Ohio Admin. Code 4734-7-03 - Continuing education credit for providing health care to indigent and uninsured persons as a volunteer
(A) Licensees may satisfy up to twelve hours
of CE credit by providing health care services as a volunteer to an indigent
and uninsured person(s) in accordance with section
4745.04 of the Revised
Code.
(B) Providing health care to
indigent and uninsured persons as a volunteer means providing diagnosis, care,
or treatment without the expectation of receiving and without receipt of any
compensation or other form of remuneration from an indigent and uninsured
person, another person on behalf of an indigent and uninsured person, any
health care facility or location, any nonprofit health care referral
organization, or any other person or government entity.
(C) Licensees must satisfy the requirements
of section 2305.234 of the Revised Code to
qualify for the immunity from liability granted under that section. Continuing
education credit received in accordance with section
4745.04 of the Revised Code for
providing health care services is not compensation or any other form of
remuneration for purposes of section
2305.234 of the Revised Code and
does not make the licensee ineligible for the immunity from liability granted
under that section.
(D) As defined
in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code, an
indigent and uninsured shall meet both of the following requirements:
(1)
(2)
Relative to being
indigent, the person's income is not greater than two hundred per cent of the
federal poverty line, as defined by the United States office of management and
budget and revised in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C. 9902, as amended, except
in any case in which paragraph (D)(2)(c) of this rule includes a person whose
income is greater than two hundred per cent of the federal poverty line,
and;
Relative to being uninsured, one of the
following applies:
(1)
Relative to being
indigent, the person's income is not greater than two hundred per cent of the
federal poverty line, as defined by the United States office of management and
budget and revised in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 511,
42
U.S.C. 9902, as amended, except in any case
in which paragraph (D)(2)(c) of this rule includes a person whose income is
greater than two hundred per cent of the federal poverty line,
and;
(a) The person is not
a policyholder, certificate holder, insured, contract holder, subscriber,
enrollee, member, beneficiary, or other covered individual under a health
insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan.
(b) The person is a policyholder, certificate
holder, insured, contract holder, subscriber, enrollee, member, beneficiary, or
other covered individual under a health insurance or health care policy,
contract, or plan, but the insurer, policy, contract, or plan denies coverage
or is the subject of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings in any
jurisdiction.
(c) Until June 30,
2019, the person is eligible for the medicaid program or is a medicaid
recipient.
(d) Except as provided
in paragraph (D)(2)(c) of this rule, the person is not eligible for or a
recipient, enrollee, or beneficiary of any governmental health care
program.
(E)
Documentation of CE credit for providing health care to indigent and uninsured
persons as a volunteer shall be in writing in the form
of a certificate or a written statement on letterhead from an administrative
official at the organization where services were rendered, specifying at a
minimum
include the date(s) the
activity occurred, the time devoted toward the activity,
the name of the organization on whose behalf the
services were provided, and an attestation that the individuals for
which services were provided meet the requirements of paragraphs (D)(1) and
(D)(2) of this rule. One credit hour equals sixty minutes spent providing
health care services as a volunteer.
(F) CE hours earned providing health care
services as a volunteer to an indigent and uninsured person(s) shall not be
claimed as board mandated CE credit.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4734.10
Rule Amplifies: 2305.234, 4745.05
Prior Effective Dates: 10/01/2017
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