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... section 1701.03 of the Revised Code, a limited liability company formed under Chapter 1705. or 1706. of the Revised Code, or a foreign limited liability company registered with the secretary of state and transacting business in this state in accordance with sections 1705.53 to 1705.58 or 1706.51 to 1706.515 of the Revised Code.

...The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a state medical board consisting of twelve members, eight of whom shall be physicians and surgeons licensed to practice in Ohio. Seven members of the board shall hold the degree of doctor of medicine. Terms of office of members holding the degree of doctor of medicine shall be for five years, commencing on the nineteenth day of March and ending on...

...The state medical board shall organize by the election of a president, supervising member, and secretary. Each officer shall be a member of the board. The secretary shall be a physician in good standing in the physician's profession. Each of the officers shall serve for a term of one year. The officers may administer oaths.

...Each member of the state medical board shall receive an amount fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for each day employed in the discharge of his official duties and his necessary expenses.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Fifth pathway training" means supervised clinical training obtained in the United States as a substitute for the internship or social service requirements of a foreign medical school. (B) "Graduate medical education" means education received through any of the following: (1) An internship, residency, or clinical fellowship program conducted in the United States and accredited by...

...(A) The state medical board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of this chapter. All adjudicative proceedings of the state medical board shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The state medical board shall appoint an executive director who shall be in the unclassified service of the state. The board may appoint other em...

...The state medical board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing universal blood and body fluid precautions that shall be used by each person who performs exposure prone invasive procedures and is authorized to practice by this chapter or Chapter 4730., 4759., 4760., 4761., 4762., 4772., or 4774. of the Revised Code. The rules shall define and establish requirements for unive...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Chronic pain" means pain that has persisted after reasonable medical efforts have been made to relieve the pain or cure its cause and that has continued, either continuously or episodically, for longer than three continuous months. "Chronic pain" does not include pain associated with a terminal condition or with a progressive disease that, in the normal course of progression,...

...(A) As used in this section, "physician" means an individual authorized by this chapter to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery. (B) The state medical board shall adopt rules that establish standards to be met and procedures to be followed by a physician with respect to the physician's delegation of the performance of a medical task to a person who is not...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Chronic pain" has the same meaning as in section 4731.052 of the Revised Code. (2) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Hospice care program" means a program licensed under Chapter 3712. of the Revised Code. (4) "Hospital" means a hospital registered with the department of health under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code. ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Drug database" means the database established and maintained by the state board of pharmacy pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code. (2) "Physician" means an individual authorized under this chapter to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery. (3) "Opioid analgesic" and "benzodiazepine" have the same meanings as in ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Controlled substance," "schedule III," "schedule IV," and "schedule V" have the same meanings as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Medication-assisted treatment" has the same meaning as in section 340.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Physician" means an individual authorized by this chapter to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (B) The state...

...As used in this section, "physician" means an individual authorized under this chapter to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. The state medical board shall adopt rules establishing standards and procedures to be followed by a physician when prescribing a drug that may be administered by a pharmacist pursuant to section 4729.45 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accorda...

...The state medical board shall meet at least four times each year, and at such times and places as the board may direct. Six members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall have a seal and shall prescribe rules for its government.

...72., 4774., and 4778.; and licenses and limited permits issued under Chapters 4759. and 4761. of the Revised Code. The register shall show the name of the applicant and whether the applicant was granted or refused the license, certificate, or limited permit being sought. With respect to applicants to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, the register shall show the name of the institut...

...The state medical board shall develop and publish on its internet web site a directory containing the names of, and business address for, all persons who hold current, valid certificates or licenses issued by the board under this chapter or Chapter 4730., 4759., 4760., 4761., 4762., 4772., 4774., or 4778. of the Revised Code. Except as provided in section 4731.10 of the Revised Code, the directory shall be the sole s...

...In addition to any other eligibility requirement set forth in this chapter, each applicant for a license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, and each applicant as set forth in section 5(b)(2) of the "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact" entered into under section 4731.11 of the Revised Code, shall comply with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code.

...(A) An applicant for a license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery must meet all of the following requirements: (1) Be at least eighteen years of age; (2) Possess a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalence or have obtained the equivalent of such education as determined by the state medical board; (3) Have completed two years of undergraduate work in a coll...

