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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Alarm system" means a device or system that transmits a signal intended to summon law enforcement to a county, township, or municipal corporation in response to an alleged violation of an offense under Chapter 2911. of the Revised Code occurring in a nonresidential zone of the applicable county, township, or municipal corporation. The term includes an alarm that emits an audible si...

...(A) In addition to the powers conferred by any other section of the Revised Code, the board of building standards shall adopt standards and rules to facilitate the reasonable access and use by all persons with a disability of all buildings and the facilities of buildings for which plans are submitted for approval under section 3791.04 of the Revised Code. No standard or rule shall be applied to any building the plans...

...No owner, lessee, agent, factor, architect, or contractor engaged in and having supervision or charge of the building, erection, or construction of a block, building, or structure, shall neglect or refuse to place or have placed upon the joists of each story thereof, as soon as joists are in position, counter floors of such quality and strength as to render perfectly safe the going to and from thereon of all me...

...(A) Whoever violates division (D) of section 3791.21 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and each day the violation continues constitutes a separate offense. (B) Whoever violates this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued pursuant to it that relates to the construction, alteration, or repair of any building, and the violation is not detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of any p...

...aded guilty to any of the disqualifying offenses specified in rules adopted under section 9.79 and division (B)(2)(b) of section 3796.03 of the Revised Code. (2) The applicant demonstrates that it does not have an ownership or investment interest in or compensation arrangement with any of the following: (a) A laboratory licensed under this chapter; (b) An applicant for a license to conduct laboratory testing. ...

...aded guilty to any of the disqualifying offenses specified in rules adopted under section 9.79 and division (B)(2)(b) of section 3796.03 of the Revised Code. (2) The applicant demonstrates that it does not have an ownership or investment interest in or compensation arrangement with any of the following: (a) A laboratory licensed under this chapter; (b) An applicant for a license to conduct laboratory testing...

...The superintendent of insurance shall be the chief executive officer and director of the department of insurance and shall have all the powers and perform all the duties vested in and imposed upon the department of insurance. The superintendent of insurance shall see that the laws relating to insurance are executed and enforced. When a violation of a law relating to insurance is reported to him, he shall take the tes...

... the person's correction of a series of offenses and future compliance with the laws of this state relating to the business of insurance, may impose a single penalty in whatever amount the parties determine to be justified under the circumstances. (H) A court of common pleas, in a civil action commenced by the attorney general on behalf of the superintendent under Civil Rule 65, may grant a temporary restraining ord...

...(A) Whenever it appears to the superintendent of insurance that any person has committed a violation of section 3901.33, 3901.34, 3901.341, or 3901.35 of the Revised Code, which makes the continued operation of an insurer contrary to the interests of policyholders or the public, the superintendent may, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew such insurer's license or authority...

...(A) As used in this section, "insurance fraud investigation" means any investigation conducted by the superintendent of insurance or a designee of the superintendent that relates to a fraudulent insurance act as defined in section 3999.31 of the Revised Code. (B) All documents, reports, and evidence in the possession of the superintendent or the superintendent's designee that pertain to an insurance fraud investiga...

...Upon the conviction of any person, firm, association, or life insurance company for violating section 3911.23 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance shall revoke the license of such person, firm, association, or life insurance company for not less than one year. The superintendent, when the superintendent has good reason to believe that any company or association writing life insurance in this state, ...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance may, except as provided in division (B) of this section, refuse to issue or may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker, if the superintendent finds that any of the following apply: (1) There was a material misrepresentation in the application for the license. (2) The applicant or licensee or any officer, p...

...(A) As used in this section, "health benefit plan" has the same meaning as in section 3924.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding section 3901.71 of the Revised Code, no health benefit plan or public employee benefit plan shall contain a provision that limits or excludes an insured's coverage under the plan for a loss or expense the insured sustains that is the result of the insured's use of alcohol ...

...The superintendent of insurance shall issue certificates of authority to any person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation making application therefor who is trustworthy and competent to act as a public insurance adjuster in such manner as to safeguard the interest of the public and who has complied with the prerequisites herein described. A certificate of authority issued to a firm, association, partnership...

...No person for himself or as an officer, director, agent, solicitor, or representative of any insurance company, except fire insurance companies or associations or fraternal benefit societies, doing business in this state, shall issue, circulate, or cause or permit to be issued or circulated any estimate, illustration, circular, or statement of any sort misrepresenting the terms of the policy issued or to be issued by...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Fraudulent insurance act" means an act committed by a person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud, presents, causes to be presented, or prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented to or by an insurer, purported insurer, broker, or any agent thereof, any written statement as part of, or in support of, an application for the issuance of, or the rating of a policy ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (H) of this section, any person seeking a license to operate as a steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or low pressure boiler operator shall file a written application with the superintendent of industrial compliance on a form prescribed by the superintendent with the appropriate application fee as set forth in section 4104.18 of the Revised Code. The application shall con...

...(A) No person shall violate sections 4104.41 to 4104.48 of the Revised Code, fail to perform any duty lawfully enjoined in connection with those sections, or fail to comply with any order issued by the superintendent of industrial compliance or any judgment or decree issued by any court in connection with the enforcement of sections 4104.41 to 4104.48 of the Revised Code. (B) Every day during which a person vi...

...Whoever violates section 4105.20 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.

...(A) No person shall continue to employ any minor in violation of any law relating to the employment of minors after being notified of the violation in writing by the director of commerce or other enforcement official. Failure of the director or other enforcement official to give such notice does not excuse or negate a conviction for any offense except a violation of this division. (B) No employer shall employ, and ...

...It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice: (A) For any employer, because of the race, color, religion, sex, military status, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry of any person, to discharge without just cause, to refuse to hire, or otherwise to discriminate against that person with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to...

...No person, firm, or corporation engaged in any enterprise in this state shall sell or procure for sale to its employees any article, product, or merchandise not of its own production or not handled in its regular course of trade, excepting meals, confections, tobacco products, and such specialized appliances, or supplies and equipment, as may be required in said enterprise for the employees' safety and health, or in ...

...(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 industrial commission shall adopt rules concerning the payment of attorney's fees and shall protect parties against unfair fees. The commission shall fix the amount of fees in the event of a controversy in respect thereto. The commission and the bureau of workers' compensation shall prominently display in all areas of an office which claimants frequent a notice to the effect that the commission has statutory auth...