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...(A) The director of the department of health shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to govern procedures for the implementation of sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code. (B) The director may adopt, amend, and repeal substantive rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code defining with reasonable specificity acts that violate division (A) of section 3721.13 of the Revised Code.

...the county department of job and family services of the county in which the home is located, the state departments of health and medicaid, the state and local offices of the department of aging, and any Ohio nursing home ombudsman program. (B) Written acknowledgment of the receipt of copies of the materials listed in this section shall be made part of the resident's record and the staff member's personnel recor...

...d by a supervisor or another designated official of the employment service and that states that the employment service has requested the superintendent to conduct a criminal records check regarding the applicant, that the requested criminal records check will include a determination of whether the applicant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any offense listed or described in division (C)(1) of this section, ...

...a home, the home's administrator shall search for the individual's name in the internet-based sex offender and child-victim offender database established under division (A)(11) of section 2950.13 of the Revised Code. If the search results identify the individual as a sex offender and the individual is admitted as a resident to the home, the administrator shall provide for the home to do all of the following: ...

...rmation, to the resident's sponsor. (26) The right of the resident and person paying for the care to examine and receive a bill at least monthly for the resident's care from the home that itemizes charges not included in the basic rates; (27)(a) The right to be free from financial exploitation; (b) The right to manage the resident's own personal financial affairs, or, if the resident has delegated this respo...

...who have similar needs with comparable service. (B) Arrangements for a resident's needed ancillary services; (C) Protected areas outside the home for residents to enjoy outdoor activity, within the capacity of the facility, consistent with applicable laws and rules; (D) Adequate indoor space, which need not be dedicated to that purpose, for families of residents to meet privately with families of other reside...

...bout congressionally chartered veterans service organizations or the county veterans service office that can assist with investigating and applying for benefits through the United States department of veterans affairs.

...the resident's transfer, discharge, or death, the account shall be closed and a final accounting made. All remaining funds shall be returned to the resident or resident's sponsor, except in the case of death, when all remaining funds shall be transferred or used in accordance with section 5162.22 of the Revised Code. (B) A home that manages a resident's financial affairs shall deposit the resident's funds in exces...

...r date; (f) The address of the legal services office of the department of health; (g) The name, address, and telephone number of a representative of the state long-term care ombudsman program and, if the resident or patient has a developmental disability or mental illness, the name, address, and telephone number of the Ohio protection and advocacy system. (3) The proposed location to which a resident may rel...

... by submitting a written request for a hearing to the state department of health. On receiving the request, the department shall conduct a hearing in accordance with section 3721.162 of the Revised Code to determine whether the proposed transfer or discharge complies with divisions (A)(30) to (33) of section 3721.13 and section 3721.16 of the Revised Code. (B) Except in the circumstances described in divisions (A)...

...t of the recording shall be part of the official record of the hearing. A hearing conducted under this section is not subject to section 121.22 of the Revised Code. (C) Unless the parties otherwise agree, the hearing officer shall issue a decision within five days of the date the hearing concludes. In all cases, a decision shall be issued not later than thirty days after the department receives a request pursuant ...

...ty of the home for the cost of medicaid services arising out of injury, disease, or disability of the resident or former resident.

...ocedures adopted thereunder. When it appears, as the result of the investigation, that there is cause to prosecute for the commission of a crime, the attorney general shall refer the evidence to the prosecuting attorney having jurisdiction in the matter.

... home if you are unable to pay for the services provided by this home." If the prospective resident has a sponsor whose identity is made known to the home, the home shall also inform the sponsor, before admission of the resident, of the home's status relative to the medicaid program. Written acknowledgement of the receipt of the information shall be provided by the resident and, if the prospective resident has...

...tates centers for medicare and medicaid services regulations, the compassionate caregiver shall comply with all regulations and guidance issued by the centers for medicare and medicaid services, as well as the facility's visitor policy established under division (D) of this section. When visiting a resident in a long-term care facility that is not governed by centers for medicare and medicaid services regulations, th...

...ent with any treatment, care, goods, or service necessary to maintain the health or safety of the resident when the failure results in serious physical harm to the resident. "Neglect" does not include allowing a resident, at the resident's option, to receive only treatment by spiritual means through prayer in accordance with the tenets of a recognized religious denomination. (E) "Exploitation" means taking advantag...

...r, or other appropriate law enforcement official. (E) No person shall knowingly make a false allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a resident or misappropriation of a resident's property, or knowingly swear or affirm the truth of a false allegation, when the allegation is made for the purpose of incriminating another.

...r, or other appropriate law enforcement official, and, if applicable, the appropriate professional licensing authority established under Title XLVII of the Revised Code; (b) In accordance with section 3721.32 of the Revised Code, include in the nurse aide registry established under that section a statement detailing the findings pertaining to the individual. (2) An individual about whom a statement is required by t...

...opriation conducted by the director of health; or participates in a hearing conducted under section 3721.23 of the Revised Code or in any other administrative or judicial proceedings pertaining to the suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, or misappropriation. For purposes of this division, retaliatory actions include discharging, demoting, or transferring the employee or other person, preparing a negative work perf...

...n (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 suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a resident or misappropriation of a resident's property to the facility or director; (b) The name of an individual who provides information during an investigation o...

...ed States secretary of health and human services under sections 1819 and 1919 of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.

... individual is competent to provide the services the individual is to provide, the facility has received from the nurse aide registry established under section 3721.32 of the Revised Code the information concerning the individual provided through the registry, and one of the following is the case: (1) The individual was used by a facility as a nurse aide on a full-time, temporary, per diem, or other basis at any ti...

... (B) Regular performance review and in-service education to assure that individuals working in the facility as nurse aides are competent to perform the nursing and nursing-related services they perform. In-service education shall include training for nurse aides providing nursing and nursing-related services to residents and patients with cognitive impairments. The director of health shall adopt rules to imple...

...Recognition of mental health and social service needs; (d) Care of residents with cognitive impairments; (e) Basic restorative services; (f) Residents' rights; (g) Any other area specified by rule of the director. (2) Any training and competency evaluation program approved or competency evaluation program conducted by the director may include a written examination, but shall permit a nurse aide, at the nurs...

...ed States secretary of health and human services to have been out of compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), (c), or (d) of section 1819 or 1919 of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, within a two-year period prior to making application for approval or reapproval and shall revoke the approval or reapproval of a program conducted by or in a facility for which such a...