Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 2923.124 | Concealed handgun definitions.
... As used in sections 2923.124 to 2923.1213 of the Revised Code: (A) "Application form" means the application form prescribed pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 109.731 of the Revised Code and includes a copy of that form. (B) "Competency certification" and "competency certificate" mean a document of the type described in division (B)(3) of section 2923.125 of the Revised Code. (C) "Detention facility" ha... |
Section 2923.31 | Corrupt activity definitions.
...As used in sections 2923.31 to 2923.36 of the Revised Code: (A) "Beneficial interest" means any of the following: (1) The interest of a person as a beneficiary under a trust in which the trustee holds title to personal or real property; (2) The interest of a person as a beneficiary under any other trust arrangement under which any other person holds title to personal or real property for the benefit of such person... |
Section 2923.41 | Criminal gang definitions.
...As used in sections 2923.41 to 2923.44 of the Revised Code: (A) "Criminal gang" means an ongoing formal or informal organization, association, or group of three or more persons to which all of the following apply: (1) It has as one of its primary activities the commission of one or more of the offenses listed in division (B) of this section. (2) It has a common name or one or more common, identifying signs, ... |
Section 2925.01 | Drug offense definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "Administer," "controlled substance," "controlled substance analog," "dispense," "distribute," "hypodermic," "manufacturer," "official written order," "person," "pharmacist," "pharmacy," "sale," "schedule I," "schedule II," "schedule III," "schedule IV," "schedule V," and "wholesaler" have the same meanings as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Drug of abuse" and "person ... |
Section 2927.15 | Privilege or consent to collect bodily substance.
...(A) No person shall knowingly collect any blood, urine, tissue, or other bodily substance of another person without privilege or consent to do so. (B)(1) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of the following: (a) The collection of any bodily substance of a person by a law enforcement officer, or by another person pursuant to the direction or advice of a law enforcement officer, for purposes of ... |
Section 2929.36 | Confinement costs definitions.
...As used in sections 2929.36 to 2929.38 of the Revised Code: (A) "Chief legal officer" includes a prosecuting attorney, village solicitor, city director of law, and attorney for a district of a joint city and county workhouse or county workhouse. (B) "Clerk of the appropriate court" or "appropriate court clerk" means whichever of the following applies: (1) If the local detention facility in question is a multicoun... |
Section 2930.01 | Definitions.
... As used in this chapter, unless otherwise defined in any section in this chapter: (A) "Criminal offense" means an alleged act or omission committed by a person that is punishable by incarceration and is not eligible to be disposed of by the traffic violations bureau. (B) "Custodial agency" means one of the following: (1) The entity that has custody of a defendant or an alleged juvenile offender who is incarcer... |
Section 2931.01 | Definitions pertaining to jurisdiction and venue.
...(A) As used in Chapters 2931. to 2953. of the Revised Code, "magistrate" includes county court judges, police justices, mayors of municipal corporation, and judges of other courts inferior to the court of common pleas. (B) As used in Chapters 2931. to 2953., except sections 2933.21 to 2933.33, of the Revised Code: (1) "Judge" does not include the probate judge. (2) "Court" does not include the probate court. (3) ... |
Section 2933.51 | Wiretapping, electronic surveillance definitions.
... As used in sections 2933.51 to 2933.66 of the Revised Code: (A) "Wire communication" means an aural transfer that is made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the transmission of communications by the aid of wires or similar methods of connecting the point of origin of the communication and the point of reception of the communication, including the use of a method of connecting the point of origi... |
Section 2933.82 | Retention of biological evidence.
... (A) As used in this section: (1)(a) "Biological evidence" means any of the following: (i) The contents of a sexual assault examination kit; (ii) Any item that contains blood, semen, hair, saliva, skin tissue, fingernail scrapings, bone, bodily fluids, or any other identifiable biological material that was collected as part of a criminal investigation or delinquent child investigation and that reasonably may... |
Section 2935.01 | Arrest, citation, and disposition alternatives definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "Magistrate" has the same meaning as in section 2931.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Peace officer" includes, except as provided in section 2935.081 of the Revised Code, a sheriff; deputy sheriff; marshal; deputy marshal; member of the organized police department of any municipal corporation, including a member of the organized police department of a municipal corporation in an adjoinin... |
Section 2935.29 | Definition of fresh pursuit and state.
...As used in sections 2935.30 and 2935.31 of the Revised Code: (A) "Fresh pursuit" includes fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony. It includes the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony, though no felony has actually been committed, if there is reasonable ground for... |
Section 2939.25 | Attendance of witnesses at foreign grand jury proceedings definitions.
...As used in sections 2939.25 to 2939.29, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Witness" includes a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal action, prosecution, or proceeding. (B) "State" includes any territory of the United States and District of Columbia. (C) "Summons" includes a subpoena, order, or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness. |
Section 2945.37 | Competency to stand trial definitions - hearing.
... (A) As used in sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code: (1) "Prosecutor" means a prosecuting attorney or a city director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer of a municipal corporation who has authority to prosecute a criminal case that is before the court or the criminal case in which a defendant in a criminal case has been found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of... |
Section 2950.081 | Public inspection of information and records in possession of sheriff.
