(A) Any person may submit a petition to the state medical board requesting that a disease or condition be added as a qualifying medical condition for the purposes of section 3796.01 of the Revised Code. 460 W 10th Ave Columbus, OH 43210. If it administers an examination, the board shall establish by rule a fee to cover the cost of administering the examination. At least one of the consumer members shall be at least sixty years of age. State medical boards pursued a total of 264 cases of disciplinary action for license revocation in . (b) The requirement described in division (A)(6)(a) of this section does not apply if any of the following is the case: (i) The state board of pharmacy notifies the state medical board pursuant to section 4729.861 of the Revised Code that the applicant has been restricted from obtaining further information from the drug database. If the person being served refuses to accept the subpoena or is not located, service may be made to an attorney who notifies the board that the attorney is representing the person. (4) The practitioner shall be responsible for all costs associated with participation in the program. (B) A physician who performs or attempts an abortion in an ambulatory surgical facility or other location that is not a hospital and in which a child is born alive shall immediately take the following steps upon the child's birth: (1) Provide post-birth care to the newborn in accordance with prevailing and acceptable standards of care; (2) Call for assistance from an emergency medical services provider; (3) Arrange for the transfer of the newborn to a hospital. (D) Any insurer providing professional liability insurance to an individual authorized to practice under this chapter, or any other entity that seeks to indemnify the professional liability of such an individual, shall notify the board within thirty days after the final disposition of any written claim for damages where such disposition results in a payment exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars. (f) Reinstatement following withdrawal of a member state shall occur upon the withdrawing date reenacting the Compact or upon such later date as determined by the Interstate Commission. Within thirty days of receipt of that information, the board shall initiate action in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to determine whether to suspend or revoke the license or certificate under section 4731.22 of the Revised Code. In the end, disciplinary action is taken against less than 1 percent of doctors. In other cases, the physician had been disciplined by a medical board in another state or found guilty of a felony. (f) The member state which has been terminated is responsible for all due, obligations, and liabilities incurred through the effective date of termination including obligations, the performance of which extends beyond the effective date of termination. Monthly Formal Action (B) In determining whether a course, program, or activity qualifies for credit as continuing medical education, the board shall approve all of the following: (1) Continuing medical education completed by holders of licenses to practice medicine and surgery that is certified by the Ohio state medical association; (2) Continuing medical education completed by holders of licenses to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery that is certified by the Ohio osteopathic association; (3) Continuing medical education completed by holders of licenses to practice podiatric medicine and surgery that is certified by the Ohio podiatric medical association. (E) Annually, the physician shall submit to the state medical board a report that describes the physician's observations regarding the effectiveness of medical marijuana in treating the physician's patients during the year covered by the report. Dr. Bechtel will begin his new role on May 1. The notice shall inform the certificate holder of the renewal procedure. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, member boards shall report to the Interstate Commission any public action or complaints against a licensed physician who has applied or received an expedited license through the Compact. A portion of this meeting shall be a business meeting to address such matters as may properly come before the Commission, including the election of officers. Location: 30 E. Broad Street - 3rd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215. Each officer shall be a member of the board. (c) The person shall perform at least twenty procedures under the direct physical oversight of the physician on each specific type of light-based medical device procedure for hair removal delegated. An individual subject to a permanent action taken by the board is forever thereafter ineligible to hold a license or certificate to practice and the board shall not accept an application for reinstatement of the license or certificate or for issuance of a new license or certificate. The rules shall define and establish requirements for universal blood and body fluid precautions that include the following: (B) Disinfection and sterilization of equipment; (C) Handling and disposal of needles and other sharp instruments; (D) Wearing and disposal of gloves and other protective garments and devices. (l) The Interstate Commission shall establish other committees for governance and administration of the Compact. The decision shall be final upon delivery or mailing, except that the license or certificate holder may appeal in the manner provided by Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C) The board shall approve one or more continuing medical education courses of study, which may be a course or courses certified by the Ohio state medical association or Ohio osteopathic association, that assist physicians holding certificates to recommend in both of the following: (1) Diagnosing qualifying medical conditions as defined in section 3796.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Treating qualifying medical conditions with medical marijuana. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. The board shall monitor the progress of each individual undertaking a recommended individual educational program. (F) The board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to administer and enforce this section. The request shall be made in the same manner provided in division (B)(1) of this section for requesting the initial report of information from the drug database. (B) Whenever any person holding a valid license or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter pleads guilty to, is subject to a judicial finding of guilt of, or is subject to a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for a violation of Chapter 2907., 2925., or 3719. of the Revised Code or of any substantively comparable ordinance of a municipal corporation in connection with the person's practice, or for a second or subsequent time pleads guilty to, or is subject to a judicial finding of guilt of, a violation of section 2919.123 or 2919.124 of the Revised Code, the prosecutor in the case, on forms prescribed and provided by the state medical board, shall promptly notify the board of the conviction or guilty plea. For purposes of this division, a "provision of a code of ethics of a national professional organization" does not include any provision that would preclude the making of a report by a physician of an employee's use of a drug of abuse, or of a condition of an employee other than one involving the use of a drug of abuse, to the employer of the employee as described in division (B) of section 2305.33 of the Revised Code. (D) The board may