Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4731 - State Medical Board
Chapter 4731-36
Section 4731-36-01 - Military provisions related to education and experience requirements for licensure
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4731-36-01
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Definitions
For purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Armed forces" means any of the
following:
(a) The armed forces of the United
States, including the army, navy, air force, marine corps, and coast
guard;
(b) A reserve component of
the armed forces listed in paragraph (A)(1)(a) of this rule;
(c) The national guard, including the Ohio
national guard or the national guard of any other state;
(d) The commissioned corps of the United
States public health service;
(e)
The merchant marine service during wartime;
(f) Such other service as may be designated
by Congress; or
(g) The Ohio
organized militia when engaged in full-time national guard duty for a period of
more than thirty days.
(2) "Board" means the state medical board of
Ohio.
(3) "Service member" means
any person who is serving in the armed forces.
(4) "Veteran" means any person who has
completed service in the armed forces, including the national guard of any
state, or a reserve component of the armed forces, who has been discharged
under honorable conditions from the armed forces or who has been transferred to
the reserve with evidence of satisfactory service.
(B) Education and service for eligibility for licensure.
(1) In accordance with section
5903.03 of the Revised Code, the
following military programs of training, military primary specialties, and
lengths of service are substantially equivalent to or exceed the educational
and experience requirements for licensure as a physician assistant and for a
prescriber number:
(a) An individual serving
in a military primary specialty listed in paragraph (B) (1)(b) of this rule
must be a graduate of a physician assistant education program approved by the
accreditation review commission on education for the physician
assistant.
(b) Service in one of
the following military primary specialties for at least two consecutive years
while on active duty, with evidence of service under honorable conditions,
including any experience attained while practicing as a physician assistant at
a health care facility or clinic operated by the United States department of
veterans affairs, may be substituted for a master's degree for eligibility for
a license to practice as a physician assistant pursuant to section
4730.11 of the Revised Code and
for a prescriber number pursuant to section
4730.15 of the Revised Code;
(i) Army: MOS 65D;
(ii) Navy: NOBC 0113;
(iii) Air force: AFSC 42G;
(iv) The national guard of Ohio or any
state;
(v) Marine: Physician
assistant services are provided by navy personnel;
(vi) Coast guard;
(vii) Public health service.
(2) For purposes of
section 5903.03 of the Revised Code, the
board has determined that there are no military programs of training, military
primary specialties, or lengths of service that are substantially equivalent to
or that exceed the educational and experience requirements for licensure as a
massage
therapist.
(3) For purposes of
section 5903.03 of the Revised Code, the
board has determined that:
(a) A diploma from
a military medical school or military osteopathic medical school that at the
time the diploma was issued was a medical school accredited by the liaison
committee on medical education or an osteopathic medical school accredited by
the American osteopathic association are substantially equivalent to the
medical educational requirement for licensure to practice medicine and surgery
or osteopathic medicine and surgery;
(b) Military graduate medical education that
is accredited by the accreditation council for graduate medical education is
substantially equivalent to the graduate medical educational requirement for
licensure to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery;
and
(c) There are no military
primary specialties or lengths of service that are substantially equivalent to
or that exceed the educational and experience requirements for licensure to
practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(4) For purposes of section
5903.03 of the Revised Code, the
board has determined that:
(a) A degree from
a military college of podiatric medicine and surgery that at the time the
degree was granted was a college of podiatric medicine and surgery accredited
by the council on podiatric medical education is substantially equivalent to
the medical educational requirement for licensure to practice podiatric
medicine and surgery;
(b) Military
postgraduate training in a podiatric internship, residency, or clinical
fellowship program accredited by the council on podiatric medicine is
substantially equivalent to the graduate medical educational requirement for
licensure to practice podiatric medicine and surgery; and
(c) There are no military primary specialties
or lengths of service that are substantially equivalent to or that exceed the
educational and experience requirements for licensure to practice podiatric
medicine and surgery.
(5) For purposes of section
5903.03 of the Revised Code, the
board has determined that there are no military programs of training, military
primary specialties, or lengths of service that are substantially equivalent to
or that exceed the educational and experience requirements for licensure as a
dietitian.
(6) For purposes of
section 5903.03 of the Revised Code, the
board recognizes respiratory care educational programs offered by branches of
the United States military that have been issued provisional accreditation,
initial accreditation, continuing accreditation or other accreditation status
conferred by the commission on accreditation for respiratory care (CoARC) or
their successor organization that permits respiratory care programs offered by
the United States military to continue to enroll and/or graduate
students
(7) For purposes of
section 5903.03 of the Revised Code, the
board has determined that there are no military programs of training, military
primary specialties, and lengths of service that are substantially equivalent
to or exceed the educational and experience requirements for licensure as an
acupuncturist .
(8) For the
purposes of section 5903.03 of the Revised Code, the
board has determined that there are no military programs of training, military
primary specialties, or lengths of service that are substantially equivalent to
or exceed the educational and experience requirements for licensure as a
radiologist assistant.
(9) For the
purposes of section 5903.03 of the Revised Code, the
board has determined that there are no military programs of training, military
primary specialties, or lengths of service that are substantially equivalent to
or exceed the educational and experience requirements for licensure as a
genetic counselor.
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