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Section 4723.114 | Employer obligations regarding nurses holding multistate licenses.

...a nurse holding a multistate license to practice registered or licensed practical nursing issued pursuant to section 4723.11 of the Revised Code shall do both of the following if the nurse's home state, as defined in that section, is not Ohio: (1) Report to the board of nursing the number of nurses holding multistate licenses who are employed by, or providing services for, the person or governmental entity; (2) P...

Section 4723.115 | No limits on collective bargaining, board authority.

...nal license to practice as a registered nurse or as a licensed practical nurse issued pursuant to section 4723.09 of the Revised Code meets the educational requirements of that section; (2) Whether a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse holding a license to practice issued pursuant to section 4723.09 of the Revised Code has completed the continuing education required for renewal as described in section 4723...

Section 4723.116 | Grants from national council.

...The board of nursing may accept grant money from the national council of state boards of nursing to assist in the implementation of sections 4723.11 and 4723.111 of the Revised Code.

Section 4723.15 | Legacy provisions.

...ce professional nursing as a registered nurse issued by the state nurses board or the board of nursing education and nurse registration under former provisions of this chapter or by the nurses' examining committee of the state medical board as provided in former sections 1295-01 to 1295-20 and 1347 et seq. of the General Code shall remain valid and shall confer the same privileges and impose the same responsibilities...

Section 4723.151 | Unlicensed practice.

... or surgery or any of its branches by a nurse are prohibited. (B) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit a certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner from practicing within the nurse's scope of practice in accordance with section 4723.43 of the Revised Code. (C) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, nothing in this chap...

Section 4723.16 | Offering services through authorized business entity.

...the practice of nursing as a registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse may render the professional services of a registered, advanced practice registered, or licensed practical nurse within this state through a corporation formed under division (B) of section 1701.03 of the Revised Code, a limited liability company formed under former Chapter 1705. of the Revised Code as that c...

Section 4723.18 | Administration of adult intravenous therapy.

...ist, or podiatrist who is authorized to practice in this state and, except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, is present and readily available at the facility where the intravenous therapy procedure is performed; (2) A registered nurse in accordance with division (B) of this section. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section and section 4723.181 of the Revised Code, when a licensed...

Section 4723.24 | License or certificate renewal; notice of change of address.

...nse to practice nursing as a registered nurse is subject to renewal in odd-numbered years. An application for renewal of the license is due on the fifteenth day of September of the renewal year. A late application may be submitted before the license lapses. If a license is not renewed or classified as inactive, the license lapses on the first day of November of the renewal year. (b) An active license to practice nur...

Section 4723.25 | Continuing education courses in domestic violence and its relationship to child abuse.

....07 of the Revised Code and that assist nurses in recognizing the signs of domestic violence and its relationship to child abuse. Nurses are not required to take the courses.

Section 4723.26 | Volunteer nursing certificate.

...ing to practice nursing as a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or advanced practice registered nurse for remuneration. (B) The board of nursing may issue, without examination, a volunteer's certificate to a qualified person who is retired from practice so that the person may provide nursing services to indigent and uninsured persons at any location, including a free clinic. (C) Except as provided in div...

Section 4723.271 | Replacement copies of certificates.

...er jurisdiction or foreign country the fact that the person holds such nursing license, volunteer's certificate, dialysis technician certificate, medication aide certificate, or community health worker certificate.

Section 4723.281 | Summary suspension without a hearing - automatic suspensions.

...nd convincing evidence that continued practice by an individual licensed under this chapter presents a danger of immediate and serious harm to the public, as determined on consideration of the evidence by the president and the executive director of the board of nursing, the president and director shall impose on the individual a summary suspension without a hearing. An individual serving as president or executive dir...

Section 4723.282 | Establishing practice intervention and improvement program.

...(A) As used in this section, "practice deficiency" means any activity that does not meet acceptable and prevailing standards of safe and effective nursing care or dialysis care. (B) The board of nursing may abstain from taking disciplinary action under section 4723.28 of the Revised Code against the holder of a license or certificate issued under this chapter who has a practice deficiency that has been identified by...

