Ohio Admin. Code 4731-6-30 - Training certificates
(A)
A training
certificate is mandatory for participation in a training program unless the
participant holds a license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic
medicine and surgery. The participation in the programs prior to receiving an
acknowledgment letter or a training certificate from the board is the
unlicensed practice of medicine pursuant to section
4731.34 of the Revised
Code.
(B)
An individual may not begin participation in a training
program unless the individual has been issued one of the following:
(1)
A diploma from an
LCME accredited medical school or AOA accredited osteopathic medical school;
or
(2)
An ECFMG certificate or a fifth pathway
certificate.
(C)
Evidence that the applicant for a training certificate
has been accepted or appointed to a training program meeting the requirements
of division (A)(2) of section
4731.291 of the Revised Code
must include a certification from the training program of both of the
following:
(1)
The training program will verify that the applicant has been issued a diploma,
ECFMG certificate, or a fifth pathway certificate before permitting the
applicant to begin participation in the training program; and
(2)
The training
program will notify the board if a holder of a training certificate has not
been issued a diploma, an ECFMG certificate, or a fifth pathway certificate
before the start date of the training program.
(D)
The holder of a
training certificate shall immediately notify the board in writing if the
holder has not been issued a diploma, an ECFMG certificate, or a fifth pathway
certificate before the start date of the training program.
(E)
Upon the board's
receipt of an application for a training certificate, or upon the board's
receipt of written notice from an applicant for a license that the applicant
intends to participate in a training program, and after verifying that the
applicant has paid the appropriate fee, the board may issue to the applicant an
acknowledgment letter. Fees are neither refundable nor transferable.
(1)
Upon receipt of
that acknowledgment letter, the applicant may begin participating in the
training program that meets the requirements of section
4731.291 of the Revised Code,
and this chapter of the Administrative Code, to which the applicant has been
appointed while the application is being processed. The acknowledgment letter
will serve as proof that the board has received the application and that the
applicant is entitled to continue participation in the training
program.
(2)
If an applicant has not received an acknowledgment
letter or training certificate from the board within forty-five days after
submitting an application, then the applicant shall immediately inform the
board and the director of his or her training program in
writing.
(3)
An acknowledgment letter issued under this rule shall
authorize participation in a training program for one hundred twenty days,
unless prior to that time the board:
(a)
Issues the
certificate; or
(b)
Issues an order in accordance with Ohio law suspending
without a prior hearing the authority to participate; or
(c)
Accepts a
withdrawal of the application;
(d)
Issues a notice
of opportunity for hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code,
in which case the authority to participate shall continue until the board's
issuance of a final order granting or denying the application, or until the end
of the training year, whichever comes first; or
(e)
In the case of an
applicant for a license, advises the applicant in writing that a substantial
question of a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it exists
and that investigation is continuing, in which case the authority to
participate shall continue until one of the following occur:
(i)
The board issues
a license; or
(ii)
The board issues a final order in accordance with
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; or
(iii)
The training
year ends.
(F)
If at the end of one hundred twenty days following
issuance of an acknowledgment letter to an applicant for a training certificate
the board has commenced but not yet concluded investigation or inquiry into
issues of possible violations of Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code, it shall
issue a training certificate to the applicant but shall not be deemed to have
waived any issues which would constitute grounds to impose discipline under
Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code.
(G)
If the applicant
or training certificate holder changes training programs, the board must be
notified in writing immediately. A new application need not be completed and a
new training certificate will not be issued. The training certificate will
continue to be valid until its date of expiration.
(H)
A person who
holds a suspended license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic
medicine and surgery is not eligible for a training certificate. Such a person
must restore that license in accordance with sections
4731.222 and
4731.281 of the Revised Code
before beginning postgraduate training in Ohio. A person whose license to
practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery has been
permanently revoked or permanently denied is ineligible to participate in a
training program in Ohio.
Replaces: 4731-6-30
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4731.05, 4731.291
Rule Amplifies: 4731.222, 4731.281, 4731.291, 4731.34
Prior Effective Dates: 02/29/1988 (Emer.), 06/06/1988 (Emer.), 11/01/1988 (Emer.), 12/19/1988, 02/10/1989, 08/15/1993, 12/01/1999, 05/05/2000 (Emer.), 09/01/2000, 10/31/2004, 08/31/2017
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