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...ity of any municipal corporation or any board of trustees or officer of any municipal corporation of any power or jurisdiction over or relative to any place of employment, provided that whenever the bureau of workers' compensation, by an order, fixes a standard of safety or any hygienic condition for employments or places of employment, the order shall, upon the filing by the bureau of a copy thereof with the clerk o...

...of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the health care partnership program administered by the bureau of workers' compensation to provide medical, surgical, nursing, drug, hospital, and rehabilitation services and supplies to an employee for an injury or occupational disease that is compensable under this chapter or Chapter 4123.,...

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules, take measures, and make expenditures as it deems necessary to aid claimants who have sustained compensable injuries or incurred compensable occupational diseases pursuant to Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code to return to work or to assist in lessening or removing any resulting impairment.

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules: (1) For the encouragement of reemployment of claimants who have successfully completed prescribed rehabilitation programs by payment from the surplus fund established by section 4123.34 of the Revised Code to employers who employ or re-employ the claimants. The period or periods of payments shall not exceed six months in the aggregate, un...

...or whom the state employment relations board establishes appropriate bargaining units pursuant to section 4117.06 of the Revised Code. (B) The administrator may employ the services and resources of any public entity or private person, business, or association in fulfilling the duties placed upon the bureau of workers' compensation by sections 4121.61 to 4121.69 of the Revised Code. The opportunities for Ohioan...

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, to allow the employer to secure other-states' coverage or limited other-states' coverage. (5)(a) In accordance with the rules adopted by the administrator pursuant to division (C) of section 4123.32 of the Revised Code, if the employer employs employees who are covered under the federal "Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act," 98 Stat. 1639, 33 U....

...(C) The bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, based upon recommendations of the workers' compensation actuarial committee, shall establish the policy for all adjudicating committee procedures, including, but not limited to, specific criteria for manual premium rate adjustment.

...ission, bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, and bureau of workers' compensation to administer Chapters 4121., 4123., 4125., 4127., 4133., and 4167. of the Revised Code pursuant to section 4123.342 of the Revised Code, and for no other purpose. This section does not prevent the deposit or investment of all such moneys intermingled for such purpose but such funds shall be separate and distinct for all o...

...of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding utilization of the direct deposit of funds by electronic transfer under this section and section 9.37 of the Revised Code.

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules with respect to the collection, maintenance, and disbursements of the state insurance fund including all of the following: (A) A rule providing for ascertaining the correctness of any employer's report of estimated or actual expenditure of wages and the determination and adjustment of proper premiums and the payment of those premiums by t...

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules establishing a prospective payment system, which shall include all of the following: (1) A requirement that upon an initial application for coverage, a private employer shall file with the application an estimate of the employer's payroll for the period the administrator determines pursuant to rules the administrator adopts, and shall pay ...

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors. (B) For purposes of collection referrals to the attorney general under section 131.02 of the Revised Code, a premium payment is due thirty days after the date upon which a private employer must submit the payroll report for the corresponding policy year pursuant to section 4123.26 of the Revised Code or the date upon which a public employer must submi...

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt a rule that prohibits the administrator from charging any amount with respect to a claim for compensation or benefits under this chapter or Chapters 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code to an employer's experience if both of the following apply: (1) The employer provides work-based learning experiences for students enrolled in a career-t...

...Every public employer, except for boards of county hospital trustees that are self-insurers under section 4123.35 of the Revised Code, shall contribute to the public insurance fund the amount of money determined by the administrator of workers' compensation, and the manner of determining contributions and the classifications of employers is as provided in sections 4123.39 to 4123.41 and 4123.48 of the Revised Code.

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, may levy an assessment against all employers at a rate not to exceed ten cents per one hundred dollars of payroll. If the administrator levies an assessment under this division, the rate of that assessment shall be determined annually for each employer group listed in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section. The rates determined under this division shall be ...

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, may transfer to the disabled workers' relief fund from the income produced as a result of investments made pursuant to section 4123.44 of the Revised Code amounts necessary to carry out those sections with respect to claims related to private and public taxing district employers, rather than levying an assessment against those employers under section 4123.41...

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules governing treatment of employers found in violation of division (A) of this section. The rules shall cover enforcement and prosecution procedures and methods and grounds for settlement of liability of a noncomplying employer.

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, may adopt rules that identify specified medical conditions that have a historical record of being allowed whenever included in a claim. The administrator may grant immediate allowance of any medical condition identified in those rules upon the filing of a claim involving that medical condition and may make immediate payment of medical bills for any medical c...

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, neither the administrator nor the commission shall make any finding or award for payment of medical or vocational rehabilitation services submitted for payment more than one year after the date the services were rendered or more than one year after the date the services became payable under division (I) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code, whichever is l...

...of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, may adopt and enforce rules governing the employment of such persons and the inspection of their places of employment. (B) An employee may waive the employee's rights to compensation or benefits as authorized pursuant to division (C)(3) of section 4123.01 or section 4123.15 of the Revised Code. No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of the premiu...

...and the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors may procure reinsurance of the liability of the public and private funds under this chapter, or any part of the liability in respect of either or both of the funds, upon such terms and premiums or other payments from the fund or funds as the administrator deems prudent in the maintenance of a solvent fund or funds from year to year. When making the find...

.... The bureau, commission, or any other board or court, in determining the amount of compensation to be paid to the dependents of killed employees, shall pay to the alien dependents residing in foreign countries the same benefits as to those dependents residing in this state. No employer shall discharge, demote, reassign, or take any punitive action against any employee because the employee filed a claim or institut...

...d by the financial accounting standards board and under generally accepted accounting principles. (G) "Shared employee" means an individual intended to be assigned to a client employer on a permanent basis, not as a temporary supplement to the client employer's workforce, who is coemployed by a professional employer organization and a client employer pursuant to a professional employer organization agreement. (H...

... of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to require, in addition to the requirement under division (B)(8) of this section, a professional employer organization to provide security in the form of a bond or letter of credit assignable to the Ohio bureau of workers' compensation not to exceed an amount equal to the premiums and assess...

...ll remain subject to regulation by the board, commission, or agency responsible for licensing, registration, or certification of the shared employees or client employers.