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...A probate court may order involuntary treatment for a person experiencing alcohol and other drug abuse pursuant to the procedures set forth in sections 5119.90 to 5119.98 of the Revised Code.

...No person shall be ordered to undergo treatment under sections 5119.90 to 5119.98 of the Revised Code unless all of the following apply to that person: (A) The person experiences alcohol and other drug abuse. (B) The person presents an imminent danger or imminent threat of danger to self, family, or others as a result of alcohol and other drug abuse, or there exists a substantial likelihood of such a threat in t...

...Sec. 5120.34. The department of rehabilitation and correction shall make rules for the nonpartisan management of the institutions under its control. Any officer or employee of the department or any officer or employee of any institution under its control, who, by solicitation or otherwise, exerts his influence, directly or indirectly, to induce any other officer or employee of any such institutions to adopt his poli...

...In its annual report, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall make any suggestions or recommendations it considers wise for the more effectual accomplishment of the general purpose of Chapter 5120. of the Revised Code.

...The department of rehabilitation and correction, in addition to the powers expressly conferred, shall have all power and authority necessary for the full and efficient exercise of the executive, administrative, and fiscal supervision over the state institutions described in section 5120.05 of the Revised Code.

...t with the department of job and family services to exchange or share information monthly concerning persons under the control or supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction.

...ection and shall be in the unclassified service and serve at the pleasure of the director. Appointment to the position of managing officer shall be made from persons who have criminal justice experience. A person who is appointed to the position of managing officer from a permanent, classified position within the department shall retain the right to resume the position and status that the person held in the classifi...

...uty warden shall be in the unclassified service and serve at the pleasure of the director of rehabilitation and correction. The director of rehabilitation and correction shall make an appointment to the position of deputy warden from persons having criminal justice experience. A person who is appointed to a position as deputy warden from a permanent, classified position within the department shall retain the right to...

... that the person held in the classified service immediately prior to the person's appointment to the position in the unclassified service, regardless of the number of positions the person held in the unclassified service. An employee's right to resume a position in the classified service may be exercised only when an appointing authority demotes the employee to a pay range lower than the employee's current pay range ...

... for the management thereof and for the service of all its employees. He shall appoint necessary teachers, attendants, nurses, servants, and other persons, assign their places and duties, and may discharge them, keeping a record thereof and reasons therefor.

...bes for the various particular types of service or service in the particular institutions.

...The courses of study for the instruction and training of all persons in the correctional institutions under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall be subject to the approval of the superintendent of public instruction.

...The department of rehabilitation and correction shall make rules for the proper execution of its powers and may require the performance of additional duties by the officers of the several institutions, so as to fully meet the requirements, intents, and purposes of Chapter 5120. of the Revised Code, and particularly those relating to making estimates and furnishing proper proof of the use made of all articles furnishe...

...(A) A person may initiate proceedings for treatment for an individual experiencing alcohol and other drug abuse by filing a verified petition in the probate court. The petition and all subsequent court documents shall be entitled: "In the interest of (name of respondent)." A spouse, relative, or guardian of the individual concerning whom the petition is filed shall file the petition. A petition filed under this divis...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Body cavity search" means an inspection of the anal or vaginal cavity of a person that is conducted visually, manually, by means of any instrument, apparatus, or object, or in any other manner. (2) "Deadly weapon" and "dangerous ordnance" have the same meanings as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (3) "Drug of abuse" has the same meaning as in section 3719.011 of the Revised...

...Sec. 5120.422. The department of rehabilitation and correction shall prescribe rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that govern the department's actions whenever it has the authority to select a site for a proposed state correctional institution. The rules shall include at least procedures under which the department shall receive, review, and select proposals from persons and political subdivis...

...The department of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that designate devices and programs that, in addition to free weight exercise equipment as defined in sections 341.41, 753.31, and 5145.30 of the Revised Code and in addition to boxing, wrestling, and martial arts programs, would enable a person who uses a designated device or participates in a design...

...Section 6. On and after the effective date of this act, no moneys in the treasury of the state, or moneys coming lawfully into the possession or custody of the Treasurer of State, except moneys donated by gift, devise, or bequest specifically for this purpose, shall be used to purchase any fixed weight exercise equipment authorized by the act, and no moneys in the treasury of any subdivision of the state, or moneys c...

...As used in sections 5120.425 to 5120.428 of the Revised Code: (A) "Head of a state correctional institution," "prisoner," and "state correctional institution" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Material" means a prerecorded magnetic audio or video tape, book, drawing, magazine, newspaper, pamphlet, poster, print, photograph, or other similar printed, written, recorded, or otherwi...

...(A) The director of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules, and each warden shall adopt regulations that govern the form, medium, and quantity of materials that each prisoner confined in the warden's institution is permitted to receive and retain. Those rules and regulations shall be consistent with sections 5120.425 to 5120.428 of the Revised Code. The regulations adopted by the warden shall be consistent ...

...(A) Each prisoner confined in a state correctional institution may receive a reasonable number of materials directly from the publishers or other distributors of those materials. With the prior approval of the warden of the state correctional institution in which a prisoner is confined, each prisoner also may receive a reasonable number of materials from a source other than the publisher or other distributor of those...

...(A) If a prisoner confined in a state correctional institution submits a timely written review request under division (B)(3) of section 5120.427 of the Revised Code, the warden of the state correctional institution in which the prisoner is confined or the warden's designee promptly shall forward the withheld material to the publication review committee. As soon as is practicable after receipt of the withheld material...

...Chapter 5120. of the Revised Code attempts: (A) To provide humane and scientific treatment and care and the highest attainable degree of individual development for the dependent wards of the state; (B) To provide for the delinquent, conditions of modern education and training that will restore the largest possible portion of them to useful citizenship; (C) To promote the study of the causes of dependency and de...

... provided through a community addiction services provider or by an individual licensed or certified by the state medical board under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code, the chemical dependency professionals board under Chapter 4758. of the Revised Code, the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code, or a similar board of another state authorized to provid...

...(A) Following an examination by a qualified health professional and a certification by that professional that the person meets the criteria specified in section 5119.92 of the Revised Code, a probate court may order the person hospitalized for a period not to exceed seventy-two hours if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person presents an imminent threat of danger to self, family, or oth...

...hol, drug addiction, and mental health services, a private services provider under contract with a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, or an ambulance service designated by a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services to transport the respondent to the hospital. The transportation costs of the sheriff, other peace officer, ambulance service, or other private services...

...hol, drug addiction, and mental health services on at least an annual basis shall submit each of the following lists to the clerk of the probate court in each county served by the board: (A) A list of all hospitals in the counties served by the board that are able and willing to take respondents ordered to undergo seventy-two hours of treatment and observation pursuant to section 5119.95 of the Revised Code; ...

