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Ohio Department of Health outlines licensure and certification programs in House Bill 59 review
Summary
At a second hearing on House Bill 59, Ohio Department of Health officials described multiple licensure and certification programs (food safety, REHS, radon, lead, radiologic licensing, home health, residential care and nursing homes) and responded to committee questions about continuing education and a fiscal change tied to a radiation expert certificate.
The Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee held an invited testimony session on House Bill 59 to review occupational licenses and certifications overseen by the Ohio Department of Health.
Lisa Griffin Chapa, Director of Government Affairs at ODH, introduced the department's role and turned testimony over to program staff. Renee Dickman, Chief of the Bureau of Environmental Health and Radiation Protection, described several programs: food safety manager certification (issued by ODH after a course and exam; ODH issues about 15,000 manager certificates annually and the manager certificate does not expire), the Registered Environmental Health Specialist…
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