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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-11 - Renewal procedures

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Responsibility for filing and paying
			 renewals shall rest with the licensee or permit holder.
(B) With respect to trainee permits and their
			 renewal:
(1) Responsibility for renewing the
			 trainee permit shall rest with the trainee and the trainee's supervisor or
			 employer. Application for renewal of a trainee permit must be made to the board
			 prior to the expiration date shown on the permit.
(2) There shall be a thirty-day period
			 immediately following the expiration date shown on the trainee permit in which
			 that permit may be renewed, which period applies to the time in which an
			 application for trainee permit renewal may be made once. It does not authorize
			 a trainee whose permit has expired to engage in any way in the fitting and sale
			 of hearing aids after the expiration date shown on his permit. If renewal is
			 not effected within this thirty-day period, the trainee
			 shall submit a renewal application and statement attesting that the trainee has
			 not engaged in the fitting and sale of hearing aids from the date of the
			 expiration of the trainee permit to the present, and the prescribed fee to the
			 board.
									
									The board
			 shall not renew a trainee permit to an individual more than one
			 time.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-12 - Duplicate certificates

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The board shall issue duplicate copies of a license or permit
				upon a service request submitted in eLicense
				Ohio.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				9/27/2022 and
				09/27/2027
Promulgated
				Under:
				119.03
Statutory Authority:
				4744.28,
				4747.04
Rule Amplifies:
				4747.07
Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/1977, 04/15/1984, 10/01/2000,
				06/01/2008, 06/11/2017, 08/12/2019
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-13 - Sales receipt

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Each licensed
			 hearing aid dealer or fitter shall furnish each person supplied with a hearing
			 aid a receipt showing the following:
(1)
									
			 The licensee's signature. The signature used on the customer's receipt shall be
			 that of the licensed individual making the sale and must be the same name under
			 which the license or permit was issued to that individual licensee or trainee
			 permit holder;
(2)
									 The number of the licensee's license
			 certificate;
(3)
									 The complete address and telephone number of the
			 licensee's place of business;
(4)
									 A complete
			 description of the make and model number of the hearing aid furnished including
			 the serial number of the hearing aids, which shall be added to the sales
			 receipt at the time the hearing aids are delivered to the buyer;
			 and
(5)
									 The full terms of sale, including the terms of
			 guarantee, if any, and if the hearing aid sold is not new, the receipt shall
			 also be clearly marked "used" or "reconditioned," whichever is applicable. The
			 terms of guarantee statement on the sales receipt shall be satisfied by one of
			 the following statements printed in type no smaller than that used in the body
			 of the receipt:
(a)
										 Full terms of guarantee printed on the receipt and, if
			 printed on the back of the receipt, a reference is to appear on the face of the
			 receipt, such as "terms of guarantee on reverse side."
(b)
										 A statement such
			 as "the aid(s) listed on this receipt are covered by a guarantee, the details
			 of which are supplied on a separate form at the time of execution of this
			 receipt" shall appear above the purchaser's signature.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-15 - Fraud and/or misrepresentation, suspension, revocation or refusal of issuance of licenses and trainee permits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Fraud and/or misrepresentation:
(1) No holder of a license or permit shall
			 misrepresent the facts or commit fraudulent acts before, during or after the
			 sale of a hearing aid, nor shall the holder of the license or permit use either
			 means to obtain any fee.
(2)
			 Without limiting the scope of section
			 4747.09 or
			 4747.12 of the Revised Code, any
			 of the following representations may be considered as fraudulent or a
			 misrepresentation:
(a) That the hearing aid
			 has sponsorship, approval performance characteristics, accessories, or uses it
			 does not have.
(b) That the hearing
			 aid will provide benefits it will not provide.
(c) That the hearing aid is of a particular
			 brand model, engineering design or prescription if it is not, unless
			 manufacturing constraints limited the original intent.
(d) That the hearing aid is new or
			 reconditioned if it is not.
(e) The
			 hearing aid is in need of extensive repairs and/or is in need of replacement if
			 it is not.
(f) That the hearing aid
			 is available to the purchaser for a reason that does not exist.
(g) That the hearing aid may be purchased
			 below the dealer's regular price because of a special price advantage, if it
			 does not exist.
(3) In
			 determining whether an act or practice is fraudulent or constitutes
			 misrepresentation, the following circumstances shall be considered, but not
			 exclusively. Whether the holder of a license or trainee permit:
(a) Took advantage of the inability of the
			 purchaser reasonably to protect the individual's own interests because of
			 physical or mental infirmities, ignorance, illiteracy or inability to
			 understand the language of an agreement either verbal or written.
(b) Did not fully inform the purchaser of a
			 hearing aid with obviously poor discrimination for speech of the individual's
			 inability to obtain reasonable benefit.
(c) Made statements to mislead the purchaser
			 into believing the individual's hearing will suffer if the individual does not
			 purchase either one or two aids.
(d) Required the hearing aid purchaser to
			 agree to contract terms which were substantially one-sided in favor of the
			 dealer, fitter or trainee.
(e) Made
			 false statement of fact, including, but not limited to statements made in
			 advertising as defined in rule
			 4747-1-16 of the Administrative
			 Code, on which the hearing aid purchaser was likely to rely, to the
			 individual's detriment.
(f)
			 Informed the client that the client's present hearing aid was beyond repair or
			 inappropriate for the type or amount of loss when there was no evidence to
			 support these statements.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-16 - Advertising

