MEDICINE, PRACTICE OF

"A person shall be regarded as practicing medicine, surgery, podiatry, or midwifery...who uses the words or letters, "Dr.," "Doctor," "Professor," "M.D.," " D.S.C.," "Pod. D," "M.B.," or any other title in connection with his name which in any way represents him as engaged in the practice of medicine, surgery, podiatry, or midwifery, in any of its branches, or who examines or diagnoses for compensation of any kind, or prescribes, advises, recommends, administers, or dispenses for compensation of any kind, direct or indirect, a drug or medicine, appliance, mold or cast, application, operation, or treatment, of whatever nature, for the cure or relief of a wound, fracture or bodily injury, infirmity, or disease, provided that the treatment of human ills through prayer alone by a practitioner of the Christian Science church, in accordance with the tenets and creed of such church, shall not be regarded as the practice of medicine; and provided further that sanitary and public health laws shall be complied with, and that no practices shall be used which may be dangerous or detrimental to life or health and that no person shall be denied the benefits of accepted medical and surgical practices." ORC § 4731.34

"No person shall practice medicine or surgery, or any of its branches without a certificate from the State Medical Board; no person shall advertise or announce himself as a practitioner of medicine or surgery, or any of its branches, without a certificate from the Board; no person not being a licensee shall open or conduct an office or other place for such practice without a certificate from the Board; no person shall conduct an office in the name of some person who has a certificate to practice medicine or surgery, or any of its branches; and no person shall practice medicine or surgery, or any of its branches, after a certificate has been revoked, or, if suspended, during the time of such suspension." ORC § 4731.41

The licensing provisions of Ohio and the practice of medicine statutes "shall not prohibit service in case of emergency, or domestic administration of family remedies. Such sections shall not apply to a commissioned medical officer of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine hospital service in the discharge of his professional duties, or to a regularly qualified dentist when engaged exclusively in the practice of dentistry, or when administering anesthetics, or to a physician or surgeon residing in another state or territory who is a legal practitioner of medicine or surgery therein, when in consultation with a regular practitioner of the state; nor shall such sections apply to a physician or surgeon residing on the border of a neighboring state and authorized under the laws thereof to practice medicine and surgery therein, whose practice extends within the limits of this state; provided equal rights and privileges are accorded by such neighboring state to the physicians and surgeons residing on the border of this state contiguous to such neighboring state. Such practitioner shall not open an office or appoint a place to see patients or receive calls within the limits of this state." ORC § 4731.36

(See also under State Medical Board Policy Positions: ACUPUNCTURE; HOSPITAL HOUSE PHYSICIANS; HYPNOSIS)

MEDICINE, PRACTICE OF