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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4741 | Veterinarians › Section 4741.56 | Veterinarian Student Debt Assistance Fund.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 67 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the veterinary student debt assistance fund in the state treasury to be used by the state veterinary medical licensing board for the implementation and administration of sections 4741.50 to 4741.57 of the Revised Code.
(B) The fund shall consist of all of the following:
(1) Money transferred into the fund from the occupational licensing and regulatory fund in accordance with section 4743.05 of the Revised Code;
(2) Money received from gifts, donations, and bequests;
(3) Damages collected from program participants who fail to fulfill their service obligations;
(4) Any other money contributed to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4741 | Veterinarians › Section 4741.57 | Certified Amount for Transfers to Program Fund.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 67 - 133rd General Assembly
On August 1, 2021, and every two years thereafter, the state veterinary medical licensing board shall certify to the director of budget and management the amount resulting from the following formula:
0.9 X {(the board's total revenue credited to the occupational licensing and regulatory fund during the previous biennium) - [(the board's amount of actual expenditures during the first fiscal year of the previous biennium) + (the amount appropriated to the board during the second fiscal year of the previous biennium)]}.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4741 | Veterinarians › Section 4741.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
October 12, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 458 - 126th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates section 4741.18, 4741.19, 4741.22, or 4741.23 or division (A) of section 4741.20 or division (B) or (D) of section 4741.21 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree; for each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 4741.28 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4743 | Occupational Licensing Boards, Commissions, and Agencies Generally › Section 4743.01 | Annual Report to Legislative Service Commission.

Effective:
December 22, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 359 - 119th General Assembly
Each board, commission, or agency created under or by virtue of Title XLVII of the Revised Code and such other boards, commissions, and agencies as the director of the legislative service commission determines are regulating occupations and professions shall, on the first day of September, make a report to the legislative service commission of its receipts and disbursements and of its official acts of the preceding fiscal year, in such form as the commission may prescribe. The required report shall include an accounting of the fees such boards, commissions, and agencies charge and receive for examination, licensure, registration, certification, renewal of licensure, and providing of a duplicate copy of such certification or licensure; an accounting of fines charged by such boards, commissions, and agencies for violations of law and rules; the uses such boards, commissions, and agencies make of their revenue; the use of funds, as defined by section 131.01 of the Revised Code, by such boards, commissions, and agencies; the date on which the last adjustment was made to the fee charged; the percentage of increase or decrease of the last adjustment of fees; the authority by which such adjustment was made; and the extent to which such boards, commissions, or agencies have authority to adjust fees. The commission shall receive and consolidate the reports as required by division (H) of section 103.13 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4743 | Occupational Licensing Boards, Commissions, and Agencies Generally › Section 4743.02 | Inspecting Applicant's Examination Papers.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The examination papers of each applicant examined by boards, commissions, or agencies created under or by virtue of Chapters 3776., 4701. to 4741., 4751., and 4757. of the Revised Code shall be open for inspection by the applicant or his attorney for at least ninety days subsequent to the announcement of the applicant's grade; provided, papers not graded by members of examining boards or their employees and which by terms of a contract with any testing company the papers are not available for inspection, need not be made available for inspection; but it shall be the applicant's right to have any such paper regraded manually, upon written request of either himself or his attorney made to the board within ninety days after announcement of the grade.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 9:40 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4743 | Occupational Licensing Boards, Commissions, and Agencies Generally › Section 4743.03 | Prohibiting Unreasonable Restrictions.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
No board, commission, or agency created under or by virtue of Title 47 or Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code shall restrict entry into any occupation, profession, or trade under its supervision or regulation by:
(A) Unreasonably restricting the number of schools or other institutions it certifies or accredits for the purpose of fulfilling educational or training requirements for such occupation, profession, or trade;
(B) Denying certification or accreditation for the purpose of fulfilling such educational or training requirements to any school, college, or other educational institution that has been certified by the chancellor of higher education or the state board of career colleges and schools or to a high school for which the director of education and workforce prescribes minimum standards under division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code, unless the educational or training program offered by such school, college, or institution is not in substantial compliance with applicable standards of the occupation, profession, or trade.
