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...As used in this chapter: (A) "Business" means every trade, occupation, or profession. (B) "Contribution" means any cash, property, services rendered, promissory note, or other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services that a member contributes to a limited liability company in the capacity as a member. (C) "Conveyance" means every assignment, lease, mortgage, or encumbrance. (...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Articles of organization" means the articles of organization described in section 1706.16 of the Revised Code, and those articles of organization as amended or restated. (B) "Assignment" means a transfer, conveyance, deed, bill of sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, gift, or transfer by operation of law. (C) "Constituent limited liability company" means a constit...

...(A) An association may be organized under this chapter for any lawful purpose permitted to corporations by the laws of this state, except any such purpose that is inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or other chapters of Title XVII of the Revised Code. This section does not authorize any professional services otherwise prohibited by law. (B) Associations shall be corporations that are deemed nonprofit be...

...ganized under this chapter other than a public benefit association. (I) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory entity trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, cooperative, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or co...

...85, 26 U.S.C. 1. (c) It is open to the public without regard to race, color, or national origin. (d) It does not pay, directly or indirectly, compensation for services rendered, interest on debts incurred, or purchase price for land, building, equipment, supplies, or other goods or chattels, which compensation, interest, or purchase price is unreasonably high. (e) It provides services for the life of each res...

...As used in sections 5725.01 to 5725.26 of the Revised Code: (A) "Financial institution" means: (1) A national bank organized and existing as a national bank association pursuant to the "National Bank Act," 12 U.S.C. 21; (2) A federal savings association or federal savings bank that is chartered under 12 U.S.C. 1464; (3) A bank, banking association, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, or...

...A trust company may receive and hold moneys or property, in trust or as custodian, from executors, administrators, assignees, guardians, trustees, corporations, or individuals, and engage in those activities constituting the trust business, and any activities incidental to the trust business, including any of the following: (A) Acting as trustee under any instrument creating a trust for the care and management of pr...

...As used in sections 122.60 to 122.605 of the Revised Code: (A) "Capital access loan" means a loan made by a participating financial institution to an eligible business that may be secured by a deposit of money from the fund into the participating financial institution's program reserve account. (B) "Eligible business" means a for-profit business entity, or a nonprofit entity, that had total annual sales in its mo...

...rsion. (H) Obligations may be sold at public sale or at private sale, as determined in the bond proceedings. Obligations issued to provide moneys for the loan guarantee fund or the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund may, as determined by the issuing authority, be sold at private sale, and without publication of a notice of sale. (I) Pending preparation of definitive obligations, the issuing authority may issue...

...id in advance for utility services of a public utility and any amount refundable from rates or charges collected by a public utility for utility services held or owed by a holder, less any lawful claims, that has remained unclaimed for one year after the termination of the services for which the deposit or advance payment was made or one year from the date the refund was payable, whichever is earlier; (E) Except as...

...All of the following apply to an unincorporated nonprofit association: (A) It is a legal entity distinct from its members and managers. (B) It has perpetual duration unless its governing principles specify otherwise. (C) It has the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary or convenient to carry on its activities. (D) It may engage in profit-making activities, but any profits from those activi...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, any association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for-profit forms a partnership, whether or not the persons intend to form a partnership. (B) An association formed under a statute not included in this chapter, a predecessor statute, or a comparable statute of another jurisdiction is not a partnership under this chapter....

...Unless the context requires a different meaning, as used in this chapter: (A) "Certificate of limited partnership" means the certificate referred to in section 1782.08 of the Revised Code, and the certificate as amended or restated. (B) "Contribution" means any cash, property, services rendered, or promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services, that a partner cont...

...A limited partnership association from time to time may divide the profits of its business as a majority of its managers determine. Such division of profits shall not, at the time it is made diminish or impair the capital of the association. Anyone consenting to a dividend which diminishes or impairs the capital shall be liable to any person injured thereby, to the amount of such diminution or impairment.

...ion, or organization, which may be of a public or private, or profit or nonprofit nature, or with any individual for the provision of supervisory or other services to children placed on probation who are under the custody and supervision of the juvenile court. (B) The juvenile judges of two or more adjoining or neighboring counties may join together for purposes of contracting with any agency, association, or organi...

...ersion. (H) Obligations may be sold at public sale or at private sale, as determined in the bond proceedings. (I) Pending preparation of definitive obligations, the issuing authority may issue interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for such definitive obligations. (J) In the discretion of the issuing authority, obligations may be secured additionally by a trust agreement or indenture between the...

