Terms Used In Ohio Code 1707.162

• Dealer: except as otherwise provided in this chapter, means every person, other than a salesperson, who engages or professes to engage, in this state, for either all or part of the person's time, directly or indirectly, either in the business of the sale of securities for the person's own account, or in the business of the purchase or sale of securities for the account of others in the reasonable expectation of receiving a commission, fee, or other remuneration as a result of engaging in the purchase and sale of securities. See Ohio Code 1707.01
• Person: except as otherwise provided in this chapter, means a natural person, firm, partnership, limited partnership, partnership association, syndicate, joint-stock company, unincorporated association, trust or trustee except where the trust was created or the trustee designated by law or judicial authority or by a will, and a corporation or limited liability company organized under the laws of any state, any foreign government, or any political subdivision of a state or foreign government. See Ohio Code 1707.01
• salesperson: means every natural person, other than a dealer, who is employed, authorized, or appointed by a dealer to sell securities within this state. See Ohio Code 1707.01
• State: means any state of the United States, any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any province of Canada. See Ohio Code 1707.01
• State retirement system: means the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, and state highway patrol retirement system. See Ohio Code 1707.01
• State retirement system investment officer: means an individual employed by a state retirement system as a chief investment officer, assistant investment officer, or the person in charge of a class of assets or in a position that is substantially equivalent to chief investment officer, assistant investment officer, or person in charge of a class of assets. See Ohio Code 1707.01