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...o function as a certified mental health assistant, or use any words or letters indicating or implying that the person is a certified mental health assistant, without a current, valid license to practice as a certified mental health assistant issued pursuant to this chapter. (B) No person shall practice as a certified mental health assistant without the supervision, control, and direction of a physician. (C) No pe...

... the services a certified mental health assistant may be authorized to perform, if the person's professional scope of practice established under any other chapter of the Revised Code authorizes the person to perform the services; (C) Prohibit a physician from delegating responsibilities to any nurse or other qualified person who does not hold a license to practice as a certified mental health assistant, provided th...

...o practice as a certified mental health assistant shall file with the state medical board a written application on a form prescribed and supplied by the board. The application shall include all the information the board considers necessary to process the application, including evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant meets the requirements specified in division (B) of this section. At the time an appli...

...o practice as a certified mental health assistant shall comply with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code.

...To constitute a certified mental health assistant program for purposes of section 4772.04 of the Revised Code, an education program approved by the chancellor of higher education shall be at least thirty credit hours of graduate coursework that includes courses in each of the following areas: (1) Psychiatric diagnoses included in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders published by the American ps...

...o practice as a certified mental health assistant, the secretary of the board shall register the applicant as a certified mental health assistant and issue to the applicant a license to practice as a certified mental health assistant. The license shall be valid for a two-year period unless revoked or suspended, shall expire on the date that is two years after the date of issuance, and may be renewed for additional tw...

...o practice as a certified mental health assistant, the state medical board shall issue a duplicate license to replace one that is missing or damaged, to reflect a name change, or for any other reasonable cause. The fee for a duplicate license is thirty-five dollars.

...o practice as a certified mental health assistant shall, on or before the license's expiration date, apply to the state medical board for renewal. The board shall provide renewal notices to license holders at least one month prior to the expiration date. Renewal applications shall be submitted to the board in a manner prescribed by the board. Each application shall be accompanied by a biennial renewal fee specified...

...o practice as a certified mental health assistant, an applicant who has been granted physician-delegated prescriptive authority by the physician supervising the certified mental health assistant is subject to both of the following: (1) The applicant shall complete every two years at least twelve hours of continuing education in pharmacology obtained through a program or course approved by the state medical board or...

...practicing as a certified mental health assistant as either of the following: (a) An active practitioner; (b) A student in an academic program as described in section 4772.04 of the Revised Code. (B) Before issuing a license to an applicant subject to this section or restoring a license to good standing for an applicant subject to this section, the state medical board may impose terms and conditions including a...

...o practice as a certified mental health assistant issued under this chapter authorizes the holder to practice as a certified mental health assistant as follows: (A) The certified mental health assistant shall practice only under the supervision, control, and direction of a physician with whom the certified mental health assistant has entered into a supervision agreement under section 4772.10 of the Revised Code. ...

...A certified mental health assistant may provide telehealth services in accordance with section 4743.09 of the Revised Code.

...on agreement, a certified mental health assistant may delegate performance of a task to implement a patient's plan of care or, if the conditions in division (C) of this section are met, may delegate administration of a drug. Subject to division (D) of section 4772.03 of the Revised Code, delegation may be to any person. The certified mental health assistant must be physically present at the location where the task is...

... of one or more certified mental health assistants licensed under this chapter, a physician shall enter into a supervision agreement with each certified mental health assistant who will be supervised. A supervision agreement may apply to one or more certified mental health assistants, but, except as provided in division (B)(5) of this section, may apply to not more than one physician. The supervision agreement shall ...

... physician of a certified mental health assistant exercises supervision, control, and direction of the certified mental health assistant. A certified mental health assistant may practice in any setting within which the supervising physician has supervision, control, and direction of the certified mental health assistant. In supervising a certified mental health assistant, all of the following apply: (1)(a) Except...

...ve authority, a certified mental health assistant is subject to section 4772.13 of the Revised Code and all of the following: (1) The certified mental health assistant shall exercise physician-delegated prescriptive authority only to the extent that the physician supervising the certified mental health assistant has granted that authority. (2)(a) The certified mental health assistant shall comply with all conditi...

...(A) A certified mental health assistant who has been granted physician-delegated prescriptive authority by the physician supervising the certified mental health assistant may personally furnish to a patient samples of drugs and therapeutic devices that are included in the certified mental health assistant's physician-delegated prescriptive authority, subject to all of the following: (1) The amount of the sample fur...

...o practice as a certified mental health assistant; (2) Application fees for an initial or renewed license; (3) Rules governing physician-delegated prescriptive authority for certified mental health assistants; (4) Rules establishing quality assurance standards for certified mental health assistants, including a process to be used for all of the following: (a) Routine review by the supervising physician of sel...

...o practice as a certified mental health assistant issued under this chapter.

...o practice as a certified mental health assistant under this chapter is mentally ill or mentally incompetent, it may file in the probate court of the county in which the person has a legal residence an affidavit in the form prescribed in section 5122.11 of the Revised Code and signed by the board secretary or a member of the board secretary's staff, whereupon the same proceedings shall be had as provided in Chapter 5...

...(A)(1) If a certified mental health assistant violates any section of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter, the state medical board may, pursuant to an adjudication under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and an affirmative vote of not fewer than six of its members, impose a civil penalty. The amount of the civil penalty shall be determined by the board in accordance with the guidelines adopted under di...

...ing served is a certified mental health assistant, service of the subpoena may be made by certified mail, restricted delivery, return receipt requested, and the subpoena shall be deemed served on the date delivery is made or the date the person refuses to accept delivery. A sheriff's deputy who serves a subpoena shall receive the same fees as a sheriff. Each witness who appears before the board in obedience to a su...

...o practice as a certified mental health assistant issued under this chapter pleads guilty to, is subject to a judicial finding of guilt of, or is subject to a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for a violation of Chapter 2907., 2925., or 3719. of the Revised Code or of any substantively comparable ordinance of a municipal corporation in connection with the person's practice, the pr...

...o practice as a certified mental health assistant, the chief administrator or executive officer of the facility shall report to the state medical board the name of the individual, the action taken by the facility, and a summary of the underlying facts leading to the action taken. On request, the board shall be provided certified copies of the patient records that were the basis for the facility's action. Prior to rel...

...the practice of certified mental health assistants. If the secretary has knowledge or notice of a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it, the secretary shall investigate the matter, and, upon probable cause appearing, file a complaint and prosecute the offender. When requested by the secretary, the prosecuting attorney of the proper county shall take charge of and conduct the prosecution.