Ohio § 4725.21 Duty to report unprofessional conduct or addiction - complaints

Ohio Statutes

§ 4725.21 — Duty to report unprofessional conduct or addiction - complaints

Ohio § 4725.21

Title 47Occupations-Professions

Ch. 4725Optometrists; Dispensing Opticians

This text of Ohio § 4725.21 (Duty to report unprofessional conduct or addiction - complaints) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Ohio primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4725.21 (2026).

Text

(A)If an optometrist licensed by the state vision professionals board has reason to believe that another optometrist licensed currently or previously by the board has engaged in any course of treatment or other services to a patient that constitutes unprofessional conduct under section4725.19of the Revised Code, or has an addiction subject to board action under section4725.19of the Revised Code, the optometrist shall make a report to the board.

(B)Any person may report to the board in a signed writing any information that the person may have that appears to show a violation of any provision of sections4725.01to4725.34of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under those sections.

(C)Each complaint or allegation of a violation received by the board shall be assigned a case number and sh

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(A) If an optometrist licensed by the state vision professionals board has reason to believe that another optometrist licensed currently or previously by the board has engaged in any course of treatment or other services to a patient that constitutes unprofessional conduct under section4725.19of the Revised Code, or has an addiction subject to board action under section4725.19of the Revised Code, the optometrist shall make a report to the board.

(B) Any person may report to the board in a signed writing any information that the person may have that appears to show a violation of any provision of sections4725.01to4725.34of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under those sections.

(C) Each complaint or allegation of a violation received by the board shall be assigned a case number and shall be recorded by the board.

(D) In the absence of fraud or bad faith, no person who reports to the board under this section or testifies in any adjudication conducted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code shall be liable to any person for damages in a civil action as a result of the report or testimony.