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...As used in this chapter: (A) "Account" means either of the two accounts created under section 3956.06 of the Revised Code. (B) "Authorized assessment," or "authorized," in the context of assessments, means a resolution by the board of directors has been passed whereby an assessment will be called immediately or in the future from member insurers for a specified amount. An assessment is authorized when the resolut...

...(A) For the purpose of providing the funds necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association, the board of directors shall assess the member insurers, separately for each subaccount or account, at such time and for such amounts as the board finds necessary. Assessments shall be due not less than thirty days after prior written notice to the member insurers and sha...

...vide for accessibility for persons with disabilities where such lifts do not meet the literal requirements of the rules adopted by the board of building standards pursuant to section 4105.011 of the Revised Code, provided that reasonable safety may be obtained.

...ated by a county board of developmental disabilities; (2) Minors performing services for a nonprofit organization where the minor receives no compensation, except for any expenses incurred by the minor or except for meals provided to the minor; (3) Minors who are employed in agricultural employment and who do not reside in agricultural labor camps. (C) Division (D) of section 4109.07 of the Revised Code does...

... to individuals with mental or physical disabilities that may otherwise adversely affect their opportunity for employment. In issuing such licenses, the state shall abide by the rules adopted pursuant to section 4111.06 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) In accordance with Section 34a of Article II, Ohio Constitution, individuals employed in or about the property of an employer or an individual's residence on a casual basi...

...(A)(1) With the exception of unlawful discriminatory practices relating to employment, the commission, as provided in this section, shall prevent any person from engaging in unlawful discriminatory practices. (2) The commission may at any time attempt to resolve allegations of unlawful discriminatory practices other than allegations concerning unlawful discriminatory practices relating to employment by the use of a...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Complainant" means a person who files a charge under this section. (2) "Respondent" means a person who is the subject of a charge filed under this section. (B) The Ohio civil rights commission, as provided in this section, shall prevent any person from engaging in unlawful discriminatory practices relating to employment. The commission may at any time attempt to resolve allegat...

...(A) This chapter shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of its purposes, and any law inconsistent with any provision of this chapter shall not apply. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be considered to repeal any of the provisions of any law of this state relating to discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, military status, familial status, disability, national origin, age, or ancestry....

...As used in sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public authority" means any officer, board, or commission of the state, or any political subdivision of the state, authorized to enter into a contract for the construction of a public improvement or to construct the same by the direct employment of labor, or any institution supported in whole or in part by public funds and said sections apply to expend...

...(A) The bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, based upon recommendations of the workers' compensation actuarial committee, may contract with one or more outside actuarial firms and other professional persons, as the board determines necessary, to assist the board in maintaining and monitoring the performance of Ohio's workers' compensation system. The board, actuarial firm or firms, and professional per...

...(A) Staff hearing officers shall consider and decide all matters specified in division (B) of this section. All staff hearing officers are full-time employees of the industrial commission and shall be admitted to the practice of law in this state. Staff hearing officers shall not engage in any other activity that interferes with their full-time employment by the commission during normal working hours. (B) Exc...

...(A) The industrial commission shall adopt rules as to the conduct of all hearings before the commission and its staff and district hearing officers and the rendering of a decision and shall focus such rules on managing, directing, and otherwise ensuring a fair, equitable, and uniform hearing process. These rules shall provide for at least the following steps and procedures: (1) Adequate notice to all parties and th...

...A claim for an additional award under Section 35 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, alleging that an injury, occupational disease, or death resulted from an employer's failure to comply with a specific safety rule for the protection of the lives, health, and safety of employees shall be forever barred unless it is filed within one year after the date of the injury or death or within one year after the disability due t...

...Claimants who the administrator of workers' compensation determines could probably be rehabilitated to achieve the goals established by section 4121.61 of the Revised Code and who agree to undergo rehabilitation shall be paid living maintenance payments for a period or periods which do not exceed six months in the aggregate, unless review by the administrator or the administrator's designee reveals that the claimant ...

...Any emergency management worker who suffers an accidental injury while performing emergency management duties, as defined herein, shall be compensated for any total disability or loss of member and his dependents shall be compensated for any death resulting from such an injury on the same basis as provided for workers, employees, and their dependents under sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 of the Revised Code. This sectio...

...Every employer in this state shall keep a record of all injuries and occupational diseases, fatal or otherwise, received or contracted by his employees in the course of their employment and resulting in seven days or more of total disability. Within a week after acquiring knowledge of an injury or death therefrom, and in the event of occupational disease or death therefrom, within one week after acquiring knowledge o...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation, subject to the approval of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall do all of the following: (1) Classify occupations or industries with respect to their degree of hazard and determine the risks of the different classes according to the categories the national council on compensation insurance establishes that are applicable to employers in this st...

...(A) Except as provided in this section, and until the policy year commencing July 1, 2015, every private employer and every publicly owned utility shall pay semiannually in the months of January and July into the state insurance fund the amount of annual premium the administrator of workers' compensation fixes for the employment or occupation of the employer, the amount of which premium to be paid by each employer to...

...For the relief of persons who are permanently and totally disabled as the result of injury or disease sustained in the course of their employment and who are receiving workers' compensation which is payable to them by virtue of and under the laws of this state in amounts, the total of which, when combined with disability benefits received pursuant to the Social Security Act is less than three hundred forty-two dollar...

...To be eligible to participate in said fund, a participant must be permanently and totally disabled and be receiving workers' compensation payments, the total of which, when combined with disability benefits received pursuant to The Social Security Act is less than three hundred forty-two dollars per month adjusted annually as provided in division (B) of section 4123.62 of the Revised Code.

...The administrator of workers' compensation shall promptly require of each employer who has elected to pay compensation direct under the provisions of section 4123.35 of the Revised Code a verified list of the names and addresses of all persons to whom the employer is paying workers' compensation on account of permanent and total disability and the evidence respecting such persons as the administrator reasonably deems...

...the Revised Code. For all injuries and disabilities occurring before January 1, 1987, the administrator, for the purpose of carrying out those sections and with the advice and consent 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 ...

...(A) Within seven days after receipt of any claim under this chapter, the bureau of workers' compensation shall notify the claimant and the employer of the claimant of the receipt of the claim and of the facts alleged therein. If the bureau receives from a person other than the claimant written or facsimile information or information communicated verbally over the telephone indicating that an injury or occupational di...

...(A) The jurisdiction of the industrial commission and the authority of the administrator of workers' compensation over each case is continuing, and the commission may make such modification or change with respect to former findings or orders with respect thereto, as, in its opinion is justified. No modification or change nor any finding or award in respect of any claim shall be made with respect to disability, compen...

...In the event that any person who is entitled to receive benefits for total disability, loss of member, or death through the application of section 4123.033 of the Revised Code, receives, in connection with the injury giving rise to such entitlement, benefits under an act of congress or federal program providing benefits for civil defense workers and their survivors, the benefits payable hereunder, shall be reduced in...