In response to concerns from impacted individuals and consumer groups, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy has amended its proposed rules for the implementation of office-based opioid treatment. According to a review of the proposed rules by Ohio’s Common Sense Initiative Office: The Board determined that…
On June 8, 2016, Governor John Kasich signed Substitute House Bill 523, making Ohio the twenty-fifth state to legalize marijuana for medical use. The law allows patients to use but not smoke marijuana with a physician’s prescription. House Bill 523 addressed more than just the…
Nurses who enter into a Consent Agreement with the Ohio Board of Nursing and nurses who are issued an Adjudication Order by the Nursing Board to address and resolve violations of the Ohio Nurse Practice Act (Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4723) are, pursuant to the…
For a third legislative session, Rep. Jay Edwards (R, Nelsonville) is set to introduce legislation that mandates design professionals to specify all materials for water. The legislation is supported by the Chemical Council in an effort to prevent professional engineers from specifying materials to the…
A Court of Appeals found against a comprehensive general liability (CGL) insurer when an owner suffered water damages caused by faulty workmanship of a subcontractor. This result is opposite recent Ohio Supreme Court precedent which found that CGL coverage cannot be used for prime contractor…
An excavating contractor is entitled of right to statutory Pre-Judgment Interest as damages on breach of contract to repair a sewer line. Post-judgment interest then applies to the damages total including the Pre-Judgment Interest. In this case, the City of Cleveland argued that the contractor…
The Ohio General Assembly has opened its new two-year session with two anti-union initiatives introduced. Senator Matt Huffman (R, Lima) introduced Senate Bill 72, to repeal Ohio’s historic Prevailing Wage law for all public agencies other than the state. Separately, Representative John Becker (R, Cincinnati)…
By now, nearly everyone working in Ohio’s pharmacy industry knows about Senate Bill 319, the new law requiring separate licensure for individuals employed as pharmacy technicians. What remains unclear is when and how pharmacy technicians will apply for and receive these new licenses. As of…
On February 17, 2017, the Ohio Department of Commerce filed the proposed cultivator rules with the Joint Committee on Rule Review. There will be a public hearing to address these rules on March 20, 2017, at the State Fire Marshal’s Office, 8895 E. Main Street,…
After an Ohio licensed physician, dentist, nurse, pharmacist or other licensed professional is identified by their respective Ohio licensing board as having or potentially having a chemical dependency problem, it is common for the the licensing board to require the licensee to abstain from using…
