Chapter 4779-6 Temporary License

(A) Temporary license – the board may issue a temporary license, to any applicant who is of good moral character, files an initial temporary license application form approved by the board, and pays the initial application fee prescribed by the board. In addition to the initial application fee, prior to January thirty-first of the following year, a temporary license applicant shall submit a renewal fee for the next licensing year. If the board refuses to issue a temporary license, the renewal fee will be refunded to the applicant.

(1) An applicant for a temporary license must provide proof of meeting the requirements of R.C. section 4779.18(A)(4);

(2) An applicant meeting the educational requirements of R.C. section 4779.18 shall submit an official transcript.

(3) An applicant meeting the requirements of R.C. section 4779.18 of this rule shall submit proof of his/her record of employment as a provider of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics in this state.

(B) A person issued a temporary license under paragraph (A) of this rule shall practice orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics only under the supervision of a orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics professional.

(C) Applications that are incomplete will be held open for ninety days following notification of incomplete requirements by regular mail. After sixty days, a final notice of incomplete application will be mailed by certified mail, return-receipt requested. If, by the end of the ninety day period, the application remains incomplete, it will be considered abandoned. After ninety days, if desired, the applicant must submit a new application, including fee. In the event notice is not deliverable by certified mail, return-receipt requested, the application will be considered abandoned after one hundred twenty days.

(D) A person issued a temporary license in accordance with this rule must file a completed supervisor registration form within fifteen days of the beginning date of employment in the practice of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics. A temporary license holder must file a new form for any change in orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics employment or upon being employed by more than one orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics employer.

HISTORY: Eff 8-9-02

Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03

Rule authorized by: RC 4779.04, 4779.10, 4779.11, 4779.12, 4779.13, 4779.17, 4779.18

Rule amplifies: RC 4779.04, 4779.10, 4779.11, 4779.12, 4779.13, 4779.17, 4779.18

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 01/09/2007