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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-11 - Certification of Registration; Continuing Education › Section 4736-11-02 - Individual continuing education course approval requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Registrants who
			 attend or view a continuing education course which was not given as part of an
			 approved training agency's curriculum or that has not been pre-approved by the
			 board may be submitted to the board for review. The course must be submitted on
			 form(s) prescribed by the board.
(B)
								The registrant
			 shall provide the following information to the board for consideration:
(1)
									The name, mailing
			 address, phone, email address, signature and date of the individual requesting
			 the course review;
(2)
									The number of hours being requested for attending the
			 course;
(3)
									The course title, location, date and instructor
			 information;
(4)
									The relevancy to the practice of environmental health
			 and the educational benefits the registrant gained by
			 attending;
(5)
									The applicable subject matter category;
(6)
									A copy of the
			 course agenda/itinerary complete with times for each portion of the program and
			 any lunch or breaks that were taken or a copy of the course syllabus or catalog
			 description; and
(7)
									Verification of attendance.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-11 - Certification of Registration; Continuing Education › Section 4736-11-03 - Continuing education requirements for renewal

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 Registrants must
			 complete eighteen clock hours of board approved continuing education courses
			 each year to be eligible to renew their certificate of
			 registration.
(B)
								 Courses of study or programs of instruction offered to
			 meet the continuing education requirements for the annual renewal of an
			 individuals certificate of registration shall be board approved and in the
			 following subject areas:
(1)
									 Diseases and injuries caused by environmental factors
			 and the applicable prevention techniques.
(2)
									 Administrative
			 law and process.
(3)
									 The utilization of resources in the collection,
			 arrangement, and interpretation of data.
(4)
									 Environmental
			 health administration.
(5)
									 New or substantially revised environmental health
			 laws, rules and process.
(6)
									 Functional fields of environmental health to include
			 air quality, food quality and protection, hazardous and toxic substances,
			 consumer product safety, housing, institutional health and safety, community
			 noise control, radiation protection, bioterrorism, recreational facilities,
			 solid, infectious and liquid waste management, vector control, drinking water
			 quality, milk sanitation, rabies control, land use and occupational health and
			 safety.
(7)
									 Environmental health planning or emergency
			 preparedness.
(8)
									 Communication skills.
(9)
									 Organization or
			 program management courses.
(10)
									 Computer skills
			 development and functional utilization.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-11 - Certification of Registration; Continuing Education › Section 4736-11-04 - Training agency registration and approval

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A training agency must be approved by
				the board prior to submitting requests for the approval of
				coursework.
(A)
								To register as a training agency, the agency shall make
			 application on form(s) prescribed by the board and include the initial
			 application fee of fifty-four dollars. This fee is non-refundable and
			 non-transferable.
(B)
								The application for training agency approval must
			 include:
(1)
									
			 The agency name, address, phone and email addresses;
(2)
									The agency or
			 organization mission or purpose; and
(3)
									Signature and
			 date of the contact person for the agency.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-11 - Certification of Registration; Continuing Education › Section 4736-11-05 - Training agency course approval requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Prior to the date
			 the course or program is initially being offered, the training agency shall
			 submit the request on form(s) prescribed by the board.
(B)
								The training
			 agency shall provide the following information to the board for
			 consideration:
(1)
									The agency name, contact person name, mailing address,
			 phone, email address, signature and date of the agency requesting the course
			 review:
(2)
									The number of hours being requested for
			 attendees;
(3)
									The course title, type, location, date(s) and
			 instructor(s) qualification(s);
(4)
									A description of
			 the course objectives and educational outcomes expected for
			 attendees;
(5)
									A copy of the course agenda/itinerary complete with
			 times for each portion of the program and any lunch or breaks that are to be
			 provided for attendees;
(6)
									Brief biographical information on the
			 speakers/presenters for the program; and
(7)
									Within thirty
			 days of program completion, a roster of attendees and the number of hours each
			 attendee earned must be submitted to the board via mail, email, or
			 fax.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-12 - Annual Renewal of Registration › Section 4736-12-01 - Requirements for certificate of registration renewal

