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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.12 | Disbursements by Domestic Life Insurance Companies.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No domestic life insurance company making a disbursement of one hundred dollars or more shall fail to have it evidenced by a voucher signed by or on behalf of the person, firm, or corporation receiving the money and correctly describing the consideration thereof; if such expenditure is for both services and disbursements, such company shall not fail to set forth in such voucher, the service rendered and an itemized statement of the disbursement made; if such expenditure was in connection with a matter pending before a legislative or public body or a department or officer of any state or government, in addition to the foregoing information, such corporation shall not fail to describe correctly in such voucher the nature of the matter and of the interest of such company therein.
If such voucher cannot be obtained, such expenditures must be evidenced by an affidavit describing the character and object of the expenditure and stating the reasons for not obtaining such voucher.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.13 | Unlawful Reinsurance.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No officer, director, or stockholder of a company organized under the laws of this state to do the business of life, accident, or health insurance, either on the stock, mutual, stipulated premiums, assessment, or fraternal plan, shall violate or consent to a violation of any law governing or forbidding the reinsurance of the risks, or any part thereof, or the consolidation of such company with any other company or association, or the assumption of reinsurance of the whole or any portion of the risks of another company by such company.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.14 | Foreign Life Insurance Companies on the Assessment Plan.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No officer or agent of a corporation, company, or association organized under the laws of any other state of the United States to transact the business of life or accident insurance or life and accident insurance on the assessment plan, shall violate or fail to comply with any law relating to such corporation, company, or association.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.15 | Violations by Accident Insurance Companies and Officers Thereof.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No company organized under the laws of this state for the special purpose of insuring against accidental personal injury and loss of life sustained while traveling by railroad, steamboat, or other mode of conveyance, against accidental personal injury and loss of life sustained by accident of every description, and against expenses and lost of time occasioned by injury or sickness, on such terms, and for such periods of time, and confined to such countries and localities and to such persons as from time to time may be provided in the bylaws of such company, or any officer of such company, shall violate any law relating to such company.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.16 | Person With a Disability - Unfair Discrimination.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
No officer, director, trustee, agent, or employee of any insurance company, corporation, or association authorized to transact business in this state shall knowingly use underwriting standards or rates that result in unfair discrimination against any person with a disability. This section does not prevent reasonable classifications of persons with disabilities for determining insurance rates.
As used in this section, "disability" means a medically diagnosable, abnormal condition which is expected to continue for a considerable length of time, whether correctable or uncorrectable by good medical practice, which can reasonably be expected to limit the person's functional ability, including but not limited to seeing, hearing, thinking, ambulating, climbing, descending, lifting, grasping, sitting, rising, any related function, or any limitation due to weakness or significantly decreased endurance, so that the person cannot perform the person's everyday routine living and working without significantly increased hardship and vulnerability to what are considered the everyday obstacles and hazards encountered by persons without disabilities.
Last updated September 21, 2023 at 6:03 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.18 | Requiring Valid Certificate of Authority.

Effective:
July 2, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 125th General Assembly
(A) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain any entity that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews any policy of sickness and accident insurance or contract for health care services in this state if the entity is required to, but does not, have a valid certificate of authority under Chapter 1751. or Title XXXIX of the Revised Code.
(B) No insurance agent, broker, or other person shall advertise, solicit, negotiate, collect a premium on, or sell any policy of sickness and accident insurance or contract for health care services in this state unless the entity that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews the policy or contract is subject to and has complied with division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.21 | Applications and Claim Form to Contain Warning Against Insurance Fraud.

Effective:
October 23, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 259 - 119th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Deceptive," "insurer," "policy," and "statement" have the same meanings as in section 2913.47 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Defraud" has the same meaning as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) All applications for group or individual insurance issued by an insurer and all claim forms issued by an insurer, for use by persons in applying for insurance or submitting a claim for payment pursuant to a policy or a claim for any other benefit pursuant to a policy, shall clearly contain a warning substantially as follows: "Any person who, with intent to defraud or knowing that he is facilitating a fraud against an insurer, submits an application or files a claim containing a false or deceptive statement is guilty of insurance fraud."
(C) An insurer may comply with division (B) of this section by including the warning on an addendum to any application or claim form described in that division, if the addendum is attached to the form and satisfies the requirements set forth in that division.
(D) The absence of a warning as described in division (B) of this section does not constitute a defense in a prosecution for a violation of section 2913.47 or any other section of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.22 | Health Insurance Referrals - Prohibited Activities - Exceptions.

