Sec. 4506.09. (A) The registrar of motor vehicles, subject | 11 |
to approval by the director of public safety, shall adopt rules | 12 |
conforming with applicable standards adopted by the federal motor | 13 |
carrier safety administration as regulations under Pub. L. No. | 14 |
103-272, 108 Stat. 1014 to 1029 (1994), 49 U.S.C.A. 31301 to | 15 |
31317. The rules shall establish requirements for the | 16 |
qualification and testing of persons applying for a commercial | 17 |
driver's license, which shall be in addition to other requirements | 18 |
established by this chapter. Except as provided in division (B) of | 19 |
this section, the highway patrol or any other employee of the | 20 |
department of public safety the registrar authorizes shall | 21 |
supervise and conduct the testing of persons applying for a | 22 |
commercial driver's license. | 23 |
(B) The director may adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter | 24 |
119. of the Revised Code and applicable requirements of the | 25 |
federal motor carrier safety administration, authorizing the | 26 |
skills test specified in this section to be administered by any | 27 |
person, by an agency of this or another state, or by an agency, | 28 |
department, or instrumentality of local government. Each party | 29 |
authorized under this division to administer the skills test may | 30 |
charge a maximum divisible fee of eighty-five dollars for each | 31 |
skills test given as part of a commercial driver's license | 32 |
examination. The fee shall consist of not more than twenty dollars | 33 |
for the pre-trip inspection portion of the test, not more than | 34 |
twenty dollars for the off-road maneuvering portion of the test, | 35 |
and not more than forty-five dollars for the on-road portion of | 36 |
the test. Each such party may require an appointment fee in the | 37 |
same manner provided in division (F)(2) of this section, except | 38 |
that the maximum amount such a party may require as an appointment | 39 |
fee is eighty-five dollars. The skills test administered by | 40 |
another party under this division shall be the same as otherwise | 41 |
would be administered by this state. The other party shall enter | 42 |
into an agreement with the director that, without limitation, does | 43 |
all of the following: | 44 |
(C) The director shall enter into an agreement with the | 67 |
department of education authorizing the skills test specified in | 68 |
this section to be administered by the department at any location | 69 |
operated by the department for purposes of training and testing | 70 |
school bus drivers, provided that the agreement between the | 71 |
director and the department complies with the requirements of | 72 |
division (B) of this section. Skills tests administered by the | 73 |
department shall be limited to persons applying for a commercial | 74 |
driver's license with a school bus endorsement. | 75 |
(1) At the time of applying, isHas been a member or | 115 |
uniformed employee of the armed forces of the United States or | 116 |
their reserve components, including the Ohio national guard, or | 117 |
separated from such service or employment within the preceding | 118 |
ninety daysthe Ohio military reserve, the Ohio naval militia, or | 119 |
the national guard of any other state; | 120 |
(2) The director may require an applicant for a commercial | 158 |
driver's license who schedules an appointment with the highway | 159 |
patrol or other authorized employee of the department of public | 160 |
safety to take all portions of the skills test, to pay an | 161 |
appointment fee of fifty dollars at the time of scheduling the | 162 |
appointment. If the applicant appears at the time and location | 163 |
specified for the appointment and takes all portions of the skills | 164 |
test during that appointment, the appointment fee shall serve as | 165 |
the skills test fee. If the applicant schedules an appointment to | 166 |
take all portions of the skills test and fails to appear at the | 167 |
time and location specified for the appointment, no portion of the | 168 |
appointment fee shall be refunded. If the applicant schedules an | 169 |
appointment to take all portions of the skills test and appears at | 170 |
the time and location specified for the appointment, but declines | 171 |
or is unable to take all portions of the skills test, no portion | 172 |
of the appointment fee shall be refunded. If the applicant cancels | 173 |
a scheduled appointment forty-eight hours or more prior to the | 174 |
time of the appointment time, the applicant shall not forfeit the | 175 |
appointment fee. | 176 |
