(A) A
training certificate is mandatory for participation in a training program
unless the participant holds a license to practice podiatric medicine and
surgery. The participation in the program prior to receiving an acknowledgment
letter or a training certificate from the board is the unlicensed practice of
medicine pursuant to section 4731.34 of the Revised Code.
(B) An individual may not begin participation in a training
program unless the individual has been issued a diploma from a college of
podiatric medicine and surgery in good standing.
(C) Evidence that the applicant for a training certificate
has been accepted or appointed to a training program meeting the requirements
of division (A)(2) of section 4731.573 of the Revised Code must include a
certification from the training program of both of the following:
(1) The training program will verify that the applicant has
been issued a diploma before permitting the applicant to begin participation in
the training program; and
(2) The training program will notify the board if a holder
of a training certificate has not been issued a diploma before the start date
of the training program.
(D) The holder of a training certificate shall immediately
notify the board in writing if the holder has not been issued a diploma before
the start date of the training program.
(E) Upon the board's receipt of an application for a
training certificate, or upon the board's receipt of written notice from
an applicant for a license that the applicant intends to participate in a
training program, and after verifying that the applicant has paid the
appropriate fee, the board may issue to the applicant an acknowledgment letter.
Fees are neither refundable nor transferable.
(1) Upon receipt of that acknowledgment letter, the
applicant may begin participating in the training program that meets the
requirements of section 4731.573 of the Revised Code, and this chapter of the
Administrative Code, to which the applicant has been appointed while the
application is being processed. The acknowledgment letter will serve as proof
that the board has received the application and that the applicant is entitled
to continue participation in the training program.
(2) If an applicant has not received an acknowledgment
letter or training certificate from the board within forty-five days after
submitting an application, then the applicant shall immediately inform the
board and the director of his or her training program in writing.
(3) An acknowledgment letter issued under this rule shall
authorize participation in a training program for one hundred twenty days,
unless prior to that time the board:
(a) Issues the
certificate; or
(b) Issues an order in
accordance with Ohio law suspending without a prior hearing the authority to
participate; or
(c) Accepts a withdrawal
of the application; or
(d) Issues a notice of
opportunity for hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, in
which case the authority to participate shall continue until the board's
issuance of a final order granting or denying the application, or until the end
of the training year, whichever comes first; or
(e) In the case of an
applicant for a license, advises the applicant in writing that a substantial
question of a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it exists
and that investigation is continuing, in which case the authority to
participate shall continue until one of the following occur:
(i) The board issues a license; or
(ii) The board issues a final order in accordance with
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; or
(iii) The training year ends.
Except as provided in this rule,
participation in a training program pursuant to an acknowledgment letter cannot
be renewed or extended beyond one hundred twenty days.
(F) If at the end of one hundred twenty days following
issuance of an acknowledgment letter to an applicant for a training certificate
the board has commenced but not yet concluded investigation or inquiry into
issues of possible violations of Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code, it shall
issue a training certificate to the applicant but shall not be deemed to have
waived any issues which would constitute grounds to impose discipline under
Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code.
(G) If the applicant or training certificate holder changes
training programs, the board must be notified in writing immediately. A new
application need not be completed and a new training certificate will not be
issued. The training certificate will continue to be valid until its date of
expiration.
(H) A
person who holds a suspended license to practice podiatric medicine and surgery
is not eligible for a training certificate. Such a person must restore that
license in accordance with sections 4731.222 and 4731.281 of the Revised Code
before beginning postgraduate training in Ohio. A person whose license to
practice podiatric medicine and surgery has been permanently revoked or
permanently denied is ineligible to participate in a training program in
Ohio.
