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...or reverification is denied, suspended, terminated, or withdrawn. (b) In the case of a hospital seeking initial verification, verification at a different level, or reverification after having ceased to be verified for one year or longer, the hospital has not obtained verification or reverification by the date that occurs eighteen months after commencing to operate under provisional status. (c) In the case of a hosp...

...A hospital shall promptly notify in writing the director 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 ho...

...approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services.

...approved by the federal 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...

...ospital revokes, rescinds, or otherwise terminates the hospital's certification with that organization or the certification expires. (C) Not later than the first day of January and July each year, the department shall compile and send a list of hospitals recognized under division (A) of this section to the medical director and cooperating physician advisory board of each emergency medical service organization, as ...

...vices or an organization that certifies hospitals in accordance with nationally recognized certification guidelines establishes a level of stroke certification that is in addition to the four levels described in sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 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 co...

...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.

.... (B) If a woman presents herself at a hospital as a result of a fetal death, the hospital shall provide the woman with all of the following: (1) A written statement, not longer than one page in length, that confirms that the woman was pregnant and that she subsequently suffered a miscarriage that resulted in a fetal death; (2) Notice of the right of the woman to apply for a fetal death certificate pursua...

...er and father. If a hospital knows or determines that a man is presumed under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code to be the father of the child described in this section and that the presumed father is not the man who signed or is attempting to sign an acknowledgment with respect to the child, the hospital shall take no further action with regard to the acknowledgment and shall not mail the acknowledgment pursuant to...

... described in that division. If it is determined from the review and evaluation that revisions to the plan are required, the hospital system or hospital shall revise the plan accordingly. (D) All hospital systems and hospitals shall annually, in the form and manner specified by the department of health, attest to the department that the hospital system or hospital has reviewed and, if necessary, updated the securit...

...ating or retaliating against any health care employee for reporting to, or seeking assistance or intervention from, the employer, security agencies, law enforcement authorities, including hospital police departments, local emergency service organizations, or government agencies, or for participating in an incident investigation. All hospital systems and hospitals shall use their reporting systems to track the follo...

... (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 following , either as stated in this division or by using similar wording: "WE WILL NOT TOLERATE any form of threatening or aggressive behavior toward our staff. Assaults against our staff are serious violations and could result in consequences, including a ...

..., or certified nurse practitioner has determined that vaccination of the patient is medically inappropriate. The vaccine shall be of a form approved by the advisory committee for that calendar year. A patient may refuse vaccination. (C) Each hospital shall offer to each patient who is admitted to the hospital, in accordance with guidelines issued by the advisory committee, vaccination against pneumococcal pneumonia...

...d 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 after de...

...ons concerning the allocation 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 t...

...ealth considers necessary to make the determination required by division (B) of this section. (B) If the director of health determines, on the basis of the information submitted by the directors or trustees, that one or more of the goals set forth in division (A) of section 3727.21 of the Revised Code is likely to be met through the implementation of a cooperative agreement and that the benefits resulting from the c...

...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...

...ors or boards of trustees of a group of hospitals who participate in discussions or negotiations authorized by section 3727.21 of the Revised Code, and to persons authorized by such directors or trustees to implement cooperative agreements approved under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code.

...e effective date of this section , 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...

...s and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services implementing that section, including the rules and requirements under 45 C.F.R. 180. (G) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3722.01 of the Revised Code. (H) "Hospital items or services" means all items or services, including individual items or services and service packages, that may be provided by a hospital to a patient in connection ...

...A hospital shall make public both of the following: (A) As described in section 3727.33 of the Revised Code, a digital file in a machine-readable format that contains a list of all standard charges, expressed in dollar 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 intern...

...rocedural terminology (CPT) code, healthcare common procedure coding system (HCPCS) code, diagnosis related group (DRG) code, national drug code (NDC), or other common identifier. (D) The information contained in the list shall be published in a single digital file that is in a machine-readable format. (E) The list shall be displayed in a prominent location on the home page of the hospital's publicly accessible i...

...rvice, including the current procedural terminology (CPT) code, healthcare common procedure coding system (HCPCS) code, diagnosis related group (DRG) code, national drug code (NDC), or other common identifier. (C) If applicable, the list shall do the following: (1) State each location at which the hospital provides the shoppable service and whether the standard charges included in the list apply at that location ...

...Each time a hospital updates a list or internet-based price estimator tool as required under sections 3727.33 and 3727.34 of the Revised Code, the hospital shall submit the updated list or a description of the updates to the internet-based price estimator tool to the director of health. The director shall prescribe the form in which the updated list or description is to be submitted.

...f this section, or otherwise has been determined by the director to be not in compliance with division (A) of this section. (2) The list of noncompliant hospitals is a public record, as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (3) After the director of health has determined that a hospital is not in compliance with division (A) of this section, the materials that consist of notices, orders, communications...