...Sections 5119.26, 5119.27, and 5119.61 of the Revised Code apply to a person who is ordered to undergo treatment under sections 5119.90 to 5119.98 of the Revised Code.

...The state shall bear the expense of the burial or cremation of an inmate who dies in a state correctional institution, if the body is not claimed for interment or cremation at the expense of friends or relatives, or is not delivered for anatomical purposes or for the study of embalming in accordance with section 1713.34 of the Revised Code. When the expense is borne by the state, interment of the person or the person...

...(A) Whoever violates section 5119.333 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates section 5119.27 or 5119.28, division (P) of section 5119.36, or division (A)(1) or (2) of section 5119.37 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.

...When it is necessary for a state correctional institution to acquire any real estate, right-of-way, or easement in real estate in order to accomplish the purposes for which it was organized or is being conducted, and the department of rehabilitation and correction is unable to agree with the owner of the property upon the price to be paid therefor, the property may be appropriated in the manner provided for the appro...

...The director of rehabilitation and correction is the executive head of the department of rehabilitation and correction. All duties conferred on the various divisions and institutions of the department by law or by order of the director shall be performed under the rules and regulations that the director prescribes and shall be under the director's control. Inmates committed to the department of rehabilitation and ...

...sion, the department of administrative services, or any other authorized state agency ancillary to the construction, reconstruction, improvement, financing, leasing, or operation of such capital facilities, including, but not limited to, any agreements required by the applicable bond proceedings authorized by Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. Such agreements shall not be subject to section 5120.24 of the Revis...

...parole authority, the office of victim services of the division of parole and community services, and the sentencing court of the mistaken release. Upon the direction of the chief, or the chief's designee, field officers of the authority may arrest the prisoner without a warrant and return the prisoner to the state correctional institution to complete the balance of the prisoner's sentence. The chief of the adu...

...rminate its control over an offender's service of a prison term imposed upon the offender under division (A)(3), (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c), (B)(2)(a), (b), or (c), or (B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 2971.03 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include provisions that specify that the parole board may not terminate its control over an offender's service of a prison term imposed upon the offender under any...

... or wildlife. Money received from such sales, leases, easements, exchanges, agreements, or licenses for use, except revenues required to be set aside or paid into depositories or trust funds for the payment of bonds issued under sections 1501.12 to 1501.15 of the Revised Code, and to maintain the required reserves therefor as provided in the orders authorizing the issuance of such bonds or the trust agreements secur...

...(A) As used in this section, "civil action or appeal against a government entity or employee," "inmate," "political subdivision," and "employee" have the same meanings as in section 2969.21 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of rehabilitation and correction may adopt rules under section 5120.01 of the Revised Code to implement the procedures described in sections 2323.51, 2969.22, and 2969.23 of the Revised Code....

...The assistant director of the department of rehabilitation and correction is hereby excepted from section 121.05 of the Revised Code. The assistant director shall exercise the powers and perform the duties which the director of correction may order and shall act as director in the absence or disability of the director, or in case of a vacancy in the position of director.

... (B), (C), and (D) of this section, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall supervise the design and construction of, and make contracts for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, alteration, repair, or decoration of, any projects or improvements for the department of natural resources that may be authorized by legislative appropriations or any other funds available therefor, the estima...

...(A) The provisions of Chapter 5120. of the Revised Code, as they existed prior to July 1, 1996, and that address the duration or potential duration of incarceration or parole or other forms of supervised release, apply to all persons upon whom a court imposed a term of imprisonment prior to July 1, 1996, and all persons upon whom a court, on or after July 1, 1996, and in accordance with law existing prior to July 1, ...

...(A) Subject to division (C) of this section, the director of rehabilitation and correction may change the purpose for which any institution or place under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction is being used. The director may designate a new or another use for such institution, if the change of use and new designation has for its objective, improvement in the classification, segregation, care,...

...he construction and operation of public service facilities, as mentioned in that section, and for major renovation or remodeling of existing public service facilities by the lessees on those lands. If the director determines that doing so would be consistent with long-range planning of the department of natural resources and in the best interests of the department and the division of parks and watercraft in the depar...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the director of natural resources may designate an employee of the department of natural resources as a natural resources law enforcement staff officer. Such an officer may do any or all of the following: (1) Coordinate the law enforcement activities, training, and policies of the department; (2) Serve as the department's liaison with other law enforcement agencies and j...

...t each other in the provision of police services within each other's jurisdiction.

...ny lands or interests therein or public service facilities, or both, are to be acquired, constructed, enlarged, equipped, furnished, or improved from the proceeds of state park revenue bonds, and said director may use the engineers, assistants, and other employees of his department, and may employ consulting engineers for such purpose. All expenses so incurred by the director prior to the issuance of the state park r...

...The director of natural resources shall make an annual report to the governor of the activities of the department of natural resources, and therewith shall render a detailed financial report by divisions covering the receipts and expenditures of all moneys which shall be published. The director may publish separately any section of such annual report.

...mployed subject to the classified civil service laws in force at the time of their employment.

...evised Code, who have volunteered their services to the education program, and who satisfy any other criteria specified in the rules for the pilot project. (b) Immediately following the ninety-day period of imprisonment, and notwithstanding any other provision governing the early release of a prisoner from imprisonment or the transfer of a prisoner to transitional control, one of the following, as determined by th...

...The lodge located at Maumee Bay state park shall be known as the "Quilter lodge."

... other drug abuse treatment, community service and conservation work, and other intensive regimens or combinations of intensive regimens. (B)(1)(a) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, if one or more intensive program prisons are established under this section, if an offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment under the custody of the department, if the sentencing court either recommends t...

... other drug abuse treatment, community service and conservation work, and other intensive regimens or combinations of intensive regimens. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the department may place a prisoner who is sentenced to a mandatory prison term for a third or fourth degree felony OVI offense in an intensive program prison established pursuant to division (B) of this section if the sent...

...t for the purpose of providing reentry services to inmates. Reentry services may include, but are not limited to, counseling, housing, job-placement, and money-management assistance. (2) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the screening and registration of nonprofit faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, and community organizations that apply to ...

...e provider's alcohol and drug addiction services that provide substance use disorder treatment certified by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code. A community treatment provider is not required to have the provider's halfway house or residential treatment certified by the department of mental health and addiction services. (F) The department of rehabilitat...

...d by, or as a result of, an offender's service of a risk reduction sentence. The department shall notify the sentencing court that the offender has successfully completed the terms of the risk reduction sentence at least thirty days prior to the date upon which the offender is to be released. (D) As used in this section: (1) "Mandatory prison term" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Cod...

...sider drug treatment and rehabilitation services to be provided in the prison to help to prepare offenders confined in the prison for reentry into the community; (3) Consider the categories of offenders that should be confined in the prison, including whether the department should be limited to placing an offender sentenced to or serving a prison term in the prison only if the department knows or has reason to belie...

