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...(A) As used in this section, "imminent threat of harm" means imminent danger of serious physical or life-threatening harm to one or more occupants of a hospital. (B) If, in the judgment of the director of health, an imminent threat of harm exists at any licensed hospital, the director may petition the court of common pleas of the county in which the hospital is located for such injunctive relief as is necessary to ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Radon" means both the radioactive, gaseous element produced by the disintegration of radium, and the short-lived radionuclides that are decay products of radon. (B) "Building" means a publicly or privately owned structure consisting of any combination of foundations, walls, columns, girders, beams, floors, or roofs, with or without other elements or appurtenances. (C) "Radon test" mea...

...(A) No licensed radon tester shall use the services of a radon laboratory that has not been approved under section 3723.07 of the Revised Code. (B) No licensed radon mitigation contractor shall do any of the following: (1) Perform radon mitigation without the direct on-site supervision of a licensed radon mitigation specialist; (2) Provide radon testing services other than through the employment of a licensed rado...

...(A) The director of health shall license radon testers, mitigation specialists, and mitigation contractors. Each applicant for a license shall submit a completed application to the director on a form the director shall prescribe and furnish. (B) Except as provided in division (F) of this section and in accordance with rules adopted under section 3723.09 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue the appropriate ...

...(A) To protect the health of individuals inhabiting, occupying, or frequenting buildings, the director of health shall adopt rules to implement the requirements of this chapter. All rules adopted under this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall adopt rules establishing criteria and procedures for issuing and renewing licenses under section 3723.06 ...

...No plasmapheresis center shall be certified by the director of health unless all federal requirements for the collection of plasma by plasmapheresis under the "Public Health Service Act," 58 Stat. 682 (1944) 42 U.S.C. 201, as amended, are met and: (A) A test approved by the director of health for hepatitis B antigen is made on a sample of blood taken from the donor at the time of blood collection; (B) No person...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Doctor" means an individual authorized to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (2) "Podiatrist" means an individual authorized to practice podiatric medicine and surgery. (B)(1) Only the following may admit a patient to a hospital: (a) A doctor who is a member of the hospital's medical staff; (b) A dentist who is a member of the hospital's medical s...

...(A) Not later than two years after the effective date of this section, the director shall adopt rules that establish standards and procedures for designating hospitals under this section as level II pediatric trauma centers. The rules shall include standards to be followed by a hospital operating as a level II pediatric trauma center under the director's designation and procedures to be used by the director in enforc...

...(A) If a hospital is seeking initial verification as an adult or pediatric trauma center, verification at a different level, or reverification after having ceased to be verified for one year or longer, the hospital shall submit an application to the American college of surgeons for a consultation visit. If a hospital is seeking reverification after having ceased to be verified for less than one year, the hospital sha...

...A hospital shall promptly notify in writing the director of health, the emergency medical services division of the department of public safety, and the appropriate regional directors and regional advisory boards appointed under section 4765.05 of the Revised Code if any of the following occurs: (A) The hospital ceases to be an adult or pediatric trauma center verified by the American college of surgeons. (B) The ho...

...(A)(1) In an effort to improve the quality of care for patients affected by stroke, the department of health shall establish and maintain a process for the collection, transmission, compilation, and oversight of data related to stroke care. Such data shall be collected, transmitted, compiled, and overseen in a manner prescribed by the director of health. As part of the process and except as provided in division (A...

...Each hospital shall provide a staff person to do all of the following: (A) Meet with each unmarried mother who gave birth in or en route to the hospital within twenty-four hours after the birth or before the mother is released from the hospital; (B) Attempt to meet with the father of the unmarried mother's child if possible; (C) Explain to the unmarried mother and the father, if the father is present, the be...

...(A) If directors or trustees who participated in discussions or negotiations authorized by section 3727.21 of the Revised Code wish to have the hospitals they represent undertake a cooperative action proposed as a result of the discussions or negotiations, they may submit a request to the director of health on behalf of the hospitals for approval of an agreement to undertake the cooperative action. The request shall ...

...It is the intent of the general assembly that sections 3727.70 to 3727.77 of the Revised Code not be construed to do any of the following: (A) Interfere with the authority of a patient's attorney- in-fact under sections 1337.11 to 1337.17 of the Revised Code or a patient's proxy under sections 2135.01 to 2135.14 of the Revised Code; (B) Create a right of action against a hospital or an employee, agent, or contrac...

...(A) As used in this section, "health benefit plan," "health plan issuer," and "health care services" have the same meanings as in section 3922.01 of the Revised Code. (B) If a patient is admitted to a hospital for inpatient health care services and the hospital is informed at the time of admission that the person is covered by a health benefit plan, the hospital shall notify the health plan issuer of the admission ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Camp operator" means the operator of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp. (B) "Campsite user" means a person who enters into a campsite use agreement with a camp operator for the use of a campsite at a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp. (C) "Combined park-camp" means any tra...

...(A) No person shall cause development to occur within any portion of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp until the plans for the development have been submitted to and reviewed and approved by the director of health. This division does not require that plans be submitted to the director for approval for the replacement of recreational vehicles or portable camping units on previou...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, on or after the first day of April, but before the first day of May of each year, every person who intends to operate a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, or combined park-camp shall procure a license to operate the park or camp from the licensor. If the applicable license fee prescribed under section 3729.07 of the Revised Code is not received by the lice...

...(A) A campsite user who enters into a campsite use agreement with a camp operator for the use of a campsite at a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp, at the expiration of the campsite use period under the agreement, shall remove from the campsite all of the campsite user's property and all property any other person placed on the campsite with the permission of the ca...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Board of health" means the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code. (B) "Body piercing" includes ear piercing except when the ear piercing procedure is performed with an ear piercing gun. (C) "Business" means any entity that provides services for compensation. (D) "Custodian...

...(A) The state fire marshal shall make such rules as are necessary to carry out this chapter, which shall include, but are not limited to, rules establishing requirements to renew a license issued under this chapter and fees for licensure and renewal and for inspections of hotels. Except as provided in division (G) of section 3731.12 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal and the assistant state fire marsha...

...(A) Every person in the business of conducting a hotel or an SRO facility shall procure, in accordance with the requirements specified in this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to it, a license for each hotel or SRO facility conducted or proposed to be conducted. (B) No hotel or SRO facility shall be maintained, conducted, or advertised without a license. No person shall advertise, conduct, maintain, or opera...

...(A) Notwithstanding division (A)(2) of section 3731.01 of the Revised Code, a transient hotel may allow a guest to stay in a transient sleeping room in the hotel for a continuous period of two hundred seventy days or less if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The transient hotel satisfies the requirements of divisions (C) and (D) of this section, as applicable. (2) Not more than forty per ce...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Agricultural labor camp" means one or more buildings or structures, trailers, tents, or vehicles, together with any land appertaining thereto, established, operated, or used as temporary living quarters for two or more families or five or more persons intending to engage in or engaged in agriculture or related food processing, whether occupancy is by rent, lease, or mutual agreement. ...

...Chapter 119. of the Revised Code applies to all adjudications under this chapter except that: (A) The director of health shall notify a licensee that the licensee is entitled to a hearing if the licensee requests it within ten days of the time the notice informing the licensee of the licensee's right to a hearing was mailed; (B) If the licensee requests a hearing, the date set for the hearing shall be within te...