Ohio § 4123.291

§ 4123.291.

(A) An adjudicating committee appointed by the administrator of workers' compensation

to hear any matter specified in divisions (B)(1) to (7) of this section shall hear

the matter within sixty days of the date on which an employer files the request, protest,

or petition.  An employer desiring to file a request, protest, or petition regarding any matter

specified in divisions (B)(1) to (7) of this section shall file the request, protest,

or petition to the adjudicating committee on or before twenty-four months after the

administrator sends notice of the determination about which the employer is filing

the request, protest, or petition. (B) An employer who is adversely affected by a decision of an adjudicating committee

appointed by the administrator may appeal the decision of the committee to the administrator

or the administrator's designee.  The employer shall file the appeal in writing within thirty days after the employer

receives the decision of the adjudicating committee.  Except as otherwise provided in this division, the administrator or the designee

shall hold a hearing and consider and issue a decision on the appeal if the decision

of the adjudicating committee relates to one of the following: (1) An employer request for a waiver of a default in the payment of premiums pursuant

to section 4123.37 of the Revised Code ; (2) An employer request for the settlement of liability as a noncomplying employer under section 4123.75 of the Revised Code ; (3) An employer petition objecting to an assessment made pursuant to section 4123.37 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to that section; (4) An employer request for the abatement of penalties assessed pursuant to section 4123.32 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to that section; (5) An employer protest relating to an audit finding or a determination of a manual classification,

experience rating, or transfer or combination of risk experience; (6) Any decision relating to any other risk premium matter under Chapters 4121., 4123.,

and 4131. of the Revised Code; (7) An employer petition objecting to the amount of security required under division (D) of section 4125.05 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to that section or under division (D) of section 4133.07 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to that section. An employer may request, in writing, that the administrator waive the hearing before

the administrator or the administrator's designee.  The administrator shall decide whether to grant or deny a request to waive a hearing. (C) The bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, based upon recommendations

of the workers' compensation actuarial committee, shall establish the policy for all

adjudicating committee procedures, including, but not limited to, specific criteria

for manual premium rate adjustment.