...(A) As used in this section, "GPS-monitored offender" means an offender who, on or after the effective date of this section, is released from confinement in a state correctional institution under a conditional pardon, parole, other form of authorized release, or transitional control that includes global positioning system monitoring as a condition of the person's release, or who, on or after that date, is placed und...

...The department of rehabilitation and correction, with the approval of the governor and in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code, may assign prisoners who are committed or transferred to institutions under the administration of the department to perform labor on any public work of the state.

...ay receive from the department of youth services any children in the custody of the department of youth services, committed to the department of rehabilitation and correction by the department of youth services, upon the terms and conditions that are agreed upon by the departments.

...The department of rehabilitation and correction shall provide for the needs of persons with mental illnesses and persons with intellectual disabilities who are incarcerated in state correctional institutions. The department may designate an institution or a unit within an institution for the custody, care, special training, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons with mental illnesses or persons with intellectual di...

...prove, erect, equip, and furnish public service facilities such as inns, lodges, hotels, cottages, camping sites, scenic trails, picnic sites, restaurants, commissaries, golf courses, boating and bathing facilities, and other similar facilities in state parks reasonably necessary and useful in promoting the public use of state parks under its control and may purchase lands or interests in lands in the name of the sta...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the state park maintenance fund. (1) Notwithstanding section 1546.21 of the Revised Code, on or after the first day of July of each fiscal year, the director of natural resources may request the director of budget and management to transfer money from the state park fund to the state park maintenance fund in an amount not exceeding five per cent of the annual average...

...The public service facilities mentioned in section 1501.07 of the Revised Code may be leased by the department of natural resources for the operation thereof as provided in section 1501.10 of the Revised Code, or may be operated by any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation under contract with the director of natural resources as provided in section 1501.012 or 1501.091 of the Revised Code, or may be ...

...Contracts for the operation of public service facilities shall be made in writing by the director of natural resources with the person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation whose bid, in consideration of the public interest, is determined by the director to be the best bid received, after advertisement for bids has been published for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in each...

...an association organized or transacting business in the United States. The cash, market value of the certificates of deposit, or face value of the irrevocable letter of credit shall be equal to or greater than the amount of the bond prescribed by the director in the lease. If the lessee deposits cash, the cash shall credited to the performance cash bond refunds fund created in section 1501.16 of the Revised Code. ...

...n or ownership of state parks or public service facilities shall be paid into the state park fund in accordance with section 1546.21 of the Revised Code; provided, that at such times and to the extent and in the manner provided in the order of the director authorizing state park revenue bonds, or in the bond proceedings applicable to obligations issued pursuant to section 154.22 of the Revised Code, such revenues sha...

...he interest thereon are exempt from all taxation within this state. The bonds are lawful investments of banks, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, fiduciaries, trustees, trustees of the sinking fund or officer in charge of the bond retirement fund of municipal corporations and other subdivisions of the state, and of domestic insurance companies notwithstandin...

...he lands or interests therein or public service facilities in connection with which such bonds are authorized, the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, the insurance of moneys on hand or on deposit, and the rights and remedies of the trustee and the holders of the bonds, including therein provisions restricting the individual right of action of bondholders as is customary in trust agreements respecti...

... lands and interests therein and public service facilities, for the acquisition, construction, enlargement, equipment, furnishing, or improvement of which bonds are issued, except such part as is necessary to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating them during any period in which such cost is not otherwise provided for, shall be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds. In a...

...Nothing in sections 1501.12 to 1501.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code, authorizes or permits the incurring of debt by the state of any kind or nature not authorized or permitted by the provisions of the constitution of the state in relation to state debt.

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the performance bond refunds fund. The fund shall consist of money received by the department of natural resources from other entities as performance security. Upon the completion of work or satisfaction of terms for which the performance bond was required, the money shall be refunded to the pledging entity. In the event that the performance bond is forfeited, the money s...

...Hillside land owned by the state adjacent to the Little Miami river is hereby declared the Little Miami forest preserve. This designation constitutes a statement of intent by the general assembly that such land be used and managed by state agencies having its custody or control for the purpose of protecting, preserving, and enhancing its natural and scenic beauty for its own sake and in conjunction with the protectio...

...The director of natural resources, in cooperation with any federal agency, any other state, any state agency or political subdivision of this state, any private organization, or any individual, may designate, and when feasible mark, canoe and boating routes on the waters in this state that have historic or scenic value. The director may expend funds and make grants to erect and maintain markers that designate public...

...The director of natural resources may erect and maintain suitable markers to warn boaters of dams, that are hazardous on all waters of the state that are regularly used by the public, whether seasonally or during all seasons, for canoeing, kayaking, or similar watercraft recreation.

...nt of natural resources may utilize the services of volunteers to implement clean-up and beautification programs or any other programs that accomplish any of the purposes of the department. The director of natural resources shall approve all volunteer programs and may recruit, train, and supervise the services of community volunteers or volunteer groups for volunteer programs. In accordance with state guidelines, the...

...ers for purposes of custodial or patrol service on lands and waters owned, controlled, maintained, or administered by the department of natural resources under Chapters 1503., 1517., 1546., and 1547. of the Revised Code, and waters in this state. The department shall employ a natural resources officer in conformity with the law applicable to the classified service of the state. (B)(1) On any lands or waters in this ...

...mates of rehabilitative or correctional services, facilities, programs, or treatment not reasonably included as part of normal maintenance; (c) Participation in programs of inmate employment, if any; the disposition or crediting of any payments received by inmates on account thereof; and the crediting of proceeds from or disposal of any products resulting therefrom; (d) Delivery and retaking of inmates; (e) Such o...

... including the staff of the legislative service commission, to the office of budget and management, and to the division of criminal justice services in the department of public safety. (E) The correctional institution inspection committee shall appoint an advisory committee to review the operation of the system for estimating future state correctional institution populations that is used by the department in the pr...

...ill provide water or sewage treatment services for the person or political subdivision if the institution has a water or sewage treatment facility with sufficient excess capacity to provide the services. Any such contract shall include all of the following: (A) Limitations on the quantity of sewage that the facility will accept or the quantity of potable water that the facility will provide that are compati...

...(A) If a treaty between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange, from one of the signatory countries to the other signatory country, of convicted offenders who are citizens or nationals of the other signatory country, the governor, subject to and in accordance with the terms of the treaty, may authorize the director of rehabilitation and correction to allow the transfer or exchan...

...alth professional who agrees to provide services to inmates of correctional institutions under the department's administration. (2)(a) For a physician to be eligible to participate in the program, the physician must have attended a school that was, during the time of attendance, a medical school or osteopathic medical school in this country accredited by the liaison committee on medical education or the American os...

