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...Upon compliance with sections 3931.01 to 3931.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance shall issue a license to the attorney, authorizing him to make contracts of indemnity mentioned in section 3931.01 of the Revised Code, which license shall specify the kinds of insurance and shall contain the name of the attorney, the location of his principal office, and the name or designation under whi...

...The provisions of Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code, relating to the appointment, licensing, qualification and regulation of insurance agents, brokers, and solicitors shall apply to all persons authorized to solicit powers of attorney or applications for contracts of indemnity for any reciprocal exchange, insurance exchange or attorney in fact as provided for in Chapter 3931. of the Revised Code, except a traveling ...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code with regard to issuing the initial license, or the renewal of such a license, to an attorney pursuant to this chapter after May 21, 1976, the superintendent of insurance may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to require the attorney to have assets in excess of the amount set out in the Revised Code but not in excess of two million ...

...Every attorney shall certify to the superintendent of insurance the names and addresses of the attorney's traveling full time salaried non-commission employees, primarily engaged in performing underwriting, loss prevention engineering and claim services, authorized by the attorney to solicit powers of attorney or applications for contracts of indemnity specified in section 3931.01 of the Revised Code. The authority o...

...For the purposes of organization and upon the issuance of a permit by the superintendent of insurance, powers of attorney and applications for contracts of indemnity may be solicited without the license required by section 3931.10 of the Revised Code, but no attorney or other person shall make any such contracts of indemnity until he complies with sections 3931.01 to 3931.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code. No such a...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...Whoever violates sections 3931.01 to 3931.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or fails to comply with any duty imposed by such sections, for which violation or failure no penalty is otherwise provided by law, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.

...(A) This chapter may be cited as the "Certificates of Insurance Act." (B) As used in this chapter: (1) "Certificate of insurance" means a document or instrument, regardless of how titled or described, that is prepared or issued by an insurer or insurance agent licensed under Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code to verify the existence of property or casualty insurance coverage. "Certificate of insurance" includes a ...

...A certificate of insurance is not a policy of insurance and does not affirmatively or negatively amend, extend, or alter the coverage afforded by the policy to which the certificate of insurance refers. A certificate of insurance shall not confer to any person new or additional rights beyond what the referenced policy of insurance expressly provides.

...(A) A certificate of insurance shall not include language that does either of the following: (1) Is unfair, misleading, or deceptive or that violates public policy; (2) Violates any law or any rule adopted by the superintendent of insurance. (B) A certificate of insurance shall not guarantee that the policy of insurance referenced in the certificate complies with the requirements for a policy of property or cas...

...No person shall do either of the following: (A) Prepare, issue, request, or require a certificate of insurance that contains any false or misleading information concerning the policy of insurance referenced in the certificate of insurance; (B) Prepare, issue, request, or require a certificate of insurance that affirmatively or negatively alters, amends, or extends the coverage provided by the policy of insurance ...

...A certificate holder shall be entitled to notice of cancellation or nonrenewal or any similar notice concerning a policy of insurance only if the certificate holder is named within the policy or any endorsement to the policy and the policy or endorsement requires notice to be provided to the certificate holder. The terms and conditions of the notice, including the required timing of the notice, are governed by the ...

...The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all certificates of insurance issued in connection with property and casualty risks located in this state, regardless of where the policyholder, insurer, insurance agent, or person requesting the certificate of insurance is located.

...A certificate of insurance that is issued in violation of this chapter shall be void.

...(A) No person shall fail to comply with sections 3938.01 to 3938.07 of the Revised Code. If the superintendent of insurance determines that any person has violated sections 3938.01 to 3938.07 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may take one or more of the following actions: (1) Issue an order requiring the person to cease and desist from the actions constituting the violation; (2) Assess a civil penalty not...

...The superintendent of insurance may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this chapter.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Affiliate" means any person or entity that has ownership or control of a contracting entity, is owned or controlled by a contracting entity, or is under common ownership or control with a contracting entity. (B) "Basic health care services" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 1751.01 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include any services listed in that divis...

...(A)(1) No contracting entity shall sell, rent, or give a third party the contracting entity's rights to a participating provider's services pursuant to the contracting entity's health care contract with the participating provider unless one of the following applies: (a) The third party accessing the participating provider's services under the health care contract is an employer or other entity providing coverage fo...

...(A) Each health care contract shall include all of the following information: (1)(a) Information sufficient for the participating provider to determine the compensation or payment terms for health care services, including all of the following, subject to division (A)(1)(b) of this section: (i) The manner of payment, such as fee-for-service, capitation, or risk; (ii) The fee schedule of procedure codes reasonabl...

