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...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...

...3923.85 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of health shall administer the state's participation in the national breast and cervical cancer early detection program (NBCCEDP), which shall be known as the Ohio breast and cervical cancer project. The project shall be administered in accordance with Title XV of the "Public Health Service Act," 42 U.S.C. 300k et seq., and the department's NBCCEDP grant agreement wi...

...(A) The director of health 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 a...

...racic society. The rules shall apply to county or district tuberculosis control units, physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse practitioners who examine and treat individuals for tuberculosis, and laboratories that perform tests for tuberculosis.

...clude 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 of all examinations made in the department's public health laboratory authorized by ...

...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...

...The director of health shall make necessary arrangements for the production and distribution of diphtheria antitoxin. Such antitoxin shall in all respects be equal in purity and potency to the standard of requirements 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...

..., 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 indigent persons, provided such antitoxin shall be used only for persons residing in the state, and that a sufficient supply is available for distribution.

...obtained by the director of health, the department of health, or a board of health of a city or general health district is confidential and shall not be released without the written consent of the individual who is the subject of the information unless the information is released pursuant to division (C) of this section or one of the following applies: (1) The release of the information is necessary to provide treat...

...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 approval of the director of natural resources, shall specify the frequency with which and location a...

...As used in sections 3701.19 to 3701.201 of the Revised Code: (A) "Poison prevention and treatment center" means an entity designated as a poison prevention and treatment center by the director of health under section 3701.20 of the Revised Code. (B) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property. (C) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property. "Tort a...

...(A) In accordance with rules adopted under division (C) of this section, the director of health shall establish, promote, and maintain the Ohio poison control network; designate regions within the network; and designate poison prevention and treatment centers within each region. The purposes of the network are to: (1) Reduce the mortality resulting from and the expenditures incurred because of accidental, hom...

...(A) As used in this section, "bioterrorism" has the same meaning as in section 3701.232 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code under which a poison prevention and treatment center or other health-related entity is required to report events that may be caused by bioterrorism, epidemic or pandemic disease, or established or novel infe...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Amblyopia" means reduced vision in an eye that has not received adequate use during early childhood. (2) "501(c) organization" means an organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C.A. 501(a) and (c). (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the save our sight fund. The fund shall consist of voluntary contributions deposited as provided in sec...

...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 ...

... paid from appropriations made for the department of health. (B) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, 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 s...

...examiners shall report promptly to the department of health the existence of any of the following: (1) Asiatic cholera; (2) Yellow fever; (3) Diphtheria; (4) Typhus or typhoid fever; (5) As specified by the director of health, other contagious or infectious diseases, illnesses, health conditions, or unusual infectious agents or biological toxins posing a risk of human fatality or disability. (C) No person ...

...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...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Bioterrorism" means the intentional use of any microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology, or any naturally occurring or bioengineered component of a microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product, to cause death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, animal, plant, or...

...ner prescribed by the director. In each county the director shall designate the health commissioner of a health district in the county to receive the reports. (C) No person shall fail to comply with the reporting requirements established under division (B) of this section.  (D) Information reported under this section that identifies an individual is confidential and may be released only with the written consent o...

...programs, including contracts with the department of job and family services for establishment of a program of reimbursement of drugs used for treatment and care of such individuals. The director of health may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and issue orders as necessary for administration of the funds. If the department of job and family services enters into a contract under th...

...al institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction if the head of the institution has determined, based on good cause, that a test is necessary; (5) When the test is performed in accordance with section 2907.27 of the Revised Code; (6) When the test is performed on an individual after the infection control committee of a health care facility, or other body of a health care facil...

...er who treats the individual; (d) The department of health or a health commissioner to which reports are made under section 3701.24 of the Revised Code; (e) A health care facility or provider that procures, processes, distributes, or uses a human body part from a deceased individual, donated for a purpose specified in Chapter 2108. of the Revised Code, and that needs medical information about the deceased individ...

...nce with a reporting requirement of the department of health or any federal agency. (H) No person with knowledge that an individual other than himself has or may have AIDS, and AIDS-related condition, or a positive HIV test shall be held liable for failing to disclose that information to any person unless disclosure is expressly required by law.