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...e manner prescribed by the director of health in rules adopted under section 3711.12 of the Revised Code. The license renewal fee specified in the rules shall be paid not later than sixty days after the director of health mails an invoice for the fee to the license holder. A penalty of ten per cent of the amount of the renewal fee shall be assessed for each month the fee is overdue.

... may conduct inspections of a maternity home as necessary to adequately monitor compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. The inspections may be scheduled or random. The board of health of the city or general health district in which a maternity home is located may conduct inspections of the home as necessary to adequately monitor compliance with any applicable health regulation adopted by the bo...

...or licensure and operation of maternity homes. The rules shall include provisions for the following: (1) Licensure application forms and procedures; (2) Renewal procedures, including procedures that address the right of the director of health, at the director's sole discretion, to conduct an inspection prior to renewal of a license; (3) Initial license fees and license renewal fees; (4) Fees for inspections c...

...regarding the operation of a maternity home. (B) Each maternity home seeking a variance or waiver shall file an application with the board of health of the city or general health district in which the maternity home is located. The application shall be made on the form and in accordance with the procedures specified in rules adopted under section 3711.12 of the Revised Code. (C) The board of health shall rev...

... the continued operation of a maternity home presents a danger of immediate and serious harm to the public; (3) Revoke a license issued under this chapter if the director determines that a violation of a provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under it has occurred in such a manner as to pose an imminent threat of serious physical or life-threatening danger. (B) If the director suspends a license under d...

...spections conducted by the director of health, and civil penalties collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created under section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. The moneys shall be used solely for purposes of administering and enforcing this chapter and the rules adopted under it.

... home shall report to the department of health the number of newborns born to residents of this state in the home during the preceding calendar quarter that were diagnosed as opioid dependent at birth. The reports shall be submitted not later than thirty days after the end of each quarter and shall not include any patient-identifying information. (C) The department shall establish standards and procedures for repor...

...9. of the Revised Code, the director of health shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules: (1) Providing for the licensing of persons or public agencies providing hospice care programs within this state by the department of health and for the suspension and revocation of licenses; (2) Establishing a license fee and license renewal fee for hospice care programs, neither of which shall, except as provided in divis...

...9. of the Revised Code, the director of health shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules: (1) Providing for the licensing of persons or public agencies providing pediatric respite care programs within this state by the department of health and for the suspension and revocation of licenses; (2) Establishing a license fee and license renewal fee for pediatric respite care programs, neither of which shall, exce...

...ether pediatric transition care program homes and services meet the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it; (3) Implement and enforce provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under it as such provisions apply to pediatric transition care programs. (D) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under...

...are and services in a hospice patient's home, the application for renewal shall include written evidence demonstrating that the applicant is in compliance with section 3712.062 of the Revised Code. The department shall renew the license if the applicant meets the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it. (C) Subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department may suspend or revoke a license if...

...ogram shall apply to the department of health for a license. Application shall be made on forms prescribed and provided by the department, shall include such information as the department requires, and shall be accompanied by the license fee established by rules adopted by the director of health under division (A) of section 3712.031 of the Revised Code. The department shall grant a license to the applicant i...

...m shall register with the department of health. Registration shall be made on forms prescribed and provided by the department and shall include such information as the department requires. The department shall register a pediatric transition care program if the program is in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (B) A registration under this section shall be valid for three years. Registration ...

...gram, facility, or agency. A hospital, home providing nursing care, or home health agency that provides services under contract with a person or public agency providing a hospice care program licensed under section 3712.04 of the Revised Code or a terminal care facility for the homeless that has entered into an agreement under section 3712.07 of the Revised Code shall not be considered as providing a hospice care pr...

...lowing: (1) A hospital; (2) A nursing home or residential care facility, as those terms are defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code; (3) A home health agency, if it provides services under contract with a person or public agency providing a pediatric respite care program licensed under section 3712.041 of the Revised Code; (4) A regional, state, or national nonprofit organization whose members are pro...

... 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...