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Registrants shall apply annually for
			 certificate of registration renewal.
(1)
			 Renewals shall be mailed to registrants no later than thirty days prior to the
			 annual expiration date of a registrant's current certificate of
			 registration.
(2) A registration
			 expires by operation of law at the end of the specified one year period, after
			 which reinstatement, in accordance with rule 4736-7-03
			 of the Administrative Code is required.
			 Registrants may not practice environmental health once a certificate of
			 registration expires until it is reinstated by the board.
(3) The following items are required to
			 reinstate a registration during the first thirty days following the expiration
			 of a certificate of registration:
(a) The fee
			 prescribed in section
			  4736.12  of the Revised Code,
			 including the late fee as provided in division (A)(6) of that
			 section;
(b) Proof of at least
			 eighteen hours of board approved continuing education in the twelve months
			 prior to the expiration date of the certificate of registration; and
(c) Completed renewal application.
(4)
									To reinstate
			 a certificate of registration that had been expired for more than thirty days
			 refer to rule 4736-7-03 of  the Administrative Code.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-12 - Annual Renewal of Registration › Section 4736-12-02 - Fees

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Fees charged by the board are specified
				in section  4736.12  of the Revised Code. All
				fees collected by the board are nonrefundable and nontransferable.
Replaces: 4736-12-02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-13 - Revocation of Registration › Section 4736-13-01 - Denial, suspension or revocation of registration

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The state board of sanitarian
			 registration may deny, refuse to renew, revoke or suspend a certificate of
			 registration in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for
			 the following reasons:
(1)
									 Unprofessional
			 conduct.
(2)
									 The practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining a
			 certificate of registration.
(3)
									 Dereliction of
			 duty.
(4)
									 Incompetence in the practice of environmental health
			 science.
(5)
									 For other good and sufficient cause.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-14 - Reciprocity › Section 4736-14-01 - Reciprocity

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The board may, upon application and proof of valid
				registration, issue a certificate of registration to any person who is or has
				been registered as a sanitarian by any other state provided:
(A) That the requirements of that other state
			 at the time of initial registration in that state are determined by the board
			 to be at least equivalent to the requirements of Chapter 4736. of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) That the other state
			 affords reciprocity to the registered sanitarians of this state.
(C) That the applicant has not previously
			 been denied a certificate of registration by the board.
(D) That the applicant has not had a
			 certificate of registration revoked by the board.
(E) That the applicant has not had a
			 certificate of registration revoked by another state.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				02/09/2012 and
				06/01/2016
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4736.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 4736.14
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/30/1978, 09/15/1989, 06/01/1998
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-15 - Sanitarian-In-Training › Section 4736-15-01 - Use of registered sanitarian and sanitarian-in-training designation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The recipients
			 of a certificate of registered sanitarian may use the appropriate registration
			 designation following their name. The abbreviation "R.S." may be used in place
			 of the words "Registered Sanitarian."
(B) The recipients of a certificate of
			 sanitarian-in-training may use the appropriate registration designation
			 following their name. The abbreviation "S.I.T." may be used in place of the
			 words "Sanitarian-in-Training."
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-15 - Sanitarian-In-Training › Section 4736-15-02 - Supervision and practice of a sanitarian-in-training

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A sanitarian-in-training may engage in
			 the practice of environmental health provided the sanitarian-in-training is
			 supervised by a registered sanitarian. Verification from the supervising registered sanitarian that
			 the sanitarian-in-training performed functions under the supervision of the
			 registered sanitarian shall be submitted to the board as part of the annual
			 renewal of the sanitarian-in-training. The board may also request a copy of the
			 sanitarian-in-training's monthly evaluation(s) as required in paragraph (D) of
			 this rule.
(B) The board shall
			 establish minimum supervisory activities for a registered sanitarian to use in
			 the evaluation of a sanitarian-in-training including
			 but not limited to:
(1)
									 Being available
			 for consultation on a daily basis;
(2)
									 Provide training
			 and technical advice;
(3)
									 Review and advise on enforcement proceedings in
			 programs specified by division (E) of section
			  4736.01  of the Revised
			 Code;
(4)
									 Evaluate the practice of environmental health
			 performed by the sanitarian-in-training at least once a month.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-15 - Sanitarian-In-Training › Section 4736-15-03 - Practice limitation for sanitarian-in-training