...58 of the Revised Code: (1) "Ancillary services" means services provided to an offender as necessary for the particular circumstances of the offender's personal supervision, including, but not limited to, specialized counseling, testing, or other services not included in the calculation of residential or supervision costs. (2) "Cost debt" means a cost of incarceration or supervision that may be assessed against and...

...ranges for the rendering of health care services to the person in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or agreement, the department or provider of the health care services, as appropriate under the terms and conditions of the policy, contract, or agreement, may submit a claim for payment for the health care services to the appropriate third-party payer. If the policy holder is the offend...

...e utilization of preventive health care services by offenders.

...(A) Within nine months prior to the release of a prisoner from a state correctional institution if the prisoner is serving a sentence that is more than one year, or within a reasonable time if the prisoner is serving a sentence that is less than one year, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall attempt to verify the prisoner's age and identity in order to satisfy the requirements of section 4507.51 of t...

...n the division of parole and community services the office of victim services. (B) The office shall provide assistance to victims of crime, victims' representatives designated under section 2930.02 of the Revised Code, and members of the victim's family. The assistance shall include, but not be limited to, providing information about the policies and procedures of the department of rehabilitation and correcti...

...erminate its control over an offender's service of a prison term imposed upon the offender under division (A)(3), (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c), (B)(2)(a), (b), or (c), or (B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 2971.03 of the Revised Code; (c) Upon the request of the court. (3) After the department of rehabilitation and correction assesses an offender pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section, it shall prepare a repor...

...The director of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that govern the establishment and operation of a system that provides limited and monitored access to the internet for prisoners solely for a use or purpose approved by the managing officer of that prisoner's institution or by the managing officer's designee. The rules shall include all of the following: (A) Crite...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Random drug testing" means a procedure in which blood or urine specimens are collected from individuals chosen by automatic, random selection and without prearrangement or planning, for the purpose of scientifically analyzing the specimens to determine whether the individual ingested or was injected with a drug of abuse. (2) "State correctional institution" has the same meani...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Ohio prisoner" means a person who is charged with or convicted of a crime in this state or who is alleged or found to be a delinquent child in this state. (2) "Out-of-state prisoner" and "private contractor" have the same meaning as in section 9.07 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than nine months after the effective date of this section, the department of rehabilitation and co...

...(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction may establish in one or more of the institutions for women operated by the department a prison nursery program under which eligible inmates and children born to them while in the custody of the department may reside together in the institution. If the department establishes a prison nursery program in one or more institutions under this section, sections 5120.651 to...

...An inmate is eligible to participate in the prison nursery program if she is pregnant at the time she is delivered into the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction, she gives birth on or after the date the program is implemented, she is subject to a sentence of imprisonment of not more than three years, and she and the child meet any other criteria established by the department.

...To participate in the prison nursery program, each eligible inmate selected by the department shall do all the following: (A) Agree in writing to do all the following: (1) Comply with any program, educational, counseling, and other requirements established for the program by the department of rehabilitation and correction; (2) If eligible, have the child participate in the medicaid program or a health insura...

...han the inmate, or to a public children services agency or private child placing agency. (G) The inmate is released from imprisonment.

...half of, and assistance provided under Ohio works first to, a specific inmate or child participating in the prison nursery program; (2) Money assigned or donated to establish and maintain the prison nursery program. (C) The amounts described in division (B)(1) of this section shall be placed in the individual nursery account created and maintained under section 5120.655 of the Revised Code for the inmate and ...

...The managing officer of each institution in which a prison nursery program is established pursuant to section 5120.65 of the Revised Code shall do the following: (A) Create and maintain a prison nursery program fund to pay expenses associated with the prison nursery program; (B) Create and maintain an individual nursery account for each inmate participating in the prison nursery program at the institution to help ...

...ght by the department of job and family services unless the departments agree to voluntary regulation, licensing, or oversight by the department of job and family services.

...If the department of rehabilitation and correction establishes the prison nursery program, it shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules that establish requirements necessary and appropriate to the establishment, implementation, and operation of the program. The department shall adopt the rules prior to implementing the program.

...(A) Within ninety days after November 23, 2005, but not before January 1, 2006, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall establish and operate on the internet a database that contains all of the following: (1) For each inmate in the custody of the department under a sentence imposed for a conviction of or plea of guilty to any offense, all of the following information: (a) The inmate's name; (b) Fo...

...(A) When a prisoner becomes eligible for parole under section 2967.13 of the Revised Code, the warden of the institution in which the prisoner is incarcerated shall prepare a report containing all of the following information: (1) Information concerning the prisoner's participation in programs during the prisoner's time at the institution; (2) Information concerning the prisoner's compliance or noncompliance with r...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the federal equitable sharing fund. The director of rehabilitation and correction shall deposit in the fund all money received by the department from the federal government as equitable sharing payments under 28 U.S.C. 524. The director shall establish rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the operation of the fund. (B)(1) The department...

... on the next day the court is open for business. The expiration of the fourteen-day period in which an appeal may be filed with respect to an abandoned parcel under this section shall not extinguish or otherwise affect the right of a party to redeem the parcel as otherwise provided in sections 323.65 to 323.79 of the Revised Code.

...hysician 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 approved by the dep...

...Whoever violates division (D), (E), or (F) of section 323.153 or division (B) of section 323.159 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...There is hereby created the physician loan repayment program. Under the program, the department 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...

...ety or bonding company authorized to do business in this state, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of such director, assistant, or employee. The expense or premium for any bond required by this section shall be paid from the appropriation for administrative expenses of the department. Such bond shall be deposited with the county treasurer and kept in the treasurer's office. As used in the Revised...

...ed States secretary of health and human services as a health manpower shortage area under Title III of the "Public Health Service Act," 58 Stat. 682 (1944), 42 U.S.C.A. 201, as amended. (B) As used in this division, "free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code. The director shall designate each free clinic as a health resource shortage area, regardless of whether the clinic is locat...

... of welfare, county department of human services, county director of welfare, or county director of human services is referred to or designated in the Revised Code or any rule, contract, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to the county department of job and family services or county director of job and family services, as the case may be.

...cant is willing to provide primary care services in a health care resource shortage area, and the amount of the educational expenses for which reimbursement is being sought through the program.

...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 county director of job and family services shall have full charge of the county department of job and family services. The director shall prepare the annual budget estimate of the department and submit it to the board. Before submitting the budget estimate to the board, the director shall consider the recommendations of the county family services planning committee relative to that estimate. The director, ...

...ed States secretary of health and human services as health professional shortage areas under the "Public Health Service Act," 88 Stat. 682 (1944), 42 U.S.C. 254(e), as amended. Under the program, the department of health shall accept and review applications for placement of persons seeking to remain in the United States pursuant to the "Immigration and Nationality Act," 66 Stat. 163 (1952), 8 U.S.C. 1182(J)(1) and 11...