...(A) Any statements, information, photographs, fingerprints, or materials that are required to be provided, and that are provided, by an offender or delinquent child pursuant to section 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, or 2950.06 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 and shall be included in the int... |
Section 3327.12 | Maintenance of school bus turn-around points.
...Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section does not apply to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district. The board of education of a city, local, or exempted village school district may maintain school bus turn-around points. At the request of such a board, a municipal corporation may maintain turn-around points on municipa... |
Section 3327.13 | Lease agreement for buses to transport nonpublic school pupils to and from school related activities.
... The board of education of a school district that owns and operates busses for transporting pupils to and from school may contract with a nonpublic school located within the district to make available to the nonpublic school under a lease agreement, one or more of the district's busses to be used by the nonpublic school for transporting nonpublic school pupils to and from a school related activity that would be an ap... |
Section 3327.14 | Lease agreement for buses to transport senior citizens and adult education groups.
... The board of education of any school district that owns and operates buses for transporting pupils may contract under a lease agreement with a municipal corporation or a public or nonprofit private agency or organization delivering services to the aged, to make available one or more of the district's buses or other vehicles to be used for transporting persons sixty years of age or older. The board of education of an... |
Section 3327.15 | Use of vehicles outside state.
...The board of education of any school district that owns and operates motor vehicles for transporting pupils may permit such vehicles to be used outside this state for any lawful purpose provided the entire distance traveled outside this state on any trip does not exceed one thousand miles. |
Section 3327.16 | Volunteer bus rider assistance program - program for pupils offered school bus transportation.
... Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section does not apply to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district or its superintendent. (A) The superintendent of each school district may establish a volunteer bus rider assistance program, under which qualified adults or responsible older pupils, as determined by the superintenden... |
Section 3327.17 | Biodiesel school bus program.
...The department of development shall establish a biodiesel school bus program under which the director of development shall make grants to school districts that use biodiesel fuel for pupil transportation to help offset incremental costs incurred by using biodiesel instead of one hundred per cent petroleum diesel. As used in this section, "biodiesel" has the same meaning as in section 122.075 of the Revised Co... |
Section 3328.01 | Definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees established for a college-preparatory boarding school in accordance with section 3328.15 of the Revised Code. (B) "Child with a disability," "IEP," and "school district of residence" have the same meanings as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Eligible student" means a student who is entitled to attend school in a partici... |
Section 3328.02 | Designation as public school; Powers.
... (A) Each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter is a public school and is part of the state's program of education. (B) Acting through its board of trustees, the school may sue and be sued, acquire facilities as needed, contract for any services necessary for the operation of the school, and enter into contracts with the department of education and workforce pursuant to this chapter. T... |
Section 3328.03 | Limitations on obligation of funds.
...In accordance with Section 22 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, no agreement or contract entered into under this chapter shall create an obligation of state funds for a period longer than two years; however, the general assembly, every two years, may authorize renewal of any such obligation. |
Section 3328.04 | Participating school districts.
... The city, exempted village, or local school district in which a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter is located is a participating school district under this chapter. Any other city, exempted village, or local school district may agree to be a participating school district. The department of education and workforce shall adopt procedures for districts to agree to be participating school... |
Section 2950.11 | Notice of identity and location of offender in specified geographical notification area.
... (A) Regardless of when the sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense was committed, if a person is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense or a person is or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense and is classified a juve... |
Section 3328.11 | Qualifications of operators.
... (A) In accordance with the procedures prescribed in division (B) of this section, the department of education and workforce shall select a private nonprofit corporation that meets the following qualifications to operate each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter: (1) The corporation has experience operating a school or program similar to the schools authorized under this chapter. (... |
Section 3328.12 | Operator contracts.
... The department of education and workforce shall enter into a contract with the operator of each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter. The contract shall stipulate the following: (A) The school's board of trustees shall oversee the acquisition of a facility for the school. (B) The operator shall operate the school in accordance with the terms of the proposal accepted by the departm... |
Section 3328.13 | Adoption of bylaws.
... The board of trustees of each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall adopt bylaws for the oversight and operation of the school that are consistent with the provisions of this chapter, the rules adopted under section 3328.50 of the Revised Code, and the contract between the operator and the department of education and workforce. The bylaws shall include procedures for the appointmen... |
Section 3328.14 | Adoption of outreach program.
...The board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall adopt a program of outreach to inform every city, local, and exempted village school district about the school and the procedures for admission to the school and for becoming a participating school district. |
Section 3328.15 | Governance; Board of trustees.
... (A) Each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of up to twenty-five members. Five of those members shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor's appointments may be based on nonbinding recommendations made by the director of education and workforce. Of the remaining members, initial member... |
Section 3328.16 | Designated fiscal officer.
...(A) Each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall have a designated fiscal officer. The auditor of state may require by rule that the fiscal officer of any college-preparatory boarding school, before entering upon duties as fiscal officer, execute a bond in an amount and with surety to be approved by the school's board of trustees, payable to the state, conditioned for the faithful per... |
Section 3328.17 | Collective bargaining rights.