Effective:
March 22, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 698 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Claim" means any attempt to cause a health care insurer to make payment of a health care benefit.
(2) "Health care benefit" means the right under a contract or a certificate or policy of insurance to have a payment made by a health care insurer for a specified health care service.
(3) "Health care insurer" means any person that is authorized to do the business of sickness and accident insurance, any health insuring corporation, and any legal entity that is self-insured and provides health care benefits to its employees or members.
(B) No person shall knowingly solicit, offer, pay, or receive any kickback, bribe, or rebate, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind, in return for referring an individual for the furnishing of health care services or goods for which whole or partial reimbursement is or may be made by a health care insurer, except as authorized by the health care or health insurance contract, policy, or plan. This division does not apply to any of the following:
(1) Deductibles, copayments, or similar amounts owed by the person covered by the health care or health insurance contract, policy, or plan;
(2) Discounts or similar reductions in prices;
(3) Any amount paid within a bona fide legal entity, or within legal entities under common ownership or control, including any amount paid to an employee in a bona fide employment relationship;
(4) Any amount paid as part of a bona fide lease, management, or other business contract.
(C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to any of the following:
(1) A provider who provides goods or services requested by an individual that are not covered by the individual's health care or health insurance contract, policy, or plan;
(2) A provider who, in good faith, provides goods or services ordered by another health care provider;
(3) A provider who, in good faith, resubmits a claim previously submitted that has not been paid or denied within thirty days of the original submission, if the provider notifies the payor or returns any duplicate payment within sixty days after receipt of the duplicate payment;
(4) A provider who, in good faith, makes a diagnosis that differs from the interpretation of a diagnosis reached by a health care insurer in the payment of claims.
(D) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree on a first offense and a felony of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.32 | Notice of Failure to Make Required Premium Payment or Contribution.

Effective:
June 4, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 67 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Certificate holder" means any person whose employment or retirement status is the basis of eligibility for coverage under a group policy of sickness and accident insurance or for enrollment under a group contract of a health insuring corporation.
(2) "Health insurer" means any sickness and accident insurer or health insuring corporation.
(B) Each person to whom a group policy or contract of sickness and accident insurance or other health care coverage has been delivered or issued for delivery in this state by a health insurer shall make a reasonable effort to notify every certificate holder, or certificate holder's designee, who is covered under that policy or contract whenever the person fails to make a required premium payment or contribution on behalf of the certificate holder and that failure results in the termination of coverage. The person shall mail or present the notice to the certificate holder or certificate holder's designee no later than five days after the date on which the person receives the notice from the health insurer as required under division (D) of this section. If a person other than the policyholder or contract holder is obligated to make the required premium payment or contribution on behalf of the certificate holder, that person shall mail or present the notice as required by this section.
(C) The notice required by division (B) of this section shall be in writing and shall clearly state that the person failed to make the required premium payment or contribution, the reasons for the failure, and the effect of the failure on the coverage of the certificate holder under the policy or contract.
(D) If a person described in division (B) of this section fails to make a required premium payment or contribution on behalf of a certificate holder and that failure results in the termination of the coverage, the health insurer providing the coverage shall notify the person in writing of that person's duties as described in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. If a person other than the policyholder or contract holder is obligated to make the required premium payment or contribution on behalf of the certificate holder, the insurer shall notify the person in writing of that person's duties as described in divisions (B) and (C) of this section.
(E) A certificate holder may designate any person to receive on the certificate holder's behalf the notice required by division (B) of this section. The certificate holder shall furnish the name and address of the person so designated to the person to whom the group policy or contract has been delivered or issued for delivery.
(F) No person shall knowingly fail to comply with division (B) or (C) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.37 | Prohibiting Fraudulent Acts Concerning Impairment or Insolvency of Insurer.

