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...(A)(1) Any building that may be used as a place of resort, assembly, education, entertainment, lodging, dwelling, trade, manufacture, repair, storage, traffic, or occupancy by the public, any residential building, and all other buildings or parts and appurtenances of those buildings erected within this state, shall be so constructed, erected, equipped, and maintained that they shall be safe and sanitary for their int...

...lans for an industrialized unit that conforms with the rules the board of building standards adopts pursuant to section 3781.11 of the Revised Code. (D) The board shall recommend rules, codes, and standards to help carry out the purposes of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code and to help secure uniformity of state administrative rulings and local legislation and administrative action to the bureau of workers' comp...

...(A) The board of building standards shall certify individuals who design fire protection systems for buildings and who meet the requirements specified in this section. The board may establish separate certification categories for specific types of fire protection systems. (B) Any individual who wishes to obtain certification shall make application to the board on a form prescribed by the board. The application shal...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Alarm system" means a device or system that transmits a signal intended to summon law enforcement to a county, township, or municipal corporation in response to an alleged violation of an offense under Chapter 2911. of the Revised Code occurring in a nonresidential zone of the applicable county, township, or municipal corporation. The term includes an alarm that emits an audible si...

...es for an employer, or who otherwise performs services for an employer for compensation or for no compensation. (E) "Employer" means the state or any individual, business, association, political subdivision, or other public or private entity, including a nonprofit entity, that employs or contracts for or accepts the provision of services from one or more employees. (F) "Enclosed Area" means an area with a roof or...

...(A) The director of commerce may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules that establish a closed-loop payment processing system under which the state creates accounts to be used only by registered patients and caregivers at licensed dispensaries as well as by all license holders under this chapter. The system may include record-keeping and accounting functions that identify all parties invol...

...(A)(1) Until one hundred eighty days following the effective date of this amendment , a patient seeking to use medical marijuana or a caregiver seeking to assist a patient in the use or administration of medical marijuana shall apply to the state board of pharmacy for registration. On and after one hundred eighty days following the effective date of this amendment , a patient seeking to use medical marijuana or a car...

...(A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, the holder of a current, valid processor license issued under this chapter may do any of the following: (1) Obtain medical marijuana from one or more licensed cultivators; (2) Subject to division (B) of this section, process medical marijuana obtained from one or more licensed cultivators into a form described in section 3796.06 of the Revised C...

...(A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, the holder of a current, valid retail dispensary license issued under this chapter, or previously issued by the state board of pharmacy, may do both of the following: (1) Obtain medical marijuana from one or more processors; (2) Dispense or sell medical marijuana in accordance with division (B) of this section. (B) When dispensing or selling ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Laws of this state relating to insurance" include but are not limited to Chapter 1751. notwithstanding section 1751.08, Chapter 1753., Title XXXIX, sections 5725.18 to 5725.25, and Chapter 5729. of the Revised Code. Sections 4717.31, 4717.33, 4717.34, 4717.35, and 4717.37 of the Revised Code are "laws of this state relating to insurance" to the extent those sections apply to insur...

...Any officer or director of any national bank, state bank, or state bank and trust company of this state, and any clearing corporation, direct participant, or member bank, as defined in section 3901.51 of the Revised Code, domiciled or doing business in this state, upon the receipt of the requisition authorized by section 3901.08 of the Revised Code, or within five days after the receipt of the requisition, shall furn...

...The superintendent of insurance shall preserve a full record of his proceedings, including a concise statement of the condition of each insurance company or association authorized to transact business in this state. Each year the superintendent shall report their general conduct and condition, including the information contained in the statement required of them, arranged in tabular form in two separate reports, one...

...(A)(1) Documents, materials, or other information in the possession or control of the department of insurance that are obtained by or disclosed to the superintendent of insurance or any other person in the course of an examination or investigation made pursuant to section 3901.35 of the Revised Code, all information reported pursuant to divisions (C)(2), (3), and (5) of section 3901.321 of the Revised Code, and all i...

...(A) The own risk and solvency assessment summary report shall be prepared consistent with the own risk and solvency assessment guidance manual, subject to the requirements of division (B) of this section, and all documentation and supporting information shall be maintained and made available for examination upon request of the superintendent of insurance. (B) The superintendent's review of the own risk and sol...