Section 4723.29 | Subpoena power.

...In addition to the powers conferred upon the board of nursing by Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the board may subpoena witnesses and require their attendance, require the testimony of witnesses and require the production by witnesses of books, papers, public records, and other documentary evidence, and examine them as it may require in relation to any matter which it has authority to investigate, inquire into, o...

Section 4723.33 | Protection against retaliatory action.

...A registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, dialysis technician, community health worker, or medication aide who in good faith makes a report under this chapter or any other provision of the Revised Code regarding a violation of this chapter or any other provision of the Revised Code, or participates in any investigation, administrative proceeding, or judicial proceeding resulting from the report, has the full pro...

Section 4723.34 | Reporting misconduct.

..., nurses holding multistate licenses to practice registered or licensed practical nursing issued pursuant to section 4723.11 of the Revised Code, dialysis technicians, medication aides, or certified community health workers and that knows or has reason to believe that a current or former employee or person providing services under a contract who holds a license or certificate issued under this chapter engaged in cond...

Section 4723.341 | Immunity.

... professional association of registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, dialysis technicians, community health workers, or medication aides that sponsors a committee or program to provide peer assistance to individuals with substance abuse problems, no representative or agent of such a committee or program, and no member of the board of nursing shall be liable to any person for...

Section 4723.35 | Impairment monitoring program.

...his chapter to practice as a registered nurse, including as an advanced practice registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, dialysis technician, community health worker, or medication aide. (B) The board of nursing shall establish the safe haven program to monitor applicants and practitioners who are or may be impaired, but against whom the board has abstained from taking disciplinary action. The program is to be ...

Section 4723.351 | Monitoring organization.

...er Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery and specializes or has training and expertise in addiction medicine or psychiatry; (4) Contract with or employ one or more licensed health care professionals as necessary for the organization's operation. (B) The monitoring organization shall do all of the following pursuant to the contract: (1) Conduct a r...

Section 4723.36 | Determination of death by certified nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist.

...tified nurse-midwife, certified nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist may determine and pronounce an individual's death. (B)(1) A registered nurse who is not described in division (A) of this section may determine and pronounce an individual's death, but only if the individual's respiratory and circulatory functions are not being artificially sustained and, at the time the determination and pronouncement...

Section 4723.40 | Injunctions.

...r an order enjoining the unauthorized practice of nursing or any other violation of this chapter. On the filing of a verified petition, the court shall conduct a hearing on the petition and give the same preference to the proceeding as is given all proceedings under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, irrespective of the position of the proceeding on the court's calendar. On a showing that a person has violated or is a...

Section 4723.41 | Requirements for practicing nurse-midwifery or other specialty.

...ires to practice nursing as a certified nurse-midwife and has not been authorized to practice midwifery prior to December 1, 1967, and each person who desires to practice nursing as a certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner shall file with the board of nursing a written application for a license to practice nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse and...

Section 4723.42 | Issuing designation.

...sing as an advanced practice registered nurse has met all the requirements of section 4723.41 of the Revised Code and has paid the fee required by section 4723.08 of the Revised Code, the board of nursing shall issue the license and designate the license holder as a certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner. The license and designation ...

Section 4723.43 | Scope of specialized nursing services.

...rience. In this capacity as an advanced practice registered nurse, a certified nurse-midwife is subject to division (A) of this section, a certified registered nurse anesthetist is subject to division (B) of this section, a certified nurse practitioner is subject to division (C) of this section, and a clinical nurse specialist is subject to division (D) of this section. (A) A nurse authorized to practice as a certif...

Section 4723.431 | Standard care arrangements.

...(A)(1) An advanced practice registered nurse who is designated as a clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner may practice only in accordance with a standard care arrangement entered into with each physician or podiatrist with whom the nurse collaborates. A copy of the standard care arrangement shall be retained on file by the nurse's employer. Prior approval of the standard ...