An applicant for a commercial driver's license who schedules | 177 |
an appointment to take one or more, but not all, portions of the | 178 |
skills test shall be required to pay an appointment fee equal to | 179 |
the costs of each test scheduled, as prescribed in division (F)(1) | 180 |
of this section, when scheduling such an appointment. If the | 181 |
applicant appears at the time and location specified for the | 182 |
appointment and takes all the portions of the skills test during | 183 |
that appointment that the applicant was scheduled to take, the | 184 |
appointment fee shall serve as the skills test fee. If the | 185 |
applicant schedules an appointment to take one or more, but not | 186 |
all, portions of the skills test and fails to appear at the time | 187 |
and location specified for the appointment, no portion of the | 188 |
appointment fee shall be refunded. If the applicant schedules an | 189 |
appointment to take one or more, but not all, portions of the | 190 |
skills test and appears at the time and location specified for the | 191 |
appointment, but declines or is unable to take all portions of the | 192 |
skills test that the applicant was scheduled to take, no portion | 193 |
of the appointment fee shall be refunded. If the applicant cancels | 194 |
a scheduled appointment forty-eight hours or more prior to the | 195 |
time of the appointment time, the applicant shall not forfeit the | 196 |
appointment fee. | 197 |
(B) If an applicant fails to provide satisfactory proof of | 214 |
completion of any applicable continuing education requirements, | 215 |
the board shall notify the applicant that the application is | 216 |
incomplete. The board shall not renew the license until the | 217 |
applicant provides satisfactory proof of completion of any | 218 |
applicable continuing education requirements. The board may | 219 |
provide the applicant with an extension of up to ninety days in | 220 |
which to complete the continuing education requirement. In | 221 |
providing for the extension, the board may charge the licensee a | 222 |
fine of up to one hundred dollars. | 223 |
The board shall determine the period of time during which | 235 |
each extension is effective and shall inform the applicant. The | 236 |
board shall also inform the applicant of the continuing education | 237 |
requirements that must be met to have the license renewed. If an | 238 |
extension is granted for less than one year, the continuing | 239 |
education requirement for that year, in addition to the required | 240 |
continuing education for the succeeding year, must be completed in | 241 |
the succeeding year. In all other cases the board may waive all or | 242 |
part of the continuing education requirement on a case-by-case | 243 |
basis. Any required continuing education shall be completed and | 244 |
satisfactory proof of its completion submitted to the board by a | 245 |
date specified by the board. Every license which has not been | 246 |
renewed in any odd-numbered year by the last day of January and | 247 |
for which the continuing education requirement has not been waived | 248 |
or extended shall be considered expired. | 249 |
Sec. 4723.24. (A) Except as otherwise specified in this | 250 |
chapter, all active licenses and certificates issued under this | 251 |
chapter shall be renewed biennially according to a schedule | 252 |
established by the board of nursing. The board shall provide an | 253 |
application for renewal to every holder of an active license or | 254 |
certificate, except when the board is aware that an individual is | 255 |
ineligible for license or certificate renewal for any reason, | 256 |
including pending criminal charges in this state or another | 257 |
jurisdiction, failure to comply with a disciplinary order from the | 258 |
board or the terms of a consent agreement entered into with the | 259 |
board, failure to pay fines or fees owed to the board, or failure | 260 |
to provide on the board's request documentation of having | 261 |
completed the continuing nursing education requirements specified | 262 |
in division (C) of this section. | 263 |
If the board provides a renewal application by mail, the | 264 |
application shall be addressed to the last known post-office | 265 |
address of the license or certificate holder and mailed before the | 266 |
date specified in the board's schedule. Failure of the license or | 267 |
certificate holder to receive an application for renewal from the | 268 |
board shall not excuse the holder from the requirements contained | 269 |
in this section, except as provided in section 5903.10 of the | 270 |
Revised Code. | 271 |
