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...A claim for an additional award under Section 35 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, alleging that an injury, occupational disease, or death resulted from an employer's failure to comply with a specific safety rule for the protection of the lives, health, and safety of employees shall be forever barred unless it is filed within one year after the date of the injury or death or within one year after the disability due t...

...Not later than July 1, 2012, the administrator of workers' compensation shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement a coordinated services program for claimants under this chapter or Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code who are found to have obtained prescription drugs that were reimbursed pursuant to an order of the administrator or of the industrial commiss...

...(A) As used in sections 4121.61 to 4121.69 of the Revised Code, "self-insuring employer" has the same meaning as in section 4123.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The administrator of workers' compensation, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules, take measures, and make expenditures as it deems necessary to aid claimants who have sustained compensable inju...

...(A) The authority granted to the administrator of workers' compensation pursuant to sections 4121.61 to 4121.69 of the Revised Code includes the authority to do all of the following: (1) Contract with any public or private person for the rendition of rehabilitation services; (2) Take actions and utilize money in the state insurance fund as necessary to obtain federal funds and assistance in the max...

...Claimants who the administrator of workers' compensation determines could probably be rehabilitated to achieve the goals established by section 4121.61 of the Revised Code and who agree to undergo rehabilitation shall be paid living maintenance payments for a period or periods which do not exceed six months in the aggregate, unless review by the administrator or the administrator's designee reveals that the claimant ...

...Notwithstanding section 4123.512 of the Revised Code, no person may appeal to court any action or decision issued under sections 4121.61 to 4121.69 of the Revised Code. A person may, however, appeal the decision pursuant to section 4123.511 of the Revised Code.

...Self-insuring employers may furnish rehabilitation services as long as the quality and content of the services are equal to or greater than that provided by the bureau of workers' compensation.

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the administrator of workers' compensation shall pay the expense of providing rehabilitation services, counseling, training, and living maintenance payments from the surplus fund established by section 4123.34 of the Revised Code. (B) Living maintenance payments are not subject to garnishment, levy, or attachment. (C) Sections 4123.343, 4123.63, and 4123.64 of...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules: (1) For the encouragement of reemployment of claimants who have successfully completed prescribed rehabilitation programs by payment from the surplus fund established by section 4123.34 of the Revised Code to employers who employ or re-employ the claimants. The per...

...In the event a claimant sustains an injury or occupational disease or dies as a result of any injury or disease received in the course of and arising out of the claimant's participation in a rehabilitation program, the claimant or, in the case of death, a dependent of the claimant, may file a claim for compensation and benefits. All compensation and benefit awards made as a result of the injury, disease, or death sha...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation may establish compensation plans, including schedules of hourly rates, for the compensation of professional, administrative, and managerial employees who are employed to fulfill the duties placed upon the bureau of workers' compensation pursuant to sections 4121.61 to 4121.69 of the Revised Code. The administrator may establish rules or policies for the administrat...

...This chapter does not apply to policemen or firemen in municipal corporations where the injured policemen or firemen are eligible to participate in any policemen's or firemen's pension funds established and maintained by a municipal corporation, unless the amount of the pension funds provided by the municipal corporation through taxation and paid to the policemen or firemen is less than they would have ...

...As used in sections 4123.021 to 4123.024, inclusive, of the Revised Code: "State active duty" means that status attaching to a member of the Ohio organized militia performing duty ordered by competent state authority, for which duty status injury and occupational disease benefits are not otherwise provided by act of the congress of the United States or executive regulations of the United States.

...Every member of the Ohio organized militia as defined in section 5923.01 of the Revised Code shall, when called to state active duty, be in the employment of the state for the purposes of sections 4123.01 to 4123.94, inclusive, and 4123.99 of the Revised Code.

...For the purpose of determining benefits accruing under section 4123.57 of the Revised Code, a member of the Ohio organized militia shall qualify for maximum benefits provided for workers and employees under sections 4123.01 to 4123.60, inclusive, 4123.62 to 4123.94, inclusive, and 4123.99 of the Revised Code.

...Sections 4123.021 to 4123.024 and 4123.031 to 4123.037 of the Revised Code shall be administered by the bureau of workers' compensation. Administrative and other costs, including awards of benefits and compensation, whether lump sum or recurring payments, shall be disbursed from the state insurance fund. At the end of each six months of each fiscal year, the administrator of workers' compensation shall certify to t...

...Any person, other than those covered by section 4123.03 of the Revised Code, who is injured, and the dependents of a deceased employee who is killed as the direct result of performing any act at the request or order of a duly authorized public official of the state, or any institution or agency thereof, or any political subdivision thereof, including a county, township, or municipal corporation, in time of emergency ...

...his state or another state or under the laws of the United States or alleged or found to be a delinquent child or unruly child in this state or another state or under the laws of the United States.

... and groups of similar risks under such contracts.

...As used in sections 4123.031 to 4123.037 of the Revised Code: (A) "Emergency management worker" means anyone who has been duly registered for service pursuant to section 5502.34 of the Revised Code, in connection with the development, maintenance, and operation of any state or local emergency management agency authorized by law and who has met the minimum requirements as set forth in sections 4123.031 to 4123.037 of...

...Every emergency management worker shall, with respect to the performance of his duties as such emergency management worker, be in the employment of the state or political subdivision for purposes of sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 of the Revised Code, and every emergency management worker or, in case of death, his dependents shall be entitled to the benefits payable on account of total disability, loss of member, or deat...

...Any emergency management worker who suffers an accidental injury while performing emergency management duties, as defined herein, shall be compensated for any total disability or loss of member and his dependents shall be compensated for any death resulting from such an injury on the same basis as provided for workers, employees, and their dependents under sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 of the Revised Code. This sectio...

...For the purpose of determining benefits accruing under section 4123.033 of the Revised Code, an emergency management worker who receives no monetary compensation for emergency management services rendered shall qualify for maximum benefits applicable with respect to accidental injury or death provided for workers and employees under sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 of the Revised Code in the fiscal year applicable.

...The decision of the industrial commission as to all facts, except questions of dependency and whether the accident occurred in the course of claimant's emergency management service, is final and any emergency management worker or his dependents claiming benefits under sections 4123.031 to 4123.037 of the Revised Code is not entitled to any appeal from such decision.

...(A) An emergency management worker, in order to be included under sections 4123.031 to 4123.037 of the Revised Code, and to participate in the benefits thereof, shall be duly registered by the state or local emergency management agency making the registration pursuant to section 5502.34 of the Revised Code. (B) Such emergency management worker shall have subscribed either to the loyalty oath administered under the p...