Rule 5122-25-08 | Probationary certification.
(A) As used in this rule, "full accreditation," with respect to a particular certifiable service or support, means a national accrediting organization specified in division (B)(3) of section 5119.36 of the Revised Code that the department has identified on its national accreditation webpage has issued an accreditation decision of "accredited" or "accreditation" without additional conditions or modifiers other than three-year or one-year accreditation.
(B) The department may issue probationary certification when the provider has full certification and at least one of the following is true:
(1) The department has identified serious deficiencies during its review of a provider's compliance with certification standards or the provider's documented corrective action is not approved by the department; or
(2) When a national accrediting organization has modified the provider's accreditation status from full accreditation to another accreditation status, except for losing accreditation.
(C) Probationary certification expires on the date that is one hundred twenty days from the date of issuance.
(D) Probationary certification may be extended for a single one hundred twenty-day period.
(E) If a provider is unable to return to full certification or loses national accreditation at the end of an extension period granted under paragraph (D) of this rule, the probationary certification terminates. At this point, the provider may voluntarily relinquish the certificate or the department may revoke the certificate in accordance with 5122-25-11 of the Revised Code.
(F) Nothing in this rule limits the department's ability to bring an administrative hearing prior to issuing probationary certification or an extension thereof under this rule.
Last updated August 3, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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