Ohio Code 4796.05 – Licensure of individual with adequate work experience
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a licensing authority shall issue a license or government certification to an applicant if the licensing authority determines that an applicant satisfies divisions (B) and (C) of this section.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4796.05
- Government certification: means authorization from a licensing authority, one of the uniformed services, or the government of another state to an individual who meets qualifications related to a profession, occupation, or occupational activity to which both of the following apply:
(a) Only an individual holding the authorization may use a specific title or titles when advertising or holding the individual's self out to engage in the profession, occupation, or occupational activity. See Ohio Code 4796.01
- License: means an authorization evidenced by a license, certificate, registration, permit, card, or other authority that is issued or conferred by a licensing authority to an individual by which the individual has or claims the privilege to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity over which the licensing authority has jurisdiction. See Ohio Code 4796.01
- Licensing authority: means a state agency or political subdivision that issues licenses or government certifications. See Ohio Code 4796.01
- Out-of-state occupational license: means a license, certificate, registration, permit, card, or other authority that is issued or conferred by one of the uniformed services or the government of another state to an individual by which the individual has or claims the privilege to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity over which that service or state has jurisdiction. See Ohio Code 4796.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Uniformed services: means the armed forces of the United States; the commissioned corps of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration; the commissioned corps of the public health service; or any reserve components of those forces; and such other service as may be designated by congress. See Ohio Code 4796.01
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the applicant has been actively engaged in the same profession, occupation, or occupational activity as the license or government certification for which the applicant is applying in this state for at least three of the five years immediately preceding the date the application is submitted in either of the following:
(a) A state that does not issue an out-of-state occupational license or government certification for the respective profession, occupation, or occupational activity;
(b) Service of the uniformed services.
(2) A licensing authority may waive the requirement that an applicant has been actively engaged in the practice of the profession, occupation, or occupational activity for three of the five years immediately preceding the date the application is submitted.
(C) The applicant meets the requirements under divisions (E) to (G) of section 4796.03 of the Revised Code.
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