...ndividuals 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 or part of the principal and interest of a government or other educational...

...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.

...o the county director of job and family services, appoint administrators to oversee services provided by the county department of job and family services, subject to the following limitations: (1) If the county has a population of five hundred thousand or more, the board may appoint up to five administrators. (2) If the county has a population of two hundred and fifty thousand or more, but less than five hundred th...

...Within the appropriation for personal services, each county department of job and family services may employ the necessary employees who, except for the county director of job and family services as provided in section 329.02 of the Revised Code, shall be in the classified service. Compensation for positions in each service, group, or grade established by the director of administrative services shall not be less than...

...ed States secretary of health and human services as a health professional shortage area under Title III of the "Public Health Service Act," 58 Stat. 682 (1944), 42 U.S.C. 201, as amended. (B)(1) As used in this division: (a) "Free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code. (b) "Developmental disability" has the same meaning as in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. (2) The d...

...ach county department of job and family services shall have hours of operation outside the county department's normal hours of operation during which the county department will accept from employed individuals applications for the programs administered by the county department and assist employed program recipients and participants with matters related to the programs.

...ach county department of job and family services shall establish a direct deposit system under which cash assistance payments to recipients who agree to direct deposit are made by electronic transfer to an account in a financial institution designated under this section. No financial institution shall impose any charge for such an account that the institution does not impose on its other customers for the same type o...

... applicant is willing to provide dental services in a dental health care resource shortage area, and the amount of the educational expenses for which reimbursement is being sought through the program.

...e 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 applicant is a dental resident in the fin...

...The county department of job and family services shall have, exercise, and perform the following powers and duties: (1) Perform any duties assigned by the state department of job and family services, department of children and youth, or department of medicaid regarding the provision of public family services, including the provision of the following services to prevent or reduce economic or personal dependency and...

...If funds are available in the dentist loan repayment fund created under section 3702.95 of the Revised Code and the general assembly has appropriated the funds for the program, the director of health shall approve an applicant for participation in the program on finding in accordance with the priorities established under section 3702.88 of the Revised Code that the applicant is eligible for participation and is ...

...ental health profession students at the service site specified in the contract described in division (B) of this section. (B) An individual who has signed a letter of intent may enter into a contract with the director of health for participation in the dentist loan repayment program. The dentist's employer or other funding source may also be a party to the contract. (C) The contract shall include all of the followi...

...te a quorum to transact and vote on all business coming before the board. Members of the board shall serve without compensation. The department of health shall provide the board with staff assistance as requested by the board.

...r of dentists failing to complete their service obligations, the amount of damages owed, and the amount of damages collected.

...The director of health may accept gifts of money from any source for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.85 to 3702.92 of the Revised Code. The director shall pay all gifts accepted under this section into the state treasury, to the credit of the dental health resource shortage area fund, which is hereby created, and all damages collected under division (C)(4) of section 3702.91 of the Rev...

...als who agree to provide dental hygiene 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, by means of a contract entered into under section 3702.965 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 an indi...

...The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer sections 3702.96 to 3702.967 of the Revised Code. In preparing rules, the director shall consult with the dentist loan repayment advisory board.

...he transportation needs of the county's Ohio works first participants, review existing efforts and develop new options to meet those needs, and measure the accomplishments of those efforts.

...nt is willing to provide dental hygiene services in a dental health care resource shortage area, and the amount of the educational expenses for which reimbursement is being sought through the program.

...ach county department of job and family services shall certify eligible public assistance and nonpublic assistance households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in accordance with federal and state law to enable low-income households to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and thereby to purchase foods having a greater monetary value than is possible under public ass...

...The county department of job and family services may administer or assist in administering any state or local family services duty in addition to those mentioned in section 329.04 of the Revised Code, supported wholly or in part by public funds from any source provided by agreement between the board of county commissioners and the officer, department, board, or agency in which the administration of such activity is ...

...ng: (A) The medicaid program; (B) The Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; (C) The prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code.

...ties that represent any of the county's business, urban, and rural sectors. (B) The county family services planning committee shall do all of the following: (1) Serve as an advisory body to the board of county commissioners with regard to the family services provided in the county, including assistance under Chapters 5107. and 5108. of the Revised Code, publicly funded child care under Chapter 5104. of the Revised ...

...Wherever a county human services planning committee is referred to or designated in the Revised Code or any rule, contract, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to a county family services planning committee.

...ach county department of job and family services shall have at least one Ohio works first ombudsperson. A county department may provide for an Ohio works first participant who resides in the county the county department serves and is qualified to perform the duties of an ombudsperson to be an ombudsperson. If no Ohio works first participant residing in the county the county department serves is qualified to per...

...of or in substitution for such act, for Ohio works first under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, the prevention, retention, and contingency program under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code, or for any other welfare activity, shall be considered appropriated for the purposes for which such moneys were received.

...amily services, and the proceeds of all tax levies in process of collection for the use of such boards, agencies, or departments shall be transferred to the county department of job and family services, when established. At the time the exercise of any powers and duties of any other board, agency, or department are transferred to the county department of job and family services, or to any other board, agency, or depa...

...s a plan that includes a description of services or goods to be sold, a marketing plan, and projected financial statements.

...tstanding obligation for dental hygiene service to the federal government, a state, or other entity at the time of participation in the dental hygienist loan repayment program and meets either of the following requirements may apply for participation in the dental hygienist loan repayment program: (1) The applicant is a dental hygiene student enrolled in the final year of dental hygiene school. (2) The applicant ho...

...on, the director shall consult with the Ohio dental hygienists' association.

...rtment of health shall consult with the Ohio dental hygienists' association regarding the amount. If this amount includes funds from the bureau of clinician recruitment and service in the United States department of health and human services, the amount of state funds repaid on the individual's behalf shall be the same as the amount of those funds.

...al hygienists failing to complete their service obligations, the amount of damages owed, and the amount of damages collected.

...The director of health may accept gifts of money from any source for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.96 to 3702.965 of the Revised Code. The director shall pay all gifts accepted under this section and all damages collected under division (C)(3) of section 3702.965 of the Revised Code into the state treasury to the credit of the dental hygienist loan repayment fund, which is hereby created. ...

...econdary education, home ownership, and business development; (6) Any other factor the county department considers appropriate. (C) At the time it commences the program and on the first day of each subsequent program year, the county department may make a grant to the fiduciary organization to pay all or part of the administrative costs of the program. (D) The county department shall require the fiduciary organ...

...A fiduciary organization may establish an individual development account only in a financial institution insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or in accordance with section 1733.041 of the Revised Code. Not later than the thirtieth day of January of each year, a fiduciary organization shall determine whether the amount it deposited into individual development accounts from contributions made by indivi...