Effective:
August 8, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 119th General Assembly
No person shall do any of the following:
(A) Conceal any property belonging to an insurer;
(B) Transfer or conceal his own property or property belonging to an insurer in contemplation of a proceeding under Chapter 3903. of the Revised Code;
(C) Conceal, destroy, multilate, alter, or make a false entry in any document that affects or relates to the property of an insurer;
(D) Withhold any document that affects or relates to the property of an insurer from a receiver, trustee, or other officer of a court entitled to its possession;
(E) Give, obtain, or receive anything of value for acting or forbearing to act in any judicial proceeding, if the act results in or contributes to the impairment or insolvency of any insurer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.38 | Prohibiting Payment of Dividend When Insurer Is Impaired.

Effective:
August 8, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 137 - 119th General Assembly
No insurer shall knowingly declare or pay any dividend whenever the insurer is impaired. For purposes of this section, "insurer" also includes any person doing the business of insurance in this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.41 | Insurer to Adopt Antifraud Program.

Effective:
March 17, 1998
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 248 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, every insurer, as defined in division (A) of section 3999.36 of the Revised Code, shall adopt an antifraud program and shall specify in a written plan the procedures it will follow when instances of insurance fraud or suspected insurance fraud are brought to its attention. The insurer shall identify in the written plan the person or persons responsible for the insurer's antifraud program.
(B)(1) An insurer shall develop a written plan required by division (A) of this section within ninety days after obtaining its license to transact business within this state or within ninety days after beginning to engage in the business of insurance within this state and shall thereafter maintain such a written plan.
(2) An insurer engaged in the business of insurance within this state on the effective date of this section shall develop a written plan required by division (A) of this section within ninety days after the effective date of this section and shall thereafter maintain such a written plan.
(C) If an insurer modifies the procedures it follows for instances of insurance fraud or suspected insurance fraud, or if there is a change in the person or persons responsible for the insurer's antifraud program, the insurer shall modify the written plan it maintains pursuant to this section.
(D) The requirements of this section are not applicable to any insurer identified in division (A) of this section that is not engaged in writing direct insurance in this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.42 | Insurer to Notify Department of Insurance Fraud.