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A sanitarian-in-training may engage in
			 the practice of environmental health for a period not to exceed five years,
			 provided the sanitarian-in-training is supervised by a registered sanitarian.
(B) The five-year time limitation
			 commences once the sanitarian-in-training begins to engage in the practice of
			 environmental health full-time, part-time, or part-of-the-year and concludes
			 five years from that date unless the sanitarian-in-training ceases to engage in
			 the practice of environmental health during an entire renewal period.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-16 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 4736-16-02 - 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 agency shall do
				the following:
(A) Criteria for
			 accessing confidential personal information. Personal information systems of
			 the agency are managed on a "need-to-know" basis whereby the information owner
			 determines the level of access required for an employee of the agency to
			 fulfill his/her job duties. The determination of access to confidential
			 personal information shall be approved by  the information owner prior to providing the
			 employee with access to confidential personal information within a personal
			 information system. The agency 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 agency, the agency 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 agency has no confidential personal information about
			 the individual that is responsive to the individual's
			 request.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-16 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 4736-16-03 - 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 sanitarian
				registration board's exercise of its powers or duties, for which only employees
				of the agency may access confidential personal information (CPI) regardless of
				whether the personal information system is a manual system or computer
				system:
(A) Performing the following
			 functions constitute valid reasons for authorized employees of the agency to
			 access confidential personal information:
(1)
			 Responding to a public records request;
(2) Responding to a request from an
			 individual for the list of CPI the agency maintains on that
			 individual;
(3) Administering a
			 constitutional provision or duty;
(4) Administering a statutory provision or
			 duty;
(5) Administering an
			 administrative rule provision or duty;
(6) Complying with any state or federal
			 program requirements;
(7)
			 Processing or payment of claims or otherwise administering a program with
			 individual participants or beneficiaries;
(8) Auditing purposes;
(9) Licensure [or permit, eligibility,
			 filing, etc.] processes;
(10)
			 Investigation or law enforcement purposes;
(11) Administrative hearings;
(12) Litigation, complying with an order of
			 the court, or subpoena;
(13) Human
			 resource matters (e.g., hiring, promotion, demotion, discharge,
			 salary/compensation issues, leave requests/issues, time card
			 approvals/issues);
(14) Complying
			 with an executive order or policy;
(15) Complying with an agency 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
(16) Complying with a collective
			 bargaining agreement provision; or
(17)
									Supervising the work of another
			 employee.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-16 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 4736-16-04 - Confidentiality statutes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following federal statutes or regulations or state
				statutes,
								
				administrative rules, and case law make personal
				information maintained by the agency confidential and identify the confidential
				personal information within the scope of rules promulgated by this agency in
				accordance with section
				 1347.15  of the Revised
				Code:
(A) Social security numbers:
			  5 U.S.C. 552a., "State ex rel
			 Beacon Journal v. Akron (1994), 70 Ohio St. 3d 605," unless the
			 individual was told that the number would be disclosed.
(B) Medical records submitted with requests
			 for testing accommodations and/or continuing education waiver requests:
			 section
			  149.43  of the Revised Code and
			 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Title II
			   45 CFR 160, 42  USC
			 1320.
(C) College and university transcripts:
			 Family Education Rights and Privacy Act,   34 CFR Part 99.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4736 - State Board of Sanitarian Engineers › Chapter 4736-17 - Military and Veterans › Section 4736-17-01 - Registration for Current and Former Servicemen & Servicewomen