The license or certificate holder shall complete the renewal | 272 |
form and return it to the board with the renewal fee required by | 273 |
section 4723.08 of the Revised Code on or before the date | 274 |
specified by the board. The license or certificate holder shall | 275 |
report any conviction, plea, or judicial finding regarding a | 276 |
criminal offense that constitutes grounds for the board to impose | 277 |
sanctions under section 4723.28 of the Revised Code since the | 278 |
holder last submitted an application to the board. | 279 |
(2) The board shall adopt rules establishing the procedure | 309 |
for a license holder to certify to the board completion of the | 310 |
required continuing nursing education. The board may conduct a | 311 |
random sample of license holders and require that the license | 312 |
holders included in the sample submit satisfactory documentation | 313 |
of having completed the requirements for continuing nursing | 314 |
education. On the board's request, a license holder included in | 315 |
the sample shall submit the required documentation. | 316 |
(4) The continuing education required of a certified | 322 |
registered nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, certified | 323 |
nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner to maintain | 324 |
certification by a national certifying organization shall be | 325 |
applied toward the continuing education requirements for renewal | 326 |
of a license to practice nursing as a registered nurse only if it | 327 |
is obtained through a program or course approved by the board or a | 328 |
person the board has authorized to approve continuing nursing | 329 |
education programs and courses. | 330 |
(D) Except as otherwise provided in section 4723.28 of the | 331 |
Revised Code, an individual who holds an active license to | 332 |
practice nursing as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse | 333 |
and who does not intend to practice in Ohio may send to the board | 334 |
written notice to that effect on or before the renewal date, and | 335 |
the board shall classify the license as inactive. During the | 336 |
period that the license is classified as inactive, the holder may | 337 |
not engage in the practice of nursing in Ohio and is not required | 338 |
to pay the renewal fee. | 339 |
(2) Meeting the requirements for reactivating or reinstating | 346 |
licenses established in rules adopted under section 4723.07 of the | 347 |
Revised Code or, if the individual did not renew because of | 348 |
service in the armed forces of the United States, a reserve | 349 |
component of the armed forces of the United States, the Ohio | 350 |
national guard, the Ohio military reserve, the Ohio naval militia, | 351 |
or the national guard of any other state, as provided in section | 352 |
5903.10 of the Revised Code; | 353 |
(B) All licensed optometrists shall annually complete | 372 |
continuing education in subjects relating to the practice of | 373 |
optometry, to the end that the utilization and application of new | 374 |
techniques, scientific and clinical advances, and the achievements | 375 |
of research will assure comprehensive care to the public. The | 376 |
board shall prescribe by rule the continuing optometric education | 377 |
that licensed optometrists must complete. The length of study | 378 |
shall be twenty-five clock hours each year, including ten clock | 379 |
hours of instruction in pharmacology to be completed by all | 380 |
licensed optometrists. | 381 |
Unless the continuing education required under this division | 382 |
is waived or deferred under division (D) of this section, the | 383 |
continuing education must be completed during the twelve-month | 384 |
period beginning on the first day of October and ending on the | 385 |
last day of September. If the board receives notice from a | 386 |
continuing education program indicating that an optometrist | 387 |
completed the program after the last day of September, and the | 388 |
optometrist wants to use the continuing education completed after | 389 |
that day to renew the license that expires on the last day of | 390 |
December of that year, the optometrist shall pay the penalty | 391 |
specified under section 4725.34 of the Revised Code for late | 392 |
completion of continuing education. | 393 |
(C)(1) Annually, not later than the first day of November, | 400 |
the board shall mail a notice regarding license renewal to each | 401 |
licensed optometrist who may be eligible for renewal. The notice | 402 |
shall be sent to the optometrist's last address shown in the | 403 |
