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...(A) Each residential care facility shall maintain heating, electrical, and other building service equipment in good working and safe condition. Each residential care facility shall have its central heating system checked every two years by a heating contractor. (B) Each residential care facility shall maintain a clean, healthy environment by at minimum: (1) Establishing and implementing hous...

...(A) Each residential care facility is obligated to maintain heating, electrical, and other building service equipment in good working and safe condition and have its central heating system checked every two years by a heating contractor. (B) Each residential care facility is obligated to maintain a clean, healthy environment by at minimum: (1) Establishing and implementing housekeeping and maint...

...(A) Each residential care facility shall maintain records which shall be made available for inspection at all times when requested by the director, including: (1) An individual record for each resident which shall be stored in a manner that protects and ensures confidentiality, except that information shall be immediately accessible for an emergency; (a) Each resident record shall be started imm...

...(A) Each residential care facility is obligated to maintain records which are able to be made available for inspection at all times when requested by the director, including: (1) An individual record for each resident that is stored in a manner that protects and ensures confidentiality, except that information is immediately accessible for an emergency; (a) Each resident record will be started i...

...As used in rules 3701-17-01 to 3701-17-26 of the Administrative Code: (A) "Accommodations" means housing, meals, laundry, housekeeping, transportation, social or recreational activities, maintenance, security, or similar services that are not personal care services or skilled nursing care. (B) "Activities of daily living" means bed mobility, locomotion and transfer, bathing, grooming, toiletin...

...As used in rules 3701-17-01 to 3701-17-26 of the Administrative Code: (A) "Accommodations" means housing, meals, laundry, housekeeping, transportation, social or recreational activities, maintenance, security, or similar services that are not personal care services or skilled nursing care. (B) "Activities of daily living" means bed mobility, locomotion and transfer, bathing, grooming, oral hyg...

...(A) The operator of a nursing home shall submit an initial application and pay the application fee specified in section 3721.02 of the Revised Code. The initial application and the application fee required under this paragraph shall be submitted to the director and the fee shall be made payable to the "treasurer, state of Ohio" in the form of a check or money order. The department shall deposit th...

...(A) Initial application. Not less than forty five days before the proposed opening of a nursing home, the operator of a nursing home will submit, on a form prescribed by the director, a completed initial application, and pay the non-refundable application fee specified in division (E) of section 3721.02 of the Revised Code, with the fee made payable to the "Treasurer, State of Ohio" in the form of...

...(A) Every nursing home administrator shall be licensed pursuant to Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code, unless specifically exempted from licensing under that chapter. (B) No person with a disease which may be transmitted in the performance of the person's job responsibilities shall work in a nursing home during the stage of communicability unless the person is given duties that minimize the likeli...

...(A) Every nursing home administrator will be licensed pursuant to Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code, unless specifically exempted from licensing under that chapter. (B) No person with a disease which may be transmitted in the performance of the person's job responsibilities will work in a nursing home during the stage of communicability unless the person is given duties that minimize the likeliho...

...(A) For the purposes of this rule: (1) "Competency evaluation program" means a program conducted by the director or the director's designee under division (C) of section 3721.31 of the Revised Code and rule 3701-18-22 of the Administrative Code. (2) "Licensed health professional" means all of the following: (a) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant licensed under Chapt...

...(A) For the purposes of this rule: (1) "Competency evaluation program" means a program conducted by the director or the director's designee under division (C) of section 3721.31 of the Revised Code and rule 3701-18-22 of the Administrative Code. (2) "Licensed health professional" means all of the following: (a) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant licensed under Chapt...

...(A) Each operator shall provide, maintain, and keep current a written disaster preparedness plan to be followed in case of emergency or disaster. A copy of the plan shall be readily available at all times within the nursing home. The nursing home shall ensure that each staff member, consultant and volunteer is trained and periodically updated about the home's disaster preparedness plan and underst...

...(A) Each operator will provide, maintain, and keep current a written disaster preparedness plan to be followed in case of emergency or disaster. A copy of the plan will be readily available at all times within the nursing home. The nursing home will ensure that each staff member, consultant and volunteer is trained and periodically updated about the home's disaster preparedness plan and understand...

...(A) Each approved TCEP shall be administered by a program coordinator who possesses the qualifications prescribed by paragraph (B) of this rule. The program shall enter into a written agreement with the program coordinator providing for his or her service in that capacity, except a facility-based TCEP is not required to have a written agreement if the program coordinator is an employee of the facility operating the p...

...(A) Each approved TCEP shall maintain program records for at least two years at the program's business address. The records shall be kept in an area that is readily accessible and able to be locked. (1) The records required by paragraphs (B)(1) and (B)(2) of this rule shall be kept in a confidential manner and shall not be released, without consent, to any person other than the trainee or staff member to whom the re...

...(A) Each approved TCEP shall maintain program records for at least two years at the program's business address. The records shall be kept in an area that is readily accessible and able to be locked. (1) The records required by paragraphs (B)(1) and (B)(2) of this rule shall be kept in a confidential manner and shall not be released, without consent, to any person other than the trainee or sta...

...(A) The director or the director's designee shall approve an application for approval or reapproval as a train-the-trainer program if the applicant complies with the criteria, standards and requirements for an approved TTT program established by sections 3721.30 and 3721.31 of the Revised Code and by the applicable provisions of rules 3701-18-14 to 3701-18-21 of the Administrative Code. (B) The approval or reapprova...

...(A) The director or the director's designee shall conduct a state-administered test under division (C) of section 3721.31 of the Revised Code and this rule. Successful completion of the state-administered test shall be required for an individual to meet the requirements of division (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(6) or (B)(7) of section 3721.28 of the Revised Code and paragraphs (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(6) and (B)(7) of rule 3701-1...

...(A) The director or the director's designee shall conduct a state-administered test under division (C) of section 3721.31 of the Revised Code and this rule. Successful completion of the state-administered test shall be required for an individual to meet the requirements of division (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(6) or (B)(7) of section 3721.28 of the Revised Code and paragraphs (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(6) and (B)...

...(A) Except as provided in paragraph (B) of this rule, the following individuals are eligible to register to take the state-administered test: (1) An individual enrolled in a prelicensure program of nursing education approved by the board of nursing, or by an agency of another state that regulates nursing education, who has provided the director or the director's designee with a certificate from the program indicati...

...(A) Any person or public agency licensed under section 3712.04 of the Revised Code and this chapter to provide a hospice care program shall: (1) Provide a planned and continuous hospice care program, the medical components of which shall be under the direction of a physician; (2) Ensure that care is available twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week; (3) Establish an interdisciplinary ...

...(A) Each hospice care program shall utilize personnel that have appropriate training and qualifications for the services that they provide. Any staff member, including a volunteer, who functions in a professional capacity shall meet the standards applicable to that profession, including but not limited to, possessing current Ohio licensure, registration, or certification, if required by law, and p...

...(A) Each hospice care program shall provide or arrange for the provision of physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech or language therapy unless the provision of those services is waived by the director pursuant to division (A)(7) of section 3712.03 of the Revised Code and paragraph (C) of this rule. The services shall be adequate in frequency to meet the needs of the hospice patients. (B) Physical therapy s...

...(A) Each pediatric respite care program shall utilize personnel that have appropriate training and qualifications for the services that they provide. Any staff member, including a volunteer, who functions in a professional capacity, shall meet the standards applicable to that profession, including but not limited to possessing current Ohio licensure, registration, or certification, if required by law, and practicing ...