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...h reasonable assistance, or have a detrimental effect on the health, safety, and best interest of the child, the child should be placed in the legal custody of a suitable member of the child's extended family; (3) If a child described in division (H)(2) of this section has no suitable member of the child's extended family to accept legal custody, the child should be placed in the legal custody of a suitable nonrel...

...No hospital, home health agency, ambulatory surgical facility, or provider of a hospice care program, pediatric respite care program, or pediatric transition care program shall be held liable for a physician's failure to obtain an informed consent from the physician's patient prior to a surgical or medical procedure or course of procedures, unless the physician is an employee of the hospital, home health agency, ambu...

... trained, shall be objective and nonjudgmental, and shall include only accurate scientific information about the zygote, blastocyte, embryo, or fetus at the various gestational increments. If the materials use a pictorial, photographic, or other depiction to provide information regarding the zygote, blastocyte, embryo, or fetus, the materials shall include, in a conspicuous manner, a scale or other explanation that i...

...ovides human reproductive material to a health care professional to be used for assisted reproduction, regardless of whether the human reproductive material is provided for consideration. The term does not include any of the following: (a) A husband or a wife who provides human reproductive material to be used for assisted reproduction by the wife; (b) A woman who gives birth to a child by means of assisted rep...

...ograms for sexual offenders; (g) Any mental illness or mental disability of the offender or delinquent child; (h) The nature of the offender's or delinquent child's sexual conduct, sexual contact, or interaction in a sexual context with the victim of the sexually oriented offense and whether the sexual conduct, sexual contact, or interaction in a sexual context was part of a demonstrated pattern of abuse; (i...

...(A)(1) A petition for dissolution of marriage shall be signed by both spouses and shall have attached and incorporated a separation agreement agreed to by both spouses. The separation agreement shall provide for a division of all property; spousal support; if there are minor children of the marriage, the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the minor children, the designation of a ...

...hapter 5113. of the Revised Code, supplemental security income, or means-tested veterans' benefits; (2) The parent is approved for social security disability insurance benefits because of a mental or physical disability, or the court or agency determines that the parent is unable to work based on medical documentation that includes the diagnosis of a physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, o...

...For the public purpose of improving the health, safety, and general welfare of the community, the board of county hospital trustees may donate to a nonprofit entity any of the following: (1) Moneys and other financial assets determined not to be necessary to meet current demands on the hospital; (2) Surplus hospital property, including supplies, equipment, office facilities, and other property that is not real esta...

...The children and youth with special health care needs medical advisory council shall appoint a hemophilia advisory subcommittee to advise the director of health and council on all matters pertaining to the care and treatment of persons with hemophilia. The duties of the subcommittee include, but are not limited to, the monitoring of care and treatment of children and adults who suffer from hemophilia or from other si...

...The director of health shall enter into a contract with each primary care practice selected by the director for inclusion in the patient centered medical home education pilot project. The contract shall specify the terms and conditions for inclusion in the pilot project, including a requirement that the practice provide comprehensive, coordinated primary care services to patients and serve as the patients' medi...

... has a cause of action in the environmental division of the municipal court to foreclose any existing liens upon a blighted parcel located in the municipal corporation provided that no other foreclosure action affecting the blighted parcel is being actively prosecuted in any court of record. It is an affirmative defense to an action under this division that the owner of the blighted p...

...(A) A plan of health coverage determines its order of benefits using the first of the following that applies: (1) A plan that does not coordinate with other plans is always the primary plan. (2) The benefits of the plan that covers a person as an employee, member, insured, or subscriber, other than a dependent, is the primary plan. The plan that covers the person as a dependent is the secondary plan. (3) When more...

...n's medical records; (B) The attending health care professional's recommendation; (C) Consulting reports from appropriate health care professionals and other documents submitted by the health plan issuer, covered person, or covered person's treating provider; (D) The terms of coverage under the covered person's health benefit plan to ensure that the independent review organization's decision is not contrary to...

...inations where the determination by the health plan issuer was based on a contractual issue and did not involve a medical judgment or a determination based on any medical information, except for emergency services, as specified in division (C) of section 3922.05 of the Revised Code. (B) A health plan issuer shall submit a request for external review pursuant to division (B) or (C) of section 3922.05 of the Revised ...

...ed in a medical setting or through home health care visits. The coverage shall apply to a home health care visit only if the health care professional who conducts the visit is knowledgeable and experienced in maternity and newborn care. When a decision is made in accordance with division (B) of this section to discharge a mother or newborn prior to the expiration of the applicable number of hours of inpatient care r...

...ed in a medical setting or through home health care visits. The coverage shall apply to a home health care visit only if the health care professional who conducts the visit is knowledgeable and experienced in maternity and newborn care. When a decision is made in accordance with division (B) of this section to discharge a mother or newborn prior to the expiration of the applicable number of hours of inpatient care r...

...pecialty health care services, or supplemental health care services to enrollees. (G) "Dental care provider" means a dentist licensed under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code. "Dental care provider" does not include a dental hygienist licensed under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code. (H) "Edit" means adjusting one or more procedure codes billed by a participating provider on a claim for payment or a practice that...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Embalming" means the process of chemically treating the dead human body by any of the following to reduce the presence and growth of microorganisms, to temporarily slow organic decomposition, and to restore acceptable physical appearance: (1) Arterial injection; (2) Cavity treatment; (3) Hypodermic tissue injection. (B) "Funeral business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, co...

...(A) As used in this section, "practice deficiency" means any activity that does not meet acceptable and prevailing standards of safe and effective nursing care or dialysis care. (B) The board of nursing may abstain from taking disciplinary action under section 4723.28 of the Revised Code against the holder of a license or certificate issued under this chapter who has a practice deficiency that has been identified by...

...ty, or welfare or that of others. (2) "Mental illness" means a recognized psychiatric or psychological condition, disorder, or syndrome that has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist, psychologist, licensed professional clinical counselor, or independent social worker as a condition, disorder, or syndrome that may pose a danger to the person diagnosed or others or may prevent the person from practicing the person's...

..., or a nursing home operated by a governmental agency. (F) "Nursing home administration" means planning, organizing, directing, and managing the operation of a nursing home. (G) "Nursing home administrator" means any individual who engages in the practice of nursing home administration, whether or not the individual shares the functions and duties of nursing home administration with one or more other individual...

...of the Revised Code; (19) A certified mental health assistant licensed under Chapter 4772. of the Revised Code.

...d stability, health and well-being, and mental, emotional, and physical development. An assessment is only applicable to a placement by a public child placing agency. (C) "Child" means an individual who has not attained the age of eighteen (18). (D) "Certification" means to attest, declare, or swear to before a judge or notary public. (E) "Default" means the failure of a member state to perform the obligatio...

...include any institution caring for the mentally ill, mentally defective, or epileptic, or any institution primarily educational in character, and any hospital or other medical facility. Article III. Conditions for Placement. (A) No sending agency shall send, bring, or cause to be sent or brought into any other party state any child for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption unless ...

...) Receive from the department of mental health and addiction services any patient in the custody of the department who is transferred to the department of developmental disabilities upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the two departments. (C) In addition to the powers and duties expressly conferred by this section, the department may take any other action necessary for the full and efficient exec...