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...ce with section 5104.013 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) No child day camp shall fail to comply with section 5104.013 of the Revised Code in regards to a person it appoints or employs. (2) If the director determines that a camp has violated division (B)(1) of this section, the director shall do both of the following: (a) Consider imposing a civil penalty on the camp in an amount that shall not exceed ten per cen...

...ng as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Federally assisted," "program," and "substance use disorder" have the same meanings as in 42 C.F.R. 2.11 and as further described in 42 C.F.R. 2.12(b). (3) "Post-release control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (B) In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2, records or information created or maintained by a federally assisted ...

...or Chapter 340. or 5122. of the Revised Code or in accordance with other provisions of state or federal law authorizing such disclosure; (3) That hospitals, boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, licensed facilities, and community mental health services providers may release necessary information to insurers and other third-party payers, including government entities responsible for processin...

...ion and section 5119.371 of the Revised Code, if the provider is seeking an initial license for a particular location, the proposed opioid treatment program is not located on a parcel of real estate that is within a radius of five hundred linear feet of the boundaries of a parcel of real estate having situated on it a public or private school, child care center licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, or chi...

...(A)(1) If the director of rehabilitation and correction determines that a bill introduced in the general assembly is likely to have a significant impact on the population of, or the cost of operating, any or all state correctional institutions under the administration of the department of rehabilitation and correction, the department shall prepare a population and cost impact statement for the bill, in accordance wit...

...d under section 2930.02 of the Revised Code, and members of the victim's family. The assistance shall include, but not be limited to, providing information about the policies and procedures of the department of rehabilitation and correction and the status of offenders under the department's jurisdiction. (C) The office shall also make available publications that will assist victims in contacting staff of the d...

...tient or former patient or person whose hospitalization or commitment has been sought under this chapter, shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person except: (1) If the person identified, or the person's legal guardian, if any, or if the person is a minor, the person's parent or legal guardian, consents, and if the disclosure is in the best interests of the person, as may be determined by the...

...16, 5126.31, and 5126.33 of the Revised Code and shall have as its primary goal the elimination of all unnecessary interviews of persons who are the subject of reports made pursuant to this section. A failure to follow the procedure set forth in the memorandum by the concerned officials is not grounds for, and shall not result in, the dismissal of any charge or complaint arising from any reported case of abuse, negle...

...r (D) of section 2152.22 of the Revised Code, the department of youth services is responsible for locating homes or jobs for children released from its institutions, for supervision of children released from its institutions, and for providing or arranging for the provision to those children of appropriate services that are required to facilitate their satisfactory community adjustment. Regional administrators ...

...bject to section 101.84 of the Revised Code. Each appointee to the state council shall be appointed in consultation with the department of rehabilitation and correction and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. The members of the council shall serve without compensation, but each member shall be reimbursed for the member's actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the mem...

...fined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Whenever the buildings of a county home or a county nursing home have become unsuitable for habitation, or whenever the population of a county home or a county nursing home is too small for economical and efficient operation, or for any other reason made of record, the board of county commissioners may close the home or sell it to a third party, and provide for the c...

... with a provider agreement other than a hospital, nursing facility, or ICF/IID. (5) "Owner" means any person having at least five per cent ownership in a noninstitutional medicaid provider. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (C) of this section and in rules authorized by this section, the department of medicaid shall suspend the provider agreement held by a medicaid provider on determining either of the foll...

...ction 5309.23 or 5309.81 of the Revised Code; (B) A person who has a cause of action under section 5310.07 of the Revised Code from commencing and prosecuting an action as provided in that section, subject to the period of limitation provided in section 5310.12 of the Revised Code. If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff in such an action, recovery shall be had as provided in sections 5310.09 to 5310.11 and 5310.1...

...tions 317.14 and 5310.41 of the Revised Code; (B) The certificate of title pertaining to the portion has the effects stated in section 5310.42 of the Revised Code; (C) Any proceedings pertaining to the portion as contemplated by section 5310.44 of the Revised Code that are pending on the date of implementation shall be carried through to completion as provided in that section. Upon conclusion of such proceedings, t...

...lated by section 5310.43 of the Revised Code, a decree is entered requiring registration of a parcel of land that lies partly in two or more counties, the portion lying in each county shall be registered as provided in section 5309.25 and division (A) of section 5310.51 of the Revised Code, except that the portion lying in the nonabolishing county is subject to the following on and after its initial registration: (A...

