Ohio Admin. Code 4723-26-04 - Renewal of community health worker certificate
[Comment: Information regarding the availability and effective date of the materials incorporated by reference in this rule can be found in paragraph (G) of rule 4723-1-03 of the Administrative Code.]
(A) The board shall provide
on-line access to a "Community Healthworker Renewal Application" to every
holder of a current, valid certificate, except when the board is aware that the
individual may be ineligible for certificate renewal for any reason, including
those reasons set forth in section
4723.092 of the Revised Code.
Failure of the certificate holder to receive an application for renewal from
the board does not excuse the certificate holder from the requirements of
section 4723.85 of the Revised Code and
this chapter, except as provided in section
5903.10 of the Revised
Code.
(B) To renew a certificate to
practice as a community health worker a holder of a current, valid certificate
shall meet the continuing education requirements set forth in rule
4723-26-05 of the Administrative
Code and submit:
(1) A completed on-line
"Community Healthworker Renewal Application"; and
(2) A renewal fee of thirty-five
dollars.
(C) If a
completed renewal application is not submitted on-line on or before March first
of each odd numbered year, the application shall be considered late and a late
fee of fifty dollars shall be imposed in addition to the thirty-five dollar
renewal fee.
(D) A certificate
holder with a current, valid certificate may request
that the certificate be placed
place the
certificate on inactive status at any time by submitting to the board
an
written statement
or electronic request asking that
the
to place the certificate
be placed on inactive status.
(E) To reactivate an inactive certificate or
reinstate a lapsed certificate the certificate holder must meet the continuing
education requirements set forth in rule
4723-26-05 of the Administrative
Code and submit:
(1) A completed "Community
Healthworker Reactivation and Reinstatement Application" including all required
documentation; and
(2) A
reactivation fee in the amount of thirty-five dollars.
(F) A certificate holder who has placed a
community health worker certificate on inactive status is not required to pay a
renewal fee unless the holder seeks to reactivate the certificate. If the
certificate holder placed a certificate on inactive status after March second
of the year in which the certificate was to be renewed, and notifies the board
on or before March thirty-first of the same renewal year of the intent to
reactivate, the certificate holder must still pay the late processing fee
required by paragraph (C) of this rule.
(G) If a certificate to practice as a
community health worker is not renewed by March thirty-first of each odd
numbered year and the certificate holder has failed by that time to request
that the certificate be placed on inactive status, the certificate will
lapse.
(H) When a community health
worker certificate is inactive or lapsed, the individual shall not represent or
imply to the public that he or she is certified by the board as a community
health worker .
(I) An individual
who continues to represent to the public that he or she is a certified
community health worker during the time that his or her certificate is inactive
or lapsed, may be subject to disciplinary action by the board in accordance
with rule
4723-26-11 of the Administrative
Code.
(J) A community health worker
certificate holder who is a service member or veteran , as defined in rule
4723-2-01 of the Administrative
Code, or who is the spouse or surviving spouse of a service member or veteran ,
may be eligible for a waiver of the late application fee and the reinstatement
fee according to rule
4723-2-03 of the Administrative
Code.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4723.88
Rule Amplifies: 4723.85
Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/2005, 02/01/2010, 02/01/2014, 02/01/2015, 02/01/2020, 02/01/2022
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
[Comment: Information regarding the availability and effective date of the materials incorporated by reference in this rule can be found in paragraph (G) of rule 4723-1-03 of the Administrative Code.]
(A) The board shall provide on-line access to a "Community Healthworker Renewal Application" to every holder of a current, valid certificate, except when the board is aware that the individual may be ineligible for certificate renewal for any reason, including those reasons set forth in section 4723.092 of the Revised Code. Failure of the certificate holder to receive an application for renewal from the board does not excuse the certificate holder from the requirements of section 4723.85 of the Revised Code and this chapter, except as provided in section 5903.10 of the Revised Code.
(B) To renew a certificate to practice as a community health worker a holder of a current, valid certificate shall meet the continuing education requirements set forth in rule 4723-26-05 of the Administrative Code and submit :
(1) Submit a A completed on-line "Community Healthworker Renewal Application"; and
(2) Submit a A renewal fee of thirty-five dollars.; and
(3) Meet the
(C) If a completed renewal application is not submitted on-line on or before March first of each odd numbered year, the application shall be considered late and a late fee of fifty dollars shall be imposed in addition to the thirty-five dollar renewal fee.
(D) A certificate holder with a current, valid certificate may request that the certificate be placed on inactive status at any time by submitting to the board a written statement or electronic request asking that the certificate be placed on inactive status.
(E) To reactivate an inactive certificate or reinstate a lapsed certificate the certificate holder must meet the continuing education requirements set forth in rule 4723-26-05 of the Administrative Code and submit:
(1) A completed "Community Healthworker Reactivation and Reinstatement Application" including all required documentation; and
(2) A reactivation fee in the amount of thirty-five dollars; and .
(3) Verification of completion of
(F) A certificate holder who has placed a community health worker certificate on inactive status is not required to pay a renewal fee unless the holder seeks to reactivate the certificate. If the certificate holder placed a certificate on inactive status after March second of the year in which the certificate was to be renewed, and notifies the board on or before March thirty-first of the same renewal year of the intent to reactivate, the certificate holder must still pay the late processing fee required by paragraph (C) of this rule.
(G) If a certificate to practice as a community health worker is not renewed by March thirty-first of each odd numbered year and the certificate holder has failed by that time to request that the certificate be placed on inactive status, the certificate will lapse.
(H) When a community health worker certificate is inactive or lapsed, the individual shall not represent or imply to the public that he or she is certified by the board as a community health worker .
(I) An individual who continues to represent to the public that he or she is a certified community health worker during the time that his or her certificate is inactive or lapsed, may be subject to disciplinary action by the board in accordance with rule 4723-26-11 of the Administrative Code.
(J) A community health worker certificate holder who is a service member or veteran , as defined in rule 4723-2-01 of the Administrative Code, or who is the spouse or surviving spouse of a service member or veteran , may be eligible for a waiver of the late application fee and the reinstatement fee according to rule 4723-2-03 of the Administrative Code.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4723.88
Rule Amplifies: 4723.85
Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/2005, 02/01/2010, 02/01/2014, 02/01/2015, 02/01/2020