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...y stroke centers, or acute stroke ready hospitals in accordance with nationally recognized certification guidelines.

...(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...

...(A) Each hospital shall convene a hospital-wide nursing care committee not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section or, if the hospital is not treating patients on the effective date of this section, ninety days after the hospital begins to treat patients. The hospital shall select the members of the committee, subject to all of the following: (1) The hospital's...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Ambulatory surgical facility" has the same meaning as in section 3702.30 of the Revised Code. (2) "Nontherapeutic abortion" has the same meaning as in section 9.04 of the Revised Code. (3) "Political subdivision" means any body corporate and politic that is responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than the state. (4) "Public hospital" means a hosp...

...(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 ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Rural hospital" means a hospital agency, as defined in section 140.01 of the Revised Code, that meets all of the following criteria: (a) Is in compliance with Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code; (b) Is located in a county that has a population of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand. (2) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code t...

...The boards of township trustees of any two or more contiguous townships, whether or not within the same county, may, by a two-thirds favorable vote of each such board, form themselves into a joint township district hospital board for the purpose of establishing, constructing, and maintaining a joint township district general hospital or other hospital facilities as defined in section 140.01 of the Revised Code, and s...

...(A) A joint township district hospital board may do either of the following: (1) Form, or acquire control of, a domestic nonprofit corporation or a domestic nonprofit limited liability company; (2) Be a partner, member, owner, associate, or participant in a nonprofit enterprise or nonprofit venture. (B) A joint township district hospital board forming, acquiring, or becoming involved with a nonprofit corpora...

...(A)(1) The appointing or hiring officer of any entity that appoints or employs any person responsible for a child's care in out-of-home care shall request the superintendent of BCII to conduct a criminal records check with respect to any person who is under final consideration for appointment or employment as a person responsible for a child's care in out-of-home care. The request shall be made at the time of initial...

...(A) If the issue of a defendant's competence to stand trial is raised and if the court, upon conducting the hearing provided for in section 2945.37 of the Revised Code, finds that the defendant is competent to stand trial, the defendant shall be proceeded against as provided by law. If the court finds the defendant competent to stand trial and the defendant is receiving psychotropic drugs or other medication, the cou...

...The board of county hospital trustees may receive any gift, bequest, or devise of real or personal property in trust for the erection, improvement, or support of the county hospital, and administer the said property and the proceeds thereof in the manner required by law or the instrument creating such trust. Before receiving such trust property, the board shall give additional bond in such amount as the board of coun...

...(A) Upon the filing of an initial application for licensure under section 3722.03 of the Revised Code, the director of health may inspect the hospital prior to issuing or denying the applicant a license to operate a hospital. An applicant may avoid such an inspection if the applicant submits with the application a copy of the hospital's most recent final on-site survey report from the federal centers for medicare and...

...(A) As used in this section and section 3792.06 of the Revised Code: (1) "Advocate" means an individual who advocates on behalf of a congregate care setting patient or resident. An advocate may include but is not limited to any of the following: (a) The patient's or resident's spouse, family member, companion, or guardian; (b) In the case of a minor patient or resident, the minor's residential parent and legal ...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 1751.13 or division (I)(2) of section 3923.04 of the Revised Code, a reimbursement contract entered into or renewed on or after June 29, 1988, between a third-party payer and a hospital shall provide that reimbursement for any service provided by a hospital pursuant to a reimbursement contract and covered under a benefits contract shall be made directly to the hospital. (B) If the third-p...

...tion of higher education, including its hospitals, that meets the requirements of division (B)(2) of this section. (2) When considering the application of a public employer, except for a board of county commissioners described in division (G) of section 4123.01 of the Revised Code, a board of a county hospital, or a publicly owned utility, the administrator shall verify that the public employer satisfies all of the...

...(A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of nationwide children's hospital license plates. An application made under this section may be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503...

...(A) As used in this section, "individual with a mental illness" and "specialized services" have the same meanings as in section 5165.03 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section and rules adopted under division (E)(3) of this section, for purposes of section 5165.03 of the Revised Code, the department of mental health and addiction services shall determine in accordance with...

... services within the department and its hospitals and community setting programs, the safety and security of persons receiving or administering medical and mental health services within the department and its hospitals and community setting programs, and the efficiency and effectiveness of the utilization of staff and resources in the delivery of medical and mental health services within the department and its hospit...

...If an agreement under section 513.08 of the Revised Code provides for representation of a joint township hospital district, or of a county, on the board of hospital commissioners or board of governors of a municipal hospital, or both, the representatives of the district shall be appointed by the joint township district hospital board and shall be electors of the district; in the case of a county, the representatives ...

...The joint township district hospital board, as soon as possible after its organization, shall appoint one elector from each township represented and three electors-at-large from the district, one of whom shall be a doctor of medicine, to constitute a board to be known as "the board of hospital governors" and control the operation of such hospital and perform such other duties as are provided by section 513.17 of the ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the department of medicaid may deny medicaid payment to a hospital for direct graduate medical education costs associated with the delivery of medicaid services to any medicaid recipient if the hospital refuses without good cause to contract with a medicaid managed care organization that serves the area in which the hospital is located. (B) A hospital is...

...ng rules that specify the percentage of hospitals' total facility costs to be used in calculating hospitals' assessments under section 5168.21 of the Revised Code. (B) The rules adopted under this section may do the following: (1) Provide that a hospital's total facility costs for the purpose of the assessment under section 5168.21 of the Revised Code exclude any of the following: (a) A hospital's costs asso...

...(A) If the issue of an accused's competence to stand trial is raised and if the court, upon conducting the hearing provided for in section 5924.502 of the Revised Code, finds that the accused is competent to stand trial, the accused shall be proceeded against as provided by law. If the court finds the accused competent to stand trial and the accused is receiving psychotropic drugs or other medication, the court may a...

...(A) As used in this section, "health facility" means both of the following: (1) A hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code; (2) A facility other than a hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, where medical care and preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or palliative items or services are provided to outpatients by or under the direction of a physician or dentis...

...A public hospital agency may enter into agreements with other hospital agencies, or with homes providing skilled nursing care which are licensed as nursing homes under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code, to provide or arrange for extended care services to patients of a hospital of such public hospital agency when such services are medically appropriate for them. Such agreements may require such extended care services ...