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Title 47, Title 47. Occupations-Professions

66 chapters · 2,174 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 472,174 Ch 4731, Chapter 4731 | Physicians; Limited P…144 Ch 4729, Chapter 4729 | Pharmacists; Dangerou…127 Ch 4723, Chapter 4723 | Nurses111 Ch 4715, Chapter 4715 | Dentists; Dental Hygi…99 Ch 4735, Chapter 4735 | Real Estate Brokers74 Ch 4725, Chapter 4725 | Optometrists; Dispens…66 Ch 4765, Chapter 4765 | First Responders, Eme…64 Ch 4713, Chapter 4713 | Cosmetologists62 Ch 4734, Chapter 4734 | Chiropractors61 Ch 4755, Chapter 4755 | Occupational Therapis…59 Ch 4703, Chapter 4703 | Architects58 Ch 4781, Chapter 4781 | Manufactured Homes56 Ch 4730, Chapter 4730 | Physician Assistants55 Ch 4758, Chapter 4758 | Chemical Dependency P…55

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.01 Physician assistant definitions
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As used in this chapter:(A) "Physician" means an individual who is authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery.(B) "Health care facility" means any of the following:(1) A …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.02 Prohibited acts
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(A) No person shall hold that person out as being able to function as a physician assistant, or use any words or letters indicating or implying that the person is a physician assistant, without a current, valid license to practice as a physician assistant issued pursuant to this …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.03 Construction and application
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Nothing in this chapter shall:(A) Be construed to affect or interfere with the performance of duties of any medical personnel who are either of the following:(1) In active service in the army, navy, coast guard, marine corps, air force, public health service, or marine hospital s…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.04 Disaster or emergency medical care
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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Disaster" means any imminent threat or actual occurrence of widespread or severe damage to or loss of property, personal hardship or injury, or loss of life that results from any natural phenomenon or act of a human.(2) "Emergency" means an occurr…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.05 Physician assistant policy committee

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(A) There is hereby created the physician assistant policy committee of the state medical board. The president of the board shall appoint the members of the committee. The committee shall consist of the seven members specified in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section. When the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.06 Recommendations to state medical board

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(A) The physician assistant policy committee of the state medical board shall review, and shall submit to the board recommendations concerning, all of the following:(1) Requirements for issuing a license to practice as a physician assistant, including the educational requirements…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.07 Adoption of additional rules

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In addition to rules that are specifically required or authorized by this chapter to be adopted, the state medical board may, subject to division (D) of section 4730.06 of the Revised Code, adopt any other rules necessary to govern the practice of physician assistants, the superv…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.08 Certificate to practice as physician assistant

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(A) A license to practice as a physician assistant issued under this chapter authorizes the holder to practice as a physician assistant as follows:(1) The physician assistant shall practice only under the supervision, control, and direction of a physician with whom the physician …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.10 Applying for license to practice

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(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, an individual seeking a license to practice as a physician assistant shall file with the state medical board a written application on a form prescribed and supplied by the board. The application shall include all of the foll…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.101 Certificate applicant to comply with RC Chapter 4776

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In addition to any other eligibility requirement set forth in this chapter, each applicant for a license to practice as a physician assistant shall comply with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:02 AM

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.11 Eligibility requirements for physician assistant certificate

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(A) To be eligible to receive a license to practice as a physician assistant, all of the following apply to an applicant: (1) The applicant shall be at least eighteen years of age. (2) The applicant shall hold current certification by the national commission on certification of p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.111 Duty to inform board of change in certification status

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A physician assistant whose certification by the national commission on certification of physician assistants or a successor organization recognized by the state medical board is suspended or revoked shall give notice of that occurrence to the board not later than fourteen days a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.12 Issuing license

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(A) The state medical board shall review each application for a license to practice as a physician assistant received under section 4730.10 of the Revised Code. Not later than sixty days after receiving a complete application, the board shall determine whether the applicant meets…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.13 Duplicate physician assistant certificate - fee

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Upon application by the holder of a license to practice as a physician assistant, the state medical board shall issue a duplicate license to replace one that is missing or damaged, to reflect a name change, or for any other reasonable cause. The fee for a duplicate license shall …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.14 Renewing license

