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...(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...

..."pediatric," and "adult" have the same meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Stabilize" and "transfer" have the same meanings as in section 1753.28 of the Revised Code. (B) On and after November 3, 2002, each hospital in this state that is not a trauma center shall adopt protocols for adult and pediatric trauma care provided in or by that hospital; each hospital in this state that is an adult t...

...On and after November 3, 2002, no hospital in this state shall knowingly do any of the following: (A) Represent that it is able to provide adult or pediatric trauma care to a severely injured patient that is inconsistent with its level of categorization as an adult or pediatric trauma center, provided that a hospital that operates an emergency facility may represent that it provides emergency care; (B) Provide adu...

... 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 shall submit an application for either a consultation visit or a reverification visit, except when operating pursuant to...

...rector 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 hospital changes its level of verification as an adu...

...deral centers for medicare and medicaid services.

...deral centers for medicare and medicaid services or an organization acceptable to the department under division (C) of this section. (2) To be eligible for recognition as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code, a hospital must be certified as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center by an accrediting organization approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services...

...deral centers for medicare and medicaid services or an organization accepted by the department under section 3727.12 of the Revised Code, including by offering patients mechanical endovascular therapy, the department shall include that distinction in its recognition. (4) The department shall recognize as an acute stroke ready hospital a hospital that satisfies the requirements of division (B)(4) of section 3727.12...

...tates centers for medicare and medicaid services and that certify stroke centers. (b) Include at a minimum both of the following: (i) Data that is consistent with nationally recognized treatment guidelines for patients with confirmed stroke; (ii) In the case of mechanical endovascular thrombectomy, data regarding the treatment's processes, complications, and outcomes, including data required by national cert...

...of the Revised Code, the department of health shall recognize a hospital certified at that additional level. For purposes of this section, the department and a hospital shall comply with sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code as if the certification and recognition described in this section were one of the four levels described in sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code.

...The director of health may adopt rules as the director considers necessary for the implementation of sections 3727.11 to 3727.14 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section, "fetal death" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include either of the following: (1) The product of human conception of at least twenty weeks of gestation; (2) The purposeful termination of a pregnancy, as described in section 2919.11 of the Revised Code. (B) If a woman presents herself at a hospital as a result of a fetal d...

...red by the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3111.32 of the Revised Code; (E) Provide the unmarried mother, and if possible the father, all forms and statements necessary to voluntarily establish a parent and child relationship, including the acknowledgment of paternity form prepared by the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3111.31 of the Revised Code; (F) Upon bo...

...(A) Each hospital system, and each hospital that is not part of a hospital system, shall establish a security plan for preventing workplace violence. In developing the plan, the hospital system or hospital shall involve a team consisting of members selected by the hospital system or hospital, subject to both of the following: (1) At least one member of the team shall be a current or former patient of the hospital s...

...tal police departments, local emergency service organizations, or government agencies. Each hospital system, and each hospital that is not part of a hospital system, shall adopt a policy that prohibits any person from discriminating or retaliating against any health care employee for reporting to, or seeking assistance or intervention from, the employer, security agencies, law enforcement authorities, including ho...

...sted in print or a digital sign format. Each hospital shall consider posting the notice in a conspicuous location in all of the following areas: (1) Major waiting room areas, including the waiting room areas of the emergency department, the labor and delivery department, the surgical department or unit, and the intensive care unit; (2) The main entrance to the hospital; (3) Any other area that the hospital dete...

...is section: (1) "Advisory committee" means the advisory committee on immunization practices of the United States centers for disease control and prevention or its successor agency. (2) "Certified nurse-midwife," "clinical nurse specialist," and "certified nurse practitioner" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of th...

...ovided in division (B) of this section, each hospital that has a maternity unit licensed under Chapter 3711. of the Revised Code shall modify operational processes not later than three months after the effective date of this section or three months after commencing operations, as applicable, to ensure that a woman giving birth in the hospital has the option of having a long-acting reversible contraceptive placed aft...

...of health care equipment or health care services, provided that the discussions or negotiations do not involve price-fixing or predatory pricing and are designed to achieve one or more of the following goals: (1) Reducing health care costs for consumers; (2) Improving access to health care services; (3) Improving the quality of patient care. Directors or trustees who participate in the discussions or negotiations...

...ay 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 include all of the following: (1) A copy of the proposed agreement; (2) An implementation plan that states how and when the cooperative action identified in the agreement will meet one or more of the goals specified in division (A) of section 3727.21 of the Rev...

...The director of health may adopt rules for the implementation of sections 3727.21 and 3727.22 of the Revised Code, including rules establishing procedures and criteria for the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative agreements under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code. If rules are adopted, they shall ensure that there is opportunity for public comment during the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative ag...

...ire the state, through the director of health and attorney general, to provide direction, supervision, and control over approved cooperative agreements entered into under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code. To achieve the goals specified in section 3727.21 of the Revised Code, this state direction, supervision, and control of cooperative agreements will provide state action immunity under federal antitrust laws to ...

...on , each hospital that offers surgical services shall adopt and implement a policy designed to prevent human exposure to surgical smoke during any planned surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke. The policy shall include the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system. (C) The director of health may adopt any rules the director considers necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be a...

...evised Code: (A) "Ancillary service" means a hospital item or service that a hospital customarily provides as part of a shoppable service. (B) "Chargemaster" means the list maintained by a hospital of each hospital item or service for which the hospital has established a charge. (C) "De-identified maximum negotiated charge" means the highest charge that a hospital has negotiated with all third-party payors for ...

...llar amounts, for all hospital items or services; (B) As described in section 3727.34 of the Revised Code, a consumer-friendly list of standard charges for the hospital's shoppable services or an internet-based price estimator tool.