Ohio § 4772.12 Prescriptive authority

Ohio Statutes

§ 4772.12 — Prescriptive authority

Ohio § 4772.12

Title 47Occupations-Professions

Ch. 4772Certified Mental Health Assistants

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4772.12 (2026).

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(A)A license issued by the state medical board under section4772.06of the Revised Code authorizes the license holder to prescribe and personally furnish drugs and therapeutic devices in the exercise of physician-delegated prescriptive authority.

(B)In exercising physician-delegated prescriptive authority, a certified mental health assistant is subject to section4772.13of the Revised Code and all of the following:

(1)The certified mental health assistant shall exercise physician-delegated prescriptive authority only to the extent that the physician supervising the certified mental health assistant has granted that authority.

(2)(a) The certified mental health assistant shall comply with all conditions placed on the physician-delegated prescriptive authority, as specified by the superv

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(A) A license issued by the state medical board under section4772.06of the Revised Code authorizes the license holder to prescribe and personally furnish drugs and therapeutic devices in the exercise of physician-delegated prescriptive authority.

(B) In exercising physician-delegated prescriptive authority, a certified mental health assistant is subject to section4772.13of the Revised Code and all of the following:

(1) The certified mental health assistant shall exercise physician-delegated prescriptive authority only to the extent that the physician supervising the certified mental health assistant has granted that authority.

(2)(a) The certified mental health assistant shall comply with all conditions placed on the physician-delegated prescriptive authority, as specified by the supervising physician who is supervising the certified mental health assistant in the exercise of physician-delegated prescriptive authority. If conditions are placed on that authority, the supervising physician shall maintain a written record of the conditions and make the record available to the state medical board on request.

(b) The conditions that a supervising physician may place on the physician-delegated prescriptive authority granted to a certified mental health assistant include the following:

(i) Identification by class and specific generic nomenclature of drugs and therapeutic devices that the physician chooses not to permit the certified mental health assistant to prescribe;

(ii) Limitations on the dosage units or refills that the certified mental health assistant is authorized to prescribe;

(iii) Specification of circumstances under which the certified mental health assistant is required to refer patients to the supervising physician or another physician when exercising physician-delegated prescriptive authority;

(iv) Responsibilities to be fulfilled by the physician in supervising the certified mental health assistant that are not otherwise specified in the supervision agreement or otherwise required by this chapter.

(3) If the certified mental health assistant possesses physician-delegated prescriptive authority for controlled substances, both of the following apply:

(a) The certified mental health assistant shall register with the federal drug enforcement administration.

(b) The certified mental health assistant shall comply with section4772.13of the Revised Code.

(4) If the certified mental health assistant possesses physician-delegated prescriptive authority to prescribe for a minor an opioid analgesic, as those terms are defined in sections3719.01and3719.061of the Revised Code, respectively, the certified mental health assistant shall comply with section3719.061of the Revised Code.

(C) A certified mental health assistant shall not prescribe any drug in violation of state or federal law.

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