Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4731 - Physicians; Limited Practitioners

• Section 4731.01 - State Medical Board.
  The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a state medical board consisting of twelve members, eight of whom shall...
• Section 4731.02 - Organization Of Board.
  The state medical board shall organize by the election of a president , supervising member, and secretary. Each officer shall be a member of...
• Section 4731.03 - Compensation And Expenses Of Board.
  Each member of the state medical board shall receive an amount fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for...
• Section 4731.04 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.171, HB 251, §2, eff. 3/22/2013. Effective Date: 10-01-1953
• Section 4731.05 - Administrative Rules.
  (A) The state medical board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of this...
• Section 4731.051 - Administrative Rules For Universal Blood And Body Fluid Precautions.
  The state medical board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing universal blood and body fluid precautions that...
• Section 4731.052 - Administrative Rules For Management Of Chronic Pain With Controlled Substances.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Chronic pain" means pain that has persisted after reasonable medical efforts have been made to relieve the...
• Section 4731.053 - Administrative Rules For Physician's Delegation Of Medical Task.
  (A) As used in this section, "physician" means an individual authorized by this chapter to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or...
• Section 4731.054 - Operation Of Pain Management Clinics; Supervision And Control Of Employees, Volunteers And Contractors.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Chronic pain" has the same meaning as in section 4731.052 of the Revised Code. (2) "Controlled substance"...
• Section 4731.055 - Conditions For Prescribing Opioid Analgesics Or Benzodiazepine Drugs; Adoption Of Rules Regarding Review 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...
• Section 4731.056 - Rules For Physicians Regarding Use Of Controlled Substances In Schedule Iii, Iv, Or V To Treat Opioid Dependence Or Addiction.
  (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...
• Section 4731.06 - Board Meetings.
  The state medical board shall meet at least four times each year, and at such times and places as the board may direct. Six...
• Section 4731.07 - Records.
  (A) The state medical board shall keep a record of its proceedings. The minutes of a meeting of the board shall, on approval by...
• Section 4731.071 - Internet Directory Of Certificates And Licences Issued By Board.
  The state medical board shall develop and publish on its internet web site a directory containing the names of, and contact information for, all...
• Section 4731.08 - Application For Admission To Examination.
  Except as provided in sections 4731.29 and 4731.291 to 4731.294 of the Revised Code, and until November 15, 1998, in section 4731.295 of the...
• Section 4731.081 - Certificate Applicant To Comply With Rc Chapter 4776.
  In addition to any other eligibility requirement set forth in this chapter, each applicant for a certificate to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic...
• Section 4731.09 - Entrance Examination.
  The state medical board shall appoint an entrance examiner who shall not be directly or indirectly connected with a medical school and who shall...
• Section 4731.091 - Medical Education And Graduate Medical Education Requirements.
  (A) As used in this section and in section 4731.092 of the Revised Code: (1) "Graduate medical education" means education received through any of...
• Section 4731.092 - Qualified Graduate Of Fifth Pathway Training Program.
  To be recognized by the state medical board as a qualified graduate of a fifth pathway training program, an applicant shall submit evidence satisfactory...
• Section 4731.10 - Certifying An Application For Licensure In Another State.
  Upon the request of a person who holds a certificate to practice in this state pursuant to Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code and...
• Section 4731.11 - Evidence Of Educational Requirements.
  At the time of his application for examination as provided in section 4731.08 of the Revised Code, the applicant shall present evidence satisfactory to...
• Section 4731.12 - Admission To Examination.
  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the state medical board shall admit to the examination it conducts under section 4731.13 of the Revised...
• Section 4731.13 - Examinations.
  Except as provided in sections 4731.29 and 4731.291 to 4731.294 of the Revised Code, and until November 15, 1998, in section 4731.295 of the...
• Section 4731.14 - Issuing And Displaying Certificate.
  (A) As used in this section, "graduate medical education" has the same meaning as in section 4731.091 of the Revised Code. (B) The state...
• Section 4731.141 - Grandfather Provsions.
  Any person who was authorized in practice limited osteopathic medicine and surgery on January 1, 1980, may continue to practice in accordance with the...
• Section 4731.142 - English Language Proficiency.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an individual must demonstrate proficiency in spoken English, by passing an examination specified by...
