(A) All applicants for a physician assistant
license shall file a written
submit an application under oath in the manner
provided by section 4730.10 of the Revised
Code
prescribed by the board and provide such
other facts and materials as the board requires.
(B) No application shall be considered filed,
and shall not be reviewed, until the fee required by section
4730.10 of the Revised Code has
been received by the board.
(C) An
application shall be considered complete when all of the following requirements
are met:
(1) The fee required pursuant to
section 4730.10 of the Revised Code has
been received by the board;
(2)
Verification of the applicant's current certification has been received by the
board directly from the "National Commission on Certification of Physician
Assistants";
(3) All information
required by section 4730.10 of the Revised Code,
including such other facts and materials as the board requires, has been
received by the board; and
(4) The
applicant has complied with the requirements of paragraph (A) of rule
4730-3-02
4731-4-02 of the Administrative Code and the board has
received the results of the criminal records checks and any other forms required to be submitted pursuant to
paragraph (A) of rule 4730-3-02 of the Administrative Code.
(5) The board is not conducting an
investigation, pursuant to section
4730.26 of the Revised Code, of
evidence appearing to show that the applicant has violated section
4730.25 of the Revised Code or
applicable rules adopted by the board.
(D) All application materials submitted to
the board will be thoroughly investigated.
The board will contact individuals, agencies, or organizations
for information about applicants as the board deems necessary. As part of the
application process, an applicant may be requested to appear before the board
or a representative thereof to answer questions or provide additional
information.
(E)
Applications received from service members, veterans, or spouses of service
members or veterans shall be identified and processed in accordance with rule
4731-6-35
4731-36-03 of the Administrative Code.
(F) The following processes apply when an
application is not complete within six months of the date the application is
filed with the board:
(1) If the application is not
complete because required information, facts, or other materials have not been
received by the board, the board may notify the applicant in writing that it
intends to consider the application abandoned if the application is not
completed.
(a) The written notice
shall:
(i) Specifically identify the
information, facts, or other materials required to complete the application;
and
(ii) Inform the applicant that the
information, facts, or other materials must be received by the deadline date
specified; that if the application remains incomplete at the close of business
on the deadline date the application may be deemed to be abandoned and no
further review of the application will occur; and that if the application is
abandoned the submitted fees shall neither be refundable nor transferable to a
subsequent application.
(b) If all of the information,
facts, or other materials are received by the board by the deadline date and
the application is determined to be complete, the board shall process the
application and may require updated information as it deems
necessary.
(1)
If an applicant fails to complete the application
process within six months of initial application filing, the board may notify
the applicant in writing of its intention to consider the application
abandoned. If no response to that notice is received by the board within thirty
days, the board shall consider the application as abandoned and no further
processing shall be undertaken with respect to that
application.
(2) If the
application is not complete because the board is investigating, pursuant to
section
4730.26 of the Revised Code,
evidence appearing to show that the applicant has violated Chapter 4730. of the
Revised Code or applicable rules adopted by the board, the board shall do both
of the following:
(a) Notify the applicant
that although otherwise complete, the application will not be processed pending
completion of the investigation; and
(b) Upon completion of the investigation and
the determination that the applicant is not in violation of statute or rule,
process the application, including requiring updated information as it deems
necessary.
(G) . The holder of a physician
assistant license issued under section 4730.11 of the Revised Code who did not
have a qualifying master's degree or higher at the time of licensure and did
not receive a valid prescriber number with the license may obtain a valid
prescriber number by meeting the requirements of division (E)(3) of section
4730.11 of the Revised Code.
(H)
(G) A
physician assistant license must be renewed in the manner and according to the
requirements of section
4730.14 of the Revised
Code.
(I)
(H) To qualify for renewal of a physician assistant
license, the holder shall comply with the following:
(1) Each applicant for renewal shall certify
that the applicant has completed the requisite hours of CME since the start of
the licensure registration period.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (I)(4) of
this rule, a physician assistant shall have completed one hundred hours of CME
during the licensure registration period.
