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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. § 4725.07 Records - seal
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The state vision professionals board shall adopt a seal and certificate of suitable design and shall keep a record of its proceedings, a register of every individual holding a certificate of licensure, license, registration, or endorsement issued under this chapter, and a registe…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.08 State vision professionals board; immunity
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In the absence of fraud or bad faith, the state vision professionals board, a current or former board member, an agent of the board, a person formally requested by the board to be the board's representative, or an employee of the board shall not be held liable in damages to any p…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.09 Administrative rules
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(A) The state vision professionals board shall adopt rules as it considers necessary to govern the practice of optometry and to administer and enforce sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code. All rules adopted under those sections shall be adopted in accordance with Chapt…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.091 Rules regarding analgesic controlled substances
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(A) The state vision professionals board shall adopt rules governing the authority of licensed optometrists to employ, apply, administer, and prescribe analgesic controlled substances. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and in consultat…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.092 Adoption of rules regarding information on drug database

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(A) As used in this section, "drug database" means the database established and maintained by the state board of pharmacy pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code. (B) The state vision professionals board shall adopt rules that establish standards and procedures to be foll…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.10 Approving schools of optometry

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(A) The state vision professionals board shall evaluate schools of optometry and grant its approval to schools that adequately prepare their graduates for the practice of optometry in this state. Approval shall be granted only by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.11 Examination

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(A) The state vision professionals board shall accept as the examination that must be passed to receive a license to practice optometry in this state the examination prepared, administered, and graded by the national board of examiners in optometry or an examination prepared, adm…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.12 Written application for certificate of licensure

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(A) Each person who desires to commence the practice of optometry in the state shall file with the executive director of the state vision professionals board an application for a certificate of licensure. The application shall be accompanied by the fee specified under section 472…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.121 License applicant to comply with RC Chapter 4776

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(A) As used in this section, "license" and "applicant for an initial license" have the same meanings as in section 4776.01 of the Revised Code, except that "license" as used in both of those terms refers to the types of authorizations otherwise issued or conferred under this chap…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.13 Issuing and display of certificate

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(A) The state vision professionals board, by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members, shall issue a certificate of licensure authorizing the holder to engage in the practice of optometry under its seal to every applicant who passes all parts of the licensing examination …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.131 Continued practice of topical ocular pharmaceutical agents certificate holders

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(A) An individual who, before the effective date of this section, holds a valid certificate of licensure or topical ocular pharmaceutical agents certificate issued by the state vision professionals board may continue to engage in the practice of optometry as defined in former div…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.15 Failing examination or part four times

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If the state vision professionals board receives notice under division (D) of section 4725.11 of the Revised Code that an applicant has failed four times the licensing examination or part of the examination that must be passed pursuant to section 4725.12 of the Revised Code, the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.16 Expiration of certificate - renewal

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(A)(1) Each certificate of licensure for the practice of optometry issued by the state vision professionals board shall expire on the last day of December of each even-numbered year, and may be renewed in accordance with this section and the standard renewal procedure established…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.18 Endorsement

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(A) The state vision professionals board may issue a certificate of licensure by endorsement to an individual licensed as an optometrist by a Canadian province if the board determines that the province has standards for the practice of optometry that are at least as stringent as …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.19 Disciplinary actions

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(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members, the state vision professionals board, for any of the reasons specified in division (B) of this section, shall refuse to grant a certificate of licensure to practice op…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.20 Effect of child support default on license or certificate

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On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state vision professionals 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 certificate …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.21 Duty to report unprofessional conduct or addiction - complaints

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(A) If an optometrist licensed by the state vision professionals board has reason to believe that another optometrist licensed currently or previously by the board has engaged in any course of treatment or other services to a patient that constitutes unprofessional conduct under …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.22 Professional liability insurer to report final disposition of claim for damages

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(A) Each insurer providing professional liability insurance to an optometrist licensed under this chapter, or any other entity that seeks to indemnify the professional liability of an optometrist licensed under this chapter, shall notify the state vision professionals board withi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.23 Investigations - confidentiality of information

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(A) The state vision professionals board shall investigate evidence that appears to show that a person has violated any provision of sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections. Investigations of alleged violations shall be supervised …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.231 Cease and desist order for unlicensed practice of optometry

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The state vision professionals board may issue a cease-and-desist order against any person engaging in the practice of optometry without having received a license under sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code that the board reasonably suspects has violated, is currently v…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.24 Suspension without prior hearing

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If the secretary of the state vision professionals board and the board's supervising member of investigations determine that there is clear and convincing evidence that an optometrist has violated division (B) of section 4725.19 of the Revised Code and that the optometrist's cont…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.25 Unauthorized practice

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Sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code do not confer on an optometrist the title of medical doctor, physician, surgeon, oculist, ophthalmologist, or any other word or abbreviation indicating that the optometrist is engaged in the practice of medicine.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.26 Exceptions

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Division (A) of section 4725.02 of the Revised Code does not apply to the following: (A) Physicians authorized to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code; (B) Persons who sell optical accessories but do not assume …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.27 Evidence - interference with choice of service

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The testimony and reports of an optometrist licensed by the state vision professionals board under this chapter shall be received by any state, county, municipal, school district, or other public board, body, agency, institution, or official and by any private educational or othe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.28 Copy of prescription to be given to patient

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(A) As used in this section, "supplier" means any person who prepares or sells optical accessories or other vision correcting items, devices, or procedures.(B) A licensed optometrist, on completion of a vision examination and diagnosis, shall give each patient for whom the optome…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.29 Advertising

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Regional advertisement" means an advertisement published in more than one metropolitan statistical area in this state or broadcast by radio or television stations in more than one metropolitan statistical area in this state.(2) "National advertise…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.30 Ocular abnormalities