...(A) A provider and a third-party payer may do either of the following: (1) Enter into a contractual agreement under which time periods shorter than those set forth in section 3901.381 of the Revised Code are applicable to the third-party payer in paying a claim for any amount due for health care services rendered by the provider; (2) Enter into a contractual agreement under which the timing of payments by the thir...

...(A) Securities that are eligible for deposit under provisions of the insurance laws of this state may be placed with a clearing corporation or held in the federal reserve book-entry system. (B) When an insurance company places or arranges for the placement of securities in a clearing corporation or in the federal reserve book-entry system, the securities so placed shall satisfy the deposit requirements under provisi...

...tability of letters of credit and other forms of security for purposes of division (C) of section 3901.63 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Each insurer domiciled in this state shall file a report with the superintendent of insurance disclosing material acquisitions and material dispositions of assets, and material nonrenewals, cancellations, or revisions of ceded reinsurance agreements, unless such transactions previously have been reported to the superintendent for review, approval, or information purposes, pursuant to another provision of Title XX...

...A pharmacy may do any of the following when a pharmacy audit is performed: (A) Validate a pharmacy record by using original or photocopied records from hospitals, physicians, or other health care providers; (B) Validate one or more claims for payment for the provision of dangerous drugs or pharmacy services by using either of the following: (1) An original pharmacy record or photocopy of the record; (2) An origin...

...As used in sections 3902.01 to 3902.08 of the Revised Code: (A) "Policy" or "policy form" means any policy, contract, plan or agreement of life insurance and annuities, credit life insurance and credit disability insurance, and sickness and accident insurance, and subscriber policies, contracts, certificates, and agreements of health insuring corporations, delivered or issued for delivery in this state by any compan...

...Nothing in sections 3902.01 to 3902.08 of the Revised Code shall be construed to negate any law of this state permitting the issuance of any policy form after it has been on file for the time period specified.

...As used in sections 3902.22 and 3902.23 of the Revised Code, "third-party payer" has the same meaning as in section 3901.38 of the Revised Code.

...(A)(1) If a negotiation undertaken pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 3902.51 of the Revised Code has not successfully concluded within thirty days, or if both parties agree that they are at an impasse, the provider, facility, emergency facility, or ambulance may send a request for arbitration to the superintendent of insurance and shall notify the health plan issuer of its request. To be eligible for arbitration...

...(A) Proof of all claims shall be filed with the liquidator in the form required by section 3903.36 of the Revised Code on or before the last day for filing specified in the notice required under section 3903.22 of the Revised Code, except that proof of claims for cash surrender values or other investment values in life insurance and annuities need not be filed unless the liquidator expressly so requires. (B) The liq...

...(A) For policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, the standard prescribed in the valuation manual is the minimum standard of valuation required under division (B) of section 3903.721 of the Revised Code, except as provided under divisions (E) and (G) of this section. (B) The operative date of the valuation manual is January 1 of the first calendar year following the first July 1 as of ...

...If the state medical board has reason to believe that any person who has been granted under this chapter a license to practice as an oriental medicine practitioner or license to practice as an acupuncturist is mentally ill or mentally incompetent, it may file in the probate court of the county in which the person has a legal residence an affidavit in the form prescribed in section 5122.11 of the Revised Code and sign...

...ractice, the prosecutor in the case, on forms prescribed and provided by the state medical board, shall promptly notify the board of the conviction. Within thirty days of receipt of that information, the board shall initiate action in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to determine whether to suspend or revoke the license under section 4762.13 of the Revised Code. (C) The prosecutor in any case agains...

...ional information to be included on the forms specified in division (C) of section 4763.12 of the Revised Code, provided that the rules shall not require any less information than is required in that division; (e) Establishing the fees set forth in section 4763.09 of the Revised Code; (f) Establishing the amount of the assessment required by division (A)(2) of section 4763.05 of the Revised Code. The board annually...

...(A)(1)(a) A person shall make application for an initial state-certified general real estate appraiser certificate, an initial state-certified residential real estate appraiser certificate, an initial state-licensed residential real estate appraiser license, or an initial state-registered real estate appraiser assistant registration in writing to the superintendent of real estate on a form the superintendent prescrib...

...(A) Beginning on and after the effective date of this amendment, each general real estate appraiser certificate, residential real estate appraiser license, residential real estate appraiser certificate, and real estate appraiser assistant registration is valid for a period of two years from its date of issuance. (B) The superintendent of real estate shall provide renewal notices to certificate holders, registrants...

