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...s, in its judgment, may best serve the public interest. The department may furnish engineering or other technical counsel and services, with or without charge therefor, to any appropriate government agency desiring such counsel or services in connection with any question or problem concerning the need for, or the location, construction, maintenance, or operation of airports, landing fields, or other air navig...

...tion. (C)(1) If necessary to serve the public interest and consistent with the rules of the supreme court, any person who is authorized to bring a claim before the supreme court that alleges the unauthorized practice of law in violation of division (A)(3) of this section may make a motion to the supreme court to seek interim relief prior to the final resolution of the person's claim. (2) Any person who is damaged b...

...(A) The following individuals are exempt from this chapter, except section 4709.091 of the Revised Code, as applicable: (1) All individuals licensed by this state to practice medicine, surgery, dentistry, or any branch of medicine, surgery, or dentistry, while acting within the scope of practice for the license, permit, or certificate held; (2) Commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States army, ...

...tanning facility that is offered to the public for a fee or other compensation without a current, valid permit under section 4713.48 of the Revised Code; (Q) Practice a branch of cosmetology in a location other than a licensed facility unless otherwise exempted under section 4713.16, 4713.17, or 4713.351 of the Revised Code; (R) Use any of the services or arts that are part of the practice of a branch of cosmet...

...(A) The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this chapter, except, as applicable, section 4713.42 of the Revised Code: (1) All individuals authorized to practice medicine, surgery, dentistry, and nursing or any of its branches in this state, while acting within the scope of practice for the license, permit, or certificate held; (2) Commissioned surgical and medical officers of the United States a...

...(A) The state dental board may develop and implement a quality intervention program. The board may propose that the holder of a license issued by the board participate in the program if the board determines pursuant to an investigation conducted under section 4715.03 of the Revised Code that there are reasonable grounds to believe the license holder has violated a provision of this chapter due to a clinical or commun...

...(A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code. (b) "Indigent and uninsured person" and "operation" have the same meanings as in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code. (2) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be considered retired from practice if the person's license has been surrendered or allowed to expire with the intention of cea...

... that the seller may receive any excess funds remaining after all expenses for the funeral have been paid. (5) If the preneed funeral contract is a nonguaranteed contract, a disclosure that the proceeds of the trust, insurance policy, or annuity shall be applied to the retail prices in effect at the time of the funeral for the funeral goods and funeral services set forth in the contract, that any excess funds remain...

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no home construction service supplier shall perform any home construction service the cost of which equals or exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars unless the supplier enters into a written home construction services contract with the owner. The contract shall include all agreements and conditions related to the home construction service, including all of t...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all of the following apply with respect to the schedules for renewal of licenses and certificates issued by the board of nursing: (a) An active license to practice nursing as a registered nurse is subject to renewal in odd-numbered years. An application for renewal of the license is due on the fifteenth day of September of the renewal year. A late application may ...

...(A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code. (b) "Indigent and uninsured person" and "operation" have the same meanings as in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code. (2) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be considered retired from practice if the person's license has expired with the intention of ceasing to practice nursing as a ...

...ficially declared to be a disaster by a public announcement issued by an appropriate federal, state, county, or municipal official; (8) The individual is providing nursing care at a free-of-charge camp accredited by the SeriousFun children's network that specializes in providing therapeutic recreation, as defined in section 2305.231 of the Revised Code, for individuals with chronic diseases, if all of the following...

...means that would deceive or mislead the public; (12) Being addicted to the use of alcohol, stimulants, narcotics, or any other substance which impairs the intellect and judgment to such an extent as to hinder or diminish the performance of the duties included in the person's practice of optometry; (13) Engaging in the practice of optometry as provided in section 4725.01 of the Revised Code without authority to do...

...le radius of a pharmacy that serves the public as an outpatient pharmacy. (b) A remote dispensing pharmacy may be located within the ten-mile radius that constitutes an excluded area for location, as described in division (C)(2)(a) of this section, if either of the following is the case: (i) The remote dispensing pharmacy is part of a federally qualified health center or federally qualified health center look-ali...

...(A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code. (b) "Indigent and uninsured person" and "operation" have the same meanings as in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code. (2) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be considered retired from practice if the person's license has expired with the person's intention of ceasing to practice medi...

... person shall advertise or claim to the public to be a practitioner of medicine and surgery, or any of its branches, without a license or certificate from the board. No person shall open or conduct an office or other place for such practice without a license or certificate from the board. No person shall conduct an office in the name of some person who has a license or certificate to practice medicine and surgery, or...

