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...Except as provided in section 3923.07 of the Revised Code, every policy of sickness and accident insurance delivered, issued for delivery, or used in this state shall contain the standard provisions specified in this section in the words in which the same appear in this section. Such standard provisions shall be preceded individually by the caption appearing in this section or, at the option of the insurer, by such a...

...(A) Every policy of group sickness and accident insurance providing hospital, surgical, or medical expense coverage for other than specific diseases or accidents only, and delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 1979, and that provides coverage for mental or emotional disorders, shall provide benefits for services on an outpatient basis for each eligible person under the ...

...(A)(1) Every policy of group sickness and accident insurance providing hospital, surgical, or medical expense coverage for other than specific diseases or accidents only, and delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 1979, shall provide for each eligible person under the policy who resides in this state, outpatient, inpatient, and intermediate primary care benefits for alco...

...As used in sections 3923.41 to 3923.48 of the Revised Code: (A) "Long-term care insurance" means any insurance policy or rider advertised, marketed, offered, or designed to provide coverage for not less than one year for each covered person on an expense incurred, indemnity, prepaid, or other basis, for one or more necessary or medically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, ...

...(A) A medical liability insurance policy that insures a physician, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse, written by or on behalf of the medical liability underwriting association pursuant to sections 3929.62 to 3929.70 of the Revised Code, may be cancelled only during the term of the policy for one of the following reasons: (1) Nonpayment of premiums; (2) The license of the insured to practice medi...

...No policy of insurance issued or renewed by a mutual insurance company which has merged or consolidated with a hospital service association which provides for reimbursement for emergency services, may provide for a denial or reduction of benefits under such policy for such emergency services or any resulting emergency admission directly from a hospital emergency room when such services and resulting admission are pro...

...esponsibilities of the state's teaching hospitals and institutions recognized as national referral centers as defined by the"Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, in determining their rates of reimbursement.

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the bureau of workers' compensation shall disburse the state insurance fund to employees of employers who have paid into the fund the premiums applicable to the classes to which they belong when the employees have been injured in the course of their employment, wherever the injuries have occurred, and provided the injuries have not been purposely self-infl...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the license plate contribution fund. The fund shall consist of all contributions for specialty license plates paid by motor vehicle registrants and collected by the registrar of motor vehicles pursuant to the Revised Code sections referenced in division (B) of this section. (B) The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar collects in the fund as follows:...

...(A) Upon payment of a fee of thirteen dollars, the state dental board may without examination issue a limited resident's license to any person who is a graduate of a dental college, is authorized to practice in another country or qualified to take the regular licensing examination in this state, and furnishes the board satisfactory proof of having been appointed a dental resident at an accredited dental college in th...

...trols, in whole or in part, one or more hospitals; (c) A health care facility operated by the department of mental health and addiction services or the department of developmental disabilities; (d) A nursing home licensed under section 3721.02 of the Revised Code or by a political subdivision certified under section 3721.09 of the Revised Code; (e) A county home or district home operated under Chapter 5155. ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Category II" means any dangerous drug that is not included in category III. (2) "Category III" means any controlled substance that is contained in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V. (3) "Emergency medical service organization" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Emergency medical service organization satellite" means a location where dangerous...

...(A) If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the board is authorized or required to provide information from the database only as follows: (1) On receipt of a request from a designated representative of a government entity responsible for the licensure, regulation, or discipline of health care professionals with authority to prescribe...

...trols, in whole or in part, one or more hospitals; (3) A health care facility operated by the department of mental health and addiction services or the department of developmental disabilities; (4) A nursing home licensed under section 3721.02 of the Revised Code or by a political subdivision certified under section 3721.09 of the Revised Code; (5) A county home or district home operated under Chapter 5155. ...

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...Nothing in this chapter or the rules adopted under it shall be construed as authorizing a licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed professional counselor, independent marriage and family therapist, marriage and family therapist, independent social worker, social worker, social work assistant, art therapist, or music therapist to admit a patient to a hospital or as requiring a hospital to allow any of those ...

...Nothing in this chapter or the rules adopted under it authorizes an individual who holds a license, certificate, or endorsement issued under this chapter to admit a patient to a hospital or requires a hospital to allow any such individual to admit a patient.

...Sections 4759.01 to 4759.08 of the Revised Code do not apply to any of the following: (A) A person licensed under Title XLVII of the Revised Code who is acting within the scope of the person's profession, provided that the person complies with division (B) of section 4759.02 of the Revised Code; (B) A person who is a graduate of an associate degree program approved by the academy of nutrition and dietetics or ...

...s nominated by OHA: the association for hospitals and health systems, persons nominated by the Ohio osteopathic association, and persons nominated by the association of Ohio children's hospitals. One member shall be an adult or pediatric trauma program manager or trauma program director who is involved in the daily management of a verified trauma center. The governor shall appoint this member from among persons nomin...

...(A)(1) No person listed in division (A)(2) of this section having reasonable cause to believe that an adult is being abused, neglected, or exploited, or is in a condition which is the result of abuse, neglect, or exploitation shall knowingly fail to immediately report such belief to the county department of job and family services. (2) All of the following are subject to division (A)(1) of this section: (a) An at...

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Addiction" means the chronic and habitual use of alcoholic beverages, the use of a drug of abuse as defined in section 3719.011 of the Revised Code, or the use of gambling by an individual to the extent that the individual no longer can control the individual's use of alcohol, the individual becomes physically or psychologically dependent on the drug, the individual's use of alcoh...

... aspects of the following: licensure of hospitals and residential facilities, research, community addiction and mental health plans, and certification and delivery of addiction services and mental health services. (B) The director shall: (1) Adopt rules for the proper execution of the powers and duties of the department with respect to the institutions under its control, and require the performance of additional ...

...If the department of mental health and addiction services determines that a hospital not licensed by the department is receiving for care or treatment any person who is or appears to have a mental illness, the department may request in writing that the attorney general petition the court of common pleas in the county where the hospital is located to enjoin the hospital from continued operation in violation of section...

...No third-party payer shall directly or indirectly reimburse, nor shall any person be obligated to pay any hospital for psychiatric services for which a license is required under section 5119.33 of the Revised Code unless the hospital is licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services. As used in this section, "third-party payer" means a health insuring corporation licensed under Chapter 175...

...(A) Following an examination by a qualified health professional and a certification by that professional that the person meets the criteria specified in section 5119.92 of the Revised Code, a probate court may order the person hospitalized for a period not to exceed seventy-two hours if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person presents an imminent threat of danger to self, family, or oth...