• Section 4731.143 - Notice Of Lack Of Coverage Of Medical Malpractice Insurance.
  (A) Each person holding a valid certificate under this chapter authorizing the certificate holder to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or...
• Section 4731.15 - Regulating Massage Therapy And Cosmetic Therapy.
  (A) (1) The state medical board also shall regulate the following limited branches of medicine: massage therapy and cosmetic therapy, and to the extent...
• Section 4731.151 - Grandfather Provsions For Naprapaths And Mechanotherapists.
  (A) Naprapaths who received a certificate to practice from the board prior to March 2, 1992, may continue to practice naprapathy, as defined in...
• Section 4731.155 - Rules Regarding Continuing Education.
  The state medical board may adopt rules that establish continuing education requirements for renewal under section 4731.15 of the Revised Code of a certificate...
• Section 4731.16 - Determination Of Standards; Examinations.
  (A) The state medical board shall determine the standing of the schools, colleges, or institutions giving instruction in the limited branches of medicine of...
• Section 4731.17 - Issuance Of Certificate.
  (A) The state medical board shall review all applications received under section 4731.19 of the Revised Code. The board shall determine whether an applicant...
• Section 4731.171 - Certificate Applicant To Comply With Rc Chapter 4776.
  In addition to any other eligibility requirement set forth in this chapter, each applicant for a certificate to practice massage therapy or cosmetic therapy...
• Section 4731.18 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153, §105.01, eff. 1/1/2012. Effective Date: 03-09-1999
• Section 4731.19 - Certificate To Practice A Limited Branch Of Medicine.
  (A) A person seeking a certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine shall file with the state medical board an application in a...
• Section 4731.20 - State Medical Board - Powers And Duties.
  The powers and duties conferred by this chapter on the state medical board, including all of the board's officers, for purposes of regulating the...
• Section 4731.21 - Limitations Prescribed.
  Sections 4731.15 to 4731.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not amend sections 4731.34, 4731.36, and 4731.41 of the Revised Code or limit their...
• Section 4731.22 - Disciplinary Actions.
  (A) The state medical board, by an affirmative vote of not fewer than six of its members, may limit, revoke, or suspend an individual's...
• Section 4731.221 - Suspending Certificate Of Mentally Ill Or Mentally Incompetent Practitioner.
  If the state medical board has reason to believe that any person who has been granted a certificate under this chapter is mentally ill...
• Section 4731.222 - Determining Applicant's Fitness To Resume Practice.
  (A) This section applies to both of the following: (1) An applicant seeking restoration of a certificate issued under this chapter that has been...
• Section 4731.223 - Reporting Convictions.
  (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...
• Section 4731.224 - Reporting Misconduct.
  (A) Within sixty days after the imposition of any formal disciplinary action taken by any health care facility, including a hospital, health care facility...
• Section 4731.225 - Civil Penalty.
  (A) If the holder of a certificate issued under this chapter violates division (A), (B), or (C) of section 4731.66 or section 4731.69 of...
• Section 4731.226 - Offering Services Through Authorized Business Entity.
  (A) (1) An individual whom the state medical board licenses, certificates, or otherwise legally authorizes to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery,...
• Section 4731.227 - Using Alternative Medical Treatments.
  An individual authorized to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery may use alternative medical treatments if the individual has provided the...
• Section 4731.228 - Termination Of Physician's Employment With A Health Care Entity; Notice To Patients.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Federally qualified health center" has the same meaning as in section 3701.047 of the Revised Code. (2)...
• Section 4731.23 - Designating Attorney Hearing Examiner.
  (A) (1) (a) The state medical board shall designate one or more attorneys at law who have been admitted to the practice of law,...
• Section 4731.24 - State Medical Board Operating Fund - Receipts Of State Medical Board.
  Except as provided in sections 4731.281 and 4731.40 of the Revised Code, all receipts of the state medical board, from any source, shall be...
• Section 4731.241 - Solicitation And Acceptance Of Funds For Programs Related To Patient Safety And Education, Supply And Demand Of Health Care Professionals, And Information Sharing.
  (A) The state medical board may solicit and accept grants and services from public and private sources for the purpose of developing and maintaining...
• Section 4731.25 - Administrative Rules For Treatment Providers For Impaired Practitioners.