...Employees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter may organize and collectively bargain pursuant to Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding division (D)(1) of section 4117.06 of the Revised Code, a unit containing teaching and nonteaching employees employed under this section may be considered an appropriate unit. |
Section 3328.18 | Suspension of employees.
... (A) As used in this section, "license" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (B) If a person who is employed by a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter or its operator is arrested, summoned, or indicted for an alleged violation of an offense listed in division (C) of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, if the person holds a license, or an offense listed in d... |
Section 3328.19 | Conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession; report to superintendent.
... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession" shall be as described in rules adopted by the state board of education. (2) "Intervention in lieu of conviction" means intervention in lieu of conviction under section 2951.041 of the Revised Code. (3) "License" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (4) "Pre-trial diversion program" means a pre-trial di... |
Section 2950.13 | State registry of sex offenders - duties of attorney general.
... (A) The attorney general shall do all of the following: (1) No later than July 1, 1997, establish and maintain a state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders that is housed at the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and that contains all of the registration, change of residence, school, institution of higher education, or place of employment address, and verification information the ... |
Section 3328.191 | Reports kept in employee personnel file.
... The board of trustees of each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall require that the reports of any investigation by the board or by the school's operator of an employee who works in the school, regarding whether the employee has committed an act or offense for which the chief administrator of the school or the president or chairperson of the board is required to make a repor... |
Section 2951.01 | Probation definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "Magistrate" has the same meaning as in section 2931.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Ignition interlock device" has the same meaning as in section 4510.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Multicounty department of probation" means a probation department established under section 2301.27 of the ... |
Section 3328.192 | Prevalence of statutory provisions over contract agreements.
... Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the provisions of sections 3328.19 and 3328.191 of the Revised Code prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or contract for employment entered into on or after the effective date of this section. |
Section 3328.193 | False statements.
... (A) As used in this section, "license" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (B) No employee of a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter or its operator shall do either of the following: (1) Knowingly make a false report to the chief administrator of the school, or the chief administrator's designee, alleging misconduct by another employee of the school o... |
Section 3328.20 | Qualifications for employees providing essential school services.
...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Designated official" means the chief administrator of a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter, or the chief administrator's designee. (2) "Essential school services" means services provided by a private company under contract with a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter that the chief administrator of the school has d... |
Section 3328.21 | Admission of students.
...(A) Any eligible student may apply for admission to a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter in a grade level offered by the school that is appropriate for the student and shall be admitted to the school in that grade level to the extent the student's admission is within the capacity of the school as established by the school's board of trustees, subject to division (B) of this secti... |
Section 2953.71 | Post conviction DNA testing definitions.
...As used in sections 2953.71 to 2953.83 of the Revised Code: (A) "Application" or "application for DNA testing" means a request through postconviction relief for the state to do DNA testing on biological material from the case in which the offender was convicted of the offense for which the offender is an eligible offender and is requesting the DNA testing under sections 2953.71 to 2953.81 of the Revised Code.... |
Section 3328.22 | Educational program.
... The educational program of a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall include at least all of the following: (A) A remedial curriculum for students in grades lower than grade nine; (B) A college-preparatory curriculum for high school students that, at a minimum, shall comply with sections 3313.603 and 3313.6027 of the Revised Code as that section applies to school districts; (C... |
Section 2961.21 | Definitions regarding application for certificate of achievement and employability.
... As used in sections 2961.21 to 2961.24 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Discretionary civil impact" means any section of the Revised Code or the Administrative Code that creates a penalty, disability, or disadvantage, however denominated, to which all of the following apply: (a) It is triggered in whole or in part by a person's conviction of an offense, whether or not the penalty, disability, or disadvantage is... |
Section 2963.01 | Extradition definitions.
...As used in sections 2963.01 to 2963.27 of the Revised Code: (A) "Governor" includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this state. (B) "Executive authority" includes the governor, and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state. (C) "State," referring to a state other than this state, includes any state or territory, organized or unorgani... |
Section 2967.01 | Pardon - parole - probation definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "State correctional institution" includes any institution or facility that is operated by the department of rehabilitation and correction and that is used for the custody, care, or treatment of criminal, delinquent, or psychologically or psychiatrically disturbed offenders. (B) "Pardon" means the remission of penalty by the governor in accordance with the power vested in the governor b... |
Section 2967.05 | Release as if on parole of dying prisoner.
...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Imminent danger of death" means that the inmate has a medically diagnosable condition that will cause death to occur within a short period of time. As used in division (A)(1) of this section, "within a short period of time" means generally within six months. (2)(a) "Medically incapacitated" means any diagnosable medical condition, including mental dementia and severe, permane... |
Section 2969.01 | Recovery of offender's profits fund definitions.
...As used in sections 2969.01 to 2969.06 of the Revised Code: (A) "Offender" means a person who pleads guilty to, is convicted of, or is found not guilty by reason of insanity of an offense in this state or a person against whom a complaint or information has been filed or an indictment has been returned in this state. (B) "Victim" means a person who suffers personal injury, death, or property loss as a result of any... |
Section 2969.11 | Crime victims recovery fund definitions.