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 Definition & eligibility for registration.
"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.
In accordance with section
				 5903.03  of the Revised Code, a
				veteran or member of the armed forces may submit documentation for the board's
				consideration to demonstrate that the applicant's military education, training
				and/or service is substantially equivalent to the educational and/or experience
				requirements for registration as a sanitarian or sanitarian in
				training.
(B)
								 License renewal.
(1)
									 In accordance
			 with section  5903.10  of the Revised Code, a
			 registrant whose registration expired due to their service in the armed forces
			 of the United States or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United
			 States, including the Ohio national guard or the national guard of any other
			 state, shall be eligible for renewal of the expired registration in accordance
			 with section  4736.11  of the Revised Code and
			 rules 4736-12-01 and  4736-12-02 of  the Administrative Code, if the following conditions are met:
(a)
										 The registrant
			 presents the board with satisfactory evidence that, not more than six months
			 prior to the date the evidence is submitted to the board, the registrant was
			 honorably discharged or separated under honorable conditions;
(b)
										 The registrant
			 meets the requirements for renewal required by section
			  4736.11  of the Revised Code and
			 rules 4736-12-01 and  4736-22-02 of  the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-01 - Veterinary technician duties, registration and continuing education requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
"Registered veterinary technician" is a person who holds a
				registration certificate issued by the Ohio veterinary medical licensing board.
				The registered veterinary technician activities and duties must in all ways be
				compatible with Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code.
(A) A person desiring to be registered as a
			 registered veterinary technician  shall deliver to the board the
			 following:
(1) A completed application
			 prescribed by the board;
(2) A transcript
			 showing satisfactory proof that the applicant has graduated from a board
			 approved veterinary technology program or a certificate of successful
			 completion of the American association of veterinary state boards program for
			 the assessment of veteirnary education equivalence for veterinary
			 technicians;
(3) A registration fee
			 as prescribed in Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code;
(4) A
			 passing score of four hundred twenty-five or a converted score of seventy-five
			 on the veterinary technician national examination (VTNE).
(5)
									If the applicant
			 is applying from another state or jurisdiction, verification of a license or
			 certificate in good standing must also be submitted.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-02 - Specialist

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Application: A
			 person wishing to be registered as a "specialist" in a veterinary specialty
			 shall make application upon a form provided by the state veterinary medical
			 licensing board and shall provide all required credentials with said
			 application. The licensing board, after consideration of the application and
			 credentials, may 
								register the applicant as a
			 "specialist" in the veterinary specialty stated, for purposes of practice in
			 Ohio.
"Specialties" shall be those currently recognized by the
				American board of veterinary specialties. A current list of licensing board
				approved specialties will be maintained in the licensing board office.
(B) Prohibitions: Veterinarians
			 licensed to practice in this state may not represent themselves as specialists
			 until they have met the requirements of a specialty board or college recognized
			 by the American board of veterinary specialties. Interns, residents and board
			 qualified veterinarians are not considered specialists until they have met the
			 specific requirements, passed all tests and received certification from a
			 specialty organization as stated in paragraph (A) of this rule.
Any diplomate of a specialty recognized by the American board
				of veterinary specialties must notify the licensing board office within thirty
				days of failure to maintain current diplomate status, at which time the
				specialty license will be declared null and void.
No veterinarian shall use the title of "specialist" or
				represent himself or herself as a specialist unless registered by the state
				veterinary medical licensing board pursuant to division (C) of section
				4741.01 and division (D) of
				section 4741.19 of the Revised Code and
				rule 4741-1-02 of the Administrative Code. Violation of this prohibition shall
				be grounds for the suspension or revocation of any license or permit issued by
				the board.
Effective: 5/14/2018
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 2/6/2022
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03(C)(9)
Rule Amplifies:
				4741.19(D)
Prior Effective Dates: 03/30/1979, 05/23/1996, 07/27/2001,
				11/15/2007
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-03 - Minimum standards for stationary veterinary facilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) All stationary
			 facilities.
A stationary facility is a fixed facility established to
				provide examination, diagnosis, and health maintenance to animals.
				Practitioners maintaining a stationary facility shall comply with the standards
				contained in this rule. All stationary veterinary facilities must comply with
				local, state, and federal laws regarding health, safety, sanitation, zoning,
				and building code requirements, including, but not limited to:
(1) The exterior of the facility shall be
			 clean and in good repair, and surrounding grounds must be clean,
			 well-maintained, and reasonably free from hazards, pests and vectors;
(2) All interior areas of the facility shall
			 be clean, orderly, well-ventilated, well-lit, and free from hazards;
(3) All facilities shall provide and maintain
			 the following equipment: oxygen delivery system, otoscope, ophthalmoscope,
			 stethoscope, thermometer, microscope, centrifuge, refrigeration, appropriate
			 means of sterilization, adequate method of storage and disposal of remains of
			 deceased animals, appropriate method of determining animal weight, adequate
			 means of restraint, emergency drugs and supplies, telephone or wireless
			 communication system, electricity, and hot and cold running water.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-04 - Examination

