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

...It is hereby declared to be the purpose of the general assembly in enacting Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code to do all of the following: (A) Delegate to the division of financial institutions rule-making power and administrative discretion, subject to Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code, to assure the supervision and regulation of banks chartered under the laws of this state may be flexible and re...

...(A) To qualify as a director, each person elected or appointed to the board of directors shall, within sixty days after election or appointment, take and subscribe an oath to diligently and honestly perform the duties of a director and to not knowingly violate or permit to be violated any federal banking law or any provision of Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code. (B) Promptly upon execution, and within sixt...

...(A) No state bank may extend credit to any of its executive officers, directors, or principal shareholders, or to any of their related interests, except as authorized by this section and, with respect to executive officers, as authorized by section 1109.24 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) A state bank may extend credit to any of its executive officers, directors, or principal shareholders, or to any of their related inte...

...(A) A state bank may purchase, acquire by lease, or otherwise invest in the real estate and interests in real estate the board of directors considers necessary or convenient for transaction of the bank's business, including by ownership of an entity having as its exclusive authority the ownership and management of the bank's real estate interests. (B) A state bank may invest an amount equal to the greater of the ban...

...In addition to the specific investments authorized in this chapter, a state bank may also invest, in the aggregate, no more than ten per cent of its assets in the common or preferred stock, obligations, or other securities of any corporations, as authorized by the bank's board of directors.

...(A) In addition to the other loan and investment authority provided for banks in Chapter 1109. of the Revised Code, but subject to all other provisions of the Revised Code, a state bank may invest up to fifteen per cent of its total assets in loans or investments authorized by the bank's board of directors. (B) If a loan or other investment is authorized under more than one section of Chapter 1109. of the Revised Co...

...(A) A state bank may invest, in the aggregate, twenty-five per cent of its assets in the stock, obligations, and other securities of bank subsidiary corporations and bank service corporations. (B) A state bank shall obtain the approval of the superintendent of financial institutions prior to investing in, acquiring, or establishing a bank subsidiary corporation or bank service corporation, or performing any new acti...

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

...(A) A program participant may request that a governmental entity, other than a board of elections, use the address designated by the secretary of state as the program participant's address. Except as otherwise provided in division (F) of this section and in section 111.44 of the Revised Code, if the program participant requests that a governmental entity use that address, the governmental entity shall accept that add...

...(A) The secretary of state shall cancel the certification of a program participant if any of the following are true: (1) The program participant's application contained one or more false statements. (2) The program participant has filed a written, notarized request with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, asking to cease being a program participant. (3) The program participan...

...Each member of the governing board of a family trust company shall take and subscribe an oath that the member will administer the affairs of the family trust company diligently and honestly and that the member will not knowingly or willfully permit noncompliance with or violation of any of the laws relating to family trust companies.

...(A) Five or more natural persons, at least one of whom is a resident of this state, may, with the approval of the superintendent of financial institutions, incorporate a stock state bank. (B) The persons proposing to incorporate a stock state bank shall apply for approval of the proposed bank by submitting the application prescribed by the superintendent, which application shall include all of the following: (1) Th...

...(A) After the secretary of state has filed the articles of incorporation and certificate of approval of the superintendent of financial institutions, the incorporators, or a majority of them, shall order books to be opened for subscription to the stock state bank's shares. An installment of not less than ten per cent of the subscription price of each share shall be payable at the time of making the subscription, and ...

...(A) Each stock state bank shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, together with records of the proceedings, including minutes of any meetings, of its incorporators, shareholders, directors, and committees of the directors, and records of its shareholders showing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares issued or transferred of record to or by them from time to time. (B) Upon...

... of the resulting bank, and all duties, trusts, obligations, and liabilities of the predecessor bank shall continue in the bank resulting from the conversion.

...(A) In the event of a power failure, fire, act of God, riot, strike, robbery or attempted robbery, epidemic, interruption of communication facilities, or any other reason the superintendent of financial institutions approves, or in the event of the declaration of the existence of an emergency by the governor or another person lawfully exercising the power and duties of the office of governor, an officer of a bank, de...

