Ohio Revised Code|Section 124.32 | Transfers - reinstatements.

                                                
(A) A person holding an office or position in  the classified service may be transferred to a similar position in  another office, department, or institution having the same pay and  similar duties, but no transfer shall be made as follows: 
(1) From an office or position in one class to an office or  position in another class;
(2) To an office or position for original entrance to which  there is required by sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised  Code, or the rules adopted pursuant to those sections, an  examination involving essential tests or qualifications or  carrying a salary different from or higher than those required for  original entrance to an office or position held by the person  proposed to be transferred.
No person in the classified civil service of the state may be  transferred without the consent of the director of administrative  services.
(B) Any person holding an office or position in the  classified service who has been separated from the service without  delinquency or misconduct on the person's part may be reinstated  within one year from the date of that separation to a vacancy in  the same office or in a similar position in the same department,  except that a person in the classified service of the state only  may be reinstated with the consent of the director of  administrative services. But, if that separation is due to injury  or physical or psychiatric disability, the person shall be  reinstated in the same office held or in a similar position to  that held at the time of separation, within sixty days after  written application for reinstatement, if the person passes a  physical or psychiatric examination made by a licensed physician,  a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified  nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife showing that the  person has recovered from the injury or physical or psychiatric  disability, if the application for reinstatement is filed within  two years from the date of separation, and if the application is  not filed after the date of service eligibility retirement. The  physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist,  certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife shall be  designated by the appointing authority and shall complete any  written documentation of the physical or psychiatric examination.