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...ed under section 3727.38 of the Revised Code. The director of health shall administer the fund. The amounts deposited shall be used for purposes of administering and enforcing sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code, except that the director may use a portion for purposes of informing the public about the availability of hospital price information and other consumer rights under those sections.

...suant to section 3727.51 of the Revised Code shall do both of the following: (1) Review how the nursing services staffing plan in effect at the time of the review does all of the following: (a) Affects inpatient care outcomes; (b) Affects clinical management; (c) Facilitates a delivery system that provides, on a cost-effective basis, quality nursing care consistent with acceptable and prevailing standards of safe...

...nce with section 3727.76 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) A discharge plan may include the following information: (a) A description of the tasks that are necessary to facilitate the patient's transition from the hospital to the patient's residence; (b) Contact information for the health care providers or providers of community or long-term care services that the hospital and the patient or guardian believe are neces...

...t is used in a research laboratory or a hospital or other medical facility under the direct supervision of a technically qualified individual; (5) Any substance to the extent it is used in routine agricultural operations or is a fertilizer held for sale by a retailer to the ultimate customer. (H) "Hazardous substance" means a substance identified or listed by the rules adopted under division (B)(1)(c) or (C)(5) of ...

...s 102., 2744., and 2921. of the Revised Code, serving as a member of a committee does not constitute holding a public office or position of employment under the laws of this state and does not constitute grounds for removal of public officers or employees from their offices or positions of employment. (C) The commission, as it considers appropriate, may modify its designation of emergency planning districts, the com...

...dences, institutions such as schools or hospitals, industrial, commercial, and office buildings, parks, or recreational areas inhabited or occupied by the public at any time where the public could be exposed to toxic concentrations, radiant heat, or overpressure as a result of an accidental release. (I) "Regulated substance" means a toxic or flammable substance listed in rules adopted under section 3753.02 of the Re...

... (C) This section does not apply to a hospital or other health care facility that is owned or operated by, or affiliated with, a state institution of higher education.

... at a congregate care setting that is a hospital or health care facility under the circumstances described in division (E)(3) of section 3792.05 of the Revised Code; (e) That an individual described in division (H) of section 3792.05 of the Revised Code may petition a court of common pleas for injunctive relief restraining any violation or threatened violation of that section. (2) The department shall periodicall...

...ity" means any of the following: (1) A hospital; (2) A hospice care program or pediatric respite care program as defined in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code; (3) A nursing home; (4) A home health agency; (5) An intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities. (G) "Health care personnel" means physicians, nurses, physician assistants, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergenc...

...rance policy, which policy provides for hospital, dental, surgical, or medical services; (2) Any individual or group contract of a health insuring corporation, which contract provides for hospital, dental, surgical, or medical services; (3) Any other individual or group policy or agreement under which a third-party payer provides for hospital, dental, surgical, or medical services. (C) "Provider" means a hospital...

...ersons, including home-health agencies, hospitals, medical clinics, public health agencies, rehabilitation agencies, and skilled nursing facilities. (P) "Medical professional" means any person licensed or certified to provide health care services to natural persons, including a chiropractor, clinical dietitian, clinical psychologist, dentist, nurse, occupational therapist, optometrist, pharmacist, physical therapis...

...pecific diseases or accidents only; any hospital indemnity, medicare supplement, long-term care, disability income, one-time-limited-duration policy that is less than twelve months, or other policy that offers only supplemental benefits; or coverage provided to individuals who are not residents of this state. (4) "Individual business" includes both individual sickness and accident insurance and sickness and accident...

...s provided by this policy on account of hospital, nursing, medical, or surgical services may, at the insurer's option and unless the insured requests otherwise in writing not later than the time of filing proofs of such loss, be paid directly to the hospital or person rendering such services; but it is not required that the services be rendered by a particular hospital or person. The insurer shall insert in the bla...

...tal, disability income, long-term care, hospital indemnity, supplemental coverage as described in section 3923.37 of the Revised Code, specified disease, or vision care; a dental benefit that is offered as a part of a policy of sickness and accident insurance or a public employee benefit plan; coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance; insurance arising out of workers' compensation or similar law; automo...

...nce with section 3923.02 of the Revised Code, or the premium rates if by reasonable assumptions such rates are excessive in relation to the benefits provided. In determining whether such rates by reasonable assumptions are excessive in relation to the benefits provided the superintendent shall give due consideration to past and prospective claim experience, within and outside this state, and to fluctuations in such c...

...he policy or contract may provide basic hospital and surgical coverage, basic medical coverage, major medical coverage, and any combination of these; provided that it shall not be required as a condition for obtaining major medical coverage that any basic coverage be taken. (D) The association shall file with the superintendent of insurance any policy, contract, certificate, or other evidence of coverage, applicatio...

...dit, disability income, long-term care, hospital indemnity, medicare supplement, or specified disease; coverage under a one-time-limited-duration policy that is less than twelve months; coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance; insurance arising out of a workers' compensation or similar law; automobile medical-payment insurance; or insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fau...

...dit, disability income, long-term care, hospital indemnity, medicare supplement, or specified disease; coverage under a one-time-limited-duration policy that is less than twelve months; coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance; insurance arising out of a workers' compensation or similar law; automobile medical-payment insurance; or insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fau...

...suant to section 5121.33 of the Revised Code or the benefits payable for the services under the applicable insurance policy. Insurance benefits for the coverage shall be paid so long as patients and their liable relatives retain their statutory liability pursuant to section 5121.33 of the Revised Code. Only that portion or per cent of the benefits shall be payable that has been assigned, or ordered to be paid, to the...

...o reimbursements under medicare for the hospital, medical, or surgical expenses of persons eligible for medicare. (H) "Policy form" means the form on which the policy is delivered or issued for delivery by the issuer.

...e under section 3923.123 of the Revised Code, may elect either coverage, but not both. A person who elects continuation of coverage may elect any coverage available under section 3923.123 of the Revised Code upon the termination of the continuation of coverage. (3) "Group rate" means, in the case of an employer self-insurance or other health benefits plan, the average monthly cost per employee, over a period o...

... diseases or accidents only, or to any hospital indemnity, medicare supplement, or other policy that offers only supplemental benefits.

...c diseases or accidents only, or to any hospital indemnity, medicare supplement, long-term care, disability income, one-time-limited-duration policy that is less than twelve months, or other policy that offers only supplemental benefits.

...c diseases or accidents only, or to any hospital indemnity, medicare supplement, disability income, or other policy that offers only supplemental benefits. (E) An insurer that offers any sickness and accident insurance or any public employee benefit plan that offers coverage for basic health care services is not required to comply with division (B) of this section if all of the following apply: (1) The insurer or p...

...gs as in section 3901.38 of the Revised Code. (2) "Overcharged" means charged more than the usual and customary charge, rate, or fee that is charged by the provider or hospital for a particular item or service. (3) "Provider" has the same meaning as in section 3902.11 of the Revised Code. (B) If a beneficiary identifies on the billing statement of a provider or hospital any item or service for which the beneficiar...