Effective:
March 17, 1998
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 248 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) If an insurer, as defined in division (A) of section 3999.36 of the Revised Code, has a reasonable belief that a person is perpetrating or facilitating an insurance fraud, as established by section 2913.47 of the Revised Code, or has done so, the insurer shall notify the department of insurance.
(B) The notification required by division (A) of this section shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the department of insurance.
(C) Division (A) of this section does not require notification of the department of insurance if the insurance fraud involves a claim of an amount less than one thousand dollars.
(D) This section applies to insurance fraud perpetrated or facilitated by any person, including, but not limited to, any applicant, policyholder, subscriber, or enrollee, or any officer, director, manager, employee, representative, or agent of the insurer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 39 | Insurance › Chapter 3999 | Crimes Relating to Insurance › Section 3999.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
July 2, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates section 3999.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(B) Whoever violates section 3999.03, 3999.07, 3999.13, 3999.14, or 3999.15 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(C) Whoever violates section 3999.04, 3999.05, 3999.08, or 3999.09 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(D) Whoever violates section 3999.10 or 3999.11 of the Revised Code shall be fined five hundred dollars for a first offense and shall be fined one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense.
(E) Whoever violates section 3999.12 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one thousand dollars.
(F) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3999.32, division (B) of section 3999.36, or section 3999.37 or 3999.38 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.
(G) Whoever violates division (A) of section 3999.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.
(H) Whoever violates division (B) of section 3999.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent offense.
(I) If a person is found guilty under this section, the court may award restitution in accordance with section 2929.18 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4101 | Safety in the Workplace › Section 4101.11 | Duty of Employer to Protect Employees and Frequenters.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Every employer shall furnish employment which is safe for the employees engaged therein, shall furnish a place of employment which shall be safe for the employees therein and for frequenters thereof, shall furnish and use safety devices and safeguards, shall adopt and use methods and processes, follow and obey orders, and prescribe hours of labor reasonably adequate to render such employment and places of employment safe, and shall do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of such employees and frequenters.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4101 | Safety in the Workplace › Section 4101.12 | Duty of Employer to Furnish Safe Place of Employment.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No employer shall require, permit, or suffer any employee to go or be in any employment or place of employment which is not safe, and no such employer shall fail to furnish, provide, and use safety devices and safeguards, or fail to obey and follow orders or to adopt and use methods and processes reasonably adequate to render such employment and place of employment safe. No employer shall fail to do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of such employees or frequenters. No such employer or other person shall construct, occupy, or maintain any place of employment that is not safe.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4101 | Safety in the Workplace › Section 4101.13 | Duties of Employees.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No employee shall remove, displace, 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 and obey orders and to do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of such employees and frequenters.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4101 | Safety in the Workplace › Section 4101.14 | Substantial Compliance.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4101 | Safety in the Workplace › Section 4101.15 | Prohibited Acts.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
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 any court in connection with such chapters.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4101 | Safety in the Workplace › Section 4101.16 | Every Day a Separate Violation.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4101 | Safety in the Workplace › Section 4101.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
(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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.01 | Boiler Definitions.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
As used in sections 4104.01 to 4104.20 and section 4104.99 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Board of building standards" or "board" means the board established by section 3781.07 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Superintendent" means the superintendent of industrial compliance created by section 121.04 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Boiler" means a closed vessel in which water is heated, steam is generated, steam is superheated, or any combination thereof, under pressure or vacuum for use externally to itself by the direct application of heat from the combustion of fuels, or from electricity or nuclear energy. "Boiler" includes fired units for heating or vaporizing liquids other than water where these units are separate from processing systems and are complete within themselves.
(D) "Power boiler" means a boiler in which steam or other vapor (to be used externally to itself) is generated at a pressure of more than fifteen psig.
(E) "High pressure, high temperature water boiler" means a water heating boiler operating at pressures exceeding one hundred sixty psig or temperatures exceeding two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
(F) "Low pressure boiler" means a steam boiler operating at pressures not exceeding fifteen psig, or a hot water heating boiler operating at pressures not exceeding one hundred sixty psig or temperatures not exceeding two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
(G) "Pressure vessel" means a container for the containment of pressure, either internal or external. This pressure may be obtained from an external source or by the application of heat from a direct or indirect source or any combination thereof.
(H) "Process boiler" means a boiler to which all of the following apply:
(1) The steam in the boiler is either generated or superheated, or both, under pressure or vacuum for use external to itself.
(2) The source of heat for the boiler is in part or in whole from a process other than the boiler itself.
(3) The boiler is part of a continuous processing unit, such as used in chemical manufacture or petroleum refining, other than a steam-generated process unit.
(I) "Stationary steam engine" means an engine or turbine in which the mechanical force arising from the elasticity and expansion action of steam or from its property of rapid condensation or from a combination of the two is made available as a motive power.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.02 | Board of Building Standards - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
January 30, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 12 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The board of building standards shall:
(1) Formulate rules for the construction, installation, repair, conservation of energy, and operation of boilers and the construction and repair of pressure vessels and for ascertaining the safe working pressures to be carried on such boilers and pressure vessels and the qualification of inspectors of boilers and pressure vessels;
(2) Prescribe tests, if it is considered necessary, to ascertain the qualities of materials used in the construction of boilers and pressure vessels;
(3) Adopt rules regulating the construction and sizes of safety valves for boilers and pressure vessels of different sizes and pressures, for the construction, use, and location of fusible plugs, appliances for indicating the pressure of steam and level of water in the boiler or pressure vessels, and such other appliances as the board considers necessary to safety in operating boilers;
(4) Adopt rules that prescribe the conditions and requirements for design, certification, reporting, installation, operation, and periodic testing and maintenance of controls and safety devices on an automatically operated boiler directly fired with gas, oil, gas-oil, or electricity or a stationary steam engine that would allow an owner to operate a low pressure steam boiler, power boiler, or a stationary steam engine without the presence of a licensed low pressure boiler operator, a licensed high pressure boiler operator, or a licensed steam engineer as required in section 4104.05 of the Revised Code.
(B) The definitions and rules adopted by the board for the construction, installation, repair, conservation of energy, and operation of boilers and the construction and repair of pressure vessels and for ascertaining the safe working pressures to be used on such boilers and pressure vessels shall be based upon and follow generally accepted engineering standards, formulae, and practices established and pertaining to boilers and pressure vessel construction, operation, and safety, and the board may, for this purpose, adopt existing published standards as well as amendments thereto subsequently published by the same authority.
(C) When a person desires to manufacture a special type of boiler or pressure vessel, the design of which is not covered by the rules of the board, the person shall submit drawings and specifications of such boiler or pressure vessel to the board for investigation, after which the board may permit its installation.
(D) The provisions of sections 119.03 and 119.11 of the Revised Code in particular, and the applicable provisions of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in general, shall govern the proceedings of the board of building standards in adopting, amending, or rescinding rules pursuant to this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.03 | Rights of Municipal Corporations.

