Ohio Admin. Code 4731-1-03 - General prohibitions
(A) No person holding a
certificate
license to practice a limited branch of medicine shall
perform or hold himself or herself out as able to perform surgery, or any other
act which involves a piercing or puncturing of the skin or membranous tissues
of the human body unless specifically permitted under Chapter 4731. of the
Revised Code or this chapter of the Administrative Code.
This rule does not prohibit a licensed cosmetic
therapist with appropriate training from removing an ingrown
hair.
(B) No person
holding a certificate
license to practice a limited branch of medicine shall
prescribe, dispense, personally furnish or administer any drug or
medicine.
(C) Except as is
specifically permitted under the rules defining the scope of a limited branch
of medicine, no person holding such a certificate
license
shall diagnose or treat infectious, contagious or venereal diseases, or any
wound, fracture or bodily injury, infirmity, or disease.
(D) The designation "Dr." or "Doctor" shall
not precede the name of the limited practitioner. No person holding a
certificate
license to practice a limited branch of medicine shall
employ, or cause to be employed, the designation "Dr." or "Doctor" without also
qualifying such designation by the name or an abbreviation of the limited
branch for which the person holds a certificate
license .
The appropriate designation must follow the name of the limited practitioner
(e.g., "John Doe, Doctor of Mechanotherapy" or "John Doe, D.M.") and may be
employed or caused to be employed by the limited practitioner only if the
limited practitioner has received a degree granting such a title from a school
legally empowered to grant the degree.
(E) No person holding a
certificate
license to practice a limited branch of medicine shall
employ, or cause to be employed, the designation "Physician" or "Surgeon" no
matter how qualified or how employed in combination with other
language.
(F) No person holding a
certificate
license to practice any limited branch or branches of
medicine shall hold himself or herself out as holding a
certificate
license in or as being able to practice any limited
branch of medicine for which that person does not hold a
certificate
license .
(G) No person holding a
certificate
license to practice any limited branch or branches of
medicine shall conduct such practice under any name or title, either as an
individual, company or concern, that is misleading.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4731.05, 4731.15
Rule Amplifies: 4731.15, 4731.17
Prior Effective Dates: 11/04/1975, 10/15/1977, 06/17/1991, 06/30/2001, 01/24/2012
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