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
To apply for licensure as a veterinarian, the applicant
				
				must:
(A) Complete an application
			 prescribed by the board;
(B)
			 Provide proof of graduation from a veterinary college approved by the state
			 veterinary medical licensing board or accredited by the American veterinary
			 medical association or has been issued a certificate on or after May 1, 1987,
			 by the education commission for foreign veterinary graduates of the American
			 veterinary medical association or by the program for the assessment of
			 veterinary education equivalence of the American association of veterinary
			 state boards.
(C) Have achieved a
			 score of at least seventy-five on both the "National Board of Veterinary
			 Medicine" examination and the "Clinical competency test" or on the "North
			 American veterinary licensing examination" to be eligible for licensure. There
			 is no restriction on the number of times an applicant may take the
			 aforementioned examination, but must apply for a subsequent examination and pay
			 the processing fee each time they apply.
(D) Submit to a criminal records check in
			 accordance with section
			 4741.10 of the Revised Code
			 within a year of requesting licensure. The criminal records check must be
			 completed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in which
			 the results indicate that the individual has not been convicted of, pleaded
			 guilty to, or had a judicial finding of guilty for any violation set forth in
			 section 4741.22 of the Revised Code.
(1) An applicant requesting a criminal
			 records check shall provide the bureau of criminal identification and
			 investigation with the applicant's name and address and with the Ohio
			 veterinary medical licensing board name and address.
(2) The applicant shall ask the
			 superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in
			 the request to obtain from the federal bureau of investigation any information
			 it has pertaining to the applicant.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-05 - Prescribing, administering, and dispensing drugs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) As used in this rule, "drug" is defined
			 in accordance with Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code.
(B) A licensed veterinarian may prescribe,
			 administer or dispense a drug or biologic only in those cases in which he or
			 she has a valid veterinary-client-patient relationship (VCPR).
(C) The licensed veterinarian must comply
			 with all applicable state and federal laws
								 and regulations in the prescribing,
			 administering and dispensing of drugs.
Effective: 9/1/2017
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 02/06/2017 and
				02/06/2022
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03(C)(9)
Rule Amplifies:
				4741.04,
				4741.22
Prior
				Effective Dates: 02/01/1980, 11/30/2001,
				11/15/2007
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-06 - Method of giving public notice

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Prior to the proposed adoption, amendment
			 or rescission of any rule by the state veterinary medical licensing board,
			 public notice thereof shall be given at least thirty days prior to the date set
			 for the public hearing thereon, by advertising in the Register of Ohio in
			 accordance with applicable state law.
(B) The board shall furnish the public notice
			 required under section
			 119.03 of the Revised Code and
			 as detailed by paragraph (A) of this rule to any person who requests notice in
			 writing .
Effective: 9/1/2017
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 02/06/2017 and
				02/06/2022
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 4741.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/24/83, 06/21/2002
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-07 - Approved veterinary and animal technology colleges

