Ohio § 4715.031

§ 4715.031.

(A) The state dental board may develop and implement a quality intervention program.  The board may propose that the holder of a license issued by the board participate

in the program if the board determines pursuant to an investigation conducted under section 4715.03 of the Revised Code that there are reasonable grounds to believe the license holder has violated a provision

of this chapter due to a clinical or communication problem that could be improved

through participation in the program and determines that the license holder's participation

in the program is appropriate.  The board shall refer a license holder who agrees to participate in the program

to an educational and assessment service provider selected by the board. (B) If the board develops and implements a quality intervention program, all of the following

apply: (1) The board shall select, by a concurrence of a majority of the board's members, educational

and assessment service providers, which may include quality intervention program panels

of case reviewers.  A provider selected by the board to provide services to a license holder shall recommend

to the board the educational and assessment services the license holder should receive

under the program.  The license holder may begin participation in the program if the board approves

the services the provider recommends.  The license holder shall not be required to participate in the program beyond one

hundred eighty days from the date the license holder agrees to participate in the

program under this division.  The license holder shall pay the amounts charged by the provider for the services. (2) The board shall monitor a license holder's progress in the program and determine

whether the license holder has successfully completed the program.  If the board determines that the license holder has successfully completed the program,

it may continue to monitor the license holder, take other action it considers appropriate,

or both.  The additional monitoring, other action taken by the board, or both, shall not continue

beyond one year from the date the license holder agrees to participate in the program

under this division.  If the board determines that the license holder has not successfully completed the

program, it shall, as soon as possible thereafter, commence disciplinary proceedings

against the license holder under section 4715.03 of the Revised Code . (3) The board shall elect, from the board's members who are dentists, a coordinator to

administer and provide oversight of the quality intervention program.  The coordinator may delegate to the board's members or employees those duties that

the coordinator considers appropriate. (C) The board may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to

further implement the quality intervention program.