(C) Rules of state regulatory boards relevant to age and level of education required for admission to courses of study leading to examination and licensing in professions or occupations controlled by regulatory boards not requiring a technical, associate, or baccalaureate degree shall not apply to vocational education programs conducted in the public schools where such vocational education programs in all other respects meet the minimum standards and requirements of any regulatory board and students completing such programs are of the minimum age required for examination and licensing for the purpose of practicing professions or occupations controlled by regulatory boards.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit a board, commission, or agency from prescribing and enforcing educational and training requirements and standards for certification and accreditation of schools and other institutions that constitute reasonable bases for maintaining necessary standards of performance in any occupation, profession, or trade.
Last updated August 30, 2023 at 2:19 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4743 | Occupational Licensing Boards, Commissions, and Agencies Generally › Section 4743.04 | Renewal of Licenses or Authority to Practice Trade for Individuals in the Armed Forces or Their Spouses.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The renewal of a license or other authorization to practice a trade or profession issued under Title XLVII or Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code is subject to the provisions of section 5903.10 of the Revised Code relating to service in the armed forces.
(B) Continuing education requirements applicable to the licensees under Title XLVII or Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code are subject to the provisions of section 5903.12 of the Revised Code relating to active duty military service.
(C) A department, agency, or office of this state that issues a license or certificate to practice a trade or profession shall issue a temporary license or certificate to practice the trade or profession as provided in section 4743.041 of the Revised Code.
(D) The issuance of a license or other authorization to practice a trade or profession issued under Title XLVII or Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code is subject to the provisions of section 5903.03 of the Revised Code relating to service in the armed forces.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 4:53 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4743 | Occupational Licensing Boards, Commissions, and Agencies Generally › Section 4743.05 | Disposition of Funds Collected; Occupational Licensing and Regulatory Fund.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 4701.20, 4723.062, 4723.082, 4729.65, 4781.121, and 4781.28 of the Revised Code, all money collected under Chapters 3773., 4701., 4703., 4709., 4713., 4715., 4717., 4723., 4725., 4729., 4732., 4733., 4734., 4741., 4744., 4747., 4753., 4755., 4757., 4758., 4771., 4775., 4779., and 4781. of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund, which is hereby created for use in administering such chapters.
(B) At the end of each quarter, the director of budget and management shall transfer from the occupational licensing and regulatory fund to the nurse education assistance fund created in section 3333.28 of the Revised Code the amount certified to the director under division (B) of section 4723.08 of the Revised Code.
(C) At the end of each quarter, the director shall transfer from the occupational licensing and regulatory fund to the certified public accountant education assistance fund created in section 4701.26 of the Revised Code the amount certified to the director under division (H)(2) of section 4701.10 of the Revised Code.
(D) On August 30, 2021, and every two years thereafter, the director shall transfer from the occupational licensing and regulatory fund to the veterinary student debt assistance fund created in section 4741.56 of the Revised Code the amount certified to the director under section 4741.57 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 9:49 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4743 | Occupational Licensing Boards, Commissions, and Agencies Generally › Section 4743.07 | Training in the Recognition and Handling of Human Trafficking Cases.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The general assembly strongly recommends that every board, commission, or agency that is created under or by virtue of Title XLVII or Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code and that is authorized to grant licensure or certification to persons who may encounter human trafficking victims in the normal course of their work promulgate rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to require those persons, as a condition of receiving or maintaining licensure or certification, to receive training in the recognition and handling of human trafficking cases.
Last updated October 17, 2023 at 9:50 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4743 | Occupational Licensing Boards, Commissions, and Agencies Generally › Section 4743.08 | Consideration of Race and Gender-Based Disparities in Health Care Treatment Decisions.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "state board" means the state dental board, the board of nursing, the state board of pharmacy, the state medical board, the state board of psychology, or the counselor, social workers, and marriage and family therapist board.
(B) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this section, each state board shall consider the problems of race and gender-based disparities in health care treatment decisions. When doing so, the boards shall consult with the commission on minority health and one or more professionally relevant and nationally recognized organizations or similar entities that review the curricula and experiential learning opportunities offered by the applicable health care professional schools, colleges, and other educational institutions.
