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...ng the same with optical accessories, unless the person holds a current, valid certificate of licensure from the state vision professionals board. No person shall claim to be the lawful holder of a certificate of licensure when in fact the person is not such lawful holder, or impersonate any licensed optometrist. (B) No optometrist shall personally furnish a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent to any person, except th...

...nsecutive terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. (C) When the term of a member of the board expires or a vacancy occurs on the board, a professional association representing the interests of the oc...

...ensers 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 be construed to mean the executive director of the state vision pr...

...form 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 place of any regular or other meeting shall be fixed and published by the board at least thirty days prior to the date that it is to be held, except when the meeting to be held is an emergency or special mee...

...hereon, shall be deposited with the secretary of state and kept in the secretary of state's office. The executive director of the board, in consultation with the director of administrative services, may employ such assistants, inspectors, investigators, and other employees as are necessary to administer this chapter, the expenses thereof to be charged and paid as other expenditures of the board.

...ctor of administrative services, shall set the compensation of its executive director and of any employees of the board. The executive director of the board shall receive reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of the executive director's official duties. All vouchers of the board shall be approved by the board president or executive director, or both, as authorized by the board.

... receipts and disbursements, and a complete report of the conditions 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.

...any resulting judgment, compromise, or settlement. At no time shall the state pay any part of a claim or judgment that is for punitive or exemplary damages.

...vide for all of the following: (1) On-site supervision when the delegation occurs in an institution or other facility that is used primarily for the purpose of providing health care, unless the board established a specific exception to the on-site supervision requirement with respect to routine administration of a topical drug; (2) Evaluation of whether delegation is appropriate according to the acuity of the pat...

...ance at that time, and subsequently becomes a schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance. (2) The board shall limit the analgesic controlled substances that optometrists may employ, apply, administer, or prescribe to the drugs that the board determines are appropriate for use in the practice of optometry. (3) With regard to the prescribing of analgesic controlled substances, the board shall establish prescri...

...nd procedures to be followed by an optometrist regarding the review of patient information available through the drug database under division (A)(5) of section 4729.80 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C) This section and the rules adopted under it do not apply if the state board of pharmacy no longer maintains the drug database.

... study with credits of at least sixty semester hours or ninety quarter hours in a college of arts and sciences accredited by a post-secondary education accrediting organization recognized by the board; (3) Require a course of study of at least four academic years with credits of at least one hundred thirty-four semester hours or two hundred quarter hours. (C) The board may establish standards for the approval of sc...

...rceptual conditions, public health, the legal issues regarding the clinical practice of optometry, and pharmacology; (3) Part three: Tests in patient care and management, clinical skills, and the visual recognition and interpretation of clinical signs. (C) The licensing examination accepted by the board may be offered in a manner other than the manner specified in division (B) of this section, but if offered in ano...

...ctice of optometry in the state shall file with the executive director of the state vision professionals board an application for a certificate of licensure. The application shall be accompanied by the fee specified under section 4725.34 of the Revised Code and shall contain all information the board considers necessary to determine whether an applicant is qualified to receive the certificate of licensure. The applic...

...o an applicant for an initial license unless the applicant complies with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code.

...older to engage in the practice of optometry under its seal to every applicant 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 o...

...in division (A) of this section may complete a course of study prescribed by former section 4725.14 of the Revised Code to engage in the practice of optometry under this chapter.

...he 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.

...nually, the board shall post on its web site and shall mail, or send by electronic mail, to each licensed optometrist a list of courses approved in accordance with standards prescribed by board rule. Upon the request of a licensed optometrist, the executive director of the board shall supply a list of additional courses that the board has approved subsequent to the most recent web site posting, electronic mail transm...

...r the practice of optometry that are at least as stringent as the standards established under sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code and the individual meets the conditions specified in division (B) of this section. The certificate of licensure may be issued only by an affirmative vote of a majority of the board's members. (B) An individual seeking a certificate of licensure pursuant to division (A) of th...

... shall be established by the board in rules adopted under section 4725.09 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, the sanctions specified in division (A) of this section may be taken by the board for any of the following reasons: (1) Committing fraud in passing the licensing examination or making false or purposely misleading statements in an application for a certificate of l...

....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.

...to 4725.34 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under those sections. (C) Each complaint or allegation of a violation received by the board shall be assigned a case number and shall be recorded by the board. (D) In the absence of fraud or bad faith, no person who reports to the board under this section or testifies in any adjudication conducted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code shall be liable to any perso...

...e of final disposition; (5) If applicable, the identity of the court in which the final disposition of the claim took place. (B) Each optometrist licensed under this chapter shall notify the board within thirty days of receipt of the final disposition of a claim for damages or any action involving malpractice. The optometrist shall notify the board by registered mail and shall provide all reports and other informat...

.... The board shall not make public the names or any other identifying information about patients or complainants unless proper consent is given. The board may share any information it receives pursuant to an investigation, including patient records and patient record information, with other licensing boards and governmental agencies that are investigating alleged professional misconduct and with law enforcement agenc...