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...(A) In taking actions regarding tuberculosis, the director of health has all of the following duties and powers: (1) The director shall maintain registries of hospitals, clinics, physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse practitioners, or other care providers to whom the director shall refer persons who make inquiries to the department of health regarding possible exposure t...

...Each year, the director of health shall make a report to the governor, which shall include so much of the proceedings of the department of health, information concerning vital statistics and diseases, instructions on the subject of hygiene for dissemination among the people and suggestions as to legislation as the director deems proper. The director shall include in the director's annual report a full statement o...

...The director of health may purchase, store, and distribute antitoxins, serums, vaccines, immunizing agents, antibiotics, and other pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies that the director deems advisable in the interest of preparing for or responding to a public health emergency. The discretion granted to the director by this section does not relieve the director of the duty to act under section 3701.161 of the Re...

...The director of health shall make necessary arrangements for the production and distribution of diphtheria antitoxin. Such antitoxin shall in all respects be equal in purity and potency to the standard of requirements of the United States public health service for antitoxin for interstate commerce. Diphtheria antitoxin shall be distributed in accordance with rules the director adopts pursuant to Chapter 119. of...

...Any licensed physician, certified nurse-midwife if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the Revised Code, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner practicing in this state, or the superintendent of any state or county institution, may receive without charge the quantities of antitoxin as the physician, nurse, or superintendent requires for the treatment or prevention of diphtheria in indig...

...t of the information to comply with the confidentiality requirements established under this section. (2) The release of the information is necessary to ensure the accuracy of the information and the information is released pursuant to a written agreement that requires the recipient of the information to comply with the confidentiality requirements established under this section. (3) The information is released purs...

...The director of health shall establish techniques and procedures as appropriate for use by the division of parks and watercraft in the department of natural resources when taking samples and conducting tests under section 1546.08 of the Revised Code of the waters of this state that are adjacent to public swimming beaches as defined in that section. The director of health, in consultation with and subject to the appro...

...As used in sections 3701.19 to 3701.201 of the Revised Code: (A) "Poison prevention and treatment center" means an entity designated as a poison prevention and treatment center by the director of health under section 3701.20 of the Revised Code. (B) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property. (C) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property. "Tort a...

...nter shall take measures to ensure the confidentiality of information about individuals to whom treatment or services are provided. (F) The director of health may revoke the designation of a poison treatment and control center, or deny an application for designation, if the center or applicant fails to meet or maintain the standards established in rules adopted under division (C) of this section. The entity se...

...(A) As used in this section, "bioterrorism" has the same meaning as in section 3701.232 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code under which a poison prevention and treatment center or other health-related entity is required to report events that may be caused by bioterrorism, epidemic or pandemic disease, or established or novel infe...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Amblyopia" means reduced vision in an eye that has not received adequate use during early childhood. (2) "501(c) organization" means an organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C.A. 501(a) and (c). (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the save our sight fund. The fund shall consist of voluntary contributions deposited as provided in sec...

...The department of health shall maintain a public health laboratory for the following: (A) Examination of public water supplies and the effluent of sewage purification works; (B) Diagnosis of, screening for, or confirmation of diseases or pathogens as it deems necessary; (C) Performance of biological, chemical, or radiological analyses or examinations as it deems necessary; (D) Analysis of patient specimens and ...

...(A) The director of health shall have charge of the public health laboratory authorized by section 3701.22 of the Revised Code. The director may employ an assistant for the laboratory who shall be a person skilled in chemistry and bacteriology, and receive compensation as the director determines. All expenses of the laboratory shall be paid from appropriations made for the department of health. (B) The direct...

...(A) As used in this section, "health care provider" means any person or government entity that provides health care services to individuals. "Health care provider" includes, but is not limited to, hospitals, medical clinics and offices, special care facilities, medical laboratories, physicians, pharmacists, dentists, physician assistants, registered and licensed practical nurses, laboratory technicians, emerge...

