The Ohio Board of Nursing recently released a statement surrounding Retail IV therapy clinics. The regulatory statement is attached and provides Ohio laws surrounding standards of care in this area.
“As with the rest of the country, the number of retail IV therapy clinics is increasing in Ohio.
Many of the clinics are adopting business and/or practice models without realizing the
selection, prescribing, preparation, and administration of IV therapy constitutes the practice
of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. Because of the concern over the proliferation of retail IV
therapy clinics, the lack of any industry-specific guidelines, and the potential harm to the
citizens of this state, the State Medical Board of Ohio, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, and the
Ohio Board of Nursing (collectively the “Boards”) have issued this joint regulatory statement.
This regulatory statement is based upon existing Ohio laws and rules governing the scope and
standards of care and compounding of drugs that are performed by individuals within these
clinics.”