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(A) A license to practice as a physician assistant shall be valid for a two-year period unless revoked or suspended, shall expire on the date that is two years after the date of issuance, and may be renewed for additional two-year periods in accordance with this section. A person…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.141 Retired status

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(A) An individual who holds a current, valid license issued under this chapter to practice as a physician assistant and who retires voluntarily from practice may request that the state medical board place the individual's license on retired status. (B) An individual seeking to ha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.15 Exercise of physician-delegated prescriptive authority

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(A) A license issued by the state medical board under section 4730.12 of the Revised Code authorizes the license holder to exercise physician-delegated prescriptive authority if the holder meets either of the following requirements: (1) Holds a master's or higher degree described…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.19 Supervision agreements

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(A) Before initiating supervision of one or more physician assistants licensed under this chapter, a physician shall enter into a supervision agreement with each physician assistant who will be supervised. A supervision agreement may apply to one or more physician assistants, but…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.20 Services performed by physician assistant

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(A) A physician assistant licensed under this chapter may perform any of the following services authorized by the supervising physician that are part of the supervising physician's normal course of practice and expertise:(1) Ordering diagnostic, therapeutic, and other medical ser…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.201 Administration of local anesthesia by physician assistant

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(A) As used in this section, "local anesthesia" means the injection of a drug or combination of drugs to stop or prevent a painful sensation in a circumscribed area of the body where a painful procedure is to be performed. "Local anesthesia" includes only local infiltration anest…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.202 Determination of death by physician assistant

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(A) A physician assistant may determine and pronounce an individual's death, but only if the individual's respiratory and circulatory functions are not being artificially sustained and, at the time the determination and pronouncement of death is made, either or both of the follow…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.203 Delegation of administration of drug

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(A) Acting pursuant to a supervision agreement, a physician assistant may delegate performance of a task to implement a patient's plan of care or, if the conditions in division (C) of this section are met, may delegate administration of a drug. Subject to division (D) of section …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.204 Authority to sign psychiatric inpatient documents

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(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, a physician assistant may sign one or more documents relating to any of the following: (1) The admission of a patient to a health care facility for the purpose of receiving psychiatric or other behavioral health care services on an inp…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.21 Duties of supervising physician

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(A) The supervising physician of a physician assistant exercises supervision, control, and direction of the physician assistant. A physician assistant may practice in any setting within which the supervising physician has supervision, control, and direction of the physician assis…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.22 Liability of physician - duties of health care facility - individual liability

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(A) When performing authorized services, a physician assistant acts as the agent of the physician assistant's supervising physician. The supervising physician is legally responsible and assumes legal liability for the services provided by the physician assistant.The physician is …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.25 Disciplinary actions

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(A) The state medical board, by an affirmative vote of not fewer than six members, may refuse to grant a license to practice as a physician assistant to, or may revoke the license held by, an individual found by the board to have committed fraud, misrepresentation, or deception i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.251 Effect of child support default on certificate

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On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state medical board 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 license to practice as a …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.252 Violation; civil penalties

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(A)(1) If a physician assistant violates any section of this chapter other than section 4730.14 of the Revised Code or violates any rule adopted under this chapter, the state medical board may, pursuant to an adjudication under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and an affirmative …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.26 Hearings and investigations

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(A) The state medical board shall investigate evidence that appears to show that any person has violated this chapter or a rule adopted under it. In an investigation involving the practice or supervision of a physician assistant pursuant to the policies of a health care facility,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.27 Adjudication of mental competency

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If the state medical board has reason to believe that any person who has been granted a license under this chapter to practice as a physician assistant is mentally ill or mentally incompetent, it may file in the probate court of the county in which such person has a legal residen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.28 Restoration of license; issuance to applicant who has not practiced for more than two years

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(A) This section applies to all of the following: (1) An applicant seeking restoration of a license 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 pursuant to this chap…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.31 Reporting conviction to medical board

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(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 to practice as a physician assistant issued pursuant to this chapter pleads guilty to, is subject to a judicial finding of guil…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.32 Reporting disciplinary proceedings