... laboratory complies with reporting and confidentiality requirements and shall verify to the director of health that the laboratory complies with reporting and confidentiality requirements. The director shall establish procedures by which an entity may verify the laboratory's compliance.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Bioterrorism" means the intentional use of any microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology, or any naturally occurring or bioengineered component of a microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product, to cause death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, animal, plant, or...

...(A) As used in this section and sections 3701.241 to 3701.249 of the Revised Code: (1) "AIDS" means the illness designated as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. (2) "HIV" means the human immunodeficiency virus identified as the causative agent of AIDS. (3) "AIDS-related condition" means symptoms of illness related to HIV infection, including AIDS-related complex, that are confirmed by a positive HIV test. (4...

...(A) The director of health shall develop and administer the following: (1) A surveillance system to determine the number of cases of AIDS and the HIV infection rate in various population groups; (2) Counseling and testing programs for groups determined by the director to be at risk of HIV infection, including procedures for both confidential and anonymous tests, counseling training programs for health care pr...

...(A) A voluntary HIV test may be performed on an individual by or on the order of a health care provider if the individual or the individual's parent or guardian has given general consent to the provider for medical or other health care treatment and if the health care provider or an authorized representative of the health care provider has notified the individual that the HIV test is planned. The notification may be ...

..., the court shall employ procedures for confidentiality similar to those specified in division (C)(1) of this section. The court shall grant the motion only if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that a compelling need for the disclosure has been demonstrated. (3) Except for an order issued in a criminal prosecution or an order under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section granting disclosure of the result of ...

...(A) As used in this section, "violation" means an occasion of noncompliance involving a single injured individual. (B) A person or an agency of state or local government that knowingly violates division (A) of section 3701.242, division (A) of section 3701.243, or division (E) of section 3701.248 of the Revised Code may be found liable in a civil action; the action may be brought by any individual injured by the vio...

...(A) No state agency as defined in section 1.60 of the Revised Code, political subdivision, agency of local government, or private nonprofit corporation receiving state or local government funds shall refuse to admit as a patient, or to provide services to, any individual solely because the individual refuses to consent to an HIV test or to disclose HIV test results. (B) The prohibition contained in division (A) of ...

...Any human body part donated for transplantation, including an organ, tissue, eye, bone, artery, or other part, and any body fluid donated for transfusion or injection into another person, including blood, plasma, a blood product, semen, or other fluid, shall be given an HIV test before being transplanted, transfused, or injected to determine that the part or fluid is not infected with the HIV virus unless, in an emer...

...(A)(1) Any of the following persons may bring an action in a probate court for an order compelling another person to undergo HIV testing: (a) A person who believes the person may have been exposed to HIV infection while rendering health or emergency care to the other person; (b) A peace officer who believes the peace officer may have been exposed to HIV infection while dealing with the other person in the p...

...s or infectious disease as long as the confidentiality of the information is maintained. (E) No person shall knowingly fail to comply with division (C) of this section. (F) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that specify the diseases that are reasonably likely to be transmitted by air or blood during the normal course of duties performed by an emergency...

...le state and federal laws, maintain the confidentiality of patient-identifying information obtained in the course of providing health services.

... required by this section, preserve the confidentiality of recipients of public assistance in compliance with section 5101.181 of the Revised Code. (5) The system shall comply with orders issued under section 3105.87 of the Revised Code. On the written request of an alternate payee, as defined in section 3105.80 of the Revised Code, the system shall furnish to the alternate payee information on the amount and statu...

... required by this section, preserve the confidentiality of recipients of public assistance in compliance with section 5101.181 of the Revised Code. (5) The system shall comply with orders issued under section 3105.87 of the Revised Code. On the written request of an alternate payee, as defined in section 3105.80 of the Revised Code, the system shall furnish to the alternate payee information on the amount and sta...

... governing authority shall maintain the confidentiality of each student's individual screening results at all times. No board or governing authority shall report a student's individual screening results to any person other than the student's parent or guardian. (G) In a manner prescribed by rule of the director of health, each board or governing authority electing to require the screening shall report aggregated b...

