Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4101:16 - Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board › Chapter 4101:16-2 - Administrative Section › Section 4101:16-2-02 - Application procedures for licensing examination and results

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 Any individual who desires to
			 take the examination for a
								 license issued
			 pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code shall file a completed written
			 application  on a form prescribed and furnished by the
			 appropriate specialty section. A fee of twenty-five dollars must be submitted
			 with the application. The application must be notarized and filed with the
			 secretary of the board.
(B)
								 An appropriate
			 specialty section may decide, upon a majority vote of the section, that
			 additional information, records, or documentation is needed in order to
			 determine the qualifications of the applicant. Upon that determination, the
			 chairperson of the appropriate specialty section may direct the board's
			 secretary to request the applicant provide additional information in a manner
			 the section deems appropriate.
(C)
								 Upon approval of the applicant's qualifications, the appropriate
			 specialty section shall notify the applicant in writing that the applicant has
			 been approved to take the examination pending the receipt of successful
			 criminal background checks. The notice shall instruct the applicant
			 on how to submit to a criminal background test in
			 accordance with this rule and Chapter 4776. of the Revised
			 Code.
(D)
								 An applicant for a
			 license who has been referred to the administrative section shall submit a
			 request to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation for a
			 criminal records check of the applicant. The request shall be accompanied by a
			 completed form prescribed under division (C)(1) of section
			 109.572
			 of the Revised Code, a set of fingerprint impressions obtained as described in
			 division (C)(2) of section
			 109.572
			 of the Revised Code, and the fee prescribed under division (C)(3) of section
			 109.572
			 of the Revised Code. The applicant shall request the bureau of criminal
			 identification and investigation to obtain from the federal bureau of
			 investigation any information pertaining to the applicant. An applicant
			 requesting a criminal records check shall provide the bureau of criminal
			 identification and investigation with the applicant's name and address and with
			 the Ohio construction industry licensing board's name and address. Upon
			 completion of the criminal records check, the bureau shall send the results of
			 the check to the board.
(E) Upon
			 receipt of the criminal background check, the administrative section of the
			 board shall determine whether the applicant has been convicted of a crime
			 of
			 moral turpitude as it is defined in section
			 4776.10
			 of the Revised Code. No applicant may be approved for licensure if he or she
			 has been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude.
(F) Upon receipt of the criminal background
			 check, the administrative section of the board shall determine whether the
			 applicant has been convicted of any disqualifying offense, as that term is
			 defined in section
			 4776.10
			 of the Revised Code. No applicant may be approved for licensure if he or she
			 has been convicted of a disqualifying offense.  Disqualifying offenses include, but are not limited to:
(1) Forgery (section
			 2913.31
			 of the Revised Code);
(2) Trademark
			 counterfeiting (section
			 2913.34
			 of the Revised Code);
(3) Fraud
			 (section
			 2913.40,
			 2913.42,
			 2913.45,
			 2913.47,
			 2913.48,
			 or
			 2913.49 of the
			 Revised Code);
(4) Receiving stolen
			 property (section
			 2913.51
			 of the Revised Code);
(5) Bribery
			 (section
			 2929.02 of the
			 Revised Code);
(6) Theft in office
			 (section
			 2921.41
			 of the Revised Code);
(7) Having an
			 unlawful interest in a public contract (section
			 2921.42
			 of the Revised Code);
(8)
			 Engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity (section
			 2929.32
			 of the Revised Code);
(9) Money laundering
			 (division (A) of section
			 1315.55
			 of the Revised Code);
(10) Criminal
			 negligence (section
			 2901.21
			 of the Revised Code).