  The state medical board, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt and may amend and rescind rules establishing standards for...
• Section 4731.26 - Duplicate Certificates.
  Upon application by the holder of a certificate to practice issued under this chapter, the state medical board shall issue a duplicate certificate to...
• Section 4731.27 - Standard Care Arrangements.
  (A) As used in this section, "collaboration," "physician," "standard care arrangement," and "supervision" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised...
• Section 4731.28 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-27-1982
• Section 4731.281 - Continuing Education.
  (A) (1) Each person holding a certificate under this chapter to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery...
• Section 4731.282 - Continuing Education - Domestic Violence And Its Relationship To Child Abuse.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, each person holding a certificate to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and...
• Section 4731.283 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §105.01, eff. 9/29/2015. Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.19, HB 93, §1, eff. 5/20/2011....
• Section 4731.29 - Reciprocity.
  (A) When a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery by the licensing department of another state, a diplomate...
• Section 4731.291 - Application For Training Certificate.
  (A) An individual seeking to pursue an internship, residency, or clinical fellowship program in this state, who does not hold a certificate to practice...
• Section 4731.292 - Application For Limited Certificate.
  The state medical board may register, without examination, persons who are not citizens of the United States, but who hold the degree of doctor...
• Section 4731.293 - Clinical Research Faculty Certificate.
  (A) The state medical board may issue, without examination, a clinical research faculty certificate to any person who applies for the certificate and provides...
• Section 4731.294 - Special Activity Certificate.
  (A) The state medical board may issue, without examination, a special activity certificate to any person seeking to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic...
• Section 4731.295 - Volunteer's Certificate.
  (A) (1) As used in this section, "indigent and uninsured person" and "operation" have the same meanings as in section 2305.234 of the Revised...
• Section 4731.296 - Telemedicine Certificate.
  (A) For the purposes of this section, "the practice of telemedicine" means the practice of medicine in this state through the use of any...
• Section 4731.297 - Certificate Of Conceded Eminence.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Academic medical center" means a medical school and its affiliated teaching hospitals and clinics partnering to do...
• Section 4731.298 - Visiting Clinical Professional Development Certificate.
  (A) The state medical board shall issue, without examination, to an applicant who meets the requirements of this section a visiting clinical professional development...
• Section 4731.299 - Expedited Certificates To Practice Medicine And Surgery Or Osteopathic Medicine And Surgery By Endorsement.
  (A) The state medical board may issue, without examination, to an applicant who meets all of the requirements of this section an expedited certificate...
• Section 4731.30 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4723.41.
  Effective Date: 06-14-1988
• Section 4731.31 - Rural Hospital May Employ A Physician.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Rural hospital" means a hospital agency, as defined in section 140.01 of the Revised Code, that meets...
• Section 4731.32, 4731.33 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4723.42, 4723.43.
  Effective Date: 06-14-1988
• Section 4731.34 - Unauthorized Practice.
  (A) A person shall be regarded as practicing medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery, within the meaning of...
• Section 4731.341 - Injunctions.
  (A) The practice of medicine in all of its branches or the treatment of human ailments without the use of drugs or medicines and...
• Section 4731.35 - Exemption Of Nurse Anesthetist And Anesthesiologist Assistant.
  (A) This chapter does not apply to or prohibit in any way the administration of anesthesia by a certified registered nurse anesthetist under the...
• Section 4731.36 - Exceptions.
  (A) Sections 4731.01 to 4731.47 of the Revised Code shall not prohibit service in case of emergency, domestic administration of family remedies, or provision...
• Section 4731.37 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-28-1975
• Section 4731.38 - Approval Of Vouchers.
  All vouchers of the state medical board shall be approved by the board's president , the board's executive director, or another person authorized by...
• Section 4731.39 - Enforcement.
  The secretary of the state medical board shall enforce this chapter and the rules adopted under it. If the secretary has knowledge or notice...
• Section 4731.391 - Use Of Information Gathered And Disseminated Through Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway.
  The state medical board may access and view, but not alter, information gathered and disseminated through the Ohio law enforcement gateway established under section...
• Section 4731.40 - Distributing Fines.
  All fines collected for violation of sections 4731.41 to 4731.43 of the Revised Code shall be distributed as follows: one half to the state...
