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...r disease control and prevention or the American thoracic society. The tuberculosis control unit shall serve all residents within its jurisdiction, regardless of the length of time that the individual has resided in the area or the individual's income and resources. An individual who receives tuberculosis treatment shall disclose to the tuberculosis control unit the identity of any third party against whom the indiv...

...Each county or district tuberculosis control unit shall establish a tuberculosis record bureau, appoint a director thereof, and appoint such assistants as are required to maintain adequate records with respect to all known cases of tuberculosis within the area served by the unit.

...ty or general health district or any hospital or other health care facility for the provision of the tuberculosis treatment specified under section 339.73 of the Revised Code. The board shall pay to the board of health or health care facility with which it contracts the amount provided in the contract.

...d by a board of trustees of a county hospital, or by a city or general district board of health within the county, as the board of county commissioners designates. The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may join together to establish a joint county tuberculosis clinic. Clinics so established shall be under the control of the joint boards of county commissioners of the member counties and shall be...

...follows: (1) The administrator of a hospital, clinic, or other facility that is providing services to an individual who is confirmed to have or is suspected of having tuberculosis shall report the case to the tuberculosis control unit; (2) The administrator of a laboratory that performs tests for tuberculosis on human specimens shall report to the tuberculosis control unit each positive tuberculosis test result obt...

...A county or district tuberculosis control unit shall make a report to the Ohio department of health each time the unit receives a report under section 339.78 of the Revised Code of a suspected or confirmed case of tuberculosis or a case of tuberculosis that is resistant to one or more drugs. If the report pertains to an individual who is not a resident of this state, the department shall make a report to the state o...

...When a county or district tuberculosis control unit receives a report under section 339.78 of the Revised Code of a confirmed or suspected case of tuberculosis, the unit shall conduct an investigation that includes personal contact with the individual with tuberculosis. The investigation shall commence not later than three working days after the unit receives the report.

...culosis in this state. No physician, hospital, or other entity furnishing information, data, or reports pursuant to this chapter shall by reason of such furnishing be deemed to have violated any confidential relationship, be held to answer for willful betrayal of a professional confidence, or be held liable in damages to any person.

...communicable tuberculosis who is not hospitalized or otherwise confined shall not attend any public gathering or be in any public place that the county or district tuberculosis control unit determines cannot be maintained in a manner adequate to protect others from the spread of the disease. An individual with communicable tuberculosis who cannot be maintained outside of a hospital in a manner adequate to protect oth...

...When a county or district tuberculosis control unit becomes aware that an individual with active or communicable tuberculosis is not in compliance with section 339.82 of the Revised Code, the unit shall inform the individual that section 339.82 of the Revised Code requires compliance and that the unit may issue an order under section 339.84 of the Revised Code compelling the individual to comply.

...If an individual fails to comply with section 339.82 of the Revised Code, the county or district tuberculosis control unit may issue an order compelling the individual to comply.

...If an individual fails to comply with an order issued under section 339.84 of the Revised Code, the county or district tuberculosis control unit may apply to the probate court of the appropriate county for an injunction prohibiting the individual from continuing to violate the unit's order. If the tuberculosis control unit believes that an individual's failure to comply with its order involves an immediate danger to ...

...hority to detain the individual in a hospital or other place to be examined or treated for tuberculosis. In the request, the unit shall provide the following information: (1) The name of the individual; (2) The purpose of making the request for detention; (3) An individualized assessment that contains a description of the circumstances and behavior of the individual that constitutes the basis for making the reques...

...fficer to remove the individual to a hospital or other place to be examined and treated for tuberculosis. (B) Not later than the end of the third business day after detention of an individual under division (A) of this section, the tuberculosis control unit shall apply to the probate court of the county from which the individual was removed for a detention order under division (B) of section 339.86 of the Revised Co...

...The expenses incurred for detention under section 339.86 or 339.87 of the Revised Code shall be paid by the individual detained or if the individual is indigent, by the board of county commissioners of the county from which the individual was removed.

...medical treatment, or detention in a hospital or other place for treatment if the person, or, in the case of a child, the child's parents, rely exclusively on spiritual treatment through prayer, in lieu of medical treatment, in accordance with a recognized, religious method of healing. The person may be quarantined or otherwise safely isolated in the home or another place that is suitable to the health of the person ...

...d in this chapter: (A) "Children's hospital" means either of the following: (1) A hospital that provides general pediatric medical and surgical care in which at least seventy-five per cent of annual inpatient discharges for the preceding two calendar years were individuals less than eighteen years of age; (2) A distinct portion of a hospital that provides general pediatric medical and surgical care, has a total...

... of the Revised Code to require each hospital operating in this state to be licensed by the director of health. Beginning on September 30, 2024, any reference to a hospital contained in the Revised Code in a chapter other than Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code shall be construed to mean a hospital licensed under Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code. (B) Beginning on September 30, 2024, no person and no political subd...

...ate university, seeking to operate a hospital shall apply to the director of health for a license to operate a hospital. The director of health shall not consider any application for licensure until the date that is one year after the effective date of this section . An application shall be submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the director in rules adopted under section 3722.06 of the Revised Code. (B...

...If a hospital licensed under this chapter is assigned, sold, or transferred to a new owner, within thirty days of the assignment, sale, or transfer, the new owner shall apply to the director of health for a license transfer. The application shall be submitted to the director in the form and manner prescribed in rules adopted under section 3722.06 of the Revised Code. The new owner is responsible for compliance wit...

...e 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 medicaid services or an accrediting organization approved under 42 U.S.C. 1395bb(a) demonstrating that t...

..., welfare, and quality standards for hospitals licensed under this chapter, including standards for all of the following: (1) Maternity units; (2) Newborn care nurseries; (3) Health care services. (B) Not later than the date that is one year after the effective date of this section , the director shall adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for the licensure of hospitals, including all of the f...

...(A) Each hospital licensed under this chapter shall comply with the requirements of this chapter and the rules adopted under it. (B) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, if the director of health finds that a license holder has violated any requirement of this chapter or the rules adopted under it, the director may do any of the following: (1) Impose a civil penalty of not less than one thousand...

...g harm to one or more occupants of a hospital. (B) If, in the judgment of the director of health, an imminent threat of harm exists at any licensed hospital, the director may petition the court of common pleas of the county in which the hospital is located for such injunctive relief as is necessary to close the hospital, suspend a service within the hospital, transfer one or more occupants to other hospitals or oth...

... of health may provide each licensed hospital with technical assistance 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 qualit...