4731-1-03 General prohibitions.

      (A) No person holding a certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine or surgery shall perform or hold himself out as able to perform surgery, or any other act which involves a piercing or puncturing of the skin or membranous tissues of the human body unless specifically permitted under the rules defining the scope of that limited branch.

      (B) No person holding a certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine or surgery shall prescribe, dispense or administer any drug or medicine.

      (C) Except as is specifically permitted under the rules defining the scope of a limited branch of medicine or surgery, no person holding such a certificate shall diagnose or treat infectious, contagious or venereal diseases, or any wound, fracture or bodily injury, infirmity, or disease.

      (D) The designation "dr." or "doctor" shall not precede the name of the limited practitioner. No person holding a certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine or surgery shall employ, or cause to be employed, the designation "Dr." or "Doctor" without also qualifying such designation by the name or an abbreviation of the limited branch for which he has been certificated. The appropriate designation must follow the name of the limited practitioner (e.g., "John Doe, Doctor of Mechanotherapy" or "John Doe, D.M.") and may be employed or caused to be employed by the limited practitioner only if the limited practitioner has received a degree granting such a title from a school empowered to grant the degree.

      (E) No person holding a certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine or surgery shall employ, or cause to be employed, the designation "Physician" or "Surgeon" no matter how qualified or how employed in combination with other language.

      (F) No person holding a certificate to practice any limited branch or branches of medicine or surgery shall hold himself out as certificated in or able to practice any limited branch of medicine or surgery for which that person has not been certificated.

      (G) No person holding a certificate to practice any limited branch or branches of medicine or surgery shall conduct such practice under any name or title, either as an individual, company or concern, except under his own name or that mentioned in the certificate.

HISTORY: Replaces rule 4731-1-02; Eff 11-4-75; 10-15-77; 6-17-91
Rule promulgated under: RC Chapter 119 .
Rule authorized by: RC 4731.05 , 4731.15
Rule amplifies: RC 4731.17 , 4731.20 , 4731.22 , 4731.41


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Containing legislation passed and filed through August 1, 2000.