Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3743 | Fireworks
Section 3743.67 | Ohio Fire Code Rule Recommendation Committee.

Effective: February 7, 2022
Latest Legislation: House Bill 172 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The Ohio fire code rule recommendation committee is hereby created to review Chapter 3743. of the Revised Code and make a recommendation to the state fire marshal. At a minimum, the committee shall make a recommendation to the state fire marshal relating to all of the following:
(1) Sections 3743.02, 3743.03, 3743.04, 3743.06, 3743.15, 3743.16, 3743.17, 3743.18, and 3743.19 of the Revised Code;
(2) Section 3743.45 of the Revised Code relating to the purchase of 1.4G fireworks from licensed manufacturers or wholesalers;
(3) Section 3743.75 of the Revised Code relating to the moratorium on licenses;
(4) State fire marshal rulemaking of building code requirements for 1.3G manufacturing facilities.
(5) Development of a state licensing program pursuant to section 3743.75 of the Revised Code.
(B) The committee shall meet periodically, with the first meeting not later than ten days after the effective date of this section, and shall submit its report and recommendations to the state fire marshal not later than one hundred days after the effective date of this section.
(C) The committee shall be made up of the following individuals:
(1) The state fire marshal, or the state fire marshal's designee;
(2) Four local fire chiefs appointed by the Ohio fire chiefs' association, or appointed by the association's designee;
(3) A local police chief appointed by the attorney general, or the attorney general's designee;
(4) Five members of the Ohio state pyrotechnics association, appointed by the president of the association, one of whom shall be a licensed wholesaler, one of whom shall be a licensed exhibitor, and one of whom shall be a licensed manufacturer;
(5) One member of prevent blindness Ohio, or the organization's designee;
(6) One member of the Ohio optometric association or the association's designee;
(7) One member of the Ohio pyrotechnic arts guild or the organization's designee;
(8) One representative of the Ohio chapter of the American academy of pediatrics, appointed by the president of the Ohio chapter;
(9) One member of the Ohio council of retail merchants or the council's designee.
Last updated December 9, 2021 at 4:25 PM

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals

Chapter 3743 | Fireworks

Section 3743.01 | Fireworks Definitions.

Section 3743.02 | Application for License to Manufacture Fireworks.

Section 3743.021 | Application for End-of-Moratorium Fireworks Manufacturer License.

Section 3743.03 | Reviewing Application of Manufacturer.

Section 3743.04 | License Renewal.

Section 3743.041 | Issuance of End-of-Moratorium Fireworks Manufacturer License.

Section 3743.05 | Rules Governing Classification, Manufacturing, and Packaging.

Section 3743.06 | Operation of Fireworks Plants.

Section 3743.07 | Records.

Section 3743.08 | Inspections.

Section 3743.15 | Application for Wholesaler's License.

Section 3743.151 | Application for End-of-Moratorium Fireworks Wholesaler License.

Section 3743.16 | Reviewing Application of Wholesaler.

Section 3743.17 | Wholesaler's License Renewal.

Section 3743.171 | Issuance of End-of-Moratorium Fireworks Wholesaler License.

Section 3743.18 | Storage and Business Operations.

Section 3743.19 | Additional Requirements for Wholesalers.

Section 3743.20 | Records.

Section 3743.21 | Inspections.

Section 3743.22 | Consumer-Grade Fireworks Fee.

Section 3743.25 | Safety Requirements for Fireworks Showroom Structures.

Section 3743.26 | Fountain Device Retailer Licenses.

Section 3743.27 | Fountain Device Retailer Operations.

Section 3743.28 | Rules for Fountain Device Retailers.

Section 3743.29 | Fountain Device Retailer Inspections and Discipline.

Section 3743.40 | Applying for Shipping Permit by Nonresident.

Section 3743.44 | Purchase of Commercial-Grade Fireworks.

Section 3743.45 | Purchase, Use, and Local Regulation of Consumer-Grade Fireworks.

Section 3743.451 | Rules for Consumer-Grade Fireworks Use.

Section 3743.46 | Fireworks Sales to Out-of-State Residents.

Section 3743.47 | Safety Pamphlet and Glasses for Consumer Sales.

Section 3743.50 | Applying for Exhibitor's License.

Section 3743.51 | Requirements.

Section 3743.52 | Renewal.

Section 3743.53 | Qualifying as Exhibitor and for Exhibitions.

Section 3743.54 | Public Fireworks Exhibitions - Additional License Categories.

Section 3743.541 | Fireworks Incidents.

Section 3743.55 | Exhibitor Required to Display License to Seller.

Section 3743.56 | Annual Registration of Exhibitor's Employees.

Section 3743.57 | Deposit of Fees in State Fire Marshal's Fund.

Section 3743.58 | Shipping or Transporting Fireworks.

Section 3743.59 | Variances to Fireworks Law Requirements; Hobbyists.

Section 3743.60 | Prohibitions.

Section 3743.61 | Wholesaler Restrictions.

Section 3743.63 | Purchaser Restrictions.

Section 3743.64 | Fireworks Exhibitions and Exhibitors - Prohibited Activities.

Section 3743.65 | Possession, Sale, and Use Restrictions.

Section 3743.66 | Limiting Shipping or Transporting.

Section 3743.67 | Ohio Fire Code Rule Recommendation Committee.

Section 3743.68 | Violators.

Section 3743.70 | No License Issued to Felon.

Section 3743.75 | Moratorium on Licenses.

Section 3743.80 | Exemptions.

Section 3743.99 | Penalty.