...ric respite care program arranges for a home health agency to furnish a component or components of the pediatric respite care program to its patient, the care shall be provided by a home health agency pursuant to a written contract under which: (1) The provider of a pediatric respite care program furnishes to the contractor a copy of the pediatric respite care patient's interdisciplinary plan of care that is establ...

...e date of this section, the director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards and procedures for the submission and review of the written evidence required by division (B) of section 3712.04 of the Revised Code for renewal of a hospice care program license.

... (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...

...meets all applicable state and federal health and safety standards, including standards for fire prevention, maintenance of safe and sanitary conditions, and proper preparation and storage of foods. (C) Hospice care program services may be provided at a terminal care facility for the homeless only by the personnel of the person or public agency that has entered into an agreement with the facility under this se...

...program is to be conducted by a nursing home licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code.

...ed in rules adopted by the director of health in accordance with division (F) of this section and subject to division (C)(2) of this section, no hospice care program or pediatric respite care program shall employ a person in a position that involves providing direct care to an older adult or pediatric respite care patient if the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: (a) A viol...

...rogram's license. (B) The director of health shall adopt rules governing the provision of palliative care under division (A) of this section to patients who are not hospice patients. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C) Nothing in this chapter precludes an entity that holds a license for a hospice care program, including a program that exercises the authority describ...

...Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as meaning that palliative care may be provided only by or as a component of a hospice care program or pediatric respite care program.

...(A) Any person who violates division (A) of section 3712.05 or division (A) of section 3712.051 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Any person who violates division (D) of section 3712.062 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...If any city constituting a city health district fails to establish a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code, the director of health may appoint a health commissioner for such city, and fix the commissioner's salary and term of office. Such commissioner shall have the same powers and perform the duties granted to or imposed upon a board of health of a city health district, except that rules, regulat...

...en it is proposed that one or more city health districts unite with a general health district in the formation of a single district, the district advisory council of the general health district shall meet and vote on the question of union. It shall require a majority affirmative vote of the members of the district advisory council to carry the question. The legislative authority of each city constituting a city healt...

...esiding within each of one or more city health districts and a general health district sign a petition for union into a single general health district, an election shall be held as provided in this section to determine whether a single general health district shall be formed. The petition for union may specify regarding the board of health of the new district: (A) The qualifications for membership; (B) The te...

...(A) A board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code may enter into a contract to provide some or all public health services for a board of health of another city or general health district. (B) Each contract entered under division (A) of this section shall do all of the following: (1) State the amount of ...

...he Revised Code or at any manufactured home park that is licensed under section 4781.27 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The board of health of a city or general health district may, by rule, establish a uniform system of fees to pay the costs of any services provided by the board. The fee for issuance of a certified copy of a vital record or a certification of birth shall not be less than the fee prescribed for the same service under division (A)(1) of section 3705.24 of the Revised Code and shall include the fees required ...

...a fee as required by rule of a board of health of a city or general health district pursuant to section 3709.09 of the Revised Code for an operation permit for, or for inspection of, a household sewage treatment system or a small flow on-site sewage treatment system located on the real property, the health commissioner of the city or general health district or the commissioner's designated representative shall notif...

...(A) A board of health of a city or general health district shall transmit to the director of health all fees or additional amounts that the director requires to be collected under sections 3701.344, 3718.06, 3729.07, and 3749.04 of the Revised Code. The fees and amounts shall be transmitted according to the following schedule: (1) For fees and amounts received by the board on or after the first day of January...

...t is proposed that two or more general health districts unite in the formation of one general health district, the district advisory council of each general health district shall meet and vote on the question of union. An affirmative majority vote of the district advisory council shall be required for approval. When the district advisory councils have voted affirmatively on the question, they shall meet in join...

...ointment of the members of the board of health in a general health district, they shall organize by selecting one of the members as president and another member as president pro tempore. The board shall appoint a health commissioner upon such terms, and for such period of time, not exceeding five years, as may be prescribed by the board. The person appointed as commissioner shall be one of the following: a licensed...