...(A) To obtain a license to perform home inspections, a person shall submit both of the following to the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing: (1) An application meeting the requirements of division (D) of this section on a form the superintendent provides; (2) The fee established in rules adopted by the Ohio home inspector board pursuant to division (A)(2)(a) of section 4764.05 of the Revise...

...A person seeking to operate an emergency medical services training program shall submit a completed application for accreditation to the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services on a form the board shall prescribe and furnish. The application shall be accompanied by the appropriate application fee established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. A person seeking to...

...of commerce to register the cemetery on forms prescribed by the division. With the application, the applicant shall submit the documentation required in division (A) of section 4767.04 of the Revised Code and a registration fee of twenty-five dollars for one cemetery, forty dollars for two cemeteries, and fifty dollars for three or more cemeteries, except that no fee shall be required of any political subdivision. ...

...The Ohio athletic commission, established under section 3773.33 of the Revised Code, shall do all of the following: (A) Review the application form of an applicant for registration as an athlete agent; (B) Issue and renew biennial certificates of registration for an athlete agent pursuant to this chapter; (C) Maintain records of every athlete agent registered in this state, including the agent's business and resid...

...(A) Prior to issuing a certificate of registration, the Ohio athletic commission shall require an athlete agent to submit proof of one of the following securities: (1) A surety bond in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars in favor of the state of Ohio for the benefit of any person who is injured by a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter; (2) A certificate of deposit in favor of, or a savi...

...(A) The supervising physician of a certified mental health assistant exercises supervision, control, and direction of the certified mental health assistant. A certified mental health assistant may practice in any setting within which the supervising physician has supervision, control, and direction of the certified mental health assistant. In supervising a certified mental health assistant, all of the following app...

...If the state medical board has reason to believe that any person who has been granted a license to practice as a certified mental health assistant under this chapter is mentally ill or mentally incompetent, it may file in the probate court of the county in which the person has a legal residence an affidavit in the form prescribed in section 5122.11 of the Revised Code and signed by the board secretary or a member of ...

...ractice, the prosecutor in the case, on forms prescribed and provided by the state medical board, shall promptly notify the board of the conviction. Within thirty days of receipt of that information, the board shall initiate action in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to determine whether to suspend or revoke the license under section 4772.20 of the Revised Code. (C) The prosecutor in any case agains...

...(A) Except as provided in division (G) of this section, each individual seeking a license to practice as a general x-ray machine operator, radiographer, radiation therapy technologist, or nuclear medicine technologist shall apply to the department of health on a form the department shall prescribe and provide. The application shall be accompanied by the appropriate license application fee established in rules adopted...

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, an individual seeking a license to practice as a radiologist assistant shall file with the state medical board a written application on a form prescribed and supplied by the board. The application shall include all the information the board considers necessary to process the application, including evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant meets the r...

...(A) An individual who holds a current, valid license issued under this chapter to practice as a radiologist assistant and who retires voluntarily from practice may request that the state medical board place the individual's license on retired status. (B) An individual seeking to have the individual's license placed on retired status shall file with the board an application in the form and manner prescribed by the ...

...If the state medical board has reason to believe that any person who has been granted a license to practice as a radiologist assistant under this chapter is mentally ill or mentally incompetent, it may file in the probate court of the county in which the person has a legal residence an affidavit in the form prescribed in section 5122.11 of the Revised Code and signed by the board secretary or a member of the board se...

...ractice, the prosecutor in the case, on forms prescribed and provided by the state medical board, shall promptly notify the board of the conviction. Within thirty days of receipt of that information, the board shall initiate action in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to determine whether to suspend or revoke the license under section 4774.13 of the Revised Code. (C) The prosecutor in any case agains...

...(A) An applicant for an initial license or restored license from a licensing agency, or a person seeking to satisfy the requirements to be an employee of a pain management clinic as specified in section 4729.552 of the Revised Code, shall submit a request to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation for a criminal records check of the applicant or person. The request shall be accompanied by a completed ...

...(A) An individual who holds a current, valid license issued under this chapter to practice as a genetic counselor and who retires voluntarily from practice may request that the state medical board place the individual's license on retired status. (B) An individual seeking to have the individual's license placed on retired status shall file with the board an application in the form and manner prescribed by the boar...

