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... counselors, marriage and family therapists, independent marriage and family therapists, social workers, independent social workers, art therapists, and music therapists, except that the board shall charge only one fee to a person who fulfills all requirements for more than one of the following initial licenses: an initial license as a social worker or independent social worker, an initial license as a licensed profe...

...A license or certificate of registration issued under this chapter is valid without further recommendation or examination until revoked or suspended or until the license or certificate of registration expires for failure to renew as provided for in this section. Licenses and certificates of registration shall be renewed biennially in accordance with the schedule established in rules adopted by the counselor, social w...

...(A) A person licensed or registered under this chapter may apply to the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board to have the person's license or registration classified as inactive. If a fee is charged under division (B) of this section, the person shall include the fee with the application. If the person's license or registration is in good standing and the person meets any other requi...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, each person who holds a license or certificate of registration issued under this chapter shall complete during the period that the license or certificate is in effect not less than thirty clock hours of continuing professional education as a condition of receiving a renewed license or certificate. To have a lapsed license or certificate of registration ...

... independent marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapists, licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed professional counselors, art therapists, and music therapists in recognizing the signs of domestic violence and its relationship to child abuse. Social workers, independent social workers, social work assistants, independent marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapists, li...

...(A) The appropriate professional standards committee of the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, take any action specified in division (B) of this section for any reason described in division (C) of this section against an individual who has applied for or holds a license issued under this chapter; a master's level counselor traine...

...dividual subject to the suspension requests an adjudication, the date set for the adjudication shall be within fifteen days but not earlier than seven days after the individual makes the request, unless another date is agreed to by both the individual and the committee imposing the suspension. The summary suspension shall remain in effect, unless reversed by the committee, until a final adjudication order issued by t...

...respective professions: (1) Optometrists who are authorized to practice optometry under Chapter 4725. of the Revised Code; (2) Chiropractors who are authorized to practice chiropractic or acupuncture under Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code; (3) Psychologists who are authorized to practice psychology under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code; (4) Registered or licensed practical nurses who are authorized to ...

...(A) The counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall investigate alleged violations of this chapter or the rules adopted under it and alleged irregularities in the delivery of services related to professional counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, art therapy, or music therapy by persons licensed or registered under this chapter. As part of its conduct of an investigation, th...

...For any hearing it is authorized to conduct under this chapter, the board may appoint one of its members to act on behalf of the board. The board shall make such appointments in writing. It is not necessary for a member to be an attorney to be appointed. A finding or order of a member appointed to act on behalf of the board is a finding or order of the board when confirmed by the board.

...In addition to any other remedies provided by law, the counselor and social worker board may apply to an appropriate court for an order enjoining the violation of any provision of this chapter, and on a showing that any person has violated or is about to violate any provision of this chapter, the court shall grant an order enjoining the violation.

...opmental disabilities; (2) Psychologists, independent school psychologists, or school psychologists licensed under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code; (3) Members of other professions licensed, certified, or registered by this state while performing services within the recognized scope, standards, and ethics of their respective professions; (4) Rabbis, priests, Christian science practitioners, clergy, or memb...

...Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing any person to engage in the practice of psychology as defined in division (B) of section 4732.01 of the Revised Code.

...Nothing in this chapter or the rules adopted under it shall be construed as authorizing a licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed professional counselor, independent marriage and family therapist, marriage and family therapist, independent social worker, social worker, social work assistant, art therapist, or music therapist to admit a patient to a hospital or as requiring a hospital to allow any of those ...

...nal. A license holder is not liable in damages in a civil action, and shall not be subject to disciplinary action by the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board, for disclosing any confidential information about a client that is disclosed for the purposes of section 2305.51 of the Revised Code.

...The counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...A professional clinical counselor, independent social worker, independent marriage and family therapist, art therapist, or music therapist may provide telehealth services in accordance with section 4743.09 of the Revised Code.

...ir official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred, or that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties or responsibilities; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be co...

...Not later than sixty days after the "Counseling Compact" is entered into under section 4757.51 of the Revised Code, the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board, in accordance with section 9 of the compact, shall select an individual to serve as a delegate to the counseling compact commission created under the compact. The board shall fill a vacancy in this position not later than sixty days ...

...ir official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties or responsibilities; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be c...

...Not later than sixty days after the "Social Work Licensure Compact" is entered into under section 4757.52 of the Revised Code, the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board, in accordance with section 10 of the compact, shall select an individual to serve as a delegate to the social work licensure compact commission created under the compact. The board shall fill a vacancy in this position not...

...Whoever violates section 4757.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Acupuncture" means a form of health care performed by the insertion and removal of specialized needles, with or without the use of supplemental techniques, to specific areas of the human body. (B) "Chiropractor" means an individual licensed under Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code to engage in the practice of chiropractic. (C) "General nonmedical nutritional information" means i...

...On and after the effective date of this section, this chapter no longer applies to oriental medicine practitioners.

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, no person shall engage in the practice of acupuncture unless the person holds a valid license to practice as an acupuncturist issued by the state medical board under this chapter. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to the following: (1) A physician; (2) A person who performs acupuncture as part of a training program in acupuncture, b...