...h the expenses are due; (c) Qualified business capitalization expenses made in accordance with a qualified business plan that has been approved by a financial institution or by a nonprofit microenterprise program having demonstrated business expertise and paid directly from the account to the person to whom the expenses are due. (2) A fiduciary organization shall permit a participant to withdraw money deposit...

...r persons are eligible for benefits or services under any assistance program administered by the county department of job and family services, the county department may issue an identification card to the person or persons. The county department shall determine the card's material, design, and informational content, which may include a photograph, social security number, name, and signature, and shall prescrib...

...ll give notice of the agreement to the Ohio department of job and family services at least ninety days before the agreement's effective date. The agreement shall take effect not earlier than the first day of the calendar quarter following the ninety-day notice period. The director of job and family services shall adopt, as an internal management rule under section 111.15 of the Revised Code, the form in which ...

...partment of mental health and addiction services shall collect and compile statistics and other information on the care and treatment of persons with mental disabilities, and the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons with alcohol use disorder, persons with drug dependencies, persons in danger of drug dependence, and persons with or in danger of developing a gambling addiction in this state. The information s...

...nitarianism require that facilities and services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose of this compact and of the party states to provide the necessary legal basis for the institutionalization or other appropriate care and treatment of the mentally ill and intellectually disabled under a system that recognizes the paramount importance of patient welfare and to establish th...

...irector of mental health and addiction services and the director of developmental disabilities each shall designate an officer who shall be the compact administrator for the department and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall adopt rules to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrators of each department shall serve subject to the pleasure of the...

...re or contemplate the provision of any service by this state, no such agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction the institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service.

...l obligations imposed upon the state of Ohio by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder, as provided in sections 5119.70 to 5119.72 of the Revised Code, shall be made from appropriated funds upon presentation to the director of budget and management of itemized vouchers approved by the compact administrator.

...As used in sections 5119.81 to 5119.85 of the Revised Code: (A) "9-8-8 administrator" means the administrator of the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system, as established in section 5119.82 of the Revised Code. (B) "9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline" or "9-8-8 hotline" means the 9-8-8 universal telephone number in the United States, as established under 47 U.S.C....

...partment of mental health and addiction services to oversee the administration of the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system statewide.

...(A) Not later than one year after the effective date of this section and annually thereafter, the 9-8-8 administrator shall compile an annual report regarding the operation of the 9-8-8 national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline in this state. (B) Each annual report shall, at a minimum, specify all of the following: (1) The total number of 9-8-8 call centers in this state to which calls, texts,...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the 9-8-8 fund. The fund shall consist of all money from the following sources: (1) Appropriations made by the general assembly; (2) Money awarded to the state by donation, gift, or bequest, and other money received for purposes of this section; (3) Interest or other earnings on the fund. (B) Money in the fund shall be used to oversee and administer the 9-8-8 ...

...ise, of customer premises equipment, or service used for or with the 9-8-8 hotline, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, suppliers, corporate parents, and affiliates are not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death or loss to persons or property incurred by any person resulting from such an entity's or its officers', directors', employees', agents', or suppliers' participation i...

...director of mental health and addiction services shall consult with the superintendent of insurance as required by section 3901.90 of the Revised Code to develop consumer and payer education on mental health and addiction services insurance parity and establish and promote a consumer hotline to collect information and help consumers understand and access their insurance benefits. The department of mental health and ...

... alcohol assessment and diagnosis under Ohio law. (J) "Residence" means the legal residence of a person as determined by applicable principles governing conflicts of law. (K) "Respondent" means a person alleged in a petition filed or hearing under sections 5119.91 to 5119.98 of the Revised Code to be a person who is experiencing alcohol and other drug abuse and who may be ordered under those sections to undergo...

...A probate court may order involuntary treatment for a person experiencing alcohol and other drug abuse pursuant to the procedures set forth in sections 5119.90 to 5119.98 of the Revised Code.

...No person shall be ordered to undergo treatment under sections 5119.90 to 5119.98 of the Revised Code unless all of the following apply to that person: (A) The person experiences alcohol and other drug abuse. (B) The person presents an imminent danger or imminent threat of danger to self, family, or others as a result of alcohol and other drug abuse, or there exists a substantial likelihood of such a threat in t...

...(A) A person may initiate proceedings for treatment for an individual experiencing alcohol and other drug abuse by filing a verified petition in the probate court. The petition and all subsequent court documents shall be entitled: "In the interest of (name of respondent)." A spouse, relative, or guardian of the individual concerning whom the petition is filed shall file the petition. A petition filed under this divis...

... provided through a community addiction services provider or by an individual licensed or certified by the state medical board under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code, the chemical dependency professionals board under Chapter 4758. of the Revised Code, the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code, or a similar board of another state authorized to provid...

...(A) Following an examination by a qualified health professional and a certification by that professional that the person meets the criteria specified in section 5119.92 of the Revised Code, a probate court may order the person hospitalized for a period not to exceed seventy-two hours if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person presents an imminent threat of danger to self, family, or oth...

...hol, drug addiction, and mental health services, a private services provider under contract with a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, or an ambulance service designated by a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services to transport the respondent to the hospital. The transportation costs of the sheriff, other peace officer, ambulance service, or other private services...

...hol, drug addiction, and mental health services on at least an annual basis shall submit each of the following lists to the clerk of the probate court in each county served by the board: (A) A list of all hospitals in the counties served by the board that are able and willing to take respondents ordered to undergo seventy-two hours of treatment and observation pursuant to section 5119.95 of the Revised Code; ...

...Sections 5119.26, 5119.27, and 5119.61 of the Revised Code apply to a person who is ordered to undergo treatment under sections 5119.90 to 5119.98 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Whoever violates section 5119.333 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates section 5119.27 or 5119.28, division (P) of section 5119.36, or division (A)(1) or (2) of section 5119.37 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.

...b) A substantial part of the supplier's business activity of the type carried on with the provider is transacted with others than the provider and there is an open, competitive market for the types of goods or services the supplier furnishes. (c) The types of goods or services are commonly obtained by other ICFs/IID from outside organizations and are not a basic element of resident care ordinarily furnished direct...

...medicaid program's coverage of ICF/IID services. The contract shall include a schedule for the assumption of the powers and duties. The contract may provide for the department of medicaid to perform one or more duties of the department of developmental disabilities under sections 5124.50 to 5124.53 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise authorized by the United States secretary of health and human services, ...

...To the extent authorized by rules authorized by section 5162.021 of the Revised Code, the director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this chapter.

...e medicaid program shall cover ICF/IID services when all of the following apply: (A) The ICF/IID services are provided to a medicaid recipient eligible for the services. (B) The ICF/IID services are provided by an ICF/IID for which the provider has a valid provider agreement. (C) Federal financial participation is available for the ICF/IID services.

