Biennial Licensure Registration

All persons who hold a certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine or surgery issued by the State Medical Board, whether residents of this State or not, shall on or before the first day of June every second year, register with the State Medical Board on a form prescribed by the Board and pay a biennial registration fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). At lease one month in advance of the date of registration, a written notice that the biennial registration fee is due be sent to each holder of a certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine or surgery, at the person’s last known address. All persons who hold a certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine or surgery issued by the State Medical Board shall provide the Board written notice of any change of address. A certificate to practice a limited branch of medicine or surgery shall be automatically suspended if the fee is not paid by the first day of September of the year it is due, and continued practice after the suspension of the certificate to practice shall be considered as practicing without a license. An applicant for reinstatement of a certificate to practice suspended for failure to register shall submit his current and delinquent registration fees and a penalty of twenty-five dollars. ORC § 4731.15 (B)

Every person registered to practice by the State Medical Board must give written notice to the Board of any change of address or residence within thirty days of the change. ORC § 4731.281 There is no specific penalty for failing to notify the Board of a change of address. However, failing to notify the Board of an address or residence change may prevent practitioner from receiving a renewal application. This puts the practitioner at risk, and may result in non-renewal of his or her license.

(See also: ORC § 4731.22 (B)(16), failure to pay license renewal fees )

Biennial Licensure Registration