Hypnosis

May 17, 1978

The Board has studied the subject in detail and interprets the law regarding hypnosis for medical purposes as follows:

1. Hypnosis for medical purposes (i.e., either examination or therapy ) can only be used by an individual licensed in this state as a doctor of osteopathy, doctor of podiatry or doctor of medicine; or by licensees of other Ohio regulatory boards who by legislative action are entitled to such practice.
2. The use of hypnosis for medical purposes by unlicensed individuals, irrespective of whether the patients are referred by a licensed physician, constitutes the illegal practice of medicine and is therefore in violation of Section 4731.34, Ohio Revised Code.

Hypnosis