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Advertising includes the distribution, placement or offering of
				materials to the general public including, but not limited to, replicas,
				descriptive literature on wearable hearing aids or literature on hearing loss
				by an individual or organization whose business includes the merchandising of
				hearing aids for sale.
Replaces: 4747-1-16
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				9/27/2022 and
				09/27/2027
Promulgated
				Under:
				119.03
Statutory Authority:
				4747.04
Rule Amplifies:
				4747.02,
				4747.04,
				4747.12
Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/1977, 04/15/1984,
				06/01/2008
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-17 - Licensee responsibilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter
			 shall utilize the results of appropriate test procedures on every individual to
			 whom the licensed dealer or fitter sells to or fits a hearing aid for and have
			 them on file for a period of two years. The licensed dealer shall assume
			 responsibility for the accuracy of test results prepared by others or perform
			 re-tests according to rule
			 4747-1-19 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(B) A licensed hearing aid
			 dealer or fitter, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall notify
			 the board of any change of business or home address within thirty days after
			 the change. A licensed hearing aid dealer, firm,
			 partnership, association, or corporation shall notify the board of any sale of
			 its licensed hearing aid business no later than thirty days from the date of
			 the sale. Notification may be made by mail, fax, eMail, or electronically
			 by logging into the Ohio eLicense system.
(C) A licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter
			 shall notify the board in writing of any felony or misdemeanor conviction other
			 than minor traffic violations, including the case number and the court, within
			 thirty days from the date of conviction.
(D) A licensee shall comply within thirty
			 days to a request for information from the board and must cooperate fully with
			 any investigation conducted by the board.
(E) Failure to comply with paragraph (B),
			 (C), or (D) of this rule may result in disciplinary action by the board,
			 including revocation, suspension, placing on probation, or refusing to issue or
			 renew a license or permit or reprimanding a licensee or permit
			 holder.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-18 - Complaint procedures

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A copy of the original written complaint
			 will be distributed by the secretary to the vice chair
			 or the investigative review group chair.
(B) The board or any of its employees may
			 also file a complaint against any hearing aid dealer, trainee, firm,
			 partnership, association or corporation.
(C) Once filed with the board, a complaint
			 will remain active until closed.
(D) When a license or trainee permit is
			 revoked or suspended, all license or permit certificates shall be returned to
			 the board by certified mail within fifteen days of receipt of notification by
			 the licensee or permit holder.
(E)
			 Complaints against licensees or holders of a trainee permit pursuant to section
			 4747.13 of the Revised Code. Any
			 person may make a complaint against any person, firm, partnership, association
			 or corporation pursuant to Chapter 4747. of the Revised Code. The complaint
			 shall be submitted in writing to this board within one year from the date of
			 the action or event upon which the complaint is based. The board shall
			 determine whether the charges in the complaint constitute probable cause to
			 warrant a hearing before the board to determine whether the license or permit
			 of the holder thereof shall be revoked or suspended. If the board determines
			 that a hearing is warranted, it shall set the date, time, and place of such
			 hearing and deliver or cause to have delivered, either in person or by
			 certified mail, at least twenty days before the date of such hearing, an order
			 informing the licensee of the date, time, and place where he shall appear
			 before the board.  A hearing on the matter shall be
			 conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-20 - Sunshine law

