3717.071(B) Forms for calculating licensing fees
(1)
If the licensor is a board of health, the board shall submit the form to the director of agriculture in the case of fees being charged for retail food establishment licenses, and to the director of health in the case of fees being charged for food service operation licenses. The board shall submit the form to the appropriate director not later than the first day of the fiscal year in which the fees will apply. A form that is mailed to the director shall be considered to have been submitted on its postmark date.
(2)
On receipt of a form from a board of health, the director of agriculture or director of health shall review the form to determine if the board has calculated its fees in accordance with the uniform methodologies. If at any time the director of agriculture or director of health has reasonable cause to believe that an audit of a board of health, in addition to the annual or biennial audit conducted pursuant to division (A) of section 117.11 of the Revised Code, is in the public interest, the director may request that the auditor of state conduct the audit. If the audit is conducted, the cost of the audit is the responsibility of the board of health.