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...ct," 104 Stat. 576 (1990), 42 U.S.C.A. 2601, as amended, for programs to improve the quality and availability of care for individuals with AIDS, AIDS-related condition, and HIV infection. In administering these funds, the director may enter into contracts with any person or entity for the purpose of administering the programs, including contracts with the department of job and family services for establishment...

...an immediate danger to the health or safety of the individual to be tested or another individual, except that post-test counseling shall be given to the individual if the individual receives an HIV-positive test result; (2) When the test is performed for the purpose of research if the researcher does not know and cannot determine the identity of the individual tested; (3) When the test is performed by a person ...

...e medicare program, or any other public assistance program. (E) Any disclosure pursuant to this section shall be in writing and accompanied by a written statement that includes the following or substantially similar language: "This information has been disclosed to you from confidential records protected from disclosure by state law. You shall make no further disclosure of this information without the specific, wri...

...es to the plaintiff after a hearing to determine the amount of the fees. (C) No person shall be held liable for damages or attorney's fees in an action based on a violation of section 3701.243 of the Revised Code by his employee or agent unless the person knew or should have known of the violation. (D) A person who acts in good faith in accordance with section 3701.242, 3701.243, or 3701.248 of the Revised Code is ...

...o provide services to, any individual solely because the individual refuses to consent to an HIV test or to disclose HIV test results. (B) The prohibition contained in division (A) of this section does not prevent a physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or a person licensed to practice dentistry under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code from referring an individu...

...id is not infected with the HIV virus unless, in an emergency, the recipient of the donation or his guardian, after consultation with the recipient's physician, consents to a waiver of this requirement.

... have been exposed to HIV infection while rendering health or emergency care to the other person; (b) A peace officer who believes the peace officer may have been exposed to HIV infection while dealing with the other person in the performance of official duties. (2) The complaint in the action shall be accompanied by an affidavit in which the plaintiff attests to all of the following: (a) While rendering heal...

...ther of the following: (a) A person, whether alive or dead, who has been treated, or handled, or transported for medical care by an emergency medical services worker; (b) A deceased person whose body is handled by a funeral services worker. (3) "Significant exposure" means: (a) A percutaneous or mucous membrane exposure of an individual to the blood, semen, vaginal secretions, or spinal, synovial, pleural, p...

...ther employee or to any other person, unless the transmission occurs as a result of the reckless conduct of the employer. (C) An employer is immune from liability to an employee on a claim asserted under any provision of the Revised Code or in a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property if the claim arises from an illness or injury to the employee that is stress-related and results fr...

...) Beginning on a date and at intervals determined by the director, each individual case of Parkinson's disease or a Parkinsonism diagnosed on or after the date determined by the director shall be reported to the registry in a format specified by the director by one of the following: (1) The certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, physician, or physician assistant who diagnosed or treated the indiv...

...e provided in this section, all data collected by the Parkinson's disease registry is confidential pursuant to section 3701.17 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of health may enter into agreements to furnish data collected in the Parkinson's disease registry to other states' Parkinson's disease registries, federal Parkinson's disease control agencies, local health officers, and local health researchers. Before...

...mployment. (E) The committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson but not less than twice annually. The committee's first meeting shall occur within ninety days of the effective date of this section. Meetings may take place in-person or virtually at the discretion of the chairperson. (F) The department of health shall provide meeting space and other administrative support for the committee.

...Within twenty-four months of the establishment of the Parkinson's disease registry, and annually thereafter, the director of health shall submit a report to the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code summarizing the following: (A) The incidence of Parkinson's disease in Ohio by county; (B) The number of new cases reported to the Parkinson's disease registry in the previous year; ...

...the department of health's internet web site.

...The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to specify the data to be collected and the format in which it is to be submitted to the registry.

...r all of this section and section 3701.262 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections.

... cancer patient. (F) The Arthur G. James cancer hospital and Richard J. Solove research institute of the Ohio state university, shall analyze and evaluate the cancer reports collected pursuant to this section. The department shall publish and make available to the public reports summarizing the information collected. Reports shall be made on a calendar year basis and published not later than ninety days after the ...

... township, and the local authorities neglect or refuse to enforce efficient measures for its prevention, the director of health may appoint a medical or sanitary officer and such assistants as he may require, and authorize him to enforce such orders or regulations as the director deems necessary.

...e and prevention of dangerous communicable diseases and other measures to protect and improve the public health. Each board of health or other body or person appointed or acting in place of a board of health shall appoint its health commissioner or health officer a delegate to such conferences. The district board of health shall pay the necessary expenses of such delegate upon presentation of a certificate from the d...

... civilian use, embracing if necessary, methods for the registration of blood donors, for the collection of blood from donors, for the processing or procurement of blood plasma or other substitutes for whole blood, and for the distribution of pool blood, blood plasma, or other blood substitutes to meet civilian needs, to communities of the state where such are not readily available.

...ssary standards, promulgate necessary rules and regulations, utilize the facilities and services of other official agencies and of voluntary organizations which may be made available to the department, and co-operate, if requested, with agencies and organizations engaged in a similar program on a local or state basis.

...Suitable rooms for conducting the business of the department of health shall be provided and maintained by the state.

...rd's mailing list, the department's web site, or any other means available to the board. The minutes of previous meetings, the next meeting's agenda, and information on any matters to be presented to the board at any regular or special meeting shall be provided to the board in an electronic format. (G) Members shall attend annual ethics training provided by the Ohio ethics commission. (H) Members shall serve...

...lder involvement. (2) Prior to board meetings, copies of proposed rules shall be provided to members. On request of a member, the department shall ensure that appropriate department employees attend board meetings to answer questions concerning proposed rules. (3)(a) Not later than sixty days after receiving a copy of a proposed rule, the board shall recommend approval or disapproval of the rule and submit its...

...7.56 of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules relating to abortions and the following subjects: (1) Post-abortion procedures to protect the health of the pregnant woman; (2) Pathological reports; (3) Humane disposition of the product of human conception; (4) Counseling. (B) The director of health shall implement the rules and shall apply to the court of common pleas for temporary or permanent injunctions rest...