...The board of health in a city health district shall elect one of its number president pro tempore, who shall preside in the absence of the chief executive and shall perform all duties incumbent upon the president. The board shall meet at least once in each calendar month for the transaction of business, and as much oftener as is necessary for the prompt and thorough transaction of its business. Special meetings of t...

...In any general health district the board of health may, upon the recommendation of the health commissioner, appoint for full or part time service a public health nurse and a clerk and such additional public health nurses, physicians, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse practitioners, and other persons as are necessary for the proper conduct of its work. Such number of public health n...

...In any city health district, the board of health or person performing the duties of a board of health shall appoint for full or part time service a health commissioner and may appoint such public health nurses, clerks, physicians, and other persons as are necessary.

...lace of residence used as such person's home or elsewhere. The board shall charge and collect reasonable fees not to exceed the cost of service for such care from patients financially able to pay, or may accept payment for such services from persons or public or private agencies on behalf of the recipient, either directly or by contract with such persons or agencies. The fees shall be retained by the board and placed...

...The board of health of a city or general health district shall determine the duties and fix the salaries of its employees. No member of the board shall be appointed as health officer or ward physician. The board of health of any health district may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group life, hospitalization, surgical, major medical, sickness and accident insurance, or a combination of any of the fore...

...(A) The board of health of a city or general health district may procure a policy or policies of insurance insuring the members of the board, the health commissioner, and the employees of the board against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property resulting from any act or omission that occurs in the individual's official capacity as a member or employee of the board or resulting solely out of ...

...necessary for an employee of a board of health of a city or general health district to travel outside the district, such employee shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses incidental to such travel. No employee of a board shall be reimbursed for such travel unless prior approval has been granted by the board.

...The board of health of a city or general health district may provide such infant welfare stations, prenatal clinics, and other measures for the protection of children as are necessary. It may also provide for the prevention and treatment of trachoma and may establish clinics or detention hospitals and provide the necessary medical and nursing service therefor.

...The secretary of the board of health of a city or general health district shall keep a complete and accurate record of the proceedings of the board together with a record of diseases reported to the health commissioner. The records shall be kept as required by the director of health. In each general health district, the health commissioner shall prepare a quarterly report detailing the board's activities during the ...

...(A) The board of health of a city health district may make such orders and regulations as are necessary for its own government, for the public health, the prevention of restriction of disease, and the prevention, abatement, or suppression of nuisances. Orders and regulations not for the government of the board, but intended for the general public, shall be adopted, advertised, recorded, and certified as are ordinanc...

...The board of health of a general health district may make such orders and regulations as are necessary for its own government, for the public health, the prevention or restriction of disease, and the prevention, abatement, or suppression of nuisances. Such board may require that no human, animal, or household wastes from sanitary installations within the district be discharged into a storm sewer, open ditch, or...

...When an order of the board of health of a city or general health district made pursuant to section 3709.20 or 3709.21 of the Revised Code is not complied with in whole or in part, the board may petition the court of common pleas for injunctive or other appropriate relief requiring all persons to whom such order of the board is directed to comply with such order. The court of the county in which such offense is allege...

...Any order or regulation for the public health or for the prevention or restriction of disease issued by a board of health of a city or general health district under section 3709.20 or 3709.21 of the Revised Code may apply to only the following persons: (A) Those who have been medically diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of the order or regulation; (B) Those who have come in direct contact with someone...

...itutions, jails, workhouses, children's homes, infirmaries, and county homes, and other charitable, benevolent, and correctional institutions. The board may also provide for the inspection of dairies, stores, restaurants, hotels, and other places where food is manufactured, handled, stored, sold, or offered for sale, and for the medical inspection of persons employed therein. The board may also provide for the inspec...

...Each board of health of a city or general health district may provide for the carrying on of such laboratory work as is necessary for the proper conduct of its work. It may establish a district laboratory or may contract with any existing laboratory within or convenient to the district for the performance of such work or may unite with another district in the establishment of a joint laboratory. All state institution...