Ohio § 4167.15

§ 4167.15.

Any public employer, public employee, or public employee representative affected by

an order, rule, or Ohio employment risk reduction standard proposed, adopted, or otherwise

issued pursuant to this chapter, may request, within fourteen days after the proposal,

adoption, or issuance of the order, rule, or standard, a hearing from the administrator

of workers' compensation.  The administrator, within fourteen days after receipt of a request for a hearing,

shall appoint a hearing officer to make a determination as to the request.  The hearing officer, within fourteen days after the hearing officer's appointment,

shall hold a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and, within

fourteen days after the hearing, render a decision.  A public employer, public employee, or public employee representative may appeal

the decision of the hearing officer to the administrator, provided that the appeal

is made within thirty days after the hearing officer issues the decision.  The decision of the hearing officer is final unless appealed to the administrator

within the time period set in this section or unless the administrator, on the administrator's

own motion, modifies or reverses the decision within that time period.  If a party fails to appeal the decision of the hearing officer, the decision of

the hearing officer is not, for purposes of section 4167.16 of the Revised Code , a final order of the administrator and is not appealable to court as provided in section 4167.16 of the Revised Code , except that if the party fails to appeal the decision of the hearing officer, and

the administrator modifies or reverses the decision under this section, the decision

of the administrator is appealable to court pursuant to section 4167.16 of the Revised Code .