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... of age who meets criteria specified in rules adopted by the medicaid director under section 3798.13 of the Revised Code. (J) "More stringent" has the same meaning as in 45 C.F.R. 160.202. (K) "Personal representative" means a person who has authority under applicable law to make decisions related to health care on behalf of an adult or emancipated minor, or the parent, legal guardian, or other person acting in...

...The superintendent of insurance shall appoint a warden who shall investigate all reported violations of law relating to insurance, and perform such other duties in the administration of laws relating to insurance as the superintendent may direct. The office of the warden is hereby designated a criminal justice agency in investigating reported violations of law relating to insurance, and as such is authorized by this...

...e superintendent of insurance may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for purposes of implementing division (T)(1) of this section. (3) For purposes of division (T)(1) of this section, "health status-related factor" means any of the following: (a) Health status; (b) Medical condition, including both physical and mental illnesses; (c) Claims experience; (d) Receipt of health care;...

...(A) With respect to any insurer registered under section 3901.33 of the Revised Code and in accordance with division (C) of this section, the superintendent of insurance may participate in a supervisory college for any domestic insurer that is part of an insurance holding company system with international operations in order to determine compliance by the insurer with sections 3901.32 to 3901.37 of the Revised ...

...(A) As used in this section, "insurance fraud investigation" means any investigation conducted by the superintendent of insurance or a designee of the superintendent that relates to a fraudulent insurance act as defined in section 3999.31 of the Revised Code. (B) All documents, reports, and evidence in the possession of the superintendent or the superintendent's designee that pertain to an insurance fraud investiga...

...(A) The original work papers of a certified public accountant performing an audit of an insurance company or health insuring corporation doing business in this state that is required by rule or by any section of the Revised Code to file an audited financial report with the superintendent of insurance shall remain the property of the certified public accountant. Any copies of these work papers voluntarily given to the...

...posit of securities for the benefit and security of policyholders, and includes, but is not limited to, sections 3901.18, 3901.74, 3901.75, 3901.86, 3903.73, 3907.07, 3909.03, 3909.09, 3909.17, 3913.01, 3913.04, 3919.13, 3919.36, 3919.37, 3919.41, 3925.07, 3927.02, 3927.06, 3929.01, 3929.07, 3929.08, 3929.09, 3929.10, 3929.11, 3941.30, 3941.31, 3941.32, 3941.33, 3941.34, 3941.42, 3953.06, and 3953.11 of the Revised ...

...in accordance with criteria established rules or regulations issued by the superintendent. (b)(i) The superintendent may remove a jurisdiction from the list of reciprocal jurisdictions upon a determination that the jurisdiction no longer meets the requirements of a reciprocal jurisdiction, in accordance with a process set forth in rules or regulations issued by the superintendent, except that the superintendent sh...

...r, in accordance with this section, as security for the payment of obligations under the reinsurance contract with the assuming insurer. (B)(1) If the funds are held directly by the ceding insurer under division (A) of this section, the funds shall be held in the United States and shall be under the exclusive control of, and subject to withdrawal solely by, the ceding insurer. If the funds are held in trust o...

...(A) Each report obtained by or disclosed to the superintendent of insurance pursuant to sections 3901.67 to 3901.70 of the Revised Code is confidential and privileged and is not subject to subpoena. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the report shall not be made public by the superintendent or any other persons. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, the superintendent may do any of the...

...(A) In all proceedings and judicial reviews thereof under sections 3903.09 and 3903.10 of the Revised Code, all records of the insurer, other documents, and all department of insurance files and court records and papers, so far as they pertain to or are a part of the record of the proceedings, shall be and remain confidential and privileged except as is necessary to enforce compliance with those sections, unless and ...

...(A) Every property and casualty insurance company doing business in this state, except as exempted by the superintendent of insurance, annually, shall cause to be prepared by a qualified actuary, appointed by the company, the following documents: (1) An actuarial opinion that certifies to the reasonableness of the insurance company's reserves and that shall be entitled a "statement of actuarial opinion"; ...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance shall keep all of the following confidential: (1) An RBC report, to the extent that information contained in the report is not required to be included in an annual statement available to the public; (2) An RBC plan; (3) The results of, or a report on, an examination or analysis conducted pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 3903.84 of the Revised Code, and a corrective order i...

...(A) If any individual, after proper identification, submits a written request to an insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization for access to recorded personal information about the individual that is reasonably described by the individual and reasonably locatable and retrievable by the insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization, the insurance institution, agent, or insurance ...

