(A)
Each person seeking to licensed as
An applicant for a dispensary support employee
license shall
:
submit a completed dispensary support employee
application form in accordance with section 3796.13 of the Revised Code, which
can be accessed by visiting www.medicalmarijuana.ohio.gov.
(1)
Comply with all
requirements set forth in Chapter 3796. of the Revised Code and the rules
adopted thereunder;
(2)
Comply with the criminal records check requirements in
this rule;
(3)
Be twenty-one years of age or older;
and
(4)
Submit a complete application, in a manner determined
by the board, that includes all the following:
(a)
The name and
license number of the dispensary employing the applicant;
(b)
The printed name,
license number, and signature of the designated representative of the
dispensary employing the applicant;
(c)
A copy of the
applicant's unexpired driver's license, identification card issued by the Ohio
bureau of motor vehicles (BMV) or the equivalent issued by another state, or
United States passport or United States passport card, or other identification
approved by the board;
(d)
An acknowledgment that the applicant has not been
convicted of a disqualifying offense in any jurisdiction;
(e)
The required fee;
and
(f)
Any additional information or documentation required by
the state board of pharmacy.
(B) The following must be included
with a dispensary support employee license application:
(1) A head and shoulders photograph
captured within the previous six months;
(2) The name and license number of
the dispensary employing the applicant;
(3) The printed name, license
number, and signature of the designated representative for the dispensary
employing the applicant;
(4) A copy of the applicant's
unexpired driver's license, identification card issued by the Ohio bureau of
motor vehicles (BMV) or the equivalent issued by another state, or United
States passport or United States passport card;
(5) The applicant's full residential
address;
(6) A sworn, notarized statement
that the applicant has not been convicted of a disqualifying offense in any
jurisdiction;
(7) The applicant's social security
number; and
(8) Any additional information
required by the state board of pharmacy in the licensing
process.
(C)(B) Pursuant to section
3796.13 of the Revised
Code, prospective dispensary support
employees
employee
applicants must submit fingerprint impressions to the bureau of criminal
identification and investigation (BCI&I
BCI) for a
criminal records check of the applicant.
(D)(C)
Pursuant to section
4776.02
of the Revised Code, the criminal records check performed by
BCI&I
BCI
shall consist of both a BCI&I
BCI criminal records check and a federal bureau of
investigation (FBI) criminal records check. BCI&I
BCI shall
send the results of the BCI&I
BCI and FBI criminal records checks directly to the
state board of pharmacy.
(E)(D) The state board of
pharmacy requires that the criminal records check:
(1) Be based on electronic fingerprint
impressions that are submitted directly to BCI&I
BCI from a
"WebCheck" provider agency located in Ohio. The state board of pharmacy may
accept the results of a criminal records check based on ink impressions from a
"WebCheck" provider agency only if readable electronic fingerprint impressions
cannot be obtained, or if submission of ink impressions is otherwise authorized
by BCI&I
BCI.
(2)
Results will only be considered valid if the fingerprint impressions were
obtained within the twelve-month period immediately preceding the application
date.
(F) An applicant may submit
fingerprint impressions for a criminal records check any time after he or she
has submitted a licensure application on a form in accordance with section
3796.13 of the Revised Code and paid the requisite fee to the state board of
pharmacy.
(G) After the board receives the
results from both required criminal records checks, the licensing process will
proceed. Criminal records check results received by the state board of pharmacy
within three months after the submission of a completed application will not be
considered abandoned.
(H)(E) If a dispensary
support employee license has lapsed
expired, the applicant shall submit to a criminal
records check that meets the criteria prescribed in this rule.
(I)(F)
Applicants under this rule who meet the requirement of Chapter 3796. of the
Revised Code and this division, who do not have a conviction for, judicial finding of guilt of, or plea of
guilty to a disqualifying offense on their
record, and who submit the required fee will
shall be issued a
dispensary support employee card
license. Any license issued pursuant to this rule shall be
effective from the date the license is issued until the expiration date of the
first day of July of each odd-numbered year. Initial licenses issued on or
after the first day of April of each odd-numbered year shall receive an
expiration date of the first day of July of the next odd-numbered
year.
(J)(G) Except as
authorized under paragraph (B) of rule
3796:6-2-09
of the Administrative Code, a dispensary support employee license is
non-transferrable and shall expire upon the occurrence of any of the following
conditions:
(1) At the conclusion of the
biennial term as indicated on the support employee's identification card
license;
(2) When the support employee is no longer
employed by the licensed dispensary identified on the support employee's
application; or
(3) When the
licensed dispensary identified on the support employee's application ceases to
maintain its certificate of operation.
(H)
A renewal
application for a support employee license shall be submitted no later than the
expiration date listed on the employee's biennial license. Renewal applications
shall be accepted no earlier than ninety days prior to the expiration date on a
date determined by the board's director of licensing.
(K)(I)
At least thirty calendar days before the expiration
of a
A dispensary support
employee's
employee
biennial license,
the dispensary identified on the support employee's application shall
request, on a form in accordance with division
section 3796.13 of the Revised Code, the state board of pharmacy renew the
support employee license. The following must be included with the
submit a renewal application
,
in a manner determined by the board, that inlcudes all the following:
(1) A head and shoulders photograph
captured within the previous six months;
(2) The applicant's full residential
address;
(3)(1)
A sworn, notarized statement
An acknowledgement that the applicant
does not have a conviction for, judicial finding of
guilt of, or plea of guilty tohas not been
convicted of a disqualifying offense in any
jurisdiction;
(4)(2) The required fee;
and
(5)(3) Any additional
information required by the state board of pharmacy in the licensing
process.
(J)
A dispensary support employee license is valid until
the expiration indicated on the employee's biennial license. A license that is
not renewed by the expiration date is expired.
(K)
An individual who
fails to renew their license in accordance with this rule is prohibited from
engaging in the activities authorized by Chapter 3796. of the Revised Code and
agency 3796 of the Administrative Code.
(L)
A dispensary
support employee with an expired license may apply to reinstate their license
in accordance with this rule.
(M)
If any
information contained in the application or accompanying documents changes
after being submitted to the state board of pharmacy, the applicant shall
immediately notify the state board of pharmacy in writing and provide corrected
information within fourteen days of the change.
