Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4723 - Nurses

Section 4723.01 - Nurse Definitions.
As used in this chapter: (A) "Registered nurse" means an individual who holds a current, valid license issued under this chapter that authorizes the...
Section 4723.02 - Board Of Nursing.
The board of nursing shall assume and exercise all the powers and perform all the duties conferred and imposed on it by this chapter....
Section 4723.021 - Immunity.
In the absence of fraud or bad faith, the board of nursing, a current or former board member, an agent of the board, a...
Section 4723.03 - Unlicensed Practice.
(A) No person shall engage in the practice of nursing as a registered nurse, represent the person as being a registered nurse, or use...
Section 4723.04 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4723.02.
Effective Date: 04-10-2001
Section 4723.05 - Appointment Of Executive Director - Duties.
The board of nursing shall appoint an executive director, who shall be a registered nurse of this state with at least five years experience...
Section 4723.051 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4723.10.
Effective Date: 04-10-2001
Section 4723.06 - Board Of Nursing - Powers And Duties.
(A) The board of nursing shall: (1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter, including the taking of disciplinary action for violations of...
Section 4723.061 - Minor Violations.
This chapter does not require the board of nursing to act on minor violations of this chapter or the rules adopted under it, if...
Section 4723.062 - Nursing Special Issue Fund.
The board of nursing may solicit and accept grants and services to develop and maintain a program that addresses patient safety and health care...
Section 4723.063 - [Repealed Effective 12/31/2023] Nurse Education Grant Program.
(A) As used in this section: (1) "Health care facility" means: (a) A hospital registered under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code; (b) A...
Section 4723.064 - Access To Information From Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway.
The board of nursing may access and view, but not alter, information gathered and disseminated through the Ohio law enforcement gateway established under section...
Section 4723.07 - Administrative Rules.
In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the board of nursing shall adopt and may amend and rescind rules that establish all...
Section 4723.071 - Administrative Rules For Nursing Delegation As It Applies To Dd Personnel Who Administer Prescribed Medications, Perform Health-related Activities, And Perform Tube Feedings.
(A) As used in this section, "health-related activities," "MR/DD personnel," "prescribed medication," and "tube feeding" have the same meanings as in section 5123.41 of...
Section 4723.08 - Fees.
(A) The board of nursing may impose fees not to exceed the following limits: (1) For application for licensure by examination to practice nursing...
Section 4723.081 - Fees In Excess Of Statutory Amounts.
The board of nursing, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may establish fees in excess of the amounts provided by section 4723.08...
Section 4723.082 - Depositing Receipts.
(A) Except as provided in section 4723.062 of the Revised Code and division (B) of this section, all receipts of the board of nursing,...
Section 4723.09 - License Application.
(A) (1) An application for licensure by examination to practice as a registered nurse or as a licensed practical nurse shall be submitted to...
Section 4723.091 - Request For Criminal Records Check.
(A) An individual who applies for licensure under section 4723.09 of the Revised Code; issuance of a certificate under section 4723.651, 4723.75, 4723.76, or...
Section 4723.092 - Ineligibility For Licensure.
An individual is ineligible for licensure under section 4723.09 of the Revised Code or issuance of a certificate under section 4723.651, 4723.75, 4723.76, or...
Section 4723.10 - National Standardized Nursing Examination.
With respect to individuals applying for licensure by examination, the board of nursing shall accept all or any part of the licensure examination of...
Section 4723.11 To 4723.14 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 06-14-1988
Section 4723.15 - Grandfather Provsions.
(A) A certificate of registration to practice professional nursing as a registered nurse issued by the state nurses board or the board of nursing...
Section 4723.151 - Unlicensed Practice.
(A) Medical diagnosis, prescription of medical measures, and the practice of medicine or surgery or any of its branches by a nurse are prohibited....
Section 4723.16 - Offering Services Through Authorized Business Entity.
(A) An individual whom the board of nursing licenses, certificates, or otherwise legally authorizes to engage in the practice of nursing as a registered...
Section 4723.17 - Administration Of Medications.
The board of nursing shall authorize a licensed practical nurse to administer medications if the nurse supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that either...
Section 4723.171 - [Renumbered].
Renumbered as § 4723.181 by 129th General AssemblyFile No.194, HB 303, §1, eff. 3/20/2013. Effective Date: 04-10-2001
Section 4723.18 - Administration Of Adult Intravenous Therapy.