...(A) No person shall release, or permit access to, the directory information concerning any students attending a public school to any person or group for use in a profit-making plan or activity. Notwithstanding division (B)(4) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code, a person may require disclosure of the requestor's identity or the intended use of the directory information concerning any students attending a publ...

...t with the requirements relating to the confidentiality of personally identifiable data, information, and records collected and maintained by state educational agencies and local educational agencies; and shall be transmitted to the advisory panel established and maintained by the department for the purpose of providing policy guidance with respect to special education and related services for children with disabilit...

...ny money to be deposited in the address confidentiality program fund established under section 111.48 of the Revised Code or the women's suffrage centennial commission fund established under Section 1 of S.B. 30 of the 132nd general assembly, as amended.

...nsure that the integrity, security, and confidentiality of the voter registration information is maintained; (6) Methods to retain canceled voter registration records for not less than five years after they are canceled and to record the reason for their cancellation. (C) For each registered elector, the statewide voter registration database shall include all of the following information: (1) The elector's n...

...res necessary to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of personal information that is confidential under state or federal law that is collected, stored, or otherwise used in the electronic voter registration form request process established under this section. To the extent practicable, the procedures shall protect the security and integrity of the electronic voter registration form request pro...

...ures necessary to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of personal information collected, stored, or otherwise used by the free access system established under this division. The system shall permit an individual only to gain access to information about the individual's own provisional ballot. (6) If, at the time that an individual casts a provisional ballot, the individual provides photo identifica...

...res necessary to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of personal information that is confidential under state or federal law that is collected, stored, or otherwise used by the free access system established under division (B) of this section. Access to information about the votes cast on an individual ballot shall be restricted to the person who cast the ballot. To the extent practicable, the...

...y hold closed meetings and protect the confidentiality of information under the same circumstances as authorized for a community improvement corporation under section 1724.11 of the Revised Code. Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code applies to the board. Each year, the board shall prepare an annual report of its activities and make it available to the public. (B) A board of directors shall consult with the advis...

...(A) The following records of the program for children and youth with special health care needs and of programs funded with funds received from the "Maternal and Child Health Block Grant," Title V of the "Social Security Act," 95 Stat. 818 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 701, as amended, are confidential and are not public records within the meaning of section 149.43 of the Revised Code: (1) Records that pertain to medical his...

...nter shall take measures to ensure the confidentiality of information about individuals to whom treatment or services are provided. (F) The director of health may revoke the designation of a poison treatment and control center, or deny an application for designation, if the center or applicant fails to meet or maintain the standards established in rules adopted under division (C) of this section. The entity se...

..., the court shall employ procedures for confidentiality similar to those specified in division (C)(1) of this section. The court shall grant the motion only if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that a compelling need for the disclosure has been demonstrated. (3) Except for an order issued in a criminal prosecution or an order under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section granting disclosure of the result of ...

...s or infectious disease as long as the confidentiality of the information is maintained. (E) No person shall knowingly fail to comply with division (C) of this section. (F) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that specify the diseases that are reasonably likely to be transmitted by air or blood during the normal course of duties performed by an emergency...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and sections 5153.171 to 5153.173 of the Revised Code, any information, document, or report presented to the director of health pursuant to guidelines established under section 3701.70 of the Revised Code, all statements made by persons participating in a review conducted pursuant to those guidelines, and all work products of the director are confidential and sha...

...tion of the Revised Code pertaining to confidentiality, any individual, public social service agency, or public agency that provides services to individuals or families, law enforcement agency, coroner, or public entity that provided services to an individual whose death is the type of death specified by the director of health under section 3701.934 of the Revised Code shall provide information, data, records,...

...d procedures also shall comply with the confidentiality requirements of section 3701.9310 of the Revised Code.

