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(K) "Chief clinical officer" means the medical director of a

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hospital, or a community mental health agency, or a board of

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alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, or, if there

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is no medical director, the licensed physician responsible for the

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treatment a hospital or community mental health agency provides.

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The chief clinical officer may delegate to the attending physician

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responsible for a patient's care the duties imposed on the chief

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clinical officer by this chapter. Within a community mental health

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agency, the chief clinical officer shall be designated by the

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governing body of the agency and shall be a licensed physician or

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licensed clinical psychologist who supervises diagnostic and

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treatment services. A licensed physician or licensed clinical

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psychologist designated by the chief clinical officer may perform

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the duties and accept the responsibilities of the chief clinical

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officer in the chief clinical officer's absence.

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Sec. 4732.10. (A) The state board of psychology shall	7
appoint an entrance examiner who shall determine the sufficiency	8
of an applicant's qualifications for admission to the appropriate	9
examination.	10

(B) Requirements for admission to examination for a	11
psychologist license shall be that the applicant:	12

(3) Is a citizen of the United States or has legally declared	15
~~his~~the intention of becoming such;	16

(4) ~~Has received from~~Meets the requirements of division	17
(B)(4)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section:	18

(a) Received an earned doctoral degree from an institution	19
accredited or recognized by a national or regional accrediting	20
agency and a program accredited by any of the following:	21

Section 1. That sections 4723.10 and 5122.01 of the Revised	5
Code be amended to read as follows:	6

(i) The American psychological association, office of program	22
consultation and accreditation;	23

(ii) The accreditation office of the Canadian psychological	24
association;	25

(iii) A program listed by the association of state and	26
provincial psychology boards/national register designation	27
committee.	28

(b) Received from an academic institution outside of the	29
United States or Canada a degree determined, under rules adopted	30
by the board under division (E) of this section, to be equivalent	31
to a doctoral degree in psychology from a program described in	32
division (B)(4)(a) of this section;	33

(c) Held a psychologist license, certificate, or registration	34
required for practice in another United States or Canadian	35
jurisdiction for a minimum of ten years and meets educational,	36
experience, and professional requirements established under rules	37
adopted by the board.	38

(d) Enrolled, not later than sixty days after the effective	39
date of this amendment, in an educational institution accredited	40
or recognized by national or regional accrediting agencies as	41
maintaining satisfactory standards and not later than eight years	42
after the effective date of this amendment received an earned	43
doctoral degree in psychology, school psychology, or a doctoral	44
degree deemed equivalent by the board;.	45

(5) Has had at least two years of supervised professional	46
experience in psychological work of a type satisfactory to the	47
board~~, at least one year of which must be postdoctoral~~.	48

The board ~~shall maintain a record of each specific degree~~	49
~~program which it recognizes as acceptable for fulfilling the~~	50
~~requirement of division (B)(4) of this section and~~ shall adopt	51
guidelines for the kind of supervised professional experience	52
which fulfill the requirement of division (B)(5) of this section.	53

(C) Requirements for admission to examination for a school	54
psychologist license shall be that the applicant:	55

(5) Has completed at least sixty quarter hours, or the	66
semester hours equivalent, at the graduate level, of accredited	67
study in course work relevant to the study of school psychology;	68

(7) Furnishes proof of at least twenty-seven months,	75
exclusive of internship, of full-time experience as a certificated	76
school psychologist employed by a board of education or a private	77
school meeting the standards prescribed by the state board of	78
education, or of experience which the board deems equivalent.	79

Sec. 5122.01. As used in this chapter and Chapter 5119. of	87
the Revised Code:	88

(A) "Mental illness" means a substantial disorder of thought,	89
mood, perception, orientation, or memory that grossly impairs	90
judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to	91
meet the ordinary demands of life.	92

(1) Has received from an educational institution accredited	56
or recognized by national or regional accrediting agencies as	57
maintaining satisfactory standards, including those approved by	58
the state board of education for the training of school	59
psychologists, at least a master's degree in school psychology, or	60
a degree considered equivalent by the board;	61

(4) Is a citizen of the United States or has legally declared	64
~~his~~the intention of becoming such;	65

(6) Has completed an internship in an educational institution	69
approved by the Ohio department of education for school psychology	70
supervised experience or one year of other training experience	71
acceptable to the board, such as supervised professional	72
experience under the direction of a licensed psychologist or	73
licensed school psychologist;	74

(D) If the entrance examiner finds that the applicant meets	80
the requirements set forth in this section, the applicant shall be	81
admitted to the appropriate examination.	82

