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...upervision 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 agreem...

...upervising 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) A license issued by the state medical board under section 4772.06 of the Revised Code authorizes the license holder to prescribe and personally furnish drugs and therapeutic devices in the exercise of physician-delegated prescriptive authority. (B) In exercising physician-delegated prescriptive authority, a certified mental health assistant is subject to section 4772.13 of the Revised Code and all of the follow...

...on (B) of this section, a certified mental health assistant may prescribe to a patient a controlled substance only if the controlled substance is one of the following: (1) Buprenorphine, but only for a patient that is actively engaged in opioid use disorder treatment; (2) A benzodiazepine, but only in the following circumstances: (a) For a patient diagnosed by the supervising physician as having a chronic anxie...

...(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...

...the Revised Code. (B) A certified mental health assistant shall comply with section 3719.064 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under section 4772.13 of the Revised Code when treating a patient with medication-assisted treatment or proposing to initiate such treatment. (C) A certified mental health assistant who fails to comply with this section shall treat not more than thirty patients at any one time with me...

...(A) The state medical board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement and administer this chapter. (B) The rules adopted under this section shall include all of the following: (1) Standards and procedures for issuing and renewing licenses to practice as a certified mental health assistant; (2) Application fees for an initial or renewed license; (3) Rules governing phys...

...(A) The state medical board, by an affirmative vote of not fewer than six members, may revoke or may refuse to grant a license to practice as a certified mental health assistant to an individual found by the board to have committed fraud, misrepresentation, or deception in applying for or securing the license. (B) The board, by an affirmative vote of not fewer than six members, shall, except as provided in division...

....43 of the Revised Code, the state medical 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 license to practice as a certified mental health assistant issued under this chapter.

...If the state medical board has reason to believe that any person who has been granted a license to 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 ...

...(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...

...(A) The state medical board shall investigate evidence that appears to show that any person has violated this chapter or the rules adopted under it. Any person may report to the board in a signed writing any information the person has that appears to show a violation of any provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under it. In the absence of bad faith, a person who reports such information or testifies before t...

...e. (B) Whenever any person holding a valid license to 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 corpor...

...(A) As used in this section, "criminal conduct" and "sexual misconduct" have the same meanings as in section 4731.224 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Within thirty days after the imposition of any formal disciplinary action taken by any health care facility, including a hospital, health care facility operated by a health insuring corporation, ambulatory surgical facility, or similar facility, against any individual hol...

...The secretary of the state medical board shall enforce the laws relating to 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...

...The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of any county in which the offense was committed or the offender resides, the state medical board, or any other person having knowledge of a person engaged either directly or by complicity in practicing as a certified mental health assistant without having first obtained under this chapter a license to practice as a certified mental health assistant, may, in accordance w...

...The state medical board, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may establish fees in excess of the amounts specified in this chapter, except that the fees may not exceed the specified amounts by more than fifty per cent. All fees, penalties, and other funds received by the board under this chapter shall be deposited in accordance with section 4731.24 of the Revised Code.

...e of fraud or bad faith, the state medical board, a current or former board member, an agent of the board, a person formally requested by the board to be the board's representative, or an employee 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 to this chapter. If any such pe...

...The state medical board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...e fourth degree, except that an individual guilty of a subsequent offense shall not be subject to imprisonment, but to a fine alone of up to one thousand dollars for each offense. (2) Whoever violates division (B)(2) or (C)(3) of section 4772.23 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever vi...

...licensee or to an applicant for an initial license by which the licensee or initial license applicant has or claims the privilege to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity, or, except in the case of the state dental board, to have control of and operate certain specific equipment, machinery, or premises, over which the licensing agency has jurisdiction. (B) Except as provided in section 4776....

...(A) An applicant for an initial license or restored license from a licensing agency, or a person seeking to satisfy the requirements to be an employee of a pain management clinic as specified in section 4729.552 of the Revised Code, shall submit a request to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation for a criminal records check of the applicant or person. The request shall be accompanied by a completed ...

... a profession, occupation, or occupational activity, or to operate as a trainee certain specific equipment, machinery, or premises, over which the agency described in division (B) of this section has jurisdiction. (B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, if any licensing agency issues trainee licenses, or if any agency that issues licenses under Chapter 3772., 4729., 4738., 4747., or 4749. of t...

...Each licensing agency shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing administrative and procedural requirements for criminal records checks.

...The results of any criminal records check conducted pursuant to a request made under this chapter and any report containing those results, including any information the federal bureau of investigation provides, are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person or for any purpose other than as follows: (A) If the request for the criminal records ...