Effective:
October 15, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 636 - 106th General Assembly
Sections 4104.01 to 4104.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not affect the rights of municipal corporations under section 715.44 of the Revised Code insofar as such section provides for the regulation of the installation and inspection of boilers and boiler plants for the purpose of the prevention of the emission of smoke.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.04 | Exemptions - Safety Devices.

Effective:
June 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Sections 4104.01 to 4104.20 and section 4104.99 of the Revised Code do not apply to the following boilers and pressure vessels:
(1) Boilers, pressure vessels, and stationary steam engines under federal control or subject to inspection under federal laws;
(2) Air tanks located on vehicles operating under the rules of other state authorities and used for carrying passengers, or freight;
(3) Air tanks installed on the right of way of railroads and used directly in the operation of trains;
(4) Pressure vessels that are under the regulation and control of the state fire marshal under Chapter 3737. of the Revised Code.
(B) The following boilers and pressure vessels are exempt from the requirements of sections 4104.10, 4104.101, 4104.11, 4104.12, and 4104.13 of the Revised Code, but shall be equipped with such appliances, to insure safety of operation, as are prescribed by the board:
(1) Portable boilers or pressure vessels when located on farms and used solely for agricultural purposes;
(2) Steam or vapor boilers carrying a pressure of not more than fifteen psig, which are located in private residences or in apartment houses of less than six family units;
(3) Hot water boilers operated at pressures not exceeding one hundred sixty psig, or temperatures not exceeding two hundred fifty degrees fahrenheit, which are located in private residences or in apartment houses of less than six family units;
(4) Pressure vessels containing only water under pressure for domestic supply purposes, including those containing air, the compression of which serves only as a cushion or airlift pumping system, when located in private residences or in apartment houses of less than six family units;
(5) Portable boilers used in pumping, heating, steaming, and drilling, in the open field, for water, gas, and oil;
(6) Portable boilers used in the construction of and repair to public roads, railroads, and bridges;
(7) Historical steam boilers of riveted construction, preserved, restored, or maintained for hobby or demonstration use.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.05 | Operation of Boilers and Stationery Steam Engines.