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A license to practice, or application for examination for
				licensure may not be granted until satisfactory proof has been furnished to the
				board that the applicant has graduated from an accredited college of veterinary
				medicine or a college approved by the licensing board. In addition to American
				veterinary medical association (AVMA) accredited veterinary programs, the board
				may approve a veterinary program which certifies to the satisfaction of the
				board that its veterinary medical degree program is comparable to those
				accredited by the AVMA.
The register of all colleges and universities that teach
				veterinary medicine or animal technology and are approved by the board shall be
				maintained in a form compatible with approved office procedures and in a manner
				readily available to the board and the public upon request.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				02/06/2017 and
				02/06/2022
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03(C)(5),
				4741.03(C)(9)
Rule Amplifies:
				4741.03(C)(5)
Prior Effective Dates: 06/01/1983, 7/27/2001,
				11/15/2007
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-08 - Mobile veterinary practices and mobile veterinary practice facilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A mobile
			 veterinary practice is a form of clinical veterinary practice for companion
			 animals other than a stationary practice, whether veterinarian or
			 non-veterinarian owned, that may be transported or moved from one location to
			 another for delivery of veterinary services.
(B) A mobile veterinary practice facility
			 provides medical and/or surgical services out of a vehicle modified to function
			 as a veterinary facility.
(C) A
			 mobile veterinary practice and mobile veterinary practice facility shall be
			 subject to board inspection and shall comply with the following standards:
(1) The practice shall have a permanent base
			 of operations with a published address and telephone number for making
			 appointments or responding to emergency situations;
(2) All equipment shall be clean, neat, and
			 in good repair;
(3) Equipment
			 appropriate for the procedures performed must be available as required by
			 paragraph (A) of rule
			 4741-1-03
			 of the Administrative Code;
(4) If
			 surgical procedures are performed, the requirements of paragraph (G) of rule
			 4741-1-03
			 of the Administrative Code must be met;
(5) Drugs and biologics must be maintained as
			 required in paragraph (E) of rule
			 4741-1-03
			 of the Administrative Code;
(6) All mobile
			 practices that are not extensions of a stationary veterinary facility shall
			 provide arrangements with a stationary veterinary facility in the general
			 vicinity for follow-up treatment if needed; and
(7) Records must comply
			 with rule
			 4741-1-21 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-09 - Euthanasia and disposal of animals

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A licensed veterinarian must make a
			 reasonable attempt to communicate with the animal's owner, agent of the owner
			 or person presenting the animal if the owner is unknown, prior to euthanasia or
			 disposal.
(B) Animals presented to
			 a licensed veterinarian with no known owner or agent may be treated or
			 euthanized or disposed of at the discretion of the attending
			 veterinarian.
(C) If the
			 veterinarian is unwilling or unable to comply with the euthanasia request of
			 the owner or agent, the animal must be released to the owner or agent
			 .
Effective: 9/1/2017
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 02/06/2017 and
				02/06/2022
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03(C)(9)
Rule Amplifies:
				4741.30
Prior
				Effective Dates: 03/19/1986, 11/20/2001,
				11/15/2007
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-10 - Minimum standards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The board shall, pursuant to section
				4741.22 of the Revised Code and
				to the extent permitted by law, take action against the license of any
				veterinarian or the registration of a veterinary technician for a departure
				from, or the failure to conform to, minimal standards of care of similar
				practitioners under the same or similar circumstances, whether or not actual
				injury to the patient is established.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				3/4/2019 and
				03/04/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03(C)(9)
Rule Amplifies:
				4741.22
Prior
				Effective Dates: 04/21/2009
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-11 - Form and content of continuing education hours

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Veterinarians
			 must report at least thirty hours of continuing education per renewal period. A
			 minimum of twenty hours must be approved medical programs and directly related
			 to the practice of veterinary medicine. No more than ten hours may be in
			 practice management/professional development.
Registered veterinary technicians must
				report at least ten hours of continuing education per renewal period. A minimum
				of six hours must be approved medical programs and directly related to the
				practice of veterinary medicine. No more than four hours may be in practice
				management/professional development.
Hours earned above the required hours
				during a renewal period may not be carried over into subsequent renewal
				periods.
(B)
								Programs, whether medical or practice
			 management/personal development in nature, from the following entities shall be
			 considered approved for continuing education hours:
(1)
									Programs of the
			 American veterinary medical association (AVMA), its constituent organizations
			 and its recognized specialty groups and accredited veterinary medical
			 institutions;
(2)
									Programs of state veterinary medical associations or
			 veterinary technician associations;
(3)
									Programs which
			 are approved by the registry of the approved continuing education (RACE) of the
			 American association of veterinary state boards (AAVSB); and
(4)
									Programs approved
			 by the board, not associated with the above entities.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-12 - Embryo transfer: definition and practice

