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...A dialysis technician certificate issued under section 4723.75 of the Revised Code expires biennially and shall be renewed according to a schedule established by the board of nursing in rules adopted under section 4723.79 of the Revised Code. An application for renewal of a dialysis technician certificate shall be accompanied by the renewal fee established in rules adopted by the board under section 4723.79 of ...

... The board of nursing shall adopt rules to administer and enforce sections 4723.71 to 4723.79 of the Revised Code. The board shall adopt the rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules shall establish or specify all of the following: (A) The application process, fee, and requirements for approval, reapproval, and withdrawing the approval of a dialysis training program under section 4723.74...

...The board of nursing shall develop and implement a program for the certification of community health workers. The board shall begin issuing community health worker certificates under section 4723.85 of the Revised Code not later than February 1, 2005. The certification program shall reflect the board's recognition of individuals who, as community representatives, advocate for individuals and groups in the community ...

...(A) An individual who holds a current, valid community health worker certificate issued by the board of nursing under section 4723.85 of the Revised Code may use the title "certified community health worker" or "community health worker." When providing services within the community, the certificate holder may represent to the public that the individual is providing the services under either title. (B)(1) Holding a c...

... An individual seeking a community health worker certificate 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 section 4723.88 of the Revised Code.

... (A) To be eligible to receive a community health worker certificate, an applicant shall meet all of the following conditions: (1) Be eighteen years of age or older; (2) Possess a high school diploma or the equivalent of a high school diploma, as determined by the board; (3) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, successfully complete a community health worker training program approved by the board...

... (A) The board of nursing shall review all applications received under section 4723.83 of the Revised Code. If an applicant meets the requirements of section 4723.84 of the Revised Code, the board shall issue a community health worker certificate to the applicant. (B) Notwithstanding the requirements specified in section 4723.84 of the Revised Code, the board shall issue a community health worker certificate in acc...

...The board of nursing, by vote of a quorum, may deny, revoke, or suspend a community health worker certificate. The board may impose one or more of the sanctions against an applicant or certificate holder for any of the reasons it specifies in rules adopted under section 4723.88 of the Revised Code. All actions to impose a sanction shall be taken in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

... (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 se...

... The board of nursing, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to administer and enforce sections 4723.81 to 4723.87 of the Revised Code. The rules shall establish all of the following: (A) Standards and procedures for issuance of community health worker certificates; (B) Standards for evaluating the competency of an individual who applies to receive a certificate on the basis of havi...

... (A) As used in this section and section 4723.90 of the Revised Code: (1) "Doula" means a trained, nonmedical professional who advocates for, and provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to, a pregnant woman through the delivery of a child and immediately after the delivery, including during any of the following periods: (a) The antepartum period; (b) The intrapartum period; (c) The ...

... (A) There is hereby established within the board of nursing the doula advisory group. (B)(1) The advisory group shall consist of the following seventeen members: (a) The following members appointed by the board of nursing: (i) Three members representing communities most impacted by negative maternal and infant health outcomes; (ii) Five members who are doulas with current, valid certification from a doula ce...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the board of nursing 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 nursing license, medication aide certificate, dialysis technician certificate, or community health worker certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

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

... (A) As used in this section, "intimate examination" means a pelvic, prostate, or rectal examination. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, a registered nurse, including an advanced practice registered nurse, or a student currently enrolled in and actively pursuing completion of a registered nursing program, including an advanced practice registered nursing education program, shall not perform, or...

... An advanced practice registered nurse may provide telehealth services in accordance with section 4743.09 of the Revised Code.

... (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whoever violates section 4723.03, 4723.44, 4723.653, or 4723.73 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree on a first offense and a felony of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense. (B) Each of the following is guilty of a minor misdemeanor: (1) A registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse who vi...

... As used in this chapter: (A) The "practice of optometry" means all of the following: (1) The application of optical principles, through technical methods and devices, in the examination of human eyes for the purpose of ascertaining departures from the normal, measuring their functional powers, adapting optical accessories for the aid thereof, and detecting ocular abnormalities that may be evidence of disease, pa...

... In prescribing and dispensing vision correction devices, a licensed optometrist may prescribe and dispense any device that has vision correction as its primary purpose but also combines with that purpose the delivery of a drug or dangerous drug through the device, if the drug delivered by the device would otherwise be a topical ocular pharmaceutical agent or oral therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Devices authorized ...

... (A) Except as provided in section 4725.26 of the Revised Code, no person shall engage in the practice of optometry, including the determination of the kind of procedure, treatment, or optical accessories needed by a person or the examination of the eyes of any person for the purpose of fitting the same with optical accessories, unless the person holds a current, valid certificate of licensure from the state vision p...

...(A) There is hereby created the state vision professionals board consisting of the following members, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate: (1) Four individuals licensed as optometrists under this chapter; (2) Two individuals licensed as licensed dispensing opticians under this chapter; (3) One individual representing the general public. (B) Not later than ninety days after the eff...

...Whenever the term "state board of optometry" or "Ohio optical dispensers board" is used in any statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall be construed to mean the "state vision professionals board." Whenever "executive director of the state board of optometry" or "executive secretary-treasurer of the Ohio optical dispensers board" is used in a statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall ...

...The state vision professionals board shall organize by the election of a president and a secretary from its members, who shall hold their respective offices for one year. The board shall hold meetings to perform its regular duties at least four times each year. At least one of the board's regular meetings shall be held in Franklin county. The board may hold additional meetings as it considers necessary. The time and...

...The state vision professionals board shall hire an executive director. Before entering upon the discharge of official duties of office, the executive director shall give a bond, to be approved by the board, in the sum of two thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office. The premium for such bond shall be paid as are other expenditures of the board. The bond, with the approval of...

...Each member of the state vision professionals board shall receive an amount fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for each day the member is performing the member's official duties and be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing such duties. The board, in consultation with the director of administrative services, shall set the compensation of its executiv...