Effective Friday, December 29, 2017, all prescribers are required to include the first four alphanumeric characters of the diagnosis/procedure code (CDT) on all opioid prescriptions. The CDT code will be required on all other controlled substance prescriptions beginning June 1, 2018. Additionally, prescription labels on…
The Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee met on Thursday, December 14, 2017. The Ohio Department of Commerce addressed the media concerns of one vendor being a convicted felon and another vendor having a conflict of interest. Commerce stated the scoring process took steps to make sure…
Every application received by the Ohio Department of Commerce for a cultivator license was reviewed and given a grade. The twelve top-graded applications in each category received a provisional license. Recent articles from the Cincinnati Enquirer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Columbus Dispatch have called into…
Recently, the Ohio Casino Control Commission, located at 10 West Broad Street in Columbus, learned its rent was increased for the calendar year 2018 by 67%, from $13.75 per square foot to $23 per square foot. As a result, the Casino Commission will move to…
The Ohio Board of Pharmacy received 370 applications for the 60 medical marijuana dispensary licenses. There were 60 applications for five licenses allocated to Franklin County, 55 applications for Cuyahoga County’s five licenses, 22 applications for three licenses in Summit County, 19 applications for three…
A subcontractor paid federal Davis-Bacon wage rates on a federally-funded project, but was found liable for the difference to state Prevailing Wages. Lake County owned a housing project, specifying state prevailing wages to be paid. Upon the subcontractor’s final pay application, the County refused to…
In the October trades section meetings of the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board, members voted to move forward with disciplining 37 contractors for license violations. The Board is vigorously investigating contractors who sell their license, to allow unlicensed contractors to use a license when not…
The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy has begun accepting pharmacy technician registration applications. Under Ohio law, all pharmacy technicians practicing in Ohio must be registered with the Board by April 6, 2018. The Pharmacy Board anticipates it will receive thousands of applications submitted by…
Graff & McGovern represented a nurse accused by the Ohio Board of Nursing of being convicted of crimes involving gross immorality or moral turpitude. The Board does not define gross immorality or moral turpitude and instead makes a determination on case by case basis. In…
The Ohio Board of Pharmacy recently released the medical marijuana dispensary license application. Applications will be accepted from December 4 through December 15, 2017. The State Medical Board of Ohio announced it will consider new conditions to be treated with medical marijuana. The Medical Board…
