Moral Turpitude, Commission Of

“The Board…shall, to the extent permitted by law, limit, revoke or suspend a certificate, refuse to register or refuse to reinstate an applicant, or reprimand or place on probation the holder of a certificate for one or more of the following reasons:

(13)      A plea of guilty to, or a judicial finding of guilt of, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; [or]

(14)      Commission of an act that constitutes a misdemeanor in this state regardless of the jurisdiction in which the act was committed, if the act involves moral turpitude;”  ORC § 4731.22  (B)

Moral turpitude has been judicially defined as an act of baseness, vileness or depravity in private and social duties which man owes to his fellow man, or to society in general, contrary to accepted and customary rule of right and duty between man and man.

Moral Turpitude, Commission Of