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The secretary of the hearing aid dealers
			 and fitters licensing board shall maintain a record of each regular and special
			 meeting of the board which shall state the time and place of each regular
			 meeting of the board. Any person may determine or obtain such information at
			 the office of the board in Columbus, Ohio or by writing to the secretary of the
			 hearing aid dealers and fitters licensing board, 246 north High street,
			 Columbus, Ohio 43215, as provided in division (B) of this rule, or by telephone
			 (614) 466-5215.
(B) Any person may
			 obtain reasonable advance written notification in the form of a copy of the
			 agenda of all meetings of the board at which any specific type of public
			 business is to be discussed or may request to be placed upon a general
			 subscription mailing list, by paying an annual subscription mailing fee of
			 eight dollars (valid for one year from the date of receipt of such fee by the
			 secretary of the board) or by providing the secretary of the board with
			 self-addressed stamped envelopes suitable for such purpose.
(C) The secretary of the board shall maintain
			 a list of news media which have requested notification, and such media shall be
			 given at least twenty-four hours' advance notice of each special meeting of the
			 board, except in the event of an emergency requiring immediate official action.
			 In the event of an emergency, the secretary of the board on behalf of the
			 members of the board calling the meeting shall notify the news media that have
			 requested notification immediately of the time, place, and purpose of the
			 meeting.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-21 - Rules governing personal information systems

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The board shall appoint one employee to
			 be directly responsible for the custody and security of each personal
			 information system maintained by the board. Said employee shall:
(1) Inform all employees who have any
			 responsibility for the operation or maintenance of said system or the use of
			 personal information maintained in the system, of the applicable provisions of
			 Chapter 1347. of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder; and,
(2) Inform all persons requested to supply
			 personal information for a system whether or not they are legally required to
			 provide such information; and,
(3)
			 Restrict the collection, maintenance and use of personal information to only
			 that which is necessary and relevant to functions of the board as required or
			 authorized by statute, ordinance, code or rule; and,
(4) Provide all persons, asked to supply
			 personal information that will be placed in an interconnected or combined
			 system, with information relevant to the system, including the identity of all
			 other agencies or organizations that have access to the information in the
			 system; and,
(5) Allow a person
			 who is the subject of a record in a personal information system to inspect the
			 record pursuant to section
			 1347.08 of the Revised Code.
			 Upon the request and verification that the person requesting access to the
			 record is the subject of information contained in the system, the employee
			 shall:
(a) Inform the person of any personal
			 information in the system of which the person is the subject;
(b) Permit the person, or the person's legal
			 guardian, or an attorney who presents a signed authorization made by the
			 person, to inspect all personal information in the system of which the person
			 is the subject, except where prohibited by law;
(c) Inform the person of the uses made of the
			 personal information and identify other users who have access to the system;
(d) Allow a person who wishes to
			 exercise the person's rights as provided by this rule to be accompanied by one
			 individual of his choice;
(e)
			 Provide, for a reasonable charge, copies of any personal information the person
			 is authorized to inspect.
(6) Investigate disputes concerning the
			 accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of personal information
			 pursuant to section 1347.09 of the Revised Code and
			 paragraph (D) of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-22 - Fees

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Pursuant to division (B) of section
			 4747.04 of the Revised Code the
			 application fee for a hearing aid dealer's license shall be two hundred dollars
			 to be paid at the time the application is filed with the board. The fee for the
			 hearing aid fitter's license shall be two hundred and sixty two dollars. The
			 initial license shall be valid for the biennium in which it is
			 issued.
(B)
								When an initial, restored, or previously expired
			 license is issued less than one hundred days before December thirty-first of
			 the renewal year, the board shall waive the renewal fee and the license shall
			 be considered to have been issued in the next renewal cycle for purposes of the
			 continuing education requirements of rule
			 4747-1-11 of
			 the Administrative Code.
(C)
								Pursuant to division (A) of section
			 4747.06 of the Revised
			 Code:
(1)
									The
			 biennial renewal licensing fee shall be one hundred twenty dollars for a holder
			 of a hearing aid dealer's or hearing aid fitter's license.
(2)
									A license shall
			 be renewed by December thirty-first of every other year. The Board shall notfiy
			 the licensee of the renewal through the eLicense Ohio license management
			 system.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-23 - Code of ethics