...As used in sections 2969.11 to 2969.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Crime victims recovery fund" means the fund created by division (D) of section 2929.32 of the Revised Code. (B) "Victim" means a person who suffers personal injury, death, or property loss as a result of any of the following, or the beneficiaries of an action for the wrongful death of any person killed as a result of any of the following: (1) An off... |
Section 1354.01 | Definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "Business" means any limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, sole proprietorship, association, state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, private college as defined in section 3365.01 of the Revised Code, or other group, however organized and whether operating for profit or not for profit, including a financia... |
Section 1355.01 | Definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "Applicable agency" means a department or agency of the state to which both of the following apply: (1) It is authorized to regulate certain types of business activity in this state and persons engaged in such business, including the issuance of licenses or other types of authorization. (2) The superintendent of financial institutions determines the department or agency would regul... |
Section 140.01 | Definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "Hospital agency" means any public hospital agency or any nonprofit hospital agency. (B) "Public hospital agency" means any county, board of county hospital trustees established pursuant to section 339.02 of the Revised Code, county hospital commission established pursuant to section 339.14 of the Revised Code, municipal corporation, new community authority organized under Chapter ... |
Section 143.01 | Definitions.
...As used in this chapter: (A) "Killed in the line of duty" means either of the following: (1) Death in the line of duty; (2) Death from injury sustained in the line of duty, including heart attack or other fatal injury or illness caused while in the line of duty. (B) "Totally and permanently disabled" means unable to engage in any substantial gainful employment for a period of not less than twelve months by reason... |
Section 145.01 | Public employees retirement system definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "Public employee" means: (1) Any person holding an office, not elective, under the state or any county, township, municipal corporation, park district, conservancy district, sanitary district, health district, metropolitan housing authority, state retirement board, Ohio history connection, public library, county law library, union cemetery, joint hospital, institutional commissary,... |
Section 145.011 | Certain university and college employees included.
...In addition to the membership of the public employees retirement system as prescribed in division (A) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and notwithstanding Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code, there shall be included in such membership all of the following: (A) The nonteaching employees of the Cleveland state university and the northeast Ohio medical university; (B) Any person who elects to transfer from the scho... |
Section 145.334 | Election as PERS law enforcement officer or public safety officer.
...A member who, on the effective date of this section , meets the definition of bureau of criminal identification and investigation investigator, gaming agent, department of taxation investigator, special police officer for a port authority, or special police officer for a municipal airport in section 145.01 of the Revised Code may make the election to be considered a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety ... |
Section 146.01 | Volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund definitions.
...As used in sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code: (A) "Fire department" means a volunteer fire department, a fire department of a political subdivision or fire district of this state, or a private volunteer company that has elected to participate in the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund pursuant to section 146.02 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) "Volunteer firefighter" means both of the following, subject... |
Section 147.011 | Definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "Acknowledgment" means a declaration by an individual before a notary public that the individual has signed a record for the purpose stated in the record, and if the record is signed in a representative capacity, that the individual signed the record with proper authority and signed it as the act of the individual or entity identified in the record. (B) "Criminal records check" has t... |
Section 147.60 | Definitions.
... As used in this section and sections 147.61 to 147.66 of the Revised Code: (A) "Appear in person" means being in the same physical location as another person and being close enough to hear, communicate with, and exchange tangible identification credentials with that individual. "Appear in person" also means being in a different location as another person and interacting with that individual by means of live two-wa... |
Section 149.011 | Documents, reports, and records definitions.
...As used in this chapter, except as otherwise provided: (A) "Public office" includes any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, or other organized body, office, agency, institution, or entity established by the laws of this state for the exercise of any function of government. "Public office" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Sta... |
Section 149.21 | Uniform electronic legal material act - definitions; applicability.
...(A) As used in sections 149.21 to 149.27 of the Revised Code: (1) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. (2) "Legal material" means all of the following, whether or not in effect: (a) The Constitution of this state; (b) The session laws of this state; (c) The Revised Code; (d) State agency rules that have or ha... |
Section 150.01 | Venture capital program definitions.
...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Authority" means the Ohio venture capital authority created under section 150.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Issuer" means a port authority organized and existing under applicable provisions of Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code that, pursuant to an agreement entered into under division (E) of section 150.02 of the Revised Code, issues or issued obligations to fund one or more l... |
Section 1503.50 | Definitions.
...As used in sections 1503.50 to 1503.55 of the Revised Code: (A) "Conservation" means the wise use and management of natural resources. (B) "Forestry pollution" means failure to use management or conservation practices in silvicultural operations to abate wind or water erosion of the soil or to abate the degradation of the waters of the state by soil sediment, including attached substances, from silvicultural operat... |
Section 1506.01 | Coastal management definitions.
...As used in this chapter: (A) "Coastal area" means the waters of Lake Erie, the islands in the lake, and the lands under and adjacent to the lake, including transitional areas, wetlands, and beaches. The coastal area extends in Lake Erie to the international boundary line between the United States and Canada and landward only to the extent necessary to include shorelands, the uses of which have a direct and significa... |
Section 1506.30 | Submerged lands preserves definitions.
