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...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, in the case of temporary disability, an employee shall receive sixty-six and two-thirds per cent of the employee's average weekly wage so long as such disability is total, not to exceed a maximum amount of weekly compensation which is equal to the statewide average weekly wage as defined in division (C) of section 4123.62 of the Revised Code, and not less than a...

...Partial disability compensation shall be paid as follows. Except as provided in this section, not earlier than twenty-six weeks after the date of termination of the latest period of payments under section 4123.56 of the Revised Code or twenty-six weeks after the termination of wages in lieu of those payments, or not earlier than twenty-six weeks after the date of the injury or contraction of an occupational disease...

...(A) In cases of permanent total disability, the employee shall receive an award to continue until the employee's death in the amount of sixty-six and two-thirds per cent of the employee's average weekly wage, but, except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, not more than a maximum amount of weekly compensation which is equal to sixty-six and two-thirds per cent of the statewide average weekly wage a...

...In case an injury to or an occupational disease contracted by an employee causes the employee's death, benefits shall be in the amount and to the persons following: (A) If there are no dependents, the disbursements from the state insurance fund is limited to the expenses provided for in section 4123.66 of the Revised Code. (B) If there are wholly dependent persons at the time of the death, the weekly payment is six...

...(A) A state fund employer or the employee of such an employer may file an application with the administrator of workers' compensation for approval of a final settlement of a claim under this chapter. The application shall include the settlement agreement, and except as otherwise specified in this division, be signed by the claimant and employer, and clearly set forth the circumstances by reason of which the proposed ...

...Every physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner in this state attending on or called in to visit a patient whom the physician or nurse believes to have an occupational disease as defined in section 4123.68 of the Revised Code shall, within forty-eight hours from the time of making such diagnosis, send to the bureau of workers' compensation a report stating: (A) N...

...(A) In all cases of injury or death, claims for compensation or benefits for the specific part or parts of the body injured shall be forever barred unless, within one year after the injury or death: (1) Written or facsimile notice of the specific part or parts of the body claimed to have been injured has been made to the industrial commission or the bureau of workers' compensation; (2) The employer, with knowledg...

...(A) No person shall orally or in writing, directly or indirectly, or through any agent or other person fraudulently hold the person's self out or represent the person's self or any of the person's partners or associates as authorized by a claimant or employer to take charge of, or represent the claimant or employer in respect of, any claim or matter in connection therewith before the bureau of workers' compensation o...

...As used in sections 4123.93 to 4123.932 of the Revised Code: (A) "Claimant" means a person who is eligible to receive compensation, medical benefits, or death benefits under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code. (B) "Statutory subrogee" means the administrator of workers' compensation, a self-insuring employer, or an employer that contracts for the direct payment of medical services pu...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Primarily liable" means more than fifty per cent liable for purposes of section 2315.33 of the Revised Code. (B) Any compensation and benefits related to a claim that is compensable under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code shall be charged to the surplus fund account...

...(A) Whoever violates section 4123.27 or 4123.28 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 4123.50 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Whoever purposely violates such section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (C) Whoever violates section 4123.81 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (D) Whoever violates section ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Assurance organization" means an independent and qualified entity approved by the administrator of workers' compensation to certify the qualifications of a professional employer organization or professional employer organization reporting entity. (B) "Client employer" means a sole proprietor, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation that enters into a prof...

...(A) As used in this section, "self-insuring employer" has the same meaning as in section 4123.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than thirty calendar days after the date on which a professional employer organization agreement is terminated, the professional employer organization is adjudged bankrupt, the professional employer organization ceases operations within the state of Ohio, or the registration of the prof...

...(A) For the purpose of sections 4131.01 to 4131.06 of the Revised Code, each subscriber shall pay premiums upon the basis and at the intervals determined by the administrator of workers' compensation, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors. (B) The administrator shall fix and maintain for each class of occupation and type of mining the lowest possible rates of premi...

...As used in sections 4131.11 to 4131.16 of the Revised Code: (A) "Federal act" means the "Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments of 1972," 86 Stat. 1251, 33 U.S.C.A. 901. (B) "Marine industry fund" means the fund created and administered pursuant to sections 4131.11 to 4131.16 of the Revised Code and does not refer, directly or indirectly, to any fund created and administered pursuant ...

...(A) For the purpose of sections 4131.11 to 4131.16 of the Revised Code, each subscriber shall pay premiums upon the basis and at the intervals determined by the administrator of workers' compensation, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors. (B) The administrator shall fix and maintain for each class of occupation and type of business the lowest possible rates of pre...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Alternate employer organization" means a sole proprietor, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation that enters into an agreement with one or more client employers for purposes of providing human resource management services and sharing employer responsibility and liability. (B) "Alternate employer organization agreement" means a written contract between a c...

...The administrator of workers' compensation shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to administer and enforce this chapter, including rules to administer and enforce division (E) of section 4133.03 of the Revised Code. The administrator may adopt rules for the acceptance of electronic filings in accordance with Chapter 1306. of the Revised Code for applications, documents, reports, and ...

...(A) As used in this section, "self-insuring employer" has the same meaning as in section 4123.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than thirty calendar days after the date on which an alternate employer organization agreement is terminated, the alternate employer organization is adjudged bankrupt, the alternate employer organization ceases operations within the state of Ohio, or the registration of the alternate e...

...The executive secretary of the council office has the following duties: (A) Encourage the voluntary participation of employers and employees in the furtherance of the objective of this chapter; (B) Register any apprenticeship programs and agreements that meet the minimum standards established by federal regulations and state rules governing the registered apprenticeship system; (C) Terminate or cancel in cons...

...(A) The director of job and family services shall establish an income and eligibility verification system that complies with section 1137 of the "Social Security Act." The programs included in the system are all of the following: (1) Unemployment compensation pursuant to section 3304 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1954"; (2) The state programs funded in part under part A of Title IV of the "Social Security ...

...(A) Every employer, including those not otherwise subject to this chapter, shall furnish the director of job and family services upon request all information required by the director to carry out the requirements of this chapter. Every employer receiving from the director any blank with direction to fill it out shall cause it to be properly filled out, in the manner prescribed by the director, so as to answer f...

...(A)(1) As used in this section, and except as provided in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, "unemployment compensation information" means information maintained by the director of job and family services or the unemployment compensation review commission, or furnished to the director or commission by employers or employees pursuant to this chapter, that pertains to the administration of this chapter. (2) "...

...(A) Contributions shall accrue and become payable by each employer for each calendar year or other period as prescribed by this chapter. Such contributions become due and shall be paid by each employer to the director of job and family services for the unemployment compensation fund in accordance with such regulations as the director prescribes, and shall not be deducted, in whole or in part, from the remunerat...

...(A)(1) Any nonprofit organization described in division (X) of section 4141.01 of the Revised Code, which becomes subject to this chapter on or after January 1, 1972, shall pay contributions under section 4141.25 of the Revised Code, unless it elects, in accordance with this division, to pay to the director of job and family services for deposit in the unemployment compensation fund an amount in lieu of contributions...