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... Not later than thirty days after the "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact" is entered into under section 4731.11 of the Revised Code, the state medical board, in accordance with section 11 of the compact, shall select two individuals to serve as commissioners to the interstate medical licensure compact commission created under the compact. The board shall fill any vacancy in either or both of the positions not late...

...(A) The state medical board shall review all applications submitted under section 4731.09 of the Revised Code and determine whether each applicant meets the requirements for a license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (B) If the board determines that the evidence submitted with an application is satisfactory and the applicant meets the requirements for a license, the board shall ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an individual must demonstrate proficiency in spoken English, by passing an examination specified by the state medical board, to receive a license to practice issued under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code if the individual's eligibility for the license is based in part on certification from the educational commission for foreign medical graduates and fulfillm...

... (A) Each person holding a valid license issued under this chapter authorizing the license holder to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery, who is not covered by medical malpractice insurance shall provide a patient with written notice of the license holder's lack of that insurance coverage prior to providing nonemergency professional services to the patien...

... (A) The state medical board also shall regulate the following limited branches of medicine: massage therapy, and to the extent specified in section 4731.151 of the Revised Code, naprapathy and mechanotherapy. The board shall adopt rules governing the limited branches of medicine under its jurisdiction. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) A license to practice a limi...

... (A) Naprapaths who received a certificate to practice from the state medical board prior to March 2, 1992, may continue to practice naprapathy, as defined in rules adopted by the board. Such naprapaths shall practice in accordance with rules adopted by the board. (B)(1) As used in this division: (a) "Mechanotherapy" means all of the following: (i) Examining patients by verbal inquiry; (ii) Examination of th...

... (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 en...

...(A) The state medical board may adopt rules that establish continuing education requirements for renewal under section 4731.15 of the Revised Code of a license to practice a limited branch of medicine. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B)(1) If the board adopts rules establishing continuing education requirements for holders of licenses to practice a limited branch of ...

... The "Interstate Massage Compact (IMpact)" 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: INTERSTATE MASSAGE COMPACT ARTICLE 1- PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to reduce the burdens on State governments and to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of Massage Therapy w...

... Not later than sixty days after the "Interstate Massage Compact (IMpact)" is entered into under section 4731.156 of the Revised Code, the state medical board, in accordance with Article 8 of the compact, shall select one individual to serve as a delegate to the interstate massage compact commission created under the compact. The board shall fill a vacancy in this position not later than sixty days after the vacancy ...

... (A) The state medical board shall determine the standing of the schools, colleges, or institutions giving instruction in the limited branch of medicine of massage therapy. (B) The board may administer an examination of competency to practice the limited branch of medicine of massage therapy. If it administers an examination, the board shall establish by rule a fee to cover the cost of administering the examinatio...

... (A) The state medical board shall review all applications received under section 4731.19 of the Revised Code. The board shall determine whether an applicant meets the requirements for a license to practice the limited branch of medicine of massage therapy. (B) If the board determines that the applicant meets the requirements for a license and that the documentation required for a license is acceptable, the board ...

...In addition to any other eligibility requirement set forth in this chapter, each applicant for a license to practice massage therapy shall comply with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code.

... (A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a person seeking a license to practice the limited branch of medicine of massage therapy shall file with the state medical board an application in a manner prescribed by the board. The application shall include or be accompanied by all of the following: (1) Evidence that the applicant is at least eighteen years of age; (2) Evidence that the applicant has ...

...The powers and duties conferred by this chapter on the state medical board, including all of the board's officers, for purposes of regulating the practices of medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, and podiatric medicine and surgery, shall apply in the same manner, with any modifications the board considers necessary, for purposes of regulating the practices of limited branches of medicine, including...

...Sections 4731.15 to 4731.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not amend sections 4731.34, 4731.36, and 4731.41 of the Revised Code or limit their application unless otherwise specifically provided.

... (A) The state medical board, by an affirmative vote of not fewer than six of its members, may limit, revoke, or suspend a license or certificate to practice or certificate to recommend, refuse to grant a license or certificate, refuse to renew a license or certificate, refuse to reinstate a license or certificate, or reprimand or place on probation the holder of a license or certificate if the individual applying fo...

...If the state medical board has reason to believe that any person who has been granted a license or certificate under this chapter is mentally ill or mentally incompetent, it may file in the probate court of the county in which such 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 the board secretary's staff, whereu...

... (A) This section applies to all of the following: (1) An applicant seeking restoration of a license or certificate issued under this chapter that has been in a suspended or inactive state for any cause for more than two years; (2) An applicant seeking issuance of a license or certificate pursuant to this chapter who for more than two years has not been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, osteopath...

... (A) As used in this section, "prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Whenever any person holding a valid license or certificate issued pursuant to 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 Revis...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Criminal conduct" means any conduct that would constitute a felony, a misdemeanor committed in the course of medical practice, an offense of violence, or a sexually oriented offense, as defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether a criminal charge has been filed or the location in this state where the conduct occurred. (2) "Sexual misconduct" means cond...

...(A) If the holder of a license or certificate issued under this chapter violates division (A), (B), or (C) of section 4731.66 or section 4731.69 of the Revised Code, or if any other person violates division (B) or (C) of section 4731.66 or section 4731.69 of the Revised Code, the state medical board, pursuant to an adjudication under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and an affirmative vote of not fewer than six of it...

... (A)(1) An individual whom the state medical board licenses, certificates, or otherwise legally authorizes to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery may render the professional services of a doctor of medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery within this state through a corporation formed under...

...An individual authorized to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery may use alternative medical treatments if the individual has provided the information necessary to obtain informed consent from the patient and the treatment meets the standards enforced by the state medical board pursuant to section 4731.22 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted by the board. As used in this section, "a...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Federally qualified health center" has the same meaning as in section 3701.047 of the Revised Code. (2) "Federally qualified health center look-alike" has the same meaning as in section 3701.047 of the Revised Code. (3) "Health care entity" means any of the following that employs a physician to provide physician services: (a) A hospital registered with the department of ...