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...(A) Upon petition by any person that any employment or place of employment is not safe or is injurious to the welfare of any employee or frequenter, the bureau of workers' compensation shall proceed with or without notice to make an investigation as is necessary to determine the matter complained of. (B) After such hearing as is necessary, the bureau may enter any necessary order relative thereto to render the emplo...

...A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings 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.

...me, which the bureau shall grant if it finds the extension of time necessary.

...r and such other persons as the bureau finds directly interested in the decision, including the clerk of the village or the mayor of the municipal corporation from which the appeal came. If upon investigation the bureau finds that the local order appealed from is unreasonable and in conflict with the order of the bureau, the bureau may modify its order and shall substitute for the local order appealed from such orde...

...nd to such other persons as the bureau finds directly interested in the decision. Upon an investigation, if it is found that the order complained of is unlawful or unreasonable, the bureau shall substitute a lawful and reasonable order therefor. Whenever at the time of final determination upon hearing it is found that further time is reasonably necessary for compliance with the order of the bureau, the bureau shall...

...No action, proceeding, or suit to set aside, vacate, or amend any order of the bureau of workers' compensation, or to enjoin the 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 pro...

...Any employer or other person in interest who is dissatisfied with any order of the bureau of workers' compensation may commence an action in the supreme court, against the bureau as defendant, to set aside, vacate, or amend any order on 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 ...

...d, and may alter, modify, amend, or rescind its order complained of in the action, and shall report its order thereon to the court within ten days from the receipt of the statement from the court for further hearing and consideration. The court shall thereupon order such amendment or other proceeding as is necessary to raise the issues as changed by the modification of order as has been made by the bureau upon the h...

...No court of this state, 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 i...

...The pendency of an action to set aside, vacate, or amend an order of the bureau of workers' compensation shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of an order of the bureau, but during the pendency of the action the supreme court may stay or suspend, in whole or in part, the operation of the bureau's order. No order so staying or suspending an order of the bureau shall be made by the supreme court otherwise t...

...s 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.

...ureau of workers' compensation and the industrial commission shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that determinations of the bureau, district hearing officers, staff hearing officers, and the commission, with respect to an individual employee's claim to participate in the state insurance fund are governed only by Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code. The administrator of w...

...trator of workers' compensation and the industrial commission jointly shall adopt rules covering the following general topics with respect to this chapter and Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code: (1) Rules that set forth any general policy and the principal operating procedures of the bureau of workers' compensation or commission, including but not limited to: (a) Assignment to various operational units of any duti...

...eral assembly, the governor, and to the public during normal working hours. (C) The bureau and commission jointly shall develop, adopt, and use a policy manual setting forth the guidelines and bases for decision-making for any decision which is the responsibility of the bureau, district hearing officers, staff hearing officers, or the commission. Guidelines shall be set forth in the policy manual by the bureau and ...

...e state, are full-time employees of the industrial commission, and shall be persons admitted to the practice of law in this state. District hearing officers shall not engage in any other activity that interferes with their full-time employment by the commission during normal working hours. (B) District hearing officers shall have original jurisdiction on all of the following matters: (1) Determinations under sectio...

...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) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, staff hearing officers have original jurisdiction to hear and decide the foll...

... or arguments of other parties; (2) A public hearing; (3) Written decisions; (4) Impartial assignment of staff and district hearing officers and assignment of appeals from a decision of the administrator of workers' compensation to a district hearing officer located at the commission service office that is the closest in geographic proximity to the claimant's residence; (5) Publication of a docket; (6) The ...

...for the investigation and prevention of industrial accidents and diseases, shall, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, in the exercise of the administrator's authority and in the performance of the administrator's duty, employ a superintendent and the necessary experts, engineers, occupational safety and health professionals, and support staff for the efficient operat...

.... This manual shall be available to the public at cost but shall be provided free to all physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse practitioners who treat claimants or to whom claimants are referred for evaluation. The commission shall take steps to ensure that the manual receives the widest possible distribution to physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse speci...

...ims; (C) Make payment on orders of the industrial commission and district and staff hearing officers as provided in section 4123.511 of the Revised Code; (D) Serve as representative of the state insurance fund; (E) Establish a legal section within the bureau to provide legal advice and assistance to the administrator and the administrator's staff as to claims procedure and policy; appeals to be lodged on behalf of...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall appoint a service director for each service office who shall have all of the following duties: (1) Provide each claimant and employer fair, impartial, and equal treatment; (2) Recommend any needed improvements for changes in staff size and accessibility to service offices; (3) Recommend to the administrator appropriate action concerning any allegations of miscon...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall operate a program designed to inform employees and employers of their rights and responsibilities under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code and as part of that program prepare and distribute pamphlets, which clearly and simply explain at least all of the following: (1) The rights and responsibilities of claimants and employers; (2) The procedures for process...

...the commission and the bureau or by any public or private person the commission or bureau designates. (C) Personnel of each administrative section of the bureau and the commission shall receive training programs adequate to ensure all of the following: (1) Familiarity with section duties and policy; (2) Familiarity with duties and policy of sections which directly relate to their section; (3) Continuous updating ...

...ccompanied by information which clearly indicates the source of payment, type of payment, method of computation, inclusive days of payment, reason for changes in payment, and telephone number or address for inquiries; (B) Adopt rules to govern the method of issuing and delivering checks, including time limits for issuance of checks; (C) Set standards and inform claimant of procedure for attorney or other represen...