(A)
Veterans:
(1) Veterans may request
consideration of their military training and experience toward licensure
requirements. Requests shall be made in writing (electronic requests are
acceptable) and contain supporting documentation that the veteran wishes to
have considered by the board. The veteran must demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the board that the veteran's training is substantially equivalent to the
training required for initial licensure.
(2) Veterans whose request for consideration
of their military training and experience is denied by the board may request a
personal appearance before the board. This request shall be made in writing.
Electronic requests are acceptable.
(3) Veterans applying for initial licensure
may qualify for a one-time only waiver of the initial license fee provided they
served at least one year under honorable circumstances and were honorably
discharged. Appropriate documentation must be submitted for
consideration.
(4) The board's
determination is final.
(B) Active-duty military personnel, veterans,
and licensees accompanying active-duty spouses:
(1) A licensee who submits a late renewal
application due to the
license's service in the
armed forces shall be eligible
for renewal without payment of the late renewal fee required by paragraph (C)
of rule
4751-1-10 of the Administrative
Code if the following are met:
(a) The
licensee presents the board with satisfactory evidence that, not more than six
months prior to the date the evidence is submitted to the board, the license
was honorably discharged or separated under honorable conditions;
(b) The licensee is not suffering a mental or
physical impairment that may affect the individual's ability to safely
practice; and,
(c) The licensee
meets the requirements for license renewal required by section
4751.24 of the Revised
Code.
(2) A licensee who
submits a late renewal application due to the
license's spouse's service in the
armed forces shall be eligible for renewal without payment of the late renewal
fee require by paragraph (C) of rule
4751-1-10 of the Administrative
Code if the following are met:
(a) The
licensee presents the board with satisfactory evidence that the licensee did
not renew the license because the spouse's military service caused them to be
absent from the state of Ohio;
(b)
The licensee presents the board with satisfactory evidence that, not more than
six months prior to the date the evidence is presented to the board, the
licensee's spouse was honorable discharged or separated under honor able
conditions; and,
(c) The licensee
meets the requirements for license renewal required by section
4751.24 of the Revised
Code.
(3) Upon receipt
of an application from a licensed nursing home administrator that is
accompanied by proper documentation certifying that the individual has been
called to active duty during a current or prior reporting period, and
certifying the length of that active duty, the individual shall receive an
extension of the current continuing education reporting period equal to the
total number of months sent in active duty during the current reporting period.
For purposes of this rule, any portion of a month serviced on the active duty
shall be considered one full month.
(4) The board may waive all or part of the
normal CE requirements for license renewal for active-duty military and spouses
if it determines that obtaining the CEs would cause undue hardship. The
licensee shall make a written request to the board for consideration.
Electronic requests are acceptable.
(5) The
board may waive all or part of the
annual
biennial license renewal fee at its sole discretion if
it determines that enforcing the fee would cause undue hardship. The licensee
shall request any such waiver in writing. Electronic requests are acceptable.
(6) Pursuant to division (D) of
section 4743.04 of the Revised Code, the board shall issue a temporary license
to practice nursing home administration providing that all of the following
qualifications are met:
(a) The individual holds a valid
license to practice nursing home administration issued by any other state or
jurisdiction;
(b) The individual is in good
standing in the state or jurisdiction of licensure;
(c) The individual presents adequate
proof to the board that the individual or the individual's spouse is on
military duty in this state;
(d) The individual complies with
sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code regarding submitting to a
criminal records check;
(7) The board shall, within
twenty-four hours after receiving the report under division (A) of section
4776.04 of the Revised Code, notify the applicant that the board has received
the results of a criminal records check.
(8) The board shall issue a
temporary license, provided that the applicant meets the requirements of
section 4743.041 of the Revised Code, within fourteen days of having received
the results of a criminal records check.
(9) If the board finds that the
individual is under investigation by the licensing agency of any other state or
jurisdiction, the board may postpone issuing the license until the
investigation is complete and the licensing agency of the other state or
jurisdiction confirms that the individual is in good standing.
(10) No temporary license shall be
valid for more than six months.
(11) The board shall deny an
individual a temporary license or revoke a temporary license issued under
section 4743.041 of the Revised Code if any of the following circumstances
occur:
(a) The individual's license issued
by the other state or jurisdiction expires or is revoked, or the individual is
not in good standing;
(b) With respect to an individual
who was eligible for a temporary license under section 4743.041 of the Revised
Code as the spouse of an individual on military duty, six months have elapsed
since the divorce, dissolution, or annulment of the marriage;
(c) The individual is disqualified
from obtaining a license to practice nursing home administration because of a
conviction, judicial finding of guilt, or plea of guilty to a disqualifying
criminal offense specified on the list the board makes available pursuant to
division (C) of section 9.78 of the Revised Code.
(12) An individual with a temporary
license issued under section 4743.041 of the Revised Code may practice nursing
home administration in this state only within the scope and practice that is
permitted under Ohio law and that does not exceed the individual's
training.
(13) Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Revised Code, the board shall waive all fees associated with
the issuance of a temporary license issued under section 4743.041 of the
Revised Code.
(14) The board shall, upon the
conclusion of the state fiscal year, prepare a report on the number and type of
temporary licenses that were issued during the fiscal year under section
4743.041 of the Revised Code. This report shall be provided to the director of
veterans' services not later than thirty days after the end of the fiscal
year.
(15)(6) A license issued
under section 4743.041 of the Revised Code
shall be considered a license under the laws regulating the practice of nursing
home administration in this state. Provisions of law applicable to a license
issued to an applicant who does not obtain a license under section
4743.041 of the Revised Code
apply in the same manner to licenses issued under section
4743.041 of the Revised
Code.