impose a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars on a physician who fails to comply with rules adopted under this section. (B) "Graduate medical education" means education received through any of the following: (1) An internship, residency, or clinical fellowship program conducted in the United States and accredited by either the accreditation council for graduate medical education of the American medical association or the American osteopathic association; (2) A clinical fellowship program that is not accredited as described in division (B)(1) of this section, but is conducted in the United States at an institution with a residency program that is accredited as described in that division and is in a clinical field the same as or related to the clinical field of the fellowship program; (3) An internship program conducted in Canada and accredited by the committee on accreditation of preregistration physician training programs of the federation of provincial medical licensing authorities of Canada; (4) A residency program conducted in Canada and accredited by either the royal college of physicians and surgeons of Canada or the college of family physicians of Canada. (3) "Physician" means an individual authorized under this chapter to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. State medical board: These agencies may revoke a doctor's license or take other disciplinary action. Sections 4731.01 to 4731.47 of the Revised Code shall not apply to any of the following: (1) A commissioned medical officer of the armed forces of the United States or an employee of the veterans administration of the United States or the United States public health service in the discharge of the officer's or employee's professional duties; (2) A dentist authorized under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code to practice dentistry when engaged exclusively in the practice of dentistry or when administering anesthetics in the practice of dentistry; (3) A physician or surgeon in another state or territory who is a legal practitioner of medicine or surgery therein when providing consultation to an individual holding a license to practice issued under this chapter who has an established physician-patient relationship with the patient who is the subject of the consultation, if one of the following applies: (a) The physician or surgeon does not provide consultation in this state on a regular or frequent basis. (A) As used in this section and in sections 4731.252 to 4731.254 of the Revised Code: (1) "Applicant" means an individual who has applied under Chapter 4730., 4731., 4759., 4760., 4761., 4762., 4774., or 4778. of the Revised Code for a license, training or other certificate, limited permit, or other authority to practice as any one of the following practitioners: a physician assistant, physician, podiatrist, limited branch of medicine practitioner, dietitian, anesthesiologist assistant, respiratory care professional, acupuncturist, radiologist assistant, or genetic counselor. The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners has taken action against the following healthcare professionals (1988 to present). Attorney Beth Collis, of Collis Law Group LLC, was quoted in a Medscape article titled The Dangers of a Medical Board Investigation: How to Protect Yourself. (a) A physician seeking to renew an expedited license granted in a member state shall complete a renewal process with the Interstate Commission if the physician: 1) Maintains a full and unrestricted license in a state of principal license; 2) Has not been convicted, received adjudication, deferred adjudication, community supervision, or deferred disposition for any offense by a court of appropriate jurisdiction; 3) Has not had a license authorizing the practice of medicine subject to discipline by a licensing agency in any state, federal, or foreign jurisdiction, excluding any action related to non-payment of fees related to a license; and. The application must include all of the following: (1) Evidence satisfactory to the board to demonstrate that the applicant meets all of the following requirements: (b) Possesses a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalence or has obtained the equivalent of such education as determined by the board; (c) Has completed at least two years of undergraduate work in a college of arts and sciences or the equivalent of such education as determined by the board; (d) Holds a degree from a college of podiatric medicine and surgery that was in good standing with the board at the time the degree was granted, as determined by the board; (e) Has completed one year of postgraduate training in a podiatric internship, residency, or clinical fellowship program accredited by the council on podiatric medicine or the American podiatric medical association or its equivalent as determined by the board; (f) Has successfully passed an examination prescribed in rules adopted by the board to determine competency to practice podiatric medicine and surgery; (g) Has complied with section 4731.531 of the Revised Code. The main outcomes measured were disciplinary actions, offenses leading to state medical board actions, and the characteristics of disciplined physicians. (c) Member boards shall report disciplinary or investigatory information determined as necessary and proper by rule of the Interstate Commission. The Oregon Medical Board publishes a monthly report summarizing actions taken against medical professionals in the state. Reports also contain updated information regarding changes in probationary monitoring requirements, reinstatement of licenses following suspension, and status . No person shall knowingly administer a general anesthetic to another, unless at the time of administration a competent witness is present. This section does not apply to a person who complies with division (B)(2) of section 2305.234 of the Revised Code. (3) The physician's ownership or investment interest in the services described in this division meets any other requirements that the state medical board applies in rules adopted under section 4731.70 of the Revised Code. After the Strauss scandal came to light in 2018, the governor established a working group to examine how the doctor escaped discipline from the medical board. The board, upon review of those allegations and by an affirmative vote of not fewer than six of its members, excluding the secretary and supervising member, may suspend a license or certificate without a prior hearing. (C) The books and records of the board shall be prima-facie evidence of matters therein contained. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no physician shall charge, bill, or otherwise solicit payment, directly or indirectly, for anatomic pathology services unless the services are personally rendered by the physician or rendered under the on-site supervision of the physician. (3) An applicant is eligible for renewal if the applicant does all of the following: (a) Reports any criminal offense to which the applicant has pleaded guilty, of which the applicant has been found guilty, or for which the applicant has been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction, since last filing an application for a clinical research faculty certificate; (b) Provides evidence satisfactory to the board of both of the following: (i) That the applicant continues to maintain a current, unrestricted license to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery issued by another state or country; (ii) That the applicant's initial appointment to serve in this state on the academic staff of a school or college is still valid or has been renewed.