(C) Each state board shall annually provide its licensees or certificate holders with a list of continuing education courses and experiential learning opportunities addressing cultural competency in health care treatment. If a state board determines that a sufficient number of courses or experiential learning opportunities does not exist, the board shall collaborate with the organizations or similar entities described in division (B) of this section to create such courses and opportunities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.02 | Creation.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the state speech and hearing professionals board consisting of the following members, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate:
(1) Two individuals licensed as speech-language pathologists under Chapter 4753. of the Revised Code;
(2) Three individuals licensed as audiologists under Chapter 4753. of the Revised Code;
(3) Two individuals licensed as hearing aid fitters under Chapter 4747. of the Revised Code;
(4) Two individuals representing the general public.
(B) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the governor shall make initial appointments to the board. Of the initial appointments, four members shall serve terms ending March 22, 2019, three members shall serve terms ending March 22, 2020, and two members shall serve terms ending March 22, 2021.
Thereafter, terms of office are three years, with each term commencing on the twenty-third day of March and ending on the twenty-second day of March. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed, except that a member shall continue in office after the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office. No member shall serve more than three consecutive terms.
Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term.
(C) No individual may be appointed to the board who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States.
The governor may remove a member of the board for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance after a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The governor shall remove, after a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, any member who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.07 | Vacancies; Appointments.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
When the term of a member of the state speech and hearing professionals board expires or a vacancy occurs on the board, a professional association representing the interests of the occupation of the board position to be filled may recommend to the governor individuals to fill the position. The governor shall consider the recommendation in making appointments to the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.10 | References to Board and Executive Director.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
Whenever the term "hearing aid dealers and fitters licensing board" or "board of speech-language pathology and audiology" is used in any statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall be construed to mean the "state speech and hearing professionals board."
Whenever "secretary of the hearing aid dealers and fitters licensing board" or "executive director of the board of speech-language pathology and audiology" is used in a statute, rule, contract, or other document, the use shall be construed to mean the executive director of the state speech and hearing professionals board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.12 | Officers; Duties of Board.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The state speech and hearing professionals board shall annually elect from among its members a president and secretary. The board shall hold at least four regular meetings each year and may hold additional meetings as it considers necessary. At least one of the board's regular meetings shall be held in Franklin county. The board shall publish the time and place of any meetings at least thirty days before the date on which the meeting is to be held, except that in the case of an emergency or special meeting, the board shall give twenty-four-hours' notice or as much notice as possible.
A majority of board members constitutes a quorum.
(B) The board shall do all of the following:
(1) Adopt a seal and certificate of suitable design;
(2) Maintain a record of its proceedings;
(3) Maintain a register of every individual holding a certificate, license, or permit issued under Chapters 4747. and 4753. of the Revised Code and every individual whose certificate, license, or permit has been revoked under those chapters.
(C) Except as otherwise provided in the Revised Code, the books and records of the board, including its registers, shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times. A copy of an entry in those books and records, certified by the executive director under the board's seal, is prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.14 | Executive Diretor.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The state speech and hearing professionals board shall hire an executive director. Before discharging the executive director's duties, each executive director shall give a bond, to be approved by the board, in the amount of two thousand dollars to ensure the faithful performance of the executive director's duties. The board shall pay the premium of the bond in the same manner as it pays other expenditures of the board. The bond shall be deposited with the secretary of state and kept in the secretary of state's office.
The executive director of the board, in consultation with the director of administrative services, may employ inspectors, investigators, assistants, and other employees as necessary to administer and enforce Chapters 4747. and 4753. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.16 | Compensation.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
Each member of the state speech and hearing professionals board shall receive an amount fixed under division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for each day the member is performing their official duties and be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing such duties.
The board, in consultation with the director of administrative services, shall set the compensation of its executive director and of any employees of the board. The executive director of the board shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses in accordance with section 126.31 of the Revised Code.
All vouchers of the board shall be approved by the board's president or executive director, or both, as authorized by the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.18 | Office.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The state speech and hearing professionals board shall have an office in Franklin county, where all of the board's permanent records shall be kept. On request of the board, the director of administrative services shall supply the board with office space and supplies. The board's president and executive director shall submit an order to the director of administrative services for all printing and binding necessary for the board's work.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.20 | Payment of Expenses.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
All expenses of the state speech and hearing professionals board shall be paid from, and all receipts of the board shall be deposited in, the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund created in section 4743.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.24 | Reports.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The state speech and hearing professionals board shall annually, on or before the first day of February, submit a report to the governor of all its official acts during the preceding year, its receipts and disbursements, and a complete report of the conditions of the professions regulated by the board. The board shall submit its first report to the governor not later than February 1, 2019. The board shall submit the reports to the governor electronically.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.30 | Liability.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
In the absence of fraud or bad faith, the state speech and hearing professionals board, current or former board members, agents of the board, persons formally requested by the board to be the board's representative, or employees of the board shall not be held liable in damages to any person as the result of any act, omission, proceeding, conduct, or decision related to official duties undertaken or performed pursuant to Chapters 4747. and 4753. of the Revised Code.
