Title 47, Title 47. Occupations-Professions

As used in this chapter: (A) "Real estate appraisal" or "appraisal" means the act or process of developing an opinion of value of real property in conformity with the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice. (B) "Appraisal management company" means any person authori…

(A)(1) No person shall do any of the following without first obtaining a license under this chapter: (a) Directly or indirectly engage or attempt to engage in business as an appraisal management company; (b) Directly or indirectly engage in or attempt to perform appraisal managem…

The real estate appraiser board shall do all of the following: (A) Adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in furtherance of this chapter, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) Procedures for criminal records checks that are required un…

(A) The superintendent of real estate and professional licensing shall do all of the following: (1) Prescribe the form and content of all applications required by this chapter; (2) Receive applications for licenses and renewal thereof under this chapter and establish the procedur…

The real estate appraiser board or the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing may compel, by order or subpoena, the attendance of witnesses to testify in relation to any matter over which the board or the superintendent has jurisdiction and that is the subject o…

(A) To obtain an appraisal management company license, each applicant shall submit all of the following to the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing: (1) A completed application on a form the superintendent provides; (2) The name of a controlling person who wil…

(A) An appraisal management company licensed under this chapter may obtain a renewal license by filing an annual renewal application with the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing and paying the renewal fee established under division (A)(2) of section 4768.03 o…

The superintendent of real estate and professional licensing may refuse to issue a license to an applicant under this chapter based upon any act or omission for which a person, including a licensee, may be disciplined under division (K) of section 4768.13 of the Revised Code or m…

(A) An appraisal management company shall not remove the appraiser from its appraiser panel or otherwise refuse to assign requests for real estate appraisal services to the appraiser without first doing both of the following: (1) Notifying the appraiser in writing of the reasons …

(A) Each appraisal management company licensed under this chapter shall maintain all of the following items for a period of at least five years from the date the appraisal report is submitted to the client: (1) The original or true copy of every request relating to the report tha…

(A) No employee, director, officer, or agent of an appraisal management company licensed under this chapter shall recklessly influence or attempt to influence the development, reporting, or review of an appraisal through coercion, extortion, collusion, compensation, instruction, …

(A) An appraisal management company licensed under this chapter shall compensate an appraiser for the completion of an appraisal within sixty days of the date on which the appraiser transmits or otherwise provides the completed appraisal to the appraisal management company or its…

(A) Within ten business days after a person files with the division of real estate and professional licensing a written complaint against a person licensed under this chapter or any other person, the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing shall acknowledge recei…

(A) Upon receipt of a written complaint or upon the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing's own motion, the superintendent may investigate any person that allegedly violated division (A)(1) of section 4768.02 of the Revised Code. (B) If, after investigation, th…

The superintendent of real estate and professional licensing shall deposit all moneys collected under this chapter into the state treasury to the credit of the real estate operating fund created under section 4735.211 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM

(A) Whoever violates division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), or (9) or division (C) of section 4768.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (B) Whoever violates division (A)(10), (11), (12), or (13) of section 4768.11 of the Revised Code is g…

As used in this chapter: (A) "Medicare" means the program established by Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended. (B) "Balance billing" means charging or collecting from a medicare beneficiary an amount in excess of the medicare …

No health care practitioner, and no person that employs any health care practitioner, shall balance bill for any supplies or service provided to a medicare beneficiary.

(A) The department of health shall receive complaints alleging violations of section 4769.02 of the Revised Code.(B) The department shall make findings regarding complaints of alleged violations of section 4769.02 of the Revised Code. The department shall not make findings until …

(A) Health care practitioners and their employers shall make available to the department of health to inspect and copy, medical, professional, financial, and business records that are reasonably related to determining whether the practitioner or employer has violated section 4769…

In investigating possible violations of section 4769.02 of the Revised Code or conducting hearings under section 4769.03 of the Revised Code, the department of health may administer oaths, order the taking of depositions, and issue subpoenas compelling attendance of witnesses or …

The department of health shall conduct all investigations and hearings under section 4769.03 of the Revised Code in a manner that protects patient confidentiality. The department shall not make public the names or other identifying information about a patient unless the patient c…

In the case of a violator of section 4769.02 of the Revised Code who elected a hearing under division (B) of section 4769.03 of the Revised Code, an adjudication order issued under division (C) or (D) of section 4769.03 of the Revised Code may, in addition to imposing the penalti…

Unless a judicial appeal is pending, all monetary penalties imposed under division (C)(3) or (D) of section 4769.03 of the Revised Code and all costs ordered to be paid pursuant to section 4769.08 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the department of health not later than thirty…