...(A)(1) If an amendment to a health care contract is not a material amendment, the contracting entity shall provide the participating provider notice of the amendment at least fifteen days prior to the effective date of the amendment. The contracting entity shall provide all other notices to the participating provider pursuant to the health care contract. (2) A material amendment to a health care contract shall...

...(A) The department of insurance shall prescribe the credentialing application form used by the council for affordable quality healthcare (CAQH) in electronic or paper format for physicians. The department of insurance also shall prepare the standard credentialing form for all other providers and shall make the standard credentialing form as simple, straightforward, and easy to use as possible, having due reg...

...(A) If a provider, upon the oral or written request of a contracting entity to submit a credentialing form, submits a credentialing form that is not complete, the contracting entity that receives the form shall notify the provider of the deficiency electronically, by facsimile, or by certified mail, return receipt requested, not later than twenty-one days after the contracting entity receives the form. (B) ...

...(A) All remittance notices sent by a payer, whether written or electronic, shall include both of the following: (1) The name of the payer issuing the payment to the participating provider; (2) The name of the contracting entity through which the payment rate and any discount are claimed, if the contracting entity is different from the payer. (B) Division (A) of this section takes effect March 31, 2009.

...The superintendent of insurance shall adopt any rules necessary for the implementation of this chapter.

...(A) A series of violations of this chapter by any person regulated by the department of insurance under Title XVII or Title XXXIX of the Revised Code that, taken together, constitute a pattern or practice of violating this chapter may be defined as an unfair and deceptive insurance practice under sections 3901.19 to 3901.26 of the Revised Code. (B) The superintendent of insurance may conduct a market conduct ...

...ployees retirement system who elects to purchase or otherwise obtain service credit under section 145.28, 145.291, 145.292, 145.293, or 145.299 or division (G) of section 145.47 of the Revised Code shall do both of the following: (1) Submit a request to the public employees retirement board in a manner or form approved by the board; (2) For each year, or portion of a year, of credit purchased or otherwise obtained,...

...der the Cincinnati retirement system or purchased or obtained as military service credit if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The member's service credit in the public employees retirement system is greater than the amount of credit that would be obtained under this division. (2) The member is eligible, or with the credit will be eligible, for a retirement or disability benefit. (3) The member agree...

...ndment may continue any service credit purchase the member initiated before death. A purchase shall be considered to have been initiated before the member's death if the member made one or more payments for the purchase before death. Any service credit purchased under this section shall be applied under the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as it would have been applied had it been purchased by t...

...f the following conditions: (I) It is purchased or loaded on a prepaid basis for the future purchase or delivery of goods or services. (II) It is redeemable upon presentation to a single merchant or service provider or an affiliated group of merchants or service providers. (III) It is not redeemable for cash in whole or in part. (e) Any open-loop prepaid card that is issued by a financial organization or a bu...

...may petition the court for authority to purchase property of the estate if all of the following requirements are met: (1) Written consent to the purchase is signed by the following: (a) Each known heir whose interest in the estate would be affected by the proposed purchase; (b) Each known devisee whose interest in the estate would be affected by the proposed purchase. (2) The written consents are filed wi...

...is under twenty-one years of age; (6) Purchase or attempt to purchase any firearm with the intent to sell the firearm in violation of division (A)(1) of this section to a person who is under eighteen years of age or with the intent to furnish the firearm in violation of division (A)(3) of this section to a person who is under eighteen years of age; (7) Purchase or attempt to purchase any handgun with the intent t...

...l the terms of any agreements made with purchasers or holders of any such obligations, or with any person or political subdivision; (F) Shall have jurisdiction, control, possession, and supervision of all property, rights, easements, licenses, moneys, contracts, accounts, liens, books, records, maps, or other property rights and interests conveyed, delivered, transferred, or assigned to it; (G)(1) Except as provi...

...nty for use only for specialized staff, purchase of equipment, purchase of services, reconciliation programs for offenders and victims, other treatment programs, including alcohol and drug addiction services certified under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code, determined to be appropriate by the chief probation officer of the department of probation, and other similar expenses related to placing offenders under a co...

...ection 3307.24 of the Revised Code, may purchase credit under section 3307.70 of the Revised Code for each year or portion of a year of service for which the member was exempted. (2) A member may not purchase credit for service that was exempted from contribution under section 3307.24 of the Revised Code and subject to the tax on wages imposed by the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act," 68A Stat. 415 (1954), 26 U....

