As used in this chapter:

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(A) “Affordable Care Act” means the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” 124 Stat. 119, 42 U.S.C. § 18031 (2011).

(B) “Business entity” means a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity.

(C) “Home state” means the state or territory of the United States, including the District of Columbia, in which an insurance agent maintains the insurance agent’s principal place of residence or principal place of business and is licensed to act as an insurance agent.

(D) “In-person assister” means any person, other than a navigator, who receives any funding from, or who is selected or designated by, an exchange, the state, or the federal government to perform any of the activities and duties identified in division (i) of section 1311 of the Affordable Care Act. “In-person assister” includes any individual that is employed by, supervised by, or affiliated with an in-person assister and performs any of the activities and duties identified in division (i) of section 1311 of the Affordable Care Act, any non-navigator assistance personnel, and any other person deemed as such by rules adopted by the superintendent under division (L) of section 3905.471 of the Revised Code.

(E) “Insurance” means any of the lines of authority set forth in Chapter 1739., 1751., or 1761. or Title XXXIX of the Revised Code, or as additionally determined by the superintendent of insurance.

(F) “Insurance agent” or “agent” means any person that, in order to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance, is required to be licensed under the laws of this state, including limited lines insurance agents and surplus line brokers.

(G) “Insurer” has the same meaning as in section 3901.32 of the Revised Code.

(H) “License” means the authority issued by the superintendent to a person to act as an insurance agent for the lines of authority specified, but that does not create any actual, apparent, or inherent authority in the person to represent or commit an insurer.

(I) “Limited line credit insurance” means credit life, credit disability, credit property, credit unemployment, involuntary unemployment, mortgage life, mortgage guaranty, mortgage disability, guaranteed automobile protection insurance, or any other form of insurance offered in connection with an extension of credit that is limited to partially or wholly extinguishing that credit obligation and that is designated by the superintendent as limited line credit insurance.

(J) “Limited line credit insurance agent” means a person that sells, solicits, or negotiates one or more forms of limited line credit insurance to individuals through a master, corporate, group, or individual policy.

(K) “Limited lines insurance” means those lines of authority set forth in divisions (B)(7) to (13) of section 3905.06 of the Revised Code or in rules adopted by the superintendent, or any lines of authority the superintendent considers necessary to recognize for purposes of complying with section 3905.072 of the Revised Code.

(L) “Limited lines insurance agent” means a person authorized by the superintendent to sell, solicit, or negotiate limited lines insurance.

(M) “NAIC” means the national association of insurance commissioners.

(N) “Insurance navigator” means a person selected to perform the activities and duties identified in division (i) of section 1311 of the Affordable Care Act that is certified by the superintendent of insurance under section 3905.471 of the Revised Code. “Insurance navigator” refers to a navigator specified in section 1311 of the Affordable Care Act, 42 U.S.C. § 13031.

(O) “Negotiate” means to confer directly with, or offer advice directly to, a purchaser or prospective purchaser of a particular contract of insurance with respect to the substantive benefits, terms, or conditions of the contract, provided the person that is conferring or offering advice either sells insurance or obtains insurance from insurers for purchasers.

(P) “Person” means an individual or a business entity.

(Q) “Sell” means to exchange a contract of insurance by any means, for money or its equivalent, on behalf of an insurer.

(R) “Self-service storage facility” means an entity that is engaged in the business of providing real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to the public who are to have access to the space for the purpose of storing and removing personal property on a self-service basis, but does not include a garage or other storage area in a private residence.

(S) “Solicit” means to attempt to sell insurance, or to ask or urge a person to apply for a particular kind of insurance from a particular insurer.

(T) “Superintendent” or “superintendent of insurance” means the superintendent of insurance of this state.

(U) “Terminate” means to cancel the relationship between an insurance agent and the insurer or to terminate an insurance agent’s authority to transact insurance.

(V) “Uniform application” means the NAIC uniform application for resident and nonresident agent licensing, as amended by the NAIC from time to time.

(W) “Uniform business entity application” means the NAIC uniform business entity application for resident and nonresident business entities, as amended by the NAIC from time to time.

(X) “Exchange” means a health benefit exchange established by the state government of Ohio or an exchange established by the United States department of health and human services in accordance with the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” 124 Stat. 119, 42 U.S.C. § 18031 (2011).