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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-23 - Approval of euthanasia agents and euthanasia technician certification course curriculum

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Pursuant to division (A) of section
			 4729.532 of the Revised Code,
			 the board approves the use of tiletamine and zolazepan for injection and
			 ketamine hydrochloride for anesthetizing an animal and xylazine for the purpose
			 of sedating an animal as part of the euthanasia process by a euthanasia
			 technician.
(B) No agent or
			 employee of an animal shelter or county dog warden or
			 agent or employee of a county dog warden shall perform euthanasia by
			 means of lethal injection on an animal by use of any substance other than
			 
								a substance in a 
								manufactured dosage form that
			 the state veterinary medical licensing board, in consultation with the state
			 board of pharmacy, approves.
(C) Euthanasia technician certification
			 course curricula shall include, but are not limited to, the requirements listed
			 in division (C) of section
			 4729.532 of the Revised Code.
(1) The course will be a minimum of sixteen
			 hours and shall include information on the following areas:
(a) The pharmacology, proper administration,
			 and storage of anesthetizing and sedative agents and euthanasia
			 solutions;
(b) Federal and state
			 laws regulating the storage and accountability of anesthetizing and sedative
			 agents and euthanasia solutions;
(c) Euthanasia technician stress
			 management;
(d) Proper disposal of
			 euthanized animals.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-25 - Impairment and safe haven program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The board may
			 establish a confidential, non-disciplinary program for the evaluation and
			 treatment of eligible persons who need assistance with a potential or existing
			 impairment due to a mental health and/or substance use disorder. This program
			 shall be known as the board's safe haven program.
(B)
								The board may
			 refer any veterinarian or registered veterinary technician to the Ohio
			 professionals health program or a comparable organization approved by the
			 board, for support and assistance with coordination of the treatment of that
			 veterinarian or registered veterinary technician. The board approved
			 organization shall serve as the monitoring organization of the safe haven
			 program and shall determine the eligibility for participation in the safe haven
			 program and provide associated services to eligible persons.
(C)
								Eligible persons
			 shall include individuals licensed as a veterinarian or registered as a
			 veterinary technician as well as applicants who have applied for a license or
			 registration from the board.
(D)
								Services provided
			 by the monitoring organization include but are not limited to the
			 following:
(1)
									Screening and/or evaluation for potential or existing
			 impairment due to a mental health and/or substance use
			 disorder.
(2)
									Referral to treatment providers approved by the
			 monitoring organization for the purpose of evaluating and/or treating potential
			 or existing impairment due to a mental health and/or substance use disorder,
			 including inpatient or outpatient treatment.
(3)
									Establishment of
			 individualized monitoring criteria or a duration determined by the monitoring
			 organization to ensure the continuing care and recovery from a potential or
			 existing impairment due to a mental health and/or substance use
			 disorder.
(4)
									Case management.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-2 - Veterinary Business Facilities › Section 4741-2-02 - Notification requirement of the veterinary business facility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The board shall be notified within thirty days after a change
				in the:
(A) Ownership of the
			 veterinary business facility;
(B)
			 Name of the facility;
(C) Address
			 or location(s) of the facility; or
(D) Licensed veterinarian who is responsible
			 for the management of veterinary services at the facility.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				3/4/2019 and
				03/04/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03(C)(9),
				4741.28
Rule
				Amplifies: 4741.28
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/15/2007
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-2 - Veterinary Business Facilities › Section 4741-2-03 - Limited licensure

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The state veterinary medical licensing board may issue a
				limited license, without examination, to veterinarians in certain facilities
				recognized by the board, with limitations to the scope of practice in
				veterinary medicine. Renewal for the limited license will occur the first day
				of July of odd numbered years.
(A)
			 Application.
(1) A person who has a
			 veterinary medicine degree or its equivalent, who in the professional capacity
			 of employment is limited to the duties mandated by a veterinary academic
			 institution, a veterinary technology institution or government diagnostic
			 laboratory and whose sole educational or service responsibility is dictated by
			 said institution or laboratory.
(2)
			 A person who is designated with an academic title, not limited to instructor,
			 diagnostician, intern, resident of a veterinary specialty or graduate
			 student.
(3) Veterinarian with a
			 clinical assignment involving diagnosis and/or treatment of animals, whether on
			 site or by referral.
(4)
			 Diagnosticians in laboratory settings, whose duties include the diagnosis
			 and/or treatment of animal patients, whether on site or by referral.
(5) Researchers, whose contact with animals
			 or animal tissues have vital connection with the diagnosis and/or treatment of
			 animal patients.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-2 - Veterinary Business Facilities › Section 4741-2-04 - Temporary permit to practice

