Rule 1301:3-11-01 | Definitions.
The following definitions apply to all rules in Chapter 1301:3-11 of the Administrative Code:
(A) "Board" means the elevator safety review board, as created pursuant to section 4785.09 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Disqualifying offense" has the following meaning:
(1) For applicants seeking to renew an elevator mechanic's license, any offense that is a felony.
(2) For initial applicants (those not seeking to renew) of an elevator mechanic's license, any of the following:
(a) A violation of section 2903.01 or 2903.02 of the Revised Code;
(b) A "sexually oriented offense" as defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code;
(c) An offense that is an "offense of violence" as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, if the offense is a felony of the first or second degree;
(d) Complicity in committing an offense described in paragraph (B)(2)(a) of this rule;
(e) An attempt or conspiracy to commit or complicity in committing any offense described in paragraph (B)(2)(a), (B)(2)(b), (B)(2)(c), or (B)(2)(d) of this rule if the attempt, conspiracy, or complicity is a felony of the first or second degree;
(f) A violation of any former law of this state, any existing or former law applicable in a military court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or former law of any nation other than the United States that is or was substantially equivalent to any offense listed in paragraph (B)(2)(a), (B)(2)(b), (B)(2)(c), (B)(2)(d), or (B)(2)(e) of this rule;
(g) Forgery (section 2913.31 of the Revised Code);
(h) Trademark counterfeiting (section 2913.34 of the Revised Code);
(i) Fraud (section 2913.40, section 2913.42, section 2913.45, section 2913.47, section 2913.48, or section 2913.49 of the Revised Code);
(j) Receiving stolen property (section 2913.51 of the Revised Code);
(k) Bribery (section 2921.02 of the Revised Code);
(l) Theft in office (section 2921.41 of the Revised Code);
(m) Having an unlawful interest in a public contract (section 2921.42 of the Revised Code);
(n) Engaging in pattern of corrupt activity (section 2923.32 of the Revised Code);
(o) Money laundering (division (A) of section 1315.55 of the Revised Code); and
(p) Criminal neglience (section 2901.21).
(C) "Division" or "division of industrial compliance" or "industrial compliance" means the division of industrial compliance in the Ohio department of commerce.
(D) "Elevator contractor" has the same meaning as that term is defined in section 4785.01 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Elevator contractor's license" means a license to operate as an elevator contractor issued by the division to a business entity under Chapter 4785. of the Revised Code.
(F) "Elevator mechanic's license" has the same meaning as that term is defined in section 4785.01 of the Revised Code.
(G) "Elevator tradesperson" means any individual who is employed by an elevator contractor and who engages in erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing, dismantling, removing, or maintaining a conveyance without assuming responsibility for the means, method, or manner of that erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing, dismantling, removing, or maintaining.
(H) "License" means a license to operate as either an elevator contractor or elevator mechanic issued under Chapter 4785. of the Revised Code.
(I) "Licensee" means a holder of a license issued by the division pursuant to Chapter 4785. of the Revised Code.
(J) "Limited-scope conveyance services" means altering, servicing, repairing, or maintaining a conveyance and both of the following applies:
(1) The scope of work is restricted to a specific part, portion, or area of a conveyance, including the following:
(a) New construction of an elevator hoistway, but does not include structural alterations of an existing hoistway; or
(b) Technical support specialist; and
(2) The work described in paragraph (J)(1) of this rule is the sole type of work offered by the individual or business entity that is subject to the jurisdiction of Chapter 4785. of the Revised Code.
(K) "Nationally recognized training program for the elevator industry" means a training program requiring no less than three years to complete that includes on-the-job training, classroom instruction, or a combination thereof, and provides programing on topics relevant to conveyance services including technical information regarding conveyance equipment, safety codes and reference standards applicable to the operation of conveyances, as well as principles of worker and workplace safety.
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