If such a person asks to be defended by the state against any claim or action arising out of any act, omission, proceeding, conduct, or decision related to the person's official duties, and if the request is made in writing at a reasonable time before trial and the person requesting defense cooperates in good faith in the defense of the claim or action, the state shall provide and pay for the person's defense and shall pay any resulting judgment, compromise, or settlement. At no time shall the state pay any part of a claim or judgment that is for punitive or exemplary damages.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.36 | Committees.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The state speech and hearing professionals board may appoint committees or other groups to assist in fulfilling its duties. A committee or group may consist of board members, other individuals with appropriate backgrounds, or both board members and other individuals with appropriate backgrounds. Any appointed committee or group shall act under the board's direction and shall perform its functions within the limits established by the board.
Except as otherwise provided in the Revised Code, a committee or group organized under this section is advisory in nature and may not act independently of the board or act on the board's behalf.
Members of a committee or group may be reimbursed by the board for any expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, in accordance with section 126.31 of the Revised Code and with approval from the director of administrative services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.40 | Authority to Contract.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The state speech and hearing professionals board may enter into contracts with any person or government entity to implement this chapter and Chapters 4747. and 4753. of the Revised Code, the rules adopted under those chapters, any other applicable statutes or rules, and any applicable federal statutes or regulations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.48 | Membership in National Organization.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The state speech and hearing professionals board may become a member of a national licensing organization for the professions regulated by the board. The board may participate in any of the organization's activities, including reporting actions the board takes against an applicant or license holder to any data bank established by the organization.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.50 | Code of Ethics.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The state speech and hearing professionals board shall establish a code of ethical practice for individuals licensed, certified, or registered by the board in accordance with rules adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. In establishing the codes of ethical practice, the board shall define unprofessional conduct in the rules, which shall include engaging in a dual relationship with a client or former client, committing an act of sexual abuse, misconduct, or exploitation of a client or former client, and, except as permitted by law, violating client confidentiality.
The codes of ethical practice may be based on any codes of ethical practice developed by national organizations representing the interests of those professions regulated by the board. The board may establish standards in its codes of ethical practice that are more stringent than those established by national organizations.
The board may take disciplinary action against an applicant or license holder for violating any code of ethical practice established under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4744 | Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Section 4744.54 | Discrimination Prohibited.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The state speech and hearing professionals board or any committees established by the board shall not discriminate against an applicant or license holder because of the person's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, or age. A person who files with the board or committee a statement alleging discrimination based on any of those reasons may request a hearing with the board or committee, as appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4745 | Standard License Renewal Procedure › Section 4745.01 | Standard License Renewal Procedure Definitions.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) "Standard renewal procedure," as used in Chapters 905., 907., 909., 911., 913., 915., 918., 921., 923., 927., 942., 943., 953., 1321., 3710., 3713., 3719., 3742., 3748., 3769., 3783., 3921., 3951., 4104., 4105., 4169., 4561., 4703., 4707., 4709., 4713., 4715., 4717., 4723., 4725., 4727., 4728., 4729., 4731., 4733., 4734., 4739., 4741., 4747., 4749., 4752., 4753., 4755., 4757., 4758., 4759., 4761., 4766., 4773., and 4775. of the Revised Code, means the license renewal procedures specified in this chapter.
(B) "Licensing agency," as used in this chapter, means any department, division, board, section of a board, or other state governmental unit subject to the standard renewal procedure, as defined in this section, and authorized by the Revised Code to issue a license to engage in a specific profession, occupation, or occupational activity, or to have charge of and operate certain specified equipment, machinery, or premises.
