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...re or after the adoption is decreed, which do not expressly include the person by name or by some designation not based on a parent and child or blood relationship; (b) The legal parents of an adopted person may be notified that a sibling of the adopted person has been placed into out-of-home care. For the purposes of this division, "sibling" means a former biological sibling, former legal sibling, or any person wh...

...nd, including fraud, misrepresentation, failure to give any required notice, or lack of jurisdiction of the parties or of the subject matter, unless, in the case of the adoption of a minor, the petitioner has not taken custody of the minor, or, in the case of the adoption of a minor by a stepparent, the adoption would not have been granted but for fraud perpetrated by the petitioner or the petitioner's spouse, or, in...

...d guilty to, or accused of any criminal offense involving any act that resulted in a child being abused or neglected; whether the person, in a case in which a child has been adjudicated to be an abused or neglected child, has been determined to be the perpetrator of the abusive or neglectful act that is the basis of the adjudication; whether the person has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or accused of a violati...

...ourt or maintained by the department of children and youth, an agency, or attorney without the consent of a court. (2) An agency or attorney may examine the agency's or attorney's own papers, books, and records pertaining to an adoption without a court's consent for official administrative purposes. The department of children and youth may examine its own papers, books, and records pertaining to an adoption, or su...

...ealth disclose to the adopted person which court entered the interlocutory order or final decree of adoption regarding the adopted person if the adopted person seeks to do either or both of the following: (1) Inspect, pursuant to division (D) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code, a social and medical history form of a biological parent of the adopted person; (2) Submit, pursuant to division (E) of section 31...

...(A) Except when giving effect to such a decree would violate the public policy of this state, a court decree terminating the relationship of parent and child, or establishing the relationship by adoption, issued pursuant to due process of law by a court of any jurisdiction outside this state, whether within or outside the United States, shall be recognized in this state, and the rights and obligations of the parties ...

...If the adopted person was born in this state or outside the United States, the court shall forward all of the following to the department of health within thirty days after an adoption decree becomes final: (A) A copy of the adopted person's certificate of adoption; (B) The form prescribed under division (A)(1) of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code, if a parent filled out and signed the form pursuant to sectio...

...ption, the court shall notify the child support enforcement agency administering a child support order pertaining to the adopted child. On receipt of that notice, the child support enforcement agency shall, pursuant to section 3119.89 of the Revised Code, terminate any order of support that exists for the child.

...opted person. (10) "Offspring" means a child, by birth, of a person. (11) "Release" means both of the following: (a) A release filed by a biological parent or biological sibling pursuant to former section 3107.40 of the Revised Code, as repealed by Sub. S.B. 23 of the 130th general assembly, that authorized the release of identifying information to the biological parent's offspring or the release of specified ...

...pted person, including releases for which withdrawals of releases were filed, to the adopted person's adoption file. An adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person who obtains the contents of the adopted person's adoption file pursuant to section 3107.38 of the Revised Code may use the releases, along with any contact preference forms placed in the adoption file pursuant to section 3107.39 of the...

...(A) The department of children and youth shall prescribe a contact preference form for biological parents. The form shall include all of the following: (1) A component in which a biological parent is to indicate one of the following regarding a person who receives, under section 3107.38 of the Revised Code, a copy of the contents of the adoption file of the parent's offspring: (a) That the biological parent wel...

...arent was not previously prepared or such a history was prepared but should be corrected or expanded, the biological parent does the following as appropriate: (i) Completes a social and medical history form in accordance with section 3107.091 or 3107.393 of the Revised Code; (ii) Corrects or expands the biological parent's social and medical history in accordance with division (D) of section 3107.09 of the Re...

...The department of health shall include on its web site information about biological parent's name redaction request forms. All of the following information shall be provided: (A) The purpose of the form; (B) The procedures to be followed and requirements to be met for the department to accept the form; (C) The date when biological parents may begin to file the form with the department; (D) The date when the ...

...The department of health shall attach a social and medical history form prescribed under section 3107.09 of the Revised Code to each contact preference form and biological parent's name redaction request form it makes available to a biological parent pursuant to section 3107.39 or 3107.391 of the Revised Code. A biological parent for whom such a form was not completed in accordance with section 3107.09 of the R...

... health shall establish a system by which an adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person may request that the department mail to the adopted person's biological parent a question that the adopted person or lineal descendant has about the biological parent's medical history if both of the following apply: (1) The adopted person or lineal descendant received a copy of the contents of the adopted pe...

