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...sion by a dentist or podiatrist, or becomes necessary during the course of hospital treatment by a dentist or podiatrist, such treatment shall be under the supervision of a doctor who is a member of the medical staff. It shall be the responsibility of the admitting dentist or podiatrist to make arrangements with a doctor who is a member of the medical staff to be responsible for the patient's treatment outside the sc...

...at the patient has been the victim of domestic violence, as defined in section 3113.31 of the Revised Code.

...s performance has met the expected outcomes, as evidenced by data obtained from a review of at least two years of the hospital's trauma care activities. (4) The care of patients will not be compromised by designating the hospital as a level II pediatric trauma center. (E) A hospital's designation under this section expires December 31, 2004, unless earlier suspended or revoked by the director or surrendered by the ...

...rocedures for selecting an appropriate method of transportation and the hospital responsible for arranging or providing the transportation; (e) Confirmation of the ability of the persons and vehicle that will transport a trauma patient to provide appropriate adult or pediatric trauma care; (f) Assured communication with, and appropriate medical direction of, the persons transporting a trauma patient to a trauma c...

... following: (A) Represent that it is able to provide adult or pediatric trauma care to a severely injured patient that is inconsistent with its level of categorization as an adult or pediatric trauma center, provided that a hospital that operates an emergency facility may represent that it provides emergency care; (B) Provide adult or pediatric trauma care to a severely injured patient that is inconsistent with app...

...ng board approves a written plan and timetable for obtaining the level of verification or reverification being sought, including provisions for correcting at the earliest practicable date any deficiencies identified in the report obtained pursuant to division (A) of this section. (C)(1) A hospital may operate as an adult or pediatric trauma center under provisional status, as follows: (a) On submission of an applic...

...auma center verified by the American college of surgeons. (B) The hospital changes its level of verification as an adult or pediatric trauma center verified by the American college of surgeons. (C) The hospital commences to operate as an adult or pediatric trauma center under provisional status pursuant to section 3727.101 of the Revised Code. (D) The hospital changes the level of verification or reverification it...

... or acute stroke ready hospital by an accrediting organization approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services.

...s a comprehensive stroke center by an accrediting organization approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services or an organization acceptable to the department under division (C) of this section. (2) To be eligible for recognition as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code, a hospital must be certified as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center by an accreditin...

...ecognized hospitals on its internet web site and update the list not later than thirty days after a hospital is recognized under division (A) of this section or its recognition ends under division (B) of this section.

...nt's processes, complications, and outcomes, including data required by national certifying organizations. (2) The manner in which the information, statistics, and other data are to be collected; (3) The manner in which the information, statistics, and other data are to be transmitted for inclusion in the stroke registry database. (C) When adopting rules as described in division (B) of this section, all of t...

... certification guidelines establishes a level of stroke certification that is in addition to the four levels described in sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code, the department of health shall recognize a hospital certified at that additional level. For purposes of this section, the department and a hospital shall comply with sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code as if the certification and reco...

...The director of health may adopt rules as the director considers necessary for the implementation of sections 3727.11 to 3727.14 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

... The product of human conception of at least twenty weeks of gestation; (2) The purposeful termination of a pregnancy, as described in section 2919.11 of the Revised Code. (B) If a woman presents herself at a hospital as a result of a fetal death, the hospital shall provide the woman with all of the following: (1) A written statement, not longer than one page in length, that confirms that the woman was pre...

...ter the birth or before the mother is released from the hospital; (B) Attempt to meet with the father of the unmarried mother's child if possible; (C) Explain to the unmarried mother and the father, if the father is present, the benefit to the child of establishing a parent and child relationship between the father and the child and the various proper procedures for establishing a parent and child relationship;...

...sk assessment, the plan shall address whether hospital police officers, trained security personnel, or off-duty law enforcement officers are required to be present in the hospital's emergency department and psychiatric department, if any, and in other high-risk areas that were identified during the hospital's risk assessment. (4) The plan shall outline training requirements for security personnel regarding all of t...

...e employee for reporting to, or seeking assistance or intervention from, the employer, security agencies, law enforcement authorities, including hospital police departments, local emergency service organizations, or government agencies, or for participating in an incident investigation. All hospital systems and hospitals shall use their reporting systems to track the following: the number of incidents reported thro...

...using similar wording: "WE WILL NOT TOLERATE any form of threatening or aggressive behavior toward our staff. Assaults against our staff are serious violations and could result in consequences, including a felony conviction. All staff have the right to carry out their work without fearing for their safety."

...t, or certified nurse practitioner has determined that vaccination of the patient is medically inappropriate. The vaccine shall be of a form approved by the advisory committee for that calendar year. A patient may refuse vaccination. (C) Each hospital shall offer to each patient who is admitted to the hospital, in accordance with guidelines issued by the advisory committee, vaccination against pneumococcal pneumoni...

...after commencing operations, as applicable, to ensure that a woman giving birth in the hospital has the option of having a long-acting reversible contraceptive placed after delivery and before the woman is discharged. (B) A hospital is exempt from the requirement in division (A) of this section if the hospital notifies the department of health in writing that it has a faith-based objection to the requirement.

...(A) Acting through their boards of directors or boards of trustees, a group of hospitals may conduct discussions or negotiations concerning the allocation of health care equipment or health care services, provided that the discussions or negotiations do not involve price-fixing or predatory pricing and are designed to achieve one or more of the following goals: (1) Reducing health care costs for consumers; (2) Impr...

...tion identified in the agreement will meet one or more of the goals specified in division (A) of section 3727.21 of the Revised Code; (3) Any additional information the boards of directors or boards of trustees wish to present to the director; (4) Any additional information the director of health considers necessary to make the determination required by division (B) of this section. (B) If the director of health d...

...The director of health may adopt rules for the implementation of sections 3727.21 and 3727.22 of the Revised Code, including rules establishing procedures and criteria for the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative agreements under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code. If rules are adopted, they shall ensure that there is opportunity for public comment during the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative ag...

...zed by such directors or trustees to implement cooperative agreements approved under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code.

...rs surgical services shall adopt and implement a policy designed to prevent human exposure to surgical smoke during any planned surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke. The policy shall include the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system. (C) The director of health may adopt any rules the director considers necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Ch...