(A) As used in this section,
9-1-1 SYSTEM means a system through which individuals can request emergency service using the telephone number 9-1-1.
(ORC4931.40(A))
(B) No person shall knowingly use the telephone number of a 9-1-1 system established under Ohio R.C. 4931.40 through 4931.70 to report an emergency if the person knows that no emergency exists.
(C) No person shall knowingly use a 9-1-1 system for a purpose other than obtaining emergency service.
(D) No person shall disclose or use any information concerning telephone numbers, addresses, or names obtained from the database that serves the public safety answering point of a 9-1-1 system established under Ohio R.C. 4931.40 through 4931.70, except for any of the following purposes or under any of the following circumstances:
(1) For the purpose of the 9-1-1 system;
(2) For the purpose of responding to an emergency call to an emergency service provider;
(3) In the circumstance of the inadvertent disclosure of such information due solely to technology of the wireless telephone network portion of the 9-1-1 system not allowing access to the database to be restricted to 9-1-1 specific answering lines at a public safety answering point;
(4) In the circumstance of access to a database being given by a telephone company that is a wireless service provider to a public utility or municipal utility in handling customer calls in times of public emergency or service outages. The charge, terms, and conditions for the disclosure or use of such information for the purpose of such access to a database shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission;
(5) In the circumstance of access to a database given by a telephone company that is a wireline service provider to a state and local government in warning of a public emergency, as determined by the Public Utilities Commission. The charge, terms and conditions for the disclosure or use of that information for the purpose of access to a database is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.
(ORC4931.49(D) - (F))
(E) (1) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(2) Whoever violates division (C) or (D) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense and a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law on each subsequent offense.
(ORC 4931.99(A), (C))