Mandatory Reporting by Prosecutors and Courts

Prosecutors are required to report, to the State Medical Board, any case where a health care practitioner has been charged and where there has been a guilty plea, a finding of guilt or a dismissal upon technical or procedural grounds of a felony, a misdemeanor in the course of practice or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.  ORC § 4731.223  (C)

Additionally, prosecutors are required to report, to the Board, any case where a health care practitioner has been convicted or pleads guilty to a drug offense (Chapter 2925), controlled substance offense (Chapter 3719), a sex offense (Chapter 2907) or a violation of any substantively comparable municipal ordinance.  ORC § 4731.223  (B)

COURTS

Courts must transmit to the board a certified copy of a judgment against a health care practitioner when the outcome results in a conviction or a plea of guilty has been entered in a drug offense.  ORC § 2925.38

The probate court must notify the Board whenever the court has adjudged any health care practitioner to be mentally ill or mentally incompetent.  ORC § 4731.221

Mandatory Reporting by Prosecutors and Courts