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...(A) The director of health shall accept, for review under section 3702.52 of the Revised Code, certificate of need applications for any of the following purposes if the proposed increase in beds is attributable to a replacement or relocation of existing beds from an existing long-term care facility within the same county: (1) Approval of beds in a new long-term care facility or an increase of beds in an existing lo...

...cified in this section, the director of health shall accept, for review under section 3702.52 of the Revised Code, certificate of need applications for any of the following purposes if the proposed increase in beds is attributable solely to relocation of existing beds from an existing long-term care facility in a county with excess beds to a long-term care facility in a county in which there are fewer long-term care ...

...on (C) of this section, the director of health shall accept, for review under section 3702.52 of the Revised Code, certificate of need applications for an increase in beds in an existing long-term care facility if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The proposed increase is attributable solely to a relocation of long-term care beds from an existing long-term care facility to another existing long-term care ...

...fied. At the request of the director of health, the attorney general shall commence any necessary proceedings. The court has jurisdiction to grant and, on a showing of a violation, shall grant appropriate injunctive relief.

...Sections 3702.51 to 3702.61 of the Revised Code do not apply to any part of a long-term care facility's campus that is certified as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities, as defined in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code.

...ans professional comprehensive personal health services, which may include health education and disease prevention, treatment of uncomplicated health problems, diagnosis of chronic health problems, overall management of health care services for an individual or a family, and the services of a psychiatrist. "Primary care service" also includes providing the initial contact for health care services, making referrals fo...

...m shall be submitted to the director of health on a form that the director shall prescribe. The information required to be submitted with an application includes the following: (1) The applicant's name, permanent address or address at which the applicant is currently residing if different from the permanent address, and telephone number; (2) The applicant's primary care specialty or specialties; (3) The medical sc...

...loan repayment program, the director of health shall approve an applicant for participation in the program if the director finds that, in accordance with the priorities established under section 3702.77 of the Revised Code, the applicant is eligible for participation in the program and the applicant's primary care specialty is needed in a health resource shortage area. Upon approval, the director shall notify a...

...of the Revised Code and the director of health may enter into a contract for the physician's participation in the physician loan repayment program. The physician's employer or other funding source may also be a party to the contract. (B) The contract shall include all of the following obligations: (1) The primary care physician agrees to provide primary care services in the health resource shortage area identified ...

...m. Under the program, the department of health, by means of a contract provision under division (B)(3) of section 3702.74 of the Revised Code, may agree to repay all or part of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by a primary care physician for the following expenses, so long as the expenses were incurred while the physician was enrolled in, for up to a maximum of four yea...

...(A) The director of health shall designate, as health resource shortage areas, areas in this state that experience special health problems and physician practice patterns that limit access to medical care. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the designations shall be made by rule. The designations may apply to a geographic area, one or more facilities within a particular area, or a population group wi...

...The director of health, by rule, shall establish priorities among health resource shortage areas for use in recruiting primary care physicians to sites within particular areas under the physician loan repayment program. In establishing priorities, the director shall consider the ratio of primary care physicians to the population in the health resource shortage area, the distance to primary care physicians outside the...

...The director of health may accept gifts of money from any source for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.72 to 3702.77 of the Revised Code. The director shall pay all gifts accepted under this section into the state treasury, to the credit of the health resource shortage area fund, which is hereby created, and all damages collected under division (B)(4) of section 3702.74 of the Revised C...

...The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer sections 3702.71 to 3702.78 of the Revised Code.

...The department of health shall administer a program, to be known as the J-1 visa waiver program, for recruiting physicians who received graduate medical education or training in the United States but are not citizens of the United States to serve in areas of the state designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as health professional shortage areas under the "Public Health Service Act," 88 ...

...l be administered by the department of health in cooperation with the dentist loan repayment advisory board. The program shall provide loan repayment on behalf of individuals who agree to provide dental services in areas designated as dental health resource shortage areas by the director of health pursuant to section 3702.87 of the Revised Code. Under the program, the department of health, by means of ...

...The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer sections 3702.85 to 3702.95 of the Revised Code. In preparing rules, the director shall consult with the dentist loan repayment advisory board.

...(A) The director of health shall designate, as dental health resource shortage areas, areas in this state that experience special dental health problems and dentist practice patterns that limit access to dental care. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the designations shall be made by rule. The designations may apply to a geographic area, one or more facilities within a particular area, or a populati...

...The director of health, by rule, shall establish priorities among dental health resource shortage areas for use in recruiting dentists to sites within particular areas under the dentist loan repayment program. In establishing priorities, the director shall consider the ratio of dentists to the population in the dental health resource shortage area, the distance to dentists outside the area, dental health status indic...

...m shall be submitted to the director of health on a form the director shall prescribe. The following information shall be included or supplied: (1) The applicant's name, permanent address or address at which the applicant is currently residing if different from the permanent address, and telephone number; (2) The dental college the applicant attended or is attending, dates of attendance, and verification of at...

... funds for the program, the director of health shall approve an applicant for participation in the program on finding in accordance with the priorities established under section 3702.88 of the Revised Code that the applicant is eligible for participation and is needed in a dental health resource shortage area. On approving an application, the director shall notify and enter into discussions with the applicant....

...ental students and residents and dental health profession students at the service site specified in the contract described in division (B) of this section. (B) An individual who has signed a letter of intent may enter into a contract with the director of health for participation in the dentist loan repayment program. The dentist's employer or other funding source may also be a party to the contract. (C) The contrac...

... the chancellor; (B) The director of health or an employee of the department of health designated by the director; (C) Four representatives of the dental profession, appointed by the governor from persons nominated by the Ohio dental association. Terms of office of the members appointed under division (C) of this section shall be two years, with each term commencing on the twenty-eighth day of February and e...

...of requests received by the director of health that a particular area be designated as a dental health resource shortage area; (B) The areas that have been designated as dental health resource shortage areas and the priorities that have been assigned to them; (C) The number of applicants for participation in the dentist loan repayment program; (D) The number of dentists assigned to dental health resource shor...

...The director of health may accept gifts of money from any source for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.85 to 3702.92 of the Revised Code. The director shall pay all gifts accepted under this section into the state treasury, to the credit of the dental health resource shortage area fund, which is hereby created, and all damages collected under division (C)(4) of section 3702.91 of the Rev...