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...Whoever violates any provision of sections 4506.03 to 4506.20 of the Revised Code for which no penalty otherwise is provided in the section that contains the provision violated is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...he individual's blood glucose level by using a commercially available glucose-monitoring device. Nothing in this section precludes a licensed optometrist from using any particular type of commercially available glucose-monitoring device; (6) Designing, fabricating, and fitting artificial eyes or prostheses associated with the appearance or function of the human eye. (B) "Topical ocular pharmaceutical agent" means...

...In prescribing and dispensing vision correction devices, a licensed optometrist may prescribe and dispense any device that has vision correction as its primary purpose but also combines with that purpose the delivery of a drug or dangerous drug through the device, if the drug delivered by the device would otherwise be a topical ocular pharmaceutical agent or oral therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Devices authorized b...

...(A) Except as provided in section 4725.26 of the Revised Code, no person shall engage in the practice of optometry, including the determination of the kind of procedure, treatment, or optical accessories needed by a person or the examination of the eyes of any person for the purpose of fitting the same with optical accessories, unless the person holds a current, valid certificate of licensure from the state vision pr...

... individuals licensed as licensed dispensing opticians under this chapter; (3) One individual representing the general public. (B) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the governor shall make initial appointments to the board. Of the initial appointments, three members shall serve terms ending March 22, 2019, two members shall serve terms ending March 22, 2020, and two members shall...

...Whenever the term "state board of optometry" or "Ohio optical dispensers board" is used in any statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall be construed to mean the "state vision professionals board." Whenever "executive director of the state board of optometry" or "executive secretary-treasurer of the Ohio optical dispensers board" is used in a statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall ...

...The state vision professionals board shall organize by the election of a president and a secretary from its members, who shall hold their respective offices for one year. The board shall hold meetings to perform its regular duties at least four times each year. At least one of the board's regular meetings shall be held in Franklin county. The board may hold additional meetings as it considers necessary. The time and...

...The state vision professionals board shall hire an executive director. Before entering upon the discharge of official duties of office, the executive director shall give a bond, to be approved by the board, in the sum of two thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office. The premium for such bond shall be paid as are other expenditures of the board. The bond, with the approval of...

...Each member of the state vision professionals board shall receive an amount fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for each day the member is performing the member's official duties and be reimbursed for the 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 executiv...

...nditions of optometry and optical dispensing in this state. The board shall submit its first report to the governor not later than February 1, 2019. The board shall submit its reports to the governor electronically.

...he state against any claim or action arising out of any act, omission, proceeding, conduct, or decision related to the person's official duties, and if the request is made in writing at a reasonable time before trial and the person requesting defense cooperates in good faith in the defense of the claim or action, the state shall provide and pay for the person's defense and shall pay any resulting judgment, compromise...

...(A) The state vision professionals board shall adopt rules as it considers necessary to govern the practice of optometry and to administer and enforce sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code. All rules adopted under those sections shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The board, in consultation with the state board of pharmacy, shall adopt rules specifying any oral drugs ...

...(A) The state vision professionals board shall adopt rules governing the authority of licensed optometrists to employ, apply, administer, and prescribe analgesic controlled substances. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and in consultation with the state board of pharmacy. (B) All of the following apply to the state vision professionals board in the adoption of rules unde...

...(A) As used in this section, "drug database" means the database established and maintained by the state board of pharmacy pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code. (B) The state vision professionals board shall adopt rules that establish standards and procedures to be followed by an optometrist regarding the review of patient information available through the drug database under division (A)(5) of section 47...

...(A) The state vision professionals board shall evaluate schools of optometry and grant its approval to schools that adequately prepare their graduates for the practice of optometry in this state. Approval shall be granted only by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board. (B) To be approved by the board, a school of optometry shall meet at least the following conditions: (1) Be accredited by a p...

...dically review its acceptance of a licensing examination under this section to determine if the examination and the organization offering it continue to meet standards the board considers appropriate. (B) The licensing examination accepted by the board under this section may be divided into parts and offered as follows: (1) Part one: Tests in basic science, human biology, ocular and visual biology, theoretical opht...

...f the Revised Code; (4) Pass the licensing examination accepted by the board under section 4725.11 of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section, "license" and "applicant for an initial license" have the same meanings as in section 4776.01 of the Revised Code, except that "license" as used in both of those terms refers to the types of authorizations otherwise issued or conferred under this chapter. (B) In addition to any other eligibility requirement set forth in this chapter, each applicant for an initial license shall comply wi...

...licant who passes all parts of the licensing examination accepted by the board under section 4725.11 of the Revised Code and otherwise complies with the requirements of sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code. (B) Each person to whom a certificate of licensure is issued pursuant to this section by the board shall keep the certificate of licensure displayed in a conspicuous place in the location at which th...

...(A) An individual who, before the effective date of this section, holds a valid certificate of licensure or topical ocular pharmaceutical agents certificate issued by the state vision professionals board may continue to engage in the practice of optometry as defined in former division (A)(1) or (2) of section 4725.01 of the Revised Code, if the individual continues to comply with this chapter. (B) An individual des...

...pplicant has failed four times the licensing examination or part of the examination that must be passed pursuant to section 4725.12 of the Revised Code, the board shall not give further consideration to the application until the applicant completes thirty hours of remedial training approved by the board in the specific subject area or areas covered by the examination or part of the examination that was failed.

...be fifty clock hours each biennial licensing period, including twenty clock hours of instruction in pharmacology to be completed by all licensed optometrists. Unless the continuing education required under this division is waived or deferred under division (D) of this section, the continuing education must be completed during the biennial licensing period beginning on the first day of January of each odd-numbered y...

... in good standing by the optometry licensing agency of the province, evidenced by submission of a letter from the licensing agency of the province attesting to the applicant's good standing; (4) Provide the board with certified reports from the optometry licensing agencies of all provinces in which the applicant is licensed or has been licensed to practice optometry describing all past and pending actions taken by...

...f the reason for which the board is imposing the penalty involves a criminal offense that carries a fine under the Revised Code, the penalty shall not exceed the maximum fine that may be imposed for the criminal offense. In any other case, the penalty imposed by the board shall not exceed five hundred dollars. (6) Require the optometrist to take corrective action courses. The amount and content of corrective acti...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state vision professionals board shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate of licensure issued by the board under this chapter.