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...(A) No person shall announce or advertise that person as an osteopathic physician and surgeon, or shall practice as such, without a license from the state medical board or without complying with all the provisions of law relating to such practice, or shall practice after such license has been revoked, or if suspended, during the time of such suspension. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a person w...

...(A)(1) No person shall engage in the practice of podiatric medicine and surgery without a current, valid license to practice podiatric medicine and surgery issued by the state medical board. (2) No person shall advertise or claim to be authorized to practice podiatric medicine and surgery unless the person holds a current, valid license to practice podiatric medicine and surgery issued by the board under this chapte...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Fetal death" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include either of the following: (a) The product of human conception of at least twenty weeks of gestation; (b) The purposeful termination of a pregnancy, as described in section 2919.11 of the Revised Code. (2) "Physician" means an individual holding a license issued under this c...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Investigational drug, product, or device" means a drug, product, or device that has successfully completed phase one of United States food and drug administration clinical trials and remains under clinical investigation, but has not been approved for general use by the United States food and drug administration. "Investigational drug, product, or device" does not include controlled ...

...(A)(1) A professional engineer or professional surveyor who enters into a written contract for services to be provided with regard to any interest in commercial real estate has a lien on that interest. (2) The lien shall be effective only if the contract for services is in writing and is signed by the professional engineer or professional surveyor and the owner of the interest in commercial real estate. (B)(1) On...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall engage in the practice of chiropractic without a current, valid license issued by the state chiropractic board under this chapter. (2) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no person shall advertise or claim to be a chiropractor, doctor of chiropractic, or chiropractic physician, or use the initials "D.C." in connection with the...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Animal" means any living animal other than a human being. (2) "Animal chiropractic" means the evaluation and treatment of an animal's vertebral or extremity joint dysfunction through spinal, joint, or musculo-skeletal manipulative therapy or soft tissue therapy. Animal chiropractic does not include administering, selling, distributing, recommending, or providing advice regardin...

...(A) The state chiropractic board shall investigate evidence that appears to show that a person has violated any provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under it. Any person may report to the board in writing or by other means any information the person has that appears to show a violation of any provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under it. In the absence of bad faith, a person who reports to the bo...

...(A) For purposes of enforcing this chapter, the state chiropractic board or any of its members, the board's executive director, and any person authorized by the board to serve as the executive director's representative may do any of the following: (1) Serve and execute any process issued by any court regarding the practice of chiropractic and serve and execute any papers or process issued by the board or any officer...

...(A) An out-of-state commercial broker, for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, or in the expectation, or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, may perform those acts that require a license under this chapter, with respect to commercial real estate, provided that the out-of-state commercial broker does all of the following: (1) Works in coopera...

...(A)(1) Application for a license as a real estate broker shall be made to the superintendent of real estate on forms furnished by the superintendent and filed with the superintendent and shall be signed by the applicant or its members or officers. (2) Each application shall state the name of the person applying and the location of the place of business for which the license is desired, and give such other informat...

...(A) Each brokerage shall designate at least one affiliated broker to act as the principal broker of the brokerage. Any affiliated broker not so designated shall be an associate broker or management level licensee for that brokerage. (B) A brokerage shall report any change in designation as a principal broker to the superintendent not later than fifteen days after the change occurs. (C) Every principal broker of a...

...(A) Application for a license as a real estate salesperson shall be made to the superintendent of real estate on forms furnished by the superintendent and signed by the applicant. The application shall be in the form prescribed by the superintendent and shall contain such information as is required by this chapter and the rules of the Ohio real estate commission. The application shall include the address of the appli...

...The Ohio real estate commission shall keep a record of its proceedings and, upon application of an interested party, or upon its own motion and notice to the interested parties, may hold a hearing to consider reversing, vacating, or modifying its own orders. An application shall be filed with the division within fifteen days after the mailing of the notice of the order of the commission to the interested partie...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), and (G) of this section, no licensed real estate broker or licensed foreign real estate dealer shall pay a commission, fee, or other compensation for performing any of the acts specified in section 4735.01 of the Revised Code to any person who is not a licensed real estate broker or a licensed real estate salesperson or to any person who is not a licensed foreign re...

...(A) The motor vehicle salvage dealer's licensing board shall adopt rules prescribing the physical characteristics of facilities used by motor vehicle salvage dealers, salvage motor vehicle auctions, and salvage motor vehicle pools, which shall include requirements for fencing or otherwise screening the view of the facilities to at least the extent required for junkyards by sections 4737.07 and 4737.09 of the R...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Human food product" means livestock raised for human consumption or livestock whose products are used for human consumption. (2) "Livestock" means porcine animals, bovine animals, caprine animals, ovine animals, and poultry. (3) "Tele-advice" means the provision of any health information, opinion, or guidance by a veterinary professional that is not intended to diagnose, treat,...

