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...orting 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.

...IDS-related condition to an appropriate health care provider or facility, if the referral is based on reasonable professional judgment and not solely on grounds of the refusal of the individual to consent to an HIV test or to disclose the result of an HIV test.

...Any human body part donated for transplantation, including an organ, tissue, eye, bone, artery, or other part, and any body fluid donated for transfusion or injection into another person, including blood, plasma, a blood product, semen, or other fluid, shall be given an HIV test before being transplanted, transfused, or injected to determine that the part or fluid is not infected with the HIV virus unless, in an emer...

...posed 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 health or emergen...

...ied in rules adopted by the director of health pursuant to division (F) of this section. (2) "Patient" means either 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 muc...

...(A) As used in this section, "employer" and "employee" have the same meanings as in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The employer of a person with HIV infection is immune from liability to any person in a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property on a claim arising out of transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus from the infected employee to another employee or to any ...

...e date of this section, the director of health shall establish and maintain a Parkinson's disease registry for the collection and monitoring of the incidence of Parkinson's disease in Ohio. (C) The director shall supervise the registry and the collection and dissemination of data included in the registry. The director may enter into contracts, grants, or other agreements as necessary to maintain the registry, incl...

...he 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 confidential data is disclosed to an out-of-state registry, federal agency, health officer, or researcher, the requesting entity s...

...mittee shall consist of the director of health or the director's designee and the following members appointed by the director: (1) A neurologist; (2) A movement disorder specialist; (3) A primary care provider; (4) A physician informaticist; (5) A public health professional; (6) A population health researcher familiar with disease registries; (7) A Parkinson's disease researcher; (8) A patient...

...nd 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; (C) Demographic information including age, gender, and race.

...The director of health shall describe the registry and provide any information regarding the registry the director deems relevant on 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.

...es specified by rule of the director of health under division (B)(2) of this section. (5) "Certified nurse-midwife," "clinical nurse specialist," and "certified nurse practitioner" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to do all of the following: (1) Establish the Ohio cancer incidence ...

...res 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.

...The department of health shall make provision for annual conferences of district health commissioners for the consideration of the cause 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 co...

...The department of health may devise a suitable program for establishing a blood bank for 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 communitie...

...e blood bank program, the department of health may establish necessary 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.

...cting the business of the department of health shall be provided and maintained by the state.

...(A) The director of health, pursuant to Chapter 119. and consistent with Chapter 3726. and section 2317.56 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 implem...

...ction, rules adopted by the director of health regarding private water systems shall provide for the following: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this division, boards of health of city or general health districts shall be given the exclusive power to establish fees in accordance with section 3709.09 of the Revised Code for administering and enforcing the rules. The fees shall establish a different rate for admini...

...ed by rules adopted by the director of health under section 3701.347 of the Revised Code may apply to the board of health of the city or general health district administering and enforcing the private water supply program in the health district in which the private water system is or is to be located or, if the health district is not administering and enforcing the program, may apply to the department of healt...

...(A) The governing body of every hospital shall set standards and procedures to be applied by the hospital and its medical staff in considering and acting upon applications for staff membership or professional privileges. These standards and procedures shall be available for public inspection. (B) The governing body of any hospital, in considering and acting upon applications for staff membership or professional pr...

...shall violate any rule the director of health or department of health adopts or any order the director or department of health issues under this chapter to prevent a threat to the public caused by a pandemic, epidemic, or bioterrorism event.

...r rule of the director or department of health that was issued under this chapter to prevent a threat to the public caused by a pandemic, epidemic, or bioterrorism event ; (B) The business complies with all safety precautions that the order or rule requires of businesses that are permitted to continue operations under the order or rule. This section does not apply to an order or rule of the director or department...

...l shall be appointed by the director of health and include individuals with expertise in palliative care who represent the following professions or constituencies: (1) Physicians authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, including those who are board-certified in pediatrics and those who are board-certified in psychiatry, as those design...