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A temporary permit to practice veterinary
			 medicine may be issued by the board to a licensed veterinarian in good standing
			 from another state, territory, or the District of Columbia, meeting the
			 requirements of section
			 4741.14 of the Revised Code.
(B) The applicant must provide the
			 name of the veterinarian, clinic, or facility for which veterinary services
			 will be provided during the term of the temporary permit. The practice of
			 veterinary medicine will be limited to the veterinary medicine practice or
			 veterinary business facility as designated by the applicant.
(C) A temporary permit is valid for six
			 months and may be renewed for one additional period of six months.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				3/4/2019 and
				03/04/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03(c)(9),
				4741.14
Rule
				Amplifies: 4741.14
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/15/2007
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-2 - Veterinary Business Facilities › Section 4741-2-05 - Temporary military license

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								"Military duty"
			 has the same meaning as in section
			 4743.041
			 of the Revised Code.
(B)
								To meet the requirements set forth in section
			 4743.041
			 of the Revised Code, the board shall issue an expedited temporary license to a
			 veterinary or registered veterinary technician applicant if the individual or
			 the individual's spouse is on military duty in this state and the applicant
			 complies with the following:
(1)
									The applicant holds a valid license or certificate to
			 practice the veterinary profession issued by another state or
			 jurisdiction.
(2)
									The applicant obtains a criminal background check in
			 compliance with section
			 4741.10
			 of the Revised Code.
(3)
									The applicant presents adequate proof to the board that
			 the applicant or the applicant's spouse is on military duty in this
			 state.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-2 - Veterinary Business Facilities › Section 4741-2-06 - Military license and renewal

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Eligibility for
			 military licensee.
In accordance with Chapter 5903. of the
				Revised Code, the board has determined that there are no military programs of
				training, military specialties and lengths of service that are substantially
				equivalent to or which exceed the educational and supervised training
				requirement for licensure as a veterinarian or a registered veterinary
				technician.
(B)
								Definitions related to military service and veteran
			 status.
(1)
									"Military" in accordance with division (A) of section
			 5903.03 of
			 the Revised Code, means the armed forces of the United States or a reserve
			 component of the armed forces of the United States., including the Ohio
			 national guard of the national guard of any other state.
(2)
									"Member" means
			 any person who is serving in the military.
(3)
									"Veteran" means
			 any person who has completed service in the military and who has been
			 discharged under honorable conditions, or who has been transferred to the
			 reserve with evidence of satisfactory service.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-3 - Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program › Section 4741-3-01 - Purpose of veterinary student loan repayment program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The board shall 
								administer a veterinarian student loan repayment
				program which would provide reimbursement for tuition; other educational
				expenses and/or room and board up to twenty thousand dollars in exchange for
				the veterinarian signing a letter of intent to provide large animal veterinary
				services or to protect public health in a veterinary resource shortage area
				identified by the board.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-3 - Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program › Section 4741-3-02 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
				apply:
(A) "Board" means the Ohio
			 veterinary medical licensing board.
(B) "Large animal veterinary services" means
			 veterinary service provided to any cattle, sheep, goat, swine, poultry,
			 llamas, alpacas, or draft horse used for food or
			 in the production of food, fiber, feed, or other agricultural-based consumer
			 product.
(C) "Livestock" means
			 cattle, swine, sheep goats, poultry, llamas,
			 alpacas, and draft horses.
(D) "Veterinary services necessary to
			 implement or enforce the law" means services provided by a veterinarian
			 employed by local, state, or federal agencies or by a licensed, accredited
			 veterinary practitioner that implements or enforces regulations that ensure the
			 health of the nation's livestock and animal populations and to protect the
			 public health and well-being.
(E)
			 "Veterinary services necessary to protect public health" means the availability
			 of a licensed, veterinarian to provide routine diagnosis, assessment,
			 communication, and related duties necessary to advance public health, identify
			 the presence of zoonotic disease risk and help prevent transmission of disease
			 among human and animal populations.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-3 - Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program › Section 4741-3-03 - Veterinary resource shortage area