... any insurance law of this state or the rules adopted under it. (C) The superintendent shall not refuse to issue a license to an applicant because of a conviction of or plea of guilty or no contest to an offense unless the refusal is in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) Before denying, revoking, suspending, or refusing to issue any license or imposing any penalty under this section, the sup...

...No person licensed to sell life insurance under this chapter, although also licensed to sell securities under section 1707.32 of the Revised Code, shall sell, or receive any compensation in regard to the sale of, any shares of capital stock of any life insurance company or agency for which the person is appointed to sell life insurance, or of any issuer that owns or controls more than one fourth of the shares of ...

...(A)(1) All records and other information obtained by the superintendent of insurance or the superintendent's deputies, examiners, assistants, or other employees, or agents relating to an investigation of an applicant for licensure under this chapter, or of an agent, solicitor, broker, or other person licensed or appointed under this chapter or Chapter 3951. or 3959. of the Revised Code, are confidential and are not p...

...Except as otherwise permitted or required by law, a viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement broker, insurance company, insurance agent, insurance broker, information bureau, rating agency or company, or any other person with actual knowledge of a viator or an insured's identity, shall not disclose that identity, including the viator or insured's name and individual identification data, or the viator ...

...ction 1861(t)(2) of the federal social security act; (4) The following standard reference compendia: (a) The American hospital formulary service drug information; (b) Drug facts and comparisons; (c) The American dental association accepted dental therapeutics; (d) The United States pharmacopoeia drug information. (5) Findings, studies or research conducted by or under the auspices of a federal government age...

...(A) The chief or head law enforcement officer of any federal, state, or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney of any county may request any insurance company, or agent authorized by the company to act on its behalf, that has investigated or is investigating a claim involving motor vehicle insurance or vessel insurance to release any information in its possession relevant to the claim. The company or ...

...As used in sections 3951.01 to 3951.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Lending institution" means a lending institution, as defined in division (L) of section 175.01 of the Revised Code, that is not organized for the purpose of qualifying to do business as a public insurance adjuster in this state, as determined by the superintendent, and that has been engaged in business as a bona fide lending instituti...

...For a title agency that is a joint venture that is set to dissolve or terminate on a specified date, all members of that joint venture shall be allowed or invited to join any successor joint ventures formed upon dissolution or termination of the original joint venture, and the percentage of ownership in any successor joint venture shall not be based on the percentage of title insurance business referred to the origin...

...Sections 3955.01 to 3955.19 of the Revised Code apply to all kinds of direct insurance, except: (A) Title insurance; (B) Fidelity or surety bonds, or any other bonding obligations; (C) Credit insurance, vendors' single interest insurance, collateral protection insurance, or any similar insurance protecting the interests of a creditor arising out of a creditor-debtor transaction; (D) Mortgage guaranty, financial g...

...(A) Sections 3955.01 to 3955.19 of the Revised Code do not apply to risk retention groups. No risk retention group shall be required or permitted to join or contribute financially to the Ohio insurance guaranty association or similar mechanism in this state. No risk retention group, or its insureds or claimants against its insureds, shall receive any benefit from any such association or mechanism for claims arising u...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance may examine or investigate the business and affairs of a discount medical plan organization as the superintendent deems appropriate to protect the interests of the residents of this state. (B) When examining or investigating a discount medical plan organization pursuant to division (A) of this section, the superintendent may do both of the following: (1) Order a discount medical ...

...lace, damage, destroy, or carry off any safety device or safeguard furnished or provided for use in any employment or place of employment, or interfere in any way with the use thereof by any other person. No employee shall interfere with the use of any method or process adopted for the protection of any employee in such employment or place of employment, or frequenter of such place of employment, or fail to follow an...

...A substantial compliance with the applicable sections of sections 4101.01 to 4101.16, inclusive, and 4121.01 to 4121.29, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is sufficient to give effect to orders, and such orders shall not be declared inoperative, illegal, or void for any omission of a technical nature in respect thereto.

...No employer, employee, or other person shall violate this chapter or Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, do any act prohibited by such chapters, fail to perform any duty lawfully enjoined, within the time prescribed by the bureau of workers' compensation, for which violation no penalty has been specifically provided, or fail to obey any lawful order given or made by the bureau, or any judgment or decree made by ...

...Every day during which any person, or corporation, or any officer, agent, or employee thereof fails to observe and comply with any order of the bureau of workers' compensation, or to perform any duty enjoined by this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, constitutes a separate violation of the order or chapters.

...(A) Whoever violates section 4101.15 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars.

...r who, as an individual, an independent contractor, an employee of an independent contractor, adjustment bureau association, corporation, insurer, partnership, local recording agent, managing general agent, or self-insurer, engages in the business of independent insurance adjustment, or any person who supervises the handling of claims except while acting as an employee of an insurer licensed in this state while handl...