board's records. If the board knows that the optometrist has | 404 |
completed the required continuing optometric education for the | 405 |
year, the board may include with the notice an application for | 406 |
license renewal. | 407 |
(2) Filing a license renewal application with the board shall | 408 |
serve as notice by the optometrist that the continuing optometric | 409 |
education requirement has been successfully completed. If the | 410 |
board finds that an optometrist has not completed the required | 411 |
continuing optometric education, the board shall disapprove the | 412 |
optometrist's application. The board's disapproval of renewal is | 413 |
effective without a hearing, unless a hearing is requested | 414 |
pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 415 |
(D) In cases of certified illness or undue hardship, the | 424 |
board may waive or defer for up to twelve months the requirement | 425 |
of continuing optometric education, except that in such cases the | 426 |
board may not waive or defer the continuing education in | 427 |
pharmacology required to be completed by optometrists who hold | 428 |
topical ocular pharmaceutical agents certificates or therapeutic | 429 |
pharmaceutical agents certificates. The board shall waive the | 430 |
requirement of continuing optometric education for any optometrist | 431 |
who is serving on active duty in the armed forces of the United | 432 |
States, a reserve component of the armed forces of the United | 433 |
States, the Ohio national guard, the Ohio military reserve, the | 434 |
Ohio naval militia, or the national guard of any other state or | 435 |
who has received an initial certificate of licensure during the | 436 |
nine-month period which ended on the last day of September. | 437 |
(E) An optometrist whose renewal application has been | 438 |
approved may renew each certificate held by paying to the | 439 |
treasurer of state the fees for renewal specified under section | 440 |
4725.34 of the Revised Code. On payment of all applicable fees, | 441 |
the board shall issue a renewal of the optometrist's certificate | 442 |
of licensure, topical ocular pharmaceutical agents certificate, | 443 |
and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate, as appropriate. | 444 |
(F) Not later than the fifteenth day of December, the board | 445 |
shall mail a second notice regarding license renewal to each | 446 |
licensed optometrist who may be eligible for renewal but did not | 447 |
respond to the notice sent under division (C)(1) of this section. | 448 |
The notice shall be sent to the optometrist's last address shown | 449 |
in the board's records. If an optometrist fails to file a renewal | 450 |
application after the second notice is sent, the board shall send | 451 |
a third notice regarding license renewal prior to any action under | 452 |
division (I) of this section to classify the optometrist's | 453 |
certificates as delinquent. | 454 |
Sec. 4725.51. (A) Each license issued under sections 4725.40 | 494 |
to 4725.59 of the Revised Code shall expire on the first day of | 495 |
January in the year after it was issued. Each person holding a | 496 |
valid, current license may apply to the Ohio optical dispensers | 497 |
board for the extension of the license under the standard renewal | 498 |
procedures of Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code. Each application | 499 |
for renewal shall be accompanied by a renewal fee the board shall | 500 |
establish by rule and shall contain evidence that the applicant | 501 |
has completed a continuing education program within the | 502 |
immediately preceding one-year period as follows: | 503 |
(B) No person who fails to renew histhe person's license | 515 |
under division (A) of this section shall be required to take a | 516 |
qualifying examination under section 4725.48 of the Revised Code | 517 |
as a condition of renewal, provided that the application for | 518 |
renewal and proof of the requisite continuing education hours are | 519 |
submitted within ninety days from the date the license expired and | 520 |
the applicant pays the annual renewal fee and a penalty of | 521 |
seventy-five dollars. The board may provide, by rule, for an | 522 |
extension of the grace period for licensed dispensing opticians | 523 |
who are serving in the armed forces of the United States, a | 524 |
reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, the | 525 |
Ohio national guard, the Ohio military reserve, the Ohio naval | 526 |
militia, or the national guard of any other state and for waiver | 527 |
of the continuing education requirements or the penalty in cases | 528 |