(C) "License," as used in this chapter, means a license, certificate, permit, card, or other authority issued or conferred by a licensing agency by authority of which the licensee has or claims the privilege to engage in the profession, occupation, or occupational activity, or to have control of and operate certain specific equipment, machinery, or premises, over which the licensing agency has jurisdiction.
(D) "Licensee," as used in this chapter, means either the person to whom the license is issued or renewed by a licensing agency, or the person, partnership, or corporation at whose request the license is issued or renewed.
(E) "Renewal" and "renewed," as used in this chapter and in the chapters of the Revised Code specified in division (A) of this section, includes the continuing licensing procedure provided in Chapter 3748. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it and in sections 1321.05 and 3921.33 of the Revised Code, and as applied to those continuing licenses any reference in this chapter to the date of expiration of any license shall be construed to mean the due date of the annual or other fee for the continuing license.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4745 | Standard License Renewal Procedure › Section 4745.02 | Notice and Application for Renewal.

Effective:
January 21, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
On or before the thirtieth day prior to the expiration of any license, each licensing agency shall provide a notice for renewal to every licensee for whom a license was issued or renewed during the current license year or other specified period and who has been approved for renewal by the specific licensing agency.
The licensee shall complete the applicable renewal application and pay the applicable renewal fee. Renewal fees paid pursuant to this section shall be deposited with the treasurer of state.
Upon receipt of the correct fee by the treasurer and acceptance of the renewal application by the licensing agency, the applicant shall be entered as currently renewed on the records of the particular licensing agency, and notice of the entry shall be provided to each licensee as soon as practicable, but not later than thirty days after receipt of the application and renewal fee. A certification by the respective licensing agency, with its seal affixed, of those records shall be prima-facie evidence of renewal in all courts in the trial of any case.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4745 | Standard License Renewal Procedure › Section 4745.021 | Failure of Electronic License Renewal.

Effective:
January 21, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code pertaining to the timing of a license renewal to the contrary, if a failure in any electronic license renewal system occurs, a licensing agency may extend the date by which licenses must be renewed. The licensing agency may extend a renewal period for a reasonable time period after the resolution of the system failure. However, a licensing agency must obtain approval from the director of administrative services for an extension in excess of fourteen days beyond the resolution of the system failure.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4745 | Standard License Renewal Procedure › Section 4745.03 | Adjustments in Fees.

Effective:
June 11, 1968
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 911 - 107th General Assembly
When a new renewal-expiration date is established by legislative enactment for any license covered by sections 4745.01 to 4745.03, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the licensing agency has discretion in making any adjustments for fees already paid, and covering unexpired, pre-existing renewal periods.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4747 | Hearing Aid Dealers › Section 4747.01 | Hearing Aid Dealer Definitions.

Effective:
November 25, 1969
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 61 - 108th General Assembly
As used in sections 4747.01 to 4747.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code:
(A) "Hearing aid" means any wearable instrument or device designed or offered for the purpose of aiding or compensating for impaired human hearing, including all attachments, accessories, and parts thereof, except batteries and cords.
(B) "Practice of dealing in" or "fitting of" hearing aids means the sale of a hearing aid, and the measurement and testing of human hearing by means of an audiometer or by any other means for the purpose of selecting, adapting, and selling a hearing aid to any person, and includes the making of impressions for earmolds.
(C) "Hearing aid dealer" and "hearing aid fitter" mean any person engaged in the practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids.
(D) "Trainee" means any person training to become a licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter.
(E) "Sell" or "sale" means the retail transfer of title or of the right to use by lease, bailment, or any other contract, but excludes a wholesale sale to a distributor or dealer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4747 | Hearing Aid Dealers › Section 4747.02 | Unlicensed Practice.

