(A) All applicants for a physician
assistant license shall submit an application under oath in the manner
prescribed by the board and provide such other facts and materials as the board
requires.
(B) No application shall be considered
filed, and shall not be reviewed, until the fee required by section 4730.10 of
the Revised Code has been received by the board.
(C) An application shall be considered
complete when all of the following requirements are met:
(1) The fee required
pursuant to section 4730.10 of the Revised Code has been received by the
board;
(2) Verification of the
applicant's current certification has been received by the board directly
from the "National Commission on Certification of Physician
Assistants";
(3) All information
required by section 4730.10 of the Revised Code, including such other facts and
materials as the board requires, has been received by the board;
and
(4) The applicant has
complied with the requirements of paragraph (A) of rule 4731-4-02 of the
Administrative Code and the board has received the results of the criminal
records checks.
(5) The board is not conducting an
investigation, pursuant to section 4730.26 of the Revised Code, of evidence
appearing to show that the applicant has violated section 4730.25 of the
Revised Code or applicable rules adopted by the board.
(D) All application materials submitted
to the board will be thoroughly investigated. The board will contact
individuals, agencies, or organizations for information about applicants as the
board deems necessary. As part of the application process, an applicant may be
requested to appear before the board or a representative thereof to answer
questions or provide additional information.
(E) Applications received from service
members, veterans, or spouses of service members or veterans shall be
identified and processed in accordance with rule 4731-36-03 of the
Administrative Code.
(F) The following processes apply when an
application is not complete within six months of the date the application is
filed with the board:
(1) If an applicant fails to complete the application
process within six months of initial application filing, the board may notify
the applicant in writing of its intention to consider the application
abandoned. If no response to that notice is received by the board within thirty
days, the board shall consider the application as abandoned and no further
processing shall be undertaken with respect to that application.
(2) If the application
is not complete because the board is investigating, pursuant to section 4730.26
of the Revised Code, evidence appearing to show that the applicant has violated
Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code or applicable rules adopted by the board, the
board shall do both of the following:
(a) Notify the applicant that although otherwise complete, the
application will not be processed pending completion of the investigation;
and
(b) Upon completion of the investigation and the determination
that the applicant is not in violation of statute or rule, process the
application, including requiring updated information as it deems necessary.
(G) A physician assistant license must be renewed in the
manner and according to the requirements of section 4730.14 of the Revised
Code.
(H) To qualify for renewal of a physician assistant
license, the holder shall comply with the following:
(1) Each applicant for
renewal shall certify that the applicant has completed the requisite hours of
CME since the start of the licensure registration period.
(2) Except as provided in
paragraph (I)(4) of this rule, a physician assistant shall have completed one
hundred hours of CME during the licensure registration period.
(3) Pursuant to the
provisions of section 4745.04 of the Revised Code, the board shall permit a
physician assistant to earn one hour of CME for each sixty minutes spent
providing health care services in Ohio, as a volunteer, to indigent and
unisured persons, up to a maximum of thirty-three hours per CME period.
Physician assistants seeking to receive credit toward CME requirements shall
maintain a log of their qualifying activities. The log shall indicate the dates
the health care services were provided, the number of hours spent providing
health care services on those dates, the location where the health care
services were provided, and the signature of the medical director or the
medical director's designee.
(4) Proration of hours
required:
(a) If the physician assistant license is initially issued prior
to the first day of the second year of a licensure period, the licensee shall
be required to earn fifty total hours; if the license is issued on or after the
first day of the second year of the licensure period and prior to the first day
of the eighteenth month of that licensure period, the licensee shall be
required to earn twenty-five total hours; if the license is issued on or after
the first day of the eighteenth month of a licensure period, the licensee shall
not be required to earn any hours of CME for that licensure
period.
(b) Pursuant to the provisions of section 4745.04 of the Revised
Code, the board shall permit a physician assistant to earn one hour of CME for
each sixty minutes spent providing health care services in Ohio, as a
volunteer, to indigent and uninsured persons, when it is documented as required
by paragraph (I)(3) of this rule, up to the following maximums:
(i) For a physician
assistant required to earn fifty total hours, a maximum of sixteen hours for
that CME period.
(ii) For a physician
assistant required to earn twenty-five total hours, a maximum of eight hours
for that CME period.
(5) Only those hours
earned from the date of licensure to the end of the licensure period shall be
used towards the total hour requirement as contained in this rule.
(6) Completion of the CME
requirement may be satisfied by courses acceptable for the individual to
maintain NCCPA certification.
(I) To qualify for renewal of a physician assistant license
with a valid prescriber number, the physician assistant shall comply with all
of the following requirements:
(1) Completion of the
requirements in paragraph (H) of the rule;
(2) Except as provided in
paragraph (I)(4) of this rule, completion of at least twelve hours of category
I continuing education in pharmacology.
(3) If the physician
assistant prescribes opioid analgesics or benzodiazepines, the applicant for
renewal shall certify having been granted access to OARRS, unless one of the
exemptions in section 4730.49 of the Revised Code is applicable.
(4) If the renewal of the
license with a valid prescriber number is the first renewal after the holder
has completed the five hundred hours of on site supervision required by section
4730.44 of the Revised Code, the requisite hours of pharmacology continuing
education are as follows:
(a) If the five hundred hours were completed prior to the first
day of the second year of the licensure period, the licensee shall be required
to earn six total hours of pharmacology continuing education;
(b) If the five hundred hours were completed on or after the
first day of the second year of the licensure period and prior to the
eighteenth month of that licensure period, the licensee shall be required to
earn three total hours;
(c) If the five hundred hours were completed on or after the
first day of the eighteenth month of a licensure period, the licensee shall not
be required to earn any hours of pharmacology continuing education for that
licensure period.