...To be recognized by the state medical board as a qualified graduate of a fifth pathway training program, an applicant shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant has done all of the following: (A) Studied medicine in a foreign medical school acknowledged by the world health organization and verified by a member state of that organization as operating within the state's jurisdiction at the time...

...Upon the request of a person who holds a license or certificate to practice issued under this chapter and is seeking licensure in another state, the state medical board shall provide verification of the person's license or certificate to practice the person's profession in this state. The fee for such verification is fifty dollars.

...lds specialty certification or a time-unlimited specialty certificate recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Association's Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists; 5) Possesses a full and unrestricted license to engage in the practice of medicine issued by a member board; 6) Has never been convicted, received adjudication, deferred adjudication, community supervision, or def...

...Not later than thirty days after the "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact" is entered into under section 4731.11 of the Revised Code, the state medical board, in accordance with section 11 of the compact, shall select two individuals to serve as commissioners to the interstate medical licensure compact commission created under the compact. The board shall fill any vacancy in either or both of the positions not later...

...(A) The state medical board shall review all applications submitted under section 4731.09 of the Revised Code and determine whether each applicant meets the requirements for a license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (B) If the board determines that the evidence submitted with an application is satisfactory and the applicant meets the requirements for a license, the board shall ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an individual must demonstrate proficiency in spoken English, by passing an examination specified by the state medical board, to receive a license to practice issued under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code if the individual's eligibility for the license is based in part on certification from the educational commission for foreign medical graduates and fulfillm...

...(A) Each person holding a valid license issued under this chapter authorizing the license holder to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery, who is not covered by medical malpractice insurance shall provide a patient with written notice of the license holder's lack of that insurance coverage prior to providing nonemergency professional services to the patient...

...(A) Each health insuring corporation holding a certificate of authority to operate in this state shall have deposited securities with the superintendent of insurance or an approved custodian in the amount required by this division. (1) Each health insuring corporation authorized to provide basic health care services shall maintain a deposit of not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars. (2) Each health insuri...

...(A) Each health insuring corporation that provides coverage to medicaid recipients shall post a performance bond in the amount of three million dollars as security to fulfill the obligations of the health insuring corporation to pay claims of contracted providers for covered health care services provided to medicaid recipients. The bond shall be payable to the department of insurance in the event that the healt...

...(A)(1) Every health insuring corporation authorized to provide basic health care services, which health insuring corporation is not a provider sponsored organization, shall maintain total admitted assets equal to at least one hundred ten per cent of the liabilities of the corporation. However, at no time shall the corporation's net worth be less than one million two hundred thousand dollars. (2) Every health insuri...

...(A) Any changes in a health insuring corporation's solicitation document shall be filed with the superintendent of insurance thirty days prior to use for informational purposes, and shall comply with the requirements of this section. If the superintendent finds that any solicitation document fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the superintendent may disapprove any solicitation document or re...

...r additions thereto, including, but not limited to, construction, renovation, or purchase of facilities and equipment. (B) A description of the enrollee population and composition, group and nongroup; (C) A summary of enrollee written complaints and their disposition; (D) A statement of the number of subscriber policies, contracts, certificates, and agreements that have been terminated by action of the health i...

...Each health insuring corporation, annually, on or before the first day of June, shall file with the superintendent of insurance an audit report certified by an independent certified public accountant covering the preceding calendar year. The report shall be verified by an officer of the health insuring corporation and shall be in the form prescribed by the superintendent by rule.

...(A) Each health insuring corporation shall provide to its subscribers a description of the health insuring corporation, its method of operation, its service area, its most recent provider list, its complaint procedure established pursuant to section 1751.19 of the Revised Code, and a description of its utilization review, internal review, and external review processes established under sections 1751.77 to 1751....

...(A) Each health insuring corporation and each applicant for a certificate of authority under this chapter shall be subject to examination by the superintendent of insurance in accordance with section 3901.07 of the Revised Code. Section 3901.07 of the Revised Code shall govern every aspect of the examination, including the circumstances under and frequency with which it is conducted, the authority of the superintende...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance may suspend or revoke any certificate of authority issued to a health insuring corporation under this chapter if the superintendent finds that: (1) The health insuring corporation is operating in contravention of its articles of incorporation, its health care plan or plans, or in a manner contrary to that described in and reasonably inferred from any other information submi...

