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Title 41, Title 41. Labor and Industry

27 chapters · 669 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 41669 Ch 4123, Chapter 4123 | Workers' Compensation158 Ch 4141, Chapter 4141 | Unemployment Compensation78 Ch 4121, Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission…68 Ch 4104, Chapter 4104 | Boilers37 Ch 4113, Chapter 4113 | Miscellaneous Labor P…37 Ch 4112, Chapter 4112 | Civil Rights Commission31 Ch 4117, Chapter 4117 | Public Employees' Col…27 Ch 4115, Chapter 4115 | Wages And Hours On Pu…25 Ch 4105, Chapter 4105 | Elevators24 Ch 4111, Chapter 4111 | Minimum Fair Wage Sta…17 Ch 4167, Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Ris…17 Ch 4109, Chapter 4109 | Employment Of Minors16 Ch 4164, Chapter 4164 | Ohio Nuclear Developm…16 Ch 4125, Chapter 4125 | Professional Employer…15

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.01 Industrial commission - bureau of workers' compensation definitions
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(A) As used in sections 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code:(1) "Place of employment" means every place, whether indoors or out, or underground, and the premises appurtenant thereto, where either temporarily or permanently any industry, trade, or business is carried on, or whe…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.02 Industrial commission
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(A) There is hereby created the industrial commission. The commission shall consist of three members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be an individual who, on account of the individual's previous vocation, employment, or affil…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.021 Industrial commission operating fund
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The industrial commission operating fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of all moneys transferred to the fund pursuant to division (B) of section 4123.342 of the Revised Code. Revenues credited to the fund shall be used for those costs solely attr…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.03 Chairperson - executive director - powers and duties generally
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(A) The governor shall appoint from among the members of the industrial commission the chairperson of the industrial commission. The chairperson shall serve as chairperson at the pleasure of the governor. The chairperson is the head of the commission and its chief executive offic…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.04 Industrial commission nominating council - initial appointments - challenges

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(A) There is hereby created the industrial commission nominating council consisting of five employer representatives, four labor representatives, one representative from the Ohio association for justice, and two members of the public, each of a different political party, who are …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.08 Expenses

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The members of the industrial commission, the administrator of workers' compensation, and employees and deputies of the commission and the bureau of workers' compensation are entitled to receive from the state their necessary and actual expenses while traveling on business of the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.09 Official seal

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The industrial commission shall have an official seal for the authentication of its orders and proceedings, upon which seal shall be engraved "The Industrial Commission of Ohio," and such other design as the commission prescribes. The courts in this state shall take judicial noti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.10 Session of industrial commission continuous and open to public - records of proceedings

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The industrial commission shall be in continuous session and open for the transaction of business during all business hours of every day excepting Sundays and legal holidays. The sessions of the commission shall be open to the public and shall stand and be adjourned without furth…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.11 Bureau rules of procedure

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Subject to any applicable sections of sections 4101.01 to 4101.16 and 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code, the bureau of workers' compensation may adopt its own rules of procedure and may change the same in its discretion.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.12 Workers' compensation board of directors

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(A) There is hereby created the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors consisting of eleven members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be an individual who, on account of the individual's previous vocation, empl…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.121 Bureau of workers' compensation - appointment, powers and duties of administrator - chief operating officer

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(A) There is hereby created the bureau of workers' compensation, which shall be administered by the administrator of workers' compensation. A person appointed to the position of administrator shall possess significant management experience in effectively managing an organization …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.122 Discipline of commission and bureau employees

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(A) The administrator of workers' compensation, for employees of the bureau of workers' compensation, and the industrial commission, for employees of the commission may discipline, suspend, demote or discharge any employee for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance. In the case…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.123 Workers' compensation board nominating committee

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(A) There is hereby created the workers' compensation board of directors nominating committee consisting of the following: (1) Three individuals who are members of affiliated employee organizations of the Ohio chapter of the American federation of labor-congress of industrial org…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.125 Monitoring performance of system

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(A) The bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, based upon recommendations of the workers' compensation actuarial committee, may contract with one or more outside actuarial firms and other professional persons, as the board determines necessary, to assist the board in…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.126 Conflicts of interest by board members or bureau employees

