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...ry supervisor of the care. (2) At the time the family member both authorizes the unlicensed in-home care worker to perform health care tasks and supervises the care provided to the individual, the family member is not acting as a paid provider for the individual. (3) The unlicensed in-home care worker has been selected by the family member or the individual receiving care and is under the direct supervision of th...

...13. of the Revised Code. (C) " Developmental disabilities employee" means all of the following: (1) An employee of the department of developmental disabilities; (2) An employee of a county board of developmental disabilities; (3) An employee in a position that includes providing specialized services to an individual with a developmental disability; (4) An independent provider as defined in section 5123.16 of the...

...employee subject to the notice does not timely request a hearing in accordance with section 119.07 or 5123.0414 of the Revised Code, the department is not required to hold a hearing. (G) Files and records of investigations conducted pursuant to this section are not public records as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code, but, on request, the department shall provide copies of those files and records to the a...

...son or government entity that fails to comply with division (D)(1) of this section until the department or board is satisfied that the person or government entity will comply. (3) A person or government entity that fails to hire or retain as a developmental disabilities employee an individual because the individual is included in the registry shall not be liable in damages in a civil action brought by the employee o...

...lopmental disabilities for removal from the registry. If the director determines that good cause exists, the director shall remove the individual from the registry and may properly reply to an inquiry that the individual is not included in the registry. Good cause includes meeting rehabilitation standards established in rules adopted under section 5123.54 of the Revised Code.

...The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 5123.51, 5123.52, and 5123.53 of the Revised Code. The rules shall establish rehabilitation standards for the purposes of section 5123.53 of the Revised Code and specify circumstances, other than meeting the standards, that constitute good cause for the purposes of that section.

...l with a developmental disability for whom the developmental disabilities employee is employed or under a contract to provide care unless the individual is the developmental disabilities employee's spouse. (B) Any developmental disabilities employee who violates division (A) of this section shall be eligible to be included in the registry regarding misappropriation, abuse, neglect, or other specified misconduct by d...

... section does not exempt the employee from inclusion in the registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code.

... without a judicial determination of incompetency, with respect to an estate of ten thousand dollars or less. (C) "Protector" means an agency under contract with the department of developmental disabilities acting with or without court appointment to provide guidance, service, and encouragement in the development of maximum self-reliance to a person with a developmental disability, independent of any determination o...

...The department of developmental disabilities shall develop a statewide system of protective service in accordance with rules and standards established by the department. With respect to this program, the department may enter into a contract with any responsible public or private agency for provision of protective service by the agency, and the contract may permit the agency to charge the person r...

...rotector under those sections unless a comprehensive evaluation has been made in a clinic or other facility approved by the department of developmental disabilities. The evaluation shall include a medical, psychological, social, and educational evaluation, and a copy of the evaluation shall be filed with the department. Any agency that is appointed as a guardian, trustee, or conservator under sections 5123.55 to 512...

...ume such duties during the parent's lifetime. If the results of the comprehensive evaluation required under section 5123.57 of the Revised Code indicate that the person named in the nomination is in need of protective services, the agency or service either shall reject or accept the nomination as guardian, trustee, or conservator, subject to appointment by the probate court, or reject or accept the nomination as pro...

...Before entering upon the duties of trustee, an agency under contract with the department of developmental disabilities may require any of its employees having custody or control of funds or property to give bond to the probate court with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the full and faithful accounting of all trust funds which the employee holds. The amount of the bond shall be determi...

...t of individuals who receive services from the Ohio protection and advocacy system to reside in and receive services from an ICF/IID.

... times, all records, except records of community residential facilities and records of contract agencies of county boards of developmental disabilities and boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, relating to expenditures of state and federal funds or to the commitment, care, treatment, and habilitation of all persons represented by the Ohio protection and advocacy system, including those who ma...

...If compensation for the work of attorneys employed by the Ohio protection and advocacy system or an agency or political subdivision of the state is awarded to the system in a class action lawsuit pursued by the system, the compensation shall be limited to the actual hourly rate of pay for that legal work.

...s protection and advocacy system and client assistance program is hereby established. (B) The joint committee shall consist of three members of the senate appointed by the senate president, two from the majority party and one from the minority party, and three members of the house of representatives, two from the majority party and one from the minority party, appointed by the speaker of the house of representativ...

...ply: (i) The client or patient, at the time of the communication, is an individual with a developmental disability. (ii) The attorney or physician knows or suspects, as a result of the communication or any observations made during that communication, that the client or patient has suffered or faces a substantial risk of suffering any wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abu...

...incident that is conducted by a review committee established pursuant to section 5123.61 of the Revised Code, the committee shall issue recommendations to the department. The department shall review the committee's recommendations and issue a report of its findings. The department shall make the report available to all of the following: (1) The individual with a developmental disability who is the subject of the rep...

...The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding the reporting of major unusual incidents and unusual incidents concerning persons with developmental disabilities. The rules shall specify what constitutes a major unusual incident or an unusual incident.

...f the individual had no guardian at the time of death, to a person in the first applicable of the following categories: (a) The person's spouse; (b) The person's children; (c) The person's parents; (d) The person's brothers or sisters; (e) The person's uncles or aunts; (f) The person's closest relative by blood or adoption; (g) The person's closest relative by marriage. (B) The department or county board ...

...ipt of a report of a major unusual incident made pursuant to section 5123.61 or 5126.31 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under section 5123.612 of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities may do either of the following: (1) Conduct an independent review or investigation of the incident; (2) Request that an independent review or investigation of the incident be conducted by a county board o...

..., and sanitary living environment that complies with local, state, and federal standards and recognizes the persons' need for privacy and independence; (C) The right to food adequate to meet accepted standards of nutrition; (D) The right to practice the religion of their choice or to abstain from the practice of religion; (E) The right of timely access to appropriate medical or dental treatment; (F) The right of ...

...workshop, be fully informed of any new home and community-based services and their option to receive those services. It is also the intent of the general assembly that those individuals be permitted to continue receiving services in a variety of settings as long as those settings offer opportunities for community integration as described in their individual service plans.

...to each individual receiving services from the provider. If the individual is unable to read the list, the provider shall communicate the contents of the list to the individual to the extent practicable in a manner that the individual understands. The individual receiving services or the parent, guardian, or advocate of the individual shall sign an acknowledgement of receipt of a copy of the list of rights, and a cop...