(E) The board shall adopt under Chapter 119. of the Revised	83
Code rules for determining for the purposes of division (B)(4)(b)	84
of this section whether a degree is equivalent to a degree in	85
psychology from an institution in the United States.	86

(B) "Mentally ill person subject to hospitalization by court	93
order" means a mentally ill person who, because of the person's	94
illness:	95

(1) Represents a substantial risk of physical harm to self as	96
manifested by evidence of threats of, or attempts at, suicide or	97
serious self-inflicted bodily harm;	98

(2) Represents a substantial risk of physical harm to others	99
as manifested by evidence of recent homicidal or other violent	100
behavior, evidence of recent threats that place another in	101
reasonable fear of violent behavior and serious physical harm, or	102
other evidence of present dangerousness;	103

(3) Represents a substantial and immediate risk of serious	104
physical impairment or injury to self as manifested by evidence	105
that the person is unable to provide for and is not providing for	106
the person's basic physical needs because of the person's mental	107
illness and that appropriate provision for those needs cannot be	108
made immediately available in the community; or	109

(4) Would benefit from treatment in a hospital for the	110
person's mental illness and is in need of such treatment as	111
manifested by evidence of behavior that creates a grave and	112
imminent risk to substantial rights of others or the person.	113

(C)(1) "Patient" means, subject to division (C)(2) of this	114
section, a person who is admitted either voluntarily or	115
involuntarily to a hospital or other place under section 2945.39,	116
2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code subsequent to a	117
finding of not guilty by reason of insanity or incompetence to	118
stand trial or under this chapter, who is under observation or	119
receiving treatment in such place.	120

(2) "Patient" does not include a person admitted to a	121
hospital or other place under section 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401,	122
or 2945.402 of the Revised Code to the extent that the reference	123
in this chapter to patient, or the context in which the reference	124
occurs, is in conflict with any provision of sections 2945.37 to	125
2945.402 of the Revised Code.	126

(D) "Licensed physician" means a person licensed under the	127
laws of this state to practice medicine or a medical officer of	128
the government of the United States while in this state in the	129
performance of the person's official duties.	130

(E) "Psychiatrist" means a licensed physician who has	131
satisfactorily completed a residency training program in	132
psychiatry, as approved by the residency review committee of the	133
American medical association, the committee on post-graduate	134
education of the American osteopathic association, or the American	135
osteopathic board of neurology and psychiatry, or who on July 1,	136
1989, has been recognized as a psychiatrist by the Ohio state	137
medical association or the Ohio osteopathic association on the	138
basis of formal training and five or more years of medical	139
practice limited to psychiatry.	140

(F) "Hospital" means a hospital or inpatient unit licensed by	141
the department of mental health under section 5119.20 of the	142
Revised Code, and any institution, hospital, or other place	143
established, controlled, or supervised by the department under	144
Chapter 5119. of the Revised Code.	145

(G) "Public hospital" means a facility that is tax-supported	146
and under the jurisdiction of the department of mental health.	147

(H) "Community mental health agency" means any agency,	148
program, or facility with which a board of alcohol, drug	149
addiction, and mental health services contracts to provide the	150
mental health services listed in section 340.09 of the Revised	151
Code.	152

(I) "Licensed clinical psychologist" means a person who holds	153
a current valid psychologist license issued under section 4732.12	154
or 4732.15 of the Revised Code, and in addition, meets either of	155
the following criteria:	156

(1) Meets the educational requirements set forth in division	157
(B) of section 4732.10 of the Revised Code and has a minimum of	158
two years' full-time professional experience, or the equivalent as	159
determined by rule of the state board of psychology~~, at least one~~	160
~~year of which shall be post-doctoral,~~ in clinical psychological	161
work in a public or private hospital or clinic or in private	162
practice, diagnosing and treating problems of mental illness or	163
mental retardation under the supervision of a psychologist who is	164
licensed or who holds a diploma issued by the American board of	165
professional psychology, or whose qualifications are substantially	166
similar to those required for licensure by the state board of	167
psychology when the supervision has occurred prior to enactment of	168
laws governing the practice of psychology;	169

(2) Meets the educational requirements set forth in division	170
(B) of section 4732.15 of the Revised Code and has a minimum of	171
four years' full-time professional experience, or the equivalent	172
as determined by rule of the state board of psychology, in	173
clinical psychological work in a public or private hospital or	174
clinic or in private practice, diagnosing and treating problems of	175
mental illness or mental retardation under supervision, as set	176
forth in division (I)(1) of this section.	177