2010 Ohio Revised Code
Title [47] XLVII OCCUPATIONS - PROFESSIONS
Chapter 4731: PHYSICIANS; LIMITED PRACTITIONERS
4731.293 Visiting medical faculty certificate.

4731.293 Visiting medical faculty certificate.

(A) The state medical board may issue, without examination, a visiting medical faculty certificate to any person who holds a current, unrestricted license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery issued by another state or country and has been appointed to serve in this state on the academic staff of a medical school accredited by the liaison committee on medical education or an osteopathic medical school accredited by the American osteopathic association. Except as provided in division (E) of this section, the board shall not issue more than one visiting medical faculty certificate to any particular person.

(B) An applicant for a visiting medical faculty certificate shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant meets the requirements of division (A) of this section. The applicant shall pay a fee of three hundred seventy-five dollars. The board shall maintain a register of all persons who hold a visiting medical faculty certificate.

(C) The holder of a visiting medical faculty certificate may practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery only as is incidental to certificate holder’s teaching duties at the school or the teaching hospitals affiliated with the school. The board may revoke a certificate on receiving proof satisfactory to the board that the holder of the certificate has engaged in practice in this state outside the scope of the certificate or that there are grounds for action against the certificate holder under section 4731.22 of the Revised Code.

(D) A visiting medical faculty certificate is valid for the shorter of three years or the duration of the holder’s appointment to the academic staff of the school. The certificate may not be renewed.

(E) If a person was granted a visiting medical faculty certificate before the effective date of this amendment, the person may apply for a second visiting medical faculty certificate, unless the person’s first certificate was revoked. The board may issue the second certificate if the applicant complies with division (B) of this section.

(F) The board may adopt any rules it considers necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 04-30-1992; 2008 SB279 01-06-2009