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Except as provided in this chapter, no member of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors or employee of the bureau of workers' compensation shall have any direct or indirect interest in the gains or profits of any investment made by the administrator of workers' co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.127 Transactions by fiduciary involving conflict of interest

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a fiduciary shall not cause the bureau of workers' compensation to engage in a transaction, if the fiduciary knows or should know that such transaction constitutes any of the following, whether directly or indirectly:(1) The…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.128 Attorney general legal adviser of board

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The attorney general shall be the legal adviser of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.129 Audit, actuarial, and investment committees

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(A) There is hereby created the workers' compensation audit committee consisting of at least three members. One member shall be the member of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors who is a certified public accountant. The board, by majority vote, shall appoint tw…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.13 Administrator of workers' compensation - powers and duties

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The administrator of workers' compensation shall: (A) Investigate, ascertain, and declare and prescribe what hours of labor, safety devices, safeguards, or other means or methods of protection are best adapted to render the employees of every employment and place of employment an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.131 Special investigation department access to crime databases

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The bureau of workers' compensation special investigation department is a criminal justice agency in investigating reported violations of law relating to workers' compensation, and as such may apply for access to the computerized databases administered by the national crime infor…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.14 Investigating agent

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For the purpose of making any investigation with regard to any employment or place of employment, the administrator of workers' compensation may appoint, by an order in writing, any employee of the bureau of workers' compensation, any deputy, who is a citizen of the state, or any…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.15 Power to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, and compel attendance of witnesses

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The administrator of workers' compensation and his designees, for the purposes mentioned in sections 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code may administer oaths, certify to official acts, issue subpoenas, and compel attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, acc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.16 Witness attendance - fees and mileage

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Each witness who appears before the bureau of workers' compensation by its order shall receive for the witness's attendance the fees and mileage provided for under section 119.094 of the Revised Code, which shall be paid from the state insurance fund on the approval of the admini…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.17 Examination of place of employment upon petition that same is unsafe

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(A) Upon petition by any person that any employment or place of employment is not safe or is injurious to the welfare of any employee or frequenter, the bureau of workers' compensation shall proceed with or without notice to make an investigation as is necessary to determine the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.19 Record of proceedings

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A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings had before the bureau of workers' compensation on any investigation. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 9:09 AM

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.20 Depositions

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The bureau of workers' compensation or any party may in any investigation cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.21 Effective date of orders - time for compliance

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(A) All general orders of the bureau of workers' compensation shall take effect within thirty days after their publication. Special orders shall take effect as therein directed.(B) The bureau shall, upon application of any employer, grant such time as is reasonably necessary for …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.22 Jurisdiction over places of employment

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Sections 4101.01 to 4101.16 and 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code do not deprive the legislative authority of any municipal corporation or any board of trustees or officer of any municipal corporation of any power or jurisdiction over or relative to any place of employment, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.23 Petition for hearing by employer

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Any employer or other person interested either because of ownership in or occupation of any property affected by any order of the bureau of workers' compensation, or otherwise, may petition for a hearing on the reasonableness and lawfulness of any bureau order.The petition for he…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.24 No action to vacate allowed until after hearing

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No action, proceeding, or suit to set aside, vacate, or amend any order of the bureau of workers' compensation, or to enjoin the enforcement thereof, shall be brought unless the plaintiff has applied to the bureau for a hearing thereon at the time and as provided in section 4121.…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.25 Action to set aside, vacate, or amend order

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Any employer or other person in interest who is dissatisfied with any order of the bureau of workers' compensation may commence an action in the supreme court, against the bureau as defendant, to set aside, vacate, or amend any order on the ground that the order is unreasonable o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.26 Statement of issues not adequately considered - stay of proceedings

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If upon the trial of an action under section 4121.25 of the Revised Code it appears that all issues arising in the action have not theretofore been presented to the bureau of workers' compensation in the petition filed as provided in section 4121.23 of the Revised Code, or that t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.27 Exclusive jurisdiction of supreme court