• Section 4731.41 - Practicing Medicine Without Certificate.
  (A) No person shall practice medicine and surgery, or any of its branches, without the appropriate certificate from the state medical board to engage...
• Section 4731.42 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4723.44.
  Effective Date: 06-14-1988
• Section 4731.43 - Practicing Osteopathy Without Certificate.
  No person shall announce or advertise himself as an osteopathic physician and surgeon, or shall practice as such, without a certificate from the state...
• Section 4731.44 - Copy Of Prescription To Be Given To Patient.
  (A) As used in this section, "supplier" has the same meaning as in section 4725.28 of the Revised Code. (B) An individual authorized under...
• Section 4731.45 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 4731.46 - Issuing False Medical Diploma.
  No person shall make, issue, publish, or cause to be made, issued, or published, for the purpose of sale, barter, or gift, a diploma,...
• Section 4731.47 - Selling False Medical Diploma.
  No person shall make, issue, or publish, for the purpose of sale, barter, or gift, a certificate, diploma, or other writing or document falsely...
• Section 4731.48 - Physician Giving False Certificate Of Disability.
  No surgeon or physician shall knowingly give to a person liable to be enrolled in the militia a false certificate of disability. Effective Date:
• Section 4731.481 - Enabling Person To Retain Handicapped Parking Privileges.
  No physician shall do either of the following: (A) Furnish a person with a prescription in order to enable the person to be issued...
• Section 4731.49 - Physician Making An Unlawful Prescription For Intoxicating Liquor.
  No physician shall issue a prescription for intoxicating liquor not in writing, or shall issue a written prescription therefor knowing such liquor is to...
• Section 4731.50 - Further Punishment Of Physician So Convicted.
  No practicing physician who has been convicted of issuing a verbal prescription for intoxicating liquor, or issuing a prescription therefor in a form which...
• Section 4731.51 - Defining Practice Of Podiatric Medicine And Surgery.
  The practice of podiatric medicine and surgery consists of the medical, mechanical, and surgical treatment of ailments of the foot, the muscles and tendons...
• Section 4731.52 - Filing Application To Practice Podiatric Medicine And Surgery.
  Each person who desires to practice podiatric medicine and surgery and is not now authorized to do so shall file with the secretary of...
• Section 4731.53 - Evidence Of Education.
  At the time an applicant files an application, the applicant shall file with the secretary of the state medical board evidence of preliminary education...
• Section 4731.531 - Certificate Applicant To Comply With Rc Chapter 4776.
  In addition to any other eligibility requirement set forth in this chapter, each applicant for a certificate to practice podiatric medicine and surgery shall...
• Section 4731.54 - Admission To Examination.
  The state medical board shall admit to the examination it conducts under section 4731.55 of the Revised Code an applicant who meets the requirements...
• Section 4731.55 - Examinations.
  The examinations of applicants for certificates to practice podiatric medicine and surgery shall be conducted under rules prescribed by the state medical board. An...
• Section 4731.56 - Issuing Certificate To Practice Podiatric Medicine.
  The state medical board shall issue its certificate to practice podiatric medicine and surgery to each applicant who passes the examination conducted under section...
• Section 4731.57 - Reciprocity.
  When a podiatrist licensed by the licensing authority of another state wishes to remove to this state to practice the podiatrist's profession, the state...
• Section 4731.571 - Issuing Certificate To Persons Passing Examination Of National Agency.
  The state medical board may, upon an affirmative vote of not less than six members, issue a certificate to practice podiatric medicine and surgery...
• Section 4731.572 - Visiting Podiatric Faculty Certificate.
  (A) The state medical board may issue, without examination, a visiting podiatric faculty certificate to any person who holds a current, unrestricted license to...
• Section 4731.573 - Training Certificate.
  (A) An individual seeking to pursue an internship, residency, or clinical fellowship program in podiatric medicine and surgery in this state, who does not...
• Section 4731.58 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1976
• Section 4731.59, 4731.591 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-27-1982
• Section 4731.60 - Prohibited Acts.
  No person shall practice podiatric medicine and surgery without a certificate from the state medical board; no person shall advertise or announce as a...
• Section 4731.61 - Discplinary Actions.
  The certificate of a podiatrist may be revoked, limited, or suspended; the holder of a certificate may be placed on probation or reprimanded; or...
