Ohio Rev. Code § 4747.14: Prohibited acts.

No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall:

(A) Sell or barter or offer to sell or barter a hearing aid dealers or fitters license or trainee permit issued by the state speech and hearing professionals board pursuant to sections 4747.05, 4747.06, and 4747.10 of the Revised Code;

(B) Purchase or procure or attempt to purchase or procure a hearing aid dealers or fitters license or trainee permit with intent to use such license or permit as evidence of the holder's qualification to engage in the practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids;

(C) Use or attempt to use as a valid license or permit a license or permit which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited, materially altered, or suspended or revoked;

(D) Alter a license or permit in any way, shape, or form, except as may be specified by the board;

(E) Willfully and knowingly make a false statement in an application for issuance or renewal of a license or permit.