...As used in sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code: (A) "Abandoned property" means a submerged aircraft; a submerged watercraft, including a ship, boat, canoe, skiff, raft, or barge; the rigging, gear, fittings, trappings, and equipment of a submerged aircraft or watercraft; the personal property of the officers, crew, and passengers of a submerged aircraft or watercraft; the cargo of a submerged airc... |
Section 1509.01 | Division of oil and gas resources management - oil and gas definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "Well" means any borehole, whether drilled or bored, within the state for production, extraction, or injection of any gas or liquid mineral, excluding potable water to be used as such, but including natural or artificial brines and oil field waters. "Well" includes a stratigraphic well. (B) "Oil" means crude petroleum oil and all other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are ... |
Section 1510.01 | Oil and natural gas marketing program definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "First purchaser" means: (1) With regard to crude oil and condensate, the person to whom title first is transferred beyond the gathering tank or tanks, beyond the facility from which the crude oil was first produced, or both; (2) With regard to natural gas, the person to whom title first is transferred beyond the inlet side of the measurement station from which the natural gas was fi... |
Section 1513.01 | Coal surface mining definitions.
...As used in this chapter: (A) "Approximate original contour" means that surface configuration achieved by backfilling and grading of a mined area so that the reclaimed area, including any terracing or access roads, closely resembles the general surface configuration of the land prior to mining and blends into and complements the drainage pattern of the surrounding terrain, with all highwalls and spoil ... |
Section 1514.01 | Other surface mining definitions.
...As used in this chapter: (A) "Surface mining" means all or any part of a process followed in the production of minerals from the earth or from the surface of the land by surface excavation methods, such as open pit mining, dredging, placering, or quarrying, and includes the removal of overburden for the purpose of determining the location, quantity, or quality of mineral deposits, and the incidental removal o... |
Section 1514.30 | Interstate mining compact - interstate mining commission.
...The "Interstate Mining Compact" is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: "INTERSTATE MINING COMPACT ARTICLE I FINDINGS AND PURPOSE (A) The party states find that: (1) Mining and the contributions thereof to the economy and well-being of every state are of basic significance; (2) The effects of mining on the availabilit... |
Section 1517.01 | Division of natural areas and preserves definitions.
... As used in this chapter: (A) "Natural area" means an area of land or water which either retains to some degree or has re-established its natural character, although it need not be completely undisturbed, or has unusual flora, fauna, geological, archeological, scenic, or similar features of scientific or educational interest. (B) "Nature preserve" means an area which is formally dedicated under section 1517.05 of... |
Section 1517.21 | Cave definitions.
...As used in sections 1517.21 to 1517.26 of the Revised Code: (A) "Cave" means a naturally occurring void, cavity, recess, or system of interconnecting passages beneath the surface of the earth or within a cliff or ledge, including, without limitation, a grotto, rock shelter, sinkhole, cavern, pit, natural well, pothole, or subsurface water and drainage system. (B) "Cave life" means any organism that naturally occurs... |
Section 1520.01 | Canal lands definitions.
...As used in this chapter: (A) "Canal lands" includes any part of the bed, berm, bank, or slope of any canal, canal basin, or canal reservoir or of any lock, aqueduct, dam, culvert, tunnel, feeder, or side cut formerly a part of any canal system in this state, whether or not abandoned; the outer slope of any towing path embankment formerly a part of any canal system in this state; and any tract of land that was a part... |
Section 1521.01 | Definitions.
...As used in this chapter: (A) "Consumptive use" means a use of water resources, other than a diversion, that results in a loss of that water to the basin from which it is withdrawn and includes, but is not limited to, evaporation, evapotranspiration, and incorporation of water into a product or agricultural crop. (B) "Diversion" means a withdrawal of water resources from either the Lake Erie or Ohio river drainage... |
Section 3731.01 | Hotel definitions.
...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Hotel" means a transient hotel, extended stay hotel, or residential hotel. "Hotel" includes any structure consisting of one or more buildings containing any combination of more than five guestrooms that are each approved by the building code official having jurisdiction and the state fire marshal as meeting the requirements for transient sleeping rooms or extended stay tem... |
Section 3734.41 | Qualifications of licensees and related persons definitions.
...As used in sections 3734.41 to 3734.47 of the Revised Code: (A) "Applicant" means any person seeking a permit or license for an off-site facility and any person or business concern operating such a facility for an applicant. (B) "Application" means the forms and accompanying documents filed in connection with the applicant's request for a permit. (C) "Business concern" means any corporation, association, firm, par... |
Section 3734.48 | Coal combustion residuals.
... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Coal combustion residuals" means fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, and flue gas desulfurization materials generated from burning coal for the purpose of generating electricity by electric utilities and independent power producers, as defined in 40 C.F.R. Part 257. (2) "Coal combustion residuals landfill" means an area of land or an excavation that receives coal combustion resi... |
Section 3781.106 | Devices to regulate ingress and egress through doors in specified buildings.
... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Institution of higher education" means a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, a private nonprofit college or university located in this state that possesses a certificate of authorization issued pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, or a school located in this state that possesses a certificate of registration and one ... |
Section 3794.01 | Definitions.
