Ohio Rev. Code § 5123.221
The department of developmental disabilities shall determine and direct what lands belonging to institutions under its control shall be cultivated.
The department of agriculture, the department of health, and the Ohio state university shall cooperate with the department of developmental disabilities, and the managing officer of each institution mentioned in section 5123.03 of the Revised Code, in making such cooperative tests as are necessary to determine the quality, strength, and purity of supplies, the value and use of farm lands, or the conditions and needs of mechanical equipment.
The department may direct the purchase of any materials, supplies, or other articles for any institution subject to its jurisdiction from any other such institution at the reasonable market value, such value to be fixed by the department, and payments therefor shall be made as between institutions in the manner provided for payment for supplies.
R.C. § 5123.221