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(A) The Ohio department of aging shall convene the Ohio long-term care consumer guide advisory council. The council’s duties include the following:
(1) To help develop and review rules to be adopted by the department under section 173.49 of the Revised Code;
(2) To recommend administrative practices to the department for improving the operation and content of the consumer guide;
(3) To recommend to the department legislative changes needed to improve the consumer guide;
(4) To consider whether it is feasible to include in the consumer guide other long-term care facilities, such as adult care facilities and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, and long-term care service providers, such as home health agencies and adult day service providers.
(B) Except as otherwise authorized under section 121.22 of the Revised Code, meetings of the Ohio long-term care consumer guide advisory council shall be open to the public at all times.
(C) The department shall make notice of all advisory council meetings available as follows:
(1) Any person may ascertain the time and place of all regularly scheduled meetings of the Ohio long-term care consumer guide advisory council, and the time and place of all special meetings of the Ohio long-term care consumer guide advisory council, by writing to “the Ohio long-term care consumer guide advisory council chairperson, Ohio department of aging, 50 W. Broad Street, 9th floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215” or by calling the office of the chairperson at (614) 466-5500 during the hours of eight a.m. to five p.m., Monday through Friday.
(2) The advisory council shall provide advance notice of any regularly scheduled or special meeting of the advisory council to any person who submits a written request for such notice, including any representative of the news media. All written requests for advance notice must be addressed to “the Ohio Long-Term Care Consumer Guide Advisory Counsel Chairperson, Ohio Department of Aging, 50 W. Broad Street, 9th floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215,” and should provide the name of the person to be contacted, the person’s mailing address, electronic mail address, and a maximum of two telephone numbers where the person can be reached.
(3) In the event of a regular meeting, or a special meeting not of an emergency nature, the chairperson of the advisory council shall notify persons on the list by either sending written notice, which must be mailed no later than four calendar days prior to the day of the meeting, or by notifying such persons by telephone or electronic mail no later than twenty-four hours prior to the meeting. Such telephone or electronic mail message shall be completed if a message has been left for the person named in the list or, if after reasonable effort, the chairperson has been unable to provide such notice. In the event of a special meeting of an emergency nature, the chairperson shall give notice immediately upon the calling of the meeting.
(D) The chairperson of the advisory council shall appoint someone to keep the minutes of every meeting, and shall cause the minutes to be promptly prepared, filed and maintained. The minutes of every meeting shall be open to inspection during normal business hours.
Effective: 09/07/2006
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/15/2010
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: RC 173.02, 173.49
Rule Amplifies: RC 173.49