...The real and personal property, roadbed, right of way, fixtures, and franchises of a railroad company in this state which has not completed, nor conveyed by deed of trust or mortage, any part of its railroad, and which is insolvent, and whose property is in the hands of a receiver appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, may be sold at judicial sale, and title thereto, with all the rights, liberties, faculties...

...Before a sale under section 4969.12 of the Revised Code is ordered, the receiver shall file in the court his petition therefor, in which he shall set forth the names of the creditors of the company, with the sums due to each as nearly as can be ascertained, a statement of the company's assets, exclusive of its roadbed, rights of way, and franchises, and a pertinent description in general terms of the roadbed, right ...

... had under the order as are provided in sales of real estate made by judicial order in other cases, so far as they are applicable.

...Before a sale referred to in section 4969.12 of the Revised Code is made, notice thereof shall be given by publication, for six consecutive weeks, in some newspaper published and of general circulation in each of the counties through or in which such railroad is located, and also in some newspaper published and of general circulation in each of the cities of New York and Cincinnati, for at least thirty days prior to ...

...When a sale referred to in section 4969.12 of the Revised Code is made and reported to the court, if satisfied that it was conducted according to law and its order, the court shall confirm the sale and order the receiver to execute and deliver to the purchaser a deed of conveyance for the railroad, roadbed, rights of way, real estate, fixtures, and franchises so sold. The proceeds of the sale, after paying the costs...

...A company organized under the laws of this state may purchase the property referred to in section 4969.12 of the Revised Code. Any number of persons not less than five may purchase such railroad, roadbed, rights of way, property, and franchises at such sale. On filing a transcript of the decree of confirmation in the office of the secretary of state, they shall become a corporation of this state, amenable to its proc...

...The purchaser of a railroad situated wholly or partly within this state, sold pursuant to judicial proceedings, may acquire the franchise originally vested in the company which held the railroad prior to such sale, by grant of such company, under such terms as are agreed upon by the directors of the company with the consent of stockholders owning two thirds of the stock. Such grant shall be in the form required to co...

...The purchaser of the property, roadbeds, rights of way, fixtures, and franchises of a railroad company in this state, situated wholly or in part in this state, sold pursuant to judicial order, judgment, or decree, and which sale is confirmed by the court making the order of sale, may sell all or any part of such property. The title thereto, with all the rights, liberties, faculties, and franchises shall pass by such ...

...A railroad company organized or existing under the laws of this state may purchase the property as provided in section 4969.19 of the Revised Code. Any number of persons may purchase such railroad, roadbeds, rights of way, property, and franchises either directly at such judicial sale or by grant from the purchasers at such sale. On filing a copy of such deed or grant in the office of the secretary of state, with art...

...A corporation may provide for the purchase price of the railroad and other property bought as provided in section 4969.20 of the Revised Code by the issue of its capital stock, preferred or common, and bonds secured by mortgage or otherwise, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding seven per cent per annum. Stock and bonds issued as such purchase price, in amounts the incorporators in good faith agreed on, shall be v...

...Where a right of way, or part thereof, upon an unfinished railroad remains for ten years unused for railroad purposes, it shall be held forfeited and shall revert to the owner of the land, unless at least twenty miles of the railroad have been completed by the company during that period, or unless an average of one thousand dollars per mile has been expended for construction before the expiration of such period.

... welfare" and the "department of human services" mean the department of job and family services and the "director of public welfare" and the "director of human services" mean the director of job and family services. Except as provided in section 5160.011 of the Revised Code, whenever the department or director of public welfare or the department or director of human services is referred to or designated in any ...

...The director of job and family services is the executive head of the department of job and family services. All duties conferred on the various work units of the department by law or by order of the director shall be performed under such rules as the director prescribes, and shall be under the director's control.

...ors of the department of job and family services shall exercise the powers and perform the duties which the director of job and family services may order. The director is authorized to designate which assistant director shall act as director in the absence or disability of the director or in case of a vacancy in the position of director.

...fraud, the department of job and family services may contract with a third-party commercial consumer reporting agency, in accordance with the "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., for the purpose of assisting the department with eligibility determinations for supplemental nutrition assistance supplemental program benefits, benefits funded by the temporary assistance for needy families block grant, and ...

...ommission and executive director of the Ohio casino control commission, under which the director and executive director provide the director of job and family services with a searchable list identifying all individuals with substantial lottery or gambling winnings. The director of job and family services shall check the list at least monthly to determine if the information affects any public assistance recipient's el...

...The director of job and family services may appoint such employees as are necessary for the efficient operation of the department of job and family services. The director may prescribe the title and duties of the employees.

...If the director of job and family services determines that a position with the department of job and family services can best be filled in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 124.30 of the Revised Code or without regard to a residency requirement established by a rule adopted by the director of administrative services, the director of job and family services shall provide the director of administrative service...

...The director of job and family services may establish work units within the department of job and family services as necessary for the efficient operation of the department. The director shall appoint the chief of each work unit.

...hed in the department of job and family services the office of human services innovation. The office shall develop recommendations, as described in division (B) of this section, regarding the coordination and reform of state programs to assist the residents of this state in preparing for life and the dignity of work and to promote individual responsibility and work opportunity. The director of job and family servi...

...eated in the state treasury the support services federal operating fund. The fund shall consist of federal funds the department of job and family services receives and that the director of job and family services determines are appropriate for deposit into the fund. Money in the fund shall be used to pay the federal share of both of the following: (A) The department's costs for computer projects; (B) The operating ...

...eated in the state treasury the support services state operating fund. The fund shall consist of payments made to the fund from other appropriation items by intrastate transfer voucher. Money in the fund shall be used to pay for both of the following: (A) The department of job and family services' costs for computer projects; (B) The operating costs of the parts of the department that provide general support servic...

...created in the state treasury the human services projects fund. The fund may consist of intrastate agency transfers, nonfederal grants, and other similar revenue sources. The department of job and family services shall use the fund to support program and administrative expenses related to the implementation of human services initiatives within the department.

...he fund, the director of job and family services may request the director of budget and management to transfer money from any of the funds used by the department of job and family services, except the general revenue fund, to the ODJFS audit settlements and contingency fund. Upon receipt of such a request, the director of budget and management may transfer the money requested. The director of budget and management, i...

...If the department of job and family services receives money from a refund or reconciliation related to the medicaid program, the department shall transfer the money to the department of medicaid for deposit into the refunds and reconciliation fund created under section 5162.65 of the Revised Code.