...receives the services; (3) A hospital, public health clinic, or not-for-profit health clinic ordering the services; (4) A referring clinical laboratory; (5) A governmental agency or any person acting on behalf of a governmental agency; (6) A physician who is permitted to bill for the services under division (D) of this section. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no physician shall charge, bi...

...t which information is available to the public. (14) Offering or rendering psychological services after a license issued under this chapter has expired due to a failure to timely register under section 4732.14 of the Revised Code or complete continuing education requirements; (15) Offering or rendering psychological services after a license issued under this chapter has been placed in retired status pursuant to...

...he equitable disposition of any surplus funds that may exist after the termination of the Compact after the payment and/or reserving of all of its debts and obligations; 8. The Commission shall publish its Bylaws in a convenient form and file a copy thereof and a copy of any amendment thereto, with the appropriate agency or officer in each of the Compact States; 9. The Commission shall maintain its financial reco...

...he tenth day after the mailing. (2) By publication of a notice in any newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the intended recipient's last known residential or business address is located.

...reports shall be submitted to the state library of Ohio and the library of the legislative service commission. (E) If the superintendent, with the consent of the commission, enters into an agreement with a national testing service to administer the real estate broker's examination, pursuant to division (A) of section 4735.07 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may require an applicant to pay the testing servic...

...fter. The application fee shall be nonrefundable. A fee of eighty-one dollars shall be charged by the superintendent for each successive application made by the applicant. (C) There shall be no limit placed on the number of times an applicant may retake the examination. (D) The superintendent, with the consent of the commission, may enter into an agreement with a recognized national testing service to administe...

...be credited to the real estate recovery fund, created in the state treasury under section 4735.12 of the Revised Code. (2) If any licensee is cited three times within twelve consecutive months, the superintendent shall initiate disciplinary action pursuant to section 4735.051 of the Revised Code for any subsequent violation that occurs within the same twelve-month period. (3) If a licensee fails to request a h...

...ds of receipts and disbursements of all funds received by the licensee as broker and incident to the licensee's transactions as such, and records required pursuant to divisions (C)(4) and (5) of section 4735.20 of the Revised Code, and any other instruments or papers related to the performance of any of the acts set forth in the definition of a real estate broker; (25) Failure of a real estate broker or salesperso...

... first registering with the director of public safety in accordance with section 4737.045 of the Revised Code. (2) No person shall receive, purchase, or sell a special purchase article or a bulk merchandise container except as in accordance with sections 4737.012 and 4737.04 to 4737.045 of the Revised Code. (C) Every scrap metal dealer shall maintain a record book or electronic file, in which the dealer shall ...

...entity supported in whole or in part by funds appropriated by the general assembly. (F) "Central nonprofit agency" means an agency approved under section 4115.35 of the Revised Code by qualified nonprofit agencies for persons with severe disabilities and the state committee for the purchase of products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities to facilitate the distribution of orders among qualified ...

...(A) Subject to section 4115.36 of the Revised Code, there is hereby created the state committee for the purchase of products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities. The committee shall be composed ex officio of the following persons, or their designees: (1) The directors of administrative services, mental health and addiction services, developmental disabilities, transportation, natural res...

...tudy, on its own or in conjunction with public or private entities, problems related to the employment of persons with severe disabilities and the development or adaptation of production methods that would enable a greater utilization of persons with severe disabilities.

...(A) Except as provided in section 4115.36 of the Revised Code, if any state agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the state intends to procure any product or service, it shall determine whether the product or service is on the procurement list published pursuant to section 4115.33 of the Revised Code; and it shall, in accordance with rules of the state committee for the purchase of products and service...

...(A) Qualified nonprofit agencies for persons with severe disabilities and the state committee for the purchase of products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities shall approve, through a mutually developed process, and pursuant to rules the committee adopts in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, one or more central nonprofit agencies to carry out the intent of sections 4115.31 to 4115...

...Sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code have no effect after the director of administrative services abolishes the state committee for the purchase of products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities. Upon abolishment of the committee, sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code shall govern the procurement of products and services provided by persons with work-limiting disabilities from...

...(A) Whoever violates section 4115.08 or 4115.09 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars. (B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 4115.071, section 4115.10, or 4115.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...upported in whole or in part by public funds, authorized to enter into a contract for the construction of a public improvement or to construct a public improvement by the direct employment of labor. "Public authority" shall not mean any municipal 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 ...

...A public authority, when engaged in procuring products or services, awarding contracts, or overseeing procurement or construction for public improvements, shall ensure that bid specifications issued by the public authority for the proposed public improvement, and any subsequent contract or other agreement for the public improvement to which the public authority and a contractor or subcontractor are direct parties, do...