...Definitions. As used in this chapter: (A) "Smoking" means inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated tobacco product or plant product intended for inhalation in any manner or in any form. "Smoking" includes the use of an electronic smoking device and a vapor product. "Smoking" does not include the burning of incense in a religious ceremony. (B) "Public place" means an enclosed area to which ... |
Section 3799.01 | Compact.
...Article I. Definitions For purposes of this compact: 1. "Compacting state" means either of the following: a. Any state that has enacted the compact and which has not withdrawn or been suspended pursuant to Article XIV of the compact; b. The federal government in accordance with the commission's bylaws. 2. "Compact" means the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases enacted in this s... |
Section 3901.40 | Payment or reimbursement to unlicensed or unaccredited hospital prohibited.
...No insurance company, health insuring corporation, or self-insurance plan authorized to do business in this state shall include or provide in its policies or subscriber agreements for benefit payments or reimbursement for services in any hospital which is not licensed under Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code. No hospital located in this state shall charge any insurance company, health insuring corporation, federal, st... |
Section 3903.01 | Reserve valuation - rehabilitation and liquidation definitions.
... As used in sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Admitted assets" means investment in assets which will be admitted by the superintendent of insurance pursuant to the law of this state. (B) "Affiliate" has the same meaning as "affiliate of" or "affiliated with," as defined in section 3901.32 of the Revised Code. (C) "Assets" means all property, real and personal, of every nature and kind whatso... |
Section 3903.72 | Definitions for sections 3903.72 to 3903.7211.
... (A) The definitions provided in division (B) of this section shall apply after the operative date of the valuation manual. (B) As used in sections 3903.72 to 3903.7211 of the Revised Code: (1) "Accident and health insurance" means a contract that incorporates morbidity risk and provides protection against economic loss resulting from accident, sickness, or medical conditions and as may be specified in the ... |
Section 3917.01 | Group life insurance definitions.
... As used in sections 3917.01 to 3917.06 of the Revised Code, the following forms of life insurance are group life insurance: (A) A life insurance policy issued to an employer, or to the trustees of a fund established by an employer, which employer or trustees shall be deemed the policyholder, to insure employees of the employer for the benefit of persons other than the employer, subject to all of the following requ... |
Section 3923.44 | Standards for full and fair disclosure for sale of long-term care insurance policies.
...(A) The superintendent of insurance, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt rules that include standards for full and fair disclosure setting forth the manner, content, and required disclosures for the sale of long-term care insurance policies, terms of renewability, initial and subsequent conditions of eligibility, nonduplication of coverage provisions, coverage of dependents, preexisting cond... |
Section 3929.302 | Annual claims report by medical malpractice insurers - fine - confidentiality.
...(A) The superintendent of insurance, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall require each authorized insurer, surplus lines insurer, risk retention group, self-insurer, captive insurer, the medical liability underwriting association if created under section 3929.63 of the Revised Code, and any other entity that provides medical malpractice insurance to risks located in this state, t... |
Section 3970.03 | Limitations and exclusions.
... (A) If a pet insurance policy includes any of the terms defined in section 3970.01 of the Revised Code, those terms shall have the same meaning prescribed by that section, and the policy shall restate the definition of each such term. The pet insurer shall also make the definition available through a clear and conspicuous link on the main page of the pet insurer's or pet insurer's program administrator's publicly ac... |
Section 4111.14 | Implementing constitutional minimum wage authority.
...(A) Pursuant to the general assembly's authority to establish a minimum wage under Section 34 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, this section is in implementation of Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution. In implementing Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution, the general assembly hereby finds that the purpose of Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution, is to: (1) Ensure that Ohio employees, as defi... |
Section 4504.01 | Local motor vehicle license tax definitions.
...As used in this chapter: (A) "Motor vehicle" means all vehicles included within the definition of motor vehicle in sections 4501.01 and 4505.01 of the Revised Code and also includes motorized bicycles. "Motor vehicle" does not include a concrete pump or a concrete conveyor. (B) "County motor vehicle license tax" means a tax imposed by a county pursuant to this chapter. (C) "Township motor vehicle license tax" mean... |
Section 4513.01 | Traffic laws - equipment - load definitions.
... As provided in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code, the definitions set forth in that section apply to this chapter. |
Section 4519.01 | Special vehicle definitions.
...As used in this chapter: (A) "Snowmobile" means any self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for use on snow or ice, and steered by skis, runners, or caterpillar treads. (B) "All-purpose vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for cross-country travel on land and water, or on more than one type of terrain, and steered by wheels or caterpillar treads, or any combination thereof, including vehic... |
Section 4713.33 | Cosmetology licensure compact.
... The "Cosmetology Licensure Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: COSMETOLOGY LICENSURE COMPACT ARTICLE 1- PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of Cosmetology with the goal of improving public access to, and the sa... |
Section 4715.271 | Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.
... The Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined the compact as follows: DENTIST AND DENTAL HYGIENIST COMPACT SECTION 1. TITLE AND PURPOSE This statute shall be known and cited as the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. The purposes of this Compact are to facilitate the i... |
Section 4731.156 | Interstate massage compact (IMpact).
