Ohio Administrative Code

The following meanings shall apply to all rules promulgated by the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapy board, unless in a specific paragraph under one of the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board rules, the word or term is explici…

(A) Counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists licensed or registered by the board shall use the following abbreviations to designate their titles as defined in paragraph (V) of rule 4757-3-01 of the Administrative Code:(1) "LPAT" means a "Licensed Professiona…

For the purposes of this chapter promulgated per section 1347.15 of the Revised Code, the following definitions apply:(A) "Access" as a noun means an instance of copying, viewing, or otherwise perceiving whereas "access" as a verb means to copy, view, or otherwise perceive.(B) "A…

For personal information systems, whether manual or computer systems, that contain confidential personal information, the board shall do the following:(A) Criteria for accessing confidential personal information. Personal information systems of the board are managed on a "need-to…

Pursuant to the requirements of division (B)(2) of section 1347.15 of the Revised Code, this rule contains a list of valid reasons, directly related to the board's exercise of its powers or duties, for which only employees of the board may access confidential personal information…

The following federal statutes or regulations or state statutes and administrative rules make personal information maintained by the board confidential and identify the confidential personal information within the scope of rules promulgated by this board in accordance with sectio…

For personal information systems that are computer systems and contain confidential personal information, the agency shall do the following:(A) Access restrictions. Access to confidential personal information that is kept electronically shall require a password or other authentic…

(A) The code of ethical practice and professional conduct constitutes the standards by which the professional conduct of licensees and registrants shall be measured. Each subject area is in a separate rule within Chapter 4757-5 of the Administrative Code.(B) The rules of standard…

(A) Responsibility to clients/consumers of services as to competency:(1) Licensees and registrants shall be able to present reliable and substantial evidence of competency in the areas in which they practice. Licensees and registrants shall not misrepresent directly, indirectly o…

(A) Counselors, social workers, or marriage and family therapists shall avoid multiple relationships and conflicts of interest with any client/consumer-of-services, ex-clients, family members of clients or ex-clients, or other persons encountered in professional or non-profession…

(A) Licensees and registrants of the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall not engage in sexual relations with current clients, whether such contact is consensual or forced. A client of the agency is considered a client of each licensee or regist…

In impaired practice situations: licensees and registrants shall not undertake or continue professional relationships with a client, supervisee, or student when the objectivity or competency of the licensee or registrant is or could reasonably be expected to be, impaired due to m…

(A) General use of assessment and testing instruments:(1) Appraisal techniques: The primary purpose of educational and psychological assessment is to provide measures that are objective and interpretable in either comparative or absolute terms. licensees and registrants shall int…

(A) Responsibilities in conducting research:(1) Use of human subjects: Licensees and registrants shall plan, design, conduct, and report research in a manner consistent with pertinent ethical principles, federal and state laws, host institutional regulations, and scientific stand…

(A) Payment for services: When setting fees, licensees and registrants shall ensure that the fees are fair, reasonable, and commensurate with the services performed.(B) Licensees and registrants shall not accept goods or services as payment for professional services. Bartering is…

(A) Record keeping requirements: For each client/consumer of services, a licensee or registrant shall keep records and case notes of the dates of counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, art therapy, and music therapy services; types of counseling, social work, marri…

(A) Mandatory reporting: All licensees, registrants, supervisors and trainees have a responsibility to report any alleged violations of this act or rules adopted under it to the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board. Also, if a licensee or registrant h…

(A) All licensees or registrants are required within forty-five days to notify the board of any changes of name or mailing address. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action by the board.(B) All applicants, licensees, or registrants must provide to the board, and maintai…

(A) Teletherapy means the use of real-time audio or audiovisual communications that permit accurate and meaningful interaction between at least two persons, one of whom is a licensee or registrant ("licensee") as defined in Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code. For the purposes of t…

(A) The role of the counselor, social worker, or marriage and family therapist is that of a professional expert who strives to maintain an objective, impartial stance. A counselor, social worker or marriage and family therapist does not act as a judge who makes the ultimate decis…

(A) If the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board determines that there is clear and convincing evidence that a person who has been granted a license or registration under this chapter has committed an act that subjects the person's license or registrat…

Any license or certificate of registration, except for temporary licensees and trainee registrations, issued by the board expires two years from the date it is issued or renewed. The provisions of section 4757.32 of the Revised Code shall apply to all applications for renewal of …

Persons whose licenses or certificates or registration have lapsed or expired and who continue to hold themselves out as counselors, social workers, or marriage and family therapists, or who engage in counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy without a license or ce…

(A) A licensee or registrant may, at the time of biennial renewal, apply for inactive-escrow status of his/her license if the licensee or registrant does not plan to engage in active practice for one or more renewal cycles. The application for inactive status shall be accompanied…

