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...The state board of pharmacy shall enforce sections 3719.30 to 3719.35 of the Revised Code. If the board has information that any of those sections has been violated, it shall investigate, and upon probable cause appearing, shall file a complaint and prosecute the offender. Fines assessed and collected under prosecutions commenced by the board shall be paid to the executive director of the state board of pharmacy, an...

...The controlled substances included or to be included in the schedules established by rule adopted under section 3719.41 or 3719.45 of the Revised Code are included by whatever official, common, usual, chemical, or trade name designated.

...(A) For purposes of administration, enforcement, and regulation of the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, and possession of controlled substances, the state board of pharmacy shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing schedule I, schedule II, schedule III, schedule IV, and schedule V incorporating the five schedules of controlled substances under the federal drug abuse cont...

...The state board of pharmacy shall meet in Columbus at least once each fiscal year for the purpose of carrying out its duties under this chapter.

...When congress or, pursuant to the federal drug abuse control laws, the attorney general of the United States adds a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance to a schedule of the federal drug abuse control laws, transfers any of the same between one schedule of the federal drug abuse control laws to another, or removes a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance from the schedules of the federal drug abuse cont...

...e of abuse; (6) The risk to the public health; (7) The potential of the substance to produce psychic or physiological dependence liability; (8) Whether the substance is an immediate precursor. (C) The board may add or transfer a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance to schedule I when it appears that there is a high potential for abuse, that it has no accepted medical use in treatment in this state, or tha...

... poses an imminent hazard to the public health, safety, or welfare. (2) In determining whether a previously unscheduled compound, mixture, preparation, or substance poses an imminent hazard to the public health, safety, or welfare, the board shall consider all of the following with respect to the compound, mixture, preparation, or substance: (a) Its actual or relative potential for abuse; (b) The scope, duratio...

...Nothing in the laws dealing with drugs of abuse shall be construed to prohibit treatment of persons with narcotic drug dependencies by the continuing maintenance of their dependence through an opioid treatment program licensed and operated in accordance with section 5119.37 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under that section.

...(A) When testimony, information, or other evidence in the possession of a person who uses, possesses, or trafficks in any drug of abuse appears necessary to an investigation by law enforcement authorities into illicit sources of any drug of abuse, or appears necessary to successfully institute, maintain, or conclude a prosecution for any drug abuse offense, as defined in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, a judge o...

...dealer in pharmaceuticals to a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs, or is furnished free of charge by such a professional to a patient for use as medication; (2) The sample drug is in the original container in which it was placed by the manufacturer, and the container is plainly marked as a sample; (3) Prior to its being furnished, the sample drug has been stored under the proper conditions...

...ding a child, for whom it may present a health or safety hazard. (5) The sample drug is furnished free of charge. (6) The sample drug is not a controlled substance. (C) A representative of a manufacturer of dangerous drugs or a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs may furnish a sample drug to a charitable pharmacy if all of the following apply: (1) Rules have been adopted rules under divisi...

...1 of the Revised Code; and any licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who accepts delivery of a sample drug on behalf of a charitable pharmacy as permitted under section 3719.811 of the Revised Code shall not, in the absence of bad faith, be subject to any of the following for matters related to donating, accepting, or dispensing sample drugs under section 3719.811 of the Revised Code: criminal pr...

...A drug manufacturer shall not, in the absence of bad faith, be subject to criminal prosecution or liability in tort or other civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property for matters related to the donation, acceptance, or dispensing of a drug manufactured by the drug manufacturer that is donated by any person as permitted under section 3719.811 of the Revised Code, including but not limited to liabil...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state board of pharmacy shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) Whoever violates section 3719.16 or 3719.161 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of section 3719.16 or 3719.161 of the Revised Code or a drug abuse offense, a violation of section 3719.16 or 3719.161 of the Revised Code is a felony of the fourth degree. If the violation involves the sale, offer to sell, or possession of a sche...

...ated by the United States department of health and human services under the special focus facility program. (13) "Special focus facility program" means the program conducted by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to section 1919(f)(10) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396r(f)(10). (14) "Real and present danger" means immediate danger of serious physical or life-threatening ...

...dministered to the individual by a home health agency certified under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 79 Stat. 620 (1965), 42 U.S.C. 1395, as amended; a hospice care program licensed under Chapter 3712. of the Revised Code; or a member of the staff of the residential care facility who is qualified to perform medication administration. Medication may be administered in a residential care facility only by the...

...ponsibility for making and implementing decisions affecting the scope and quantity of services provided by the facility to the resident. The facility also agrees to identify the risks inherent in a decision made by a resident or sponsor not to receive a service provided by the facility. A risk agreement is valid only if it is made in writing.

...lated adults. (B)(1) The director of health shall license homes and establish procedures to be followed in inspecting and licensing homes. The director may inspect a home at any time. The director may enter at any time, for the purposes of investigation, any institution, residence, facility, or other structure that has been reported to the director or that the director has reasonable cause to believe is operating ...

...s that result from life safety code and health inspections during the preceding three years, and shall post prominently within the home a notice of this requirement.

...he Revised Code. (B) The department of health is hereby designated the state agency responsible for establishing and maintaining health standards and serving as the state survey agency for the purposes of Title XVIII and Title XIX. The department shall carry out these functions in accordance with the regulations, guidelines, and procedures issued under Title XVIII and Title XIX by the United States secretary o...

...ating the nursing home, the director of health shall not grant a certificate of need under sections 3702.51 to 3702.62 of the Revised Code to relocate any of the nursing facility beds or the license from the owner's real estate in or on which the beds are located unless the lessee or person in possession of the facility obtains the voluntary written consent of the owner or sublessor of the real estate to such relocat...

...f the Revised Code. The department of health may establish a program of recognition of nursing facilities that provide the highest quality care to residents who are medicaid recipients. The program may be funded with public funds appropriated by the general assembly for the purpose of the program or any funds appropriated for nursing home licensure.

...(A) Before the director of health can issue a license to operate a nursing home to an entering operator, all of the following requirements must be satisfied: (1) The entering operator completes a change of operator license application on a form prescribed by the director and pays the applicable fee as determined by the director. Any fee required by the director under division (A)(1) of this section shall be cre...

...e Revised Code. (B) The department of health shall investigate within ten working days after referral, in accordance with procedures and criteria to be established by the department of health and the department of aging, any unresolved complaint that the office of the state long-term care ombudsman has investigated and found to be valid and refers to the department of health. This requirement does not superse...