Ohio Code 4752.12 – Issuing certificate of registration
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the state board of pharmacy shall issue a certificate of registration to provide home medical equipment services to each applicant who submits a complete application under section 4752.11 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this division, an application is complete only if the board finds that the applicant holds accreditation from the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations or another national accrediting body recognized by the board, as specified in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4752.12
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Home medical equipment: means equipment that can stand repeated use, is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose, is not useful to a person in the absence of illness or injury, is appropriate for use in the home, and is one or more of the following:
(1) Life-sustaining equipment prescribed by an authorized health care professional that mechanically sustains, restores, or supplants a vital bodily function, such as breathing;
(2) Technologically sophisticated medical equipment prescribed by an authorized health care professional that requires individualized adjustment or regular maintenance by a home medical equipment services provider to maintain a patient's health care condition or the effectiveness of the equipment;
(3) An item specified by the state board of pharmacy in rules adopted under division (B) of section 4752. See Ohio Code 4752.01
- Home medical equipment services: means the sale, delivery, installation, maintenance, replacement, or demonstration of home medical equipment. See Ohio Code 4752.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) The board shall issue a certificate of registration in accordance with Chapter 4796 of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(1) The applicant holds a certificate of registration or license in another state.
(2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a provider of home medical equipment services in a state that does not issue that certificate or license.
(C) A certificate of registration expires at the end of the registration period for which it is issued and may be renewed in accordance with section 4752.13 of the Revised Code. For purposes of renewing certificates of registration, the board shall use a biennial registration period that begins on the first day of July of each even-numbered year and ends on the thirtieth day of June of the next succeeding even-numbered year.
(D) A certificate of registration is valid only for the facility named in the application.
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