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Definitions:
(1)
									Unprofessional conduct means any departure from or
			 failure to conform to the minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing
			 practice and shall also include, but not be limited to the provision of
			 professional services which are detrimental to person(s) being
			 served.
(2)
									Dual relationship means when more than one role occurs
			 between the licensee and person(s) being served professionally. A dual
			 relationship is prohibited when the relationship between the licensee and
			 person(s) being professionally served involves a sexual or intimate
			 relationship or other conduct that constitutes a conflict of
			 interest.
(3)
									Committing an act of sexual abuse or misconduct against
			 a client means any unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature that is committed
			 without consent, by force, intimidation, coercion, or manipulation. Sexual
			 abuse or misconduct can be committed by a person of any gender, and it can
			 occur between people of the same or different genders.
(4)
									Exploitation of a
			 client means to take unfair advantage of a person(s) being professionally
			 served.
(5)
									Violating client confidentiality means a failure to
			 protect and keep confidential any personal health information without the
			 authorization or consent of person(s) professionally served or where prohibited
			 by law.
(6)
									Conflict of Interest means personal, financial, or
			 other considerations influenced or compromised professional judgment and
			 objectivity to person(s) professionally served.
(7)
									Informed consent
			 means authorization by persons served, research participants engaged, or
			 parents and/or guardians of persons served to a proposed course of action after
			 the communication of adequate information regarding expected outcomes and
			 potential risks. Informed consent may be verbal unless written consent is
			 required.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-24 - Temporary licensure for members of the military and spouses; consideration of military experience and expedited licensure for military and spouses

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Definitions.
(1)
									"Armed forces"
			 has the meaning defined in section
			 5903.01 of the
			 Revised Code.
(2)
									"Service member" has the meaning defined in section
			 5903.01 of the
			 Revised Code.
(3)
									"Merchant marine" has the meaning defined in section
			 5903.01 of the
			 Revised Code.
(4)
									"Military duty" includes service in the uniformed
			 services on active duty, in the active guard and reserve, and as a military
			 technician dual status under
			 10 U.S.C.
			 10216.
(5)
									"Uniformed
			 services" has the meaning defined in
			 10
			 U.S.C. 101.
(6)
									"Veteran" means
			 any person who has completed service in the armed forces, including the
			 national guard of any state, or a reserve component of the armed forces, who
			 has been discharged under honorable conditions from the armed forces or who has
			 been transferred to the reserve with evidence of satisfactory
			 service.
(7)
									"Temporary Military License" means a license issued in
			 accordance with section
			 4743.041
			 of the Revised Code.
(8)
									"Military Spouse" means a person legally married to a
			 person serving on active duty in the United States armed
			 forces.
(9)
									"Qualifying license" means a license or certification
			 issued by a state or jurisdiction.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-01 - Notice of adoption, amendment, or rescission of rules

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Any time that the Ohio board of executives of long-term
			 services and supports (BELTSS) proposes to adopt, amend, or rescind a rule
			 under section 119.03 of the Revised Code,
			 BELTSS shall give a reasonable public notice in the register of Ohio at least
			 thirty days before the date BELTSS sets for the public hearing, as prescribed
			 by division (A) of section
			 119.03 of the Revised Code. In
			 the notice, BELTSS shall include the following:
(1)
									A statement of
			 BELTSS' intention to consider adopting, amending, or rescinding a
			 rule.
(2)
									A synopsis of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule
			 that BELTSS proposes to rescind or a general statement of the subject matter to
			 which the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission relates.
(3)
									A statement of
			 the reason or purpose for adopting, amending, or rescinding the
			 rule.
(4)
									The date, time, and place of a hearing on the proposed
			 action, which BELTSS shall set no earlier than the thirty-first nor later than
			 the fortieth day after BELTSS files the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission
			 under division (B) of section
			 119.03 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-03 - Board officers, board secretary, and board members

