Section 1707.165 - Application for bureau chief investment officer - investigation - examination(A) Application for a bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer's license shall be made in accordance with this section by filing with the division of securities the information, materials, and forms specified in rules adopted by the division.(B) The division may investigate any applicant for a license and may require any additional information as it considers necessary to determine the applicant's business repute and qualifications to act as a chief investment officer. If the application for a bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer's license involves investigation outside of this state, the applicant may be required by the division to advance sufficient funds to pay any of the actual expenses of the investigation. The division shall furnish the applicant with an itemized statement of the expenses the applicant is required to pay.(C) The division shall by rule require an applicant for a bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer's license to pass an examination designated by the division or achieve a specified professional designation unless the applicant meets both of the following requirements: (1) Acts as a bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer on September 29, 2005;(2) Has experience or education acceptable to the division.(D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, if the division finds that the applicant is of good business repute, appears to be qualified to act as a bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer, and has complied with this chapter and rules adopted by the division under this chapter, the division, upon receipt of the fees prescribed by division (B) of section 1707.17 of the Revised Code, shall issue to the applicant a license authorizing the applicant to act as a bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer.(2) The division shall issue a license to act as a bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:(a) The applicant holds a license in another state.(b) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a bureau of workers' compensation chief investment officer in a state that does not issue that license.Amended by 134th General Assembly, SB 131,§2, eff. 12/29/2023.Effective Date: 9/29/2005 .