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A geographic area or region of Ohio will be considered as a
				veterinary resource shortage area if veterinary service is not
				sufficiently available to livestock producers
				within that area or to meet the public health needs of
				the area.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				3/4/2019 and
				03/04/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03(C)(9),
				4741.40,
				4741.41
Rule
				Amplifies: 4741.40,
				4741.45
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/15/2007,
				07/15/2014
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-3 - Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program › Section 4741-3-04 - Criteria for prioritizing underserved areas

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Factors to be considered by the board in determining priorities
				for determining underserved areas include, but not limited to:
(A) Size of the geographic area to be
			 served;
(B) Number of livestock
			 farms in the area or any public health position offered
			 by a local, county state or federal government entity in the
			 area;
(C) Livestock
			 population within the area;
(D)
			 Number of veterinarians providing both routine and emergency services to the
			 livestock producers in the area or number of
			 veterinarians currently engaged in public health duties and employed by a
			 government entity within the area;
(E) Distance to closest available veterinary
			 practice that provides large animal services;
(F) Presence of an auction market,
			 concentration point, or slaughter facility in the area;
(G)
								 Incidence of
			 episodes of zoonotic disease transmission or threat of the same in the area;
			 and
(H) Supporting letters or documents from elected
			 or appointed public officials (e.g. county
			 commissioners), representatives of the Ohio department of agriculture or Ohio
			 health department, or cooperative extensive service.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				3/4/2019 and
				03/04/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03(C)(9),
				4741.45
Rule
				Amplifies: 4741.45
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/15/2007, 01/15/2010,
				07/15/2014
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-3 - Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program › Section 4741-3-05 - Criteria for selection of applicants

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Purpose: The shortage area situations
			 will be best served by a veterinarian who is likely to enthusiastically serve a
			 community and who is likely to remain within that community after his or her
			 payments from the loan repayment program have been terminated.
(B) The veterinarian applying for
			 participation should submit a biography and a personal statement explaining his
			 or her motivation 
								to serve in veterinary shortage
			 situations.
(C) In addition to
			 requiring the applicant to possess an Ohio veterinary license in good standing
			 and be federally accredited, the board may consider the following factors in
			 the selection process:
(1) Percentage of
			 professional activities to be devoted to food animal practice and veterinary
			 public health activities;
(2) Types
			 and number of elective courses or continuing education courses, internships and
			 prior experience in food animal medicine and production medicine or public
			 health;
(3) Preferences for a rural
			 background and/or experience in production agriculture or for a career in
			 government public health service;
(4) Is from the underserved area or has
			 family ties to the area;
(5) Length
			 of time applicant is willing to practice in the area.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-3 - Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program › Section 4741-3-06 - Purpose of the veterinarian student debt assistance program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The board shall provide a veterinary
				student debt assistance program which provides full or partial reimbursement
				for veterinary student tuition; other educational expenses and/or room and
				board while the veterinarian was enrolled in an accredited veterinary college
				in recognition of charitable services performed prior to entering the lottery
				as well as during the two year contract with the board. The eligible candidates
				will be selected through a random lottery system.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-3 - Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program › Section 4741-3-07 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, the
				following definitions apply:
(A)
								"Board" means the Ohio veterinary medical licensing
			 board.
(B)
								"Charitable Services" means veterinary services
			 performed without direct compensation, other than for reimbursement of
			 expenses, for a nonprofit organization, a humane society, law enforcement
			 agency or a state,, local, or federal government entity at a minimum of twelve
			 hours. Charitable services include, but not limited to:
(1)
									Spay and
			 neutering services;
(2)
									Vaccination clinics;
(3)
									Assistance to
			 government entities with animal disease outbreaks;
(4)
									Wellness exams
			 and treatment of animals owned by underserved populations in
			 need.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-3 - Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program › Section 4741-3-08 - Eligibility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In order to be eligible to participate
				in the program, a veterinarian must meet all of the following
				requirements:
(A)
								Prior to applying, the veterinarian must perform twelve
			 hours of charitable veterinarian services within a one year period. Evidence of
			 service or an affidavit attesting to the charitable services performed must be
			 submitted with the application found on the board web site;
(B)
								The veterinarian
			 is a United States citizen, United States national, or a permanent resident of
			 the United States.
(C)
								The veterinarian has a current license without
			 restriction and has been engaged in the practice or instruction of veterinary
			 medicine in Ohio for more than six months prior to application
(D)
								The veterinarian
			 has taken out an educational loan that was used for educational expenses
			 incurred while the veterinarian was enrolled in a veterinary
			 college;
(E)
								The veterinarian is not a member of the board at the
			 time application is submitted;
(F)
								The veterinarian
			 is not an active program participant under contract with the board;
			 and
(G)
								The veterinarian has not been under contract as a
			 program participant with the board within a year prior to submitting an
			 application.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-3 - Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program › Section 4741-3-09 - Letter of intent

