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...lly authorized to make informed medical decisions on the patient's behalf.

...ions (D)(1) and (4) of this section and decisions regarding the release or discharge of a child under division (D)(3) of this section do not constitute a law enforcement investigation or activity. (E)(1) When a peace officer receives a report made pursuant to division (A) or (B) of this section, upon receipt of the report, the peace officer who receives the report shall refer the report to the appropriate public c...

...an, attorney, person designated to make decisions on behalf of a patient under a medical power of attorney, or any person recognized in law or custom as a patient's agent. (4) "Representative of a health care provider" means an attorney, health care provider, employee of a health care provider, or other person designated by a health care provider or an employee of a health care provider to participate in a review c...

...ll of the following: (a) Any schools, health care providers, or health insurance coverage provider with which the child has been involved through the grandparent; (b) Any other person or entity that has an ongoing relationship with the child or grandparent such that the other person or entity would reasonably rely on the power of attorney unless notified of the termination; (c) The court in which the power of a...

... an adverse effect on college admission decisions. A student may fulfill one unit of mathematics under division (C)(3) of this section by completing one-half unit of financial literacy instruction to satisfy the requirement prescribed under division (C)(9) of this section and one-half unit of a mathematics course. The one-half unit course in mathematics shall not be in algebra II, or its equivalent, or a course fo...

...isory council to advise the director of health regarding the screening of newborn children for genetic, endocrine, and metabolic disorders. The council shall engage in an ongoing review of the newborn screening requirements established under this section and shall provide recommendations and reports to the director as the director requests and as the council considers necessary. The director may assign other duties t...

...of the Revised Code, the department of health shall establish a voluntary patient centered medical home certification program. (B) Each primary care practice, that seeks a patient centered medical home certificate shall submit an application on a form prepared by the department. The department may require an application fee and annual renewal fee as determined by the department. If the department establishes ...

...The director of health may impose conditions on any variance the director has granted under section 3702.304 of the Revised Code. The director may, at any time, rescind the variance for any reason, including a determination by the director that the facility is failing to meet one or more of the conditions or no longer adequately protects public health and safety. The director's decision to rescind a variance is final...

...bstantial, adverse effect on the public health, safety, or welfare, do not result from the negligent or other improper operations of any such agricultural activities, and would not be required to obtain a Title V permit. For the purposes of this chapter, agricultural production activities do not include the installation and operation of off-farm facilities for the storage or processing of agricultural products, inclu...

...apy, unless waived by the department of health pursuant to rules adopted under division (A) of section 3712.03 of the Revised Code; (3) Medical social services by a social worker under the direction of a physician; (4) Services of a home health aide; (5) Medical supplies, including drugs and biologicals, and the use of medical appliances; (6) Physician's services; (7) Short-term inpatient care, including bo...

... a home providing nursing care, or home health agency to furnish a component or components of the hospice care program to its patient, the care shall be provided by a licensed, certified, or accredited hospital, home providing nursing care, or home health agency pursuant to a written contract under which: (1) The provider of a hospice care program furnishes to the contractor a copy of the hospice patient's interdis...

...ecision making related to the patient's health care and well-being; and (c) Is reviewed by the patient's attending physician and by the patient's interdisciplinary team immediately prior to or on admission to each session of respite care. (4) Have an interdisciplinary team or teams that provide or supervise the provision of pediatric respite care program services and establish the policies governing the provision...

... (B) When a program arranges for a home health agency to furnish a component or components of the program to a pediatric transition care patient, the care shall be provided by a home health agency pursuant to a written contract that includes both of the following conditions: (1) All care, treatment, and services furnished by the contractor are entered into the patient's medical record. (2) The program ensures con...

...(A) Each board of health shall be surveyed for the purpose of determining whether the board is qualified and has the capacity to administer and enforce this chapter and the rules adopted under it and to abide by the Ohio uniform food safety code. If the board licenses or proposes to license retail food establishments, the survey shall be conducted by the director of agriculture. If the board licenses or proposes to ...

... clear and present danger to the public health, the director may suspend a license, effective without a hearing. Thereafter, without delay, the director shall afford the license holder an opportunity for hearing. On determining that there is no longer a clear and present danger to the public health, the director may rescind the suspension without a hearing.

...(A) The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and subsequently may amend and rescind, rules of general application throughout the state to administer this chapter. Rules adopted under division (A) of this section shall do at least all of the following: (1) Require that the appropriate board of health approve or disapprove the installation, operation, and alterati...

...f explanation for the disapproval. (E) Decisions of the director approving or disapproving applications under this section may be appealed in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (F) No approval shall be required under this section with respect to a sewage treatment system or component of a system that has been approved by the director prior to the effective date of this amendment unless the manuf...

...ces. (8) The right to participate in decisions that affect the resident's life, including the right to communicate with the physician and employees of the home in planning the resident's treatment or care and to obtain from the attending physician complete and current information concerning medical condition, prognosis, and treatment plan, in terms the resident can reasonably be expected to understand; the right o...

...ter except that: (A) The director of health shall notify a licensee that the licensee is entitled to a hearing if the licensee requests it within ten days of the time the notice informing the licensee of the licensee's right to a hearing was mailed; (B) If the licensee requests a hearing, the date set for the hearing shall be within ten days after the licensee has requested a hearing; (C) The director shall ...

...ued under this division by the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located or by the director of environmental protection when the health district in which the facility is located is not on the approved list under section 3734.08 of the Revised Code. During the month of December, but before the first day of January of the next year, every person proposing to continue to operate an existin...

... environmental protection or a board of health: (A) Unless the director or the board of health finds that the applicant, in any prior performance record in the transportation, transfer, treatment, storage, or disposal of solid wastes, infectious wastes, or hazardous waste, has exhibited sufficient reliability, expertise, and competency to operate the solid waste, infectious waste, or hazardous waste facility, given...

...ion 2133.21 of the Revised Code. (D) "Health care" means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or treat a person's physical or mental condition. (E) "Health care decision" means informed consent, refusal to give informed consent, or withdrawal of informed consent to health care. (F) "Health care facility" means any of the following: (1) A hospital; (2) A hospice care program or p...

...ient's death; (B) Prohibit or preclude health care personnel acting under the direction of a person authorized to prescribe a patient's treatment and who carry out the responsibility to provide comfort care to the patient in good faith and while acting within the scope of their authority from dispensing, administering, or causing to be administered any particular medical procedure, treatment, intervention, or other ...

...person or governmental entity providing health services coverage for individuals on a self-insurance basis. (3) "Group policy" means, with respect to life insurance, a policy covering more than twenty-five individuals and issued pursuant to section 3917.01 of the Revised Code, and with respect to sickness and accident insurance, a policy covering more than twenty-five individuals and issued pursuant to section 3923...

... life insurance contract, accident and health insurance contract, or deposit-type contract in this state that is subject to rules adopted by the superintendent shall annually submit the opinion of an appointed actuary as to whether the reserves and related actuarial items held in support of the policies and contracts are computed appropriately, are based on assumptions that satisfy contractual provisions, are ...