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The practice of embryo transfer, as
			 defined in Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code, will, at certain stages, require
			 the services of a licensed veterinarian. Those stages may include, but are not
			 limited to:
(1) Any surgical procedure
			 performed for the purpose of embryo transfer; or
(2) The administration or dispensing of any
			 controlled or prescription substance as defined in Chapter 4729. of the Revised
			 Code, or in Chapter 4729. of the Administrative Code, or substances limited to
			 use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-13 - Livestock management practices

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A person may perform the following
			 livestock production activities: Acts of tagging, ear notching, hoof trimming,
			 deworming, branding, artificial insemination including semen collection,
			 preparation and freezing.
(B) An
			 owner's agent may perform the following accepted livestock production
			 activities with the advice and consent of a licensed veterinarian who has
			 provided training and oversight consistent with standard herd management
			 practices: castration, tail docking except for dairy
			 cattle, non-surgical dehorning, intravenous fluid administration,
			 pregnancy detection other than by rectal technique, medication and biological
			 administration, except for those prohibited by law, and phlebotomy.
(C) For the purpose of this rule, the
			 following definitions apply:
(1) "Livestock"
			 means an animal produced for fiber, food or other products for human
			 consumption.
(2) "Owner's agent"
			 includes a full-time, part-time or seasonal employee of the animal owner.
			 Owner's agent does not include independent or specialty contractors.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-14 - Animal aide duties

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) After appropriate training consistent
			 with generally accepted standards of veterinary medical practice, an animal
			 aide may under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian or registered
			 veterinary technician:
(1) Prepare patients,
			 instruments, equipment, and medications for surgery, exclusive of anesthetic
			 agents and controlled substances;
(2) Collect and prepare voided specimens and
			 perform laboratory procedures;
(3)
			 Administer topical, oral and subcutaneous medications exclusive of anesthetic
			 agents and controlled substances;
(4) Perform diagnostic radiographic
			 procedures.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-15 - Election of officers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The board shall consist of a president,
				 vice president,
				, secretary, and
				four
				members. All persons in succession to be president shall be licensed
				veterinarians. Whenever possible, the order of succession for veterinary
				members shall be from member to  vice
				president to president. The term of each officer shall be for one year. The board
				shall follow parliamentary procedure at all board meetings.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				02/06/2017 and
				02/06/2022
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 4741.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 5/23/1996, 11/20/2001,
				10/15/2012
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-17 - Home visits for companion animals

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A veterinary medical home visit occurs when the veterinary
				health care of companion animals is performed at a private residence.
(A) There must be a valid
			 veterinarian-client-patient relationship established. A physical examination
			 must be performed to establish a valid veterinary-client-patient
			 relationship.
(B) Procedures
			 requiring deep sedation or general anesthesia must be transported to a standing
			 or mobile facility that meets the requirements of rule
			 4741-1-03 of the Administrative
			 Code or rule
			 4741-1-08 of the Administrative
			 Code unless the sedation is part of the euthanasia process. Deep Sedation
			 allows purposeful response to repeated or painful stimulation only. General
			 anesthesia makes the patient unarousable even with painful
			 stimulation.
(C) Equipment must be
			 of the type and quality to provide for the delivery of basic veterinary medical
			 care.
(D) There must be proper
			 sterilization or sanitation of all equipment used in diagnosis and
			 treatment.
(E) All house call
			 veterinary practices that are not extensions of a fixed veterinary care
			 facility shall 
								provide the client with after
			 hours care and/or fixed location veterinary facility names and contact
			 information, which the client can refer to as necessary. The house call
			 veterinarian shall receive a general approval from the veteirnary facility to
			 refer future patients to their facility.
(F) All medical records shall be maintained
			 at a permanent facility in compliance with rule
			 4741-1-21 of the Administrative
			 Code. The client must be made aware of where the medical records will be
			 maintained and contact information via a printed form.
(G) The disposal of waste materials shall
			 comply with all applicable state, federal, and local laws and
			 regulations.
(H) All drugs and
			 biologicals shall be stored, maintained, administered, dispensed and prescribed
			 according to the manufacturer's recommendations and in compliance with state
			 and federal laws.
(I) Companion
			 animals shall have the same meaning as defined in section
			 959.131 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-19 - Veterinary student education