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Once the board
			 makes a selection from the lottery system, the board will notify the selected
			 veterinarians and send a letter of intent in which the veterinarian agrees
			 to:
(1)
									Perform
			 twelve hours of charitable services in Ohio in a one year period for two
			 consecutive years; and
(2)
									Reside in Ohio for the two year period of the
			 contract.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-4 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 4741-4-02 - Procedures for accessing confidential personal information

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
For personal information systems,
				whether manual or computer systems, that contain confidential personal
				information, the board shall do the following:
(A)
								 Criteria for
			 accessing confidential personal information. Personal information systems of
			 the board are managed on a "need-to-know" basis whereby the information owner
			 determines the level of access required for an employee of the board to fulfill
			 his/her job duties. The determination of access to confidential personal
			 information shall be approved by the employee's supervisor and the information
			 owner prior to providing the employee with access to confidential personal
			 information within a personal information system. The board shall establish
			 procedures for determining a revision to an employee's access to confidential
			 personal information upon a change to that employee's job duties including, but
			 not limited to, transfer or termination. Whenever an employee's job duties no
			 longer require access to confidential personal information in a personal
			 information system, the employee's access to confidential personal information
			 shall be removed.
(B)
								 Individual's request for a list of confidential
			 personal information. Upon the signed written request of any individual for a
			 list of confidential personal information about the individual maintained by
			 the board, the board shall do all of the following:
(1)
									 Verify the
			 identity of the individual by a method that provides safeguards commensurate
			 with the risk associated with the confidential personal information;
(2)
									
			 Provide to the individual the list of confidential personal information that
			 does not relate to an investigation about the individual or is otherwise not
			 excluded from the scope of Chapter 1347. of the Revised Code; and
(3)
									 If
			 all information relates to an investigation about that individual, inform the
			 individual that the board has no confidential personal information about the
			 individual that is responsive to the individual's request.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-4 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 4741-4-03 - Valid reasons for accessing confidential personal information

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Pursuant to the requirements of
				division (B)(2) of section
				1347.15 of the Revised Code,
				this rule contains a list of valid reasons, directly related to the board's
				exercise of its powers or duties, for which only employees of the board may
				access confidential personal information (CPI) regardless of whether the
				personal information system is a manual system or computer system.
Performing the following functions
				constitute valid reasons for authorized employees of the board to access
				confidential personal information:
(A)
								 Responding to a
			 public records request;
(B)
								 Responding to a request from an individual for the
			 list of CPI the board maintains on that individual;
(C)
								 Administering a
			 constitutional provision or duty;
(D)
								 Administering a
			 statutory provision or duty;
(E)
								 Administering an
			 administrative rule provision or duty;
(F)
								 Complying with
			 any state or federal program requirements;
(G)
								 Processing or
			 payment of claims or otherwise administering a program with individual
			 participants or beneficiaries;
(H)
								 Auditing
			 purposes;
(I)
								 Licensure or eligibility for examination
			 purposes;
(J)
								 Investigation or law enforcement purposes;
(K)
								
