4760.06 Renewal - suspension - reinstatement. - Ohio Statutes

4760.06 Renewal - suspension - reinstatement.

(A) A person seeking to renew a certificate of registration as an anesthesiologist assistant shall, on or before the thirty-first day of January of each even-numbered year, apply for renewal of the certificate. The state medical board shall send renewal notices at least one month prior to the expiration date. Applications shall be submitted to the board on forms the board shall prescribe and supply. Each application shall be accompanied by a biennial renewal fee of one hundred dollars. The applicant shall report any criminal offense that constitutes grounds for refusing to issue a certificate of registration under section 4760.13 of the Revised Code to which the applicant has pleaded guilty, of which the applicant has been found guilty, or for which the applicant has been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction, since last signing an application for a certificate of registration as an anesthesiologist assistant.

(B) To be eligible for renewal, an anesthesiologist assistant must certify to the board that the assistant has maintained certification by the national commission for the certification of anesthesiologist assistants.

(C) If an applicant submits a complete renewal application and qualifies for renewal pursuant to division (B) of this section, the board shall issue to the applicant a renewed certificate of registration as an anesthesiologist assistant.

(D) A certificate of registration that is not renewed on or before its expiration date is automatically suspended on its expiration date. If a certificate has been suspended pursuant to this division for two years or less, the board shall reinstate the certificate upon an applicant’s submission of a renewal application, the biennial renewal fee, and the applicable monetary penalty. The penalty for reinstatement is twenty-five dollars . If a certificate has been suspended pursuant to this division for more than two years, it may be restored upon an applicant’s submission of a restoration application, the biennial registration fee, and the applicable monetary penalty and compliance with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code. The board shall not restore a certificate to practice unless the board, in its discretion, decides that the results of the criminal records check do not make the applicant ineligible for a certificate issued pursuant to section 4760.04 of the Revised Code. The penalty for restoration is fifty dollars.

Effective Date: 05-31-2000; 2007 HB104 03-24-2008