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... reasonable basis in law or fact at the time that it was initiated. (4) This section does not abrogate or modify any common law or statutory privilege or immunity enjoyed by a person described in division (D)(1) of this section. (E)(1) The documents and evidence provided pursuant to division (D) of this section or obtained by the superintendent in an investigation of any suspected or actual fraudulent viatical set...

...(A) In addition to the penalties and other enforcement provisions contained in this chapter, if any person violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation implementing any provision of this chapter, the superintendent of insurance may seek an injunction in a court of competent jurisdiction and may apply for any temporary or permanent order that the superintendent determines is necessary to restrain t...

...The superintendent of insurance may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for purposes of implementing this chapter, including, but not limited to, rules that do the following: (A) Govern the relationship and responsibilities of insurers, viatical settlement providers, and viatical settlement brokers during the viatication of a policy. (B) Establish standards for evaluating the reasona...

...(A) Whoever violates section 3916.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of section 3916.171 of the Revised Code is guilty of a violation of section 2913.02 of the Revised Code.

...Individuals, partnerships, and corporations of this state, designated in sections 3931.01 to 3931.12 of the Revised Code, as "subscribers," may exchange reciprocal or interinsurance contracts with each other, and with individuals, partnerships, and corporations of other states, districts, provinces, and countries, providing indemnity among themselves from any loss which may be legally insured against by any fire or c...

...(A)(1) Every reciprocal exchange subject to this chapter may, in its own name, do any of the following for the purposes of the exchange as described in division (A)(2) of this section: (a) Manage real estate; (b) By deed or other instrument, purchase or otherwise acquire, sell or otherwise convey, own, hold, or lease real estate; (c) Mortgage, pledge, or otherwise encumber real estate. (2) The purposes of the exc...

...Every attorney under section 3931.01 of the Revised Code shall pay to the superintendent of insurance for the use of the state the following fees: (A) For filing declaration, twenty-five dollars; (B) For filing each financial statement required by sections 3931.01 to 3931.13, inclusive, 3931.12 of the Revised Code, twenty dollars; (C) For filing each certificate of license, and certified copy thereof, two dollars...

...The attorney under section 3931.01 of the Revised Code shall file with the superintendent of insurance a declaration, verified by the attorney's oath, or, when the attorney is a corporation, by the oath of its authorized officers, setting forth: (A) The name of the attorney and the name or designation under which such contracts are issued, which name or designation shall not be so similar to any other name or desig...

...ty commencing such action shall, at the time of such service, pay to the superintendent for the use of the state a fee of two dollars, which shall be refunded to such party as part of the taxable costs if he prevails in the action.

...Every attorney under section 3931.01 of the Revised Code shall create and maintain a reserve fund equal to fifty per cent of the amount of advance premiums or deposits received and receivable on unexpired contracts of indemnity running one year or less from date of issue, and a pro rata amount of premiums or deposits received or receivable on unexpired contracts of indemnity running more than one year from date of is...

...Every attorney under section 3931.01 of the Revised Code shall file with the superintendent of insurance, on or before the first day of March of each year, a financial statement for the year ending on the thirty-first day of the preceding December, on a form furnished by the superintendent, which shall conform as nearly as may be to the form of statement adopted by the National Convention of Insurance Commissioners, ...

...s of one per cent, shall be paid at the time provided in sections 5729.04 and 5729.05 of the Revised Code. Where insurance against fire is included with insurance against other perils at an undivided premium, a reasonable allocation from such entire premium shall be made for the fire portion of the coverage in such manner as the superintendent of insurance may direct. No further taxes shall be imposed upon such attor...

...Each attorney designated under section 3931.01 of the Revised Code and each applicant for a license under section 3931.10 of the Revised Code shall be subject to examination by the superintendent of insurance in accordance with section 3901.07 of the Revised Code. Section 3901.07 of the Revised Code shall govern every aspect of the examination, including the circumstances under and frequency with which it is conducte...

...Any corporation may, in addition to the rights, powers, and franchises specified in its articles of incorporation, exchange as subscriber insurance contracts of the kind mentioned in section 3931.01 of the Revised Code. The right to exchange such contracts is incidental to the purposes for which such a corporation is organized, and as fully granted as the rights and powers expressly conferred upon the corporation.

...Upon compliance with sections 3931.01 to 3931.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance shall issue a license to the attorney, authorizing him to make contracts of indemnity mentioned in section 3931.01 of the Revised Code, which license shall specify the kinds of insurance and shall contain the name of the attorney, the location of his principal office, and the name or designation under whi...

...e Revised Code, except a traveling full time salaried non-commission employee of an attorney whose duties as such employee are primarily the performance of inspection underwriting, loss prevention engineering and claim services shall be exempt from this section and shall be regulated solely by section 3931.11 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code with regard to issuing the initial license, or the renewal of such a license, to an attorney pursuant to this chapter after May 21, 1976, the superintendent of insurance may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to require the attorney to have assets in excess of the amount set out in the Revised Code but not in excess of two million ...