... intelligence within the segment of the public to which it is directed. (D) Viatical settlement advertisements containing any representation set forth in this division are deemed false and misleading on their face and are prohibited. False and misleading viatical settlement advertisements include, but are not limited to, those including any of the following representations: (1) "Guaranteed," "fully secured," "100 ...

...As used in this chapter, except as otherwise provided: (A) "Agent" means any person who represents a developer or who acts for or on behalf of a developer in selling or offering to sell any ownership interest in a condominium development. "Agent" does not include an attorney whose representation of a developer consists solely of rendering legal services. (B) "Additional property" means land, including surface and a...

...(A) The state, any political subdivision, any municipal agency, any emergency management volunteer, another state, or an emergency management agency thereof or of the federal government or of another country or province or subdivision thereof performing emergency management services in this state pursuant to an arrangement, agreement, or compact for mutual aid and assistance, or any agency, member, agent, or represen...

...gible personal property acquired from a public utility or interexchange telecommunications company as defined in section 5727.01 of the Revised Code and leased back to the public utility or interexchange telecommunications company pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction as defined in division (I) of section 5727.01 of the Revised Code. For tax year 2007 and thereafter, "taxable property" of a telephone, telegr...

... any interest or interest equivalent on public obligations and purchase obligations to the extent included in federal taxable income. As used in divisions (I)(5) and (6) of this section, "public obligations," "purchase obligations," and "interest or interest equivalent" have the same meanings as in section 5709.76 of the Revised Code. (6) Add any loss or deduct any gain resulting from the sale, exchange, or other d...

...her political subdivision, or any other public corporation or agency, the United States or any agency thereof, and any agency, commission, or authority established pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement. (B) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, or any combination thereof. (C) "Solid waste" means such unwanted residual solid or semi-solid material as results from ind...

...on; any department, commission, board, publicly supported college or university, division, institution, bureau, or other instrumentality of the state; or any county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state. "Person" includes the Ohio casino control commission, a member of the commission, the executive director of the commission, an employee of the commissio...

...Except as provided in section 1701.041 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall charge and collect, for the benefit of the state, the following fees: (A) For filing and recording articles of incorporation of a domestic corporation, including designation of agent: (1) Wherein the corporation shall not be authorized to issue any shares of capital stock, ninety-nine dollars; (2) Wherein the corporation...

...As used in sections 122.71 to 122.83 of the Revised Code: (A) "Financial institution" means any banking corporation, trust company, insurance company, savings and loan association, building and loan association, or corporation, partnership, federal lending agency, foundation, or other institution engaged in lending or investing funds for industrial or business purposes. (B) "Project" means any real or personal pro...

...No third-party payer shall directly or indirectly reimburse, nor shall any person be obligated to pay any hospital for psychiatric services for which a license is required under section 5119.33 of the Revised Code unless the hospital is licensed by the department of behavioral health. As used in this section, "third-party payer" means a health insuring corporation licensed under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code, ...

...No person shall keep or maintain a hospital for the care or treatment of persons with mental illnesses unless it is licensed by the department of behavioral health, as provided by section 5119.33 of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section, "adverse action" means an action by a state, provincial, federal, or other licensing or regulatory authority other than the department of behavioral health to deny, revoke, suspend, place on probation, or otherwise restrict a license, certificate, or other approval to operate a hospital or practice a health care profession. (B)(1) When submitting an application for initial or renewed l...

... (B)(1) A "residential facility" is a publicly or privately operated home or facility that falls into one of the following categories: (a) Class one facilities provide accommodations, supervision, personal care services, and mental health services for one or more unrelated adults with mental illness or one or more unrelated children or adolescents with severe emotional disturbances; (b) Class two facilities p...

...(A) Any person may operate a residential facility providing accommodations and personal care services for one to five unrelated persons and licensed as a residential facility that meets the criteria specified in division (B)(1)(b) of section 5119.34 of the Revised Code as a permitted use in any residential district or zone, including any single-family residential district or zone of any political subdivision. Such fa...

...(A) Upon petition by the director of behavioral health, the court of common pleas or the probate court may appoint a receiver to take possession of and operate a residential facility licensed pursuant to section 5119.34 of the Revised Code, when conditions existing at the residential facility present a substantial risk of physical or mental harm to residents and no other remedies at law are adequate to protect the he...

...(A) As used in this section, "adverse action" means an action by a state, provincial, federal, or other licensing or regulatory authority other than the department of behavioral health to deny, revoke, suspend, place on probation, or otherwise restrict a license, certificate, or other approval to operate a residential facility or practice a health care profession. (B)(1) When submitting an application for initial ...

...ntial facility. (2) The department, a public children services agency, or a county department of job and family services determines that a principal, employee, volunteer, or nonresident occupant of the residential facility created a serious risk to the health or safety of a child residing in the facility that resulted in or could have resulted in a child's death or injury. (3) A principal, employee, resident, vol...