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

...(A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code, if any regulation, rule, interpretation, procedure, or guideline of the office of the comptroller of the currency, federal deposit insurance corporation, federal reserve board, consumer financial protection bureau, national credit union administration, or any other bank regulatory authority of the United States, or the bank regulatory authority of any other state...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 1121.101 of the Revised Code, as often as the superintendent of financial institutions considers necessary, but at least once each twenty-four-month cycle, the superintendent, or any deputy or examiner appointed by the superintendent for that purpose, shall thoroughly examine the records and affairs of each state bank. The examination shall include a review of all of the f...

...(A) The banking commission shall hold regular meetings at the times and places it fixes, and shall meet at any time on call of the deputy superintendent for banks upon two days' notice unless the commission by resolution provides for a shorter notice. (B) A majority of the full commission constitutes a quorum, and action taken by a majority of those present at a meeting at which there is a quorum constitutes the act...

...The superintendent of financial institutions may take possession of the property and business of a state bank if the superintendent finds any one or more of the following conditions: (A) The bank is in an unsafe or unsound condition to continue the business of banking. (B) The bank is insolvent, in that it has ceased to pay its debts in the ordinary course of business, it is incapable of paying its debts as they ma...

...(A) The Ohio ABLE savings program trust fund is hereby created, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. The fund shall be used if the treasurer of state elects to accept deposits from contributors rather than have deposits sent directly to a program manager. The fund shall consist of any moneys deposited by contributors in accordance with sections 113.50 to...

...As used in sections 113.70 to 113.77 of the Revised Code: (A) "Expenditure" means a payment, distribution, loan, advance, reimbursement, deposit, or gift of money from a state entity to any supplier. (B) "Political subdivision" means a county, city, village, public library, township, park district, school district, regional water and sewer district, or regional transit authority. (C) "Public library" means a li...

...Any designee of the auditor of state may serve on any board or commission of which the auditor of state is a member by law.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Indigent and uninsured person" and "volunteer" have the same meanings as in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code. (2) "Licensing agency that licenses health care professionals" means all of the following: (a) The state dental board established under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code; (b) The board of nursing established under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; (c) The ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Authorized health care professional" means a person authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery or otherwise authorized under Ohio law to prescribe the use of home medical equipment by a patient. (B) "Home medical equipment" means equipment that can stand repeated use, is primarily and customarily used to serve...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall provide home medical equipment services or claim to the public to be a home medical equipment services provider unless either of the following is the case: (1) The person holds a valid license issued under this chapter; (2) The person holds a valid certificate of registration issued under this chapter. (B) Division (A) of this section does...

...(A) A person seeking to comply with division (A) of section 4752.02 of the Revised Code shall do either of the following: (1) Apply for a license issued under this chapter; (2) Apply for a certificate of registration issued under this chapter on the basis of being accredited by the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations or another national accrediting body recognized by the state board of pha...

...A person seeking a license to provide home medical equipment services shall apply to the state board of pharmacy on a form the board shall prescribe and provide. The application must be accompanied by the license application fee established in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code, except that the board may waive all or part of the fee if the board determines that an applicant's license will be issu...

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the state board of pharmacy shall issue a license to provide home medical equipment services to each applicant under section 4752.04 of the Revised Code that meets either of the following requirements: (1) Meets the standards established by the board in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code; (2) Is a pharmacy licensed under Chapter 4729. of...

...Except for a provisional license issued under section 4752.05 of the Revised Code, a license issued under this chapter shall be renewed by the state board of pharmacy if the license holder is in compliance with the applicable requirements of this chapter. An application for license renewal shall be accompanied by the renewal fee established in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code and, except as pr...

...(A) The holder of a license issued under this chapter shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain a physical facility and a medical equipment inventory; (2) Establish equipment management and personnel policies; (3) Provide life-sustaining home medical equipment, as described in division (B)(1) of section 4752.01 of the Revised Code, and related home medical equipment services twenty-four hours per day, seven day...

