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...ion is consistent with fiduciary duties under this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code. (C) A fiduciary shall not do any of the following: (1) Deal with the assets of the bureau in the fiduciary's own interest or for the fiduciary's own account; (2) In the fiduciary's individual capacity or in any other capacity, act in any transaction involving the bureau on behalf of a party, or repr...

...The attorney general shall be the legal adviser of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors.

...directors who is a certified public accountant. The board, by majority vote, shall appoint two additional members of the board to serve on the audit committee and may appoint additional members who are not board members, as the board determines necessary. Members of the audit committee serve at the pleasure of the board, and the board, by majority vote, may remove any member except the member of the committee who is ...

...r methods of protection to be as nearly uniform as possible as may be necessary to carry out all laws and lawful orders relative to the protection of the life, health, safety, and welfare of employees in employments and places of employment or frequenters of places of employment; (C) Ascertain, fix, and order reasonable standards for the construction, repair, and maintenance of places of employment as shall render ...

...g criminal justice information accessible to state and criminal justice agencies.

...ssioner appointed by a court of common pleas with regard to taking testimony. The bureau may conduct any number of investigations contemporaneously through different agents, and may delegate to agents the taking of all testimony bearing upon any investigation or hearing. The decision of the bureau shall be based upon its examination of all testimony and records. The recommendations made by agents shall be advisory ...

...ated, the judge of the court of common pleas of any county in this state, on the application of the bureau, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court or a refusal to testify therein.

...dance the fees and mileage provided for under section 119.094 of the Revised Code, which shall be paid from the state insurance fund on the approval of the administrator of workers' compensation. No witnesses subpoenaed at the instance of the parties other than the bureau is entitled to compensation from the state for attendance or travel unless the bureau certifies that the witness's testimony was material to ...

...nters thereof. (C) Whenever the bureau learns that any employment or place of employment is not safe or is injurious to the welfare of any employee or frequenter, it may of its own motion summarily investigate the same, with or without notice, and issue such order as is necessary thereto.

...s had before the bureau of workers' compensation on any investigation.

...The bureau of workers' compensation or any party may in any investigation cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions.

...(A) All general orders of the bureau of workers' compensation shall take effect within thirty days after their publication. Special orders shall take effect as therein directed. (B) The bureau shall, upon application of any employer, grant such time as is reasonably necessary for compliance with any order. (C) Any person may petition the bureau for an extension of time, which the bureau shall grant if it finds the ...

...over or relative to any place of employment, provided that whenever the bureau of workers' compensation, by an order, fixes a standard of safety or any hygienic condition for employments or places of employment, the order shall, upon the filing by the bureau of a copy thereof with the clerk of the municipal corporation to which it applies, be held to amend or modify any similar conflicting local order in any particul...

...sired and every reason why the order is unreasonable or unlawful, and every issue to be considered by the bureau on the hearing. The petitioner shall be deemed to have finally waived all objection to any irregularities and illegalities in the order upon which a hearing is sought other than those set forth in the petition. All hearings of the bureau shall be open to the public. Upon receipt of the petition, if the is...

...enforcement thereof, shall be brought unless the plaintiff has applied to the bureau for a hearing thereon at the time and as provided in section 4121.23 of the Revised Code and in the petition therefor has raised every issue raised in the action. Every order of the bureau is, in every prosecution for a violation thereof, conclusively presumed to be just, reasonable, and lawful, unless prior to the institution of th...

... the ground that the order is unreasonable or unlawful and the supreme court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine the action. The bureau shall be served with summons as in other civil cases. The answer of the bureau shall be filed within ten days after service of summons upon it and with its answer it shall file a certified transcript of its record in the matter. Upon the filing of the answer the action ...

...workers' compensation in the petition filed as provided in section 4121.23 of the Revised Code, or that the bureau has not theretofore had ample opportunity to hear and determine any of the issues raised in the action, or has for any reason not in fact heard and determined the issues raised, the court shall, before proceeding to render judgment, unless the parties to the action stipulate to the contrary, transmit to ...

...ate, except the supreme court to the extent specified by sections 4101.01 to 4101.16 and 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code has jurisdiction to review, vacate, set aside, reverse, revise, correct, amend, or annul any order of the bureau of workers' compensation, or to suspend or delay the execution or operation thereof or to enjoin, restrain, or interfere with the bureau in the performance of its official duties....

...upreme court shall not become effective until a suspending bond has first been executed and filed with and approved by the bureau, or by the supreme court or the clerk thereof, payable to the state and sufficient in amount and security to insure the prompt payment by the party petitioning to set aside, vacate, or amend the order of all damages caused by the delay in the enforcement of the order of the bureau.

...red over all other civil cases, except election causes and causes involving or affecting the public utilities commission, irrespective of position on the calendar. The same preference shall be granted upon application of the attorney of the bureau in any action or proceeding in which he may be allowed to intervene.

...to participate in the state insurance fund are governed only by Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code. The administrator of workers' compensation and commission shall proceed jointly, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, including a joint hearing, to adopt joint rules governing the operating procedures of the bureau and commission. (B) Upon submission to the bureau or the commission of a petition...

... (a) Assignment to various operational units of any duties placed upon the administrator or the commission by statute; (b) Procedures for decision-making; (c) Procedures governing the appearances of a claimant, employer, or their representatives before the agency in a hearing; (d) Procedures that inform claimants, on request, of the status of a claim and any actions necessary to maintain the claim; (e) Time ...

...y; (3) Awarding lump-sum advances for creditors; (4) Awarding lump-sum advances for attorney's fees; (5) Placing a claimant into rehabilitation; (6) Transferring costs of a claim from employer costs to the statutory surplus fund pursuant to section 4123.343 of the Revised Code; (7) Utilization of physician or nurse specialist reports; (8) Determining the percentage of permanent partial disability, tempora...

...workers' compensation shall make available to each district hearing officer the facilities and assistance of bureau employees and furnish all information necessary to the performance of the district hearing officer's duties.

...ds for violation of a specific safety rule of the administrator of workers' compensation pursuant to Section 35 of Article II of the Ohio Constitution; (4) Applications for reconsideration pursuant to division (A) of section 4123.57 of the Revised Code. Decisions of the staff hearing officers on reconsideration pursuant to division (A) of section 4123.57 of the Revised Code are final. (5) Reviews of settlement ...