Effective: September 29, 1997
Latest Legislation: House Bill 362 - 122nd General Assembly
(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 engage in any other activity that interferes with their full-time employment by the commission during normal working hours.
(B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, staff hearing officers have original jurisdiction to hear and decide the following matters:
(1) Applications for permanent, total disability awards pursuant to section 4123.58 of the Revised Code;
(2) Appeals from an order of a district hearing officer issued under division (C) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code;
(3) Applications for additional awards for violation of a specific safety rule of the administrator of workers' compensation pursuant to Section 35 of Article II of the Ohio Constitution;
(4) Applications for reconsideration pursuant to division (A) of section 4123.57 of the Revised Code. Decisions of the staff hearing officers on reconsideration pursuant to division (A) of section 4123.57 of the Revised Code are final.
(5) Reviews of settlement agreements pursuant to section 4123.65 of the Revised Code. Decisions of the staff hearing officer under that section are final and not appealable to the commission or to court under section 4123.511 or 4123.512 of the Revised Code.
(C) The decision of a staff hearing officer under division (D) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code is the decision of the commission for the purposes of section 4123.512 of the Revised Code unless the commission hears an appeal under division (E) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code.
(D) Staff hearing officers shall hold hearings on all matters referred to them for hearing. Hearing procedures shall conform to the rules the commission adopts pursuant to section 4121.36 of the Revised Code.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Section 4121.01 | Industrial Commission - Bureau of Workers' Compensation Definitions.
Section 4121.02 | Industrial Commission.
Section 4121.021 | Industrial Commission Operating Fund.
Section 4121.03 | Chairperson - Executive Director - Powers and Duties Generally.
Section 4121.04 | Industrial Commission Nominating Council - Initial Appointments - Challenges.
Section 4121.09 | Official Seal.
Section 4121.11 | Bureau Rules of Procedure.
Section 4121.12 | Workers' Compensation Board of Directors.
Section 4121.122 | Discipline of Commission and Bureau Employees.
Section 4121.123 | Workers' Compensation Board Nominating Committee.
Section 4121.125 | Monitoring Performance of System.
Section 4121.126 | Conflicts of Interest by Board Members or Bureau Employees.
Section 4121.127 | Transactions by Fiduciary Involving Conflict of Interest.
Section 4121.128 | Attorney General Legal Adviser of Board.
Section 4121.129 | Audit, Actuarial, and Investment Committees.
Section 4121.13 | Administrator of Workers' Compensation - Powers and Duties.
Section 4121.131 | Special Investigation Department Access to Crime Databases.
Section 4121.14 | Investigating Agent.
Section 4121.15 | Power to Administer Oaths, Issue Subpoenas, and Compel Attendance of Witnesses.
Section 4121.16 | Witness Attendance - Fees and Mileage.
Section 4121.17 | Examination of Place of Employment Upon Petition That Same Is Unsafe.
Section 4121.19 | Record of Proceedings.
Section 4121.20 | Depositions.
Section 4121.21 | Effective Date of Orders - Time for Compliance.
Section 4121.22 | Jurisdiction Over Places of Employment.
Section 4121.23 | Petition for Hearing by Employer.
Section 4121.24 | No Action to Vacate Allowed Until After Hearing.
Section 4121.25 | Action to Set Aside, Vacate, or Amend Order.
Section 4121.26 | Statement of Issues Not Adequately Considered - Stay of Proceedings.
Section 4121.27 | Exclusive Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.
Section 4121.28 | Order of Bureau of Workers' Compensation Not Stayed by Pendency of Action.
Section 4121.29 | Priority to Be Given Actions.
Section 4121.30 | Administrative Rules.
Section 4121.31 | Joint Adoption of Administrative Rules.
Section 4121.32 | Supplementing Rules With Operating Manuals.
Section 4121.34 | District Hearing Officers - Jurisdiction.
Section 4121.35 | Staff Hearing Officers - Jurisdiction.
Section 4121.36 | Industrial Commission Hearing Rules.
Section 4121.37 | Creation of Division of Safety and Hygiene.
Section 4121.38 | Impairment Evaluation.
Section 4121.39 | Administrator of Workers' Compensation - Powers and Duties.
Section 4121.40 | Service Directors - Investigators and Field Auditors - Duties.
Section 4121.42 | In-Service Training Programs.
Section 4121.43 | Compensation Payments.
Section 4121.441 | Health Care Partnership Program - Adoption of Rules.
Section 4121.442 | Health Care Quality Advisory Council.
Section 4121.443 | Summary Suspension.
Section 4121.444 | Obtaining Workers' Compensation Payments by Deception Prohibited.
Section 4121.446 | Selection of Managed Care Organizations.
Section 4121.447 | Data Security Agreement.
Section 4121.45 | Workers' Compensation Ombudsperson System.
Section 4121.47 | Violating Specific Safety Rule or Employee Welfare Legislation.
Section 4121.471 | Limitation on Action for Employer's Failure to Comply With Safety Rule.
Section 4121.50 | Rules to Implement Coordinated Services Program for Prescription Drug Abuse.
Section 4121.61 | Aiding Rehabilitation of Injured Workers.
Section 4121.62 | Contracts for Rendition of Rehabilitation Services.
Section 4121.63 | Living Maintenance Payments Paid to Claimants Agreeing to Rehabilitation.
Section 4121.65 | Employer May Furnish Rehabilitation Services.
Section 4121.68 | Compensation and Benefits to Rehabilitation Program Participants.
Section 4121.69 | Compensation of Professional, Administrative, and Managerial Employees.