Effective:
January 30, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 12 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Unless otherwise provided by the rules adopted by the board of building standards pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 4104.02 of the Revised Code, no person shall operate a low pressure steam boiler that has more than three hundred sixty square feet of heating surface, unless one of the following applies to that person:
(1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or low pressure boiler operator in accordance with section 4104.19 of the Revised Code.
(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or low pressure boiler operator.
(B) Unless otherwise provided by the rules adopted by the board pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 4104.02 of the Revised Code, no person shall operate a power boiler that has more than three hundred sixty square feet of heating surface, unless one of the following applies to that person:
(1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer or high pressure boiler operator in accordance with section 4104.19 of the Revised Code.
(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a steam engineer or high pressure boiler operator.
(C) Unless otherwise provided by the rules adopted by the board pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 4104.02 of the Revised Code, no person shall operate a stationary steam engine at more than thirty horsepower unless one of the following applies to that person:
(1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer in accordance with section 4104.19 of the Revised Code.
(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a steam engineer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.06 | Inspectors - Rules - Right of Entry.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The inspection of boilers and their appurtenances and pressure vessels shall be made by the inspectors mentioned in sections 4104.07 to 4104.20 of the Revised Code. The superintendent of industrial compliance shall administer and enforce such sections and rules adopted by the board of building standards pursuant to section 4104.02 of the Revised Code.
(B) The superintendent shall adopt, amend, and repeal rules exclusively for the issuance, renewal, suspension, and revocation of certificates of competency and certificates of operation, for conducting hearings in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code related to these actions, and for the inspection of boilers and their appurtenances, and pressure vessels.
(C) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, the superintendent shall not adopt rules relating to construction, maintenance, or repair of boilers and their appurtenances, or repair of pressure vessels.
(D) The superintendent and each general inspector may enter any premises and any building or room at all reasonable hours to perform an examination or inspection.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.07 | Inspector of Boilers and Unfired Pressure Vessels - Application for Examination - Certification.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, an application for examination as an inspector of boilers and pressure vessels shall be in writing, accompanied by a fee of one hundred fifty dollars, upon a blank to be furnished by the superintendent of industrial compliance. Any moneys collected under this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created in section 121.084 of the Revised Code.
(B) The superintendent shall determine if an applicant meets all the requirements for examination in accordance with rules adopted by the board of building standards under section 4104.02 of the Revised Code. An application shall be rejected which contains any willful falsification, or untruthful statements.
(C) An applicant shall be examined by the superintendent, by a written examination, prescribed by the board, dealing with the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of boilers and pressure vessels and their appurtenances, and the applicant shall be accepted or rejected on the merits of the applicant's application and examination.
(D) Upon a favorable report by the superintendent of the result of an examination, the superintendent shall immediately issue to the successful applicant a certificate of competency to that effect.
(E) The superintendent shall issue a certificate of competency in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(1) The applicant holds a license or certificate in another state.
(2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as an inspector of boilers and pressure vessels in a state that does not issue that license or certificate.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 6:49 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.08 | Director of Commerce May Appoint General and Special Inspectors.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The director of commerce may appoint from the holders of certificates of competency provided for in section 4104.07 of the Revised Code, general inspectors of boilers and pressure vessels.
(B) Any company authorized to insure boilers and pressure vessels against explosion in this state may designate from holders of certificates of competency issued by the superintendent of industrial compliance, or holders of certificates of competency or commissions issued by other states or nations whose examinations for certificates or commissions have been approved by the board of building standards, persons to inspect and stamp boilers and pressure vessels covered by the company's policies, and the superintendent shall issue to such persons commissions authorizing them to act as special inspectors. Special inspectors shall be compensated by the company designating them.
(C) The director shall establish an annual fee to be charged by the superintendent for each certificate of competency or commission the superintendent issues.
(D) The superintendent shall issue to each general or special inspector a commission to the effect that the holder thereof is authorized to inspect boilers and pressure vessels in this state.
(E) No person shall be authorized to act as a general inspector or a special inspector who is directly or indirectly interested in the manufacture or sale of boilers or pressure vessels.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.09 | Revoking Certificate of Competency or Commission.