...(A) For the purpose of succession to all duties, powers, and functions transferred, and of the conduct and completion of matters relating thereto, the department of transportation or the director of transportation shall be held to constitute the continuation of the department of highways and the director of highways. All rules, regulations, acts, determinations, and decisions pertaining to such duties, powers, and fu...

...ed under section 5502.25 of the Revised Code. The director/coordinator of emergency management may be an official or employee of any political subdivision entering into the countywide agreement, except that the director/coordinator shall not be the chief executive of any such political subdivision. A countywide emergency management agency organized under this section shall establish a program for emergency managemen...

...cy under section 5502.26 of the Revised Code, the boards of county commissioners of two or more counties, with the consent of the chief executives of a majority of the participating political subdivisions of each county involved, may enter into a written agreement establishing a regional authority for emergency management. A representative from each political subdivision entering into the agreement, selected by the ...

...suant to section 5502.64 of the Revised Code, the division of criminal justice services shall provide funds to metropolitan county criminal justice services agencies for the purpose of developing, coordinating, evaluating, and implementing comprehensive plans within their respective counties. The division of criminal justice services shall provide funds to an agency only if it complies with the conditions of division...

...uant to section 2949.094 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund shall be used only in accordance with this section to award grants to counties, municipal corporations, townships, township police districts, and joint police districts to defray the expenses that a drug task force organized in the county, or in the county in which the municipal corporation, township, or district is located,...

...ibitions of Chapter 102. of the Revised Code and sections 2921.42 and 2921.43 of the Revised Code and any other training the board considers appropriate. The board shall establish a procedure to ensure that each employee of the board is informed of the procedure for filing a complaint alleging violation of Chapter 102. of the Revised Code or section 2921.42 or 2921.43 of the Revised Code with the Ohio ethics commiss...

...ed under section 5523.05 of the Revised Code are reasonable and practicable it shall so find and order the proposed improvement to be made in accordance with such plans. The court may modify or change any plans submitted and order the proposed improvement to be made under the modified or changed plans. The state shall make such changes in the highway or extension as may be necessary and the company shall make the cha...

...d for in section 5523.07 of the Revised Code, pending which determination the director may fix tentatively the proportion of the cost which each railroad company or interurban railway company shall bear, and the companies and director shall execute an agreement based upon the plans, specifications, and estimates and such tentative distribution of cost, pending a final agreement among such railroad companies or interu...

...d for in section 5523.02 of the Revised Code is reasonably necessary and expedient, any railroad company or any interurban railway company may, upon the question of such necessity and expediency, take an appeal to the public utilities commission. A party desiring to take an appeal shall file with the director written notice of its intention to do so within thirty days after service upon it of a copy of such finding a...

...tions 5561.01 to 5561.15 of the Revised Code, is situated on a road or highway on the state highway system or an extension thereof, and is so located that in order to provide for the safety and convenience of the traveling public having occasion to use such road or highway or extension, the director of transportation deems it necessary to relocate and reconstruct the same in whole or in part outside the right-of-way ...

...Upon proof that the facts set forth in the application show that a misspelling, inconsistency, or other error of the applicant's legal name on an official identity document exists, and that reasonable and proper cause exists for issuing an order that resolves the discrepancy and conforms the applicant's legal name, the court may issue an order to conform the name of the person.

...ce under section 2717.08 of the Revised Code, would jeopardize the applicant's personal safety, both of the following apply: (A) The court shall waive the hearing notice requirement. (B) If the court orders the change of name under section 2717.09 of the Revised Code or the name conformity under section 2717.10 of the Revised Code, the court shall order the records of the proceeding to be sealed and to be opened ...

...me under section 2717.02 of the Revised Code or to conform a name under section 2717.04 of the Revised Code may be made on behalf of a minor by either of the minor's parents, a legal guardian, a legal custodian, or a guardian ad litem.

...tions 2717.03 or 2717.05 of the Revised Code and, if applicable, proof of the notice given under section 2717.08 of the Revised Code, the consent of both living, legal parents of the minor shall be filed, or notice of the hearing shall be given to the parent or parents not consenting by certified mail, return receipt requested. (B) If there is no known father of the minor, the notice shall be given to the person wh...

