Ohio § 4125.06

§ 4125.06.

(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the administrator of the bureau

of workers' compensation may deny registration or revoke the registration of a professional

employer organization and rescind its status as a coemployer upon a finding that the

professional employer organization has done any of the following: (1) Obtained or attempted to obtain registration through misrepresentation, misstatement

of a material fact, or fraud; (2) Misappropriated any funds of the client employer; (3) Used fraudulent or coercive practices to obtain or retain business or demonstrated

financial irresponsibility; (4) Failed to appear, without reasonable cause or excuse, in response to a subpoena lawfully

issued by the administrator; (5) Failed to comply with the requirements of this chapter. (B) The administrator's decision to deny or revoke a professional employer organization's

registration or to rescind its status as a coemployer is stayed pending the exhaustion

of all administrative appeals by the professional employer organization. The administrator shall adopt rules that require that when an employer contacts the

bureau of workers' compensation to determine whether a particular professional employer

organization is registered, if the administrator has denied or revoked that professional

employer organization's registration or rescinded its status as a coemployer, and

if all administrative appeals are not yet exhausted when the employer inquires, the

appropriate bureau personnel shall inform the inquiring employer of the denial, revocation,

or rescission and the fact that the professional employer organization has the right

to appeal the administrator's decision. (C) Upon revocation of the registration of a professional employer organization, each

client employer associated with that professional employer organization shall file

payroll reports and pay workers' compensation premiums directly to the administrator

on its own behalf at a rate determined by the administrator based solely on the claims

experience of the client employer. (D) Upon revocation of a professional employer organization's registration, each client

employer associated with that professional employer organization shall file on its

own behalf the appropriate documents or data with all state and federal agencies as

required by law with respect to any shared employee the client employer and the professional

employer organization shared.