The State Medical Board of Ohio (SMBO) has filed proposed rules concerning “Termination of Physician-Patient Relationship” and “Medication-Assisted Treatment” with the Common Sense Initiative (CSI) Office. The proposals are available for your comment.
At this time, public comment is being sought on the proposed actions for the rules listed below.
The following rules in Chapter 4731-27 of the Administrative Code set the requirements for a physician’s dismissal of a patient from a medical practice and requirements for notice when a physician leaves a practice at a health care facility or medical practice or retires from medical practice.
- 4731-27-01: Definitions
- 4731-27-02: Dismissing a patient from a medical practice
- 4731-27-03: Notice of termination of physician employment or physician leaving a practice, selling a practice, or retiring from practice.
The following rules are applicable to the provision of medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction by a physician or a physician assistant.
- 4730-4-01: Definitions (Physician Assistants)
- 4730-4-03: Office based treatment for opioid addiction (Physician Assistants)
- 4730-4-04: Medication assisted treatment using naltrexone (Physician Assistants)
- 4731-33-01: Definitions
- 4731-33-02: Office based treatment for opioid addiction
- 4731-33-04: Medication assisted treatment using naltrexone
The following rule is proposed to be repealed. It is being replaced by the rules in Chapter 4730-4 and 4731-33:
- 4731-11-12: Office based opioid treatment
Comments on the proposed rules must be received no later than Monday, August 20. Please provide comments to both the SMBO and the CSI Office.