Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 917 | Dairy Products
Section 917.17 | Confidential Information.

Effective: November 15, 1981
Latest Legislation: House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly
All information that is furnished to or procured by the director of agriculture under sections 917.01 to 917.23 of the Revised Code shall be for the exclusive use and information of the director in the discharge of his official duties and shall not be open to the public or be used in any court in any action or proceeding therein unless the director is a party to such action or proceeding; but such information may be consolidated in statistical tables and published by the director in statistical form, without disclosing details of information furnished by any particular person, for the use and information of other state departments and the public.
The director or any employee of the director and any person assisting the director in the administration of such sections shall not willfully divulge any material information secured while in the employ of the director, with respect to the transactions, property, files, records, or papers of the department, or with respect to the business or mechanical, chemical, or other industrial processes of any person or dealer, to any person other than to the director or to the superior of such employee of the director, or when called upon to testify in any action or proceeding in any court.
Any employee of the director authorized to accept or receive money paid or to be paid to the director shall, before he enters upon the discharge of his duties, execute and file in the office of the secretary of state, a bond in such amount as is fixed by the secretary of state. If surety company bonds are furnished, the premiums thereon shall be paid by the department.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences

Chapter 917 | Dairy Products

Section 917.01 | Dairy Product Definitions.

Section 917.02 | Director of Agriculture - Powers and Duties.

Section 917.03 | Milk Sanitation Board.

Section 917.031 | Authority of Milk Sanitation Board.

Section 917.032 | Subcommittees.

Section 917.04 | Sales of and Labeling for Raw Milk.

Section 917.05 | Prohibited Acts.

Section 917.06 | No Local Regulations.

Section 917.07 | Dairy Industry Fund.

Section 917.08 | Examinations.

Section 917.09 | License Types and Categories.

Section 917.091 | Application and Issuance of Temporary Weigher, Sampler or Tester License.

Section 917.10 | Pasteurization Frozen Dessert Ingredients.

Section 917.11 | Identification, Labeling and Branding.

Section 917.12 | Reports and Examinations.

Section 917.13 | Payment Reports.

Section 917.14 | Adoption of Method Guaranteeing Payment to Producer.

Section 917.15 | Plans of Operation.

Section 917.16 | Rights of Agricultural Cooperative Association.

Section 917.17 | Confidential Information.

Section 917.18 | Family Member or Employee Contracts Certain Diseases.

Section 917.19 | Inspections - Right of Entry.

Section 917.20 | Admissibility of Test Report or Document.

Section 917.21 | Injunctive or Other Relief.

Section 917.22 | Denial, Suspension or Revocation of License.

Section 917.23 | Cooling and Storage of Manufacture Milk.

Section 917.24 | Effect of Child Support Default on License.

Section 917.99 | Penalty.