Section 4167.15 | Request for Hearing on Order, Rule or Standard.
Effective: June 21, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 67 – 126th General Assembly Any public employer, public employee, or public employee representative affected by an order, rule, or Ohio employment risk reduction standard proposed, adopted, or otherwise issued pursuant to this chapter, may request, within fourteen days after the proposal, adoption, or issuance of the […]
Section 4167.16 | Appeal to Court of Common Pleas.
Effective: June 21, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 67 – 126th General Assembly (A) Any party who is adversely affected by a final order of the administrator of workers’ compensation issued pursuant to division (G) of section 4167.10 or section 4167.15 of the Revised Code, and who has exhausted all administrative appeals from such order […]
Section 4167.17 | Failure to Comply With Order.
Effective: June 21, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 67 – 126th General Assembly (A) If a public employer, public employee, or public employee representative willfully fails to comply with any final order of the administrator of workers’ compensation issued pursuant to this chapter, the administrator may apply to the court of common pleas of Franklin […]
Section 4167.25 | Exposure Control Plans for Health Care Workers Definitions.
Effective: June 27, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 126th General Assembly As used in this section and sections 4167.27 and 4767.28 of the Revised Code: (A) “Bloodborne pathogen” means a microorganism present in human blood that can cause disease in humans, including the human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and […]
Section 4167.27 | Adoption of Rule and Standard for Prevention of Exposure Incidents.
Effective: June 21, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 67 – 126th General Assembly (A) The administrator of workers’ compensation shall adopt a rule and Ohio employment risk reduction standard for the prevention of exposure incidents. The initial rule and standard shall be adopted not later than one hundred eighty days after October 5, 2000. (B) […]
Section 4167.28 | Duties of Employer Concerning Exposure Incidents.
Effective: October 5, 2000 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 183 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, each public employer of public health care workers shall do all of the following: (1) Include, as part of the employer’s engineering and work practice controls, needleless systems, sharps that are manufactured […]
Section 4167.06 | Right to Refuse to Work Under Unsafe Conditions.
Effective: June 21, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 67 – 126th General Assembly (A) A public employee acting in good faith has the right to refuse to work under conditions that the public employee reasonably believes present an imminent danger of death or serious harm to the public employee, provided that such conditions are not […]
Section 4167.07 | Commission to Adopt Rules for Employment Risk Reduction Standards.
Effective: September 10, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 100 – 127th General Assembly (A) The administrator of workers’ compensation, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers’ compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules that establish employment risk reduction standards. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, in adopting these rules, […]
Section 4167.08 | Issuance of Emergency Temporary Ohio Employment Risk Reduction Standard.
Effective: September 10, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 100 – 127th General Assembly (A) In the event of an emergency or unusual situation, the administrator of workers’ compensation shall issue an emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard to take immediate effect upon publication in newspapers of general circulation in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo […]
Section 4167.09 | Application for Temporary Variance or for Variance From Standard.
Effective: September 10, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 100 – 127th General Assembly (A) Any public employer affected by a proposed rule or Ohio employment risk reduction standard or any provision of a standard proposed under section 4167.07 or 4167.08 of the Revised Code may apply to the administrator of workers’ compensation for an order […]