... The "Interstate Massage Compact (IMpact)" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: INTERSTATE MASSAGE COMPACT ARTICLE 1- PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to reduce the burdens on State governments and to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of Massage Therapy w... |
Section 4505.063 | Motor vehicle dealer transfers.
... Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary that requires a document to be "sworn to before" or "signed in the presence of" a notary or other officer empowered to administer oaths, when a motor vehicle dealer licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code is a party to the transfer of a motor vehicle, no notarization is required on a motor vehicle certificate of title, an application for a mo... |
Section 4505.071 | Licensed motor vehicle dealer power of attorney.
... (A)(1) Notwithstanding section 1337.06 of the Revised Code, a licensed motor vehicle dealer involved in a title transfer, or the employee or agent of the licensed motor vehicle dealer, may be granted power of attorney by the principal to become the principal's attorney in fact. (2) The power of attorney granted under division (A)(1) of this section may be used only when the granting instrument limits the power of ... |
Section 4753.17 | Audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact.
... The "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: SECTION 1: PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of audiology and speech-language pathology with the goal of improving public access to audi... |
Section 4505.09 | Certificate of title fees - funds.
...(A)(1) The clerk of a court of common pleas shall charge and retain fees as follows: (a) Five dollars for each certificate of title that is not applied for within thirty days after the later of the assignment or delivery of the motor vehicle described in it. The entire fee shall be retained by the clerk. (b) Fifteen dollars for each certificate of title or duplicate certificate of title including the issuance of ... |
Section 4507.01 | Driver's license law definitions - authority of registrar - deputy registrars.
... (A) As used in this chapter, "motor vehicle," "motorized bicycle," "state," "owner," "operator," "chauffeur," and "highways" have the same meanings as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. "Driver's license" means a class D license issued to any person to operate a motor vehicle or motor-driven cycle, other than a commercial motor vehicle, and includes "probationary license," "restricted license," "limited term... |
Section 4508.021 | Dissemination of information regarding anatomical gifts and anatomical gift procedures.
... (A) As used in this section: (1) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of the Revised Code. (2) "Electronic medium" means a web site, electronic mail communication, compact disc media, or other electronic format through which information is sent or conveyed. (B) The classroom instruction required by division (C) of section 4508.02 of the Revised Code shall include the dissemination of infor... |
Section 4509.01 | Financial responsibility definitions.
... As used in sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" includes every natural person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation. (B) "Driver" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. (C) "License" includes any license, permit, or privilege to operate a motor vehicle issued under the laws of this state including: (1) Any temporary instruction pe... |
Section 4509.28 | Application of security deposit funds.
...(A) Security deposited with the registrar of motor vehicles shall be applicable only to the payment of judgments for damages arising out of the accident in question in an action against the person on whose behalf the deposit was made which action was begun within two years after the date of the accident, or upon assignment by the depositor for the settlement of claims arising out of such accident. (B) Every distribu... |
Section 4510.41 | Seizure of vehicle and removal of license plates upon arrest for certain traffic violations - immobilization orders.
... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Arrested person" means a person who is arrested for a violation of section 4510.14 or 4511.203 of the Revised Code, or a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to either of those sections, and whose arrest results in a vehicle being seized under division (B) of this section. (2) "Vehicle owner" means either of the following: (a) The person in whose name is reg... |
Section 4511.132 | Operation at intersections with malfunctioning traffic control signal lights.
...(A) The driver of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley who approaches an intersection where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals shall do all of the following if the signal facing the driver exhibits no colored lights or colored lighted arrows, exhibits a combination of such lights or arrows that fails to clearly indicate the assignment of right-of-way, or, if the vehicle is a bicycle or an electric... |
Section 4755.14 | Occupational therapy licensure compact.
... The "Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT SECTION 1. PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of Occupational Therapy with the goal of improving public access to Occ... |
Section 4511.195 | Seizing and detaining vehicle if operator has prior conviction.
... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Arrested person" means a person who is arrested for a violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a municipal OVI ordinance and whose arrest results in a vehicle being seized under division (B) of this section. (2) "Vehicle owner" means either of the following: (a) The person in whose name is registered, at the time of the seizure, a vehicle that is se... |
Section 4517.19 | Motor vehicle wholesaler - prohibited acts.
...(A) No motor vehicle wholesaler shall: (1) Sell, offer for sale, or display for sale at wholesale a motor vehicle, when the motor vehicle wholesaler has reasonable cause to believe that the odometer of the motor vehicle has been changed, tampered with, or disconnected to reflect a lesser mileage or use, unless the motor vehicle wholesaler first gives clear and unequivocal notice of the odometer's altered condition; ... |
Section 4755.57 | Physical therapy licensure compact.
... The "Physical Therapy Licensure Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: PHYSICAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT SECTION 1. PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therap... |
Section 4517.21 | Motor vehicle auction owner - prohibited acts.