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If while examining a person an optometrist detects evidence of an ocular abnormality requiring further diagnosis or possible treatment that is not included in the optometrist's practice of optometry, the optometrist shall advise the patient to see a physician authorized to practi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.31 Clinically significant drug-induced side effects

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An optometrist licensed by the state vision professionals board shall promptly report to the board any instance of a clinically significant drug-induced side effect in a patient due to the optometrist's administering, employing, applying, or prescribing a topical ocular or therap…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.32 Requiring impact-resistant lenses

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No person shall distribute, sell, or deliver any eyeglasses or sunglasses manufactured after July 31, 1972, nor shall any person distribute, sell, or deliver eyeglasses after December 31, 1972, or sunglasses after December 31, 1973, which are not fitted with impact-resistant lens…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.33 Offering services through authorized business entity

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(A) An individual whom the state vision professionals board licenses to engage in the practice of optometry may render the professional services of an optometrist within this state through a corporation formed under division (B) of section 1701.03 of the Revised Code, a limited l…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.34 Fees

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(A) The state vision professionals board shall charge the following nonrefundable fees: (1) Three hundred fifty dollars for application for a certificate of licensure to practice optometry; (2) Three hundred fifty dollars for renewal of a certificate of licensure to practice opto…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.35 Telehealth services

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An optometrist licensed under this chapter may provide telehealth services in accordance with section 4743.09 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 24, 2023 at 4:39 PM

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.40 Dispensing optician definitions

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As used in sections 4725.40 to 4725.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Optical aid" means both of the following: (1) Spectacles or other instruments or devices that are not contact lenses, if the spectacles or other instruments or devices may aid or correct human vision and have been p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.41 License required

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No person shall engage in optical dispensing or hold self out as being engaged in optical dispensing unless the person has fulfilled the requirements of sections 4725.48 to 4725.51 of the Revised Code and has been certified as a licensed dispensing optician by the state vision pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.411 Dispensing prepackaged soft contact lenses

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(A) Each licensed spectacle dispensing optician shall complete two hours of study in prepackaged soft contact lens dispensing approved by the state vision professionals board under section 4725.51 of the Revised Code. The two hours of study shall be completed as follows:(1) Each …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.44 Powers and duties of board

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(A) The state vision professionals board shall be responsible for the administration of sections 4725.40 to 4725.59 of the Revised Code and, in particular, shall process applications for licensure as licensed dispensing opticians; schedule, administer, and supervise the qualifyin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.48 Application and qualifications

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(A) Any person who desires to engage in optical dispensing shall file a properly completed application for an examination with the state vision professionals board or with the testing service the board has contracted with pursuant to section 4725.49 of the Revised Code. The appli…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.49 Examinations

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(A) The state vision professionals board may provide for the examination of applicants by designing, preparing, and administering the qualifying examinations or by contracting with a testing service that is nationally recognized as being capable of determining competence to dispe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.50 Issuance and display of certificate

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(A) Each person who qualifies for licensure under sections 4725.40 to 4725.59 of the Revised Code shall receive from the state vision professionals board, under its seal, a certificate of licensure entitling the person to practice as a licensed spectacle dispensing optician or a …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.501 License applicant to comply with RC Chapter 4776

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(A) As used in this section, "license" and "applicant for an initial license" have the same meanings as in section 4776.01 of the Revised Code, except that "license" as used in both of those terms refers to the types of authorizations otherwise issued or conferred under this chap…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.51 Renewal - continuing education

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(A)(1) Each license issued under sections 4725.40 to 4725.59 of the Revised Code shall expire on the last day of December of each odd-numbered year. Each person holding a valid, current license may apply to the state vision professionals board for the extension of the license und…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.52 Apprentices

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Any licensed dispensing optician may supervise a maximum of three apprentices who shall be permitted to engage in optical dispensing only under the supervision of the licensed dispensing optician. To serve as an apprentice, a person shall register with the state vision profession…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.53 Disciplinary actions

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(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the state vision professionals board, by a majority vote of its members, may refuse to grant a license and, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may suspend or revoke the license of a licensed dispensing opti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.531 Effect of child support default on license

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On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state vision professionals 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 issu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.54 Disciplinary actions

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(A) Any person having knowledge of a violation of sections 4725.40 to 4725.59 of the Revised Code by a licensed dispensing optician or an apprentice, or of any other ground specified in section 4725.53 of the Revised Code for denying, suspending, or revoking a license, may submit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.541 Cease and desist order for unlicensed practice of optical dispensing

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The state vision professionals board may issue a cease-and-desist order against any person engaged in optical dispensing without having received a license under sections 4725.40 to 4725.59 of the Revised Code that the board reasonably suspects has violated, is currently violating…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.55 Licenses and applications - prohibited acts

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No person shall do any of the following:(A) Sell or barter, or offer to sell or barter, a certificate of licensure as a dispensing optician issued under sections 4725.40 to 4725.59 of the Revised Code;(B) Use, or attempt to use, a license which is illegally purchased or acquired …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.56 Prohibiting payment for referrals

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No licensed dispensing optician, or employee or agent of a licensed dispensing optician shall pay or offer to pay a rebate or commission of any nature, or offer any other thing of value, to a licensed physician or licensed optometrist for referring patients to the licensed dispen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.57 Reciprocity

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The state vision professionals board shall issue a license to engage in optical dispensing in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (A) The applicant holds a license or registration in another state. (B) The applican…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.59 Exemptions

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(A) Sections 4725.40 to 4725.59 of the Revised Code do not apply to:(1) A physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, or to persons while in the employment and under the supervision of physicia…