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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. § 4765.01 Definitions
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As used in this chapter: (A) "First responder" means an individual who holds a current, valid certificate issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code to practice as a first responder. (B) "Emergency medical technician-basic" or "EMT-basic" means an individual who holds a cur…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.011 Designation as EMR, EMT, or AEMT
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(A) With respect to the following individuals who receive certificates to practice issued under this chapter, all of the following apply: (1) A first responder shall be also known as an emergency medical responder or EMR;(2) An emergency medical technician-basic or EMT-basic shal…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.02 State board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services
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(A)(1) There is hereby created the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services within the division of emergency medical services of the department of public safety. The board shall consist of the members specified in this section who are residents of this …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.03 Executive director duties
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(A) The director of public safety shall appoint a full-time executive director for the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. The executive director shall be knowledgeable in emergency medical services and trauma care and shall serve at the pleasure …

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.04 Firefighter and fire safety inspector training committee - trauma committee - other committees and subcommittees

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(A) The firefighter and fire safety inspector training committee of the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services is hereby created and shall consist of the members of the board who are chiefs of fire departments, and the members of the board who are eme…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.05 Prehospital emergency medical services regions

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(A) As used in this section, "prehospital emergency medical services" means an emergency medical services system that provides medical services to patients who require immediate assistance, because of illness or injury, prior to their arrival at an emergency medical facility. (B)…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.06 Emergency medical services incidence reporting system - state trauma registry

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(A) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall establish an emergency medical services incidence reporting system for the collection of information regarding the delivery of emergency medical services in this state and the frequency at which the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.07 Administrative rules for grant program

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(A) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall adopt rules under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code to establish and administer a grant program under which grants are distributed according to the following priorities: (1) First priority shall b…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.08 Statewide emergency medical services plan - statewide regulation of emergency medical services during periods of disaster

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The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall prepare a statewide emergency medical services plan and shall revise the plan as necessary. The board shall prepare a plan for the statewide regulation of emergency medical services during periods of di…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.09 Recommendations for operation of ambulance and emergency medical service organizations

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The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall prepare recommendations for the operation of ambulance service organizations, air medical organizations, and emergency medical service organizations. Within thirty days following the preparation or modi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.10 State board - powers and duties

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(A) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall do all of the following: (1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it; (2) Approve, in accordance with procedures established in rules adopted under secti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.101 Complaint and investigation of violations

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(A) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall investigate any allegation that a person has violated this chapter or a rule adopted under it. Any person may submit to the board a written complaint regarding an alleged violation of this chapter o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.102 Investigative information confidential

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(A) As used in this section, "licensing agency" means any entity that has the authority pursuant to Title XLVII of the Revised Code to issue a license, and any other agency of this or another state, other than the Ohio supreme court, that has the authority to issue a license that…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.11 Administrative rules

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(A) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and divisions (C) and (D) of this section that establish all of the following: (1) Procedures for its gove…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.111 Disciplinary proceedings

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Except as provided in this section or sections 4765.112 to 4765.116 of the Revised Code, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall conduct disciplinary proceedings regarding the holder of a certificate issued under this chapter in accordance wi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.112 Suspension of certificate without hearing

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(A) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services, by an affirmative vote of the majority of its members, may suspend without a prior hearing a certificate to practice issued under this chapter if the board determines that there is clear and convincing e…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.113 Reconsideration of suspension based on conviction

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If the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services imposes a suspension on the basis of a conviction, judicial finding, or plea as described in division (A)(3) of section 4765.112 of the Revised Code that is overturned on appeal, the certificate holder, on…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.114 Certificate automatically suspended for certain offenses

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(A) A certificate to practice emergency medical services issued under this chapter is automatically suspended on the certificate holder's conviction of, plea of guilty to, or judicial finding of guilt of any of the following: aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, fel…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.115 Suspension orders - administrative hearing - disposition

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(A) A suspension order issued under section 4765.112 or automatic suspension under section 4765.114 of the Revised Code is not subject to suspension by a court prior to a hearing under this section or during the pendency of any appeal filed under section 119.12 of the Revised Cod…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.116 Procedure where hearing not timely requested

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If a certificate holder subject to a suspension order issued by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services under section 4765.112 or an automatic suspension order under section 4765.114 of the Revised Code fails to make a timely request for a hearing,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.12 Guidelines for care of trauma victims by emergency medical service personnel - conduct of peer review and quality assurance programs by emergency medical service organizations

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(A) Not later than two years after November 3, 2000, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall develop and distribute guidelines for the care of trauma victims by emergency medical service personnel and for the conduct of peer review and qualit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.15 Continuing education - approval and accreditation

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A person seeking to operate an emergency medical services training program shall submit a completed application for accreditation to the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services on a form the board shall prescribe and furnish. The application shall be a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.16 Continuing education - development

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(A) All courses offered through an emergency medical services training program or an emergency medical services continuing education program, other than an ambulance driving course and the dementia-related training course developed under section 4765.162 of the Revised Code, shal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.161 Expedited paramedic certification for veterans

