The Ohio Board of Nursing will hold a public hearing on November 30, 2020 beginning at 1:00 p.m.
The Board proposes to amend the following rules in the Ohio Administrative Code:
Rules 4723-1-03, 4723-4-06, 4723-6-04, 4723-6-05, 4723-6-06, 4723-14-03, 4723-25-08, 4723-26-01 and 4723-26-13
The proposed rules are available at this link and also available from:
Register of Ohio website: http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/rules/search
Ohio Board of Nursing, 17 S. High Street, Suite 660, Columbus, Ohio 43215. Please email: rules@nursing.ohio.gov for a copy.
All interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard at the public hearing. The hearing will be conducted virtually, using Microsoft Teams.
If you would like to present testimony, you are strongly encouraged to email rules@nursing.ohio.gov no later than 5:00 pm on November 27, 2020 so that a meeting invitation can be sent to you prior to the meeting. It is recommended that you conduct a test of this platform prior to the public rules hearing date to ensure your microphone and audio are working properly.
If you would like to watch the meeting but do not wish to present testimony, the rules hearing will be live streaming on YouTube. The public may access the November Board meeting, and the public rules hearing by clicking the following YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiflxnHvbm3yayo1dkGsA0w.
In addition, written comments received by the Board will be considered. Persons interested in providing written comments are strongly encouraged to do so no later than November 23, 2020 so that Board members may be able to review them prior to the hearing. Please send these written comments by one of the following means:
via e-mail to: rules@nursing.ohio.gov
via mail to:
Holly Fischer, Chief Legal Counsel
Ohio Board of Nursing
17 S. High Street, Suite 660
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3466
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