Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4731 - State Medical Board
Chapter 4731-14 - Pronouncement of Death
Section 4731-14-01 - Pronouncement of death
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4731-14-01
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Only an individual holding one of the following current certificates or licenses may pronounce a person dead:
(1) A certificate to practice medicine and
surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery issued under section
4731.14
of the Revised Code;
(2) A training certificate issued under
section
4731.291
of the Revised Code;
(3) A clinical
research faculty certificate issued under section
4731.293
of the Revised Code;
(4) A special
activities certificate issued under section
4731.294
of the Revised Code;
(5) A
license to practice as a certified nurse practitioner
or clinical nurse specialist issued under section
4723.42 of
the Revised Code, when the holder acts in compliance with section
4723.36
of the Revised Code;
(6) A license
to practice as a registered nurse issued under section
4723.09
of the Revised Code, when the holder acts in compliance with section
4723.36
of the Revised Code.
(7) A license
to practice as a physician assistant issued under section
4730.12 of the
Revised Code, when the holder acts in compliance with section
4730.202
of the Revised Code;
(8) A
certificate of conceded eminence issued under section
4731.297
of the Revised Code;
(9) A
certificate to practice podiatric medicine and surgery issued under section
4731.56
of the Revised
Code.
(B) A physician holding a current certificate to practice medicine or surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery issued under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code may pronounce a person dead without personally examining the body of the deceased only if a competent observer has recited the facts of the deceased's present medical condition to the physician and the physician is satisfied that death has occurred.
(C) For purposes of this rule a competent observer shall mean one of the following:
(1) A licensed practical nurse holding a
current license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code;
(2) An EMT-Basic holding a current
certificate issued under section
4765.30
of the Revised Code;
(3) An
EMT-intermediate holding a current certificate issued under section
4765.30
of the Revised Code;
(4) A EMT -
paramedic holding a current certificate issued under section
4765.30
of the Revised Code;
(5) A
chiropractor holding a current certificate issued under Chapter 4734. of the
Revised Code;
(6) An individual
authorized to pronounce a person dead under paragraph (A) of this
rule;
(7) A coroner's investigator
as referenced in section
313.05
of the Revised Code.
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