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... in force a general liability insurance policy in an amount of not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars. (E) "Owner" means the person who contracts with a home construction service supplier. "Owner" may include the owner of the property, a tenant who occupies the dwelling unit on which the home construction service is performed, or a person the owner authorizes to act on the owner's behalf to contract for a...

...(A) The board of nursing shall: (1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter, including the taking of disciplinary action for violations of section 4723.28 of the Revised Code, any other provisions of this chapter, or rules adopted under this chapter; (2) Develop criteria that an applicant must meet to be eligible to sit for the examination for licensure to practice as a registered nurse or as a li...

...e nurse practices has adopted a written policy developed by the facility's medical, nursing, and pharmacy directors that meets the requirements of section 4723.435 of the Revised Code. (2) A certified registered nurse anesthetist shall not engage in one or more of the activities described in division (A) of this section if the supervising physician, podiatrist, or dentist or the health care facility where the nurse ...

...(A) A person who seeks to operate a dialysis training program shall apply to the board of nursing for approval of the program. Applications shall be submitted in accordance with rules adopted under section 4723.79 of the Revised Code. The person shall include with the application the fee prescribed in those rules. (B)(1) Except as provided in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, if the program meets the requir...

...(A) A person or government entity seeking to operate a training program that prepares individuals to become certified community health workers shall submit an application to the board of nursing on forms the board shall prescribe and furnish. The applicant shall include all information the board requires to process the application. The application shall be accompanied by the fee established in rules adopted under sec...

...(A) The state vision professionals board shall charge the following nonrefundable fees: (1) Three hundred fifty dollars for application for a certificate of licensure to practice optometry; (2) Three hundred fifty dollars for renewal of a certificate of licensure to practice optometry; (3) One hundred twenty-five dollars for late completion or submission, or both, of continuing optometric education; (4) One h...

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

...Nothing in this chapter shall: (A) Be construed to affect or interfere with the performance of duties of any medical personnel who are either of the following: (1) In active service in the army, navy, coast guard, marine corps, air force, public health service, or marine hospital service of the United States while so serving; (2) Employed by the veterans administration of the United States while so employed. (B) ...

...(A) The physician assistant policy committee of the state medical board shall review, and shall submit to the board recommendations concerning, all of the following: (1) Requirements for issuing a license to practice as a physician assistant, including the educational requirements that must be met to receive the license; (2) Existing and proposed rules pertaining to the practice of physician assistants, the supervi...

...(A) A license to practice as a physician assistant issued under this chapter authorizes the holder to practice as a physician assistant as follows: (1) The physician assistant shall practice only under the supervision, control, and direction of a physician with whom the physician assistant has entered into a supervision agreement under section 4730.19 of the Revised Code. (2) The physician assistant shall practice ...

...(A) Before initiating supervision of one or more physician assistants licensed under this chapter, a physician shall enter into a supervision agreement with each physician assistant who will be supervised. A supervision agreement may apply to one or more physician assistants, but, except as provided in division (B)(2)(f) of this section, may apply to not more than one physician. The supervision agreement shall specif...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, a physician assistant may sign one or more documents relating to any of the following: (1) The admission of a patient to a health care facility for the purpose of receiving psychiatric or other behavioral health care services on an inpatient basis; (2) The discharge of a patient from a health care facility after receiving inpatient psychiatric or other behavioral healt...

...dations made by the physician assistant policy committee under section 4730.06 of the Revised Code; (e) Performance of any other quality assurance activities that the supervising physician considers to be appropriate. (3) The supervising physician and physician assistant shall keep records of their quality assurance activities. On request, the records shall be made available to the board.

...(A) When performing authorized services, a physician assistant acts as the agent of the physician assistant's supervising physician. The supervising physician is legally responsible and assumes legal liability for the services provided by the physician assistant. The physician is not responsible or liable for any services provided by the physician assistant after their supervision agreement expires or is terminated....

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

... board, the board's physician assistant policy committee, a current or former board or committee member, an agent of the board or committee, a person formally requested by the board to be the board's representative or by the committee to be the committee's representative, or an employee of the board or committee shall not be held liable in damages to any person as the result of any act, omission, proceeding, conduct,...

...(A) In granting physician-delegated prescriptive authority to a particular physician assistant who holds a valid prescriber number issued by the state medical board, the supervising physician is subject to all of the following: (1) The supervising physician shall not grant physician-delegated prescriptive authority for any drug or device that may be used to perform or induce an abortion. (2) The supervising physici...

...The Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure Compact is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined the compact as follows: Section 1. Purpose In order to strengthen access to Medical Services, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of Medical Services, the Participating States of the PA Licensure Compact hav...

...(A) The state medical board shall appoint a massage therapy advisory council for the purpose of advising the board on issues relating to the practice of massage therapy. The advisory council shall consist of not more than seven individuals knowledgeable in the area of massage therapy. A majority of the council members shall be individuals licensed to practice massage therapy under this chapter who are actively eng...

...(A) Subject to section 4735.32 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of real estate, upon the superintendent's own motion, may investigate the conduct of any licensee. Subject to division (E) of this section and section 4735.32 of the Revised Code, the Ohio real estate commission shall impose disciplinary sanctions upon any licensee who, whether or not acting in the licensee's capacity as a real estate broker or sa...

...t they are consistent with the national policy for the control of junk yards.

...(A) The holder of a license issued under this chapter shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain a physical facility and a medical equipment inventory; (2) Establish equipment management and personnel policies; (3) Provide life-sustaining home medical equipment, as described in division (B)(1) of section 4752.01 of the Revised Code, and related home medical equipment services twenty-four hours per day, seven day...

...(A) The state board of pharmacy shall adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter. The rules shall do all of the following: (1) Specify items considered to be home medical equipment for purposes of divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 4752.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Establish procedures for issuance and renewal of licenses and certificates of registration under this chapter, including the duties that may b...

...The "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: SECTION 1: PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of audiology and speech-language pathology with the goal of improving public access to audio...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board consisting of sixteen residents of this state, who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The board shall be composed of a physical therapy section, an occupational therapy section, and an athletic trainers section. (1) Four members of the board shall be physical therapist...