...(A) The state veterinary medical licensing board may, except as provided in division (B) of this section, refuse to issue or renew a license, limited license, registration, or temporary permit to or of any applicant who, and may issue a reprimand to, suspend or revoke the license, limited license, registration, or the temporary permit of, or impose a civil penalty pursuant to this section upon any person holding a li...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Health care service" means medical care provided to any patient at any time over the entire course of the patient's treatment and may include one or more of the following: testing; diagnosis; referral; dispensing or administering a drug, medication, or device; psychological therapy or counseling; research; prognosis; therapy; record making procedures and notes related to treatment...

...On or before the thirtieth day prior to the expiration of any license, each licensing agency shall provide a notice for renewal to every licensee for whom a license was issued or renewed during the current license year or other specified period and who has been approved for renewal by the specific licensing agency. The licensee shall complete the applicable renewal application and pay the applicable renewal fee. Ren...

...(A) The department of public safety shall be a participating public office for purposes of the retained applicant fingerprint database established under section 109.5721 of the Revised Code. The department shall elect to participate in the continuous record monitoring service for all persons licensed or registered under this chapter. When the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, ...

...(A) Except as provided in section 4751.201 of the Revised Code, and subject to section 4751.32 of the Revised Code, the board of executives of long-term services and supports shall issue a nursing home administrator license to an individual under this section if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The individual has submitted to the board a completed application for the license in accordance with ...

...(A) Except as provided in section 4751.201 of the Revised Code, and subject to section 4751.32 of the Revised Code, the board of executives of long-term services and supports shall issue a health services executive license to an individual if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The individual has submitted to the board a completed application for the license in accordance with rules adopted under ...

...(A) The state board of pharmacy may inspect the operations and facility and subpoena the records of any home medical equipment services provider licensed or registered under this chapter. Inspections shall be conducted as provided in rules adopted by the board under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code. The board shall send the provider a report of the results of an inspection. If the board determines that the provid...

...(A) The state speech and hearing professionals board may make reasonable rules necessary for the administration of this chapter. All rules adopted under this chapter shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The board shall determine the nature and scope of examinations to be administered to applicants for licensure pursuant to this chapter in the practices of speech-language patholo...

...(A) As used in this section and sections 5119.341 to 5119.344 of the Revised Code: (1) "Accommodations" means housing, daily meal preparation, laundry, housekeeping, arranging for transportation, social and recreational activities, maintenance, security, and other services that do not constitute personal care services or skilled nursing care. (2) "ADAMHS board" means a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and ment...

...(A) The department of behavioral health shall establish a procedure to receive and investigate complaints from residents, staff, and the public regarding recovery housing residences. The department may contract with one or more of the organizations specified in section 5119.39 of the Revised Code to fulfill some or all of the functions associated with receiving and investigating complaints. (B) Any organization un...

...As used in this chapter and Chapter 5119. of the Revised Code: (A) "Mental illness" means a substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life. (B) "Person with a mental illness subject to court order" means a person with a mental illness who, because of the person's illne...

...(A) When a person who is the subject of a report under section 5123.61 of the Revised Code dies, the department of developmental disabilities or the county board of developmental disabilities, whichever is applicable, shall, on written request, provide to both of the following persons the report and any records relating to the report: (1) If the report or records are necessary to admi...

...(A) A physician, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner who is designated by the department of rehabilitation and correction shall keep a correct record of vital statistics of the penitentiary, containing the name, nationality or race, weight, stature, former occupation, and family history of each prisoner, a statement of the condition of the heart, lungs, and other leading organs, rate of the pul...

...The department of rehabilitation and correction shall maintain central files and records pertaining to the work of the adult parole authority, and shall coordinate the department's record-keeping with that of the adult parole authority. Additionally, the department shall not later than the first Monday of January of odd-numbered years prepare and submit to the governor for the governor's approval and signature ...

... of county commissioners shall file for recording and indexing a certificate, or a certified copy, in the real estate mortgage records in the office of the county recorder in every county in which real property of such recipient or spouse is situated. From the time of filing the certificate in the office of the recorder, the lien attaches to all real property of such recipient or spouse described therein for all amou...

...(A) The auditor of state and attorney general, or their designees, may examine any records, whether in computer or printed format, in the possession of the medicaid director or any county director of job and family services, regarding medical assistance programs. The auditor of state and attorney general shall do both of the following regarding the records: (1) Provide safeguards that restrict access to the re...

...(A) As used in sections 5160.45 to 5160.481 of the Revised Code, "information" means all of the following: (1) Records, as defined in section 149.011 of the Revised Code; (2) Any other documents in any format; (3) Data derived from records and documents that are generated, acquired, or maintained by the department of medicaid, a county department of job and family services, or an entity performing duties on ...