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No court of this state, except the supreme court to the extent specified by sections 4101.01 to 4101.16 and 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code has jurisdiction to review, vacate, set aside, reverse, revise, correct, amend, or annul any order of the bureau of workers' compensa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.28 Order of bureau of workers' compensation not stayed by pendency of action

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The pendency of an action to set aside, vacate, or amend an order of the bureau of workers' compensation shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of an order of the bureau, but during the pendency of the action the supreme court may stay or suspend, in whole or in part, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.29 Priority to be given actions

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All actions and proceedings under sections 4101.01 to 4101.16 and 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code and all actions or proceedings to which the bureau of workers' compensation or the state is a party, and in which any question arises under such sections, or under or concerni…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.30 Administrative rules

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(A) All rules governing the operating procedure of the bureau of workers' compensation and the industrial commission shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that determinations of the bureau, district hearing officers, staff hearing officers, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.31 Joint adoption of administrative rules

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(A) The administrator of workers' compensation and the industrial commission jointly shall adopt rules covering the following general topics with respect to this chapter and Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code: (1) Rules that set forth any general policy and the principal operating…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.32 Supplementing rules with operating manuals

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(A) The rules covering operating procedure and criteria for decision-making that the administrator of workers' compensation and the industrial commission are required to adopt pursuant to section 4121.31 of the Revised Code shall be supplemented with operating manuals setting for…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.34 District hearing officers - jurisdiction

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(A) District hearing officers shall hear the matters listed in division (B) of this section. District hearing officers are in the classified civil service of the state, are full-time employees of the industrial commission, and shall be persons admitted to the practice of law in t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.35 Staff hearing officers - jurisdiction

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(A) Staff hearing officers shall consider and decide all matters specified in division (B) of this section. All staff hearing officers are full-time employees of the industrial commission and shall be admitted to the practice of law in this state. Staff hearing officers shall not…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.36 Industrial commission hearing rules

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(A) The industrial commission shall adopt rules as to the conduct of all hearings before the commission and its staff and district hearing officers and the rendering of a decision and shall focus such rules on managing, directing, and otherwise ensuring a fair, equitable, and uni…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.37 Creation of division of safety and hygiene

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The administrator of workers' compensation having, by virtue of Section 35 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, the expenditure of the fund therein created for the investigation and prevention of industrial accidents and diseases, shall, with the advice and consent of the bureau of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.38 Impairment evaluation

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(A) The industrial commission shall: (1) Implement a program of impairment evaluation training for its staff physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse practitioners; (2) Issue a manual of commission policy as to impairment evaluation so…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.39 Administrator of workers' compensation - powers and duties

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The administrator of workers' compensation shall do all of the following:(A) Except as provided in section 4123.402 of the Revised Code, review and process all applications for claims;(B) Award compensation and make payment on all noncontested claims;(C) Make payment on orders of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.40 Service directors - investigators and field auditors - duties

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(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall appoint a service director for each service office who shall have all of the following duties:(1) Provide each claimant and employer fair, impartial, and equal treatment;(2) Recommend any needed improvements for changes in staf…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.41 Information on rights and responsibilities - optimum level of premium payment - complaints

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(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall operate a program designed to inform employees and employers of their rights and responsibilities under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code and as part of that program prepare and distribute pamphlets, which clearly and simply ex…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.42 In-service training programs

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(A) The administrator of workers' compensation and the industrial commission shall cooperatively implement with adequate staff a comprehensive in-service training program for their respective personnel that provides training with respect to the workers' compensation system in at …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.43 Compensation payments

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The administrator of workers' compensation shall: (A) Adopt rules to ensure that all compensation payments are accompanied by information which clearly indicates the source of payment, type of payment, method of computation, inclusive days of payment, reason for changes in paymen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.44 Implementation of qualified health plan system and health partnership program - health care data program

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(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall oversee the implementation of the Ohio workers' compensation qualified health plan system as established under section 4121.442 of the Revised Code.(B) The administrator shall direct the implementation of the health partnership…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4121.441 Health care partnership program - adoption of rules

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(A) The administrator of workers' compensation, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the health care partnership program administered by the bureau of workers' compensat…