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...As used in the Revised Code: (A) "Certified nurse-midwife" means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and is designated as a certified nurse-midwife in accordance with section 4723.42 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the board of nursing. (B) "Certified nurse practitioner" means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds...

...(A) As used in the Revised Code, "insurance rating agency" means A.M. Best Rating Services, Inc., Demotech, Inc., or a rating agency certified or approved by a national entity that engages in an approval process that includes all of the following: (1) A requirement for the rating agency to register and provide an annual updated filing; (2) Record retention requirements; (3) Financial reporting requirements; (4)...

...As used in sections 101.51 to 101.543 of the Revised Code: (A) "Composition" includes shape, size, paper, typeface, typeface size, line width, margins, spacing, division, binding, and other matters relating to the makeup of a document. (B) "Document" means a bill, act, resolution, journal, pamphlet law, bulletin, index, report, form, or other document that is used in the proceedings or operations of, or that is lai...

...As used in sections 101.70 to 101.79 and 101.99 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" means any individual, partnership, trust, estate, business trust, association, or corporation; any labor organization or manufacturer association; any department, commission, board, publicly supported college or university, division, institution, bureau, or other instrumentality of the state; or any county, township, municipal c...

...As used in sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agency" means any board, commission, committee, or council, or any other similar state public body required to be established pursuant to state statutes for the exercise of any function of state government and to which members are appointed or elected. "Agency" does not include the following: (1) The general assembly, or any commission, committee, or ...

...As used in sections 101.90 to 101.99 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" and "compensation" have the same meanings as in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. (B) "Expenditure" means any of the following that is made to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of a state retirement system, a member of the board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system investment official, or an employee of a ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Compensation" means money, thing of value, or financial benefit. "Compensation" does not include reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. (B) "Public official or employee" means any person who is elected or appointed to an office or is an employee of any public agency. "Public official or employee" does not include any of the fol...

...As used in sections 106.01 to 106.042 of the Revised Code, as the case may be: (A) "Agency" means an agency as defined in sections 111.15 and 119.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Review date" means the review date assigned to a rule by an agency under section 111.15 or 119.04 of the Revised Code. (C) "Rule" means (1) a proposed new rule, or a proposed amendment or rescission of an existing rule, that has been filed wi...

...As used in sections 107.033 to 107.035 of the Revised Code: (A) "Aggregate general revenue fund appropriations" means all general revenue fund appropriations made by the general assembly except for the following: (1) Appropriations of money received from the federal government; (2) Appropriations made for tax relief or refunds of taxes and other overpayments; (3) Appropriations of money received as gifts. (B) "R...

...(A)(1) There is created the commission on eastern European affairs. The commission shall be made up of the following members: (a) Three members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, to serve a term ending one year after the appointment; (b) Four members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, to serve a term ending two years after the appointment; ...

...(A) As used in this section and in section 109.35 of the Revised Code: (1) "Fair market value" means the price that the assets being transferred would bring in a competitive and open market under a fair sale with the buyer and seller acting prudently, knowledgeably, and in their own best interest and a reasonable time being allowed for exposure in the market. (2) "Nonprofit health care entity" means any of the foll...

...As used in this section and sections 109.361 to 109.366 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Officer or employee" means any of the following: (a) A person who, at the time a cause of action against the person arises, is serving in an elected or appointed office or position with the state or is employed by the state. (b) A person that, at the time a cause of action against the person, partnership, or corporation arise...

...If an officer or employee of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation is investigative personnel of the bureau and has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the officer's or employee's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program, both of ...

...As used in sections 109.574 to 109.577 of the Revised Code: (A) "Organization or entity" means a religious, charitable, scientific, educational, athletic, or service institution or organization or local government entity that provides care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to children. (B) "Unsupervised access to a child" means that the person in question has access to a child...

...There is hereby created in the office of the attorney general the Ohio peace officer training commission. The commission shall consist of ten members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and selected as follows: one member representing the public; one member who represents a fraternal organization representing law enforcement officers; two members who are incumbent sheriffs; two members...

...As used in Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code, unless the context requires otherwise: (A) "Affiliate" has the same meaning as in division (A)(1) of section 1109.53 of the Revised Code and includes a subsidiary of a bank. (B) "Bank" or "banking corporation" means an entity that solicits, receives, or accepts money or its equivalent for deposit as a business, whether the deposit is made by check or is eviden...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Derivative transaction" includes any transaction that is a contract, agreement, swap, warrant, note, or option that is based, in whole or in part, on the value of, any interest in, or any quantitative measure or the occurrence of any event relating to, one or more commodities, securities, currencies, interest or other rates, indices, or other assets. (2) "Loans and extensions of cr...

...Pursuant to the authority of section 1121.03 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of financial institutions may adopt rules to administer and carry out the purposes of sections 1109.53, 1109.54, and 1109.55 of the Revised Code, including rules that do any of the following: (A) Further define terms used in sections 1109.53, 1109.54, and 1109.55 of the Revised Code; (B) If the superintendent finds them to be in th...

...As used in sections 111.41 to 111.99 of the Revised Code: (A) "Application assistant" means an employee or volunteer at an agency or organization that serves victims of domestic violence, menacing by stalking, human trafficking, trafficking in persons, rape, or sexual battery who has received training and certification from the secretary of state to help individuals complete applications to be program participants....

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Charitable trust" means a charitable remainder annuity trust as defined in section 664(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, a charitable remainder unitrust as defined in section 664(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, a charitable lead or other split interest trust subject to the governing instrument requirements of section 508(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, a pooled income fund as defined i...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Affiliate" means any individual or entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a family trust company. (B) "Business entity" means a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity. (C) "Control" means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a business entity, whether through ownership of voting securities, ...

...As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (A) "Acquiree mutual bank" means any state bank, savings association, or savings bank that meets both of the following conditions: (1) It is acquired by a mutual holding company as part of, and concurrently with, a mutual holding company reorganization. (2) It is in the mutual form immediately prior to the acquisition. (B) "Reorganization plan" means...

...As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Foreign bank" means any company, or any subsidiary or affiliate of a company, organized under the laws of a foreign country, a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, that engages in the business of banking. "Foreign bank" includes, without limitation, a foreign commercial bank, foreign merchant ba...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Financial institution regulatory authority" includes a regulator of a business activity in which a bank or trust company is engaged, or has applied to engage in, to the extent that the regulator has jurisdiction over a bank or trust company engaged in that business activity. A bank or trust company is engaged in a business activity, and a regulator of that business activity has jurisdic...

...As used in sections 113.50 to 113.56 of the Revised Code: (A) "ABLE account" means an individual account opened in accordance with the program or a similar ABLE account program established by another state in accordance with section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code. (B) "Account owner" means a designated beneficiary or any other person authorized to be the owner of an ABLE account under federal law. (C) "Designat...