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To amend section 4731.293 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
specify requirements for obtaining and renewing a | 2 |
clinical research faculty certificate. | 3 |
Section 1. That section 4731.293 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
amended to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 4731.293. (A) The state medical board may issue, | 6 |
without examination, a | 7 |
certificate to any person who applies for the certificate and | 8 |
provides to the board all of the following: | 9 |
(1) Evidence satisfactory to the board of all of the | 10 |
following: | 11 |
(a) That the applicant holds a current, unrestricted license | 12 |
to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and | 13 |
surgery issued by another state or country | 14 |
(b) That the applicant has been appointed to serve in this | 15 |
state on the academic staff of a medical school accredited by the | 16 |
liaison committee on medical education or an osteopathic medical | 17 |
school accredited by the American osteopathic association; | 18 |
(c) That the applicant will be permitted to work only under | 19 |
the authority of the department director or chairperson of a | 20 |
teaching hospital affiliated with the school where the applicant's | 21 |
teaching and research activities will occur; | 22 |
(d) That the school or teaching hospital has determined that | 23 |
the applicant is qualified to perform teaching and research | 24 |
activities. | 25 |
(2) A description from the school or teaching hospital of the | 26 |
scope of practice in which the applicant will be involved, | 27 |
including the types of teaching, research, and procedures in which | 28 |
the applicant will be engaged; | 29 |
(3) A description of the type and amount of patient contact | 30 |
that will occur in connection with the applicant's teaching and | 31 |
research activities. | 32 |
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(B) An applicant for | 35 |
research faculty certificate
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hundred seventy-five dollars.
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(C) The holder of a | 41 |
faculty certificate may practice medicine and surgery or | 42 |
osteopathic medicine and surgery only as is incidental to the | 43 |
certificate holder's teaching or research duties at the school or | 44 |
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board may revoke a certificate on receiving proof satisfactory to | 46 |
the board that the certificate holder | 47 |
engaged in practice in this state outside the scope of the | 48 |
certificate or that there are grounds for action against the | 49 |
certificate holder under section 4731.22 of the Revised Code. | 50 |
(D) A | 51 |
is valid for
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that the certificate ceases to be valid if the holder's | 53 |
appointment to the academic staff of the school is no longer | 54 |
valid. | 55 |
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faculty certificate may be renewed for an additional three-year | 62 |
period. There is no limit on the number of times a certificate may | 63 |
be renewed. A person seeking renewal of a certificate shall apply | 64 |
to the board and is eligible for renewal if the applicant does all | 65 |
of the following: | 66 |
(1) Pays a renewal fee of three hundred seventy-five dollars; | 67 |
(2) Provides to the board an affidavit and supporting | 68 |
documentation from the dean of the medical school or the | 69 |
department director or chairperson of a teaching hospital | 70 |
affiliated with the school that the applicant is in compliance | 71 |
with the applicant's current clinical research faculty | 72 |
certificate; | 73 |
(3) Provides evidence satisfactory to the board of all of the | 74 |
following: | 75 |
(a) That the applicant continues to maintain a current, | 76 |
unrestricted license to practice medicine and surgery or | 77 |
osteopathic medicine and surgery issued by another state or | 78 |
country; | 79 |
(b) That the applicant's initial appointment to serve in this | 80 |
state on the academic staff of a medical school is still valid or | 81 |
has been renewed; | 82 |
(c) That the applicant has satisfied the same continuing | 83 |
medical education requirements set forth in section 4731.281 of | 84 |
the Revised Code that apply to a person who holds a certificate to | 85 |
practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery | 86 |
issued under this chapter. | 87 |
(F) The board shall maintain a register of all persons who | 88 |
hold clinical research faculty certificates. | 89 |
(G) The board may adopt any rules it considers necessary to | 90 |
implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance | 91 |
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 92 |
Section 2. That existing section 4731.293 of the Revised | 93 |
Code is hereby repealed. | 94 |