...the recorder notice of the payment. For recording such notice of payment, the recorder shall charge and receive from the provider a base fee of one dollar for services and a housing trust fund fee of one dollar pursuant to section 317.36 of the Revised Code. In the event of a distribution of the provider's assets pursuant to an order of any court under the law of this state including any receivership, assignmen...

...uirements; (3) An audio or audiovisual recording of the interview. If the survey team selects this option, at least two copies of the recording shall be made and the survey team shall select one copy to be kept by the survey team for use by the department of health. (B) All expenses of copying under division (A)(1) of this section or recording under division (A)(3) of this section, including the cost of the co...

...Each administrative agency shall maintain, for a period of time the department of medicaid shall specify, financial records documenting the costs of medicaid services provided under the home and community-based services medicaid waiver components that the agency administers, including records of independent audits. The administrative agency shall make the financial records available on request to the United Sta...

...The township board of zoning appeals may: (A) Hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of sections 519.02 to 519.25 of the Revised Code, or of any resolution adopted pursuant thereto; (B) Authorize, upon appeal, in specific cases, such variance from the terms of the zoning resolution as will...

...As used in this section, "incompetent person" means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of an intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper care of the person's self or property or fails to provide for the person's family or other persons for whom the person is charged by law t...

...(A) A memorandum of trust that satisfies both of the following may be presented for recordation in the office of the county recorder of any county in which real property that is subject to the trust is located: (1) The memorandum shall be executed by the trustee of the trust and acknowledged by the trustee of the trust in accordance with section 5301.01 of the Revised Code. (2) The memorandum shall state all of ...

...The record of any mortgage which remains unsatisfied or unreleased of record for more than twenty-one years after the date of the mortgage or twenty-one years after the stated maturity date of the principal sum, if a stated date of maturity is provided in the mortgage, whichever is later, secured as shown in the record of such mortgage, does not give notice to or put on inquiry any person dealing with the land descri...

...be entitled to charge the fee for that recording as provided by section 317.32 of the Revised Code for recording deeds. The signature of a person on the assignment or partial release may be a facsimile of that person's signature. A facsimile of a signature on an assignment or partial release is equivalent to and constitutes the written signature of the person for all requirements regarding mortgage assignments ...

...(A)(1) With respect to an unreleased commercial mortgage that has been satisfied more than ninety days prior to the effective date of this section, but not recorded, the mortgagee shall not be subject to a civil action or damages as described in division (C) of section 5301.36 of the Revised Code. (2) The current owner of the real property to which such a mortgage pertains shall provide the mortgagee the written no...

...After the filing of the application to register the title to land or to any interest therein and before registration, the land described in such application may be dealt with and instruments relating thereto may be recorded and indexed, in the same manner as if no such application had been filed. As soon as an application is disposed of, the clerk of the probate court or the clerk of the court of common pleas s...

...(A) Immediately upon the entry of the decree of registration as provided in sections 5309.23 and 5309.24 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the probate court or the clerk of the court of common pleas shall send a certified copy of the decree, under the seal of the court, to the county recorder for the county in which the land or any part of the land lies. The recorder shall transcribe or bind the decree in a book to...

...Deeds and other instruments relating to registered land, which create or declare trusts, or contain unusual or exceptional covenants, restrictions, or conditions, or create unusual or exceptional interests, may, upon the demand of a party in interest and the payment of the proper fees, be recorded by the county recorder in books to be kept for that purpose in his office and known as the "record of trusts and excepti...

...ndment and any bylaws and drawings for recording until a copy of the declaration or amendment and the bylaws and drawings have been filed with the auditor of the county and the declaration or amendment contains the auditor's certification that a copy of the declaration or amendment and any bylaws and drawings have been filed with the auditor. (C) No interest in a unit shall be conveyed until the declaration, ...

...(A)(1) Unless otherwise provided by the declaration or the bylaws, the unit owners association has a continuing lien upon the estate or interest of the owner in any unit and the appurtenant undivided interest in the common elements for the payment of any of the following expenses that are chargeable against the unit and that remain unpaid for ten days after any portion has become due and payable: (a) The portion of...

...mpose reasonable charges for preparing, recording, or copying the declaration, bylaws, amendments to the declaration and bylaws, resale certificates, or statements of unpaid assessments; (13) Authorize entry to any portion of the planned community by designated individuals when conditions exist that involve an imminent risk of damage or harm to common elements, another dwelling unit, or to the health or safety of t...

...(A) The department of transportation may solicit, receive, consider, evaluate, and accept a proposal for a public-private initiative. (B) In soliciting and selecting a private entity with which to enter into a public-private initiative, the department shall use one or both of the following: (1) Sealed bidding; (2) Selection of proposals, with or without negotiations, based on qualifications, best value, or ...