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Board officers:
(1) Annually, the board shall elect from its
			 membership a chairperson and a vice-chairperson.
(2) The chairperson shall preside over board
			 meetings. In the chairperson's absence, the vice-chairperson shall preside over
			 board meetings and perform the chairperson's usual duties.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-04 - Board meetings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 Quorum: A majority of the voting board members constitutes a quorum.
(B) Simple majority: The affirmative vote of
			 a majority of the voting board members is necessary for the board to
			 act.
(C) Parliamentary procedure:
			 When not otherwise provided for, "Roberts Rules of Order" (2011 edition) shall
			 govern at all meetings of the board.
(D) Quarterly meetings:
(1) The board shall hold quarterly
			 meetings.
(2) The board shall set
			 the date for the quarterly meetings with the consent of the majority of the
			 voting board members.
(3) The board
			 may cancel a quarterly meeting with the consent of the majority of the voting
			 board members.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-05.1 - Core of knowledge in nursing home administration

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The core of
			 knowledge in nursing home administration consists of one hundred hours of clock
			 hours of academic directed study in core of knowledge of subject material
			 described in rule
			 4751-1-06
			 of the Administrative Code, of which no more than
			 twenty hours may be distance learning or home study of any kind. During the
			 COVID pandemic, the core of knowledge in nursing home administration may be
			 held virtually/distance learning upon a board action declaring distance
			 learning is necessary.
(B)
								Training agencies
			 wishing to provide the core of knowledge class must apply and be approved
			 through the training agency approval process as defined in rules
			 4751-1-08
			 and 4751-1-08.1 of the Administrative Code. All core of knowledge classes must
			 be reviewed by the continuing education committee and have approval granted by
			 the board.
(C) Administrator-in-training applicants for licensure
			 shall complete the core of knowledge course prior to being allowed to take the
			 examinations.
(1) The core of knowledge
			 requirement may be met before, during, or after the internship.
(2) Hours spent at the core of knowledge do
			 not count toward the internship hours required for licensure.
(3)
									The core of
			 knowledge is not a preparatory course for the national or state
			 exams.
(4)
									The core of knowledge contains vital information which
			 will help prospective licensees become successful nursing home
			 administrators.
(5)
									The core of knowledge course also provides valuable
			 networking opportunities, which may have a positive impact on licensees'
			 careers.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-06 - Subjects for examination

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every applicant for a license as a nursing home administrator,
				after meeting the requirements for qualification for examination as set forth
				in this chapter, shall successfully pass a written or oral examination or a
				combination thereof which shall include, but not be limited to, the national
				association of long-term care administrator boards' 
								exam
				content outline, as enacted or hereinafter amended, and approved by the
				board of executives of long-term services and supports. The most current
				
								exam content outline may be found on the national
				association of long-term care administrator boards' website,
www.nabweb.org
. The Ohio state examination,
				based on Ohio's laws and rules, is also required.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-07 - Examination and passing grade

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Every applicant for a nursing home
			 administrator's license shall be required to pass the national and state
			 examinations.
(B) The board shall
			 accept the passing grade which is set by NAB for each section of the
			 examination separately, and shall apply such grade uniformly to all applicants
			 taking that examination.
(C) If an
			 oral examination is used, totally or as part of the examination process, the
			 board shall use 
								the current examinations used by
			 the national association of long-term care administrator boards.
			  Prior authorization for use
			 of an oral examination must be granted by the board.
(D) Failure to make a passing grade on any
			 section of a required examination constitutes failure to pass that examination.
			 The applicant shall be required to repeat the section or sections previously
			 failed. The applicant must submit a new application to test which shall be
			 approved by the board office prior to
			 retesting.
(E) If an applicant
			 fails three times to attain a passing grade on any of the examinations, the
			 applicant is no longer eligible to sit for the examinations until the applicant
			 meets the requirements of rule
			 4751-1-05
			 of the Administrative Code and such additional education and experience
			 requirements as may be prescribed by the board.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-08 - Registration of educational institutions and continuing education training agencies; approval of courses of study and programs of instruction

