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| To amend section 4731.36 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| authorize a licensed physician from another state | 2 |
| to provide medical services to an out-of-state | 3 |
| athletic team and accompanying individuals when | 4 |
| the team is participating in a sporting event in | 5 |
| Ohio. | 6 |
| Section 1. That section 4731.36 of the Revised Code be | 7 |
| amended to read as follows: | 8 |
| Sec. 4731.36. (A) Sections 4731.01 to 4731.47 of the Revised | 9 |
| Code shall not prohibit service in case of emergency, domestic | 10 |
| administration of family remedies, or provision of assistance to | 11 |
| another individual who is self-administering drugs. | 12 |
| Sections 4731.01 to 4731.47 of the Revised Code shall not | 13 |
| apply to any of the following: | 14 |
| (1) A commissioned medical officer of the United States armed | 15 |
| forces, as defined in section 5903.11 of the Revised Code, or an | 16 |
| employee of the veterans administration of the United States or | 17 |
| the United States public health service in the discharge of the | 18 |
| officer's or employee's professional duties; | 19 |
| (2) A dentist authorized under Chapter 4715. of the Revised | 20 |
| Code to practice dentistry when engaged exclusively in the | 21 |
| practice of dentistry or when administering anesthetics in the | 22 |
| practice of dentistry; | 23 |
| (3) A physician or surgeon in another state or territory who | 24 |
| is a legal practitioner of medicine or surgery therein when | 25 |
| providing consultation to an individual holding a certificate to | 26 |
| practice issued under this chapter who is responsible for the | 27 |
| examination, diagnosis, and treatment of the patient who is the | 28 |
| subject of the consultation, if one of the following applies: | 29 |
| (a) The physician or surgeon does not provide consultation in | 30 |
| this state on a regular or frequent basis. | 31 |
| (b) The physician or surgeon provides the consultation | 32 |
| without compensation of any kind, direct or indirect, for the | 33 |
| consultation. | 34 |
| (c) The consultation is part of the curriculum of a medical | 35 |
| school or osteopathic medical school of this state or a program | 36 |
| described in division (A)(2) of section 4731.291 of the Revised | 37 |
| Code. | 38 |
| (4) A physician or surgeon in another state or territory who | 39 |
| is a legal practitioner of medicine or surgery therein and | 40 |
| provided services to a patient in that state or territory, when | 41 |
| providing, not later than one year after the last date services | 42 |
| were provided in another state or territory, follow-up services in | 43 |
| person or through the use of any communication, including oral, | 44 |
| written, or electronic communication, in this state to the patient | 45 |
| for the same condition; | 46 |
| (5) A physician or surgeon residing on the border of a | 47 |
| contiguous state and authorized under the laws thereof to practice | 48 |
| medicine and surgery therein, whose practice extends within the | 49 |
| limits of this state. Such practitioner shall not either in person | 50 |
| or through the use of any communication, including oral, written, | 51 |
| or electronic communication, open an office or appoint a place to | 52 |
| see patients or receive calls within the limits of this state. | 53 |
| (6) A board, committee, or corporation engaged in the conduct | 54 |
| described in division (A) of section 2305.251 of the Revised Code | 55 |
| when acting within the scope of the functions of the board, | 56 |
| committee, or corporation; | 57 |
| (7) The conduct of an independent review organization | 58 |
| accredited by the superintendent of insurance under section | 59 |
| 3901.80 of the Revised Code for the purpose of external reviews | 60 |
| conducted under sections 1751.84, 1751.85, 3923.67, 3923.68, | 61 |
| 3923.76, and 3923.77 of the Revised Code. | 62 |
| (B)(1) Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, this | 63 |
| chapter does not apply to a physician licensed under the laws of | 64 |
| another state to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic | 65 |
| medicine and surgery when the physician, pursuant to a written | 66 |
| agreement with an athletic team from another state, provides | 67 |
| medical services to either of the following while the team is | 68 |
| traveling to or from or participating in a sporting event in this | 69 |
| state: | 70 |
| (a) A member of the athletic team; | 71 |
| (b) An individual accompanying the athletic team. | 72 |
| (2) In providing medical services pursuant to division (B)(1) | 73 |
| of this section, the physician shall not provide medical services | 74 |
| at a health care facility, including a hospital, an ambulatory | 75 |
| surgical facility, or any other facility in which medical care, | 76 |
| diagnosis, or treatment is provided on an inpatient or outpatient | 77 |
| basis. | 78 |
| (C) Sections 4731.51 to 4731.61 of the Revised Code do not | 79 |
| apply to any graduate of a podiatric school or college while | 80 |
| performing those acts that may be prescribed by or incidental to | 81 |
| participation in an accredited podiatric internship, residency, or | 82 |
| fellowship program situated in this state approved by the state | 83 |
| medical board. | 84 |
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| complies with Chapter 4762. of the Revised Code. | 86 |
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| drugs by any of the following: | 88 |
| (1) An individual who is licensed or otherwise specifically | 89 |
| authorized by the Revised Code to administer drugs; | 90 |
| (2) An individual who is not licensed or otherwise | 91 |
| specifically authorized by the Revised Code to administer drugs, | 92 |
| but is acting pursuant to the rules for delegation of medical | 93 |
| tasks adopted under section 4731.053 of the Revised Code; | 94 |
| (3) An individual specifically authorized to administer drugs | 95 |
| pursuant to a rule adopted under the Revised Code that is in | 96 |
| effect on the effective date of this amendment, as long as the | 97 |
| rule remains in effect, specifically authorizing an individual to | 98 |
| administer drugs. | 99 |
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| (5) of this section do not apply to a physician or surgeon whose | 101 |
| certificate to practice issued under this chapter is under | 102 |
| suspension or has been revoked or permanently revoked by action of | 103 |
| the state medical board. | 104 |
| Section 2. That existing section 4731.36 of the Revised Code | 105 |
| is hereby repealed. | 106 |