Any action taken against those professionals is also listed on the medical board website. The Ohio Revised Code authorizes the Board to investigate compliance with the laws and rules governing the practice and to investigate alleged grounds for discipline of a license or refusal to issue a license. This story focuses on doctors, but the State Medical Board of Ohio also licenses physician assistants, massage therapists, cosmetic therapists, anesthesiologist assistants, radiologist assistants and acupuncturists. Referral to an alternative to discipline program for practice monitoring and recovery support (drug or alcohol dependent nurses, or in some other . If you would like to verify the identity of a State Medical Board of Ohio investigator, please email a regional supervisor directly: The State Medical Board of Ohios purpose is to protect the public. The report shall be a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Emails originating from actual Medical Board staff end in. Once a complaint is assigned to an investigator, it becomes an investigative case. It is made up of 12 people from Ohio: seven medical doctors, one podiatrist, one osteopathic doctor and three people who represent the interest of consumers. The Executive Director for the Division of EMS, with advice and counsel of the Firefighter and Fire Safety Inspector Training Committee, is responsible for investigations to ensure fire service providers comply with the Ohio Revised and Administrative Codes. | YDM. ( ^6F7@#/@ Reinstatement of a license or certificate suspended pursuant to division (B) of this section requires an affirmative vote of not fewer than six members of the board. The minutes showWHAT types of cases are of concern to the Board and what Discipline is typically imposed. In other cases, the physician had been disciplined by a medical board in another state or found guilty of a felony. If it has reason to believe that any individual authorized to practice by this chapter or any applicant for licensure or certification to practice suffers such impairment, the board may compel the individual to submit to a mental or physical examination, or both. Any consent agreement entered into under this division with an individual that pertains to a second or subsequent plea of guilty to, or judicial finding of guilt of, a violation of that section shall provide for a suspension of the individual's license or certificate to practice for a period of at least one year or, if determined appropriate by the board, a more serious sanction involving the individual's license or certificate to practice. Last year, 4,469 new complaints were filed with the board. By filing an application for or holding a license or certificate to practice under this chapter, an individual shall be deemed to have given consent to submit to a mental or physical examination when ordered to do so by the board in writing, and to have waived all objections to the admissibility of testimony or examination reports that constitute privileged communications. Then, describe your concerns. State Medical Board of Ohio > Renew > Renewal & CME Types Monthly Formal Action - State Medical Board of Ohio Subsequent offenses are fourth-degree felonies, punishable by six to 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine. The trial court did not suppress Gideons incriminating statements because it found that Gideon voluntarily made the statements to the investigator. If the board determines that the individual's ability to practice is impaired, the board shall suspend the individual's license or certificate or deny the individual's application and shall require the individual, as a condition for initial, continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure or certification to practice, to submit to treatment. The board shall not make public the names or any other identifying information about patients or complainants unless proper consent is given or, in the case of a patient, a waiver of the patient privilege exists under division (B) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code, except that consent or a waiver of that nature is not required if the board possesses reliable and substantial evidence that no bona fide physician-patient relationship exists. If there is a charge, an invoice will be sent with the documents. Monthly Administrative Action - January 2022; 2021. The Medical Board meets each month in the Administrative Hearing Room on the 3rd floor of the Rhodes Office Tower, 30 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio. The Board is responsible to investigate complaints against applicants and licensees and to take disciplinary action against those who violate the public health and safety standards. The main outcomes measured were disciplinary actions, offenses leading to state medical board actions, and the characteristics of disciplined physicians. However, if you are not the subject of the complaint, you still may be contacted for information related to the investigation. Disciplinary Actions | Emergency Medical Services - ems.ohio.gov endobj In addition, as noted in a previous post, effective September 29, 2015, the Medical Board was granted the authority by the December 14, 2017 If you're asked to log in with an OHID - the state's best-of-breed digital identity - your privacy, data, and personal information are protected by all federal and state digital security guidelines. The summary and any objections are sent to the board, which then takes action. Also include your name, address and a daytime telephone number so the board can reach you if it needs additional information. The board tries to post disciplinary information on its website within 48 hours of its meetings, Wehrle says. Minutes of board meetings, correspondence between the doctor and the board and legal documents are posted on the website as well. You can use the keyboard shortcut Control+F, or Command+F on a