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...The following persons are not prohibited from engaging in the practice of industrial hygiene and the practice of occupational safety: (A) A person working as an apprentice under the supervision of a Certified Industrial Hygienist, Certified Associate Industrial Hygienist, Certified Safety Professional, or Associate Safety Professional; (B) A person engaging in the supervised practice of industrial hygiene or the p...

...Whoever violates section 4777.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Automated people mover" means an installation as defined in the automated people mover standards. (2) "Automated people mover standards" means the standards adopted by the American society of civil engineers commonly referred to as ASCE 21. (3) "Belt manlifts safety standards" means the safety standards adopted by the American society of mechanical engineers commonly referred t...

...(A) This chapter shall be used to regulate the individuals and entities performing construction, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following equipment, associated parts, and hoistways: (1) Elevators; (2) Power-driven stairways and walkways for carrying persons between landings, including both of the following: (a) Escalators; (b) Moving walks. (3) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped...

...The general assembly's intent in enacting section 4105.30 and Chapter 4785. of the Revised Code is to provide for the safety of installers, maintainers, and users of elevators and other conveyances, as well as to promote public safety awareness regarding the same. The use of unsafe and defective lifting devices imposes a substantial probability of serious and preventable injury to employees and the public. The preven...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, no individual shall provide conveyance services in buildings or structures unless that individual is a licensed elevator mechanic and one of the following applies: (1) The elevator mechanic is working for a licensed elevator contractor. (2) The elevator mechanic is a sole proprietor who holds an elevator contractor's license. (3) The elevator mech...

...stered by the division, or by a testing agency approved by the division, on the most recent referenced codes and standards. (2)(a) Acceptable proof that the applicant has worked as an elevator construction, maintenance, or repair person, consisting of having worked without direct and immediate supervision for an elevator contractor authorized to do business in this state for a period of not less than three years im...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce may renew a license issued under section 4785.04 of the Revised Code if the licensee does all of the following: (1) Submits an application for license renewal on a form prescribed by the division; (2) Pays the license renewal fee established by the division; (3) If the licensee is an elevator mechanic, submits evidence that the applican...

...(A) Whenever the division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce determines that an emergency exists due to disaster, act of God, or work stoppage, and the number of individuals in the state holding elevator mechanic's licenses issued by the division is insufficient to cope with the emergency, the division shall declare such a state of emergency and respond as prescribed in this section to assure ...

...(A) An elevator contractor shall notify the division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce when there are no licensed elevator mechanics available to provide conveyance services and may request that the division issue temporary elevator mechanic's licenses to individuals certified by the licensed elevator contractor to have an acceptable combination of documented experience and education to provi...

...Licensees shall ensure that installation, service, and maintenance of a conveyance is performed in accordance with state and local law and with generally accepted standards referenced in such laws or related rules. When any material alteration is made to a conveyance, the licensees involved shall ensure that the conveyance adheres to the appropriate conveyance standard for the alteration.

...(A) Elevator contractors shall submit to the division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce proof of insurance coverage greater than or equal to the following amounts: (1) One million dollars for injury or death of any number of individuals in any one occurrence; (2) Five hundred thousand dollars for property damage in any one occurrence; (3) Workers' compensation insurance coverage. (B...

...(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the superintendent of industrial compliance shall adopt rules pertaining to all of the following: (1) The issuance and renewal of elevator mechanic's licenses and elevator contractor's licenses; (2) The list of disqualifying offenses required under division (B) of section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (B) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, t...

...(A) There is hereby created, within the division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce, the elevator safety review board. (B) The board is responsible for investigating violations of this chapter, holding disciplinary administrative hearings, and assessing penalties in accordance with sections 4785.091 and 4785.092 of the Revised Code. (C) The board consists of the following members: (1)...

...(A) The elevator safety review board may suspend or revoke a license issued pursuant to this chapter or subject the licensee to civil penalty if the board determines that one or more of the following applies to the licensee: (1) The licensee has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a crime of moral turpitude or disqualifying offense as those terms are defined in section 4776.10 of the Revised Code and the list ad...

...(A)(1) Any individual may request an investigation into an alleged violation of this chapter by giving notice to the elevator safety review board of a potential violation or danger. (2) Such notice shall be in writing, shall set forth with reasonable particularity the grounds for the notice, and shall be signed by the individual making the request. (3) On the request of any individual signing the notice, the indi...

...All money collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created under section 121.084 of the Revised Code.

...Whoever recklessly violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not more than one thousand five hundred dollars, sentenced to a jail term not exceeding thirty days, or both.

...2.21 of the Revised Code. (B) "Member agency" means the state agency of which a member of the utility radiological safety board is an officer. (C) "Nuclear electric facility" means any facility operated by a nuclear electric utility using nuclear energy to produce electricity and any facility for the storage of spent nuclear fuel arising from such production. (D) "Nuclear electric facility incident" means any h...

...ve director of the emergency management agency, and the director of commerce, or their designees each of whom shall be an employee of the member agency of the board member for whom the person is a designee. The purpose of the board is to develop a comprehensive policy for the state regarding nuclear power safety. The board's objectives shall be to promote safe, reliable, and economical power; establish a memorandum o...

...(A)(1) The utility radiological safety board may request information from nuclear electric utilities or nuclear electric utility holding companies which it considers necessary to conduct investigations, examinations, and studies it may undertake, but shall not impose any undue burden on the utilities or holding companies in this regard. (2) The board may, either through its members or by persons authorized by it, ex...

...ion or the federal emergency management agency. (3) Assess the appropriateness of and make recommendations concerning the state's participation with the federal nuclear regulatory commission in a joint inspection program. The assessment and recommendations shall consider input from the state's nuclear electric utilities and nuclear electric utility holding companies. (4) Provide oversight of all activities relating...

...eparately, the environmental protection agency, the department of health, the department of agriculture, and the emergency management agency of the department of public safety, as member agencies of the board, shall negotiate, in good faith, amounts to be given as grants by the nuclear electric utilities pursuant to this division for funding the member agency for a fiscal biennium. Any such grant shall cover all cost...

...overning the state emergency management agency and shall enforce all additional duties and responsibilities as prescribed in the Revised Code related to emergency management services. (E) The department shall conduct investigations pursuant to Chapter 5101. of the Revised Code in support of the duty of the department of job and family services to administer the supplemental nutrition assistance program throughout t...

...(A) As used in this section, "department of public safety" and "department" include all divisions within the department of public safety. (B) The director of public safety is the chief executive and administrative officer of the department. The director may establish policies governing the department, the performance of its employees and officers, the conduct of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation...