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...No court of this state, except the supreme court to the extent specified by sections 4101.01 to 4101.16 and 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code has jurisdiction to review, vacate, set aside, reverse, revise, correct, amend, or annul any order of the bureau of workers' compensation, or to suspend or delay the execution or operation thereof or to enjoin, restrain, or interfere with the bureau in the performance of i...

...ity to insure the prompt payment by the party petitioning to set aside, vacate, or amend the order of all damages caused by the delay in the enforcement of the order of the bureau.

...workers' compensation or the state is a party, and in which any question arises under such sections, or under or concerning any order of the bureau, shall be preferred over all other civil cases, except election causes and causes involving or affecting the public utilities commission, irrespective of position on the calendar. The same preference shall be granted upon application of the attorney of the bureau in any a...

...(A) All rules governing the operating procedure of the bureau of workers' compensation and the industrial commission shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that determinations of the bureau, district hearing officers, staff hearing officers, and the commission, with respect to an individual employee's claim to participate in the state insurance fund are governed only by Ch...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation and the industrial commission jointly shall adopt rules covering the following general topics with respect to this chapter and Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code: (1) Rules that set forth any general policy and the principal operating procedures of the bureau of workers' compensation or commission, including but not limited to: (a) Assignment to various operational un...

...(A) The rules covering operating procedure and criteria for decision-making that the administrator of workers' compensation and the industrial commission are required to adopt pursuant to section 4121.31 of the Revised Code shall be supplemented with operating manuals setting forth the procedural steps in detail for performing each of the assigned tasks of each section of the bureau of workers' compensation and commi...

...(A) District hearing officers shall hear the matters listed in division (B) of this section. District hearing officers are in the classified civil service of the state, are full-time employees of the industrial commission, and shall be persons admitted to the practice of law in this state. District hearing officers shall not engage in any other activity that interferes with their full-time employment by the commissio...

...(A) Staff hearing officers shall consider and decide all matters specified in division (B) of this section. All staff hearing officers are full-time employees of the industrial commission and shall be admitted to the practice of law in this state. Staff hearing officers shall not engage in any other activity that interferes with their full-time employment by the commission during normal working hours. (B) Exc...

...ach facilitator that were appealed by a party; (e) A certification by the commission that the alternative dispute resolution process did not delay any hearing timelines as set forth in section 4123.511 of the Revised Code for any disputed issue. (4) The commission may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the administration of any alternative dispute resolution process that the commi...

...The administrator of workers' compensation having, by virtue of Section 35 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, the expenditure of the fund therein created for the investigation and prevention of industrial accidents and diseases, shall, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, in the exercise of the administrator's authority and in the performance of the administrator's dut...

...(A) The industrial commission shall: (1) Implement a program of impairment evaluation training for its staff physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse practitioners; (2) Issue a manual of commission policy as to impairment evaluation so as to increase consistency of medical reports. This manual shall be available to the public at cost but shall be provided free to all p...

...The administrator of workers' compensation shall do all of the following: (A) Except as provided in section 4123.402 of the Revised Code, review and process all applications for claims; (B) Award compensation and make payment on all noncontested claims; (C) Make payment on orders of the industrial commission and district and staff hearing officers as provided in section 4123.511 of the Revised Code; (D) Serve as ...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall appoint a service director for each service office who shall have all of the following duties: (1) Provide each claimant and employer fair, impartial, and equal treatment; (2) Recommend any needed improvements for changes in staff size and accessibility to service offices; (3) Recommend to the administrator appropriate action concerning any allegations of miscon...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall operate a program designed to inform employees and employers of their rights and responsibilities under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code and as part of that program prepare and distribute pamphlets, which clearly and simply explain at least all of the following: (1) The rights and responsibilities of claimants and employers; (2) The procedures for process...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation and the industrial commission shall cooperatively implement with adequate staff a comprehensive in-service training program for their respective personnel that provides training with respect to the workers' compensation system in at least all of the following areas: (1) General policies; (2) Organization; (3) Regulations; (4) Management training, including supervisio...

...The administrator of workers' compensation shall: (A) Adopt rules to ensure that all compensation payments are accompanied by information which clearly indicates the source of payment, type of payment, method of computation, inclusive days of payment, reason for changes in payment, and telephone number or address for inquiries; (B) Adopt rules to govern the method of issuing and delivering checks, including time ...

...pending therein, unless the bureau is a party to the action or proceeding, but the information may be tabulated and published by the bureau in statistical form for the use and information of other state departments and the public. No employee of the bureau, except as otherwise authorized by the administrator, shall divulge any information secured by the employee while in the employ of the bureau in respect to a manag...

.... of the Revised Code, and to regulate contracts with managed care organizations pursuant to this chapter. (1) The rules shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Procedures for the resolution of medical disputes between an employer and an employee, an employee and a provider, or an employer and a provider, prior to an appeal under section 4123.511 of the Revised Code. Rules the administrator...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall develop standards for qualification of health care plans of the Ohio workers' compensation qualified health plan system to provide medical, surgical, nursing, drug, hospital, and rehabilitation services and supplies to an employee for an injury or occupational disease that is compensable under this chapter or Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code. In a...

...(A) The bureau of workers' compensation may summarily suspend the certification of a provider to participate in the health partnership program created under sections 4121.44 and 4121.441 of the Revised Code without a prior hearing if the bureau determines any of the following apply to the provider: (1) The professional license, certification, or registration held by the provider to practice the provider's professi...

...(A) No person, health care provider, managed care organization, or owner of a health care provider or managed care organization shall obtain or attempt to obtain payments by deception under Chapter 4121., 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code to which the person, health care provider, managed care organization, or owner is not entitled under rules of the bureau of workers' compensation adopted pursuant to sectio...

...The department of administrative services shall select one or more managed care organizations for each state office, agency, institution, board, or commission, except for a public college or university, unless otherwise agreed to between the department and a state office, agency, institution, board, or commission.

...Each contract the administrator of workers' compensation enters into with a managed care organization under division (B)(4) of section 4121.44 of the Revised Code shall require the managed care organization to enter into a data security agreement with the state board of pharmacy governing the managed care organization's use of the board's drug database established and maintained under section 4729.75 of the Rev...

...ld tend to prejudice the case of either party to a claim or that would tend to compromise a privileged attorney-client relationship, physician-patient relationship, or advanced practice registered nurse-patient relationship. (C) The chief ombudsperson shall: (1) Assist any service office in its duties whenever it requires assistance or information that can best be obtained from central office personnel or records...

...(A) No employer shall violate a specific safety rule adopted by the administrator of workers' compensation pursuant to section 4121.13 of the Revised Code or an act of the general assembly to protect the lives, health, and safety of employees pursuant to Section 35 of Article II, Ohio Constitution. Chapter 4167. of the Revised Code and rules and standards adopted thereunder are not the rules or enactment referred to...