...cted in a manner that protects patient confidentiality. Names or other identifying information about any patient shall not be made public without the written consent of the patient or the patient's guardian, or, if the patient is a minor, the patient's parent or guardian.

...fidential unless they have been granted confidentiality under division (A) of this section. (C) Nothing in division (A) or (B) of this section shall be construed to prevent the director from compiling or publishing analyses or summaries relating to the general condition of the atmosphere, provided that the reports do not reveal any information otherwise confidential under this section.

...hanisms for ensuring, upon request, the confidentiality of all communications and information from or on behalf of small businesses that seek assistance under the program. (B) The director shall designate an employee of the environmental protection agency with suitable technical qualifications to supervise the program and may employ such other persons as are necessary for the purposes of the program. The program off...

...The department of health shall neither open an adoption file nor make its contents available except as follows: (A) The department shall inspect the file to determine the court involved for the purpose of division (D) of section 3107.09 or section 3107.091 or 3107.171 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall make the file's contents available to an adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person in...

...s an agreement to maintain the system's confidentiality. (3) The director shall maintain a record of all persons and government entities given access to the information in the system. The record shall include all of the following information: (a) The name of the person who authorized access to the system; (b) The name, title, and organizational affiliation of the person or government entity given access to t...

... and federal laws governing participant confidentiality; (7) Provide each program participant with documentation identifying the individual as an active participant in the program. (D) A bloodborne infectious disease prevention program may collect demographic information about each program participant, including the zip code applicable to the participant's address, and the participant's comorbidity diagnosis, if ...

...ction of the Revised Code pertaining to confidentiality, an individual, public children services agency, private child placing agency, agency that provides services specifically to individuals or families, a law enforcement agency, or another public or private entity that provided services to a pregnant woman whose fetus died or an infant who died if the death is being reviewed by a fetal-infant mortality review boar...

...(A) Except as provided in sections 5153.171 to 5153.173 of the Revised Code, any record, document, report, or other information presented to a fetal-infant mortality review board or a person abstracting such materials on the board's behalf, statements made by board members during board meetings, all work products of the board, and data submitted by the board to the department of health or a national infant death revi...

...ormation about a home and has requested confidentiality; (d) Any information that reasonably would tend to disclose the identity of any individual described in division (A)(1)(a) to (c) of this section. (2) An agency or individual to whom the director is required, by court order or for the administration or enforcement of a statute relating to homes, to release information described in division (A)(1) of this secti...

...(A)(1) Except as required by court order, as necessary for the administration or enforcement of any statute or rule relating to long-term care facilities or residential care facilities, or as provided in division (D) of this section, the director of health shall not disclose any of the following without the consent of the individual or the individual's legal representative: (a) The name of an individual who reports ...

...s under this section are subject to the confidentiality provisions of section 3701.044 of the Revised Code. (F) The director shall impose fees prescribed by rules adopted under section 3721.30 of the Revised Code for both of the following: (1) Making application for approval or reapproval of either of the following: (a) A training and competency evaluation program; (b) A training program for instructors, coor...

...oes not waive any privilege or right of confidentiality that otherwise applies to the documents and the information in them. The documents and the information in them are not public records and shall not be disclosed to any person except employees of the department of health who are expressly authorized by the director of health to examine the copies and information in them. The documents and information in them are...

.... The attorney general may provide such confidentiality regarding the information received from a law enforcement agency as may be imposed by that agency as a condition for providing that information to the attorney general. (4) The review of the application by the director shall include a review of the disclosure statement and investigative report. (B) All applicants and permittees shall provide any assistance ...

...atives shall provide the same degree of confidentiality for any information received under this section as the public officer or employee from whom it is obtained is required by law to provide with respect to the information. (O) When any request is filed in any court of common pleas under this section, the court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter presented. In any proceeding brought pursuant ...

...pe, or application of any privilege of confidentiality or nondisclosure recognized under another section of the Revised Code or the common law of this state, including, without limitation, the work product doctrine and attorney-client privilege. (I) The privilege provided by this section applies only to information and communications that are part of environmental audits initiated after March 13, 1997, in acco...