(3) Pursuant to the provisions of section
4745.04 of the Revised Code, the
board shall permit a physician assistant to earn one hour of CME for each sixty
minutes spent providing health care services in Ohio, as a volunteer, to
indigent and unisured persons, up to a maximum of thirty-three hours per CME
period. Physician assistants seeking to receive credit toward CME requirements
shall maintain a log of their qualifying activities. The log shall indicate the
dates the health care services were provided, the number of hours spent
providing health care services on those dates, the location where the health
care services were provided, and the signature of the medical director or the
medical director's designee.
(4)
Proration of hours required:
(a) If the
physician assistant license is initially issued prior to the first day of the
second year of a licensure period, the licensee shall be required to earn fifty
total hours; if the license is issued on or after the first day of the second
year of the licensure period and prior to the first day of the eighteenth month
of that licensure period, the licensee shall be required to earn twenty-five
total hours; if the license is issued on or after the first day of the
eighteenth month of a licensure period, the licensee shall not be required to
earn any hours of CME for that licensure period.
(b) Pursuant to the provisions of section
4745.04 of the Revised Code, the
board shall permit a physician assistant to earn one hour of CME for each sixty
minutes spent providing health care services in Ohio, as a volunteer, to
indigent and uninsured persons, when it is documented as required by paragraph
(I)(3) of this rule, up to the following maximums:
(i) For a physician assistant required to
earn fifty total hours, a maximum of sixteen hours for that CME
period.
(ii) For a physician
assistant required to earn twenty-five total hours, a maximum of eight hours
for that CME period.
(5) Only those hours earned from the date of
licensure to the end of the licensure period shall be used towards the total
hour requirement as contained in this rule.
(6) Completion of the CME requirement may be
satisfied by courses acceptable for the individual to maintain NCCPA
certification.
(J)
(I) To qualify for
renewal of a physician assistant license with a valid prescriber number, the
physician assistant shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(1) Completion of the requirements in
paragraph (I)
(H) of the rule;
(2) Except as provided in paragraph
(J)
(I)(4) of
this rule, completion of at least twelve hours of category I continuing
education in pharmacology
as certified by the "Ohio
Association of Physician Assistants," "Ohio State Medical Association," Ohio
Osteopathic Association," Ohio Foot and Ankle Medical Association," a
continuing medical education provider accredited by the ACCME and approved by
the board, "American Academy of Physician Assistants," "American Council on
Pharmacy Education," or and advanced instructional program in pharmacology
approved by the Ohio board of nursing.
(a) Certification is a process
whereby ACCME accredited providers define their respective continuing medical
education program requirements for periodic submission to the board for
approval.
(b) The board may approve each
association's continuing medical education requirements which consist of
continuing medical education category I courses and activities that are deemed
acceptable for completing the requisite hours of continuing education in
pharmacology by each licensee who has a valid prescriber
number.
(3) If the
physician assistant prescribes opioid analgesics or benzodiazepines, the
applicant for renewal shall certify having been granted access to OARRS, unless
one of the exemptions in section
4730.49 of the Revised Code is
applicable.
(4) If the renewal of
the license with a valid prescriber number is the first renewal after the
holder has completed the five hundred hours of on site supervision required by
section
4730.44 of the Revised Code, the
requisite hours of pharmacology continuing education are as follows:
(a) If the five hundred hours were completed
prior to the first day of the second year of the licensure period, the licensee
shall be required to earn six total hours of pharmacology continuing
education;
(b) If the five hundred
hours were completed on or after the first day of the second year of the
licensure period and prior to the eighteenth month of that licensure period,
the licensee shall be required to earn three total hours;
(c) If the five hundred hours were completed
on or after the first day of the eighteenth month of a licensure period, the
licensee shall not be required to earn any hours of pharmacology continuing
education for that licensure period.
(K) A physician assistant who served
on active duty in any of the armed forces, as that term is defined in rule
4730-1-06.1 of the Administrative Code, during the licensure period may apply
for an extension of the continuing education period by meeting the requirements
of rule 4730-1-06.1 of the Administrative Code.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
4730-1-06
Effective:
12/31/2020
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
9/30/2023
Promulgated Under:
119.03
Statutory
Authority: 4730.07,
4776.03
Rule
Amplifies: 4730.10,
4730.101,
4730.11,
4730.12,
4730.14,
4730.44,
4745.04,
4776.02
Prior
Effective Dates: 10/31/2007, 09/30/2008, 01/31/2015,
09/30/2018