Effective:
November 25, 1969
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 61 - 108th General Assembly
No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall, on or after July 1, 1970, engage in the sale, practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids, advertise or assume such practice, or engage in training to become a licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter without first being licensed as provided in this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4747 | Hearing Aid Dealers › Section 4747.04 | Powers and Duties of Board.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The state speech and hearing professionals board shall:
(1) Establish the nature and scope of qualifying examinations in accordance with section 4747.08 of the Revised Code;
(2) Determine whether persons holding similar valid licenses from other jurisdictions other than other states shall be required to take and successfully pass the appropriate qualifying examination as a condition for licensing in this state;
(3) Review complaints and conduct investigations in accordance with section 4747.13 of the Revised Code and hold any hearings that are necessary to carry out this chapter;
(4) Determine and specify the length of time each license that is suspended or revoked shall remain suspended or revoked;
(5) Deposit all payments collected under this chapter into the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund created in section 4743.05 of the Revised Code;
(6) Establish a list of disqualifying offenses for licensure as a hearing aid dealer or fitter, or for a hearing aid dealer or fitter trainee permit, pursuant to sections 9.79, 4747.05, 4747.10, 4747.12, and 4776.10 of the Revised Code.
(B) The board shall adopt reasonable rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, necessary for the administration of this chapter. The board shall include all of the following in those rules:
(1) The amount of any fees required under this chapter;
(2) The information to be included in a hearing aid receipt provided by a licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter to a person under section 4747.09 of the Revised Code;
(3) The amount of time a licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter or trainee permit holder has to provide the notice of a change in address or addresses required under section 4747.11 of the Revised Code and any other requirements relating to the notice;
(4) Any additional conduct for which the board may discipline a licensee or permit holder under section 4747.12 of the Revised Code.
(C) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as granting to the board the right to restrict advertising which is not false or misleading, or to prohibit or in any way restrict a hearing aid dealer or fitter from renting or leasing space from any person, firm or corporation in a mercantile establishment for the purpose of using such space for the lawful sale of hearing aids or to prohibit a mercantile establishment from selling hearing aids if the sale would be otherwise lawful under this chapter.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 6:06 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4747 | Hearing Aid Dealers › Section 4747.051 | Criminal Records Check.

Effective:
October 9, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly
(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 chapter.
(B) In addition to any other eligibility requirement set forth in this chapter, each applicant for an initial license shall comply with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code. The state speech and hearing professionals board shall not grant a license to an applicant for an initial license unless the applicant complies with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:00 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4747 | Hearing Aid Dealers › Section 4747.06 | License Renewal - Continuing Education.

Effective:
April 5, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 420 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section and section 4747.12 of the Revised Code, a hearing aid dealer's or fitter's license issued or renewed by the state speech and hearing professionals board under this chapter shall be renewed biennially not later than the thirty-first day of December in each even-numbered year and in accordance with the standard renewal procedure specified in Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code. The board shall issue to each applicant, on receipt of a renewal application, proof of completion of the continuing education required by division (B) of this section, payment of a renewal fee, and, if applicable, a late fee established by the board in rules adopted under section 4747.04 of the Revised Code, a renewed hearing aid dealer's or fitter's license. No person who applies for renewal of a hearing aid dealer's or fitter's license that has expired shall be required to take any examination as a condition of renewal provided application for renewal is made within two years of the date such license expired.
(2) A person issued a license described in division (C)(2) of section 4747.05 of the Revised Code shall renew that license in accordance with the standard renewal procedure before it expires as described in that division. After the first renewal, the license shall be renewed in accordance with division (A)(1) of this section.
(B) Each person engaged in the practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids who holds a valid hearing aid dealer's or fitter's license shall complete not less than twenty hours of continuing professional education approved by the board during each two-year period. On a form provided by the board, the person shall certify to the board, at the time of license renewal pursuant to division (A) of this section, that the person has completed continuing education in compliance with this division and shall submit any additional information required by rule of the board regarding the continuing education. The board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing the standards continuing education programs must meet to obtain board approval and continuing education reporting requirements.
Continuing education may be applied to meet the requirement of this division if it is provided or certified by any of the following:
(1) The international hearing society;
(2) The American speech-language hearing association;
(3) The American academy of audiology.
The board may excuse persons licensed under this chapter, as a group or as individuals, from all or any part of the requirements of this division because of an unusual circumstance, emergency, or special hardship.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4747 | Hearing Aid Dealers › Section 4747.07 | Display of License - Duplicate Copies of License.

Effective:
April 5, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 420 - 132nd General Assembly
Each person who holds a hearing aid dealer's or fitter's license and engages in the practice of dealing in and fitting of hearing aids shall display such license in a conspicuous place in the person's office or place of business at all times. Each person who maintains more than one office or place of business shall post a duplicate copy of the license at each location. The state speech and hearing professionals board shall issue duplicate copies of a license upon request by the license holder and receipt of any fee established by the board in rules adopted under section 4747.04 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4747 | Hearing Aid Dealers › Section 4747.08 | Qualifying Examination.

