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The Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU) was created to investigate violations and enforce provisions of federal and state laws pertaining to liquor, food stamp, and underage tobacco offenses throughout Ohio.
OIU impacts small businesses through its Private Investigator Security Guard Services (PISGS), which regulates, investigates, and enforces provisions of Ohio laws regarding the licensing and registering of private investigators and security guard providers and their employees. Administrative rules that implement these provisions of law are promulgated pursuant to the authority granted in Chapter 4749 of the Revised Code.
This site is designed to allow persons who are interested in PISGS' small business regulatory impact to access current and proposed administrative rules, as well as provide input and/or comments regarding administrative rules that are in the process of being reviewed and drafted. The following websites may be of use to persons interested in PISGS' regulatory oversight and administrative rulemaking: LAWriter©, which is a searchable, electronic version of Ohio's Revised Code and Administrative Code; Chapter 4749 of the Ohio Revised Code, which sets forth the laws that govern private investigators and providers of security guard services; Chapter 4501:5-1 of the Ohio Administrative Code, which sets forth the rules that amplify and implement statutory provisions; the Register of Ohio, which contains all state agency rule proposals; the Legislative Service Commission (LSC), which provides nonpartisan drafting, fiscal, research, training, and other services to the General Assembly; and the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR), which is the legislative committee responsible for reviewing and processing all state agency rules.
What is an administrative rule?
Administrative rules amplify and implement provisions of the Ohio Revised Code and once adopted, have the full force and effect of law.
Pursuant to section 119.032 of the Ohio Revised Code, the Private Investigatory Security Guard Services (PISGS) is required to review each of its administrative rules every five years and decide if a rule should be rescinded, amended, or continued without change. During this process, PISGS will determine if:
• PISGS has the statutory authority to promulgate the rule;
• The rule duplicates or conflicts with statutes found in the Revised Code or other rules found in the Administrative Code;
• The rule has a specific purpose and an outcome that can be articulated;
• The rule can be applied consistently across all sizes and sectors of business and would not impede economic development;
• The rule is easy to understand;
• The rule is reasonably balanced between regulatory need and Ohioans' burden to comply; and
• The outlined process in the rule is the most efficient and cost-effective method to achieving the specific outcome.
The administrative rules in this section are drafts only and have not yet been filed (proposed for adoption) with LSC and JCARR.
The administrative rules in this section have been filed (proposed for adoption) with LSC and JCARR and may be scheduled for a public hearing. Public hearings provide another opportunity for interested persons, who may be affected by the proposed rules, to provide testimony or evidence to show that the rules would be unreasonable or unlawful if enacted.
The administrative rules in this section have been approved and adopted.
For questions regarding the administrative rulemaking process, contact Rules Administrator Pamela Watkins
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