Ohio Revised Code Title XLVII. Occupations Professions § 4717.08

(A) Every license and permit issued under this chapter expires on the last day of December of each even-numbered year and shall be renewed on or before that date according to the standard license renewal procedure set forth in Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code. Licenses and permits not renewed by the last day of December of each even-numbered year are lapsed.

(B) A holder of a lapsed license to operate a funeral home, license to operate an embalming facility, or license to operate a crematory facility or a crematory operator permit may reinstate the license or permit with the board by paying the lapsed license fee established under section 4717.07 of the Revised Code.

(C) A holder of a lapsed embalmer's or funeral director's license may reinstate the license with the board by paying the lapsed license fee established under section 4717.07 of the Revised Code, except that if the license is lapsed for more than one hundred eighty days after its expiration date, the holder also shall take and pass the Ohio laws examination for each license as a condition for reinstatement.