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The board may authorize any educational
			 institution or affiliate or other training agency for continuing education to
			 provide the educational requirements of Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code and
			 this chapter.
Any educational institution affiliate, or other training
				agency, if authorized, shall be registered with the board for the purpose of
				offering any course of study or program of instruction deemed sufficient to
				meet the education and training requirements for the purpose of qualifying
				applicants for licensure as nursing home administrators or for the renewal of
				registration of licenses as nursing home administrators.
All training agencies shall individually apply to the board
				 and, if approved, be
				registered by the board.
(B) There are two categories of continuing
			 education training agencies:
(1) Preferred: A
			 continuing education training agency that has been certified for at least three
			 years and offers at least fifty courses per year.
(2) Certified: A continuing education
			 training agency that is an accredited college or university; a statewide or
			 national government agency relating to nursing home administration; a
			 statewide, national association, or professional society relating to nursing
			 home administration; or, a society, organization, or individual having a
			 specific and primary educational focus on long-term services and supports
			 administration education.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-08.1 - Training agency approval

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A training agency for continuing
			 education shall apply for either preferred or certified provider status as
			 defined by the board in rule
			 4751-1-08
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B)
			 Provider status shall initially be granted for a one-year probationary period.
			 Approval thereafter shall be granted for a two-year period.
(1) An applicant for provider status shall,
			 at least sixty days prior to the date of the first scheduled program offering,
			 submit a completed application on BELTSS form E-1 (rev., July, 2015). To be
			 approved as a provider, the applicant shall establish all of the following:
(a) The proposed programs and program goals
			 for the approval period meet or exceed the requirements of these rules in this
			 chapter;
(b) The educational
			 facilities and instructional aids are adequate and appropriate;
(c) The program presenters have the
			 professionally recognized skills to conduct the programs being
			 offered;
(d) The programs are in
			 the subject areas of the core of knowledge in nursing home administration as
			 outlined in rule
			 4751-1-06
			 of the Administrative Code;
(e)
			 There are adequate procedures to maintain records for each program presented,
			 including, but not limited to, the program content, presenter qualifications,
			 continuing education units earned, and attendee names.
(f) The programs are conducted solely by the
			 organization named in the application and may not be used as approval for
			 programs conducted in whole or in part by any other organization.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-09 - Administrator-in-training program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Introduction: The board has established
			 the administrator-in-training ("AIT") program as the way for a person who seeks
			 initial licensure as a nursing home administrator to obtain a period of
			 practical training and experience ("internship") in nursing home administration
			 under direct supervision of a licensed nursing home administrator ("preceptor")
			 who is in full-time practice in a nursing home that the board approved as the
			 AIT's training agency ("internship site").
(B) Dates: All internships in the AIT program
			 shall begin on the first day of the first month of the calendar quarter,
			 namely: January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1.
(C) Registration:
(1) How to register: To register for
			 internship in the AIT program, an applicant shall submit all of the following
			 items to the board:
(a) The fee
			 
										invoice, preliminary data for AIT program
			 form, the AIT application, the employment status
			 form, and the facility survey form having complete and accurate entries of
			 information.
(b) Certified
			 transcript(s) of college credits and proof of degree(s), in accordance with
			 paragraph (A)(4) of rule
			 4751-1-05 of the Administrative
			 Code; said transcripts to be sent by the institution directly to the office of
			 the board.
(c) Certificate or other
			 specific and adequate documentation of completion of approved course of study
			 or program of instruction meeting the special academic requirements in the
			 subject areas specific to health care administration in accordance with
			 paragraph (A)(5) of rule
			 4751-1-05 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(d) Any additional or
			 supplemental documentation to support data entries on the application form and
			 to establish any qualifying administrative experience.
(e) The 
										professional
			 development plan, with its supporting documentation.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-10.2 - Health services executive license

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The board hereby adopts the following
			 health services executive criteria as enacted or hereinafter amended.
(B) Applicants for the voluntary health
			 services executive license (HSE) must meet the current criteria established by
			 the national association of long-term care administrator boards (NAB), and
			 approved by the board of executives of long-term services and
			 supports.
(C) An applicant for a
			 license as a health services executive who has complied with the requirements
			 of Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder, passed
			 the required national and state examinations, passed the criminal background
			 check, met the criteria established by the board, made application to the
			 board, and has paid a one-hundred-dollar license fee shall be issued a health
			 services executive license certifying that such individual is entitled to use
			 the designation health services executive and/or the initials "HSE."
(D) Applicants for the HSE license must meet
			 all the following requirements of the Administrative Code:
(1) Rule
			 4751-1-05 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(2) Rule
			 4751-1-10 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(3) Rule
			 4751-1-10.1 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-10.3 - Licensing service members, veterans, or spouses of service members or veterans