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A veterinary student shall have
			 successfully completed the initial year of study at an approved college of
			 veterinary medicine in order to perform the duties designated in division
			 (B)(1) of section 4741.19 of the Revised Code.
(B) A veterinary student
			 successfully enrolled in an approved college of veterinary medicine may perform
			 the duties designated in division (B)(2) of section
			 4741.19 of the Revised Code.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				02/06/2017 and
				02/06/2022
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4741.03,
				4741.19
Rule
				Amplifies: 4741.19
Prior
				Effective Dates: 5/23/1996, 11/20/2001,
				11/15/2007
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-20 - Livestock ambulatory units

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) An ambulatory unit for livestock practice
			 is a form of clinical veterinary practice driven from one location to another
			 for delivery of veterinary services.
(B) The ambulatory unit shall have a
			 permanent base of operations with a published address and telephone number for
			 making appointments or responding to emergency situations.
(C) Ambulatory units shall provide and
			 maintain the following equipment: stethoscope, thermometer,
			 
								proper storage of drugs and biologics, appropriate
			 means of sterilization, adequate means of restraint, emergency drugs and
			 supplies, instruments, gloves and surgical attire/equipment appropriate for
			 surgeries performed, and telephone or wireless communication system. All
			 equipment shall be clean, neat, and in good repair.
(D) If surgical procedures are performed, the
			 following standards must be met:
(1) All
			 surgeries shall be performed in accordance with accepted surgical
			 practice;
(2) A means for effective
			 sterilization of instruments shall be available;
(3) Lighting of sufficient power to assure
			 clear illumination of the surgical field shall be available; and
(4) Running water suitable for scrubbing and
			 other surgical preparation shall be available.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-21 - Recordkeeping

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A veterinarian
			 performing a physical examination, diagnosis, treatment or surgery on an animal
			 or group of animals shall prepare a written record or computer record
			 concerning the animals containing, at a minimum, the following information:
(1) Name, address, and telephone number of
			 owner;
(2) Identity of the animal,
			 herd, or flock;
(3) Except for
			 herds or flocks, the age, sex, color, and breed;
(4) Dates of examination, treatment and
			 surgery;
(5) Brief history of the
			 condition of each animal, litter, herd, or flock;
(6) Examination findings;
(7) Laboratory and radiographic tests
			 performed and reports;
(8)
			 Differential diagnosis;
(9)
			 Procedures performed/treatment given and results;
(10) Drugs (and their dosages
			 and routes of administration) administered,
			 dispensed, or prescribed;
(11)
			 Surgical procedures shall include a description of the procedure, the name of
			 the surgeon, the type of sedative/anesthetic agent used, the route of
			 administration and the dosage; and
(12) Anesthesia monitoring performed during
			 surgical procedures.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4741 - State Veterinary Medical Licensing Board › Chapter 4741-1 - General Provisions › Section 4741-1-22 - Vaccination clinics

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A veterinarian
			 participating in a vaccination clinic sponsored by a city or general health
			 district(s) shall maintain a copy of the vaccination record. The veterinarian
			 shall maintain a copy of the vaccination record for a period of the labeled
			 duration of the vaccination but not less than a period of three
			 years.