			 Administrative hearings;
(L)
								 Litigation, complying with an order of the court, or
			 subpoena;
(M)
								 Monitoring of disciplinary cases and/or impairment
			 program;
(N)
								 Human resource matters (e.g. hiring, promotion,
			 demotion, discharge, salary/compensation issues, leave requests/issues, time
			 card approvals/issues);
(O)
								 Complying with an executive order or policy;
(P)
								
			 Complying with a board policy or a state administrative policy issued by the
			 department of administrative services, the office of budget and management or
			 other similar state agency; or
(Q)
								 Complying with a
			 collective bargaining agreement provision.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				3/4/2019 and
				03/04/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03(C)(9),
				1347.15
Rule
				Amplifies: 1347.15
Prior
				Effective Dates: 09/14/2010
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-4 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 4741-4-04 - Confidentiality statutes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following federal statutes or regulations or state statutes
				make personal information maintained by the board confidential and identify the
				confidential personal information within the scope of rules promulgated by this
				board in accordance with section
				1347.15 of the Revised
				Code;
(A) Social security numbers:
			 5 U.S.C.
			 552a (
								12/19/2014),
			 unless the individual was told that the number would be disclosed.
(B) "Bureau of Criminal Investigation and
			 Information" criminal records check results: section 4776. 04 of the Revised
			 Code.
(C) Medical Records: Health
			 Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Title II 45 CFR 160, 42 USC 1320
			 (2013).
(D)
								Substance abuse treatment records: section
			 5119.27 of the Revised Code and
			 42 U.S.C. 29 (7/20/2016).
(E) Investigative
			 records: section 149.43 of the Revised
			 Code.
(F)
								Information or records that are attorney client privileged:
			 division (A)(1) section
			 2317.02 of the Revised
			 Code.
(G) College and University Transcripts: Family
			 Education Rights and Privacy Act, 34 CFR Part 99 (2013).
(H)
								Mediation
			 communications or records: section
			 2710.03 of the Revised
			 Code.
(I)
								Trial preparation records; division (A)(1)(g) of
			 section 149.43 of the Revised
			 Code.
Effective: 6/10/2019
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 3/4/2019 and
				03/03/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03(C)(9),
				1347.15
Rule
				Amplifies: 1347.15
Prior
				Effective Dates: 09/14/2010,
				05/01/2015
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4744 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professional Board › Chapter 4744-1 - Procedures, Notices and Monitoring › Section 4744-1-01 - Procedure for adoption of rules

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Prior to
			 adoption, amendment, or recession of a rule, except an emergency rule, the Ohio
			 speech and hearing professionals board shall give public notice thereof, at
			 least thirty days prior to the date set for public hearing by:
Publishing notice on the Register of
				Ohio at the Ohio legislative services commission.
(B)
								The notice shall
			 include all of the following:
(1)
									A statement of the board's intention to consider
			 adopting, amending, or rescinding a rule;
(2)
									A synopsis of the
			 proposed rule, amendment, or rescission or a general statement of the subject
			 to which such rule relates;
(3)
									A statement of
			 the reason or purpose for adopting, amending, or rescinding the
			 rule;
(4)
									The date, time, and place of the public
			 hearing;
(5)
									A statement that copies of the proposed rule,
			 amendment, or recession are available at the'Register of Ohio;
(6)
									A statement that
			 the public may offer comments on the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission in
			 writing or in person at the public hearing.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4744 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professional Board › Chapter 4744-1 - Procedures, Notices and Monitoring › Section 4744-1-02 - Method of determining time and place of meetings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any person may obtain the time and
				place of all regularly scheduled board, committee, and advisory committee
				meetings and the time, place, and purpose of all special meetings by:
(A)
										Contacting the
				Ohio speech and hearing professionals board in writing at its business address,
				"77 S. High Street, Suite 1659, Columbus, Ohio 43215," or by electronic
				means;
(B)
										Calling the Ohio speech and hearing professionals board
				at its business office at (614) 466-3145 during normal business hours;
				or
(C)
										Consulting the Ohio speech and hearing professionals
				board's website at
www.shp.ohio.gov
.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4744 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professional Board › Chapter 4744-1 - Procedures, Notices and Monitoring › Section 4744-1-03 - Personal information systems

