Ohio § 4778.16 Mentally incompetent licensees

Ohio Statutes

§ 4778.16 — Mentally incompetent licensees

Ohio § 4778.16

Title 47Occupations-Professions

Ch. 4778Genetic Counselors

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4778.16 (2026).

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If the state medical board has reason to  believe that any person who has been granted a license to practice  as a genetic counselor under this chapter is mentally ill or  mentally incompetent, it may file in the probate court of the  county in which the person has a legal residence an affidavit in  the form prescribed in section5122.11of the Revised Code and  signed by the board secretary or a member of the board secretary's  staff, whereupon the same proceedings shall be had as provided in  Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code. The attorney general may  represent the board in any proceeding commenced under this  section.

If any person who has been granted a license to practice is  adjudged by a probate court to be mentally ill or mentally  incompetent, the person's license shall be automat

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If the state medical board has reason to believe that any person who has been granted a license to practice as a genetic counselor under this chapter is mentally ill or mentally incompetent, it may file in the probate court of the county in which the person has a legal residence an affidavit in the form prescribed in section5122.11of the Revised Code and signed by the board secretary or a member of the board secretary's staff, whereupon the same proceedings shall be had as provided in Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code. The attorney general may represent the board in any proceeding commenced under this section.

If any person who has been granted a license to practice is adjudged by a probate court to be mentally ill or mentally incompetent, the person's license shall be automatically suspended until the person has filed with the state medical board a certified copy of an adjudication by a probate court of the person's subsequent restoration to competency or has submitted to the board proof, satisfactory to the board, that the person has been discharged as having a restoration to competency in the manner and form provided in section5122.38of the Revised Code. The judge of the probate court shall forthwith notify the state medical board of an adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence, and shall note any suspension of a license in the margin of the court's record of such license.