...of section 3107.083 if the birth parent checked the "no" space provided on that component. (2) The form prescribed under division (A)(1) of section 3107.50 of the Revised Code. (H) "Effective denial of release form" means a denial of release form that has not been rescinded by an authorization of release form pursuant to division (B) of section 3107.46 of the Revised Code. (I) "Final decree of adoption" inclu...

...(A) A birth parent who did not check, pursuant to section 3107.081 or 5103.151 of the Revised Code, the "no" space provided on the component of the form prescribed pursuant to division (A)(1)(b) of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code may sign, date, and have filed with the department of health a denial of release form prescribed under section 3107.50 of the Revised Code. A birth parent who signs an authorization of ...

... effective denial of release form for each birth parent in the adopted person's adoption file, refuse to provide the adopted person or adoptive parent a copy of the contents of the adopted person's adoption file; (3) If there is an effective denial of release form for only one of the birth parents in the adopted person's adoption file and the fee required by section 3705.241 of the Revised Code is paid, provide the ...

...(A) An adopted person age twenty-one or older may submit a request with the department of health for the department to assist the adopted person's birth parent or birth sibling in finding the adopted person's name by adoption pursuant to section 3107.49 of the Revised Code. The adopted person shall submit the request on a form prescribed by the department under section 3107.51 of the Revised Code. If the adopted pers...

...option; (2) The adopted person was the child of the birth parent or sibling of the birth sibling before the adoption; (3) In the case of a request by a birth parent, the court that issued the adopted person's final decree of adoption sends the department, in accordance with division (B) of this section, a notice stating that the birth parent's parental rights concerning the adopted person were not involuntarily ter...

...(A) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the department of health shall prescribe the following forms: (1) A denial of release form to be used by a birth parent under division (A) of section 3107.46 of the Revised Code. The form shall explain that the birth parent may rescind the denial of release at any time by signing, dating, and having filed with the department of health an author...

...f health shall prescribe a form with which an adopted person may make a request under division (A) of section 3107.48 of the Revised Code. The form shall require all of the following information: (1) The residence address of the adopted person; (2) The adopted person's name and date of birth as it appears on the adopted person's new birth record; (3) The notarized signature of the adopted person; (4) Any other in...

...ay inspect or copy all or part of any such record except pursuant to section 3107.47 of the Revised Code.

...No officer or employee of the department of health who releases any information contained in an adopted person's adoption file or provides a copy of the contents of an adopted person's adoption file to a person who requests the copy pursuant to section 3107.47 or 3107.49 of the Revised Code is liable in damages in a civil action to any person for injury, death, or loss allegedly arising from the release to the person...

...t's age at the time the birth parent's child is adopted; (b) The medical and genetic history of the birth parents; (c) The age, sex, and medical and genetic history of an adopted person's birth sibling and extended family members; (d) A person's heritage and ethnic background, educational level, general physical appearance, religion, occupation, and cause of death; (e) Any information that may be included in ...

...ter or otherwise, due to an act or the failure to act of a protected cell or an officer or director of a protected cell, then both of the following apply: (A) The penalty shall only be met by the protected cell captive insurance company from the cell assets of the protected cell responsible. (B) The penalty shall not be enforceable in any way against any other assets of the protected cell captive insurance c...

...y make a false statement or report to such company or to an officer thereof concerning the health or physical condition of an applicant for insurance, or other matter or thing affecting the granting of such insurance.

...No trustee, officer, agent, or employee of a corporation, company, or association organized to transact the business of life or accident or life and accident insurance on the assessment plan shall knowingly insure a person, or permit him to be insured without that person's knowledge or consent, or insure a fictitious person, a person over sixty-five or under fifteen years of age, or a sickly or infirm person. No ph...

...licy of insurance, or give, sell, or purchase, or offer to give, sell, or purchase, as an inducement for insurance, any stocks, bonds, or securities of an insurance company or other corporation, association, or partnership, or any dividends or profits to accrue thereon, or anything of value not specified in the policy.

...id company or association guilty of the offense, he shall revoke its license.

...shall fail to have it evidenced by a voucher signed by or on behalf of the person, firm, or corporation receiving the money and correctly describing the consideration thereof; if such expenditure is for both services and disbursements, such company shall not fail to set forth in such voucher, the service rendered and an itemized statement of the disbursement made; if such expenditure was in connection with a matter p...

...part thereof, or the consolidation of such company with any other company or association, or the assumption of reinsurance of the whole or any portion of the risks of another company by such company.

...il to comply with any law relating to such corporation, company, or association.

