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(125th General Assembly)
(Substitute House Bill Number 23)
AN ACT
To amend sections 4725.18 and 4733.11 of the Revised Code to permit
the State Board of Optometry to license
optometrists licensed by
another state or a Canadian province regardless of
whether the other state or province similarly
licenses holders of Ohio licenses and to clarify education requirements in the engineers and surveyors licensing law.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That sections 4725.18 and 4733.11 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4725.18. (A) The state board of
optometry
may issue a
certificate of licensure and therapeutic
pharmaceutical agents
certificate
by endorsement to an individual licensed as
an
optometrist by another
state
or a Canadian province if the board
determines that the
other state
or province has standards for the
practice of
optometry that are
at least as stringent as the
standards
established under
sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the
Revised
Code
and the other state
similarly grants licenses to
practice
optometry to individuals
who hold certificates of
licensure issued
by the board individual meets the conditions specified in division (B) of this section. The certificates may be issued only by an affirmative vote of a majority of the board's members. (B) To receive An individual seeking a
certificate of licensure and therapeutic
pharmaceutical agents
certificate under pursuant to this section shall submit an application to the board. To receive the certificates, an applicant
must meet all of
the following conditions: (1) Hold a license to practice optometry from the
other
state
that is Meet the same qualifications that an individual must meet under divisions (B)(1) to (4) of section 4725.12 of the Revised Code to receive a certificate of licensure and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate under that section;
(2) Be licensed to practice optometry by a state or province that requires passage of a written, entry-level examination at the time of initial licensure;
(3) Be licensed in good standing by the optometry licensing agency of the other state or province, evidenced by
submission of
a letter from the licensing agency of the other
state
or province attesting to the applicant's good standing; (2)(4) Provide the board with certified reports from the optometry licensing agencies of all states and provinces in which the applicant is licensed or has been licensed to practice optometry describing all past and pending actions taken by those agencies with respect to the applicant's authority to practice optometry in those jurisdictions, including such actions as investigations, entering into consent agreements, suspensions, revocations, and refusals to issue or renew a license;
(5) Have been actively engaged in the practice of
optometry,
including the use of therapeutic pharmaceutical
agents, for at
least three years immediately preceding making
application under
this section; (3)(6) Pay the
nonrefundable application fees established
under section
4725.34 of the Revised
Code for a certificate of
licensure and
therapeutic pharmaceutical agents
certificate;
(4)(7) Submit all transcripts, reports, or other
information
the board requires;
(5)(8) Participate in a two-hour instruction session provided by the board on the optometry statutes and rules of this state or pass an Ohio optometry jurisprudence test administered by the board;
(9) Pass all or part of the licensing examination
accepted
by the board under section 4725.11 of the
Revised
Code, if the
board determines
that testing is necessary to determine whether
the applicant's
qualifications are sufficient for issuance of a
certificate of
licensure and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents
certificate
under this section. (C) If the applicant
meets the conditions specified in
division
(B) of this section and the
board has not;
(10) Not have been previously
denied issuance of a license to the
applicant, certificate by the board may,
by
an
affirmative vote of a majority of its members, issue to the
applicant a
certificate of licensure and therapeutic
pharmaceutical agents
certificate. Sec. 4733.11.