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The Ohio speech
			 and hearing professional 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 he/she is 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 a person, who is 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 the 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 he/she is the subject:
(b)
										Permit the
			 person, or his/her legal guardian, or an attorney who presents a signed
			 authorization made by the person, to inspect all personal information in the
			 system of which he/she 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 his/her rights as
			 provided by this rule to be accompanied by one individual of his/her
			 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.
(7)
									Take all
			 reasonable precautions to protect personal information maintained by the Ohio
			 speech and hearing professionals board from unauthorized modification,
			 destruction, use or disclosure.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4744 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professional Board › Chapter 4744-1 - Procedures, Notices and Monitoring › Section 4744-1-04 - Duties of officers and staff

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The president
			 shall:
(1)
									Designate the time and place of meetings by his/her own
			 authority or at the written request of two or more board
			 members.
(2)
									Preside at all meetings or in case of his/her inability
			 to attend any meeting, shall designate the secretary or in the event the
			 secretary is not available, the president shall designate one of the other
			 members of the board to preside in his/her stead.
(3)
									Exercise general
			 supervision of the affairs of the board and shall have the usual powers of such
			 office and any other powers and duties as the board may direct.
(4)
									Sign all licenses
			 and duplicates issued by the board.
(5)
									Sign the official
			 minutes of the proceedings of the board which shall remain on permanent file in
			 the board office.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-01 - Public notice - rules

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Public notice of the intention of the
			 hearing aid dealers and fitters licensing board to consider adopting, amending,
			 or rescinding a rule which the hearing aid dealers and fitters licensing board
			 is authorized by law to adopt, amend, or rescind, or which it may hereafter be
			 authorized by law so to do shall be published at least once, in the English
			 language, at least thirty days prior to the date set for a public hearing to
			 consider adopting, amending, or rescinding said rule, on the register of Ohio
			 at the Ohio legislative services commission. The notice shall include a
			 statement of the board's intention to and reason or purpose for adopting,
			 amending, or rescinding a rule. Said public notice shall consist of a synopsis
			 or a general statement of the subject matter of the proposed rules to be
			 adopted, amended, or rescinded by the hearing aid dealers and fitters licensing
			 board, and the date, time, and place of hearing on said proposed action.
(B) The hearing aid dealers and
			 fitters licensing board may give such additional notice of such public hearing
			 as it deems necessary. However, the giving of such additional notice is not
			 mandatory and the failure to give notice by any means other than as specified
			 in paragraph (A) of this rule shall not in any way invalidate any action which
			 may be taken by the hearing aid dealers and fitters licensing board.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-02 - Definitions and interpretations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The statement
			 "includes the making of ear impressions for earmolds" shall apply only to
			 earmolds that are used with devices as defined in division (A) of section
			 4747.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) "Obtained any fee or made
			 any sale of a hearing aid by fraud or misrepresentation" means that any person
			 who obtains a fee, i.e., the owner of the business, the hearing aid dealer or
			 fitter, the supervisor, or trainee shall be held responsible for the sale of a
			 hearing aid by fraud or misrepresentation regardless of whether or not that
			 person was directly involved with the fitting or sale of the aid.
(C) The practice of dealing in or fitting of
			 a hearing aid shall only apply to prescription hearing
			 aids and includes hearing screening of individuals, provided they are
			 advised that the screening is to determine if they are a candidate for a
			 hearing aid, and the results are reported as either pass or fail.
			 The practice of dealing in or fitting of a hearing aid
			 does not apply to the category of hearing aids defined by the U.S. food and
			 drug administration as over-the-counter hearing aids.
(D) "Contact hours" means the actual time a
			 trainee or trainees spend under the direct an immediate supervision of a
			 licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter acting as a supervisor.
(E) "Supervision" means the availability and
			 responsibility of the supervisor for direction of the actions of the person
			 supervised.
(F) "Mail" means send a
			 notification/service in the form of paper or electronic including notification
			 by email or public posting by website or electronic notification board or
			 page.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-03 - Licensing requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any person, firm, partnership,
			 association, or corporation must first be licensed before engaging in the sale,
			 practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids, advertising or assuming such
			 practice, or engaging in training to become a licensed hearing aid dealer or
			 fitter.
(B) A firm, partnership,
			 association or corporation, whether profit or non-profit, is required to obtain
			 a license in order to merchandise hearing aids. Only a licensed individual may
			 actually execute the sale, engage in the practice of dealing in or fitting of
			 hearing aids, or supervise a trainee engaged in training to become a licensed
			 hearing aid dealer or fitter.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				9/27/2022 and
				09/27/2027
Promulgated
				Under:
				119.03
Statutory Authority:
				4747.04
Rule Amplifies:
				4747.04
Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/1977,
				04/15/1984
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-04 - Duties and powers of the board

