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...reatment to patients who do not require hospitalization, including a dialysis center, ambulatory surgical facility, cardiac catheterization facility, diagnostic imaging center, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy center, home health agency, inpatient hospice, birthing center, radiation therapy center, emergency facility, and an urgent care center. "Ambulatory care facility" does not include the private office of a ...

...on 339.06 of the Revised Code, a county hospital may observe Martin Luther King day, Washington-Lincoln day, Columbus day, and Veterans' day on days other than those specified in section 1.14 of the Revised Code. (E) In the case of the death of a county employee, the unused vacation leave and unpaid overtime to the credit of the employee shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or to th...

...Code: (A) "Ancillary service" means a hospital item or service that a hospital customarily provides as part of a shoppable service. (B) "Chargemaster" means the list maintained by a hospital of each hospital item or service for which the hospital has established a charge. (C) "De-identified maximum negotiated charge" means the highest charge that a hospital has negotiated with all third-party payors for a hospi...

...ion 3702.30 of the Revised Code. (2) "Hospital" means a hospital registered with the department of health under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code. (B) A physician who performs or attempts an abortion in an ambulatory surgical facility or other location that is not a hospital and in which a child is born alive shall immediately take the following steps upon the child's birth: (1) Provide post-birth care to the...

...d Code do not prevent a board of county hospital trustees from employing counsel with the approval of the county commissioners to bring legal action for the collection of delinquent accounts of the hospital, but when counsel is employed, the counsel shall be paid from the hospital's funds. Sections 309.08 and 309.09 of the Revised Code do not prevent a board of library trustees from employing counsel to represent it,...

...tion 3705.091 of the Revised Code, or a hospital staff person pursuant to section 3727.17 of the Revised Code, may file an acknowledgment of paternity with the office of child support in the department of job and family services, acknowledging that the child is the child of the man who signed the acknowledgment. The natural mother, the man acknowledging he is the natural father, and the other custodian or guardian of...

...elors; (10) Any person employed in a hospital as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code or in a nursing home as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code while providing as a hospital employee or nursing home employee, respectively, social services other than counseling and the use of psychosocial interventions and social psychotherapy; (11) A vocational rehabilitation professional who is providing...

...th under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code. This section does not prohibit a hospital from representing itself as having a relationship or affiliation with a hospital recognized by the department of health under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code or a hospital in another state that is certified as a comprehensive stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, primary stroke center, or acute stroke ready hos...

...efined in section 140.01 of the Revised Code, that meets all of the following criteria: (a) Is in compliance with Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code; (b) Is located in a county that has a population of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand. (2) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric m...

...ions 5122.11 to 5122.15 of the Revised Code, from one public hospital to another, or to a hospital, community mental health services provider, or other facility offering treatment or other services for mental illness, if the medical director of the department of mental health and addiction services determines that it would be consistent with the medical needs of the patient to do so. If such a transfer is made...

...of the Revised Code. (B) The board of hospital commissioners may enter into a contract for a secured line of credit with a bank if the contract meets all of the following requirements: (1) The term of the contract does not exceed one hundred eighty days; (2) The board's secured line of credit does not exceed five hundred thousand dollars; (3) The contract provides that any amount extended must be repaid in fu...

...and (3) of this section, if a provider, hospital, or other health care facility provides a service that is a component of the screening mammography benefit in division (B)(1) of this section and submits a separate claim for that component, a separate payment shall be made to the provider, hospital, or other health care facility in an amount that corresponds to the ratio paid by medicare in this state for that compone...

... department or security department of a hospital described in section 4973.17 of the Revised Code, and that is identified as an emergency vehicle. (3) "Firefighter" means any regular, paid, member of a lawfully constituted fire department of a municipal corporation or township. (4) "Law enforcement officer" means any of the following: (a) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal ...

...rsuant to section 513.07 of the Revised Code if it is contiguous to another municipal corporation contemplated to be included in the district, or contiguous to, or partly but not wholly within, a township contemplated to be included in the district, or may become a part of an established joint township hospital district pursuant to sections 513.11 and 513.18 of the Revised Code if it is contiguous to the district, or...

...ed under section 5168.21 of the Revised Code; (b) The nursing home and hospital long-term care unit franchise permit fee under section 5168.41 of the Revised Code; (c) The ICF/IID franchise permit fee under section 5168.61 of the Revised Code; (d) The health insuring corporation franchise fee under section 5168.76 of the Revised Code. (2) If there is a rate increase for any of the fee rates listed under divis...

...nt under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code if the hospital meets the following requirements: (1) Has not more than twenty-five acute care and swing beds in use at any time for the furnishing of extended care or acute care inpatient services; (2) Has a length of stay not more than ninety-six hours per patient, on an annual average basis; (3) Provides inpatient, outpatient, emergency, laboratory, radiology, and t...

...pter 4778. of the Revised Code; (4) A hospital licensed under Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code that operates a maternity unit or newborn care nursery; (5) A maternity home licensed under Chapter 3711. of the Revised Code; (6) A freestanding birthing center licensed under section 3702.30 of the Revised Code.

...ed under section 4765.05 of the Revised Code if any of the following occurs: (A) The hospital ceases to be an adult or pediatric trauma center verified by the American college of surgeons. (B) The hospital changes its level of verification as an adult or pediatric trauma center verified by the American college of surgeons. (C) The hospital commences to operate as an adult or pediatric trauma center under provision...

...ursuant to Chapter 1739. of the Revised Code, unless the hospital fails to participate in cost management programs provided by the mutual insurance company to its insureds, or the hospital is not operated in a cost effective manner, or the hospital offers services to insureds of the mutual insurance company which, in the exercise of its business judgment, the mutual insurance company believes are priced more expe...

...epartment shall promptly refund to each hospital the amount of money currently in the hospital care assurance program fund created by section 5168.11 of the Revised Code that has been paid by the hospital under section 5168.06 or 5168.07 of the Revised Code, plus any investment earnings on that amount.

...ther than a certificate to recategorize hospital beds as described in section 3702.521 of the Revised Code or division (R)(7)(d) of the version of section 3702.51 of the Revised Code in effect immediately prior to April 20, 1995, has been granted to the person under sections 3702.51 to 3702.62 of the Revised Code after August 5, 1989; (ii) A county home or district home that is or has been licensed as a residentia...

...nto under Chapter 1739. of the Revised Code with a hospital based upon such hospital's charges in relation to the charges of other hospitals operating in the same geographical area, where such hospital is the only osteopathic hospital operating in a county in this state. For purposes of this section, "osteopathic hospital" means one in which more than seventy-five per cent of the physicians are licensed osteopa...

...ed under section 3722.06 of the Revised Code. (B) To be eligible for a license, an applicant must satisfy all of the following: (1) Have submitted a complete application, which includes identifying the main hospital location and any location operated by the hospital pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 413.65 and paying the fee specified in rules adopted under section 3722.06 of the Revised Code; (2) Be certified under Tit...

...l impose an administrative penalty on a hospital if the hospital does both of the following: (a) Violates division (A) of section 3727.36 of the Revised Code; (b) Violates division (D) of section 3727.37 of the Revised Code. (2) Each day a violation continues is considered a separate violation. (B) In imposing an administrative penalty under this section, the director of health shall act in accordance with Ch...

...and (3) of this section, if a provider, hospital, or other health care facility provides a service that is a component of the screening mammography benefit in division (B)(1) of this section or a component of the supplemental breast cancer screening benefit in division (B)(2) of this section and submits a separate claim for that component, a separate payment shall be made to the provider, hospital, or other health ca...