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...ll requirements under state and federal law regarding the protection of patient information. A health care professional shall ensure that any username or password information and any electronic communications between the professional and a patient are securely transmitted and stored. (4) A health care professional may use synchronous or asynchronous technology to provide telehealth services to a patient during an ...

... (E) Unless specifically prohibited by law, a medical practitioner shall not be discriminated against or suffer any adverse action for disclosing any information that the medical practitioner reasonably believes evinces any violation of this section or any other law, rule, or regulation; any violation of any standard of care or other ethical guidelines for the provision of any health care service; or gross mismanage...

...th respect to governing the practice of law pursuant to rules prescribed under Ohio Constitution, Article IV, Section 5. (2) "Protected class" means an individual's race, color, religion, sex, military status, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry, as those terms are used in section 4112.02 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no occupational licensing board shal...

...or pleaded guilty to a felony under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States. The governor may remove a member of the board for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance after a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The governor shall remove, after a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, any member who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony...

...When the term of a member of the state speech and hearing professionals board expires or a vacancy occurs on the board, a professional association representing the interests of the occupation of the board position to be filled may recommend to the governor individuals to fill the position. The governor shall consider the recommendation in making appointments to the board.

...Whenever the term "hearing aid dealers and fitters licensing board" or "board of speech-language pathology and audiology" is used in any statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall be construed to mean the "state speech and hearing professionals board." Whenever "secretary of the hearing aid dealers and fitters licensing board" or "executive director of the board of speech-language pathology and audiol...

...(A) The state speech and hearing professionals board shall annually elect from among its members a president and secretary. The board shall hold at least four regular meetings each year and may hold additional meetings as it considers necessary. At least one of the board's regular meetings shall be held in Franklin county. The board shall publish the time and place of any meetings at least thirty days before the date...

...The state speech and hearing professionals board shall hire an executive director. Before discharging the executive director's duties, each executive director shall give a bond, to be approved by the board, in the amount of two thousand dollars to ensure the faithful performance of the executive director's duties. The board shall pay the premium of the bond in the same manner as it pays other expenditures of the boar...

...Each member of the state speech and hearing professionals board shall receive an amount fixed under division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for each day the member is performing their official duties and be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing such duties. The board, in consultation with the director of administrative services, shall set the compensation of its executive dir...

...The state speech and hearing professionals board shall have an office in Franklin county, where all of the board's permanent records shall be kept. On request of the board, the director of administrative services shall supply the board with office space and supplies. The board's president and executive director shall submit an order to the director of administrative services for all printing and binding necessary for...

...All expenses of the state speech and hearing professionals board shall be paid from, and all receipts of the board shall be deposited in, the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund created in section 4743.05 of the Revised Code.

...The state speech and hearing professionals board shall annually, on or before the first day of February, submit a report to the governor of all its official acts during the preceding year, its receipts and disbursements, and a complete report of the conditions of the professions regulated by the board. The board shall submit its first report to the governor not later than February 1, 2019. The board shall submit the ...

...The state speech and hearing professionals board may adopt rules as necessary for the transaction of its business.

...In the absence of fraud or bad faith, the state speech and hearing professionals board, current or former board members, agents of the board, persons formally requested by the board to be the board's representative, or employees of the board shall not be held liable in damages to any person as the result of any act, omission, proceeding, conduct, or decision related to official duties undertaken or performed pursuant...

...The state speech and hearing professionals board may appoint committees or other groups to assist in fulfilling its duties. A committee or group may consist of board members, other individuals with appropriate backgrounds, or both board members and other individuals with appropriate backgrounds. Any appointed committee or group shall act under the board's direction and shall perform its functions within the limits es...

...The state speech and hearing professionals board may enter into contracts with any person or government entity to implement this chapter and Chapters 4747. and 4753. of the Revised Code, the rules adopted under those chapters, any other applicable statutes or rules, and any applicable federal statutes or regulations.

...The state speech and hearing professionals board may become a member of a national licensing organization for the professions regulated by the board. The board may participate in any of the organization's activities, including reporting actions the board takes against an applicant or license holder to any data bank established by the organization.

...mer client, and, except as permitted by law, violating client confidentiality. The codes of ethical practice may be based on any codes of ethical practice developed by national organizations representing the interests of those professions regulated by the board. The board may establish standards in its codes of ethical practice that are more stringent than those established by national organizations. The board may ...

...The state speech and hearing professionals board or any committees established by the board shall not discriminate against an applicant or license holder because of the person's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, or age. A person who files with the board or committee a statement alleging discrimination based on any of those reasons may request a ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Advanced life support" means treatment that an emergency medical technician-paramedic is authorized to perform under section 4765.39 of the Revised Code. (B) "Air medical service organization" means an organization that furnishes, conducts, maintains, advertises, promotes, or otherwise engages in providing medical services with a rotorcraft air ambulance or fixed wing air ambulance. ...

... due to the results of a motor vehicle law violation check, chemical test, or criminal records check. The rule may require that an applicant for employment as an ambulette driver provide a set of fingerprints to law enforcement authorities if the applicant comes under final consideration for employment. (15) Any other rules that the board determines necessary for the implementation and enforcement of this chap...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, unless a person is an emergency medical service organization licensed under division (B) or an air medical service organization licensed under division (D) of this section, no person shall engage in, or profess to engage in, the business or service in this state of providing emergency medical transportation to an individual who is experiencing a medical emergency. ...

...(A) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall establish by rule a license fee, a permit fee for each ambulance, ambulette, rotorcraft air ambulance, fixed wing air ambulance, and nontransport vehicle owned or leased by the licensee that is or will be used as provided in section 4766.07 of the Revised Code, and fees for renewals of licenses and permits, taking into considerat...

...(A)(1) Every emergency medical service organization and nonemergency medical service organization licensee under this chapter shall furnish adequate evidence of liability insurance coverage, in an amount of not less than five hundred thousand dollars per occurrence and not less than five hundred thousand dollars in the aggregate, for any cause for which the licensee would be liable. (2) Every air medical service or...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided by rule of the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services, each emergency medical service organization, nonemergency medical service organization, and air medical service organization subject to licensure under this chapter shall possess a valid permit for each ambulance, ambulette, rotorcraft air ambulance, fixed wing air ambulance, and nontransport vehicle i...