Ohio Code 1355.07 – Exiting the sandbox
(A) Not less than thirty days before the end of a sandbox participant‘s testing period, the sandbox participant shall do either of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1355.07
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Financial product or service: means a product or service that requires licensure or other authorization under, or that includes a business model, delivery mechanism, or element that requires a license or other authorization to act as a financial institution or other person that is regulated by, Title XI or Chapter 1315. See Ohio Code 1355.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Regulatory sandbox: means the program established by this chapter under which a person is licensed to temporarily test a novel financial product or service on a limited basis without otherwise being licensed or authorized to act under the laws of this state. See Ohio Code 1355.01
- Sandbox participant: means a person that has been granted a license to test a novel financial product or service in the regulatory sandbox. See Ohio Code 1355.01
- Test: means to provide products and services as allowed by this chapter. See Ohio Code 1355.01
(1) Notify the superintendent of financial institutions that the sandbox participant will exit the regulatory sandbox, wind down its test, and cease offering the novel financial product or service in the regulatory sandbox within sixty days of the end of the testing period;
(2) Seek an extension pursuant to section 1355.08 of the Revised Code to pursue a license or other authorization required by law.
(B) If the superintendent does not receive notification pursuant to division (A) of this section, the regulatory sandbox testing period ends at the expiration of the time period designated by the superintendent pursuant to division (C) of section 1355.05 of the Revised Code, and the sandbox participant shall immediately cease offering novel financial products or services.
(C) If a test includes offering products or services that require ongoing duties, such as servicing a loan, the sandbox participant shall continue to fulfill those duties or arrange for another person to fulfill those duties after the date the sandbox participant exits the regulatory sandbox.
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