...(A) Service credit may be purchased under section 3307.70 of the Revised Code by a member participating in the STRS defined benefit plan for the following: (1) Teaching service in a public or private school, college, or university of this or another state, and for teaching service in any school or entity operated primarily for United States citizens. Teaching credit shall be limited to service rendered in schools, c...

...ed service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the state teachers retirement system for which the member is currently contributing to the system. (B) A member of the state teachers retirement system who has contributions on deposit with, but is no lon...

...ng in the STRS defined benefit plan may purchase credit under section 3307.70 of the Revised Code for service as a school board or governing board member, other than service subject to the tax on wages imposed by the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act," 68A Stat. 415 (1954), 26 U.S.C.A. 3101, as amended. The member must provide evidence satisfactory to the state teachers retirement board of service as a school boar...

...deceased member shall have the right to purchase any service credit which the member, had he not died, would have been eligible to purchase under this chapter upon the same terms and conditions which the deceased member could have purchased such service credit had he not died. Any service credit purchased under this section shall be applied under the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as it would have been...

...ry service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under this chapter or Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code for service in the armed forces of the United States. (B) A member of the school employees retirement system who has contributions on deposit with a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of total service, be given full credit for service credit earned under Chapter 742. or 5505...

...reasurer in writing of the intention to purchase the property. The district board shall give priority to the governing authorities of high-performing community schools that are located within the territory of the district. (1) If more than one governing authority of a high-performing community school notifies the district treasurer of its intention to purchase the property pursuant to division (B) of this secti...

...ice center may enter into a contract to purchase supplies, materials, equipment, and services, which may include those specified in division (B) of this section or Chapter 3312. of the Revised Code, or the delivery of such services, on behalf of a school district or political subdivision that has entered into an agreement with the service center under this section or section 3313.844, 3313.845, or 3313.846 of the Rev...

...munity college district may acquire, by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with option to purchase, or otherwise, construct, equip, furnish, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, remodel, renovate, rehabilitate, improve, maintain, repair, and operate, and lease to or from others, auxiliary facilities or education facilities, except housing and dining facilities, and may pay for the facilities out of available receipts of ...

... may enter into agreements for the bulk purchase of election supplies in order to reduce the costs for such purchases by individual boards of elections. A board of elections desiring to participate in such purchase agreements shall file with the secretary of state a written request for inclusion. A request for inclusion shall include an agreement to be bound by such terms and conditions as the secretary of state pres...

...ing or tending to induce such person to purchase, amend, lapse, forfeit, change, or surrender insurance. Any written statement concerning the premiums for a policy which refers to the net cost after credit for an assumed dividend, without an accurate written statement of the gross premiums, cash values, and dividends based on the insurer's current dividend scale, which are used to compute the net cost for such poli...

... an interest in or inducing a person to purchase or sell, assign, devise, bequest, or transfer the death benefit or ownership of a policy pursuant to a viatical settlement contract. (B) "Business of viatical settlements" means an activity involved, but not limited to, in the offering, solicitation, negotiation, procurement, effectuation, purchasing, investing, financing, monitoring, tracking, underwriting, selling...

... contained in the contract, invoice, or purchase order between the contractor and the subcontractor or material supplier, and may withhold amounts that may be necessary to resolve disputed liens or claims involving the work or labor performed or material furnished by the subcontractor or material supplier. If the contractor fails to comply with division (A)(1) of this section, the contractor shall pay the subco...

...nd research. All investments shall be purchased at current market prices and the evidences of title to the investments shall be placed in the custody of the treasurer of state, who is hereby designated as custodian, or in the custody of the treasurer of state's authorized agent. Evidences of title of the investments so purchased may be deposited by the treasurer of state for safekeeping with an authorized agent sel...

... 122.075 of the Revised Code. (K) The purchase and importation into this state or the purchase at wholesale from A or B permit holders in this state of beer and intoxicating liquor for use in manufacturing processes of nonbeverage food products under terms prescribed by the division, provided that the terms prescribed by the division shall not increase the cost of the beer or intoxicating liquor to any person, firm...

...c motor vehicle dealer on behalf of the purchaser of a motor vehicle, the clerk shall retain the completed electronic record to which the dealer converted the certificate of title application and other required documents. The registrar, after consultation with the attorney general, shall adopt rules that govern the location at which, and the manner in which, are stored the actual application and all other documents r...

...(A) No person of insufficient age to purchase intoxicating liquor or beer, contrary to division (A) or (C) of section 4507.30 of the Revised Code, shall display as proof that the person is of sufficient age to purchase intoxicating liquor or beer, a driver's or commercial driver's license, knowing the same to be fictitious, altered, or not the person's own. The registrar of motor vehicles shall impose a class C sus...