of hardship or illness. | 529 |
Sec. 4732.14. On or before the thirty-first day of August of | 534 |
each even-numbered year, each person licensed by the state board | 535 |
of psychology shall register with the board on a form prescribed | 536 |
by the board, giving the person's name, address, license number, | 537 |
the continuing education information required by section 4732.141 | 538 |
of the Revised Code, and such other reasonable information as the | 539 |
board requires, and pay to the board secretary a biennial | 540 |
registration fee in an amount determined by the board, but not to | 541 |
exceed two hundred seventy-five dollars in fiscal year 2000 and | 542 |
three hundred fifty dollars in each fiscal year thereafter. A | 543 |
person licensed for the first time on or before the thirty-first | 544 |
day of August of an even-numbered year shall next be required to | 545 |
register on or before the thirty-first day of August of the next | 546 |
even-numbered year. | 547 |
Before the first day of August of each even-numbered year, | 548 |
the secretary shall send a notice to each licensed psychologist | 549 |
and licensed school psychologist, whether a resident or not, at | 550 |
the licensed psychologist's or licensed school psychologist's last | 551 |
known address, that the licensed psychologist's or licensed school | 552 |
psychologist's biennial registration form and fee are due on or | 553 |
before the last day of August. Before the fifteenth day of | 554 |
September of such years, the secretary shall send a second notice | 555 |
to each such person who has not paid the registration fee or | 556 |
registered with the board as required by this section. A license | 557 |
of any licensed psychologist or licensed school psychologist shall | 558 |
automatically be suspended if the biennial registration fee is not | 559 |
paid or the registration form is not received on or before the | 560 |
thirtieth day of September of a renewal year. Within five years | 561 |
thereafter, the board may reinstate any license so suspended upon | 562 |
payment of the current registration fee and a penalty not to | 563 |
exceed fifty dollars, as determined by the board, and receipt of | 564 |
the registration form completed by the registrant in accordance | 565 |
with this section and section 4732.141 of the Revised Code or in | 566 |
accordance with any modifications authorized by the board under | 567 |
division (F) of section 4732.141 of the Revised Code. The board | 568 |
may by rule waive the payment of the registration fee and | 569 |
completion of the continuing psychology education required by | 570 |
section 4732.141 of the Revised Code by a licensed psychologist or | 571 |
licensed school psychologist when the licensed psychologist or | 572 |
licensed school psychologist is on active duty in the armed forces | 573 |
of the United States, a reserve component of the armed forces of | 574 |
the United States, the Ohio national guard, the Ohio military | 575 |
reserve, the Ohio naval militia, or the national guard of any | 576 |
other state. | 577 |
Sec. 4733.15. (A) Registration expires on the last day of | 582 |
December 2011, and becomes invalid on that date unless renewed. | 583 |
For renewals after that date, registration expires biennially on | 584 |
the last day of December following initial registration or renewal | 585 |
of registration and becomes invalid on that date unless renewed. | 586 |
Renewal may be effected by the applicant's payment to the | 587 |
treasurer of state of a fee of forty dollars for a renewal of | 588 |
registration as either a professional engineer or professional | 589 |
surveyor and demonstration of completion of the continuing | 590 |
professional development requirements of section 4733.151 of the | 591 |
Revised Code. When notified as required in this section, a | 592 |
registrant's failure to renew registration shall not deprive the | 593 |
registrant of the right of renewal within the following twelve | 594 |
months, but the fee to renew a registration within twelve months | 595 |
after expiration shall be increased fifty per cent, and the | 596 |
registrant shall certify completion of continuing professional | 597 |
development hours as required in section 4733.151 of the Revised | 598 |
Code. | 599 |
The state board of registration for professional engineers | 600 |
and surveyors may, upon request, waive the payment of renewal fees | 601 |
or the completion of continuing professional development | 602 |
requirements for a registrant during the period when the | 603 |
registrant is on active duty in connection with any branch of the | 604 |