...me under section 2717.09 of the Revised Code if the person applying for a change of name has a duty to comply with section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code because the applicant was convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or was adjudicated a delinquent child for having committed a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense. (B) The court shall not order a change of name under section 2717.09 of t...

...on under section 2717.04 of the Revised Code shall not be permitted in lieu of either of the following: (A) Correction of a birth record under section 3705.15 of the Revised Code; (B) Changing a legal name to a name that is not used in any existing official identity documents.

...(A) On receipt of an application, the probate court may order a criminal records check. (B) Any fee required for the criminal records check shall be paid by the applicant.

...(A) No person, except as authorized by law, shall treat a human corpse in a way that the person knows would outrage reasonable family sensibilities. (B) No person, except as authorized by law, shall treat a human corpse in a way that would outrage reasonable community sensibilities. (C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of abuse of a corpse, a misdemeanor of the second degree. Whoever violates...

...ons 2927.021 to 2927.024 of the Revised Code: (1) "Age verification" means a service provided by an independent third party (other than a manufacturer, producer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer of cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or papers used to roll cigarettes) that compares information available from a commercially available database, or aggregate of databases, that regul...

...on and section 2927.022 of the Revised Code: (1) "Card holder" means any person who presents a driver's or commercial driver's license or an identification card to a seller, or an agent or employee of a seller, to purchase or receive cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products from the seller, agent, or employee. (2) "Identification card" means an identification card issued under sec...

...ation of section 2927.02 of the Revised Code in which the age of the purchaser or other recipient of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products is an element of the alleged violation, if the seller, agent, or employee raises and proves as an affirmative defense that all of the following occurred: (1) A card holder attempting to purchase or receive cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alt...

...er under section 5743.15 of the Revised Code; (ii) Licensed as a retail dealer as long as the person purchases cigarettes with the appropriate tax stamp affixed; (iii) An export warehouse proprietor as defined in section 5702 of the Internal Revenue Code; (iv) An operator of a customs bonded warehouse under 19 U.S.C. 1311 or 19 U.S.C. 1555; (v) An officer, employee, or agent of the federal government or o...

...(A) No person who is eighteen years of age or older but younger than twenty-one years of age shall knowingly furnish false information concerning that person's name, age, or other identification for the purpose of obtaining tobacco products. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of furnishing false information to obtain tobacco products. Except as otherwise provided in this division, furnishi...

...fined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, national origin, military status as defined in that section, disability as defined in that section, or ancestry and because that person is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing, occupying, contracting, or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental, financing, or occupation of any housing accommodations, or applying for or participating in any service, ...

...tions 2929.13 to 2929.18 of the Revised Code. If the value of the property or the amount of physical harm involved in a violation of division (A)(4) of this section is five thousand dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars, a violation of that division is a felony of the fourth degree. If the value of the property or the amount of physical harm involved in a violation of division (A)(4) of this sec...

...r (5) of section 2917.21 of the Revised Code by reason of the race, color, religion, or national origin of another person or group of persons. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of ethnic intimidation. Ethnic intimidation is an offense of the next higher degree than the offense the commission of which is a necessary element of ethnic intimidation.

...(A) No person, with knowledge that the person is a carrier of a virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome, shall sell or donate the person's blood, plasma, or a product of the person's blood, if the person knows or should know the blood, plasma, or product of the person's blood is being accepted for the purpose of transfusion to another individual. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of selling o...

...(2) of section 4511.191 of the Revised Code to determine the alcohol, drug, controlled substance, metabolite of a controlled substance, or combination content of the bodily substance; (b) The collection of any bodily substance of a person by a peace officer, or by another person pursuant to the direction or advice of a peace officer, for purposes of a test or tests of the substance as provided in division (A) ...

...ng as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code.

...16, 2903.21, or 2903.211 of the Revised Code; (b) A violation of section 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.03, 2905.05, 2905.11, 2905.32, or 2905.33 of the Revised Code; (c) A violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.19, 2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.321, 2907.322, or 2907.323 of the Revised Code; (d) A violation of section 2909.02, 2909.03, 2909.22, 2909.23, 2909.24, 2909.26, 2909.27, 29...

