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...e capacity to make informed health care decisions for the principal. (4) If the decision is to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment, the attending physician attempts, in good faith, to determine the desires of the principal to the extent that the principal is able to convey them and places a report of the attempt in the health care records of the principal. (5) If the decision is to withhold or withdraw l...

...e capacity to make informed health care decisions for the principal and that there is no reasonable possibility that the principal will regain the capacity to make informed health care decisions for the principal, and if the attorney in fact under the principal's durable power of attorney for health care makes a health care decision pertaining to the use or continuation, or the withholding or withdrawal, of life-sust...

...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 that is sold or otherwise distributed in this state for the purpose described in this section shall include the following notice: "Notice to Adult Executing This Document This is an important legal document. Before execu...

... 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 make informed health care decisions for the principal. If 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 the principal has lost the capacity to make informed health care decisions for the principal. The durable power of attorney for health care may authorize the attorney in fact, commencing immediately upon the execution of the instrument or at any subsequent time and regard...

...roxy 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. The decisions of the proxy regarding the mental healt...

...y to consent to mental health treatment decisions" means the functional ability to understand information about the risks of, benefits of, and alternatives to the proposed mental health treatment, to rationally use that information, to appreciate how that information applies to the declarant, and to express a choice about the proposed treatment. (C) "Declarant" means an adult who has executed a declaration for ment...

...y 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. The declaration may include a ...

... authority under applicable law to make decisions related to health care on behalf of an adult or emancipated minor, or the parent, legal guardian, or other person acting in loco parentis who is authorized under law to make health care decisions on behalf of an unemancipated minor. "Personal representative" does not include the parent or legal guardian of, or another person acting in loco parentis to, a minor who con...

... receipt of health care or make medical decisions on the minor's own behalf, including sections 2907.29, 3709.241, 3719.012, 5120.172, 5122.04, and 5126.043 of the Revised Code unless the minor authorizes the disclosure. (3) The covered entity shall restrict disclosure in a manner that is consistent with a written request from the individual or the individual's personal representative to restrict disclosure of all ...

...y to consent to mental health treatment decisions. At least one of the two persons who make this determination shall not currently be involved in the declarant's treatment at the time of the determination. If a designated physician is named in the declaration and is not one of the two persons who make this determination, then the psychiatrist who makes the determination in lieu of the designated physician shall make ...

...y 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 the declaration is operative, then the declarant may revoke the declaration after a...

...ey does not authorize the agent to make health-care decisions for you. You should select someone you trust to serve as your agent. Unless you specify otherwise, generally the agent's authority will continue until you die or revoke the power of attorney or the agent resigns or is unable to act for you. Your agent is entitled to reasonable compensation unless you state otherwise in the Special Instructions. This ...

...n who has authority to make health care decisions on behalf of an adult or emancipated minor, or the parent, legal guardian, or other person acting in loco parentis who is authorized by law to make health care decisions on behalf of a minor.

...ed disparities in health care treatment decisions. When doing so, the boards shall consult with the commission on minority health and one or more professionally relevant and nationally recognized organizations or similar entities that review the curricula and experiential learning opportunities offered by the applicable health care professional schools, colleges, and other educational institutions. (C) Each state bo...

...n adult's capacity to make health care decisions for purposes of Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code; (d) The process for determining whether a minor has been emancipated. (6) When a minor is authorized to consent to the minor's own receipt of health care or make medical decisions on the minor's own behalf, including the circumstances described in sections 2907.29, 3709.241, 3719.012, 5120.172, 5122.04, and 512...

...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 guidelines used by a health plan issuer or utilization review organization to determine whether or not health care services or drugs are appropr...

...y to consent to mental health treatment decisions. If a declaration for mental health treatment has not become operative at the expiration of three years after its execution, the declaration may be renewed as provided in division (C)(1) of this section or remains effective as provided in division (C)(2) of this section. (B) A valid declaration may be revoked in accordance with section 2135.09 of the Revised Code or ...

...on behalf of a covered person in making decisions related to health care, a health plan issuer, including a pharmacy benefit manager, or its affiliates or entities acting on its behalf, shall treat such person as a personal representative under this section. (I) Divisions (A) to (H) of this section take effect January 1, 2022.

... and the designation of a proxy to make decisions regarding mental health treatment.

...s policies and procedures governing its decisions regarding the reimbursement of a health care provider for health care services and the method of reimbursement. (B) Any insurer's reimbursement policies or reimbursement determination or regulations issued by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services or the Ohio department of medicaid regarding the health care services provided to the patient in ...

...tudent's mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being or the school's ability to provide a safe and supportive learning environment for the student. The policy shall specify in what manner a student's parent will be notified of any substantial change in the student's services. The policy shall specify that notice to parents shall reinforce the fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding the upbr...

...eview organization is not bound by any decisions or conclusions reached by the health plan issuer during its utilization review process or internal appeals process. The organization is not required to, but may, accept and consider additional information submitted after the end of the ten-business-day period described in division (D)(1)(b) of this section. (H)(1) An independent review organization assigned to r...

...be made by the certified nurse-midwife. Decisions regarding early discharge shall be made only after conferring with the mother or a person responsible for the mother or newborn. For purposes of this division, a person responsible for the mother or newborn may include a parent, guardian, or any other person with authority to make medical decisions for the mother or newborn. (C)(1) No health insuring corporation may ...

...y as necessary to protect the immediate health and safety of the student, the student's fellow classmates, the classroom staff and teachers, or other school employees. (2) Whenever possible, the principal shall consult with a mental health professional under contract with the district or school prior to suspending or expelling a student in any of grades pre-kindergarten through three. If the events leading up to sus...