...es with the same requirements regarding confidentiality as those with which the commission must comply.

...the contrary or any law relating to the confidentiality of tax return information, upon the request of the division of cannabis control, the department of taxation shall provide to the division all of the following information: (a) Whether an applicant for licensure under this chapter is in compliance with the applicable tax laws of this state; (b) Any past or pending violation by the applicant of those tax law...

...arentis has assented to an agreement of confidentiality between the provider and the minor. (L) "Political subdivision" means a municipal corporation, township, county, school district, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. (M) "State agency" means any one or more of the following: (1) The department of administrative ...

... of the following items that govern the confidentiality, privacy, security, or privileged status of protected health information in the possession or custody of an agency as defined in section 111.15 of the Revised Code; govern the process for obtaining from a patient consent to the provision of health care or consent for participation in medical or other scientific research; govern the process for determining whethe...

...re relevant information, subject to the confidentiality provisions of section 3901.36 of the Revised Code, through a supervisory college as set forth in section 3901.351 of the Revised Code or otherwise; (5) Enter into agreements with or obtain documentation from any insurer registered under section 3901.33 of the Revised Code, any member of the internationally active insurance group, and any other state, federal, ...

...of any applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality in the documents, reports, and evidence described in this section shall occur as a result of sharing or receiving documents, reports, and evidence as authorized in divisions (E)(1), (F), and (H) of this section. (2) The disclosure of a document, report, or evidence in connection with a regulatory or legal action pursuant to divisions (E)(2) and (G) of this sect...

...of any applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality in the work papers, or copies thereof, that are the subject of this section shall occur as a result of sharing or receiving work papers as authorized in divisions (D)(1), (E), and (G) of this section. (2) The disclosure of work papers in connection with a regulatory or legal action pursuant to divisions (D)(2) and (F) of this section does not prohibit an insure...

...f any applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality in the memoranda and materials described in this section shall occur as a result of sharing or receiving memoranda and material as authorized in divisions (F)(2) and (3), (G), and (H) of this section.

...a copy of the plan, if the state has a confidentiality law with provisions substantially similar to those set forth in divisions (A) and (B) of section 3903.88 of the Revised Code. The insurer shall file the copy in that state no later than the later of: (1) Fifteen days after receiving the request for a copy of the plan; (2) The date on which the RBC plan or revised RBC plan is filed pursuant to division (C)...

...of any applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality in the plans, reports, information, and orders that are the subject of this section shall occur as a result of sharing or receiving plans, reports, information, and orders as authorized in divisions (C)(2), (D), and (F) of this section. (2) The disclosure of a plan, report, information, or order in connection with a regulatory or legal action pursuant to divisi...

...(A) As used in this section: (1)(a) "Applicant" means a natural person applying for either of the following: (i) A resident license as an insurance agent or surety bail bond agent; (ii) An additional line of authority under an existing resident insurance agent license if a criminal records check has not been obtained within the last twelve months for insurance license purposes. (b) "Applicant" includes a natu...

...of any applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality in the information and documentation that is the subject of this section shall occur as a result of sharing or receiving information and documentation as authorized in divisions (I)(1), (J), and (L) of this section. (2) The disclosure of information or documentation in connection with a regulatory or legal action pursuant to divisions (I)(2) and (K) of this sec...

...eet this requirement; (d) Ensures the confidentiality of medical and treatment records and clinical review criteria; (e) Ensures that any person employed by, or who is under contract with, the independent review organization adheres to the requirements of this chapter. (2) Maintain a toll-free telephone service to receive information on a twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-days-a-week basis related to external revie...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall require each authorized insurer, surplus lines insurer, risk retention group, self-insurer, captive insurer, the medical liability underwriting association if created under section 3929.63 of the Revised Code, and any other entity that provides medical malpractice insurance to risks located in this state, t...