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...No third-party payer or other person is required to pay, and no person shall seek or accept payment or reimbursement for, any service rendered or costs incurred in conducting an activity during the period of time in which the activity was conducted in violation of section 3702.53 of the Revised Code. Each person that accepts any amount in violation of this division shall refund that amount on request of the per...

...f and need for long-term care beds to provide care and treatment to persons diagnosed as having traumatic brain injuries and shall prescribe criteria for reviewing applications that propose to add long-term care beds to provide care and treatment to persons diagnosed as having traumatic brain injuries. (2) The criteria for reviews of applications for certificates of need shall relate to the need for the reviewable...

...w certificate of need applications as provided in sections 3702.592, 3702.593, and 3702.594 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The director shall not approve an application for a certificate of need for the addition of long-term care beds to an existing long-term care facility or for the development of a new long-term care facility if any of the following apply: (a) The existing long-term care facility in which the beds a...

...(A) The director of health shall accept, for review under section 3702.52 of the Revised Code, certificate of need applications for any of the following purposes if the proposed increase in beds is attributable to a replacement or relocation of existing beds from an existing long-term care facility within the same county: (1) Approval of beds in a new long-term care facility or an increase of beds in an existing lo...

...xcept as follows: (1)(a) Except as provided in division (C)(1)(b) of this section, if a county's occupancy rate is less than eighty-five per cent, the county shall be considered to have no need for additional beds. (b) Division (C)(1)(a) of this section does not apply, such that a county shall be considered to have a need for additional beds regardless of its occupancy rate, if all of the following conditions a...

...(A) As used in this section, "long-term care facility" means either of the following: (1) 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; (2) The portion of any facility, including a county home or county nursing home, that is certified as a skilled nursing facility under the medicare program, Title XVIII of the "So...

... Revised Code, and the director shall provide an adjudication hearing in accordance with that chapter. In the appeal, the applicant or person must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the director's decision or ruling is not in accordance with sections 3702.52 to 3702.62 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under those sections. The applicant or person that was a party to and participated in an adjudicati...

...In addition to the sanctions imposed under sections 3702.54 and 3702.55 of the Revised Code, if any person violates section 3702.53 of the Revised Code, the attorney general may commence necessary legal proceedings in the court of common pleas of Franklin county to enjoin the person from such violation until the requirements of sections 3702.51 to 3702.62 of the Revised Code have been satisfied. At the request of the...

...Sections 3702.51 to 3702.61 of the Revised Code do not apply to any part of a long-term care facility's campus that is certified as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities, as defined in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code.

... "Primary care service" also includes providing the initial contact for health care services, making referrals for secondary and tertiary care and for continuity of health care services, and teaching activities to the extent specified in a contract entered into pursuant to section 3702.74 of the Revised Code. (E) "Primary care specialty" means general internal medicine, pediatrics, adolescent medicine, obstetrics an...

...(A) A primary care physician who will not have an outstanding obligation for medical service to the federal government, a state, or other entity at the time of participation in the physician loan repayment program and meets one of the following requirements may apply for participation in the physician loan repayment program: (1) The primary care physician is enrolled in the final year of an accredited program requir...

...If funds are available in the physician loan repayment fund created under section 3702.78 of the Revised Code and the general assembly has appropriated funds for the physician loan repayment program, the director of health shall approve an applicant for participation in the program if the director finds that, in accordance with the priorities established under section 3702.77 of the Revised Code, the applicant i...

... The primary care physician agrees to provide primary care services in the health resource shortage area identified in the letter of intent for the number of hours and duration specified in the contract; (2) When providing primary care services in the health resource shortage area, the primary care physician agrees to do all of the following: (a) Provide primary care services in an outpatient or ambulatory setting ...

...nt of health, by means of a contract provision under division (B)(3) of section 3702.74 of the Revised Code, may agree to repay all or part of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by a primary care physician for the following expenses, so long as the expenses were incurred while the physician was enrolled in, for up to a maximum of four years, a medical school or osteopath...

...mit access to medical care. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the designations shall be made by rule. The designations may apply to a geographic area, one or more facilities within a particular area, or a population group within a particular area. The director shall consider for designation as a health resource shortage area, any area in this state that has been designated by the United States secre...

... in the area, presence of health care provider sites in the area with vacancies for primary care physicians, availability of an eligible candidate interested in being recruited to a particular site within an area, the need for a particular primary care specialty within an area, and the distribution of health care provider sites in urban and rural regions. The director shall give greatest priority to health resource s...

...The director of health may accept gifts of money from any source for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.72 to 3702.77 of the Revised Code. The director shall pay all gifts accepted under this section into the state treasury, to the credit of the health resource shortage area fund, which is hereby created, and all damages collected under division (B)(4) of section 3702.74 of the Revised C...

...The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer sections 3702.71 to 3702.78 of the Revised Code.

...The department of health shall administer a program, to be known as the J-1 visa waiver program, for recruiting physicians who received graduate medical education or training in the United States but are not citizens of the United States to serve in areas of the state designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as health professional shortage areas under the "Public Health Service Act," 88 ...

