Section 4730.49 | Continuing education required for renewal of license.
(A) To be eligible for renewal of a certificate to prescribe, an applicant shall complete every two years at least twelve hours of continuing education in pharmacology from an accredited institution recognized by the state medical board. Except as provided in division (B) of this section and in section 5903.12 of the Revised Code, the continuing education shall be completed not later than the thirty-first day of January of each even-numbered year.
(B) The state medical board shall provide for pro rata reductions by month of the number of hours of continuing education in pharmacology that is required to be completed for physician assistants who are in their first certification period after completing the provisional period required under section 4730.45 of the Revised Code, who have been disabled due to illness or accident, or who have been absent from the country. The board shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, as necessary to implement this division.
(C) The continuing education required by this section is in addition to the continuing education required under section 4730.14 of the Revised Code.
Available Versions of this Section
- May 17, 2006 – Senate Bill 154 - 126th General Assembly [ View May 17, 2006 Version ]
- October 15, 2015 – Senate Bill 110 - 131st General Assembly [ View October 15, 2015 Version ]
- August 31, 2016 – House Bill 116 - 131st General Assembly [ View August 31, 2016 Version ]
- October 17, 2019 – Amended by House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly [ View October 17, 2019 Version ]