...e department of behavioral health shall publish a directory of all residential facilities licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code on the department's web site. For each facility, the directory shall include all of the following: (A) The name of the facility; (B) The facility's full address; (C) The facility's categorization as a class one, class two, or class three facility; (D) The services offere...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if a mental health service or alcohol and drug addiction service has been specified in rules adopted under this section as a service that is required to be certified, no person or government entity shall provide that service unless it has been certified under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to either of the...

...(A) A person or government entity that seeks initial certification of one or more certifiable services and supports, or that seeks to renew certification of one or more certifiable services and supports, shall submit an application to the director of behavioral health. On receipt of the application, the director shall determine whether the standards established by division (B) of this section and any rules adopted un...

...(A) In accordance with rules adopted under section 5119.363 of the Revised Code, each community addiction services provider shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain a waiting list for the provider's included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction services and recovery supports; (2) Notify an individual included on the provider's waiting list when the provider has a slot available for the individual and, if the...

...The director of behavioral health shall adopt rules governing the duties of community addiction services providers under section 5119.362 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The director shall adopt rules under this section that authorize the department of behavioral health to determine an advanced practice registered nurse's, physician assistant's, ...

...(A) The department of behavioral health shall do both of the following with the reports it receives from community addiction services providers under section 5119.362 of the Revised Code: (1) Subject to division (B) of this section, make the reports available on the department's internet web site; (2) Make the reports available in an electronic format to boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health servi...

...The director of behavioral health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to do both of the following: (A) Streamline the intake procedures used by a community addiction services provider accepting and beginning to serve a new individual, including procedures regarding intake forms and questionnaires; (B) Enable a community addiction services provider to retain an individual as an ac...

...The director of behavioral health shall require that each board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services ensure that each community mental health services provider and community addiction services provider with which it contracts under section 340.036 of the Revised Code to provide certifiable services and supports establish grievance procedures consistent with rules adopted under section 5119.36 of the...

...(A) As used in this section, "adverse action" means an action by a state, provincial, federal, or other licensing or regulatory authority other than the department of behavioral health to deny, revoke, suspend, place on probation, or otherwise restrict a license, certification, or other approval to provide certifiable services and supports or an equivalent to certifiable services and supports. (B)(1) When submitti...

...(A) As used in this section, "telehealth services" has the same meaning as in section 4743.09 of the Revised Code. (B) Each community mental health services provider and community addiction services provider shall establish written policies and procedures describing how the provider will ensure that staff persons assisting clients with receiving telehealth services or providing telehealth services are fully trained...

... of real estate having situated on it a public or private school, child care center licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, or child-serving agency regulated by the department under this chapter. (5) The provider meets any additional requirements established by the department in rules adopted under division (F) of this section. (D) The department may waive the requirement of division (C)(4) of this se...

... of real estate having situated on it a public or private school, child care center licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, or child-serving agency regulated by the department under this chapter. If the department determines that the location is in compliance with division (C)(4) of section 5119.37 of the Revised Code, the department shall issue a declaration stating that the location is in compliance. T...

...A drivers' intervention program may be used as an alternative to a term of imprisonment for an offender sentenced pursuant to division (G)(1)(a) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, if it is certified by the director of behavioral health pursuant to this section. No drivers' intervention program shall be used as an alternative to a term of imprisonment that is imposed pursuant to division (G)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (...

...(A) The department of behavioral health shall monitor the operation of recovery housing in this state by doing either of the following: (1) Certifying recovery housing residences through a process established by the department; (2) Accepting accreditation, or its equivalent for recovery housing, from one or more of the following: (a) The Ohio affiliate of the national alliance for recovery residences; (b)...

...(A) The department of behavioral health shall monitor the establishment of recovery housing residences in this state. (B) For purposes of division (A) of this section, and within the timeframe specified in division (C) of this section, each person or government entity that will operate a recovery housing residence on or after October 3, 2023, including any recovery housing that was established and in operation pri...

...(A) Beginning January 1, 2025, no person or government entity shall operate a recovery housing residence unless either of the following applies: (1)(a) If the department of behavioral health certifies recovery housing residences, the recovery housing residence is certified by the department. (b) If the department accepts accreditation or its equivalent from an organization specified in section 5119.39 of the Re...

...mplaints from residents, staff, and the public regarding recovery housing residences. The department may contract with one or more of the organizations specified in section 5119.39 of the Revised Code to fulfill some or all of the functions associated with receiving and investigating complaints. (B) Any organization under contract with the department to receive and investigate complaints shall make reports to the ...