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...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist 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 issued pursuant to this chapter.

...A person licensed under this chapter to practice as a licensed professional clinical counselor or a licensed professional counselor may diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders, except that a licensed professional counselor may do so only under the supervision of a psychologist, psychiatrist, licensed professional clinical counselor, independent marriage and family therapist, or independent social wor...

...(A) The counselors professional standards committee of the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall issue a license to practice as a licensed professional clinical counselor to each applicant who submits a properly completed application, pays the fee established under section 4757.31 of the Revised Code, and meets the requirements specified in division (B) of this section. (B)(1) To ...

...(A) The counselors professional standards committee of the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall issue a license as a licensed professional counselor to each applicant who submits a properly completed application, pays the fee established under section 4757.31 of the Revised Code, and meets the requirements established under division (B) of this section. (B)(1) To be eligible for ...

...(A) The art therapy professional standards committee of the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall issue a license as an art therapist to each applicant who submits a properly completed application, pays the fee established under section 4757.31 of the Revised Code, and meets the requirements established under division (B) of this section. The music therapy professional standards c...

...(A) A person licensed under this chapter to practice as an independent social worker or a social worker may diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders, except that a social worker may do so only under the supervision of a psychologist, psychiatrist, licensed professional clinical counselor, independent marriage and family therapist, independent social worker, or registered nurse who holds a master's degr...

...(A) The social workers professional standards committee of the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall issue a license as an independent social worker to each applicant who submits a properly completed application, pays the fee established under section 4757.31 of the Revised Code, and meets the requirements specified in division (B) of this section. An independent social worker licens...

...(A) The social workers professional standards committee of the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall issue a license as a social worker to each applicant who submits a properly completed application, pays the fee established under section 4757.31 of the Revised Code, and meets the requirements specified in division (B) of this section. A social worker license shall clearly indicate e...

...The social workers professional standards committee of the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall issue a certificate of registration as a social work assistant to each applicant who submits a properly completed application, pays the fee established under section 4757.31 of the Revised Code, and holds from an accredited educational institution an associate degree in social service tec...

...(A) The marriage and family therapist professional standards committee of the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall issue a license to practice as a marriage and family therapist to a person who has done all of the following: (1) Properly completed an application for the license; (2) Paid the required fee established by the board under section 4757.31 of the Revised Code; (3...

...On receipt of an application for a license as a marriage and family therapist, the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board may issue a temporary license to an individual who qualifies under division (A) of section 4757.30 of the Revised Code for licensure as a marriage and family therapist, except that the individual is awaiting the next opportunity to take an examination required by the boa...

...enses of licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, independent marriage and family therapists, social workers, independent social workers, art therapists, and music therapists, except that the board shall charge only one fee to a person who fulfills all requirements for more than one of the following initial licenses: an initial license as a social wo...

...A license or certificate of registration issued under this chapter is valid without further recommendation or examination until revoked or suspended or until the license or certificate of registration expires for failure to renew as provided for in this section. Licenses and certificates of registration shall be renewed biennially in accordance with the schedule established in rules adopted by the counselor, social w...

...(A) A person licensed or registered under this chapter may apply to the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board to have the person's license or registration classified as inactive. If a fee is charged under division (B) of this section, the person shall include the fee with the application. If the person's license or registration is in good standing and the person meets any other requi...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, each person who holds a license or certificate of registration issued under this chapter shall complete during the period that the license or certificate is in effect not less than thirty clock hours of continuing professional education as a condition of receiving a renewed license or certificate. To have a lapsed license or certificate of registration ...

...rapists, licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed professional counselors, art therapists, and music therapists in recognizing the signs of domestic violence and its relationship to child abuse. Social workers, independent social workers, social work assistants, independent marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapists, licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed professional couns...

...(A) The appropriate professional standards committee of the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, take any action specified in division (B) of this section for any reason described in division (C) of this section against an individual who has applied for or holds a license issued under this chapter; a master's level counselor traine...

...(A) As used in this section, with regard to offenses committed in Ohio, "aggravated murder," "murder," "voluntary manslaughter," "felonious assault," "kidnapping," "rape," "sexual battery," "gross sexual imposition," "aggravated arson," "aggravated robbery," and "aggravated burglary" mean such offenses as defined in Title XXIX of the Revised Code; with regard to offenses committed in other jurisdictions, the terms me...

... (10) Licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed professional counselors, independent social workers, social workers, independent marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapists, art therapist , or music therapist who are authorized for their respective practices under this chapter. This division applies notwithstanding a provision of a code of ethics applicable to an individual who is a...

...(A) The counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall investigate alleged violations of this chapter or the rules adopted under it and alleged irregularities in the delivery of services related to professional counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, art therapy, or music therapy by persons licensed or registered under this chapter. As part of its conduct of an investigation, th...

...For any hearing it is authorized to conduct under this chapter, the board may appoint one of its members to act on behalf of the board. The board shall make such appointments in writing. It is not necessary for a member to be an attorney to be appointed. A finding or order of a member appointed to act on behalf of the board is a finding or order of the board when confirmed by the board.

...In addition to any other remedies provided by law, the counselor and social worker board may apply to an appropriate court for an order enjoining the violation of any provision of this chapter, and on a showing that any person has violated or is about to violate any provision of this chapter, the court shall grant an order enjoining the violation.

...Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing any person to engage in the practice of psychology as defined in division (B) of section 4732.01 of the Revised Code.

...Nothing in this chapter or the rules adopted under it shall be construed as authorizing a licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed professional counselor, independent marriage and family therapist, marriage and family therapist, independent social worker, social worker, social work assistant, art therapist, or music therapist to admit a patient to a hospital or as requiring a hospital to allow any of those ...

...For the purposes of section 2305.51 of the Revised Code, a person who holds a license issued under this chapter is a mental health professional. A license holder is not liable in damages in a civil action, and shall not be subject to disciplinary action by the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board, for disclosing any confidential information about a client that is disclosed for the purpos...