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...As used in this chapter: (A) "Applicant" means a person who is under final consideration for employment with a direct care provider (DCP) in a full-time, part-time, or temporary position that involves providing direct care to an older adult. "Applicant" does not include a person who provides direct care as a volunteer without receiving or expecting to receive any form of remuneration other than r...

...(A) Chapter 3701-13 of the Administrative Code applies only to persons who apply for employment in a position involving the provision of direct care to an older adult on or after January 27, 1997, including: (1) A person who is paid directly by the DCP; (2) A person who contracts as an independent contractor with the DCP to provide direct care on behalf of the DCP; (3) A person who provides direct care on behalf o...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (H) of this rule, the chief administrator shall request that the superintendent conduct a criminal records check with respect to each applicant. (B) The chief administrator of an DCP may designate a representative such as a director of nursing, medical director, facility manager, or personnel officer to carry out the requirements of this rule on t...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (H) of this rule, the chief administrator is obligated to request that the superintendent conduct a criminal records check with respect to each applicant. (B) The chief administrator of a DCP may designate a representative such as a director of nursing, medical director, facility manager, or personnel officer to carry out the requirements of this ...

...(A) Except as provided in rule 3701-13-06 of the Administrative Code no DCP shall employ a person in a position that involves providing direct care to an older adult if the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to: (1) A violation of any of the following sections of the Revised Code: (a) 2903.01 -- Aggravated murder; (b) 2903.02 -- Murder (c) 2903.03 -- Voluntary manslaughter (d) 2903.04 -- Involuntary ...

...(A) Except as set forth in the personal character standards established in rule 3701-13-06 of the Administrative Code, no DCP is allowed to employ a person in a position that involves providing direct care to an older adult if the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to: (1) A violation of any of the following sections of the Revised Code: (a) 2903.01 -- Aggravated murder; (b) 2903.02...

...(A) Criminal records check disclosure. The report of the criminal records check conducted pursuant to a request made under rule 3701-13-03 of the Administrative Code is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person other than the following: (1) The individual who is the subject of the criminal records check or the individual's representative;...

...(A) Criminal records check disclosure. The report of the criminal records check conducted pursuant to a request made under rule 3701-13-03 of the Administrative Code is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and is not permitted to be made available to any person other than the following: (1) The individual who is the subject of the criminal records check or th...

...(A) Except as set out in this rule, for purposes of section 3701.14 of the Revised Code, the Ohio department of health adopts, by reference, the following tuberculosis standards: (1) The recommendations of the United States centers for disease control and prevention as set out in "Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What Every Clinician Should Know." Copies of the "Core Curriculum" may be obtained a...

...(A) Except as set out in this rule, for purposes of section 3701.14 of the Revised Code, the Ohio department of health adopts, by reference, the following tuberculosis standards: (1) All tuberculosis reference materials can be found on the United States centers for disease control and prevention's website at https://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/guidelines/default.htm. (2) The recommendations ...

...As used in rules 3701-16-01 to 3701-16-18 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 walking and moving, bathing, grooming, toileting, oral hygiene, ha...

...As used in rules 3701-16-01 to 3701-16-18 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 walking and moving, bathing, grooming, toileting, oral hygiene, ha...

...(A) Nothing contained in rules 3701-16-01 to 3701-16-18 of the Administrative Code shall be construed as authorizing the supervision, regulation, or control of the spiritual care or treatment of residents who rely upon treatment by prayer or spiritual means in accordance with the creed or tenets of any recognized church or religious denomination. (B) For the purposes of rules 3701-16-01 to 37...

...(A) Nothing contained in rules 3701-16-01 to 3701-16-18 of the Administrative Code should be construed as authorizing the supervision, regulation, or control of the spiritual care or treatment of residents who rely upon treatment by prayer or spiritual means in accordance with the creed or tenets of any recognized church or religious denomination. (B) For the purposes of rules 3701-16-01 to 3...

...(A) Every applicant for a license to operate a residential care facility shall truthfully and fully complete and submit an initial application on a form prescribed and furnished by the director and pay the nonrefundable application fee, specified in section 3721.02 of the Revised Code, to the director not less than sixty days before the proposed opening of the facility. The application fee require...

...(A) Not less than sixty days before the proposed opening of a residential care facility, the operator of a residential care facility 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) No person with a disease which may be transmitted in the performance of the person's job responsibilities shall work in a residential care facility during the stage of communicability unless the person is given duties that minimize the likelihood of transmission and follows infection control precautions and procedures. (B) No person shall work in a residential care facility who uses alcohol o...

...(A) No person with a disease which may be transmitted in the performance of the person's job responsibilities is allowed to work in a residential care facility during the stage of communicability unless the person is given duties that minimize the likelihood of transmission and follows infection control precautions and procedures. (B) No person is allowed to work in a residential care facilit...

...(A) A residential care facility shall not admit an individual who requires services or accommodations beyond that which a residential care facility is authorized to provide under paragraph (D) of rule 3701-16-02 of the Administrative Code or beyond that which the specific facility provides. (B) A residential care facility shall not admit a resident prior to searching for the individual on the Ohi...

...(A) A residential care facility is not allowed to admit an individual who is in need of services or accommodations beyond that which a residential care facility is authorized to provide under paragraph (D) of rule 3701-16-02 of the Administrative Code or beyond that which the specific facility provides. (B) A residential care facility is not allowed to admit a resident prior to searching for the ...

...(A) The residential care facility, in accordance with this rule shall require written initial and periodic health assessments of prospective and current residents. The different components of the health assessment may be performed by different licensed health professionals, consistent with the type of information required and the professional's scope of practice, as defined by applicable law. In ...

...(A) The residential care facility, in accordance with this rule, will ensure that written initial and periodic health assessments of prospective and current residents are conducted. The different components of the health assessment may be performed by different licensed health professionals, consistent with the type of information bring collected and the professional's scope of practice, as define...

...(A) For the purposes of this rule; (1) Personal care services or skilled nursing care shall be considered to be provided by a residential care facility if they are provided by a person employed by or associated with the facility or by another person pursuant to an agreement to which neither the resident who receives the services nor his or her sponsor is a party. (2) A residential care ...

...(A) For the purposes of this rule; (1) Personal care services or skilled nursing care are provided by a residential care facility when: (a) They are provided by a person: (i) Employed by the facility; (ii) Associated with the facility; or (iii) Who is a related party to the facility; (b) By another person pursuant to an agreement to which neither the resident nor their sponsor is a part...

...(A) Except as provided for in division (D) of section 3721.011 of the Revised Code, a residential care facility may admit or retain individuals who require skilled nursing care beyond the supervision of special diets, application of dressings, or administration of medication only if the skilled nursing care will be provided on a part-time, intermittent basis for not more than a total of one hundr...