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 Veterans:
(1) Veterans may request
			 consideration of their military training and experience toward licensure
			 requirements. Requests shall be made in writing (electronic requests are
			 acceptable) and contain supporting documentation that the veteran wishes to
			 have considered by the board. The veteran must demonstrate to the satisfaction
			 of the board that the veteran's training is substantially equivalent to the
			 training required for initial licensure.
(2) Veterans whose request for consideration
			 of their military training and experience is denied by the board may request a
			 personal appearance before the board. This request shall be made in writing.
			 Electronic requests are acceptable.
(3) Veterans applying for initial licensure
			 may qualify for a one-time only waiver of the initial license fee provided they
			 served at least one year under honorable circumstances and were honorably
			 discharged. Appropriate documentation must be submitted for
			 consideration.
(4) The board's
			 determination is final.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-10.4 - Processing applications from service members, veterans, or spouses of service members or veterans

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The board shall include questions on all
			 applications for licensure, certification, or renewal of licensure or
			 certification that inquire as to whether the applicant is:
(1) A service member;
(2) A veteran; or,
(3) The spouse or surviving spouse of a
			 service member or veteran.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-11 - Temporary license

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Upon request, a temporary license may be
			 issued by the board for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days to an
			 individual temporarily filling the position of a nursing home administrator
			 vacated by reason of death, illness, or such other cause as the board may deem
			 sufficient to justify the issuance of such temporary license.
(B) An individual applying to the board for
			 temporary licensure shall be required to furnish satisfactory evidence; namely,
			 that the individual:
(1) Has a bachelor's
			 degree from an accredited educational institution as defined in rule
			 4751-1-02
			 of the Administrative Code;
(2) Is
			 at least twenty-one years of age;
(3) Is suitable and fit
			 to be licensed as a temporary nursing home administrator as evidenced by:
(a) Complying with paragraph (B) of rule
			 3701-17-07
			 of the Administrative Code;
(b)
			 Absence of any physical or mental impairment that would be likely to interfere
			 with the performance of the duties of a temporary nursing home
			 administrator;
(c) Ability to
			 understand and communicate general and technical information that is necessary
			 to the temporary administration and operation of a nursing home;
(d) Ability to assume responsibilities for
			 the temporary administration of a nursing home as evidenced by prior activities
			 and prior service that are satisfactory to the board; and,
(e) Ability to relate the physical,
			 psychological, spiritual, emotional and social needs of the persons being
			 served in a nursing home to the temporary administration of the nursing home,
			 and to create a climate that is necessary to meet the needs of the persons
			 being served in the nursing home.
(f) Completion of a background check (BCI and
			 FBI) with the results sent directly to the board's office.
(g) Completion of the "Report of Conviction
			 Form" (March
			 2020), if applicable, available from the board office or at
www.beltss.ohio.gov
.
(4) Except as provided
			 in rule
			 3701-13-06
			 of the Administrative Code, the board shall not license, register, or certify
			 an applicant if the applicant has been convicted of a violation of rule
			 3701-13-05
			 of the Administrative Code.
(5)
									The board, in accordance with section
			 9.79
			 of the Revised Code, has determined that the results of the background check do
			 not make the applicant ineligible for the license.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-12.1 - Electronic testimony

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Upon written
			 motion of any party, and upon service of that motion to the other party's
			 representative of record, the hearing examiner may order that the testimony of
			 a prospective witness be taken by telephonic or real-time video testimony. The
			 hearing examiner may grant the motion if it appears probable that:
(1)
									The prospective
			 witness will be unavailable to attend or will be prevented from attending a
			 hearing; and,
(2)
									The testimony of the prospective witness is
			 material.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-12.2 - Prehearing processes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Any
			 representative of record may serve upon the opposing representative of record a
			 written request for a list of witnesses and copies of proposed exhibits
			 intended to be introduced at hearing. The opposing representative of record
			 shall supply a list and copies to the requesting representative within a
			 reasonable time, but not less than fourteen days before the hearing
			 date.
(B)
								If a representative of record fails to comply with a
			 request for, or scheduling order requiring the timely exchange of, a list of
			 witnesses, expert witness reports, if any, or copies of proposed exhibits, the
			 opposing representative of record may request, and the hearing examiner may
			 grant, a motion to exclude from the hearing the testimony and proposed exhibits
			 that were the subject of request.
(C)
								Upon written
			 motion of any representative of record or upon the initiative of the board or
			 the hearing examiner, the board or hearing examiner shall issue a scheduling
			 order that shall include but need not be limited to:
(1)
									A schedule for
			 exchange of proposed hearing exhibits;
(2)
									A schedule for
			 identifying lay and expert witnesses; and
(3)
									A schedule for
			 the exchange of written reports, if any, from expert witnesses.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-13.1 - Continuing education waiver

