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...An assistive device returned to a manufacturer in accordance with section 1345.92 of the Revised Code by a consumer or supplier in this state or another state shall not be the subject of another consumer transaction in this state unless the manufacturer fully discloses the defect to the prospective consumer.

...The failure of a manufacturer to comply with sections 1345.91, 1345.93, and 1345.95 and division (C) of section 1345.92 of the Revised Code is an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of section 1345.02 of the Revised Code. All powers and remedies available to the attorney general to enforce sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code are available to the attorney general to enforce sections 1345.90 to...

...The remedies in sections 1345.90 to 1345.95 of the Revised Code are in addition to remedies otherwise available for the same conduct under state or local law. Any waiver of rights by a consumer of the provisions of sections 1345.90 to 1345.95 of the Revised Code is void.

...(A) Whoever violates section 1345.23 or 1345.24 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 1345.30 or division (D) of section 1345.76 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars. (C) Whoever knowingly violates division (E) of section 1345.02 or knowingly violates section 1345.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the th...

...on 1346.02 of the Revised Code. (G) "Released claims" means released claims as that term is defined in the Master Settlement Agreement. (H) "Releasing parties" means releasing parties as that term is defined in the Master Settlement Agreement. (I)(1) "Tobacco product manufacturer" means an entity that after the effective date of this section directly (and not exclusively through any affiliate): (a) Manufact...

...arned. Such funds themselves shall be released from escrow only under the following circumstances: (a) To pay a judgment or settlement on any released claim brought against such tobacco product manufacturer by the state or any releasing party located or residing in the state. Funds shall be released from escrow under division (B)(2)(a) of this section: (i) In the order in which they were placed into escrow; and (i...

...Any information provided to the attorney general by the department of taxation in accordance with division (C)(2) of section 5703.21 of the Revised Code shall not be disclosed publicly by the attorney general except when it is necessary to facilitate compliance with and enforcement of section 1346.01 or 1346.02 of the Revised Code.

...As used in this section and sections 1346.05 to 1346.10 of the Revised Code: (A) "Brand family" means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, "menthol," "lights," "kings," and "100s." "Brand family" includes cigarettes sold under any brand name (whether that name is used alone or in con...

...(A)(1) Every tobacco product manufacturer whose cigarettes are sold in this state either directly or through a distributor, retailer, or other intermediary shall execute and deliver to the attorney general an annual certification, made under penalty of falsification, stating that, as of the date of the certification, the tobacco manufacturer is either a participating manufacturer or a nonparticipating manufacturer in...

...(A)(1) Any nonresident or foreign nonparticipating manufacturer that has not registered to do business in the state as a foreign corporation or business entity, as a condition precedent to having its brand families included or retained in the directory developed and published by the attorney general under section 1346.05 of the Revised Code, shall appoint, and continually engage without interruption the services of, ...

...(A) Not later than the last day of each month or less frequently if so directed by the tax commissioner, each stamping agent shall submit information for the previous month or for the relevant time period, if directed by the tax commissioner to make the submission less frequently, which the tax commissioner requires to facilitate compliance with sections 1346.05 to 1346.10 of the Revised Code. The information shall i...

...(A) The tax commissioner and the attorney general may adopt administrative rules necessary to implement sections 1346.05 to 1346.10 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to the requirements of section 1346.05 of the Revised Code, the attorney general may adopt an administrative rule requiring a tobacco product manufacturer to make required escrow deposits in quarterly installments during the year in which the sales cover...

...(A) The attorney general, on behalf of the tax commissioner, may seek an injunction to restrain a threatened or actual violation of division (C)(1) of section 1346.05 of the Revised Code or division (A) or (C) of section 1346.07 of the Revised Code by a stamping agent and to compel the stamping agent to comply with those divisions. (B) In any action brought by the state to enforce sections 1346.05 to 1346.10 of the ...

...(A) In lieu of or in addition to any other remedy provided by law, upon a determination that a stamping agent has violated division (C)(1) of section 1346.05 of the Revised Code or any administrative rule adopted under sections 1346.05 to 1346.10 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner may revoke the license of the stamping agent in the manner provided by section 5743.18 of the Revised Code. (B) For each violation...

...As used in this chapter, except as otherwise provided: (A) "State agency" means the office of any elected state officer and any agency, board, commission, department, division, or educational institution of the state. (B) "Local agency" means any municipal corporation, school district, special purpose district, or township of the state or any elected officer or board, bureau, commission, department, division, insti...

...hall not be construed to prohibit the release of public records, or the disclosure of personal information in public records, as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code, or to authorize a public body to hold an executive session for the discussion of personal information if the executive session is not authorized under division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code. The disclosure to members of the general...

...Every state or local agency that maintains a personal information system shall: (A) Appoint one individual to be directly responsible for the system; (B) Adopt and implement rules that provide for the operation of the system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter that, in the case of state agencies, apply to state agencies or, in the case of local agencies, apply to local agencies; (C) Inform each of it...

...The director of administrative services shall adopt, amend, and rescind rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the purposes of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter that pertain to state agencies. A state or local agency that, or an officer or employee of a state or local agency who, complies in good faith with a rule applicable to the agency is not subject to criminal prosecutio...

...A state or local agency shall only use the personal information in a personal information system in a manner that is consistent with the purposes of the system.

...(A) No state or local agency shall place personal information in an interconnected or combined system, or use personal information that is placed in an interconnected or combined system by another state or local agency or another organization, unless the interconnected or combined system will contribute to the efficiency of the involved agencies in implementing programs that are authorized by law. (B) No state or lo...

...ion is made, the information shall be released to one of the following who is designated by the person or by the person's legal guardian: a physician, including such a person who specializes as a psychiatrist; an advanced practice registered nurse, including such a person who specializes as a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner or psychiatric clinical nurse specialist; or a psychologist. (2) Upon the sign...

...(A)(1) If any person disputes the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of personal information that pertains to him and that is maintained by any state or local agency in a personal information system, he may request the agency to investigate the current status of the information. The agency shall, within a reasonable time after, but not later than ninety days after, receiving the request from the disputa...

...(A) A person who is harmed by the use of personal information that relates to him and that is maintained in a personal information system may recover damages in a civil action from any person who directly and proximately caused the harm by doing any of the following: (1) Intentionally maintaining personal information that he knows, or has reason to know, is inaccurate, irrelevant, no longer timely, or incomplete and...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Agency of a political subdivision" means each organized body, office, or agency established by a political subdivision for the exercise of any function of the political subdivision, except that "agency of a political subdivision" does not include an agency that is a covered entity as defined in 45 C.F.R. 160.103, as amended. (2)(a) "Breach of the security of the system" means unaut...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Confidential personal information" means personal information that is not a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (2) "State agency" does not include the courts or any judicial agency, any state-assisted institution of higher education, or any local agency. (B) Each state agency shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regulating ...