...If the state medical board has reason to believe that any person who has been granted a license to practice as a genetic counselor under this chapter is mentally ill or mentally incompetent, it may file in the probate court of the county in which the person has a legal residence an affidavit in the form prescribed in section 5122.11 of the Revised Code and signed by the board secretary or a member of the board ...

...actice, the prosecutor in the case, on forms prescribed and provided by the state medical board, shall promptly notify the board of the conviction. Within thirty days of receipt of that information, the board shall initiate action in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to determine whether to suspend or revoke the license under section 4778.16 of the Revised Code. (C) The prosecutor in any case ag...

...(A) The Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including rules prescribing all of the following: (1) The form and manner of filing of applications to be admitted to examinations and for licensure and license renewal; (2) Standards and procedures for formulating, eval...

...If the Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board has reason to believe that a person who holds a license issued under this chapter is mentally ill or mentally incompetent, it may file in the probate court of the county in which the person has a legal residence an affidavit in the form prescribed in section 5122.11 of the Revised Code and signed by the secretary of the board, whereupon t...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance shall issue a manufactured housing installer license to any applicant who is at least eighteen years of age and meets all of the following requirements: (1) Submits an application to the division on a form the division prescribes; (2) Completes all training requirements the division prescribes; (3) Meets the experience requirements the division prescribes by rule; (4)...

...The president or vice-president and the secretary of every association organized under section 3939.01 of the Revised Code, annually on the first day of January or within sixty days after the first day of January, shall prepare under oath and deposit in the office of the superintendent of insurance a statement of the condition of the association on the thirty-first day of the preceding December, exhibiting the facts...

...If the directors by authority of statute make an assessment or call on the members for money, or vote that there exists a necessity for such assessment or call, they or any person interested in the company as an officer, policyholder, or creditor may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction by a petition in the nature of a bill in equity, praying for the court to examine such assessment or call, the necessity there...

...(A) A fee of one hundred dollars shall be paid to the superintendent by the applicant for a public insurance adjuster's certificate of authority before the initial application is granted. If the applicant is a firm, association, partnership, or corporation, the fee shall be paid for each person specified in the application. (B) A firm, association, partnership, or corporation to which a certificate of authority ha...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Residential mortgage loan" means an obligation to pay a sum of money evidenced by a note and secured by a lien upon real property located within this state containing two or fewer residential units or on which two or fewer residential units are to be constructed and includes such an obligation on a residential condominium or cooperative unit. (2) "Residential mortgage lender" means...

...(A) Every title insurance agent or agency that handles escrow, settlement, closing, or security deposit accounts shall have an independent review made of its escrow, settlement, closing, and security deposit accounts each year on or before the thirty-first day of December for the twelve-month period ending the preceding thirty-first day of August. The title insurance agent or agency shall provide proof of t...

...(A) For a title insurance agency that is a joint venture, the annual review required under section 3953.33 of the Revised Code shall demonstrate that all members of the joint venture received revenue during the year in question from the title agency commensurate to their ownership interest in the title agency. The superintendent of insurance shall promulgate rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code setting forth ...

...For a title agency that is a joint venture that is set to dissolve or terminate on a specified date, all members of that joint venture shall be allowed or invited to join any successor joint ventures formed upon dissolution or termination of the original joint venture, and the percentage of ownership in any successor joint venture shall not be based on the percentage of title insurance business referred to the origin...

...cial guaranty, residual value, or other forms of insurance offering protection against investment risks; (E) Ocean marine insurance; (F) Any insurance provided by or guaranteed by government, including, but not limited to, any department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality or entity of any branch of state government, any political subdivision of this state, the United States or...

... and appeals may be had, and acceptable forms of proof of claims may be prescribed. Notice of claims to the receiver or liquidator appointed in this state of an insolvent insurer shall be deemed notice to the association or its agent. A list of such claims shall be periodically submitted to an association or similar organization in another state by any receiver or liquidator appointed in this state. Any notice of cla...

...The Ohio insurance guaranty association is subject to examination and regulation by the superintendent of insurance. The association shall submit in a form approved by the superintendent, not later than the thirtieth day of March of each year, a financial report for the preceding calendar year.