...ally diagnosable, abnormal condition which is expected to continue for a considerable length of time, whether correctable or uncorrectable by good medical practice, which can reasonably be expected to limit the person's functional ability, including but not limited to seeing, hearing, thinking, ambulating, climbing, descending, lifting, grasping, sitting, rising, any related function, or any limitation due to weaknes...

...or contract that constitutes a criminal offense under Title XXIX or XXXIX of the Revised Code. (2) "Person" includes, but is not limited to, the superintendent of insurance, the national association of insurance commissioners, any insurer, any organization established to detect or prevent fraudulent insurance acts, and any officer, director, trustee, representative, agent, broker, or employee of the superintendent, ...

... in contemplation of a proceeding under Chapter 3903. of the Revised Code; (C) Conceal, destroy, multilate, alter, or make a false entry in any document that affects or relates to the property of an insurer; (D) Withhold any document that affects or relates to the property of an insurer from a receiver, trustee, or other officer of a court entitled to its possession; (E) Give, obtain, or receive anything of value ...

...(A) If an insurer, as defined in division (A) of section 3999.36 of the Revised Code, has a reasonable belief that a person is perpetrating or facilitating an insurance fraud, as established by section 2913.47 of the Revised Code, or has done so, the insurer shall notify the department of insurance. (B) The notification required by division (A) of this section shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the de...

...any officer, agent, or employee thereof fails to observe and comply with any order of the bureau of workers' compensation, or to perform any duty enjoined by this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, constitutes a separate violation of the order or chapters.

... manner as proof of age is provided the superintendent of schools or chief administrative officer under division (A)(3) of section 3331.02 of the Revised Code; (2) A statement signed by the minor's parent or guardian consenting to the proposed employment. For the purposes of this section, in the absence of a parent or guardian, a person over eighteen years of age with whom the minor resides may sign the statement.

... by law, or fail to give notice to the superintendent of schools or chief administrative officer who issued such certificate of the nonuse of the certificate within five working days from such minor's withdrawal or dismissal from the employer's service, or continue to employ a minor after the minor's age and schooling certificate is void, or refuse to permit an enforcement official to observe the conditions un...

...No employer or officer or agent of an employer shall participate or acquiesce in any violation of law relating to compulsory education or employment of minors.

... (b) The individual is responsible for supplying the necessary personal services to operate the vehicle or vessel used to provide the service. (c) The compensation paid to the individual is based on factors related to work performed, including on a mileage-based rate or a percentage of any schedule of rates, and not solely on the basis of the hours or time expended. (d) The individual substantially controls the me...

...ator, mediator, regional director, and supervisor of the Ohio civil rights commission, and any person appointed and commissioned as a notary public in this state, with respect to matters relating to official duties, may administer oaths, take affidavits, and acknowledgements, and attest the execution of any instrument in writing. The executive director shall file in the office of the secretary of the state the name...

... governments and private business and industry relationships that promote and assure equal opportunity for sub-Saharan African people in government, education, and employment. (P) Create an interagency council consisting of the following persons or their authorized representatives: one member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate; one member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker ...

...s of office shall be for three years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as did the term which it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for ...

...mployer, is not the fellow servant, but superior to such other employee; any person in the employ of such employer in any way having charge or control of employees in any separate branch or department shall be held to be the superior and not the fellow servant of all employees in any other branch or department in which they are employed; any person in the employ of such employer whose duty it is to repair or inspect ...

...r material supplier. If the contractor fails to comply with division (A)(1) of this section, the contractor shall pay the subcontractor or material supplier, in addition to the payment due, interest in the amount of eighteen per cent per annum of the payment due, beginning on the eleventh day following the receipt of payment from the owner and ending on the date of full payment of the payment due plus interest...

... with any contracting public authority, supply to the prevailing wage coordinator of the contracting public authority a schedule of the dates during the life of the contract with the authority on which the contractor or subcontractor is required to pay wages to employees. The contractor or subcontractor shall also deliver to the prevailing wage coordinator a certified copy of the contractor's or subcontractor's payro...

...(A) The state committee for the purchase of products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Determine which products manufactured and site-specific services provided by persons with severe disabilities and offered for sale to state agencies, political subdivisions, or instrumentalities of the s...

...unicipal corporation that has adopted a charter under sections three and seven of article XVIII of the Ohio Constitution, unless the specific contract for a public improvement includes state funds appropriated for the purposes of that public improvement. (B) "Construction" means all of the following: (1) Any new construction of any public improvement performed by other than full-time employees who have complete...