(A) The board of nursing shall authorize a licensed practical nurse to administer to an adult intravenous therapy if the nurse supplies evidence satisfactory...
Section 4723.181 - Intravenous Therapy Procedures.
(A) A licensed practical nurse may perform on any person any of the intravenous therapy procedures specified in division (B) of this section without...
Section 4723.19 - Courses Of Study In The Safe Performance Of Intravenous Therapy.
(A) A person or government entity seeking approval to provide a course of study in the safe performance of intravenous therapy shall apply to...
Section 4723.20 To 4723.23 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 06-14-1988
Section 4723.24 - License Or Certificate Renewal; Notice Of Change Of Address.
(A) Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, all active licenses and certificates issued under this chapter shall be renewed biennially according to a...
Section 4723.25 - Continuing Education Courses In Domestic Violence And Its Relationship To Child Abuse.
The board of nursing shall approve one or more continuing education courses of study that comply with divisions (E) and (F) of section 4723.07...
Section 4723.26 - Volunteer Nursing Certificate.
(A) (1) As used in this section: (a) "Free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code. (b) "Indigent...
Section 4723.26, 4723.27 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 06-14-1988
Section 4723.271 - Replacement Copies Of Certificates.
(A) Upon request of the holder of a nursing license, certificate of authority, dialysis technician certificate, medication aide certificate, or community health worker certificate...
Section 4723.28 - Disciplinary Actions.
(A) The board of nursing, by a vote of a quorum, may impose one or more of the following sanctions if it finds that...
Section 4723.281 - Summary Suspension Without A Hearing - Automatic Suspensions.
(A) As used in this section, with regard to offenses committed in Ohio, "aggravated murder," "murder," "voluntary manslaughter," "felonious assault," "kidnapping," "rape," "sexual battery,"...
Section 4723.282 - Establishing Practice Intervention And Improvement Program.
(A) As used in this section, "practice deficiency" means any activity that does not meet acceptable and prevailing standards of safe and effective nursing...
Section 4723.29 - Subpoena Power.
In addition to the powers conferred upon the board of nursing by Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the board may subpoena witnesses and...
Section 4723.30 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 06-14-1988
Section 4723.31 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4723.082.
Effective Date: 04-10-2001
Section 4723.32 - Exemptions.
This chapter does not prohibit any of the following: (A) The practice of nursing by a student currently enrolled in and actively pursuing completion...
Section 4723.33 - Protection Against Retaliatory Action.
A registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, dialysis technician, community health worker, or medication aide who in good faith makes a report under this chapter...
Section 4723.34 - Reporting Misconduct.
(A) A person or governmental entity that employs, or contracts directly or through another person or governmental entity for the provision of services by,...
Section 4723.341 - Immunity.
(A) As used in this section, "person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code and also includes the board...
Section 4723.342 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 04-10-2001
Section 4723.35 - Establishing Chemical Dependency Monitoring Program.
(A) As used in this section, "chemical dependency" means either of the following: (1) The chronic and habitual use of alcoholic beverages to the...
Section 4723.36 - Determination Of Death By Certified Nurse Practitioner Or Clinical Nurse Specialist.
(A) A certified nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist may determine and pronounce an individual's death, but only if the individual's respiratory and circulatory...
Section 4723.36 To 4723.38 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 06-14-1988
Section 4723.39 - Renumbered Rc 4723.081.
Effective Date: 04-10-2001
Section 4723.40 - Injunctions.
(A) Through the attorney general or an appropriate prosecuting attorney, the board of nursing may apply to an appropriate court for an order enjoining...
Section 4723.41 - Requirements For Practicing Nurse-midwifery Or Other Specialty.
(A) Each person who desires to practice nursing as a certified nurse-midwife and has not been authorized to practice midwifery prior to December 1,...
Section 4723.42 - Issuing Certificate.
(A) If the applicant for authorization to practice nursing as a certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner...
Section 4723.43 - Scope Of Specialized Nursing Services.
A certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner may provide to individuals and groups nursing care that requires...
Section 4723.431 - Standard Care Arrangements.
(A) Except as provided in division (D)(1) of this section, a clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner may practice only in...
Section 4723.432 - Cooperation In Investigations.
(A) A clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner shall cooperate with the state medical board in any investigation the board conducts...
Section 4723.433 - [Repealed].
Repealed by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 276, §2, eff. 3/19/2015. Repealed by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 394, §2,...
Section 4723.44 - Unauthorized Practice.