(A) Marriage and family therapists and independent marriage and family therapists require thirty hours of approved continuing professional education for licensure renewal in any combination of the following program areas listed in section 4757.30 of the Revised Code: research, pr…

A "clock hour" is sixty minutes spent in a program meeting the requirements for renewal of a license or certificate of registration issued by the board. Clock hours exclude refreshment breaks, receptions and other social gatherings, and meals that do not include an acceptable pro…

The goals of the board's continuing professional education requirements are to assist licensees in maintaining and expanding professional competence and expertise, in becoming aware of new professional issues and developments, and in providing responsible, quality and competent s…

(A) Sources of continuing professional education shall be formally organized learning experiences with education as their explicit principal intent and which are oriented toward the enhancement of counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapy practice. The following a…

Each licensee or registrant shall provide, in a manner prescribed by the board, evidence that the licensee or registrant has satisfied the continuing professional education requirements for renewal of a license or certificate of registration.(A) Courses taken for credit at accred…

Each rule of rules 4757-1-01 to 4757-99-01 of the Administrative Code, and every part of each rule is hereby declared to be an independent rule, and the holding of any rule or part thereof to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any cause shall not affect the validity or…

(A) In addition to public notice given in the register of Ohio the board may give public notices pursuant to section 119.03 of the Revised Code, by placing such notice on the board's website and remaining there until the public hearing record is closed.(B) Any person may ascertai…

(A) The board may refuse to admit for examination, issue, renew, or may suspend, revoke, reprimand or place restrictions on any license, certificate, or endorsement applied for under Chapter 4758. of the Revised Code, or may take other disciplinary action against any licensee, ce…

(A) Should the board have reason to believe that a licensee, certificate holder, or applicant suffers from impairment as defined by paragraph (T) of rule 4758-2-01 of the Administrative Code, it may compel the individual to submit to a mental or physical examination, or both. Suc…

(A) The board may establish a confidential, non-disciplinary program for the evaluation and treatment of eligible practioners who need assistance with a potential or existing impairment due to substance use disorder or other mental health conditions. This program shall be known a…

(A) The following steps are required for renewal of a license or certificate to practice as a chemical dependency counselor within each two-year period of licensure or certification.(1) Completion of a renewal application in the board's electronic application system and submittin…

(A) The following steps are required for renewal of a certificate to practice as an OSPCA, OCPS, or OCPC within each two-year period of certification or licensure:.(1) Completion of a renewal application in the board's electronic application system and submitting the proper fee p…

(A) Sixty-five years of age or older status:(1) Licensees or certificate holders who are retired from any full time employment and sixty-five years of age or older may request senior sixty-five plus status.(2) Fees are reduced.(3) To be eligible for sixty-five plus status, the li…

(A) The continuing education unit (CEU) equals one contact hour of participation in an organized educational format.(B) CEUs and college courses:(1) CEUs may be awarded for college courses that address one or more of the knowledge and skill areas associated with substance use dis…

(A) A license or certificate that has not been properly renewed lapses on its expiration date.(B) Except as otherwise stated in this paragraph, credential holders may renew a license or certificate that has lapsed if the credential holder applies for renewal no later than one yea…

(A) Persons whose licenses, certificates, or endorsements have lapsed or expired and who continue to hold themselves out as chemical dependency counselors, certified prevention specialists, or gambling disorder endorsees shall be in violation of Chapter 4758. of the Revised Code.…

(A) Sponsors of education and training programs that are relevant to the practice of chemical dependency counseling, gambling disorder counseling or prevention may apply for CEU approval. Program CEUs may be awarded by the board to any program that addresses the knowledge and ski…

(A) Master's endorsement is an official board endorsement of qualified behavioral science master's degree training programs. Education institutions accredited by an accrediting agency accepted by the Ohio board of higher education may apply for master's endorsement. Endorsement m…

(A) The board is a member of the international certification and reciprocity consortium (IC&RC).(B) Individuals shall meet the following requirements to obtain an IC&RC reciprocal certification:(1) To be certified as an IC&RC ADC, an individual shall complete the following:(a) Su…

(A) By the authority granted under sections 4758.25 and 4796.30 of the Revised Code, the board shall determine and issue a license, certificate, or endorsement in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code and does not exceed the applicant's training.(B) All applicants for…

(A) This rule utiliizes section 5903.01 of the Revised Code for defintions of armed forces, service member, merchant member, and veteran. This rule utlizes section 4743.041 of the Revised Code for definitions of active guard, military duty, and uniformed services.(B) The board sh…

In addition to the definitions set forth in Chapter 4758. of the Revised Code, the following meanings shall apply to all rules promulgated by the chemical dependency professionals board, unless the word or term is explicitly defined or used in different manner in a specific parag…

(A) The following regulations shall govern the control of personal information maintained by the board.(1) The executive director shall be directly responsible for each applicant's personal information maintained in the board's personal information system. The executive director …