• Section 4731.62 - Patients Suspected Of Drug Overdose; Referral To Mental Health Professional.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Controlled substance" and "controlled substance analog" have the same meanings as in section 3719.01 of the Revised...
• Section 4731.63 To 4731.64 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-21-1977
• Section 4731.65 - Conflict Of Interest Limitations On Patient Referrals Definitions.
  As used in sections 4731.65 to 4731.71 of the Revised Code: (A) (1) "Clinical laboratory services" means either of the following: (a) Any examination...
• Section 4731.66 - Prohibiting Referrals And Cross-referrals For Designated Health Service.
  (A) Except as provided in sections 4731.67 and 4731.68 of the Revised Code, no holder of a certificate under this chapter to practice medicine...
• Section 4731.67 - Referrals - Exceptions To Prohibited Acts.
  Section 4731.66 of the Revised Code does not apply to any of the following referrals by the holder of a certificate under this chapter:...
• Section 4731.68 - Ownership Of Investment Securities.
  (A) Ownership of investment securities in a corporation, including bonds, debentures, notes, other debt instruments, or shares, shall not be considered an ownership or...
• Section 4731.69 - Timely Refunds.
  Any person who collects any amounts billed in violation of section 4731.66 of the Revised Code shall be liable to the individual, third-party payer,...
• Section 4731.70 - Administrative Rules.
  The state medical board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 4731.65 to 4731.69 of the...
• Section 4731.71 - Detecting And Reporting Violations.
  The auditor of state may implement procedures to detect violations of section 4731.66 or 4731.69 of the Revised Code within governmental health care programs...
• Section 4731.72 - Physician's Bill For Anatomical Pathology Services.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Anatomic pathology services," "assignment of benefits," "histologic processing," "insurer," "physician," and "referring clinical laboratory" have the same...
• Section 4731.73 - Adherence To Napbc Standards.
  As used in this section, "NAPBC" means the national accreditation program for breast centers of the American college of surgeons. A surgeon who will...
• Section 4731.74 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-21-1977
• Section 4731.75 - Fees In Excess Of Statutory Amounts.
  The state medical board, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may establish fees in excess of the amounts provided by sections 4731.01...
• Section 4731.76 - Effect Of Child Support Default On Certificate.
  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...
• Section 4731.77 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 276, §2, eff. 3/19/2015. Added by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 483, §101.01,...
• Section 4731.81 - Witness To Administration Of General Anesthetic.
  No person shall knowingly administer a general anesthetic to another, unless at the time of administration a competent witness is present. Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 4731.82 - Woman Appearing Before Physician Regarding Fetal Death.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Fetal death" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code, except that it...
• Section 4731.83 To 4731.841 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3303.11, 3303.12, 3303.13.
  Effective Date: 05-15-1986
• Section 4731.85 - Recognition For Volunteer Medical Services.
  The department of health shall establish a procedure to provide special recognition annually to one or more persons issued a certificate under this chapter...
• Section 4731.86 To 4731.90 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3303.15 To 3303.21.
  Effective Date: 05-15-1986
• Section 4731.91 - No Requirement For Abortions.
  (A) No private hospital, private hospital director, or governing board of a private hospital is required to permit an abortion. (B) No public hospital,...
• Section 4731.92, 4731.93 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3303.22, 3303.24.
  Effective Date: 05-15-1986
• Section 4731.94 - Authority To Supply Naloxone.
  (A) As used in this section and section s 4731.941 and 4731.942 of the Revised Code, "physician" means an individual authorized under this chapter...
• Section 4731.941 - Authority To Personally Furnish Supply Of Naloxone.
  (A) (1) A physician who has established a protocol that meets the requirements of division (C) of this section may authorize one or more...
• Section 4731.942 - Authorization For Pharmacist To Dispense Naloxone.
  A physician may authorize one or more pharmacists and any of the pharmacy interns supervised by the pharmacist or pharmacists to use the protocol...
• Section 4731.95 - Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions For Human Trafficking.
  The state medical board 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 4731.98 - State Medical Board - Immunity.
  In the absence of fraud or bad faith, the state medical board, a current or former board member, an agent of the board, a...
• Section 4731.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 4731.41, 4731.43, or 4731.60 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree on a first...

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