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Meetings of the board:
(1) The board shall hold at least one annual
			 meeting during October , November, or
			 December of each year at the place and time designated by the chairperson
			 for the purpose of electing a chairperson and a vice chairperson, who shall act
			 as chairperson in the absence of the chairperson. New officers shall take
			 office January first of the subsequent year.
(2) Meetings of the board may be called by
			 the chairperson at any reasonable time. The chairperson shall call a meeting at
			 any time upon the request of four or more of the board members.
(3) Each board member shall be notified by
			 mail of the time and place of any meeting at least two weeks prior to the date
			 on which the meeting will be held. An agenda setting forth the subjects and
			 areas to be discussed will normally be sent to each member prior to the meeting
			 date. Notification of special meetings of the board may be by the most
			 expedient means. Counsel from the Ohio department of health and the attorney
			 general's office shall be duly notified by the secretary of all meetings of the
			 board.
(4) A majority of board
			 members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any
			 meeting.
(5) Robert's Rules of
			 Order will be used as the guide to business proceedings.
(6) All meetings shall be open to the public
			 unless otherwise designated by the board.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-05 - Duties of the chairperson

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The chairperson shall designate the time
			 and place of meetings on the chairperson's own authority or at the direction of
			 a majority of the board members.
(B) The chairperson shall preside at all
			 meetings of the board. In the absence of the chairperson, the vice chairperson
			 shall preside at meetings and perform all duties usually performed by the
			 chairperson. The chairperson shall designate a member of the board to preside
			 in the event that the chairperson and vice chairperson are not available.
(C) The chairperson will exercise
			 general supervision of the affairs of the board and shall have the usual powers
			 of such office and any other powers and duties as the board may direct.
(D) The chairperson shall sign all
			 licenses, permits, and duplicates issued by the board.
(E) The chairperson shall sign the official
			 minutes of the proceedings of the board which shall remain on permanent file in
			 the board office.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-06 - Duties of the vice chairperson

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The vice chairperson shall assist the
			 chairperson in carrying out the chairperson's duties when requested.
(B) The vice chairperson shall preside over
			 meetings in the absence of the chairperson or in the absence of any other
			 direction by the chairperson.
(C)
			 The vice chairperson shall act in behalf of the chairperson in cases of
			 extended incapacitation or long absence of the chairperson.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-07 - Duties of the secretary