...nt advisory board. The program shall provide loan repayment on behalf of individuals who agree to provide dental services in areas designated as dental health resource shortage areas by the director of health pursuant to section 3702.87 of the Revised Code. Under the program, the department of health, by means of a contract entered into under section 3702.91 of the Revised Code, may agree to repay all...

...The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer sections 3702.85 to 3702.95 of the Revised Code. In preparing rules, the director shall consult with the dentist loan repayment advisory board.

...imit access to dental care. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the designations shall be made by rule. The designations may apply to a geographic area, one or more facilities within a particular area, or a population group within a particular area. The director shall consider for designation as a dental health resource shortage area, any area in this state that has been designated by the United State...

... area, presence of dental health care provider sites in the area with vacancies for dentists, availability of an eligible candidate interested in being recruited to a particular site within an area, and the distribution of dental health care provider sites in urban and rural regions. The director shall give greatest priority to dental health resource shortage areas having a high ratio of population to dentists. The ...

...(A) An individual who will not have an outstanding obligation for dental service to the federal government, a state, or other entity at the time of participation in the dentist loan repayment program and meets one of the following requirements may apply for participation in the dentist loan repayment program: (1) The applicant is a dental student enrolled in the final year of dental college. (2) The applica...

...health resource shortage area. On approving an application, the director shall notify and enter into discussions with the applicant. The object of the discussions is to facilitate recruitment of the applicant to a site within a dental health resource shortage area at which, according to the priorities established under section 3702.88 of the Revised Code, the applicant is needed. If the director and applicant ...

...The month of March is designated as "Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month" to enhance understanding of the disease, including its causes and health effects, and to support and encourage education programs and research to develop effective therapies and find a cure.

...The eleventh day of September shall be designated as "Ohio Public Safety Employee Day," in honor of the men and women who selflessly place their own lives in danger to protect the lives and property of the people of Ohio.

...The twenty-second day of September shall be designated as "Emancipation Day," in honor of the anniversary of the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862.

...The month of May is designated as "Nutrition and Physical Fitness Month" to increase public awareness of the paramount roles that nutrition and physical fitness play in promoting a healthy lifestyle for all of the citizens of this state.

...The month of October is designated as "German Heritage Month" to honor and recognize Ohioans of German descent and their contributions to this state.

...The month of May is designated as "Ohio lyme disease awareness month" to increase public awareness of lyme disease as a health concern.

...The twenty-ninth day of April is designated as "Heritage and Freedom Flag of the Former Republic of Vietnam Day" in honor of the heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.

...The last week of May is designated as "Ohio Turfgrass Week," in order to increase awareness of the importance of turfgrass to this state's economy and environment. The General Assembly finds that the turfgrass industry in this state employs thousands of people and generates billions of dollars in revenue each year. The General Assembly also finds that turfgrass acts as an environmental filter absorbing pollutan...

...The twenty-third day of May is designated as "Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Day." The first week of December is designated as "Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week."

...The month of January is designated as "Fibromyalgia Awareness Month."

...The sixth day of February is designated as "Ronald Reagan Day," in honor of the birthday of the fortieth president of the United States.

...The calendar week including the eighth day of February is designated as "Ohio Boy Scout Week."

...The month of February is designated as "Black History Month" to honor and recognize the contributions that African Americans have made in the history of this state and the United States.

... their significant contributions in improving the health care of the citizens of this state. In enacting this section, it is the intent of the general assembly to acknowledge and celebrate the nurses of this state. Although nurses practice their profession in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals, nursing homes, other health care facilities, physician's offices, schools, and even private homes, the contr...

...The month of May is designated as "Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month."

...The nineteenth day of June is designated as "Juneteenth" to acknowledge the freedom, history, and culture that June 19, 1865, the day on which the last slaves in the United States were set free in Texas, has come to symbolize. This day is a legal holiday.

...The third Saturday in August is designated as "Brothers and Sisters' Day" to honor and recognize siblings.

...The first Saturday following the first Monday in September is designated as "Lithopolis Honeyfest Day," to honor the annual honey festival held on that day in the village of Lithopolis in Fairfield county.

...The month of September is designated as "Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Month" to raise awareness of the existence, symptoms, and management of a diverse group of disorders known as mitochondrial disease that may impact either a part of the body or multiple organ systems as a result of dysfunction of the mitochondria, which are structures within cells that produce energy needed for cellular performance.

...The fourth Sunday in September is designated as "Internet Safety Day."

...nhance funding for aneurysm research, provide educational materials and programs, and create a support network for patients, survivors, and their families.

...The month of September is hereby designated as "Ohio Preparedness Month" to highlight the importance of preparedness on the part of all Ohioans in the event of an emergency.

...The month of September is designated as "Childhood Cancer Awareness Month" to increase public awareness of childhood cancer.

...The month of September is designated as "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month."

...The twenty-second day of October shall be designated "U.S.S. Hocking Day," in honor of the distinguished career of the U.S.S. Hocking, a World War II attack transport ship, the navy crew who served on it, and the marines who were carried into battle on it.