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Ohio Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2021) |
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4755 Ohio Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy Board, and Athletic Trainers Board |
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Chapter4755-63. |
4755-63-12. Criminal records check
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(A) In addition to the requirements established in rules 4755-63-01, 4755-63-02, and 4755-63-06 of the Administrative Code, all applicants for initial licensure as an orthotist, prosthetist, prosthetist-orthotist, and pedorthist must submit to a criminal records check completed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in accordance with section 4779.091 of the Revised Code. The results of the criminal records check must be received by the board prior to the issuance of a license to practice as an orthotist, prosthetist, prosthetist-orthotist, and pedorthist.
(B) An applicant requesting a criminal records check must provide the bureau of criminal identification and investigation with the applicant's name, and address, and any other information required by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation for the purpose of completing the criminal records checks. The applicant must cause the results of the criminal records checks to be forwarded to the Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board at "77 South High Street, 16th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215-6108."
(C) In the request, the applicant must ask the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to obtain from the federal bureau of investigation any information it has pertaining to the applicant.
(D) The occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board will only accept the results of a criminal records check that is submitted to the board directly by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in compliance with this rule.
(E) A criminal records check will not be required if the applicant has caused the results of a criminal records check to be filed with the board in accordance with the requirements of this rule within six months of the date that the board received the results of the criminal records check. A new criminal records check will be required if the applicant's criminal records check on file with the board is greater than six months old based on the date the board received the report.