Effective:
April 5, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 420 - 132nd General Assembly
No person shall be issued a hearing aid dealer's or fitter's license unless such person has successfully taken and passed a qualifying examination. The qualifying examination shall be a thorough testing of knowledge required for the proper selecting, fitting, and sale of hearing aids, but shall not be such that a medical or surgical education is required for successful completion. It shall consist of written and practical portions which shall include, but not be limited to, the following areas:
(A) Basic physics of sound;
(B) The anatomy and physiology of the human ear;
(C) The function and purpose of hearing aids;
(D) Pure tone audiometry, including air conduction and bone conduction testing;
(E) Live voice or recorded voice speech audiometry, including speech reception threshold testing and speech discrimination testing;
(F) Masking techniques;
(G) Recording and evaluation of audiograms and speech audiometry to determine proper selection and adaption of hearing aids;
(H) Earmold impression techniques.
The state speech and hearing professionals board shall establish the nature and scope of qualifying examinations that the board determines necessary under this chapter. It shall administer qualifying examinations and shall designate the time, place, and date the examinations are held. The board shall also furnish all materials and equipment necessary for the conducting of qualifying examinations.
Test materials, examinations, answer keys, or evaluation tools used in a qualifying examination under this chapter, whether administered by the board or by a private or government entity pursuant to a contract, are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4747 | Hearing Aid Dealers › Section 4747.09 | Hearing Aid Receipt; Recommendation for Examination of Persons Under Sixteen.

Effective:
April 5, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 420 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Each licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter shall furnish each person supplied with a hearing aid a receipt that complies with rules adopted by the state speech and hearing professionals board under section 4747.04 of the Revised Code.
(B) Each licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter shall, when dealing with a child sixteen years of age or less, ascertain whether such child has been examined by an otolaryngologist prior to being fitted for a hearing aid. If the licensee determines that such examination has not taken place, the licensee shall recommend to the person legally responsible for the custody of such child that such examination take place and shall so state on a waiver to be specified by the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 47 | Occupations-Professions › Chapter 4747 | Hearing Aid Dealers › Section 4747.10 | Permit Qualifications.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A)(1) Each person currently engaged in training to become a licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter shall apply to the state speech and hearing professionals board for a hearing aid dealer's and fitter's trainee permit. The board shall issue to each applicant within thirty days of receipt of a properly completed application and payment of an application fee set by the board in rules adopted under section 4747.04 of the Revised Code, a trainee permit if such applicant meets all of the following criteria:
(a) Is at least eighteen years of age;
(b) Is the holder of a diploma from an accredited high school or a certificate of high school equivalence issued under section 3301.80 of the Revised Code;
(c) Is free of contagious or infectious disease.
(2) The board shall issue a hearing aid dealer's and fitter's trainee permit in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(a) The applicant holds a permit or license in another state.
(b) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a hearing aid dealer and fitter trainee in a state that does not issue that permit or license.
(B) The board shall not deny a trainee permit issued under this section to any individual based on the individual's past criminal history unless the denial is in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code.
In considering a renewal of an individual's trainee permit, the board shall not consider any conviction or plea of guilty prior to the issuance of the initial trainee permit. However, the board may consider a conviction or plea of guilty if it occurred after the individual was initially granted the trainee permit, or after the most recent trainee permit renewal. The board shall comply with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code when denying an individual for a trainee permit or renewal. Additionally, the board may grant an individual a conditional trainee permit that lasts for one year. After the one-year period has expired, the permit is no longer considered conditional, and the individual shall be considered to be granted a full trainee permit.
(C) Each trainee permit issued by the board expires one year from the date it was first issued, and may be renewed once if the trainee has not successfully completed the qualifying requirements for licensing as a hearing aid dealer or fitter before the expiration date of such permit. The board shall issue a renewed permit to each applicant upon receipt of a properly completed application and payment of a renewal fee set by the board in rules adopted under section 4747.04 of the Revised Code. No person holding a trainee permit shall engage in the practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids except while under supervision by a licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 5:04 AM