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...(A) A dialysis technician or dialysis technician intern may engage in dialysis care by doing the following: (1) Performing and monitoring dialysis procedures, including initiating, monitoring, and discontinuing dialysis; (2) Drawing blood; (3) Administering medications as specified in division (C) of this section when the administration is essential to the dialysis process; (4) Responding to complications th...

...(A) No person who does not hold a current, valid certificate issued under section 4723.75 or renewed under section 4723.77 of the Revised Code shall do either of the following: (1) Claim to the public to be a dialysis technician; (2) Use the title "Ohio certified dialysis technician," the initials "OCDT," or any other title or initials to represent that the person is authorized to perform dialysis care as a dial...

...The board of nursing shall adopt rules to administer and enforce sections 4723.71 to 4723.79 of the Revised Code. The board shall adopt the rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules shall establish or specify all of the following: (A) The application process, fee, and requirements for approval, reapproval, and withdrawing the approval of a dialysis training program under section 4723.74 ...

...(A) A person or government entity seeking to operate a training program that prepares individuals to become certified community health workers shall submit an application to the board of nursing on forms the board shall prescribe and furnish. The applicant shall include all information the board requires to process the application. The application shall be accompanied by the fee established in rules adopted under sec...

...The board of nursing, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to administer and enforce sections 4723.81 to 4723.87 of the Revised Code. The rules shall establish all of the following: (A) Standards and procedures for issuance of community health worker certificates; (B) Standards for evaluating the competency of an individual who applies to receive a certificate on the basis of havin...

...(A) As used in this section and section 4723.90 of the Revised Code: (1) "Doula" means a trained, nonmedical professional who advocates for, and provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to, a pregnant woman through the delivery of a child and immediately after the delivery, including during any of the following periods: (a) The antepartum period; (b) The intrapartum period; (c) The p...

...(A) There is hereby established within the board of nursing the doula advisory group. (B)(1) The advisory group shall consist of the following seventeen members: (a) The following members appointed by the board of nursing: (i) Three members representing communities most impacted by negative maternal and infant health outcomes; (ii) Five members who are doulas with current, valid certification from a doula cer...

...(A) As used in this section, "intimate examination" means a pelvic, prostate, or rectal examination. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, a registered nurse, including an advanced practice registered nurse, or a student currently enrolled in and actively pursuing completion of a registered nursing program, including an advanced practice registered nursing education program, shall not perform, or ...

...(A) The state vision professionals board shall accept as the examination that must be passed to receive a license to practice optometry in this state the examination prepared, administered, and graded by the national board of examiners in optometry or an examination prepared, administered, and graded by another professional testing organization recognized by the board as being qualified to examine applicants for lice...

...(A)(1) Each certificate of licensure for the practice of optometry issued by the state vision professionals board shall expire on the last day of December of each even-numbered year, and may be renewed in accordance with this section and the standard renewal procedure established under Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code. (2) An optometrist seeking to continue to practice optometry shall file with the board an applic...

...Division (A) of section 4725.02 of the Revised Code does not apply to the following: (A) Physicians authorized to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code; (B) Persons who sell optical accessories but do not assume to adapt them to the eye, and neither practice nor profess to practice optometry; (C) A nonresident instructor in a school of optometr...

...(A) As used in this section, "supplier" means any person who prepares or sells optical accessories or other vision correcting items, devices, or procedures. (B) A licensed optometrist, on completion of a vision examination and diagnosis, shall give each patient for whom the optometrist prescribes any vision correcting item, device, or procedure, one copy of the prescription, without additional charge to the patient....

...As used in sections 4725.40 to 4725.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Optical aid" means both of the following: (1) Spectacles or other instruments or devices that are not contact lenses, if the spectacles or other instruments or devices may aid or correct human vision and have been prescribed by a physician or optometrist licensed by any state; (2) Contact lenses, regardless of whether they address visual function,...

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the state vision professionals board, by a majority vote of its members, may refuse to grant a license and, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may suspend or revoke the license of a licensed dispensing optician or impose a fine or order restitution pursuant to division (B) of this section on any of the following grounds: (1) Conviction of a c...

...(A) Whoever violates section 4725.02 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not less than six months nor more than one year. (B) Whoever violates section 4725.41 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree for a...

...(A) Every person licensed as a pawnbroker shall keep and use separate pawn forms and purchase forms to be approved by the superintendent of financial institutions. (B) The licensee shall record on the appropriate form for each pawn or purchase all of the following information: (1) The date and time of the pledging or purchasing; (2) The amount of the loan or the purchase price; (3) The rate of interest and the ...

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. (B) The superintendent shall enforce this chapter, make all reasonable effort to discover alleged violators, notify the proper prosecuting officer whenever the superintendent has reasonable grounds to believe that a violation has occurred, act ...

...(A) No person licensed as a pawnbroker under this chapter shall conduct business in this state, unless the licensee does either of the following: (1) Maintains liquid assets in a minimum amount of seventy-five thousand dollars; (2) Obtains a surety bond issued by a bonding company or insurance company authorized to do business in this state. The bond shall be in favor of the superintendent of financial institution...

...(A) As used in this section, "experience in the capacity involved" means that the applicant for a precious metals dealer's license has had sufficient financial responsibility and experience in the business of precious metals dealer, or a related business, to act as a precious metals dealer in compliance with this chapter. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, the division of financial insti...

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions may, either personally or by a person whom the superintendent appoints for the purpose, if the superintendent considers it advisable, investigate the business of every person licensed as a precious metals dealer under this chapter, and of every person, partnership, and corporation by whom or for which any purchase is made, whether the person, partnership, or cor...

...All of the following apply with respect to the executive director of the state board of pharmacy : (A) The executive director is the chief administrative officer of the board. (B) The executive director is an appointing authority, as defined in section 124.01 of the Revised Code, and may appoint employees necessary to carry out the board's functions. (C) The executive director, with the board's approval, may p...

...The state board of pharmacy shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards for approving and designating physicians and facilities as treatment providers for pharmacists with substance abuse problems and shall approve and designate treatment providers in accordance with the rules. The rules shall include standards for both inpatient and outpatient treatment. The rules sha...

...(A) A pharmacist may dispense naltrexone without a prescription from a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The pharmacist is able to verify a record of a prescription for the injectable long-acting or extended-release form of naltrexone in the name of the patient who is requesting the drug, but the prescription does not provide for a refill or t...

...(A) As used in this section, "biological product," "finished dosage form," "generically equivalent drug," and "interchangeable biological product" have the same meanings as in section 3715.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Unless instructed otherwise by the person receiving the drug pursuant to the prescription, a pharmacist filling a prescription for a drug prescribed by its brand name may, subject to the following condi...

...(A) As used in this section, "epinephrine autoinjector" means a device used to administer epinephrine only in a manufactured dosage form. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, a pharmacist dispensing an epinephrine autoinjector pursuant to a prescription that identifies a specific type of epinephrine autoinjector may substitute the prescribed autoinjector with another epinephrine autoinjector, but only if ...