Issues vendors licenses which authorize a business to engage in tangible retail sales and charge sales tax.

Provides custom-designed kits, including tax forms and all necessary license and permit applications, for applicant's specific business situation, including information needed to start a business in Ohio. Supplies forms only - questions about the forms should be directed to the agencies that will receive and process them.

Licenses day dare facilities and homes for children. Provides information about the licensing process and provides access to online training. The agency inspects, licenses, and sets the standards for child care centers, child day camps, and private homes caring for 7 or more children.

Provides license verification information about Nurses; provides certification verification information about Medication Aides, Dialysis Technicians, and Community Health Workers. Licenses Nurses; certifies Medication Aides, Dialysis Technicians, Community Health Workers, and Advanced Practice Nurses.

Licenses, educates, and inspects restaurants, grocery stores, food trucks, vending machines, and anywhere else that sells food in Lorain County. Helps to prevent diseases spread through food by making sure food is prepared and stored safely. Follows up on complaints. Food inspection reports can be viewed online at https://www.loraincountyhealth.com/foodsafety.

Establishes and enforces licensing and certification standards for funeral directors and mortuary service personnel. Administers examinations to demonstrate competency, issues or denies licenses, and revokes licenses or takes disciplinary action for noncompliance with standards.

Oversees activities related to licensing of optometrists and opticians and takes disciplinary action for noncompliance with standards.

LCJFS is responsible for inspection and licensing in-home child care providers in Licking County, while the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services licenses and inspects out of home day care providers.

Provides the following permits, licenses, and inspectional services (individual department phone numbers are listed behind each description): rat and rabies control, environmental health, nuisance complaints, landfill, trash truck, well water, and septic inspections (225-4362); plumbing permits and inspections (225-4421); housing inspections outside of the Dayton city limits (225-4428); food service operator licenses, bar, grocery, restaurant, swimming pool, hotel, and mobile home inspections (225-4460); lead paint poisoning preventions programs, information about lead paint hazards, and inspections for the presence of lead paint in homes (225-5553); and vending machines, mobile home park, motel, and mobile food service inspections (225-5915).

Provides Mandated Reporter Training seminars for Day Care Centers to help staff identify and prevent child abuse and neglect.

Licenses counselors, social workers & marriage and family therapists in the State of Ohio. Verifies initial/ongoing professional qualifications in terms of basic professional education, continuing education, passing the appropriate credentialing examination, and ethical/criminal background information. Investigates consumer complaints of ethical/practice standard violations by counselors, social workers, and marriage and family Therapists. Sanctions offending professionals as appropriate; including possible loss of license. Maintains a data base of currently licensed counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists within the state of Ohio. Also approves continuing education providers who want to offer Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for license certification/recertification.

The Food Safety Program includes inspection and licensing for all food service, food establishments and vending operations; and investigation of all reported foodborne illnesses.

Provides foster home licensing, home placement, and recruitment of potential foster families, including kin families.

1. Set and maintain minimum levels of sanitation in places preparing and/or serving food to the public. 2. Investigate any food related complaints/illness. 3. Educate public about safe food handling practices. 4. Provide inspection and consultation services for food service operators and their operations. 5. Ensure all food service operations conform to Section 3732 of the Ohio Revised Code.

Establishes and maintains standards for architectural and landscape architectural registration, practice, and professional conduct. Enforces the laws and rules governing the practice of architecture and landscape architecture.

Responsible for restaurant and food sanitation inspections, plumbing inspections, tap water testing, and rabies control.

Offers certification examinations for pharmacists, pharmacy interns, terminal and whole distributors of dangerous drugs and manufacturers and wholesalers of controlled substances.

Issues the following licenses: Bicycle Licenses, Burglar Alarm Licenses for business and residential use, Ambulance, Emergency Medical Technician, Arcade/Pool Room, Boxing/Wrestling, Carnival, Circus, Day Labor Pool, Discontinuing Business Sale, Drug Paraphernalia, Firearms Dealer, Garbage/Rubbish Haulers, Gasoline Pumps, Ice Cream Itinerant Retailer, Massage Parlor, Masseur/Masseuse, Itinerant Retailer, Phrenology, Promoter (Boxing/Wrestling), Roller Skating Rink, Secondhand Dealer, Shooting Galleries, Taxi Cab/Transportation Company, and Tow Truck.

Identifies and licenses individuals who want to provide a Type A or B child care in their own home, including care provided to families by friends/relatives. Licensed programs are inspected prior to and after receiving an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) license and must verify compliance with state and federal requirements. In addition, programs will also be investigated in response to complaints received through ODJFS. These providers may provide child care to both publicly and privately funded children.

Establishes and enforces licensing and certification for Orthotists, Prosthetists, Pedorthists, Mastectomy Fitters, Therapeutic Shoe Fitters, Orthotic Fitters, Orthotic and/or Prosthetic Assistants, and Orthotic and/or Prosthetic Technicians. Administers examinations to demonstrate competency. Issues, denies, and revokes licenses based upon set standards.

Provides vendor's licenses to those seeking to sell products or services in Geauga County. A regular vendor’s license is issued to vendors with a fixed place of business and is only good for one location. The transient vendors license may be used to make sales from temporary locations in all Ohio counties and must be obtained from the State of Ohio.

Provides vendor licenses to those seeking to sell products or services in Ross County. A regular vendor’s license is issued to vendors with a fixed place of business and is only good for one location. The transient vendor's license may be used to make sales from temporary locations in all Ohio counties and must be obtained from the State of Ohio.

Establishes and maintains standards, registration, practice and professional conduct for physicians (Medical Doctors, Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine, and Doctors of Podiatric Medicine), acupuncturists, anesthesiologist assistants, dietitians, genetic counselors, massage therapists, physician assistants, radiologist assistants, and respiratory therapists. Enforces the laws and rules governing the practice of medicine in the state of Ohio.

Protects the public's health by assisting and monitoring aspects of food protection which include plan review, inspections, licensing, education, complaint, and food borne outbreak investigations. Educates the public, employees, owners, and managers of food facilities through Level 1 and Level 2 courses offered at Richland Public Health covering subjects regarding food safety.