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...license, training or other certificate, limited permit, or other authority to practice as any one of the following practitioners: a physician assistant, physician, podiatrist, limited branch of medicine practitioner, dietitian, anesthesiologist assistant, respiratory care professional, acupuncturist, certified mental health assistant, radiologist assistant, or genetic counselor. "Applicant" may include an individual ...

...(A) In addition to the duties described in section 4731.25 of the Revised Code, the monitoring organization shall conduct a review of individuals and entities providing impairment evaluation and treatment services to determine which should be approved as evaluators and treatment providers by the organization. The individuals and entities may include those with experience providing evaluation and treatment services as...

...(A) A practitioner is eligible to participate in the confidential monitoring program established under section 4731.25 of the Revised Code if both of the following are the case: (1) The practitioner is or may be impaired. (2) At the time the practitioner seeks to participate in the program, the practitioner is not under the terms of a consent agreement with, or an order issued by, the board for impairment. (...

...t or suspend a license, certificate, or limited permit, refuse to issue a license, certificate, or limited permit, or reprimand or place on probation an applicant solely on the grounds of impairment occurring prior to the applicant seeking authority to practice in this state. (B)(1) An applicant who was authorized to practice in another jurisdiction before seeking authority to practice in this state is not subject...

...In the absence of fraud or bad faith, no monitoring organization that conducts the confidential monitoring program established under section 4731.25 of the Revised Code and no agent, employee, member, or representative of such organization shall be liable in damages in a civil action or subject to criminal prosecution for performing any of the duties required by that section, the contract with the state medical board...

...The state medical board may adopt any rules it considers necessary to implement sections 4731.25 to 4731.254 of the Revised Code, except that the board shall adopt rules establishing standards for evaluating, treating, and monitoring practitioners and applicants who are or may be impaired, including standards for the approval of evaluators and treatment providers. Any such rules shall be adopted in accordance with Ch...

...Upon application by the holder of a license or certificate to practice issued under this chapter, the state medical board shall issue a duplicate license or certificate to replace one missing or damaged, to reflect a name change, or for any other reasonable cause. The fee for a duplicate license or certificate to practice shall be thirty-five dollars.

...(A) As used in this section, "collaboration," "physician," "standard care arrangement," and "supervision" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A physician or podiatrist shall enter into a standard care arrangement with each clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner with whom the physician or podiatrist is in collaboration. The collaborating ...

... the application for renewal or on an accompanying page. (F) Each person holding a license to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery shall give notice to the board of a change in the license holder's residence address, business address, or electronic mail address not later than thirty days after the change occurs.

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, each person holding a license to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery issued by the state medical board shall complete biennially not less than fifty hours of continuing medical education that has been approved by the board. (2) Each person holding a license to practice shall be given sufficient...

... or podiatric medicine and surgery or a limited branch of medicine may request that the state medical board place the individual's license on retired status. This section does not authorize an individual who holds a training certificate issued under section 4731.291 or 4731.573 of the Revised Code to request that the board place the individual's certificate on retired status. (B) An individual seeking to have t...

...(A) An individual seeking to pursue an internship, residency, clinical fellowship program, or elective clinical rotation in this state, who does not hold a license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine or surgery issued under this chapter, shall apply to the state medical board for a training certificate. The application shall be made on forms that the board shall furnish and shall be accompanied b...

... the application for renewal or on an accompanying page. (2) A clinical research faculty certificate may be renewed for an additional three-year period. There is no limit on the number of times a certificate may be renewed. A person seeking renewal of a certificate shall apply to the board. The board shall provide the application for renewal in a form determined by the board. (3) An applicant is eligible for re...

...(A) The state medical board may issue, without examination, a special activity certificate to any nonresident person seeking to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in conjunction with a special activity, program, or event taking place in this state. (B) An applicant for a special activity certificate shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board of all of the following: (1) The a...

...(A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code. (b) "Indigent and uninsured person" and "operation" have the same meanings as in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code. (2) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be considered retired from practice if the person's license has expired with the person's intention of ceasing to practice medi...

...at the applicant will have professional liability insurance through the applicant's employment with the academic medical center or affiliated physician group practice. (2) An attestation that the applicant agrees to practice only within the clinical setting of the academic medical center or for the affiliated physician group practice; (3) Three letters of reference from distinguished experts in the applicant's sp...

...(A) The state medical board shall issue, without examination, to an applicant who meets the requirements of this section a visiting clinical professional development certificate authorizing the practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery as part of the applicant's participation in a clinical professional development program. (B) To be eligible for a visiting clinical professional developmen...

... the board receives the fee. (F) The secretary and supervising member of the board shall review all applications received under this section. If the secretary and supervising member determine that an applicant meets the requirements for an expedited license by endorsement, the board shall issue the license to the applicant. If the secretary and supervising member determine that an applicant does not meet the...

... (H) A physician is immune from civil liability, is not subject to professional disciplinary action by the state medical board or state board of pharmacy, and is not subject to criminal prosecution for any of the following actions: (1) Advising a patient, patient representative, or caregiver about the benefits and risks of medical marijuana to treat a qualifying medical condition; (2) Recommending that a patien...

...(A) Not later than one year after the effective date of this section, the state medical board shall adopt rules establishing all of the following: (1) The procedures when applying for a certificate to recommend under section 4731.301 of the Revised Code; (2) The conditions that must be met to be eligible for a certificate to recommend; (3) The schedule and procedures for renewing a certificate to recommend; (4) ...

...ribed by the board. A petition shall be limited to one disease or condition and shall include a description of the disease or condition. A petition shall not seek to add a broad category of diseases or conditions. (B) On receipt of a petition, the board shall review it to determine whether to approve or deny the addition of the disease or condition described in the petition. The board may consolidate the review of p...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Rural hospital" means a hospital agency, as defined in section 140.01 of the Revised Code, that meets all of the following criteria: (a) Is in compliance with Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code; (b) Is located in a county that has a population of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand. (2) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code t...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Light-based medical device" means any device that can be made to produce or amplify electromagnetic radiation at wavelengths equal to or greater than one hundred eighty nm but less than or equal to 1.0 X 106 nm and that is manufactured, designed, intended, or promoted for irradiation of any part of the human body for the purpose of affecting the structure or function of the body. ...

...(A) A person shall be regarded as practicing medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery, within the meaning ofthis chapter, who does any of the following: (1) Uses the words or letters, "Dr.," "Doctor," "M.D.," physician," "D.O.," "D.P.M.," or any other title in connection with the person's name in any way that represents the person as engaged in the practice of medi...

...to application for such injunction, the secretary of the state medical board shall notify the person allegedly engaged either directly or by complicity in the unlawful activity by registered mail that the secretary has received information indicating that this person is so engaged. Said person shall answer the secretary within thirty days showing either that the person is properly licensed or certified for the stated...