...urpose, may appoint employees and adopt rules that the director considers necessary. The director shall implement electronic licensing and registration procedures under this chapter not later than December 31, 2006. The application procedures in effect on the effective date of this amendment shall continue until such time as electronic licensing and registration procedures are implemented.

...mined by rule of the director of public safety. (c) Demonstrates competency as a private investigator or security guard provider by passing an examination devised for this purpose by the director, except that any individually licensed person who qualifies a corporation for licensure shall not be required to be reexamined if the person qualifies the corporation in the same capacity that the person was individually l...

...arged by the superintendent pursuant to rules adopted under division (H) of section 109.5721 of the Revised Code.

... license of any private investigator or security guard provider, or the registration of any employee of a private investigator or security guard provider, for any of the following: (1) Violation of any of the provisions of division (B) or (C) of section 4749.13 of the Revised Code; (2) Conviction of a disqualifying offense as defined in section 4776.10 of the Revised Code if the offense occurred within the la...

...e director of public safety shall adopt rules regarding when a class A, B, or C licensee, or any of such a licensee's employees, is required to report the licensee's or employee's presence and length of stay to the sheriff and police chief of any county or municipal corporation in which the licensee or employee operates. The rules shall include reporting requirements for licenses or employees conducting fraud invest...

..., either as an employee or independent contractor, a class A, B, or C licensee. For purposes of this chapter, a commissioned peace officer is an employee exempt from registration. (F) The registration of an investigator or security guard employee expires annually on the anniversary date of its initial issuance. Annual renewals shall be made pursuant to procedures the director establishes by rule and upon payme...

...redited to the private investigator and security guard provider fund, which is hereby created. (B) Moneys received in payment of fines levied pursuant to section 4749.99 of the Revised Code shall be distributed as follows: (1) One-third to the general fund of the municipal corporation or township in which the prosecution occurs; (2) One-third to the general fund of the county in which the prosecution occurs; (3) ...

...id confusion of a private investigator, security guard provider, or registered employee with any law enforcement officer in this state.

...or regulation of private investigators, security guard providers, or their employees shall conform to those ordinances insofar as they do not conflict with this chapter. No license or registration fees shall be charged by the state or any of its subdivisions for conducting the business of private investigation, the business of security services, or both businesses other than as provided in this chapter.

...n application to the director of public safety, on a form prescribed by the director, in which the licensee or employee requests registration as a class A, B, or C licensee or employee who may carry a firearm. The application shall be accompanied by a copy of the certificate or the written evidence or other evidence described in division (A)(1) of this section, the identification card issued pursuant to section 4749....

...(A) The director of public safety may investigate any applicant for a class A, B, or C license, any principal officer or qualifying agent of a corporation who is specified in an application for licensure as satisfying the requirements of divisions (A)(1) and (F)(1) of section 4749.03 of the Revised Code, and any employee of a class A, B, or C licensee who seeks to be registered under section 4749.06 of the Revised Co...

...ue a license as a private investigator, security guard provider, or as a private investigator and a security guard provider in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to a person if either of the following applies: (A) The person is licensed as a private investigator, security guard provider, or as a private investigator and a security guard provider in another state. (B) The person has satisfactory wor...

...r or any rule of the director of public safety adopted for the administration of this chapter; (2) Knowingly make a false report with respect to any matter with which the licensee or registered employee is employed; (3) Divulge any information acquired from or for a client to persons other than the client or the client's authorized agent without express authorization to do so or unless required by law; (4) Knowing...

... 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.

...The director of public safety shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates division (A) of section 4749.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Whoever violates division (A) of section 4749.13 of the Revised Code and previously has been convicted of one or more violations of division (A) of that section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of...

...ode. (D) "The practice of occupational safety" means the preservation of human and material resources through the systematic application of education, chemistry, physics, biological, ergonomic, psychological, physiological, and management principles for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazardous systems, conditions, and practices in the workplace and developing, implementing, and administering programs to a...

...ciate Industrial Hygienist," "Certified Safety Professional," or "Associate Safety Professional," or any of the abbreviations "CIH," "CAIH," "CSP," or "ASP," unless the person has been awarded the title by the American board of industrial hygiene or the board of certified safety professionals as specified in section 4777.03 of the Revised Code.

...C) In order to use the title "Certified Safety Professional" or the abbreviation "CSP," a person shall possess a valid, unexpired certification from the board of certified safety professionals. (D) In order to use the title "Associate Safety Professional" or the abbreviation "ASP," a person shall possess a valid, unexpired certification from the board of certified safety professionals.