# Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.03: Construction and application

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.03

## Section

- **Citation:** Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.03
- **Heading:** Construction and application
- **Jurisdiction:** Ohio
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Ohio Revised Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4730 / § 4730.03

## Text

October 15, 2015 Senate Bill 110 - 131st General Assembly Nothing in this chapter shall: (A) Be construed to affect or interfere with the performance of duties of any medical personnel who are either of the following: (1) In active service in the army, navy, coast guard, marine corps, air force, public health service, or marine hospital service of the United States while so serving; (2) Employed by the veterans administration of the United States while so employed. (B) Prevent any person from performing any of the services a physician assistant may be authorized to perform, if the person's professional scope of practice established under any other chapter of the Revised Code authorizes the person to perform the services; (C) Prohibit a physician from delegating responsibilities to any nurse or other qualified person who does not hold a license to practice as a physician assistant, provided that the individual does not hold the individual out to be a physician assistant; (D) Be construed as authorizing a physician assistant independently to order or direct the execution of procedures or techniques by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse in the care and treatment of a person in any setting, except to the extent that the physician assistant is authorized to do so by a physician who is responsible for supervising the physician assistant and, if applicable, the policies of the health care facility in which the physician assistant is practicing; (E) Authorize a physician assistant to engage in the practice of optometry, except to the extent that the physician assistant is authorized by a supervising physician acting in accordance with this chapter to perform routine visual screening, provide medical care prior to or following eye surgery, or assist in the care of diseases of the eye; (F) Be construed as authorizing a physician assistant to prescribe any drug or device to perform or induce an abortion, or as otherwise authorizing a physician assistant to perform or induce an abortion.

## Nearby sections

- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.01 § 4730.01. Physician assistant definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.01.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.02 § 4730.02. Prohibited acts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.02.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.03 § 4730.03. Construction and application](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.03.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.04 § 4730.04. Disaster or emergency medical care](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.04.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.05 § 4730.05. Physician assistant policy committee](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.05.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.06 § 4730.06. Recommendations to state medical board](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.06.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.07 § 4730.07. Adoption of additional rules](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.07.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.08 § 4730.08. Certificate to practice as physician assistant](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.08.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.10 § 4730.10. Applying for license to practice](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.10.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.11 § 4730.11. Eligibility requirements for physician assistant certificate](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.11.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.12 § 4730.12. Issuing license](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.12.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.13 § 4730.13. Duplicate physician assistant certificate - fee](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.13.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.14 § 4730.14. Renewing license](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.14.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 4730.15 § 4730.15. Exercise of physician-delegated prescriptive authority](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T47_C4730_S4730.15.md)

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