The department of health shall notify the attorney general if any person fails to comply with a repayment order issued under division (C)(2) of section 4769.03 of the Revised Code. On receipt of the notice, the attorney general may, on behalf of the medicare beneficiary the perso…

As used in this chapter: (A) "Agent contract" means any contract or agreement pursuant to which an athlete authorizes or empowers or agrees to authorize or empower at some later date an athlete agent to do any of the following: (1) Negotiate or solicit an agreement on behalf of t…

(A) No athlete agent shall enter into an agent contract with an athlete unless the agent complies with all of the following agent contract requirements:(1) The agent contract is in writing on a form approved by the Ohio athletic commission and includes all agreements between the …

(A) As used in this section, "name, image, or likeness" has the same meaning as in section 3376.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No athlete agent shall enter into an agent contract with an athlete under which the athlete agent represents the athlete in relation to contracts or legal m…

No athlete agent shall commence or maintain an action in any court in this state on the basis of any agent contract entered into in this state unless the contract complies with section 4771.02 of the Revised Code.

Any agent contract entered into in violation of this chapter shall be void and unenforceable.An agent contract entered into in this state or an agent contract entered into with an athlete who is enrolled in an educational institution or institution of higher education located in …

The Ohio athletic commission, established under section 3773.33 of the Revised Code, shall do all of the following:(A) Review the application form of an applicant for registration as an athlete agent;(B) Issue and renew biennial certificates of registration for an athlete agent p…

No person shall serve as an athlete agent in this state unless the person holds a current and valid certificate of registration as an athlete agent issued under section 4771.08 of the Revised Code, a temporary certificate issued under section 4771.08 of the Revised Code, or a tem…

(A) Each individual who desires to serve as an athlete agent within this state shall first file an application for registration with the Ohio athletic commission. The applicant shall apply using a form prescribed by the commission and shall provide all the following information: …

(A) Upon receipt of all the materials required for application for registration under section 4771.07 of the Revised Code, the Ohio athletic commission shall evaluate the information provided and issue a certificate of registration to the applicant, unless the commission finds th…

(A) The Ohio athletic commission may issue an eligible person a certificate of convenience to conduct business as an athlete agent when a registered athlete agent is deceased, or declared incompetent or physically infirm by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The c…

The commission may require each registered athlete agent to complete not more than six hours of continuing education during a biennial registration in programs to be determined or approved by the commission. If the commission imposes continuing education requirements on athlete a…

(A) Prior to issuing a certificate of registration, the Ohio athletic commission shall require an athlete agent to submit proof of one of the following securities:(1) A surety bond in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars in favor of the state of Ohio for the benefit of any pers…

(A) Fees charged by an athlete agent for services provided to an athlete may be negotiated between the parties. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, an athlete agent shall establish an interest-bearing trust fund or similar account in a depository approve…

No athlete agent shall act on behalf of an athlete as a "dealer" or "investment advisor," as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, unless the athlete agent complies with Chapter 1707. of the Revised Code. An athlete agent shall disclose to an athlete and the Ohio athlet…

(A) An athlete agent shall maintain all of the following records:(1) The name and address of each athlete for whom the athlete agent performs services as an athlete agent in exchange for compensation;(2) The amount of fees or compensation received for the performance of services …

An athlete agent may engage in the following conduct:(A) Provide or send written materials to an athlete if the athlete agent simultaneously submits an identical copy of the materials to the athletic director or the director's designee, or person of similar position, at the educa…

No athlete agent shall publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or misleading notice, advertisement, or information with knowledge that it is false, fraudulent, or misleading. All advertisements of an athlete agent shall contain the name and registered business add…

No athlete agent shall do any of the following:(A) Provide false information or make false promises or representations concerning the employment of an athlete;(B) Engage in any conduct that demonstrates bad faith or dishonesty in connection with the performance of services as an …

(A) The Ohio athletic commission may, except as provided in division (B) of this section, refuse to grant or renew a registration, or may suspend or revoke a registration of an athlete agent upon proof satisfactory to the commission that the athlete agent or an employee or repres…

A person who is injured by a violation of this chapter may initiate a civil action for legal and equitable relief against an athlete agent in a court having jurisdiction over the matter. The plaintiff also may name the surety, the named holder of any security required of an athle…

(A) An institution of higher education may bring a civil action against an athlete agent who violates this chapter for compensatory damages, punitive or exemplary damages, and equitable relief as the court finds appropriate. A court may grant equitable relief to a plaintiff under…