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...(A) Subject to division (H) of this section, an attending physician of a principal is not subject to criminal prosecution or professional disciplinary action and is not liable in damages in a tort or other civil action for actions taken in good faith and in reliance on a health care decision when all of the following are satisfied: (1) The decision is made by an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for...

...(A) No physician, health care facility, other health care provider, person authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code, health insuring corporation, other health care plan, or legal entity that is self-insured and provides benefits to its employees or members shall require an individual to create or refrain from creating a durable power of attorney for health ...

...A printed form of durable power of attorney for health care may be sold or otherwise distributed in this state for use by adults who are not advised by an attorney. By use of such a printed form, a principal may authorize an attorney in fact to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf, but the printed form shall not be used as an instrument for granting authority for any other decisions. Any printed form ...

...(A)(1) An attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care shall make health care decisions for the principal only if the instrument substantially complies with section 1337.12 of the Revised Code and specifically authorizes the attorney in fact to make health care decisions for the principal, and only if the attending physician of the principal determines that the principal has lost the capacity to...

...(A)(1) An adult who is of sound mind voluntarily may create a valid durable power of attorney for health care by executing a durable power of attorney, in accordance with section 1337.24 of the Revised Code, that authorizes an attorney in fact as described in division (A)(2) of this section to make health care decisions for the principal at any time that the attending physician of the principal determines that...

...(A) A declaration may designate an adult to act as a proxy to make decisions about the mental health treatment of the declarant and may designate an adult as an alternate proxy as described in section 2135.02 of the Revised Code. A proxy designated to make decisions about mental health treatment may make decisions about mental health treatment on behalf of the declarant only when the declaration has become operative....

...for injury, death, or loss to person or property, other than a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons.

...(A) An adult who has the capacity to consent to mental health treatment decisions voluntarily may execute at any time a declaration governing the use or continuation, or the withholding or withdrawal, of mental health treatment. The declaration shall be signed at the end by the declarant, state the date of its execution, and either be witnessed or be acknowledged in accordance with section 2135.06 of the Revised Code...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Administrative safeguards," "physical safeguards," and "technical safeguards" have the same meanings as in 45 C.F.R. 164.304. (B) "Covered entity," "disclosure," "health care provider," "health information," "individually identifiable health information," "protected health information," and "use" have the same meanings as in 45 C.F.R. 160.103. (C) "Designated record set" has the...

...(A) A covered entity shall be subject to the following conditions when it discloses protected health information to a health information exchange: (1) The covered entity shall restrict disclosure consistent with all applicable federal laws governing the disclosure. (2) If the protected health information concerns a minor, the covered entity shall restrict disclosure in a manner that complies with laws of this sta...

...(A) A declaration becomes operative when both of the following apply: (1) The declaration is communicated to a mental health treatment provider of the declarant. (2) The designated physician or a psychiatrist, and one other mental health treatment provider, who examine the declarant determine that the declarant does not have the capacity to consent to mental health treatment decisions. At least one of the two perso...

...(A) A declarant may revoke a declaration at any time the declarant has the capacity to consent to mental health treatment decisions. Any revocation of a declaration by a declarant shall be in writing, signed by the declarant, and dated. The revocation shall be effective upon its communication to the mental health treatment provider of the declarant or the health care facility providing services to the declarant. If t...

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...As used in this section and sections 4715.71 to 4715.73 of the Revised Code: (A) "Dental hygiene services" means the prophylactic, preventive, and other procedures that dentists are authorized by this chapter and rules of the state dental board to assign to dental hygienists, except for procedures while a patient is anesthetized, definitive root planing, definitive subgingival curettage, the administration of local...

...(A) As used in this section, "state board" means the state dental board, the board of nursing, the state board of pharmacy, the state medical board, the state board of psychology, or the counselor, social workers, and marriage and family therapist board. (B) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this section, each state board shall consider the problems of race and gender-based disparit...

...As used in this section, "agency" has the same meaning as in section 111.15 of the Revised Code. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any of the following pertaining to the confidentiality, privacy, security, or privileged status of protected health information transacted, maintained in, or accessed through a health information exchange is unenforceable if it conflicts with this chapter: (...

...As used in sections 3901.83 to 3901.833 of the Revised Code: (A) "Clinical practice guidelines" means a systematically developed statement to assist health care provider and patient decisions with regard to appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances and conditions. (B) "Clinical review criteria" means the written screening procedures, decision abstracts, clinical protocols, and clinical practice ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division and subject to division (C) of this section, a declaration for mental health treatment remains valid and effective for three years after its execution unless it is properly revoked. A declaration for mental health treatment may become operative as provided in section 2135.04 of the Revised Code. If the declaration becomes operative, the authority of a proxy named in t...

...change is made. (2) It is provided in real time. (3) It is provided in the same format that the request is made by the covered person, the covered person's health care provider, or the third-party representative. (D) The format in which a health plan issuer, including a pharmacy benefit manager, replies to a request made under division (B) of this section shall use established industry content and transport sta...

...(A) A principal who creates a valid durable power of attorney for health care may revoke that instrument or the designation of the attorney in fact under it. The principal may so revoke at any time and in any manner. The revocation shall be effective when the principal expresses an intention to so revoke, except that, if the principal made the principal's attending physician aware of the durable power of attorney ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Health care provider" means any person or entity against whom a medical claim may be asserted in a civil action. (2) "Insurer" means any public or private entity doing or authorized to do any insurance business in this state. "Insurer" includes a self-insuring employer and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services. (3) "Medical claim" has the same meaning as ...

...(A) The general assembly maintains that a parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child. (B) Not later than the first day of July following the effective date of this section, the board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall develop and adopt a policy to promote parental involvement in the...

...(A) A health plan issuer shall afford the opportunity for an external review by an independent review organization for an adverse benefit determination if the determination involved a medical judgment or if the decision was based on any medical information, pursuant to the following sections: (1) Section 3922.08 of the Revised Code for a standard review; (2) Section 3922.09 of the Revised Code for an expedit...

...(A) Each individual or group health insuring corporation policy, contract, or agreement delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state that provides maternity benefits shall provide coverage of inpatient care and follow-up care for a mother and her newborn as follows: (1) The policy, contract, or agreement shall cover a minimum of forty-eight hours of inpatient care following a normal vaginal delivery and ...

...for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from a district employee's decision not to provide or procure mental health services for a suspended or expelled student under division (B)(2) of this section, unless the decision is made with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner. This division does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense to which...