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The secretary shall keep the minutes of
			 the proceedings at board meetings and the records of the board.
(B) The secretary shall have custody of all
			 fees received by the board including license fees, trainee permit fees and
			 renewal fees and shall be responsible for the transfer of such funds to the
			 state treasurer.
(C) The secretary
			 shall receive, accept responsibility for, issue (with board approval) and
			 account to the auditor of state for all licenses, trainee permits, and
			 duplicate certificates handled by the board.
(D) The secretary shall be responsible, with
			 the approval of the board, for the preparation and submission of the annual
			 budget of the board.
(E) The
			 secretary shall execute a bond in the amount and manner acceptable to the
			 director of the department of health.
(F) The secretary shall be responsible for
			 the overall administration of the board's office and shall render
			 administrative services to board members as required and report these
			 activities to the board.
(G) The
			 secretary shall assume such other duties as the board may direct.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-08 - Application for license and permits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Every person
			 requesting an application for a license or trainee permit shall be furnished
			 the necessary forms, a copy of the Revised Code pertaining to licensing of
			 hearing aid dealers and fitters, and such other information or questionnaires
			 as the board may deem desirable. All applications for initial licensure shall
			 be submitted to the board on forms provided by the board. All applications,
			 fees, statements, and other documents so submitted shall be retained by the
			 board.
(B)
								The application forms shall be designed to provide the
			 board with the information necessary to satisfy itself that all requirements
			 pertaining to sections
			 4747.05 and
			 4747.10 of the Revised Code are
			 being fulfilled. Applications shall be:
(1)
									Typewritten or
			 printed in ink or submitted electronically via the Ohio eLicense
			 system;
(2)
									Signed by the applicant or electronically signed if
			 applying electronically via the Ohio eLicense system;
(3)
									Accompanied by
			 the fee prescribed by section
			 4747.05 of the Revised Code;
			 and
(4)
									Accompanied by such evidence, statements, or documents
			 as specified on the application form and in the instructions from the
			 section.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-09 - Examination

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The qualifying
			 examination shall be a thorough testing of the knowledge required and shall be
			 carried out as outlined in sections
			 4747.04,
			 4747.05 and
			 4747.08 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) The frequency of the
			 examination shall be determined by the board based upon the number of
			 applications received by the board. The board shall offer qualifying
			 examinations at least once annually.
(C) Responsibility for filing an application
			 for examination is the responsibility of the applicant.
(D) The board shall send notification of
			 examination dates only to those individuals whose applications have been
			 received by the board prior to the examination date. Notification may be made by any method reasonably designed
			 to accurately inform the person including written and electronic
			 notice.
(E) An applicant
			 shall be assessed a fee not to exceed the actual cost to the board to retake
			 the written examination in its entirety, and a fee of seventy-five dollars to
			 retake the performance examination which shall be administered in its entirety
			 only.
(F) A person who has failed
			 to pass all sections of the written or the performance examination within three
			 attempts, shall be required to submit a new application for the examination and
			 retake the examination in its entirety.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				9/27/2022 and
				09/27/2027
Promulgated
				Under:
				119.03
Statutory Authority:
				4747.04
Rule Amplifies:
				4747.08
Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/1977, 04/15/1984, 02/15/1997,
				10/01/2000, 06/11/2017
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4747 - Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board › Chapter 4747-1 - General Provisions › Section 4747-1-10 - Reciprocity

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A license
			 issued to an individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation by
			 another state will not be honored in lieu of a license issued by the state of
			 Ohio. However, if an individual applicant has completed an examination equal or
			 superior to the Ohio examination, the board may waive or partially waive the
			 examination requirements for licensure in the state of Ohio.
(B) An applicant who passed the international
			 institute for hearing instruments sciences licensing examination in another
			 state by at least the minimum passing score required in Ohio, shall be
			 considered to have passed the written examination required by section
			 4747.08 of the Revised Code.
(C) An applicant who passed the
			 international institute for hearing instruments sciences practical examination
			 in another state by at least the minimum passing score required in Ohio, shall
			 be considered to have passed the practical examination required by section
			 4747.08 of the Revised Code.
(D) Violation of laws regulating
			 the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids in any other state by an individual,
			 firm, partnership, association or corporation licensed by this board while
			 visiting or residing in such other state, may be considered as a violation of
			 section 4747.12 of the Revised Code.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				9/27/2022 and
				09/27/2027
Promulgated
				Under:
				119.03
Statutory Authority:
				4747.04
Rule Amplifies:
				4747.04
Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/1977, 04/15/1984, 02/15/1997,
				06/01/2008