...resses of the attorney's traveling full time salaried non-commission employees, primarily engaged in performing underwriting, loss prevention engineering and claim services, authorized by the attorney to solicit powers of attorney or applications for contracts of indemnity specified in section 3931.01 of the Revised Code. The authority of such persons shall continue until the first day of the next April, unless it is...

...For the purposes of organization and upon the issuance of a permit by the superintendent of insurance, powers of attorney and applications for contracts of indemnity may be solicited without the license required by section 3931.10 of the Revised Code, but no attorney or other person shall make any such contracts of indemnity until he complies with sections 3931.01 to 3931.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code. No such a...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...Whoever violates sections 3931.01 to 3931.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or fails to comply with any duty imposed by such sections, for which violation or failure no penalty is otherwise provided by law, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.

...(A) This chapter may be cited as the "Certificates of Insurance Act." (B) As used in this chapter: (1) "Certificate of insurance" means a document or instrument, regardless of how titled or described, that is prepared or issued by an insurer or insurance agent licensed under Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code to verify the existence of property or casualty insurance coverage. "Certificate of insurance" includes a ...

...A certificate of insurance is not a policy of insurance and does not affirmatively or negatively amend, extend, or alter the coverage afforded by the policy to which the certificate of insurance refers. A certificate of insurance shall not confer to any person new or additional rights beyond what the referenced policy of insurance expressly provides.

...(A) A certificate of insurance shall not include language that does either of the following: (1) Is unfair, misleading, or deceptive or that violates public policy; (2) Violates any law or any rule adopted by the superintendent of insurance. (B) A certificate of insurance shall not guarantee that the policy of insurance referenced in the certificate complies with the requirements for a policy of property or cas...

...No person shall do either of the following: (A) Prepare, issue, request, or require a certificate of insurance that contains any false or misleading information concerning the policy of insurance referenced in the certificate of insurance; (B) Prepare, issue, request, or require a certificate of insurance that affirmatively or negatively alters, amends, or extends the coverage provided by the policy of insurance ...

...ursting pressure shall be at least four times the water pressure at the valve to the hose inlet with the valve closed; the maximum water pressure in the hose nozzle shall not exceed one hundred pounds per square inch, gauge. However, fire hose installed for use in underground coal mines prior to December 30, 1970, shall be mildew-proof and have a bursting pressure at least four times the water pressure at the valve t...

...thorization requests within forty-eight hours for urgent care services, or ten calendar days for any prior authorization request that is not for an urgent care service, of the time the request is received by the health insuring corporation. Division (B)(4) of this section does not apply to emergency services. (b) The response required under division (B)(4)(a) of this section shall indicate whether the request is app...

...a mayor will have to obtain within each time period specified under authority of division (A)(3) of this section to comply with the educational standards; (5) Provisions establishing an exemption, for a reasonable period of time, from the basic training requirements for mayors who initially take office on or after July 1, 1992, and who wish to conduct a mayor's court and exercise the jurisdiction granted by section ...

...he small claims division during evening hours on one weekday, or on Saturday. A division that has established voluntary conciliation procedures under section 1925.03 of the Revised Code may devote a portion of its evening or Saturday hours to conciliation procedures. (F) A municipal or county court that has over two hundred fifty thousand persons within its territorial jurisdiction may establish neighborhood offices...

...d an orientation course of at least six hours, and each calendar year after the calendar year of appointment or designation, a probate court investigator shall satisfactorily complete at least six hours of continuing education. (e) For purposes of divisions (A)(4), (B), and (C) of this section, a person designated as a probate court investigator under division (A)(2)(a)(ii) or (iii) of this section shall be conside...

...nicipal corporation within twenty-four hours to submit to a DNA specimen collection procedure administered by the sheriff or chief of police. The sheriff or chief of police shall cause the DNA specimen to be collected from the person in accordance with division (C) of this section. (c) Every court with jurisdiction over a case involving a person with respect to whom division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section re...

...ng that parent's parenting or custodial time and disables or removes the tracking device or application during the nonconsenting parent's parenting or custodial time. (3) A caregiver of an elderly person or disabled adult, if the elderly person's or disabled adult's treating physician certifies that the installation of a tracking device or tracking application onto the elderly person's or disabled adult's property ...

... without a lawful purpose at an hour or hours known to be inconvenient to the recipient and in an offensive or repetitive manner. (B)(1) No person shall make or cause to be made a telecommunication, or permit a telecommunication to be made from a telecommunications device under the person's control, with purpose to abuse, threaten, or harass another person. (2) No person shall knowingly post a text or audio stateme...

... responsibilities may affect the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment, or the continuation, modification, or deletion of an existing provision of a collective bargaining agreement is not subject to collective bargaining or effects bargaining under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. The provisions of this paragraph apply to a collective bargaining agreement entered into, modified, renewed, or extended on o...