...The director of health, in consultation with the medicaid director, shall adopt rules specifying the urban and rural communities that have the highest infant mortality rates in this state. The communities shall be identified by zip code or portions of zip codes that are contiguous. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section, "drug of abuse" has the same meaning as in section 4506.01 of the Revised Code. (B) For purposes of sections 1547.11, 4511.19, and 4511.194 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall determine, or cause to be determined, techniques or methods for chemically analyzing a person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, urine, breath, oral fluid, or other bodily substance in order to as...

...nce with Title XV of the "Public Health Service Act," 42 U.S.C. 300k et seq., and the department's NBCCEDP grant agreement with the United States centers for disease control and prevention. (C) In administering the project, the department shall set eligibility requirements for services provided through the project as follows: (1) The woman must have countable family income not exceeding three hundred per cent o...

...ealth shall ensure that, as part of the Ohio breast and cervical cancer project administered under section 3701.144 of the Revised Code, a woman who meets all of the following conditions receives treatment for breast or cervical cancer: (1) The woman was screened for breast or cervical cancer by a provider who either does not participate in or was not paid for the screening by the Ohio breast and cervical cancer pr...

...(A) In taking actions regarding tuberculosis, the director of health has all of the following duties and powers: (1) The director shall maintain registries of hospitals, clinics, physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse practitioners, or other care providers to whom the director shall refer persons who make inquiries to the department of health regarding possible exposure t...

...Each year, the director of health shall make a report to the governor, which shall include so much of the proceedings of the department of health, information concerning vital statistics and diseases, instructions on the subject of hygiene for dissemination among the people and suggestions as to legislation as the director deems proper. The director shall include in the director's annual report a full statement o...

...The director of health may purchase, store, and distribute antitoxins, serums, vaccines, immunizing agents, antibiotics, and other pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies that the director deems advisable in the interest of preparing for or responding to a public health emergency. The discretion granted to the director by this section does not relieve the director of the duty to act under section 3701.161 of the Re...

...nts of the United States public health service for antitoxin for interstate commerce. Diphtheria antitoxin shall be distributed in accordance with rules the director adopts pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...Any licensed physician, certified nurse-midwife if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the Revised Code, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner practicing in this state, or the superintendent of any state or county institution, may receive without charge the quantities of antitoxin as the physician, nurse, or superintendent requires for the treatment or prevention of diphtheria in indig...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Protected health information" means information, in any form, including oral, written, electronic, visual, pictorial, or physical that describes an individual's past, present, or future physical or mental health status or condition, receipt of treatment or care, or purchase of health products, if eithe...

...The director of health shall establish techniques and procedures as appropriate for use by the division of parks and watercraft in the department of natural resources when taking samples and conducting tests under section 1546.08 of the Revised Code of the waters of this state that are adjacent to public swimming beaches as defined in that section. The director of health, in consultation with and subject to the appro...

...es both of the following: (a) Performs services for or on behalf of, and under the authority or auspices of, the center; (b) Does not receive compensation, either directly or indirectly, for performing those services. (2) For purposes of division (D)(1) of this section, "compensation" does not include any of the following: (a) Actual and necessary expenses that are incurred by a volunteer in connection with the s...

...e level of the total funds, labor, and services devoted by the entity to the center during the period of the grant will approximate, as determined by the director of health, the level of the total funds, labor, and services devoted to the center by that entity in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the grant begins. (E) Each poison prevention and treatment center shall do all of the following: ...

... prevention and treatment and available services; (2) An unexpected pattern or increase in the number of requests to provide specialized treatment, consultation, information, and educational programs to health care professionals and the public; (3) An unexpected pattern or increase in the number of requests for information on established or novel infectious agents or biological or chemical toxins posing a risk...

...501(c) organizations that offer vision services in all counties of the state and have demonstrated experience in the delivery of vision services to do one or more of the following: (a) Implement a voluntary children's vision screening training and certification program for volunteers, child care providers, nurses, teachers, health care professionals practicing in primary care settings, and others serving child...

...The department of health shall maintain a public health laboratory for the following: (A) Examination of public water supplies and the effluent of sewage purification works; (B) Diagnosis of, screening for, or confirmation of diseases or pathogens as it deems necessary; (C) Performance of biological, chemical, or radiological analyses or examinations as it deems necessary; (D) Analysis of patient specimens and ...

...rules establishing reasonable fees for services the laboratory performs. The director need not prescribe fees where the director believes that charging fees would significantly and adversely affect the public health. All fees collected for services the laboratory performs shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the laboratory handling fee fund, which is hereby created for the purpose of def...

...nment entity that provides health care services to individuals. "Health care provider" includes, but is not limited to, hospitals, medical clinics and offices, special care facilities, medical laboratories, physicians, pharmacists, dentists, physician assistants, registered and licensed practical nurses, laboratory technicians, emergency medical service organization personnel, and ambulance service organizatio...

...If a medical laboratory outside this state performs a test or other diagnostic or investigative analysis that results in information pertaining to a resident of this state that must be reported under section 3701.23 or 3707.06 of the Revised Code, the entity using the laboratory shall ensure that the laboratory complies with reporting and confidentiality requirements and shall verify to the director of health that th...

...plaints; (3) An unexpected increase in sales of, or the number of requests for information on, over-the-counter medication to treat fever or respiratory or gastrointestinal complaints; (4) Any prescription for medication used to treat a disease that is relatively uncommon and may have been caused by bioterrorism. (C) No person shall fail to comply with any reporting requirement established in rules adopted un...

...es diagnostic, evaluative, or treatment services. Pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director may adopt rules further defining the scope of the term "health care provider." (12) "Significant exposure to body fluids" means a percutaneous or mucous membrane exposure of an individual to the blood, semen, vaginal secretions, or spinal, synovial, pleural, peritoneal, pericardial, or amniotic fluid of anot...

...test; (3) Prepare a list of counseling services; (4) Make available a copy of the list of anonymous testing sites or a copy of the list of counseling services to anyone who requests it. (C) The director of health shall require the director or administrator of each site where anonymous or confidential HIV tests are given to submit a report every three months evaluating from an epidemiologic perspective the eff...

...health care provider, emergency medical services worker, or peace officer, while rendering health or emergency care to an individual, has sustained a significant exposure to the body fluids of that individual, and the individual has refused to give consent for testing.

...rmation while providing any health care service or while in the employ of a health care facility or health care provider shall disclose or compel another to disclose any of the following: (1) The identity of any individual on whom an HIV test is performed; (2) The results of an HIV test in a form that identifies the individual tested; (3) The identity of any individual diagnosed as having AIDS or an AIDS-relate...

...(A) As used in this section, "violation" means an occasion of noncompliance involving a single injured individual. (B) A person or an agency of state or local government that knowingly violates division (A) of section 3701.242, division (A) of section 3701.243, or division (E) of section 3701.248 of the Revised Code may be found liable in a civil action; the action may be brought by any individual injured by the vio...