...(A) This chapter provides coverage, by the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association, for the policies and contracts specified in division (C) of this section to all of the following persons: (1) Persons, regardless of where they reside, except for nonresident certificate holders or enrollees under group policies or contracts, who are the beneficiaries, assignees, or payees, including health care provider...

...(A)(1) Subject to any conditions imposed as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association may do either of the following with respect to an impaired member insurer: (a) Guarantee, assume, reissue, or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed, reissued, or reinsured, any or all of the policies or contracts of the impaired insurer; (b) Provide the moneys, ...

...The Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association is subject to examination and regulation by the superintendent of insurance. The board of directors shall submit to the superintendent each year, not later than four months after the end of the association's fiscal year, a financial report in a form approved by the superintendent and a report of its activities during the preceding fiscal year.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Administration fees" means any amount charged a covered person for services rendered. "Administration fees" includes commissions earned or paid by any person relative to services performed by an administrator. (B) "Administrator" means any person who adjusts or settles claims on, residents of this state in connection with life, dental, health, prescription drugs, or disability insur...

...(A) An administrator shall file with the superintendent of insurance an application for a license on a form prescribed by the superintendent. (B) All applications for a license shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable filing fee of two hundred dollars per application made payable to the department of insurance. (C) All fees collected under this section and under section 3959.10 of the Revised Code shall be paid into...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance shall, at least sixty days before the expiration of the administrators license granted by the superintendent, provide a renewal notice on a form approved by the superintendent. (B) The renewal application shall require the payment of a renewal fee of three hundred dollars and the payment shall be made prior to the expiration date of the license. Failure to make the renewal payment...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Cost-sharing" means the cost to an individual insured under a health benefit plan according to any coverage limit, copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other out-of-pocket expense requirements imposed by the plan. (2) "Health benefit plan" and "health plan issuer" have the same meanings as in section 3922.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Pharmacy audit" has the same meaning as in...

...or controlled by either a person who performs that work or a person who hires an independent contractor to perform the work. "Completed operations liability" includes liability for activities that are completed or abandoned before the date of the occurrence giving rise to the liability. (B) "Domicile," for purposes of determining the state in which a purchasing group is domiciled, means: (1) For a corporation, the ...

...(A) No risk retention group organized under the laws of this state shall transact business in this state unless both of the following apply: (1) It has capital and surplus in an amount of not less than two million five hundred thousand dollars, and the superintendent of insurance issues a certificate of authority to transact the business of liability insurance as a risk retention group. Section 3960.03 of the Revise...

...(A) No purchasing group shall purchase insurance from a risk retention group that is not chartered, or from an insurer that is not admitted to do business, in the state in which the purchasing group is located, unless the purchase is effected through an agent or broker licensed in this state to sell surplus lines. (B)(1) A purchasing group that obtains liability insurance from an insurer not admitted in this state ...

...t medical plan and with any enrollment forms: (1) A statement that the discount medical plan is not insurance; (2) A statement that the range of discounts for medical services offered under the discount medical plan will vary depending on the type of provider and medical services; (3) A statement that the discount medical plan is prohibited from making members' payments to providers for medical services rec...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Affiliated company" means any company in the same corporate system as a parent, or a member organization by virtue of common ownership, control, operation, or management. (B) "Captive insurance company" means any insurer that insures only the risks of its parent or affiliated companies of its parent. "Captive insurance company" includes any protected cell captive insurance compan...

...(A) A captive insurance company shall be organized under Chapter 1701., 1702., 1705., or 1706. of the Revised Code. (B) A captive insurance company shall not operate in this state unless all of the following are met: (1) The captive insurance company obtains from the superintendent a license to do the business of captive insurance in this state. (2) The captive insurance company's board of directors holds at...

...(A) No captive insurance company shall be issued a license unless it possesses and maintains minimum unimpaired, paid-in total capital and surplus as follows: (1) Not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars; (2) In the case of a protected cell captive insurance company, not less than five hundred thousand dollars. (B) The superintendent may prescribe additional capital and surplus based upon the type, vo...

...(A) No captive insurance company shall pay any extraordinary dividend or make any other extraordinary distribution to its shareholders or members other than in accordance with this section. The declaration of an extraordinary dividend or distribution shall be conditional and shall confer no rights upon shareholders or members until thirty days after the superintendent has received notice of the declaration ther...