...ol's program and, if so, establishing a time and manner for the recitation. However, no board of education shall prohibit a classroom teacher from providing in the teacher's classroom reasonable periods of time for the oral recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the flag. The policy adopted under this division, and a teacher who includes recitation of the pledge in the classroom, shall not require any studen...

...sage tutoring shall include instruction time of at least three days per week, or at least fifty hours over thirty-six weeks. High-dosage tutoring may be incorporated into a student's regular classroom instruction. The district shall continue to provide the plan developed under division (C) of this section until the student achieves the required level of skill in reading for the student's current grade level. Eac...

... attendance at a training program three hours or less in length and one hundred twenty-five dollars a day for attendance at a training program longer than three hours in length. (6) No person who is the employee of a school district or educational service center shall serve on the governing authority of any community school sponsored by that school district or service center. (7) Each member of the governing au...

...call at the office of the board at such time before the day of the election, not earlier than the tenth day before the day of the election, as the board designates to obtain the ballots, pollbooks, registration forms and lists, and other material to be used in the official's polling place on election day. The board may also provide for the delivery of such materials to polling places in a municipal corporation by me...

...of such building unlocked during school hours. The fire marshal may order the immediate installation of necessary fire gongs or signals in such schools, institutions, or children's homes and enforce this division and divisions (B), (C)(3), and (F) of this section. (B) In conjunction with the drills or rapid dismissals required by division (A) or (F) of this section, whichever is applicable, principals or persons in...

...ced in such closer proximity at any one time. At no time may trailers be used for conducting sales of any class of fireworks, nor may members of the public have access to the trailers. Storage areas for fireworks that are in the same building where fireworks are displayed and sold to the public shall be separated from the areas to which the public has access by an appropriately rated fire wall. (J) A fire suppres...

...ssion or committee at least twenty-four hours before arriving at the office of the commission or committee for the review or copy. (vii) Any person who seeks access to information in the files of the commission or a local emergency planning committee shall submit a written application, either in person or by mail, to the information coordinator on a form provided by the commission or committee. The person also shal...

...thorization requests within forty-eight hours for urgent care services, or ten calendar days for any prior authorization request that is not for an urgent care service, of the time the request is received by the insurer or plan. Division (B)(4) of this section does not apply to emergency services. (b) The response required under division (B)(4)(a) of this section shall indicate whether the request is approved or den...

...tion 3942.02 of the Revised Code at the time of the loss. (C)(1) Nothing in this chapter implies or requires that a personal automobile insurance policy provide coverage while a transportation network company driver is logged on to the transportation network company's digital network, while the driver is engaged in transportation network company services, or while the driver otherwise uses a vehicle to transport pas...

...ng with employers concerning the wages, hours, or terms and conditions of employment of employees; (4) Any association having as members any of the persons described in division (F)(1) or (2) of this section. (G) Except as used in division (A) of this section, "officer" means an individual who has an ownership interest or holds an office of trust, command, or authority in a corporation, business trust, partnership,...

...all indicate in the notice the date and time of any public hearing to be held regarding the application by the legislative authority. Not earlier than thirty but not later than sixty days after the initial publication of notice, the legislative authority shall approve or disapprove the application by either ordinance or resolution, as applicable. Approval of an application requires an affirmative vote of a majorit...

...-9 permit shall be confined to the same hours permitted to the holder of a D-3 permit. (4) The fee for an F-9 permit is one thousand seven hundred dollars. An F-9 permit is effective for a period not to exceed nine months as specified in the permit. An F-9 permit is not transferable or renewable. However, the holder of an F-9 permit may apply for a new F-9 permit at any time. The holder of an F-9 permit shall make ...

... by providing at least twenty-four (24) hours prior notice on the Commission's website, and any other means as provided in the Commission's Rules, for any of the reasons it may dispense with notice of proposed rulemaking under Section 9.L. The Commission's legal counsel shall certify that one of the reasons justifying an emergency public meeting has been met. 3. Notice of all Commission meetings shall provide the ...

... body is held at the facility for eight hours or longer. If the body is held for eight hours or longer, place the body in a refrigerated facility at the crematory facility and keep the body in the refrigerated facility until near the time the cremation process commences; (2) Upon receipt of any dead human body that has been embalmed, place the body in a holding facility at the crematory facility and keep the body ...

...tient's care not later than seventy-two hours after the drug is dispensed; (3) If applicable, obtain authorization for additional dispensing from one of the prescribers described in division (C)(2) of this section.

... by providing at least twenty-four (24) hours prior notice on the Commission's website, and any other means as provided in the Commission's Rules, for any of the reasons it may dispense with notice of proposed rulemaking under Section 9.L. 3. The Commission may convene in a closed, non-public meeting or non public part of a public meeting to receive legal advice or to discuss: a. Non-compliance of a Participating...