...(A) No motor vehicle auction owner licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code shall: (1) Engage in the sale of motor vehicles at retail from the same licensed location; (2) Knowingly permit the auctioning of a motor vehicle if the motor vehicle auction owner has reasonable cause to believe it is not being offered for sale by the legal owner of the motor vehicle; (3) Knowingly permit the sale of a motor... |
Section 4517.541 | Termination of franchise; notice.
... (A) Each franchisor proposing to terminate, cancel, discontinue, or not renew a franchise based upon any of the following shall send written notice by certified mail of the proposed action to the franchisee at such time as may be necessary to ensure that the notice is received not later than twelve months before the effective date of the proposed action, unless prohibited by law or regulation: (1) As a resul... |
Section 4519.52 | Obtaining certificate of title prerequisite for selling vehicle.
...(A) Except as provided in sections 4519.521 and 4519.54 of the Revised Code, no dealer engaged in the business of selling new or used off-highway motorcycles or all-purpose vehicles shall sell or otherwise transfer a new or used off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle without obtaining a certificate of title to the new or used motorcycle or vehicle, in accordance with this chapter, and deliveri... |
Section 4519.53 | Showing evidence of ownership.
...No person who acquires an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle from the owner of it, whether the owner is a manufacturer, importer, dealer, or any other person, acquires any right, title, claim, or interest in or to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle until the person has been issued a certificate of title to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, or there is delivere... |
Section 4519.61 | Surrender and cancelling certificate.
...(A) Each owner of an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle and each person mentioned as owner in the last certificate of title, when the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle is dismantled, destroyed, or changed in such manner that it loses its character as an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, or changed in such manner that it is not the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose... |
Section 4519.67 | Additional prohibited acts.
...(A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Procure or attempt to procure a certificate of title to an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, or pass or attempt to pass a certificate of title or any assignment of a certificate of title to an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, or in any other manner gain or attempt to gain ownership to an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehi... |
Section 4582.06 | Port authority powers and duties.
... (A) A port authority created in accordance with section 4582.02 of the Revised Code may: (1) Acquire, construct, furnish, equip, maintain, repair, sell, exchange, lease to or from, lease with an option to purchase, convey other interests in, or operate real or personal property, or any combination thereof, related to, useful for, or in furtherance of any authorized purpose, and make charges for the use of any port... |
Section 4582.56 | Agreements for lakeshore improvement projects.
... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Eligible county" means a county whose territory includes a part of Lake Erie the shoreline of which represents at least fifty per cent of the linear length of the county's border with other counties of this state. (2) "Lakeshore improvement project" means construction of a port authority facility within one mile of the Lake Erie shoreline in an eligible county. (3) "Constructi... |
Section 4757.51 | [Enacted as R.C. 4757.50 by S.B. 204, 134th General Assembly and recodified as R.C. 4757.51 pursuant to R.C. 103.131] Counseling compact.
... The "Counseling Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: COUNSELING COMPACT SECTION 1: PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of Licensed Professional Counselors with the goal of improving public access to Professional Counseling service... |
Section 4713.33 | Cosmetology licensure compact.
... The "Cosmetology Licensure Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: COSMETOLOGY LICENSURE COMPACT ARTICLE 1- PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of Cosmetology with the goal of improving public access to, and the sa... |
Section 4757.52 | Social work licensure compact.
... The "Social Work Licensure Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: SOCIAL WORK LICENSURE COMPACT SECTION 1: PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of Regulated Social Workers by improving public access to competent Social Work Services.... |
Section 4715.037 | Appointment of referees or examiners; terms.
...(A) Notwithstanding the permissive nature of hearing referee or examiner appointments under section 119.09 of the Revised Code, the state dental board shall appoint, by a concurrence of a majority of its members, three referees or examiners to conduct the hearings the board is required to hold pursuant to sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code. Referees or examiners appointed under this section shall be attorn... |
Section 4715.23 | Practice limitations.
... The practice of a dental hygienist shall consist of those prophylactic, preventive, and other procedures that licensed dentists are authorized by this chapter and rules of the dental board to assign only to licensed dental hygienists or to qualified personnel under section 4715.39 of the Revised Code. A licensed dentist may assign to a dental hygienist intraoral tasks that do not require the professional compete... |
Section 4715.39 | Permitted duties.
... (A) The state dental board may define the duties that may be performed by dental assistants and other individuals designated by the board as qualified personnel. If defined, the duties shall be defined in rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules may include training and practice standards for dental assistants and other qualified personnel. The standards may include examination an... |
Section 4717.07 | Fees.
... (A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall charge and collect the following fees: (1) For applying for an initial or biennial renewal of an embalmer's or funeral director's license, or a reactivation of a license as described in division (H) of section 4717.05 of the Revised Code, two hundred dollars; (2) For applying for an embalmer or funeral director certificate of apprenticeship, thirty-five do... |
Section 4717.33 | Notice by trustee or insurer to purchaser of contract.
...(A) If a preneed funeral contract is funded by any means other than an insurance policy or policies, or an annuity or annuities, the trustee of the trust created pursuant to section 4717.36 of the Revised Code shall notify the purchaser of the preneed funeral contract in writing, within fifteen days after the trustee receives any payment to be deposited into the trust, that the trustee has received payment. The notic... |