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Licensees may request a waiver of annual
			 continuing education required or an extension of the renewal period for
			 continuing education compliance by using the "CE Waiver Form" (07/2015)
			 available from the board office or at
www.beltss.ohio.gov
.
(B) All requests are considered and acted on
			 by the board, in its sole discretion, on a case by case basis.
(C) All requests must be accompanied by a
			 statement of inability to attend continuing education courses, certified by a
			 physician or physician extender such as a nurse practitioner (NP) or physician
			 assistant (PA), as permitted by their respective practice acts
			 
								in a timely
			 manner.
(D) The board may
			 issue partial waivers. The board will take the following into consideration,
			 but this may not be an all-inclusive list:
(1)
			 The extent to which the illness or disability prevents attendance at or
			 participation in continuing education courses or functions.
(2) The licensee's attempt to gain continuing
			 education. It is the board's expectation that all licensees attempt to complete
			 continuing education requirements throughout the time period leading up to
			 their renewal date.
(3) The length
			 of the illness or disability.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-14 - Recognition of out-of-state license

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								
								Notwithstanding the
			 requirements for a license under Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code, the board
			 shall issue a nursing home administrator license or a health services executive
			 license to an applicant if all the following applies:
(1)
									The applicant has
			 either of the following:
(a)
										A license in another state.
(b)
										Satisfactory work
			 experience of nine to twelve months as a licensed nursing home administrator
			 and/or an administrator-in-training, a government certification, or a private
			 certification as described in Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code as a nursing
			 home administrator or a health services executive in a state that does not
			 issue that license.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-15 - Relicensure

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The board,
			 in its discretion, and otherwise subject to the provisions of Chapter 4751. of
			 the Revised Code and this chapter, may relicense a nursing home administrator
			 whose Ohio license has been abandoned upon payment of the required fee as
			 provided in rule
			 4751-1-16 of the
			 Administrative Code, provided:
(1) The
			 applicant meets Ohio's current minimum qualifications;
(2) The applicant makes application to the
			 board;
(3) The applicant
			 successfully completes both the Ohio and national NAB exams;
(4) The applicant pays the fee as outlined in
			 rule
			 4751-1-16 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4751 - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators › Chapter 4751-1 - General Provisions › Section 4751-1-16 - Fees

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Fees provided for throughout Chapter 4751-1 of the
				Administrative Code shall be published by the board on a fee schedule in the
				amounts allowable under Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code. Said fees are to be
				paid electronically or by check or money order made payable to "Treasurer,
				State of Ohio." All fees are to be transmitted to the location designated by
				the board.
(A)
			 Administrator-in-training application fee: fifty dollars.
(B) Endorsement of out-of-state license fee:
			 one hundred fifty dollars.
(C)
								
								biennial registration fee: 
								six hundred
			 dollars.
(D)
			 Duplication/replacement fee: twenty-five dollars.
(E) Original license
			 fee: two hundred fifty dollars.
(F) Continuing
			 education provider fee: schedule provided in rule
			 4751-1-08 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(G) Nursing home
			 administrator license late renewal penalty fee: fifty dollars per calendar
			 quarter up to a maximum of two hundred dollars.
(H) Health services
			 executive license fee: one hundred dollars.
(I) Health services
			 executive annual license renewal fee: schedule provided in section
			 4751.25 of the Revised
			 Code.
(J) Health service
			 executive license late renewal penalty fee: schedule provided in section
			 4751.25 of the Revised
			 Code.
(K) All penalty fees
			 are in addition to the 
								required renewal fees.
(L) Criminal conviction
			 determination fee as provided in section
			 9.78 of the Revised
			 Code.