2006 Ohio Revised Code - 4731.15. Regulation of limited branches of medicine; certificates.

§ 4731.15. Regulation of limited branches of medicine; certificates.
 

(A) (1)  The state medical board also shall regulate the following limited branches of medicine: massage therapy and cosmetic therapy, and to the extent specified in section 4731.151 [4731.15.1] of the Revised Code, naprapathy and mechanotherapy. The board shall adopt rules governing the limited branches of medicine under its jurisdiction. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. 

(2) As used in this chapter, "cosmetic therapy" means the permanent removal of hair from the human body through the use of electric modalities approved by the board for use in cosmetic therapy, and additionally may include the systematic friction, stroking, slapping, and kneading or tapping of the face, neck, scalp, or shoulders. 

(B)  All persons who hold a certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine issued by the state medical board, whether residents of this state or not, shall on or before the first day of June of each odd-numbered year, register with the state medical board on a form prescribed by the board and shall pay at such time a biennial registration fee of fifty dollars. At least one month in advance of the date of registration, a written notice that the biennial registration fee is due on or before the first day of June shall be sent to each holder of a certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine, at the person's last known address. All persons who hold a certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine issued by the state medical board shall provide the board written notice of any change of address. 
 

A certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine shall be automatically suspended if the fee is not paid by the first day of September of the year it is due. Continued practice after the suspension of the certificate to practice shall be considered as practicing in violation of sections 4731.34 and 4731.41 of the Revised Code. Subject to section 4731.222 [4731.22.2] of the Revised Code, the board shall reinstate a certificate to practice suspended for failure to register on an applicant's payment of the biennial registration fee and the applicable monetary penalty. With regard to reinstatement of a certificate to practice cosmetic therapy, the applicant also shall submit with the application a certification that the number of hours of continuing education necessary to have a suspended certificate reinstated have been completed, as specified in rules the board shall adopt in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The penalty for reinstatement shall be twenty-five dollars if the certificate has been suspended for two years or less and fifty dollars if the certificate has been suspended for more than two years. 
 

HISTORY: GC § 1274-1; 106 v 202; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 128 v 57 (Eff 8-24-59); 132 v S 258 (Eff 12-13-67); 136 v S 75 (Eff 11-3-75); 139 v H 317 (Eff 8-27-82); 140 v H 289 (Eff 11-1-84); 141 v H 769 (Eff 3-17-87); 142 v H 331 (Eff 6-29-88); 144 v H 322 (Eff 3-2-92); 145 v H 152 (Eff 7-1-93); 147 v H 215 (Eff 9-29-97); 147 v H 606. Eff 3-9-99.