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... 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 te...

...(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 bo...

... (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall establish, and may from time to time adjust, fees to be charged for the following: (1) Examination for licensure as a licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, independent marriage and family therapist, social worker, or independen...

...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...

... The counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall approve one or more continuing education courses of study that assist social workers, independent social workers, social work assistants, independent marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapists, licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed professional counselors, art therapists, and music therapists in recognizing ...

... (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 train...

... (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 m...

... (A) An individual whom the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board licenses, certificates, or otherwise legally authorizes to engage in the practice of professional counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, art therapy, or music therapy may render the professional services of a licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed professional counselor, independent social worker, ...

... (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, t...

...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.

... (A) This chapter shall not apply to the following: (1) A person certified by the state board of education under Chapter 3319. of the Revised Code while performing any services within the person's scope of employment by a board of education or by a private school meeting the standards prescribed by the director of education and workforce under division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code or in a program ope...

...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...

...The counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

... A professional clinical counselor, independent social worker, independent marriage and family therapist, art therapist, or music therapist may provide telehealth services in accordance with section 4743.09 of the Revised Code.

... The "Counseling 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: COUNSELING COMPACT SECTION 1: PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of Licensed Professional Counselors with the goal of improving public access to Professional Counseling service...

... Not later than sixty days after the "Counseling Compact" is entered into under section 4757.51 of the Revised Code, the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board, in accordance with section 9 of the compact, shall select an individual to serve as a delegate to the counseling compact commission created under the compact. The board shall fill a vacancy in this position not later than sixty days...

... The "Social Work 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 in the compact as follows: SOCIAL WORK LICENSURE COMPACT SECTION 1: PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of Regulated Social Workers by improving public access to competent Social Work Services....

... Not later than sixty days after the "Social Work Licensure Compact" is entered into under section 4757.52 of the Revised Code, the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board, in accordance with section 10 of the compact, shall select an individual to serve as a delegate to the social work licensure compact commission created under the compact. The board shall fill a vacancy in this position no...

...Whoever violates section 4757.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.