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(A) As used in this section, "criminal conduct" and "sexual misconduct" have the same meanings as in section 4731.224 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Within thirty days after the imposition of any formal disciplinary action taken by a health care facility against any individual holdi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.33 Secretary of state medical board - duties - prosecutions

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The secretary of the state medical board shall enforce the laws relating to the practice of physician assistants. If the secretary has knowledge or notice of a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it, the secretary shall investigate the matter, and, upon probable …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.34 State medical board - immunity

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In the absence of fraud or bad faith, the state medical board, the board's physician assistant policy committee, a current or former board or committee member, an agent of the board or committee, a person formally requested by the board to be the board's representative or by the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.38 Recommendations for physician-delegated prescriptive authority

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(A) The physician assistant policy committee of the state medical board shall, at such times the committee determines to be necessary, submit to the board recommendations regarding physician-delegated prescriptive authority for physician assistants. The committee's recommendation…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.39 Rules governing physician-delegated prescriptive authority

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(A) The state medical board shall adopt rules governing physician-delegated prescriptive authority for physician assistants. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.(B) The board's rules governing physician-delegated prescriptive authority s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.41 Physician assistant's authority under certificate to prescribe

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(A) A physician assistant who holds a valid prescriber number issued by the state medical board is authorized to prescribe and personally furnish drugs and therapeutic devices in the exercise of physician-delegated prescriptive authority.(B) In exercising physician-delegated pres…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.411 Prescription of schedule II controlled substance by physician assistant

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, a physician assistant may prescribe to a patient a schedule II controlled substance only if all of the following are the case: (1) The patient is in a terminal condition, as defined in section 2133.01 of the Revised C…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.42 Supervising physician's delegation authority - limitations

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(A) In granting physician-delegated prescriptive authority to a particular physician assistant who holds a valid prescriber number issued by the state medical board, the supervising physician is subject to all of the following:(1) The supervising physician shall not grant physici…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.43 Samples provided by physician assistant

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(A) A physician assistant who holds a valid prescriber number issued by the state medical board and has been granted physician-delegated prescriptive authority may personally furnish to a patient samples of drugs and therapeutic devices that are included in the physician assistan…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.432 Authority to prescribe or furnish drugs to sexual partner of a patient diagnosed with chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis

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(A)(1) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of this chapter or rule adopted by the state medical board, a physician assistant who holds a valid prescriber number issued by the board and has been granted physician-delegated prescriptive authority may issue a prescription for …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.433 Epinephrine delivery systems

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(A) As used in this section, "epinephrine delivery system" has the same meaning as in section 3313.718 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, and notwithstanding any conflicting provision of this chapter or rule adopted by the state medical board,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.437 Furnishing or prescribing glucagon, immunity

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(A)(1) Subject to division (A)(2) of this section and notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or rule adopted by the state medical board, a physician assistant who holds a valid prescriber number issued by the board and has been granted physician-delegated prescriptive auth…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.44 Exercise of authority under on-site supervision

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Military" means the armed forces of the United States or the national guard of any state, including any health care facility or clinic operated by the United States department of veterans affairs. (2) "Public health service" means the United Stat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.49 Continuing education required for renewal of license

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(A) To be eligible for renewal of a license to practice as a physician assistant, an applicant who has been granted physician-delegated prescriptive authority is subject to both of the following: (1) The applicant shall complete every two years at least twelve hours of continuing…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.53 Conditions for prescribing opioid analgesic or benzodiazepine drugs; adoption of rules regarding review of drug database

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Drug database" means the database established and maintained by the state board of pharmacy pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code.(2) "Opioid analgesic" and "benzodiazepine" have the same meanings as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Cod…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.54 Compliance with law regarding sanctions for human trafficking

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

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.55 Medication-assisted treatment; standards and procedures for physician assistants

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Controlled substance," "schedule III," "schedule IV," and "schedule V" have the same meanings as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code.(2) "Medication-assisted treatment" has the same meaning as in section 340.01 of the Revised Code.(B) The state…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.56 Failure to comply with applicable rules and regulations

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Community addiction services provider" has the same meaning as in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Medication-assisted treatment" has the same meaning as in section 340.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A physician assistant shall comply with …