armed forces of the United States, a reserve component of the | 605 |
armed forces of the United States, the Ohio national guard, the | 606 |
Ohio military reserve, the Ohio naval militia, or the national | 607 |
guard of any other state. | 608 |
(B) Each certificate of authorization issued pursuant to | 609 |
section 4733.16 of the Revised Code shall authorize the holder to | 610 |
provide professional engineering or professional surveying | 611 |
services, through the registered professional engineer or | 612 |
professional surveyor designated as being in responsible charge of | 613 |
the professional engineering or professional surveying practice, | 614 |
from the date of issuance until the last day of June next | 615 |
succeeding the date upon which the certificate was issued, unless | 616 |
the certificate has been revoked or suspended for cause as | 617 |
provided in section 4733.20 of the Revised Code or has been | 618 |
suspended pursuant to section 3123.47 of the Revised Code. | 619 |
(C) If a registrant fails to renew registration as provided | 620 |
under division (A) of this section, renewal and reinstatement may | 621 |
be effected under rules the board adopts regarding requirements | 622 |
for reexamination or reapplication, and reinstatement penalty | 623 |
fees. The board may require a registrant who fails to renew | 624 |
registration to complete the required hours of continuing | 625 |
professional development as a condition of renewal and | 626 |
reinstatement if the registrant seeks renewal and reinstatement | 627 |
under this division. | 628 |
Sec. 4743.04. (A) The renewal of a license or other | 629 |
authorization to practice a trade or profession issued under Title | 630 |
XLVII of the Revised Code is subject to the provisions of section | 631 |
5903.10 of the Revised Code relating to service in the armed | 632 |
forces of the United States or, a reserve component of the armed | 633 |
forces of the United States, the Ohio national guard, the Ohio | 634 |
military reserve, the Ohio naval militia, or the national guard of | 635 |
any other state. | 636 |
(C) A department, agency, or office of this state or of any | 641 |
political subdivision of this state that issues a license or | 642 |
certificate to practice a trade or profession may, pursuant to | 643 |
rules adopted by the department, agency, or office, issue a | 644 |
temporary license or certificate to practice the trade or | 645 |
profession to a person whose spouse is on active military duty in | 646 |
this state. | 647 |
(2) The license or certificate was not renewed because the | 691 |
holder's spouse served in the armed forces of the United States | 692 |
or, a reserved component of the armed forces of the United States, | 693 |
including the Ohio national guard, the Ohio military reserve, the | 694 |
Ohio naval militia, or the national guard of any other state, and | 695 |
the service resulted in the holder's absence from this state. | 696 |
(1) "Continuing education" means continuing education | 704 |
required of a licensee by law and includes, but is not limited to, | 705 |
the continuing education required of licensees under sections | 706 |
3737.881, 3781.10, 4701.11, 4715.141, 4715.25, 4717.09, 4723.24, | 707 |
4725.16, 4725.51, 4730.14, 4730.49, 4731.281, 4734.25, 4735.141, | 708 |
4736.11, 4741.16, 4741.19, 4751.07, 4755.63, 4757.33, 4759.06, | 709 |
4761.06, and 4763.07 of the Revised Code. | 710 |
(B) Each licensing agency, upon receiving an application from | 734 |
one of its licensees that is accompanied by proper documentation | 735 |
certifying that the licensee has been called toserved on active | 736 |
duty as described in division (A)(3)(c) of this section during the | 737 |
current or a prior reporting period and certifying the length of | 738 |
that active duty, shall extend the current reporting period by an | 739 |
amount of time equal to the total number of months that the | 740 |
licensee spent on active duty during the current reporting period. | 741 |
For purposes of this division, any portion of a month served on | 742 |
active duty shall be considered one full month. | 743 |
Sec. 5903.121. A "licensing agency," as defined in section | 744 |
5903.12 of the Revised Code, shall consider relevant education, | 745 |
training, or service completed by a licensee as a member of the | 746 |
armed forces of the United States or reserve components thereof, | 747 |
the Ohio national guard, the Ohio military reserve, or the Ohio | 748 |
naval militia, or the national guard of any other state in | 749 |
determining whether a licensee has fulfilled required continuing | 750 |
education. | 751 |