Ohio Code 4776.02 – License applicants to request criminal records check
(A) An applicant for an initial license or restored license from a licensing agency, a person seeking to satisfy the requirements to be an employee of a pain management clinic as specified in section 4729.552 of the Revised Code, or a person seeking to satisfy the requirements to be an employee of a facility, clinic, or other location that is subject to licensure as a category III terminal distributor of dangerous drugs with an office-based opioid treatment classification under section 4729.553 of the Revised Code shall submit a request to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation for a criminal records check of the applicant or person. The request shall be accompanied by a completed copy of the 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 that section, and the fee prescribed under division (C)(3) of that section. The applicant or person shall ask the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in the request to obtain from the federal bureau of investigation any information it has pertaining to the applicant or person.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4776.02
- Applicant for an initial license: includes persons seeking a license for the first time and persons seeking a license by reciprocity, endorsement, or similar manner of a license issued in another state. See Ohio Code 4776.01
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- License: means an authorization evidenced by a license, certificate, registration, permit, card, or other authority that is issued or conferred by a licensing agency to a licensee or to an applicant for an initial license by which the licensee or initial license applicant has or claims the privilege to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity, or, except in the case of the state dental board, to have control of and operate certain specific equipment, machinery, or premises, over which the licensing agency has jurisdiction. See Ohio Code 4776.01
- licensing agency: means any of the following:
(1) The board authorized by Chapters 4701. See Ohio Code 4776.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
An applicant or person requesting a criminal records check shall provide the bureau of criminal identification and investigation with the applicant’s or person’s name and address and, regarding an applicant, with the licensing agency’s name and address.
(B) Upon receipt of the completed form, the set of fingerprint impressions, and the fee provided for in division (A) of this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records check of the applicant or person under division (B) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. Upon completion of the criminal records check, the superintendent shall do whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) If the request was submitted by an applicant for an initial license or restored license, report the results of the criminal records check and any information the federal bureau of investigation provides to the licensing agency identified in the request for a criminal records check;
(2) If the request was submitted by a person seeking to satisfy the requirements to be an employee of a pain management clinic or a person seeking to satisfy the requirements to be an employee of a facility, clinic, or other location that is subject to licensure as a category III terminal distributor of dangerous drugs with an office-based opioid treatment classification, do both of the following:
(a) Report the results of the criminal records check and any information the federal bureau of investigation provides to the person who submitted the request;
(b) Report the results of the portion of the criminal records check performed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation under division (B)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code to the employer or potential employer specified in the request of the person who submitted the request and send a letter to that employer or potential employer regarding the information provided by the federal bureau of investigation that states whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) That based on that information there is no record of any conviction;
(ii) That based on that information the person who submitted the request may not meet the criteria that are specified in section 4729.552 or 4729.553 of the Revised Code, whichever is applicable.