...ng as in section 109.573 of the Revised Code. (4) "Subject individual" means an individual who was arrested and had the individual's photograph taken by a law enforcement agency during the processing of the arrest. (B) No person engaged in publishing or otherwise disseminating criminal record information through a print or electronic medium shall negligently solicit or accept from a subject individual the payment o...

...ng as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Drug" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Hazardous chemical, biological, or radioactive substance" means any of the following: (a) Any toxic or poisonous chemical, the precursor of any toxic or poisonous chemical, or any toxin; (b) Any disease organism or biological agent; (c) Any substance or item that releases or is designed t...

...tions 3905.83 to 3905.95 of the Revised Code; (b) Licensed as a surety bail bond agent by the state where the bond was written; (c) Licensed as a private investigator under chapter 4749. of the Revised Code; (d) Licensed as a private investigator by the state where the bond was written; (e) An off-duty peace officer, as defined in section 2921.51 of the Revised Code. (2) The person, prior to apprehending, detai...

...ns 3903.72 to 3903.7211 of the Revised Code and including all funds, contingent reserves, and surplus, except for such surplus as has been appropriated or paid under such plan.

...nd under section 3913.01 of the Revised Code, acquire any shares of its own stock by gift, bequest, or purchase. Until all of such shares are acquired, any shares so acquired, or acquired pursuant to section 3913.03 of the Revised Code, shall be acquired in trust for the corporation as provided in section 3913.04 of the Revised Code, and shall be assigned and transferred on the books of the corporation to not less th...

...w. (D)(1) Upon the application of any hospital that employs and maintains its own proprietary police department or security department and that satisfies division (D)(1)(a) or (b) of this section and subject to section 4973.171 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state may appoint and commission any persons that the hospital designates, or as many of those persons as the secretary of state considers proper, to ac...

... more homes for the aged or one or more hospital facilities exempt under section 140.08 of the Revised Code; and sales to organizations described in division (D) of section 5709.12 of the Revised Code. "Charitable purposes" means the relief of poverty; the improvement of health through the alleviation of illness, disease, or injury; the operation of an organization exclusively for the provision of professional, la...

...ian-intermediate, or paramedic. (C) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Hospital employee" means any of the following persons: (1) A physician or advanced practice registered nurse who has been granted privileges to practice at the hospital; (2) A nurse, physician assistant, or nursing assistant employed by the hospital; (3) An authorized person employed by t...

...h under section 3701.508 of the Revised Code, each hospital and freestanding birthing center that has conducted a hearing screening required by section 3701.505 of the Revised Code shall provide to the department of health for use by the children and youth with special health care needs medical advisory council's infant hearing screening subcommittee information specifying all of the following: (1) The number of n...

...n 3701.503 of the Revised Code. (3) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3722.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (B) The director of health shall establish and, if funds for this purpose are available, implement a statewide birth defects information system...

...d under section 5119.334 of the Revised Code or is not otherwise aware that the hospital, or any owner, sponsor, medical director, administrator, or principal of the hospital, has been the subject of an adverse action, as defined in that section, taken during the three-year period immediately preceding the date of application. (B) The department shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing ...

...on 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3722.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Parkinson's disease" means a chronic and progressive neurological disorder resulting from a deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine as the consequence of specific degenerative changes in the area of the brain called the basal ganglia. It is characterized by tremor at rest, slow movements, musc...

...ction 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance by the applicant with divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of nationwide children's hospital license plates and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In ad...

...nsed under Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code, or an office of a physician, podiatrist, or dentist. (2) "Health care facility" means any of the following: (a) An ambulatory surgical facility; (b) A freestanding dialysis center; (c) A freestanding inpatient rehabilitation facility; (d) A freestanding birthing center; (e) A freestanding radiation therapy center; (f) A freestanding or mobile diagnostic imag...

... an annual franchise permit fee on each hospital in an amount equal to the franchise permit fee rate multiplied by the product of the following: (1) The number of beds registered pursuant to section 3701.07 of the Revised Code as skilled nursing facility beds or long-term care beds, plus any other beds licensed as nursing home beds under section 3721.02 or 3721.09 of the Revised Code, on the first day of May o...