Mac, to open a search box. According to 2017 statistics from the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) (the most recent available), state boards took 8813 actions that year. %%EOF Many believe that all deliberations of Board Members should be behind closed doors. (29) Failure to use universal blood and body fluid precautions established by rules adopted under section 4731.051 of the Revised Code; (30) Failure to provide notice to, and receive acknowledgment of the notice from, a patient when required by section 4731.143 of the Revised Code prior to providing nonemergency professional services, or failure to maintain that notice in the patient's medical record; (31) Failure of a physician supervising a physician assistant to maintain supervision in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under that chapter; (32) Failure of a physician or podiatrist to enter into a standard care arrangement with a clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner with whom the physician or podiatrist is in collaboration pursuant to section 4731.27 of the Revised Code or failure to fulfill the responsibilities of collaboration after entering into a standard care arrangement; (33) Failure to comply with the terms of a consult agreement entered into with a pharmacist pursuant to section 4729.39 of the Revised Code; (34) Failure to cooperate in an investigation conducted by the board under division (F) of this section, including failure to comply with a subpoena or order issued by the board or failure to answer truthfully a question presented by the board in an investigative interview, an investigative office conference, at a deposition, or in written interrogatories, except that failure to cooperate with an investigation shall not constitute grounds for discipline under this section if a court of competent jurisdiction has issued an order that either quashes a subpoena or permits the individual to withhold the testimony or evidence in issue; (35) Failure to supervise an acupuncturist in accordance with Chapter 4762. of the Revised Code and the board's rules for providing that supervision; (36) Failure to supervise an anesthesiologist assistant in accordance with Chapter 4760. of the Revised Code and the board's rules for supervision of an anesthesiologist assistant; (37) Assisting suicide, as defined in section 3795.01 of the Revised Code; (38) Failure to comply with the requirements of section 2317.561 of the Revised Code; (39) Failure to supervise a radiologist assistant in accordance with Chapter 4774. of the Revised Code and the board's rules for supervision of radiologist assistants; (40) Performing or inducing an abortion at an office or facility with knowledge that the office or facility fails to post the notice required under section 3701.791 of the Revised Code; (41) Failure to comply with the standards and procedures established in rules under section 4731.054 of the Revised Code for the operation of or the provision of care at a pain management clinic; (42) Failure to comply with the standards and procedures established in rules under section 4731.054 of the Revised Code for providing supervision, direction, and control of individuals at a pain management clinic; (43) Failure to comply with the requirements of section 4729.79 or 4731.055 of the Revised Code, unless the state board of pharmacy no longer maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code; (44) Failure to comply with the requirements of section 2919.171, 2919.202, or 2919.203 of the Revised Code or failure to submit to the department of health in accordance with a court order a complete report as described in section 2919.171 or 2919.202 of the Revised Code; (45) Practicing at a facility that is subject to licensure as a category III terminal distributor of dangerous drugs with a pain management clinic classification unless the person operating the facility has obtained and maintains the license with the classification; (46) Owning a facility that is subject to licensure as a category III terminal distributor of dangerous drugs with a pain management clinic classification unless the facility is licensed with the classification; (47) Failure to comply with any of the requirements regarding making or maintaining medical records or documents described in division (A) of section 2919.192, division (C) of section 2919.193, division (B) of section 2919.195, or division (A) of section 2919.196 of the Revised Code; (48) Failure to comply with the requirements in section 3719.061 of the Revised Code before issuing for a minor a prescription for an opioid analgesic, as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code; (49) Failure to comply with the requirements of section 4731.30 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under section 4731.301 of the Revised Code when recommending treatment with medical marijuana; (50) Practicing at a facility, clinic, or other location that is subject to licensure as a category III terminal distributor of dangerous drugs with an office-based opioid treatment classification unless the person operating that place has obtained and maintains the license with the classification; (51) Owning a facility, clinic, or other location that is subject to licensure as a category III terminal distributor of dangerous drugs with an office-based opioid treatment classification unless that place is licensed with the classification; (52) A pattern of continuous or repeated violations of division (E)(2) or (3) of section 3963.02 of the Revised Code; (53) Failure to fulfill the responsibilities of a collaboration agreement entered into with an athletic trainer as described in section 4755.621 of the Revised Code; (54) Failure to take the steps specified in section 4731.911 of the Revised Code following an abortion or attempted abortion in an ambulatory surgical facility or other location that is not a hospital when a child is born alive.