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...(A) The autism diagnosis education pilot program is hereby established in the department of health. The program shall have the following goals: (1) To educate health care professionals, teachers and other educational personnel, child care providers, parents, early intervention and developmental disabilities providers, and other community-based services providers in this state regarding the diagnosis of autism...

...ins posing a risk of human fatality or disability. (C) No person shall fail to comply with the reporting requirements established under division (B) of this section. (D) The reports required by this section shall be submitted on forms, as required by statute or rule, and in the manner the director of health prescribes. (E) Information reported under this section that is protected health information pursuant t...

...xins posing a risk of human fatality or disability. Rules adopted under this section may require a report of any of the following: (1) An unexpected increase in the number of prescriptions for antibiotics; (2) An unexpected increase in the number of prescriptions for medication to treat fever or respiratory or gastrointestinal complaints; (3) An unexpected increase in sales of, or the number of requests for ...

...ity; (b) Whether the disorder causes disability if diagnosis, treatment, and early intervention are delayed; (c) The potential for successful treatment of the disorder; (d) The expected benefits to children and society in relation to the risks and costs associated with screening for the disorder; (e) Whether a screening for the disorder can be conducted without taking an additional blood sample or specime...

...(A) The department of health shall establish and maintain a statewide hearing screening, tracking, and early intervention program to identify newborn and infant hearing impairment. The department shall also establish appropriate protocols for the treatment and follow-up care of newborns and infants with hearing impairment. (B) In the case of a child born in a hospital or freestanding birthing center, both of the ...

...(A) As used in this section and section 3701.741 of the Revised Code: (1) "Ambulatory care facility" means a facility that provides medical, diagnostic, or surgical treatment to patients who do not require hospitalization, including a dialysis center, ambulatory surgical facility, cardiac catheterization facility, diagnostic imaging center, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy center, home health agency, inpatien...

...(A) There is hereby created the commission on minority health, consisting of twenty-two members. The governor shall appoint to the commission nine members from among health researchers, health planners, and health professionals. The governor also shall appoint two members who are representatives of the lupus awareness and education program. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint to the commission t...

...(A) The director of health shall collaborate with medical, nursing, and physician assistant schools or programs in this state to develop appropriate curricula designed to prepare primary care physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants to practice within the patient centered medical home model of care. In developing the curricula, the director and the schools or programs shall include al...

...(A) At the times specified in this section, the director of health shall accept, for review under section 3702.52 of the Revised Code, certificate of need applications for any of the following purposes if the proposed increase in beds is attributable solely to relocation of existing beds from an existing long-term care facility in a county with excess beds to a long-term care facility in a county in which there are f...

...Sections 3702.51 to 3702.61 of the Revised Code do not apply to any part of a long-term care facility's campus that is certified as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities, as defined in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code.

...ho, in case of the absence, illness, or disability of the local registrar, shall act in the local registrar's stead. Acceptance of appointment as deputy registrar shall be in writing and shall be filed with the director. No funeral director or embalmer shall serve either as a local registrar or as a deputy registrar. In a city registration district, all the records of vital statistics shall be kept in the office of ...

...Three years after the date a birth defects information system is implemented pursuant to section 3705.30 of the Revised Code, and annually thereafter, the department of health shall prepare a report regarding the birth defects information system. The department shall file the report with the governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, the...

...No person, who has a contagious or infectious disease, or who has been exposed to a contagious or infectious disease, may be sent or admitted to a prison; jail; workhouse; infirmary; children's home; state hospital or institution for persons who are blind, persons with mental illnesses, or persons with intellectual disabilities; school for the blind or deaf; or other state or county benevolent institution without fir...

...(A) As used in this division, "person" does not include a member of an interdisciplinary team, as defined in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code, or any individual who is employed by a person or public agency licensed under section 3712.041 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person or public agency, other than a person or public agency licensed pursuant to section 3712...

...As used in sections 3721.10 to 3721.18 of the Revised Code: (A) "Home" means all of the following: (1) A home as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Any facility or part of a facility not defined as a home under section 3721.01 of the Revised Code that is a skilled nursing facility or nursing facility, both as defined in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code; (3) A county home or district home opera...

...To assist in the implementation of the rights granted in division (A) of section 3721.13 of the Revised Code, each home shall provide: (A) Appropriate staff training to implement each resident's rights under division (A) of section 3721.13 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, explaining: (1) The resident's rights and the staff's responsibility in the implementation of the rights; (2) The staff's...

...resident or patient has a developmental disability or mental illness, the name, address, and telephone number of the Ohio protection and advocacy system. (3) The proposed location to which a resident may relocate as specified pursuant to division (A)(2)(c) of this section in the proposed transfer or discharge notice shall be capable of meeting the resident's health-care and safety needs. The proposed location for ...

...ices arising out of injury, disease, or disability of the resident or former resident.

...(A)(1) A training and competency evaluation program approved by the director of health under division (A) of section 3721.31 of the Revised Code or a competency evaluation program conducted by the director under division (C) of that section shall evaluate the competency of a nurse aide in the following areas: (a) Basic nursing skills; (b) Personal care skills; (c) Recognition of mental health and social service...

...(A) As used in this section, "long-term care facility" means all of the following: (1) A home, as defined in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code; (2) A residential facility licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code; (3) A residential facility licensed by the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code; (4...

...(A) It is the intent of the general assembly in enacting Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code to require each hospital operating in this state to be licensed by the director of health. Beginning on September 30, 2024, any reference to a hospital contained in the Revised Code in a chapter other than Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code shall be construed to mean a hospital licensed under Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code. ...

...f the "Social Security Act" or is under disability as defined in section 223 of that act, 49 Stat. 622 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 401, as amended, or the remaining member of a tenant family. (F) "Families" also means a single person discharged by the head of a hospital pursuant to section 5122.21 of the Revised Code after March 10, 1964. (G) "Mixed-income development" means a development that includes decent, safe, and ...

...(A) As used in this section, "applicant" means a person who is under final consideration for employment with a home health agency in a full-time, part-time, or temporary position that involves providing direct care to an individual or is referred to a home health agency by an employment service for such a position. (B) No home health agency shall employ an applicant or continue to employ an employee in a position t...

...or, if such injury results in permanent disability to earn a livelihood by manual labor, a sum of not to exceed five thousand dollars.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Building" means, except as otherwise provided in this division, any building or structure that is used or intended to be used for residential purposes. "Building" includes, but is not limited to, a building or structure in which any floor is used for retail stores, shops, salesrooms, markets, or similar commercial uses, or for offices, banks, civic administration activities, profe...