(A) No person shall do any of the following unless the person holds a current, valid certificate of authority to practice nursing as a...
Section 4723.45 - Supervision Of Nurse-midwifery.
The board of nursing is hereby deemed to be the successor to the state medical board with regard to all matters related to the...
Section 4723.46 - Establishing List Of Approved National Certifying Organizations.
(A) The board of nursing shall establish a list of national certifying organizations approved by the board to examine and certify registered nurses to...
Section 4723.47 - License Suspension Or Revocation.
(A) If a certified registered nurse anesthetist's, clinical nurse specialist's, certified nurse-midwife's, or certified nurse practitioner's license to practice nursing as a registered nurse...
Section 4723.48 - Applying For Certificate To Prescribe Drugs And Therapeutic Devices.
(A) A clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner seeking authority to prescribe drugs and therapeutic devices shall file with the board...
Section 4723.481 - Authority Of Clinical Nurse Specialist, Certified Nurse-midwife, Or Certified Nurse Practitioner To Prescribe Drugs And Therapeutic Devices.
This section establishes standards and conditions regarding the authority of a clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner to prescribe drugs and...
Section 4723.482 - Items Submitted With Application.
(A) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, an applicant shall include with the application submitted under section 4723.48 of...
Section 4723.483 - [Repealed].
Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.194, HB 303, §2, eff. 3/20/2013. Effective Date: 05-17-2000
Section 4723.484 - Completion Of Externship; Supervision Of Prescribing Practices.
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, to successfully complete an externship as required under section 4723.485 of the Revised Code,...
Section 4723.485 - Externship Certificate To Prescribe.
(A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, a certificate to prescribe issued under section 4723.48 of the Revised Code as...
Section 4723.486 - Renewals.
(A) A certificate to prescribe issued under section 4723.48 of the Revised Code that is not issued as an externship certificate is valid for...
Section 4723.487 - Adoption Of Rules Regarding Review Of Patient Information Available Through Drug Database.
(A) As used in this section : (1) "Drug database" means the database established and maintained by the state board of pharmacy pursuant to...
Section 4723.488 - Authority To Supply Naloxone.
(A) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or rule adopted by the board of nursing, a clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse...
Section 4723.489 - Delegated Authority To Administer Drugs.
A person not otherwise authorized to administer drugs may administer a drug to a specified patient if all of the following conditions are met:...
Section 4723.49 - Committee On Prescriptive Governance.
(A) There is hereby created the committee on prescriptive governance. The committee shall consist of the following members: (1) A clinical nurse specialist; (2)...
Section 4723.491 - Organization Of Committee.
(A) The committee on prescriptive governance shall organize by selecting a chairperson from among its members who are nurses or collaborating physicians. The committee...
Section 4723.492 - Recommendations Regarding Authority To Prescribe Drugs And Therapeutic Devices.
The committee on prescriptive governance shall develop recommendations regarding the authority to prescribe drugs and therapeutic devices pursuant to a certificate to prescribe issued...
Section 4723.50 - Administrative Rules For Prescribing Drugs And Therapeutic Devices.
(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the board of nursing shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the provisions of...
Section 4723.51 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 05-17-2000
Section 4723.52 To 4723.60 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 01-17-2004
Section 4723.61 - Medication Aide Advisory Council Definitions.
As used in this section and in sections 4723.64 to 4723.69 of the Revised Code: (A) "Medication" means a drug, as defined in section...
Section 4723.62 - [Repealed].
Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.194, HB 303, §2, eff. 3/20/2013. Effective Date: 06-30-2005
Section 4723.621 - [Repealed].
Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.194, HB 303, §2, eff. 3/20/2013. Effective Date: 06-30-2005; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007
Section 4723.63 - [Repealed].
Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.194, HB 303, §2, eff. 3/20/2013. Effective Date: 09-26-2003; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007
Section 4723.64 - Administration Of Medications By Medication Aides.
A nursing home or residential care facility may use one or more medication aides to administer prescription medications to its residents, subject to both...
Section 4723.65 - Application For Certification As Medication Aide.
An individual seeking certification as a medication aide shall apply to the board of nursing on a form prescribed and provided by the board....
Section 4723.651 - Eligibility For Medication Aide Certificate - Issuance - Duration.
(A) To be eligible to receive a medication aide certificate, an applicant shall meet all of the following conditions: (1) Be at least eighteen...
Section 4723.652 - Sanctions Against Certificate Applicants Or Holders.
