Ohio Code 4749.04 – Disciplinary actions
(A) The director of public safety may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew, when a renewal form has been submitted, the license of any private investigator or security guard provider, or the registration of any employee of a private investigator or security guard provider, for any of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4749.04
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Business of private investigation: means , except when performed by one excluded under division (H) of this section, the conducting, for hire, in person or through a partner or employees, of any investigation relevant to any crime or wrong done or threatened, or to obtain information on the identity, habits, conduct, movements, whereabouts, affiliations, transactions, reputation, credibility, or character of any person, or to locate and recover lost or stolen property, or to determine the cause of or responsibility for any libel or slander, or any fire, accident, or damage to property, or to secure evidence for use in any legislative, administrative, or judicial investigation or proceeding. See Ohio Code 4749.01
- Business of security services: means either of the following:
(1) Furnishing, for hire, watchpersons, guards, private patrol officers, or other persons whose primary duties are to protect persons or property;
(2) Furnishing, for hire, guard dogs, or armored motor vehicle security services, in connection with the protection of persons or property. See Ohio Code 4749.01
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Employee: means every person who may be required or directed by any employer, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment, or to go, or work, or be at any time in any place of employment, provided that the employer of the employee deducts all applicable state and federal employment taxes on behalf of the employee. See Ohio Code 4749.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Private investigator: means any person who engages in the business of private investigation. See Ohio Code 4749.01
- Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Security guard provider: means any person who engages in the business of security services. See Ohio Code 4749.01
(1) Violation of any of the provisions of division (B) or (C) of section 4749.13 of the Revised Code;
(2) Conviction of a disqualifying offense as defined in section 4776.10 of the Revised Code if the offense occurred within the last three years;
(3) Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude as defined in section 4776.10 of the Revised Code;
(4) Conviction of an offense that occurred after the individual was initially licensed, or after the most recent renewal.
(5) Violation of any rule of the director governing private investigators, the business of private investigation, security guard providers, or the business of security services;
(6) Testifying falsely under oath, or suborning perjury, in any judicial proceeding;
(7) Failure to satisfy the requirements specified in division (D) of section 4749.03 of the Revised Code.
Any person whose license or registration is revoked, suspended, or not renewed when a renewal form is submitted may appeal in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code.
(B) In lieu of suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew the class A, B, or C license, or of suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew the registration of an employee of a class A, B, or C licensee, the director may impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each calendar day of a violation of any of the provisions of this section or of division (B) or (C) of section 4749.13 of the Revised Code or of a violation of any rule of the director governing private investigators, the business of private investigation, security guard providers, or the business of security services.