or Ephedrine Products.
Section 3715.06 | Discovery of Theft or Loss of Pseudoephedrine Product.
Section 3715.07 | Standards for Flavoring Extracts.
Section 3715.13 | Sale of Diphtheria Antitoxin.
Section 3715.14 | Prohibition Against Sale of Unlabeled Canned Fruits and Vegetables by a Dealer.
Section 3715.16 | Prohibition Against Falsely Labeling Fruit or Vegetable Packages.
Section 3715.17 | Prohibition Against Selling Falsely Labeled Fruit or Vegetables.
Section 3715.171 | Date Labels for Perishable Foods.
Section 3715.18 | Manufacturer or Packer Must Attach Label to Soaked Goods.
Section 3715.19 | Vendor Must Attach Label to Soaked Goods.
Section 3715.20 | Prosecution.
Section 3715.23 | Manufacture and Sale of Adulterated Candy - Sample for Analysis.
Section 3715.24 | Maple Product Standards and Grades.
Section 3715.25 | Prohibited Acts Regarding Maple Products.
Section 3715.27 | Cider Manufacturing and Labeling.
Section 3715.29 | Cider or Apple Vinegar.
Section 3715.30 | Wine or Grape Vinegar.
Section 3715.31 | Malt Vinegar.
Section 3715.32 | Distilled Vinegar.
Section 3715.33 | Fermented Vinegar.
Section 3715.34 | Injurious Ingredients in Vinegar - Brands.
Section 3715.35 | Brands on Casks of Cider Vinegar.
Section 3715.36 | Prohibition Against Selling Vinegar Not Made or Branded in Compliance With Law.
Section 3715.37 | Branding of Cider Vinegar by Manufacturing Farmer.
Section 3715.38 | Prohibitions Regarding Honey.
Section 3715.52 | Prohibited Acts.
Section 3715.53 | Injunctions.
Section 3715.54 | Exceptions to Liability.
Section 3715.55 | Notice of Adulteration, Misbranding, or Expiration.
Section 3715.551 | Embargo of Food.
Section 3715.57 | Written Notice or Warning for Minor Violations Sufficient.
Section 3715.59 | When Food Is Adulterated.
Section 3715.60 | Misbranded Food.
Section 3715.61 | Director of Agriculture - Powers Regarding Permits.
Section 3715.62 | Unsafe Food.
Section 3715.63 | When Drug or Device Is Adulterated.
Section 3715.64 | Misbranded Drug or Device.
Section 3715.65 | Application for New Drug Required.
Section 3715.66 | Adulterated Cosmetics.
Section 3715.67 | Misbranded Cosmetics.
Section 3715.68 | False or Misleading Advertisement.
Section 3715.69 | Adoption of Rules for Enforcement.
Section 3715.70 | Right of Entry - Examination of Samples.
Section 3715.71 | Publication of Reports - Dissemination of Information.
Section 3715.72 | Administrative Procedure - Exceptions.
Section 3715.73 | Fines or Forfeited Bonds to Be Paid Into State Treasury.
Section 3715.74 | Governor May Declare Adulterated Consumer Product Emergency.
Section 3715.80 | Dietary Supplement Defined.
Section 3715.81 | Dietary Supplement to Be Treated as a Food.
Section 3715.82 | Adoption of Rules.
Section 3715.83 | Dietary Supplement Considered to Be Adulterated.
Section 3715.84 | Requirements for Labeling - Misbranding.
Section 3715.85 | Publication Used in Connection With Sale to Consumers of Dietary Supplement.
Section 3715.86 | Dietary Supplement Not Considered Food Additive.
Section 3715.87 | Drug Repository Program for Donated Prescription Drugs - Definitions.
Section 3715.873 | Adoption of Rules.
Section 3715.88 | Dangerous Drug Donation Definitions.
Section 3715.89 | Dangerous Drug Donation Requirements.
Section 3715.90 | Pharmacy School Acceptance of Dangerous Drug Donations.
Section 3715.91 | Dangerous Drug Donation Implementing Rules.
Section 3715.92 | Immunity of Pharmacy School Accepting Dangerous Drugs.