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The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall adopt rules under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code to establish an expedited veterans paramedic certification program for any person who is a veteran of the armed forces of the United States and who,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.162 Dementia-related training

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(A) As used in this section, "dementia" includes Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. (B) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services, in consultation with the departments of aging and job and family services, shall develop a dementia-related tra…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.163 Petition to add training and continuing education program topics

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(A) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall establish a process by which any person may submit a petition to the board requesting that a topic be included in a training or continuing education program for first responders, EMTs-basic, EMTs-I,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.17 Issuing certificate of accreditation or certificate of approval

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(A) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall issue the appropriate certificate of accreditation or certificate of approval to an applicant who meets the requirements of section 4765.16 of the Revised Code. The board shall grant or deny a certi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.18 Grounds for suspension or revocation of certificate

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The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services may suspend or revoke a certificate of accreditation or a certificate of approval issued under section 4765.17 of the Revised Code for any of the following reasons: (A) Violation of this chapter or any rule a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.22 Applying to teach in emergency medical services training or continuing education program

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A person seeking a certificate to teach in an emergency medical services training program or an emergency medical services continuing education program shall submit a completed application for certification to the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation service…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.23 Teaching certificate - issuance - renewal - suspension or revocation

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The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall issue a certificate to teach in an emergency medical services training program or an emergency medical services continuing education program to any applicant who it determines meets the qualifications e…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.24 Continuing education - certificate of completion

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The operator of an accredited training program for first responders shall issue a certificate of completion in first responder training to each student who successfully completes the training program described in division (B) of section 4765.16 of the Revised Code. The operator o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.28 Applying for certificate to practice

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A person seeking a certificate to practice as a first responder, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic shall submit a completed application for certification to the state board of emergency medical…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.29 Examination

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(A) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall provide for the examination of applicants for certification to practice as first responders, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical te…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.30 Qualifications for certificate to practice

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All of the following apply to the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services with respect to issuing and renewing certificates to practice: (A) The board shall issue a certificate to practice as a first responder to an applicant who meets all of the follo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.301 Criminal records check

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(A) An appointing authority may request the superintendent of BCII to conduct a criminal records check with respect to any person who is under consideration for appointment or employment as an emergency medical technician-basic, an emergency medical technician-intermediate, or an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.31 Continuing education - extension or exemption

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a first responder, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, and emergency medical technician-paramedic shall complete an emergency medical services continuing education program or pass a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.32 Certificates issued under prior law

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A current, valid certificate of accreditation issued under the provisions of former section 3303.11 or 3303.23 of the Revised Code shall remain valid until one year after the expiration date of the certificate as determined by the provisions of those sections and shall confer the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.33 Disciplinary actions

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The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services may suspend or revoke certificates to practice issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code, and may take other disciplinary action against first responders, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.35 Authorized services by first responders

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(A) A first responder may perform any of the emergency medical services specified for first responders in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. A first responder shall perform the emerge…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.36 Authorized services in hospital

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In a hospital, an emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic may perform emergency medical services if the services are performed in accordance with both of the following conditions: (A) Only in the hos…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.361 Performance of services in nonemergency situations

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An emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic may perform medical services that the technician is authorized by law to perform in nonemergency situations if the services are performed under the directio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.37 Authorized services by EMT-basic

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(A) An emergency medical technician-basic may perform any of the emergency medical services specified for EMTs-basic in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. An EMT-basic shall perform t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.38 Authorized services by EMT-intermediate

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(A) An emergency medical technician-intermediate may perform any of the emergency medical services specified for EMTs-I in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. An EMT-I shall perform em…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.39 Authorized services by EMT-paramedic

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(A) An emergency medical technician-paramedic may perform any of the emergency medical services specified for paramedics in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. A paramedic shall perfor…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.391 Administration of immunizations for influenza to firefighters or EMTs

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(A) The medical director or cooperating physician advisory board of each emergency medical service organization may authorize one or more emergency medical technicians-paramedic within the organization to administer immunizations for influenza to either of the following: (1) A fu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.40 Written protocols for triage of adult and pediatric trauma victims

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(A)(1) Not later than two years after November 3, 2000, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall adopt rules under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code establishing written protocols for the triage of adult and pediatric trauma victims. The rul…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.401 Protocols for stroke patients

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(A)(1) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this amendment, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall develop guidelines for the assessment, triage, and transport to hospitals of stroke patients by emergency medical service pe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.41 Local written protocols

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The medical director or cooperating physician advisory board of each emergency medical service organization shall establish written protocols to be followed by first responders, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.42 Appointment and qualifications of medical director, member of cooperating physician advisory board

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(A) Each emergency medical service organization shall appoint a medical director or a cooperating physician advisory board. The organization shall give notice of the name of its medical director or the names of the members of its cooperating physician advisory board to the state …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4765.43 Ambulance staffing

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(A) During each emergency run made by an ambulance that is equipped for emergency medical services, the emergency medical service organization operating the ambulance shall staff the ambulance in accordance with this section. For purposes of determining the applicable staffing re…