Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Eligibility for
certification.
In accordance with Chapter 5903. of the Revised Code, the board
has determined that there are no military programs of training, military
specialties, and lengths of service that are substantially equivalent to or
which exceed the national certification, education and supervised training
requirements for certification as an certified Ohio behavior analyst.
(B) Definitions related to
military service and veteran status.
(1)
"Armed forces" means the armed forces of the United States or a reserve
component of the armed forces of the United States, including the army, navy,
air force, marine corps, cost guard, or any reserve components of those forces;
the national guard of any state; the commissioned corps of the United States
public health service; the merchant marine service during wartime; such other
service as may be designated by congress; or the Ohio organized militia when
engaged in full-time national guard duty for a period of more than thirty
days.
(2) "Member" means any person
who is serving in the armed forces.
(3) "Veteran" means any person who has
completed service in the armed forces and who has been discharged honorably or
under honorable conditions or who has been transferred to the reserve with
evidence of satisfactory service.
(C) Initial application for certification as
an certified Ohio behavior analyst.
(1) Each
applicant for initial certification shall report on the board's application
form, in a manner prescribed by the board, one's status as a member or veteran,
or as the spouse or surviving spouse of a member or veteran.
(2) The board shall in its electronic
database record, track, and monitor applications received from a member,
veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse of a member or veteran for the
purpose of prioritizing and expediting licensure for each applicant who is a
member, veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse of a member or
veteran.
(3) The board licensing
staff shall conspicuously mark the electronic and paper application file of
each member, veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse of a member or veteran
for the purpose of prioritizing the review and approval of those files for
admission to examination processes prior to other files.
(4) An applicant who is a member, veteran, or
the spouse or surviving spouse of a member or veteran, who verifies in a manner
prescribed by the board that active duty deployment is scheduled within sixty
days, shall be granted priority of service by the board relative to the
application review process and being admitted to required examinations in an
expedited manner so long as the applicant has evidenced compliance with the
other requirements for the certification application to be deemed
complete.
(D)
Certificate renewal and continuing education.
(1) In accordance with paragraph (A) of rule
4783-1-03
of the Administrative Code, the board waives the biennial license registration
fee and continuing education requirements of a certified Ohio behavior analyst
during such time as said certificate holder has been an active duty member of
the armed forces during the biennium.
(2) In accordance with section
5903.10 of the Revised Code, and
absent grounds for denial set forth in section
4783.09 of the Revised Code, a
certificate holder whose certificate has expired due to an inability to
register the certificate while on active duty in the armed forces shall be
eligible to reinstate the certificate without fee or penalty fee established in
rule
4783-1-02 of the
Administrative Code.
(E)
An active duty member or veteran who does not directly meet the requirements of
section 4783.04 of the Revised Code may
submit documentation, evidence, statement or endorsement that may be available
or produced for the board's consideration.
(F) In the course of processing and
considering an application for certification pursuant to section
4783.04 of the Revised Code, the
board shall consider military education, training, and experience elements that
may assist an applicant in qualifying for certification to the extent that the
board is authorized to do so by statute, rule, or executive
directive.
Effective: 7/8/2019
Five Year Review
(FYR) Dates: 3/27/2019 and
03/25/2024
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 5903.03
Rule
Amplifies: 4743.04,
5903.03,
5903.10,
5903.12,
5903.121
Prior
Effective Dates: 09/19/2014
