(A) A training certificate is mandatory
for participation in a training program unless the participant holds a license
to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. The
participation in the programs 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 one
of the following:
(1) A diploma from an
LCME accredited medical school or AOA accredited osteopathic medical school;
or
(2) An ECFMG certificate
or a fifth pathway certificate.
(C) Evidence that the applicant for a
training certificate has been accepted or appointed to a training progam
meeting the requirements of division (A)(2) of section 4731.291 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, ECFMG certificate, or
a fifth pathway certificate 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, an ECFMG certificate, or a fifth pathway certificate 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, an
ECFMG certificate, or a fifth pathway certificate 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 4731.291 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;
(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
medicine and surgery or osteopathic 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 medicine and
surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery has been permanently revoked or
permanently denied is ineligible to participate in a training program in
Ohio.
