Bill Text: OH SB123 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: To require that the Ohio eLicense Center web site include information submitted by certain health professionals to their licensing boards regarding the characteristics of their professional practices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - To Health, Human Services, & Aging [SB123 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-SB123-Introduced.html
As Introduced

129th General Assembly
Regular Session
2011-2012
S. B. No. 123


Senator Bacon 



A BILL
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


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       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

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