...ribed in section 3722.03 of the Revised Code; (2) Procedures for transferring licenses as described in section 3722.04 of the Revised Code; (3) Procedures for inspections following complaints; (4) Subject to division (C)(1) of this section, fees for initial applications, license renewals, and license transfers, as well as inspections conducted under section 3722.05 of the Revised Code; (5) Subject to divi...

...vention of gambling addiction. (11) "Hospital" means a hospital or inpatient unit licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.33 of the Revised Code, and any institution, hospital, or other place established, controlled, or supervised by the department under this chapter. (12) "Included opioid and co-occurring drug addiction services and recovery supports" means the add...

...sed Code to practice dentistry. (3) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Cancer" includes those diseases specified by rule of the director of health under division (B)(2) of this section. (5) "Certified nurse-midwife," "clinical nurse specialist," and "certified nurse practitioner" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The director ...

...d under section 3715.873 of the Revised Code. Participation in the program by pharmacies, hospitals, and nonprofit clinics is voluntary. Nothing in this or any other section of the Revised Code requires a pharmacy, hospital, or nonprofit clinic to participate in the program. (C) A pharmacy, hospital, or nonprofit clinic participating in the program shall distribute the drugs it accepts under the program to individ...

... or limited practitioner who, outside a hospital, sanitarium, or other medical facility, attends or treats a person who has sustained a burn injury that is inflicted by an explosion or other incendiary device or that shows evidence of having been inflicted in a violent, malicious, or criminal manner shall fail to report the burn injury immediately to the local arson, or fire and explosion investigation, bureau, if th...

...er" does not include the state, a state hospital, or a state university or college. (2) "State university or college" has the same meaning as in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code and also includes the Ohio agricultural research and development center and OSU extension. (3) "State hospital" means the Ohio state university hospital and its ancillary facilities and the medical university of Ohio at Toledo hospital...

...ty" means any of the following: (1) A hospital; (2) A hospice care program, pediatric respite care program, or other institution that specializes in comfort care of patients in a terminal condition or in a permanently unconscious state; (3) A nursing home; (4) A home health agency; (5) An intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities; (6) A regulated community mental health org...

... date. (2) "Holder" does not mean any hospital granted tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or any hospital owned or operated by the state or by any political subdivision. Any entity in order to be exempt from the definition of "holder" pursuant to this division shall make a reasonable, good-faith effort to contact the owner of the unclaimed funds. (E) "Person" includes a natural...

...ection 5123.19 of the Revised Code, or hospital long-term care unit as defined in section 5168.40 of the Revised Code. For purposes of division (A)(7) of this section, a decedent's last continuous stay includes up to thirty consecutive days during which the decedent was temporarily absent from the nursing home, residential facility, or hospital long-term care unit. (8) Personal property taxes, claims made unde...

...ty" means any of the following: (1) A hospital; (2) A hospice care program, pediatric respite care program, or other institution that specializes in comfort care of patients in a terminal condition or in a permanently unconscious state; (3) A nursing home or residential care facility, as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code; (4) A home health agency and any residential facility where a person is rec...

... means the department of health. (5) "Hospital" means any building, structure, institution, or place devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, and medical or surgical care for three or more unrelated individuals having illness, disease, injury, or deformity, and regularly making available at least clinical laboratory services, diagnostic x-ray services, treatment...

...nt under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code and national voluntary health organizations involved in stroke quality improvement. (2) The director of health may specify that, of the information, statistics, or other data that is collected, only samples are to be transmitted for inclusion in the stroke registry database. (3) The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (D)(1)...

...ea smaller than the state. (4) "Public hospital" means a hospital registered with the department of health under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code that is owned, leased, or controlled by this state or any agency, institution, instrumentality, or political subdivision of this state. "Public hospital" includes any state university hospital, state medical college hospital, joint hospital, or public hospital age...

...and accident insurance policy providing hospital, surgical, or medical expense coverage, or a health insuring corporation contract or other policy or agreement under which a third-party payer agrees to reimburse for covered health care or dental services rendered to beneficiaries, up to the limits and exclusions contained in the benefits contract. (C) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3727.01 of the Rev...

...faculty practice plan associated with a hospital with a medical residency training program in which physician members may provide a variety of specialty services and provide professional services both within and outside the group, as well as perform other tasks such as research, the criteria in division (E)(1) of this section apply only with respect to services rendered within the faculty practice plan. (F) "Home ...