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| To enact sections 4715.70, 4731.37, 4732.32, 4743.10, | 1 |
| 4753.20, 4755.69, 4757.50, and 4759.15 of the | 2 |
| Revised Code to require that the Ohio eLicense | 3 |
| Center web site include information submitted by | 4 |
| certain health professionals to their licensing | 5 |
| boards regarding the characteristics of their | 6 |
| professional practices. | 7 |
| Section 1. That sections 4715.70, 4731.37, 4732.32, 4743.10, | 8 |
| 4753.20, 4755.69, 4757.50, and 4759.15 of the Revised Code be | 9 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 10 |
| Sec. 4715.70. The state dental board, when issuing or | 11 |
| renewing a dentist license, shall comply with section 4743.10 of | 12 |
| the Revised Code. | 13 |
| Sec. 4731.37. The state medical board, when issuing or | 14 |
| renewing a certificate to practice medicine and surgery, | 15 |
| osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and | 16 |
| surgery, shall comply with section 4743.10 of the Revised Code. | 17 |
| Sec. 4732.32. The state board of psychology, when issuing or | 18 |
| renewing a psychologist or school psychologist license, shall | 19 |
| comply with section 4743.10 of the Revised Code. | 20 |
| Sec. 4743.10. (A) As used in this section: | 21 |
| (1) "Health professional" means each of the following: | 22 |
| (a) Physician; | 23 |
| (b) Dentist; | 24 |
| (c) Psychologist; | 25 |
| (d) School psychologist; | 26 |
| (e) Professional clinical counselor; | 27 |
| (f) Professional counselor; | 28 |
| (g) Independent social worker; | 29 |
| (h) Social worker; | 30 |
| (i) Independent marriage and family therapist; | 31 |
| (j) Marriage and family therapist; | 32 |
| (k) Occupational therapist; | 33 |
| (l) Physical therapist; | 34 |
| (m) Speech-language pathologist; | 35 |
| (n) Audiologist; | 36 |
| (o) Dietitian. | 37 |
| (2) "Licensing board" means each of the following: | 38 |
| (a) State medical board; | 39 |
| (b) State dental board; | 40 |
| (c) State board of psychology; | 41 |
| (d) Counselor, social worker, and marriage and family | 42 |
| therapist board; | 43 |
| (e) Occupational therapy section and physical therapy section | 44 |
| of the Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic | 45 |
| trainers board; | 46 |
| (f) Board of speech-language pathology and audiology; | 47 |
| (g) Ohio board of dietetics. | 48 |
| (3) "License," in the case of a physician, means a | 49 |
| certificate to practice. | 50 |
| (4) "Physician" means an individual who holds a license | 51 |
| issued by the state medical board to practice medicine and | 52 |
| surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine | 53 |
| and surgery. | 54 |
| (5) "School psychologist" means an individual who holds a | 55 |
| license as a school psychologist issued by the state psychology | 56 |
| board. | 57 |
| (B)(1) A licensing board shall require an applicant for an | 58 |
| initial or renewed license as a health professional issued by that | 59 |
| board to specify on the application which of the following the | 60 |
| applicant intends to do during the licensing period: | 61 |
| (a) To practice within the applicant's scope of practice in a | 62 |
| general manner; | 63 |
| (b) To practice within the applicant's scope of practice by | 64 |
| incorporating unique professional practice characteristics; | 65 |
| (c) To maintain a license but not practice. | 66 |
| (2) If an applicant specifies an intent to practice by | 67 |
| incorporating unique professional practice characteristics, the | 68 |
| board shall require the applicant to submit information that | 69 |
| identifies those characteristics. | 70 |
| (C) For the purpose of obtaining uniform information from | 71 |
| health professionals under division (B)(2) of this section, a | 72 |
| licensing board shall establish categories of unique professional | 73 |
| practice characteristics. If more than one type of health | 74 |
| professional is under the licensing board's jurisdiction, the | 75 |
| board shall establish categories that apply specifically to each | 76 |
| type of health professional. | 77 |
| In establishing categories of unique professional practice | 78 |
| characteristics, a licensing board may elect to use any or all of | 79 |
| the following: | 80 |
| (1) Specialty certifications obtained from private | 81 |
| certification agencies; | 82 |
| (2) Areas of concentration; | 83 |
| (3) Areas of special interest; | 84 |
| (4) Areas of particular experience or focused competency; | 85 |
| (5) Areas included within the health professional's scope of | 86 |
| practice that the professional excludes from the professional's | 87 |
| practice; | 88 |
| (6) Formats of practice that are based on individual or group | 89 |
| treatment; | 90 |
| (7) Age-specific areas of practice that are based on any or | 91 |
| all of the following age groups: | 92 |
| (a) Birth to three years of age; | 93 |
| (b) Four to eleven years of age; | 94 |
| (c) Twelve to eighteen years of age; | 95 |
| (d) Nineteen to sixty-four years of age; | 96 |
| (e) Sixty-five years of age and older. | 97 |
| (8) Any other category that may be relevant to the practice | 98 |
| of the health professionals under the licensing board's | 99 |
| jurisdiction. | 100 |
| (D) Not later than sixty days after issuing or renewing a | 101 |
| license, the appropriate licensing board shall submit the | 102 |
| information it receives from an applicant under this section to | 103 |
| the office of information technology in the department of | 104 |
| administrative services. On receipt of the information, the office | 105 |
| of information technology shall promptly post the information on | 106 |
| the internet web site it maintains as the Ohio elicense center. | 107 |
| The office shall post the information in such a manner that any | 108 |
| person who visits the web site will be readily aware of the | 109 |
| presence of the information and capable of accessing the | 110 |
| information with ease. | 111 |
| (E) All of the following apply with respect to the | 112 |
| information posted on the Ohio elicense center under this section: | 113 |
| (1) The information shall be used solely for purposes of | 114 |
| assisting the public in locating appropriate health care services | 115 |
| and assisting health professionals in making patient referrals to | 116 |
| other health professionals. | 117 |
| (2) The information does not bar the health professional from | 118 |
| engaging in activities within the professional's scope of practice | 119 |
| that are not specified in the information or do not conform to the | 120 |
| information. | 121 |
| (3) The information does not create more or less liability | 122 |
| for the health professional in the provision of health care | 123 |
| services. | 124 |
| (4) The information does not alter the standard of care that | 125 |
| applies to the health professional in the provision of health care | 126 |
| services. | 127 |
| Sec. 4753.20. The board of speech-language pathology and | 128 |
| audiology, when issuing or renewing a speech-language pathologist | 129 |
| or audiologist license, shall comply with section 4743.10 of the | 130 |
| Revised Code. | 131 |
| Sec. 4755.69. The appropriate section of the Ohio | 132 |
| occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers | 133 |
| board, when issuing or renewing an occupational therapist or | 134 |
| physical therapist license, shall comply with section 4743.10 of | 135 |
| the Revised Code. | 136 |
| Sec. 4757.50. The counselor, social worker, and marriage and | 137 |
| family therapist board, when issuing or renewing a professional | 138 |
| clinical counselor, professional counselor, independent social | 139 |
| worker, social worker, independent marriage and family therapist, | 140 |
| or marriage and family therapist license, shall comply with | 141 |
| section 4743.10 of the Revised Code. | 142 |
| Sec. 4759.15. The Ohio board of dietetics, when issuing or | 143 |
| renewing a dietitian license, shall comply with section 4743.10 of | 144 |
| the Revised Code. | 145 |