(A) The board of nursing, by vote of a quorum, may impose one or more of the following sanctions against any individual who applies...
Section 4723.653 - Medication Aide; Certificate Required.
(A) No person shall engage in the administration of medication as a medication aide, represent the person as being a certified medication aide, or...
Section 4723.66 - Application For Medication Aide Training Program.
(A) A person or government entity seeking approval to provide a medication aide training program shall apply to the board of nursing on a...
Section 4723.67 - Administration Of Medications By Aides - Delegation By Nurse Required.
(A) Except for the prescription medications specified in division (C) of this section and the methods of medication administration specified in division (D) of...
Section 4723.68 - Limitation Of Liability Of Delegating Nurse Or Person Reporting Medication Error.
(A) A registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse acting at the direction of a registered nurse, who delegates medication administration to a medication aide...
Section 4723.69 - Board To Adopt Program Implementation Rules.
(A) The board of nursing shall adopt rules to implement sections 4723.61 to 4723.68 of the Revised Code. All rules adopted under this section...
Section 4723.71 - Advisory Group On Dialysis.
(A) There is hereby established, under the board of nursing, the advisory group on dialysis. The advisory group shall advise the board of nursing...
Section 4723.72 - Permitted Activities.
(A) A dialysis technician or dialysis technician intern may engage in dialysis care by doing the following: (1) Performing and monitoring dialysis procedures, including...
Section 4723.73 - Dialysis Technicians - Prohibited Acts.
(A) No person who does not hold a current, valid certificate issued under section 4723.75 or renewed under section 4723.77 of the Revised Code...
Section 4723.74 - Approving Operation Of Dialysis Training Program.
(A) A person who seeks to operate a dialysis training program shall apply to the board of nursing for approval of the program. Applications...
Section 4723.75 - Issuing Certificate.
(A) The board of nursing shall issue a certificate to practice as a dialysis technician to an applicant who meets the following applicable requirements:...
Section 4723.751 - Examinations.
The board of nursing shall either conduct dialysis technician certification examinations itself or, in accordance with rules adopted under section 4723.79 of the Revised...
Section 4723.76 - Dialysis Technician Intern Certificate.
(A) The board of nursing shall issue a certificate to practice as a dialysis technician intern to an applicant who has not passed the...
Section 4723.77 - Renewal Of Dialysis Technician Certificate.
A dialysis technician certificate issued under section 4723.75 of the Revised Code expires biennially and shall be renewed according to a schedule established by...
Section 4723.78 - [Repealed].
Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.194, HB 303, §2, eff. 3/20/2013. Effective Date: 12-24-2000
Section 4723.79 - Administrative Rules.
The board of nursing shall adopt rules to administer and enforce sections 4723.71 to 4723.79 of the Revised Code. The board shall adopt the...
Section 4723.81 - Certification Of Community Health Workers Program.
The board of nursing shall develop and implement a program for the certification of community health workers. The board shall begin issuing community health...
Section 4723.82 - Community Health Worker Certificate.
(A) An individual who holds a current, valid community health worker certificate issued by the board of nursing under section 4723.85 of the Revised...
Section 4723.83 - Application For Certificate.
An individual seeking a community health worker certificate shall submit an application to the board of nursing on forms the board shall prescribe and...
Section 4723.84 - Eligibility For Certificate.
(A) To be eligible to receive a community health worker certificate, an applicant shall meet all of the following conditions: (1) Be eighteen years...
Section 4723.85 - Review And Renewal Of Application.
(A) The board of nursing shall review all applications received under section 4723.83 of the Revised Code. If an applicant meets the requirements of...
Section 4723.86 - Denial, Revocation Or Suspension Of Certificate.
The board of nursing, by vote of a quorum, may deny, revoke, or suspend a community health worker certificate. The board may impose one...
Section 4723.87 - Community Health Worker Training Programs.
(A) A person or government entity seeking to operate a training program that prepares individuals to become certified community health workers shall submit an...
Section 4723.88 - Community Health Worker Standards And Procedures.
The board of nursing, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to administer and enforce sections 4723.81 to 4723.87...
Section 4723.91 - Effect Of Child Support Default On Certificate.
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the board of nursing shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50...
Section 4723.92 - Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions For Human Trafficking.
The board of nursing shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.169, HB 247, §1, eff. 3/22/2013.
Section 4723.99 - Penalty.
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whoever violates section 4723.03, 4723.44, 4723.653, or 4723.73 of the Revised Code is guilty...

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