4731-6-34. Volunteer certificates

(A) For purposes of meeting the requirement of division (C)(3) of section 4731.295 of the Revised Code, good standing means the authority to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery without government restriction or limitation.

(B) For purposes of issuance of a volunteer's certificate, an applicant shall be considered retired from practice if the applicant's license has been surrendered or allowed to expire with the intention of ceasing to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery for remuneration in this or any other state, without request to do so by the proper licensing authority of the state and without knowledge that the applicant is the subject of an active investigation by the proper licensing authority of the state.

(C) The board may require the applicant to demonstrate present fitness to practice in the manner provided in section 4731.222 of the Revised Code before issuing a volunteer's certificate to an applicant whose license has been in an inactive status for more than two years or who has not been engaged in the active practice of the applicant's profession for more than two years.

Replaces: 4731-6 -34

Effective: 7/31/2019
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 07/31/2024
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4731.05, 4731.295
Rule Amplifies: 4731.295
Prior Effective Dates: 02/29/1988 (Emer.), 06/06/1988 (Emer.), 11/01/1988 (Emer.), 12/19/1988, 02/10/1989, 08/15/1993, 10/31/1996, 12/01/1999, 10/31/2004, 08/31/2017