...(A) The state board of pharmacy may inspect the operations and facility and subpoena the records of any home medical equipment services provider licensed or registered under this chapter. Inspections shall be conducted as provided in rules adopted by the board under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code. The board shall send the provider a report of the results of an inspection. If the board determines that the provid...

...(A) The state board of pharmacy may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, impose any one or more of the following sanctions on an applicant for a license or certificate of registration issued under this chapter or a license or certificate holder for any of the causes set forth in division (B) of this section: (1) Suspend, revoke, restrict, limit, or refuse to grant or renew a license or certificate ...

...(A) A person seeking a certificate of registration to provide home medical equipment services shall apply to the state board of pharmacy on a form the board shall prescribe and provide. The application must be accompanied by the registration fee established in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code, except that the board may waive all or part of the fee if the board determines that an applicant's cer...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the state board of pharmacy shall issue a certificate of registration to provide home medical equipment services to each applicant who submits a complete application under section 4752.11 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this division, an application is complete only if the board finds that the applicant holds accreditation from the joint commission on accre...

...A certificate of registration issued under this chapter shall be renewed by the state board of pharmacy if the certificate holder is accredited by the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations or another national accrediting body recognized by the board, as specified in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code. An application for renewal of a certificate of registration shall be ac...

...The state board of pharmacy shall enter into a cooperative agreement with each of the national accrediting bodies it recognizes in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code for purposes of issuing certificates of registration under this chapter. The board shall ensure that each cooperative agreement establishes or specifies standards or procedures regarding a complaint process, patient safety and care, ...

...(A) The state board of pharmacy shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, suspend or revoke a certificate of registration issued under this chapter if it learns from any source that the accreditation on which the certificate of registration was issued has been revoked or suspended or is otherwise no longer valid. (B) If the status of the accreditation on which a certificate of registration is issue...

...(A) The state board of pharmacy shall adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter. The rules shall do all of the following: (1) Specify items considered to be home medical equipment for purposes of divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 4752.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Establish procedures for issuance and renewal of licenses and certificates of registration under this chapter, including the duties that may b...

...All moneys the state board of pharmacy receives under this chapter, from any source, shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund created under section 4743.05 of the Revised Code.

...(A) At the request of the state board of pharmacy, the attorney general may bring a civil action for appropriate relief, including a temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, and civil penalties, in the court of common pleas of the county in which a violation has occurred, is occurring, or is threatening to occur against any person who has violated, is violating, or threatens to violate sectio...

...The state pharmacy board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...Whenever the term "Ohio respiratory care board" is used in any statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall be construed to mean the "state board of pharmacy," with respect to implementing Chapter 4752. of the Revised Code. Whenever the executive director of the Ohio respiratory care board is used in any statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall be construed to mean the executive directo...

...The state board of pharmacy shall appoint a home medical equipment services advisory council for the purpose of advising the board on issues relating to providing home medical equipment services. The advisory council shall consist of not more than seven individuals knowledgeable in the provision of home medical equipment services. Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the board shall ...

...Whoever violates division (A) of section 4752.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on the first offense. On the second offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. On each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...(A) With respect to the following individuals who receive certificates to practice issued under this chapter, all of the following apply: (1) A first responder shall be also known as an emergency medical responder or EMR; (2) An emergency medical technician-basic or EMT-basic shall be also known as an emergency medical technician or EMT, respectively; (3) An emergency medical technician-intermediate or EMT-I...

...(A)(1) There is hereby created the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services within the division of emergency medical services of the department of public safety. The board shall consist of the members specified in this section who are residents of this state. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint all members of the board, except the employee of the departmen...

...(A) The director of public safety shall appoint a full-time executive director for the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. The executive director shall be knowledgeable in emergency medical services and trauma care and shall serve at the pleasure of the director of public safety. The director of public safety shall appoint the executive director from among three persons nominate...