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As used in this chapter:
(A) “License” means any of the following:
(1) An authorization evidenced by a license, certificate, registration, permit, card, or other authority that is issued or conferred by a licensing agency described in division (C)(1) of this section to a licensee or to an applicant for an initial license by which the licensee or initial license applicant has or claims the privilege to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity, or to have control of and operate certain specific equipment, machinery, or premises, over which the licensing agency has jurisdiction.
(2) An authorization evidenced by a license or certificate that is issued by a licensing agency described in division (C)(2) of this section pursuant to section 4715.12, 4715.16, 4715.21, or 4715.27 of the Revised Code to a licensee or to an applicant for an initial license by which the licensee or initial license applicant has or claims the privilege to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity over which the licensing agency has jurisdiction.
(B) “Licensee” means the person to whom the license is issued by a licensing agency.
(C) “Licensing agency” means any of the following:
(1) The board authorized by Chapters 4701., 4717., 4725., 4729., 4730., 4731., 4732., 4734., 4740., 4741., 4755., 4757., 4759., 4760., 4761., 4762., and 4779. of the Revised Code to issue a license to engage in a specific profession, occupation, or occupational activity, or to have charge of and operate certain specified equipment, machinery, or premises.
(2) The state dental board, relative to its authority to issue a license pursuant to section 4715.12, 4715.16, 4715.21, or 4715.27 of the Revised Code.
(D) “Applicant for an initial license” includes persons seeking a license for the first time and persons seeking a license by reciprocity, endorsement, or similar manner of a license issued in another state.
(E) “Applicant for a restored license” includes persons seeking restoration of a certificate under section 4730.14, 4731.281, 4760.06, or 4762.06 of the Revised Code.
(F) “Criminal records check” has the same meaning as in division (E) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code.
Effective Date: 2007 HB104 03-24-2008
(A) An applicant for an initial license or restored license from a licensing agency shall submit a request to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation for a criminal records check of the applicant. The request shall be accompanied by a completed copy of the form prescribed under division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, a set of fingerprint impressions obtained as described in division (C)(2) of that section, and the fee prescribed under division (C)(3) of that section. The applicant shall ask the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in the request to obtain from the federal bureau of investigation any information it has pertaining to the applicant.
An applicant requesting a criminal records check shall provide the bureau of criminal identification and investigation with the applicant’s name and address and with the licensing agency’s name and address.
(B) Upon receipt of the completed form, the set of fingerprint impressions, and the fee provided for in division (A) of this section, the superintendent shall conduct a criminal records check of the applicant under division (B) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. Upon completion of the criminal records check, the superintendent shall report the results of the criminal records check and any information the federal bureau of investigation provides to the licensing agency identified in the request for a criminal records check.
Effective Date: 2007 HB104 03-24-2008
Each licensing agency shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing administrative and procedural requirements for criminal records checks.
Effective Date: 2007 HB104 03-24-2008
The results of any criminal records check conducted pursuant to a request made under this chapter and any report containing those results, including any information the federal bureau of investigation provides, are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person or for any purpose other than as follows:
(A) The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall make the results available to the licensing agency for use in determining, under the agency’s authorizing chapter of the Revised Code, whether the applicant who is the subject of the criminal records check should be granted a license under that chapter.
(B) The licensing agency shall make the results available to the applicant who is the subject of the criminal records check or to the applicant’s representative.
Effective Date: 2007 HB104 03-24-2008