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...son" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of health shall enforce the provisions of sections 3721.01 to 3721.13 and 3721.99 of the Revised Code and may issue orders to secure compliance with the provisions of these sections and the rules adopted under them. The director may hold hearings, issue subpoenas, compel testimony, and make adjudications. The director may issue an or...

...pplicant and, if required by section 3721.02 of the Revised Code, inspection of the home, the following requirements or conditions are satisfied or complied with: (A) The applicant has not been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; (B) The applicant is not violating any of the rules adopted by the director of health or any order issued by the director; (C) The applicant has not had a lic...

... are not limited to, the following: (1) The right to a safe and clean living environment pursuant to the medicare and medicaid programs and applicable state laws and rules adopted by the director of health; (2) The right to be free from physical, verbal, mental, and emotional abuse and to be treated at all times with courtesy, respect, and full recognition of dignity and individuality; (3) Upon admission and...

..." has the same meaning as in section 5901.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Each nursing home, except a nursing home that participates in the veteran community partnerships program administered by the United States department of veterans affairs, and each skilled nursing facility shall provide both of the following to a veteran, spouse, surviving spouse, or representative on behalf of the veteran, seeking admission to th...

...ent's sponsor receives under section 3721.16 of the Revised Code a notice of a proposed transfer or discharge, whichever date of receiving the notice is later, the resident or resident's sponsor may challenge the proposed transfer or discharge 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 372...

...eiving a request pursuant to section 3721.161 of the Revised Code, the department of health shall conduct hearings under this section in accordance with 42 C.F.R. 431, subpart E, to determine whether the proposed transfer or discharge of the resident from the home complies with divisions (A)(30) to (33) of section 3721.13 and section 3721.16 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall employ or contract with an ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Home" and "residential care facility" have the same meanings as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code; (2) "Provider agreement" has the same meaning as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Sponsor" and "residents' rights advocate" have the same meanings as in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code. A home licensed under this chapter that is not a party to a provider ag...

...or purposes of implementing sections 3721.28 to 3721.33 of the Revised Code, the director of health may advise, consult or cooperate with, or enter into agreements with state agencies, political subdivisions, the federal government, or any person. The director may enter into agreements that provide for a state agency to do any of the following: (A) Approve or reapprove, in accordance with division (A) of section 37...

...(A) Subject to section 3721.62 of the Revised Code, a resident or a resident's guardian or attorney in fact may authorize the installation and use of an electronic monitoring device in the resident's room in a long-term care facility. (B) The installation and use of an electronic monitoring device may be authorized only if both of the following conditions are met: (1) If a long-term care facility has prescribed a...

...escribed a form described in section 3721.63 of the Revised Code, the other resident or other resident's guardian or attorney in fact shall consent by completing the relevant part of the form. (B)(1) If a resident living in a room with another resident wishes to conduct authorized electronic monitoring of the resident's room, but the other resident or other resident's guardian or attorney in fact refuses to consent...

...vice installed in a resident's room: (1) The resident; (2) The resident's guardian or attorney in fact; (3) Law enforcement personnel. (C) A resident or resident's guardian or attorney in fact may authorize a person to view or listen to the images displayed or sounds recorded by an electronic monitoring device installed in a resident's room.

...acility" means all of the following: (1) A home, as defined in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code; (2) A residential facility licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code; (3) A residential facility licensed by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code; (4) A facility operated by a hospice care progra...

...tance in all of the following areas: (1) Infectious diseases, including measures to prevent and control their spread; (2) Quality improvement projects, including health equity and disparities; (3) Population health initiatives; (4) Data analytics; (5) Workforce recruitment and development. (B) The director may engage with one or more quality improvement organizations to assist in providing technical assis...

...rules that do all of the following: (1) Specify the diseases, illnesses, conditions, infectious agents, and biological toxins to be reported under this section; (2) Specify the frequency with which a hospital shall report to the director under this section; (3) Prescribe the manner in which a hospital or third-party organization shall report to the director under this section. (C) Any information reported...

...d in writing of all of the following: (1) That the individual, business entity, or government entity is not licensed to perform radon testing or mitigation; (2) That the results of any testing are not valid for use in any contract or legal document as evidence of the presence or absence of radon in the building or real property; (3) That any mitigation methods used are experimental and may not be successful. (B) ...

...ction 3723.06, 3723.07, or division (A)(1) of section 3723.08 of the Revised Code as he considers necessary and appropriate.

...blic 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 who has ever shown a positive test for hepatitis B antigen or who has a history of hepatitis serves as a donor for plasma, with the exception of plasma intended ...

... abortions are induced or performed: (1) Ambulatory surgical facility as defined in section 3702.30 of the Revised Code; (2) Any other facility in which abortion is legally provided. (B) "Cremation" has the same meaning as in section 4717.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Fetal remains" means the product of human conception that has been aborted. If a woman is carrying more than one zygote, blastocyte, embryo, or ...

...llowing regarding the fetal remains: (1) Whether the final disposition shall be by cremation or interment; (2) The location for the final disposition. (B) A pregnant woman who has a surgical abortion shall be provided with a notification form described in division (A) of section 3726.14 of the Revised Code.

...n determination made under division (A)(1) of section 3726.04 or 3726.041 of the Revised Code identifies a location for final disposition other than one provided by the abortion facility, the pregnant woman is responsible for the costs related to the final disposition of the fetal remains at the chosen location.

...s chapter and, if applicable, section 4717.271 of the Revised Code; (B) Receives a copy of a properly executed detachable supplemental form described in division (C)(1) of section 3726.14 of the Revised Code; (C) Acts in furtherance of the final disposition of the fetal remains.

...l be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) If a hospital has been denied verification as a pediatric trauma center by the American college of surgeons solely because the hospital does not meet that organization's anesthesia and surgical staffing standards, the hospital may submit an application to the director of health to receive the director's designation of the hospital as a level II pe...

...department of health under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code shall file with the department an application for recognition. The application shall be submitted in the manner prescribed by the department. (B)(1) To be eligible for recognition as a comprehensive stroke center under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code, a hospital must be certified as a comprehensive stroke center by an accrediting organization appro...

...ation 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 determines to be appropriate. (B) A notice posted pursuant to division (A) of this section shall include the f...

...(A) As used in this 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 Ch...