(A)
The state board of
registration for
professional engineers and surveyors
shall
consider an applicant
to be qualified for registration as
a professional
engineer
if
an
applicant
satisfies all of the requirements listed in either
division (A)(1) or
(2) of this section as follows: (1)(a) Graduation from an
accredited
engineering
curriculum
of four years or more; (b) A specific record of
four years or
more of
practical
experience in engineering work
completed in addition to,
and not
overlapping in time, any school work completed under
division
(A)(1)(a) of this section that is acceptable to the
board,
not
more than two years of which may be before graduation
but
after
the
completion of the second year of college, indicating
that
the
applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge
of
such
work; (c)
Passing the prescribed written or written and
oral
examinations under divisions (A) and
(B) of section
4733.13 of the
Revised Code. (2)(a)
Graduation from a college
curriculum
in
engineering of four years or more
that is
not approved by the engineering
accreditation
commission
of the accreditation board for
engineering and
technology,
or
graduation
from a college
curriculum in
engineering
technology of four years or more
that is accredited by the
technical accreditation
commission
of
the accreditation board for
engineering and technology; (b) Eight
years or more of
practical experience
in
engineering work
completed in addition to, and not overlapping
in
time, any school work completed under division (A)(2)(a) of
this
section that is acceptable to the state board of registration
for
professional engineers and surveyors, not more than two
years
of
which may be before college graduation but after
completion of
the
second
year of college, indicating that the
applicant is
competent
to
be placed in responsible charge of such
work; (c)
Passing the
prescribed written or written and oral
examinations
under divisions (A) and (B) of section
4733.13 of the
Revised Code. (B)
The state board of registration for professional
engineers
and surveyors shall consider an applicant to be
qualified for registration
as a professional surveyor
if the
applicant satisfies
all of the requirements listed in
either
division (B)(1) or (2) of
this section as follows: (1)(a) Graduation from an approved curriculum in surveying
of
four years or more; (b)
A
specific record of
four years or more of
surveying
office and field experience
completed in addition to,
and not
overlapping in time, any school work completed under
division
(B)(1)(a) of this section that is
of a character
acceptable to
the
board,
at least two years of which shall be
after college
graduation, with at least two of
the four
years
of
work
in the
surveying of land
boundaries
under the direct supervision of a
professional
surveyor,
who may indicate in writing that the
applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of the
work; (c)
Passing the prescribed written or written and
oral
examinations under divisions (A) and
(C) of section
4733.13 of the
Revised Code. (2)(a) Graduation from an
accredited curriculum in
civil
engineering of four years or more in a recognized school or
college; (b)
Successful completion of at least twenty-four quarter
hours, or equivalent semester or trimester hours, of approved
surveying courses in surveying
and mapping arts and
sciences,
except that courses successfully completed as prior
studies may be
credited by the board toward this requirement, of
which at least
eight quarter hours, or equivalent semester or
trimester hours,
are in
surveying
of land
boundaries; (c)
A specific record
of
four years or more of
surveying
office and field
experience
completed in addition to,
and not
overlapping in time, any school work completed under
division
(B)(2)(a) of this section that is
of a character
acceptable to
the board,
at least two years of
which shall be
after college
graduation, with at least
two of
the four
years
of
work
in
surveying of land
boundaries
under the
direct supervision of a
professional
surveyor,
who may indicate in writing that the
applicant is
competent to be placed
in responsible charge of the
work; (d)
Passing the
prescribed written or written and oral
examinations
under divisions (A) and (C) of section
4733.13 of the
Revised Code. (C) Engineering experience, for a professional engineer's
practical experience requirement, or surveying experience, for a
professional surveyor's practical experience requirement, in any
of the armed forces of the United States or civilian war services
may be credited for registration,
if the
experience is
acceptable
to the board. (D)
As used in this
section,
"an approved curriculum in
surveying" is one which has
been accredited by
the related
accreditation
committee of the
accreditation
board for engineering
and technology or one which
has been
approved by the state board
of registration for
professional
engineers and surveyors. (E) No person is eligible for registration as a
professional
engineer, or professional surveyor, who is not of
good character
and reputation. (F) In considering the qualifications of applicants,
responsible charge of engineering or surveying teaching may be
construed as responsible charge of engineering or surveying work,
respectively.
No applicant shall
receive credit for more than
six years of engineering or
surveying
experience because of
educational qualifications. The
mere
execution, as a contractor,
of work designed by a
professional
engineer or professional
surveyor, or the
supervision of the
construction of such work as a
superintendent is not
deemed to be practical experience in
engineering or surveying
work. (G)
Every
person applying for
registration as a
professional engineer or professional surveyor shall be required
to pass
the fundamentals
examination
and the principles and
practice examination as
provided
in section 4733.13 of the Revised
Code. In addition to
passing
each requisite examination,
each
applicant must
submit evidence, satisfactory
to the board, that
the applicant
has completed the
practical
experience
required in
this section. (H) The board
shall require the applicant for
registration
as a professional engineer or
professional
surveyor to take
two
examinations. The
first
examination,
known as
the fundamentals
examination, may be taken by the applicant at
any
time after
the
applicant has completed
the
required education
under
division
(A) or
(B) of this section, or, at the
discretion of the
board, an
applicant may be permitted to take the first
examination during
the applicant's concluding term of an
approved
curriculum in
engineering or surveying of four years or
more. (I) When the applicant has passed the
fundamentals
examination,
the applicant shall
be given an
appropriate
certificate by the
board showing
the applicant's
status as an
engineer
intern or surveyor
intern. (J) The applicant is not eligible to take the second
examination,
known as the principles and
practice
examination,
until
the applicant has
passed the
fundamentals
examination.
(K) Any person having the necessary qualifications to
entitle
the person to registration is eligible for
registration
though
the person may not be
practicing
the
person's profession
at the time of
making
application.
SECTION 2. That existing sections 4725.18 and 4733.11 of the Revised Code
are hereby repealed.
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