...(A) When the superintendent of insurance has cause to believe that grounds for the denial of an application for a certificate of authority exist, or that grounds for the suspension or revocation of a certificate of authority exist, the superintendent shall notify the applicant or health insuring corporation in writing, specifically stating the grounds for the denial, suspension, or revocation and setting a date...

...(A) As used in this section, "agent" means a person appointed by a health insuring corporation to engage in the solicitation or enrollment of subscribers or enrollees. (B) Agents of health insuring corporations shall be licensed as insurance agents in accordance with Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code. (C) Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code shall apply to health insuring corporations and the agents of health insuri...

...(A) Notwithstanding any provision of Title XXXIX of the Revised Code, any insurance company holding a certificate of authority issued pursuant to Title XXXIX of the Revised Code, or any corporation that is a subsidiary or affiliate of the insurance company, may apply for and obtain a certificate of authority to organize and operate a health insuring corporation in compliance with this chapter. Notwithstanding any oth...

...Any rehabilitation, liquidation, supervision, or conservation of a health insuring corporation shall be deemed to be the rehabilitation, liquidation, supervision, or conservation of an insurance company and shall be conducted under the supervision of the superintendent of insurance pursuant to Chapter 3903. of the Revised Code.

...(A) Each health insuring corporation shall pay to the superintendent of insurance the following fees: (1) For filing an application for a certificate of authority, fifteen hundred dollars; (2) For filing a request for a service area expansion under section 1751.03 of the Revised Code, three hundred dollars; (3) For filing a major modification under section 1751.03 of the Revised Code, three hundred dollars; (4) F...

...(A) In lieu of the suspension or revocation of a certificate of authority under section 1751.35 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance, pursuant to an adjudication hearing initiated and conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, or by consent of the health insuring corporation without an adjudication hearing, may levy an administrative penalty. The administrative penalty shall ...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance may contract with qualified persons to make recommendations concerning the determinations required to be made by the superintendent relative to an expansion of a service area pursuant to division (C) of section 1751.03 of the Revised Code, an application for a certificate of authority pursuant to sections 1751.04 and 1751.05 of the Revised Code, a contractual periodic prepaym...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance shall adopt the forms, instructions, and manuals prescribed by the national association of insurance commissioners for the preparation and filing of statutory financial statements and other financial information. However, the superintendent may by rule adopt modifications to such prescribed forms, instructions, and manuals as the superintendent considers to be necessary. (B) For p...

...The superintendent of insurance may adopt rules as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. These rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...If a health care plan of a health insuring corporation covers health care services that may be legally performed by a class of providers referred to in section 3923.23 or 3923.231 of the Revised Code but would restrict an enrollee's ability to receive these health care services from members of that class in any manner that differs from an enrollee's ability under the health care plan to receive these health care serv...

...(A) All applications, filings, and reports required under this chapter shall be treated as public documents after the date the application, filing, or report becomes effective, regardless of the application of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act set forth in sections 1333.61 to 1333.69 of the Revised Code. (B) Any data or information pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, or health of any enrollee or applicant for enroll...

...If an enrollee signs a medical information release upon the request of a health insuring corporation, the release shall clearly explain what information may be disclosed under the terms of the release. If a health insuring corporation utilizes this release to request medical information from a health care facility or provider, the health insuring corporation shall provide a copy of the enrollee's release to the healt...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Group contract" means a group health insuring corporation contract covering employees that meets either of the following conditions: (a) The contract was issued by an entity that, on June 4, 1997, holds a certificate of authority or license to operate under Chapter 1738. or 1742. of the Revised Code, and covers an employee at the time the employee's employment is terminated. ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Eligible person" means any person who, at the time a reservist is called or ordered to active duty, is covered under a group contract and is either of the following: (a) An employee who is a reservist called or ordered to active duty; (b) The spouse or a dependent child of an employee described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section. (2) "Group contract" includes any group health ...

...proprietor of a business, a member of a partnership, or an officer of a family farm corporation.

... policy covers a specified disease or a limited plan of coverage. (2) The policy is specifically designed, advertised, represented, and sold as a supplement to other basic sickness and accident insurance coverage. (3) The entire premium for the policy is paid by the insured, the insured's family, or the insured's guardian. (B) This section applies to supplemental sickness and accident insurance policies irrespecti...