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...(A) The board of building standards may certify municipal and county boards of building appeals to hear and decide appeals from adjudication orders pertaining to the enforcement of this chapter and Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code and any rules adopted pursuant thereto. Any board of appeals that has been certified by the board of building standards may contract with any municipal corporation or county certified to e...

...(A) Each utility that owns or operates underground utility facilities shall participate in and register the location of its underground utility facilities with a protection service that serves the area where the facilities are located. A utility may elect to participate in the service on a limited basis and if it does so, it shall register the location of its underground utility facilities by identifying the mu...

...(A) The board of building standards shall issue a certificate of competency as an electrical safety inspector to any person who successfully passes an examination pursuant to division (B) of this section or who qualifies for renewal pursuant to section 3783.04 of the Revised Code. Each certificate of competency issued by the board shall be signed by the chairperson and the secretary of the board and shall show on its...

...(A) The director of commerce may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules that establish a closed-loop payment processing system under which the state creates accounts to be used only by registered patients and caregivers at licensed dispensaries as well as by all license holders under this chapter. The system may include record-keeping and accounting functions that identify all parties invol...

...(A) An entity that seeks to cultivate or process medical marijuana or to conduct laboratory testing of medical marijuana shall file an application for licensure with the department of commerce. The entity shall file an application for each location from which it seeks to operate. Each application shall be submitted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3796.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall ...

...(A) An entity that seeks to dispense at retail medical marijuana shall file an application for licensure with the division of marijuana control. The entity shall file an application for each location from which it seeks to operate. Each application shall be submitted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3796.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The division shall issue a license to an applicant if all of the foll...

...(A) Each person seeking employment with an entity licensed under this chapter shall comply with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, such an entity shall not employ the person unless the person has submitted a criminal records check under those sections. The report of the resulting criminal records check shall demonstrate that the person has not been con...

...(A) The division of marijuana control may do any of the following for any reason specified in rules adopted under section 3796.03 of the Revised Code: (1) Suspend, suspend without prior hearing, revoke, or refuse to renew a license it issued under this chapter or a license or a registration the state board of pharmacy issued prior to the transfer of regulatory authority over the medical marijuana control program t...

...The attorney general shall do all of the following: (A) In consultation with county sheriffs and not later than July 1, 2006, adopt rules that do all of the following: (1) Contain guidelines necessary for the implementation of this chapter; (2) Prescribe the registration, notice of intent to reside, and verification of current address forms to be used by registrants and sheriffs under sections 3797.02, 3797.03, an...

...Any statements, information, or photographs that are required to be provided, and that are provided, by a registrant pursuant to section 3797.02, 3797.03, or 3797.04 of the Revised Code and that are in the possession of a county sheriff are public records open to public inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Administrative safeguards," "physical safeguards," and "technical safeguards" have the same meanings as in 45 C.F.R. 164.304. (B) "Covered entity," "disclosure," "health care provider," "health information," "individually identifiable health information," "protected health information," and "use" have the same meanings as in 45 C.F.R. 160.103. (C) "Designated record set" has the...

...(A) A covered entity shall be subject to the following conditions when it discloses protected health information to a health information exchange: (1) The covered entity shall restrict disclosure consistent with all applicable federal laws governing the disclosure. (2) If the protected health information concerns a minor, the covered entity shall restrict disclosure in a manner that complies with laws of this sta...

...As used in this section, "agency" has the same meaning as in section 111.15 of the Revised Code. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any of the following pertaining to the confidentiality, privacy, security, or privileged status of protected health information transacted, maintained in, or accessed through a health information exchange is unenforceable if it conflicts with this chapter: (...

...The superintendent of insurance shall preserve a full record of his proceedings, including a concise statement of the condition of each insurance company or association authorized to transact business in this state. Each year the superintendent shall report their general conduct and condition, including the information contained in the statement required of them, arranged in tabular form in two separate reports, one...

...The following are hereby defined as unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance: (A) Making, issuing, circulating, or causing or permitting to be made, issued, or circulated, or preparing with intent to so use, any estimate, illustration, circular, or statement misrepresenting the terms of any policy issued or to be issued or the benefits or advantages promised thereby or the dividends or s...

...(A) An insurance company may place or arrange for the placement of securities held in or purchased for its general account and its separate accounts in a clearing corporation or the federal reserve book-entry system. Ownership of, and other interest in, these securities may be transferred by bookkeeping entry on the books of the clearing corporation or in the federal reserve book-entry system without physical deliver...

...(A) Securities that are eligible for deposit under provisions of the insurance laws of this state may be placed with a clearing corporation or held in the federal reserve book-entry system. (B) When an insurance company places or arranges for the placement of securities in a clearing corporation or in the federal reserve book-entry system, the securities so placed shall satisfy the deposit requirements under provisi...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an auditing entity is subject to all of the following conditions when performing a pharmacy audit in this state: (1) If it is necessary that the pharmacy audit be performed on the premises of a pharmacy, the auditing entity shall give the pharmacy that is the subject of the audit written notice of the date or dates on which the audit will be performed and the ...

...(A) An agent, broker, premium finance company, or any other person, other than the insured, responsible for the payment of a premium is obligated to pay any unpaid earned premium due the insurer at the time of the declaration of insolvency, as shown on the records of the insurer. The liquidator may recover from such person any part of an unearned commission of such person. (B) An insured shall be obligated to pay an...

...(A) If a domiciliary liquidator has been appointed for an insurer not domiciled in this state, the superintendent of insurance may file a complaint in the court of common pleas requesting appointment as ancillary receiver in this state if both of the following apply: (1) There are sufficient assets of the insurer located in this state to justify the appointment of an ancillary receiver; (2) The protection of credit...

...(A) Every property and casualty insurance company doing business in this state, except as exempted by the superintendent of insurance, annually, shall cause to be prepared by a qualified actuary, appointed by the company, the following documents: (1) An actuarial opinion that certifies to the reasonableness of the insurance company's reserves and that shall be entitled a "statement of actuarial opinion"; ...

...As used in sections 3904.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Adverse underwriting decision" means any of the following actions with respect to insurance transactions involving life, health, or disability insurance coverage that is individually underwritten: (a) A declination of insurance coverage; (b) A termination of insurance coverage; (c) Failure of an agent to apply for insurance coverage with a sp...

...(A)(1) The superintendent of insurance shall issue a resident insurance agent license to an individual applicant whose home state is Ohio upon submission of a completed application and payment of any applicable fee required under this chapter, if the superintendent finds all of the following: (a) The applicant is at least eighteen years of age. (b) The applicant has not committed any act that is a ground for the ...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provisions of Title XXXIX of the Revised Code, no person shall act or represent the person's self as a travel administrator for travel insurance in this state unless that person holds one of the following licenses in good standing in this state: (1) Property and casualty license; (2) Managing general agent license; (3) Third-party administrator license. (B)(1) A travel insurer i...

...(A) As used in sections 3905.14 to 3905.16 of the Revised Code: (1) "Insurance agent" includes a limited lines insurance agent, surety bail bond agent, and surplus line broker. (2) "Refusal to issue or renew" means the decision of the superintendent of insurance not to process either the initial application for a license as an agent or the renewal of such a license. (3) "Revocation" means the permanent terminat...