...No public authority shall do any of the following: (A) Award a contract for a public improvement in violation of section 4116.02 of the Revised Code; (B) Discriminate against any bidder, contractor, or subcontractor for refusing to become a party to any agreement with any labor organization on the public improvement that currently is under bid or on projects related to that improvement; (C) Otherwise violate secti...

... file a complaint against a contracting public authority alleging a violation of section 4116.02 or 4116.03 of the Revised Code within two years after the date on which the contract is signed for the public improvement in the court of common pleas of the county in which the public improvement is performed. The performance of the contract forms the basis of the allegation of a violation. The court in which the compla...

... Code, includes employee organizations, public employees, and public employers. (B) "Public employer" means the state or any political subdivision of the state located entirely within the state, including, without limitation, any municipal corporation with a population of at least five thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census; county; township with a population of at least five thousand in the ...

... period of service shall hold no other public office or public or private employment and shall allow no other responsibilities to interfere or conflict with the member's duties as a full-time state employment relations board member. Of the initial appointments made to the state employment relations board, one shall be for a term ending October 6, 1984, one shall be for a term ending October 6, 1985, and one sh...

...(A) Public employees have the right to: (1) Form, join, assist, or participate in, or refrain from forming, joining, assisting, or participating in, except as otherwise provided in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, any employee organization of their own choosing; (2) Engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection; (3) Representation by an empl...

...(A) Public employers shall extend to an exclusive representative designated under section 4117.05 of the Revised Code, the right to represent exclusively the employees in the appropriate bargaining unit and the right to unchallenged and exclusive representation for a period of not less than twelve months following the date of certification and thereafter, if the public employer and the employee organization enter int...

...the exclusive representative of all the public employees in an appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining by either: (1) Being certified by the state employment relations board when a majority of the voting employees in the unit select the employee organization as their representative in a board-conducted election under section 4117.07 of the Revised Code; (2) Filing a request with a public employer...

...rs, and other working conditions of the public employees; the effect of over-fragmentation; the efficiency of operations of the public employer; the administrative structure of the public employer; and the history of collective bargaining. (C) The board may determine a unit to be the appropriate unit in a particular case, even though some other unit might also be appropriate. (D) In addition, in determining th...

...lective bargaining agreement between a public employer and an exclusive representative. Petitions for elections may be filed with the board no sooner than one hundred twenty days or later than ninety days before the expiration date of any collective bargaining agreement, or after the expiration date, until the public employer and exclusive representative enter into a new written agreement. For the purposes of ...

...t to collective bargaining between the public employer and the exclusive representative, except as otherwise specified in this section and division (E) of section 4117.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The conduct and grading of civil service examinations, the rating of candidates, the establishment of eligible lists from the examinations, and the original appointments from the eligible lists are not appropriate sub...

... share fee to a nonreligious charitable fund exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code mutually agreed upon by the employee and the representative of the employee organization to which the employee would otherwise be required to pay the fair share fee. The employee shall furnish to the employee organization written receipts evidencing such payment, and failure to make the payment or fu...

...lic employer shall submit a request for funds necessary to implement an agreement and for approval of any other matter requiring the approval of the appropriate legislative body to the legislative body within fourteen days of the date on which the parties finalize the agreement, unless otherwise specified, but if the appropriate legislative body is not in session at the time, then within fourteen days after it conven...

...Notwithstanding sections 4117.08 and 4117.10 of the Revised Code, no agreement entered into under this chapter may contain any provision that in any way limits the effect or operation of Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code or limits the authority of a school district board of education, or the governing board of an educational service center described in division (C)(1)(d) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, to ent...

...The state employment relations board shall compile a list of the school districts in the state that have filed with the board agreements entered into with teacher employee organizations under this chapter. The board shall annually update the list to reflect, for each district, for the current fiscal year, the starting salary in the district for teachers with no prior teaching experience who hold bachelors degrees. Th...

...Notwithstanding any provision of section 4117.08 or 4117.10 of the Revised Code to the contrary, no agreement entered into under this chapter on or after September 29, 2005, shall prohibit a school district board of education from utilizing volunteers to assist the district and its schools in performing any of their functions, other than functions for which a license, permit, certificate, or registration issued by th...

...) It is an unfair labor practice for a public employer, its agents, or representatives to: (1) Interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code or an employee organization in the selection of its representative for the purposes of collective bargaining or the adjustment of grievances; (2) Initiate, create, dominate, or interfere with t...