Effective:
October 9, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly
The certificate of competency issued under section 4104.07 of the Revised Code or the commission provided for in section 4104.08 of the Revised Code may be revoked by the superintendent of industrial compliance for the incompetence of the holder thereof, or for willful falsification of any matter or statement contained in the holder's application or in a report of any inspection in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. If a certificate or commission is lost or destroyed, a new certificate or commission shall be issued in its place without another examination.
Last updated October 9, 2021 at 4:54 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.10 | Inspection of Unfired Pressure Vessels.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
All unfired pressure vessels, except unfired pressure vessels exempt under section 4104.04 of the Revised Code, shall be thoroughly inspected during fabrication and upon completion and shall not be operated until a copy of the manufacturers' data report, properly executed and signed by the inspector is filed in the office of the superintendent of industrial compliance. All unfired pressure vessels shall conform in every detail with applicable rules adopted by the board of building standards pursuant to section 4104.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.101 | Registration and Permits From Division of Industrial Compliance.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
(A) No person shall install or make major repairs or modifications to any boiler without first registering to do so with the division of industrial compliance.
(B) No person shall make any installation or major repair or modification of any boiler without first obtaining a permit to do so from the division. The permit application form shall provide the name and address of the owner, location of the boiler, and type of repair or modification that will be made. The application permit fee shall be one hundred dollars.
(C) The superintendent of industrial compliance shall require annual registration of all contractors who install, make major repairs to, or modify any boiler. The board of building standards shall establish a reasonable fee to cover the cost of processing registrations.
(D) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the superintendent shall register a contractor to install, make major repairs to, or modify boilers in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code if either of the following applies:
(1) The contractor is licensed or registered in another state to install, make major repairs to, or modify boilers.
(2) The contractor has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter to install, make major repairs to, or modify boilers in a state that does not issue that license or registration.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 6:49 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.11 | Inspecting Boilers.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
(A) All power boilers and high pressure, high temperature water boilers and their appurtenances shall be thoroughly inspected internally and externally and under operating conditions at intervals of not more than one year, unless approved for biennial inspection under section 4104.13 of the Revised Code, and shall not be operated at pressures in excess of the safe working pressure stated in the certificate of operation mentioned in sections 4104.12, 4104.13, and 4104.15 of the Revised Code.
(B) All low pressure boilers and their appurtenances shall be thoroughly inspected externally under operating conditions at intervals of not more than one year, and, except for cast-iron boilers, shall also be inspected internally at intervals of not more than three years, and shall not be operated at pressures in excess of the safe working pressure stated in the certificate of operation mentioned in sections 4104.12 and 4104.15 of the Revised Code.
(C) All process boilers and their appurtenances shall be thoroughly inspected internally and externally and under operating conditions at intervals of not more than three years unless approved for quinquennial inspection under section 4104.13 of the Revised Code, and shall not be operated at pressures in excess of the safe working pressure stated in the certificate of operation mentioned in sections 4104.12, 4104.13, and 4104.15 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.12 | Inspecting Boiler Installation.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
All boilers, except boilers mentioned in section 4104.04 of the Revised Code, shall be inspected when installed and shall not be operated until an appropriate certificate of operation has been issued by the superintendent of industrial compliance. The certificate of operation required by this section shall not be issued for any boiler which has not been thoroughly inspected during construction and upon completion, by either a general or special inspector, and which does not conform in every detail with the rules adopted by the board of building standards and unless, upon completion, such boiler is distinctly stamped under such rules by such inspector.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.13 | Interval Inspection of Boilers.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Power boilers and high pressure, high temperature water boilers having internal continuous water treatment under the general supervision of a registered professional engineer having experience in the treatment of boiler water where said water treatment is for the purpose of controlling and limiting serious corrosion, and other deteriorating factors shall be thoroughly inspected internally and externally and under operating conditions at intervals of not more than two years and shall not be operated at pressures in excess of the safe working pressure stated in the certificate of operation mentioned in sections 4104.12 and 4104.15 of the Revised Code.
Process boilers having internal continuous water treatment under the general supervision of a registered professional engineer having experience in the treatment of boiler water where the water treatment is for the purpose of controlling and limiting serious corrosion and other deteriorating factors shall be thoroughly inspected internally and externally and under operating conditions at intervals of not more than five years and shall not be operated at pressures in excess of the safe working pressure stated in the certificate of operation mentioned in sections 4104.12 and 4104.15 of the Revised Code.
The owner or user of such boilers shall keep an accurate record which will show that samples of the boiler water have been taken at regular intervals not greater than forty-eight hours of operation, and the record shall show that the water conditions in the boilers meet the said controlling and limiting factors mentioned in this section, all in accordance with rules formulated by the board of building standards pursuant to section 4104.02 of the Revised Code. The owner or user of such boilers shall also keep a record of the date and actual time the boilers are out of service and the reason therefor, and all records mentioned in this section are to be made available by the owner or user of such boilers to the boiler inspector for his examination.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4104 | Boilers › Section 4104.14 | Preparing Boiler for Inspection.

Effective:
August 28, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 428 - 124th General Assembly
The owner or user of a boiler required by sections 4104.01 to 4104.20 of the Revised Code to be inspected shall, after due notice, prepare the boiler for internal and external inspection at the appointed time, by drawing the water from the boiler and removing the manhole and handhole plates and thoroughly cleaning the boiler and its setting. The inspector, when making inspections under operating conditions, shall observe the pressure carried and the general condition of each boiler, and ascertain if the safety valve and the appliances for indicating the pressure and level of water in the boiler are in proper working order. No person shall remove or tamper with any safety appliances prescribed by the board of building standards, and no person shall in any manner load the safety valve to a greater pressure than that allowed by the certificate of operation. If in the judgment of the inspector it is advisable to apply a hydrostatic pressure test to the boiler, the owner or user shall prepare the boiler for such test, and apply the test which shall be witnessed by the inspector.