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...(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 ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Certified nurse practitioner," "certified nurse-midwife," "clinical nurse specialist," and "standard care arrangement" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Collaborating physician" means a physician who has entered into a standard care arrangement with a clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner. (3) "P...

...(A)(1) A pharmacist licensed under this chapter who meets the requirements of division (B) of this section, a pharmacy intern licensed under this chapter who meets the requirements of division (B) of this section and is working under the direct supervision of a pharmacist who meets the requirements of that division, and a certified pharmacy technician or a registered pharmacy technician who meets the requirements of ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Board of health" means a board of health of a city or general health district or an authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code. (2) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery. (B) If use of ...

...A manufacturer of dangerous drugs may donate inhalers, as defined in section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code, epinephrine autoinjectors, or injectable or nasally administered glucagon to any of the following: (A) The board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district; (B) A community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; (C) A STEM school established...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Category II" means any dangerous drug that is not included in category III. (2) "Category III" means any controlled substance that is contained in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V. (3) "Schedule I,""schedule II,""schedule III,""schedule IV," and "schedule V" have the same meanings as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1)(a) The state board of pharmacy shall license pers...

...(A) No agent or employee of an animal shelter, no agent or employee of a wild animal rehabilitation facility, and no county dog warden or agent or employee of a county dog warden shall perform euthanasia by means of lethal injection on an animal by use of any substance other than a substance in a manufactured dosage form that the state veterinary medical licensing board, in consultation with the state board of pharma...

...(A) As used in this section and sections 4729.534 and 4729.535 of the Revised Code, "certified officer" and "chemical capture" have the same meanings as in section 955.151 of the Revised Code. (B) Upon application of an animal shelter or county dog warden that holds a limited license issued under section 4729.531 of the Revised Code, the state board of pharmacy may grant a chemical capture classification to the lim...