Ohio Code § 3702.71

Ohio Code § 3702.71. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 3702.71.

As used in sections 3702.71 to 3702.79 of the Revised Code : (A) “ Full-time practice ” means working a minimum of forty hours per week for a minimum of forty-five weeks

each service year. (B) “ Part-time practice ” means working a minimum of twenty and a maximum of thirty-nine hours per week for

a minimum of forty-five weeks per service year. (C) “ Primary care physician ” means an individual who is authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to

practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery and is board certified

or board eligible in a primary care specialty. (D) “ Primary care service ” means professional comprehensive personal health services, which may include health

education and disease prevention, treatment of uncomplicated health problems, diagnosis

of chronic health problems, overall management of health care services for an individual

or a family, and the services of a psychiatrist.  “ Primary care service ” also includes providing the initial contact for health care services, making referrals

for secondary and tertiary care and for continuity of health care services, and teaching

activities to the extent specified in a contract entered into pursuant to section 3702.74 of the Revised Code . (E) “ Primary care specialty ” means general internal medicine, pediatrics, adolescent medicine, obstetrics and

gynecology, psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, combined

internal medicine and pediatrics, geriatrics, or family practice. (F) “ Teaching activities ” means providing clinical education to students and residents regarding the primary

care physician's normal course of practice and expertise at the service site specified

in the contract described in section 3702.74 of the Revised Code .

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 3702.71
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
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