Ohio Revised Code Search

...(A) The director of environmental protection may acquire by purchase, gift, donation, contribution, or appropriation in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.21 of the Revised Code any hazardous waste facility or any solid waste facility containing significant quantities of hazardous waste that, because of its condition and the types and quantities of hazardous waste contained in the facility, constitutes an imminen...

...On and after April 6, 2007, no school district or educational service center established under Chapter 3311. of the Revised Code, community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, or nonpublic school for which the director of education and workforce prescribes standards under section 3301.07 of the Revised Code and no employee of such a school district, educational service center, community school...

...(A) Any person who intends to obtain possession in this state of 1.3G fireworks purchased in this state shall obtain possession of the 1.3G fireworks only from a licensed manufacturer or licensed wholesaler. No licensed manufacturer or licensed wholesaler shall sell 1.3G fireworks to a person unless that person has been issued a license or permit in the state of the person's residence that authorizes the person to ...

...(A) There is hereby created the state lottery gross revenue fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. All gross revenues received from sales of lottery tickets, fines, fees, and related proceeds in connection with the statewide lottery, all gross proceeds of lottery sports gaming described in sections 3770.23 to 3770.25 of the Revised Code, and all gros...

...As used in sections 3901.19 to 3901.26 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" means any individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, fraternal benefit society, title guarantee and trust company, health insuring corporation, and any other legal entity. (B) "Residents" includes any individual, partnership, or corporation. (C) "Maternity benefits" means those benefits calculated t...

...(A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Acquiring party" means any person by whom or on whose behalf a merger or other acquisition of control is to be effected. (2) "Domestic insurer" includes any person controlling a domestic insurer unless the person, as determined by the superintendent of insurance, is either directly or through its affiliates primarily engaged in business other than the business of insura...

...(A) Every insurer that is authorized to do business in this state and that is a member of an insurance holding company system shall register with the superintendent of insurance, except a foreign insurer subject to disclosure requirements and standards adopted by statute or regulation in the jurisdiction of its domicile that are substantially similar to those contained in this section and section 3901.341 of the Revi...

...For individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued on or after January 1, 1989, and for annuities and pure endowments purchased on or after January 1, 1989, under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, the minimum standard of valuation shall be the commissioners reserve valuation methods defined in divisions (I), (J), (K), and (L) of section 3903.723 of the Revised Code, interest rates defined in s...

...As used in sections 3905.064 to 3905.0611 of the Revised Code: (A) "Aggregator site" means a web site that provides access to information regarding insurance products from more than one insurer, including product and insurer information, for use in comparison shopping. (B) "Blanket travel insurance" means a policy of travel insurance issued to any eligible group providing coverage for specific classes of person...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a travel retailer may offer and sell travel insurance under a limited lines travel insurance agent that is a business entity if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The limited lines travel insurance agent or travel retailer provides all of the following information to purchasers of travel insurance at the time of sale or in the fulfillment materials provided ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Contract holder" means the person who purchased a motor vehicle ancillary product protection contract, any authorized transferee or assignee of the purchaser, or any other person assuming the purchaser's rights under the motor vehicle ancillary product protection contract. (2) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code and also includes utility v...

...(A)(1) Where an insurance agent or an affiliate of an insurance agent receives any compensation from a public entity related to the placement of insurance, or is entitled to receive such compensation from a public entity even if the agent or affiliate waives receipt or collection of that compensation, neither that agent nor the affiliate shall accept or receive any compensation from an insurer or other third party re...

...No life insurance company doing business in this state, whether on the group insurance or any other plan, shall make or permit any distinction or discrimination in favor of individuals between insured persons of the same class and equal expectation of life in the amount or payment of premiums, or in rates charged for policies of insurance, or in the dividends or other benefits payable thereon, or in any other of the ...

...The "Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact" is intended to help states join together to establish an interstate compact to regulate designated insurance products. Pursuant to terms and conditions of this section, the state of Ohio seeks to join with other states and establish the interstate insurance product regulation commission, and thus become a member of the interstate insurance product regulation commi...

...(A) Each licensee under this chapter shall file with the superintendent of insurance, on or before the first day of March of each year, an annual statement verified under oath by two officers in the form prescribed by the superintendent. The annual statement for a viatical settlement provider shall include the following information about the viatical settlement provider's transactions: (1) Aggregate ...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt rules that include standards for full and fair disclosure setting forth the manner, content, and required disclosures for the sale of long-term care insurance policies, terms of renewability, initial and subsequent conditions of eligibility, nonduplication of coverage provisions, coverage of dependents, preexisting cond...

...No insurance company organized under Chapter 3925. of the Revised Code, shall purchase, hold, or convey real estate, except for the folowing purposes and in the following manner: (A) Real estate requisite for its convenient accommodation in the transaction of its business; (B) Real estate mortgaged to it in good faith, by way of security for loans previously contracted, or for money due; (C) Real estate conveyed t...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Residential mortgage loan" means an obligation to pay a sum of money evidenced by a note and secured by a lien upon real property located within this state containing two or fewer residential units or on which two or fewer residential units are to be constructed and includes such an obligation on a residential condominium or cooperative unit. (2) "Residential mortgage lender" means...

...(A) No pet insurer shall condition eligibility to purchase pet insurance on participation, or lack of participation, in a separate wellness program. (B) No pet insurer or agent shall market a wellness program as pet insurance. (C) If a wellness program is sold by a pet insurer, all of the following apply: (1) The purchase of the wellness program shall not be a requirement to purchase pet insurance; (2) The co...

...As used in sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person with a severe disability" means an individual or class of individuals with a physical disability, including visual impairment, or mental disability, according to criteria established by the state committee for the purchase of products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities. (B) "Qualified nonprofit agency for persons with sev...

... of state; (4) One representative of a purchasing department of a political subdivision who is designated by the governor. The governor shall appoint two representatives of a qualified nonprofit agency for persons with severe disabilities, and a person with a severe disability to the committee. (B) Within thirty days after September 29, 1995, the governor shall appoint the representatives of a qualified nonpro...

...and revisions of it, on request, to all purchasing officers of state agencies, political subdivisions, and instrumentalities of the state. (4) Establish criteria for determining what constitutes a substantial impediment to employment that prevents persons with severe disabilities from currently engaging in normal competitive employment. In establishing the criteria, the committee shall consult with appropriate enti...

...(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall require every self-insuring employer, including any self-insuring employer that is indemnified by a captive insurance company granted a certificate of authority under Chapter 3964. of the Revised Code, to pay a contribution, calculated under this section, to the self-insuring employers' guaranty fund established pursuant to this section. The fund shall provide for ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Broker" and "solicitor" have the same meanings as in rules adopted by the superintendent of liquor control under section 4303.25 of the Revised Code. (2) "Tasting sample" means a small amount of spirituous liquor that is provided in a serving of not more than a quarter ounce of spirituous liquor and, if provided, not more than one ounce of nonalcoholic mixer to an authorized per...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Compliance check" means an attempt on behalf of a law enforcement agency or the division of liquor control to purchase any beer, wine, mixed beverages, or intoxicating liquor in the enforcement of any section of this chapter or any rule of the liquor control commission in which the age of the purchaser is an element of the offense. (2) "Confidential informant" means a person who is...