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...(A) Prior to a discount medical plan organization allowing a marketer to market, promote, sell, or distribute a discount medical plan, the organization shall enter into a written agreement with the marketer. This agreement shall prohibit the marketer from using or issuing any advertising, marketing materials, brochures, or discount medical cards without the organization's written approval. (B) A discount medical pla...

...(A) A discount medical plan organization or marketer shall disclose all of the following information in writing in not less than twelve-point type on the first content page of any advertisements, marketing materials, or brochures made available to the public relating to a discount medical plan and with any enrollment forms: (1) A statement that the discount medical plan is not insurance; (2) A statement that...

...A discount medical plan organization shall not do any of the following: (A) Except when otherwise permitted in sections 3961.01 to 3961.09 of the Revised Code, as a disclaimer of any relationship between discount medical plan benefits and insurance, or in a description of an insurance product connected with a discount medical plan, use the term "insurance" in the organization's advertisements, marketing material, br...

...(A) A discount medical plan organization shall permit members to cancel membership in a discount medical plan at any time. (B) If a member gives notice of cancellation within thirty days after the date the member receives the written document described in division (C) of section 3961.04 of the Revised Code for the discount medical plan, the discount medical plan organization, within thirty days of the member giving ...

... the business and affairs of a discount medical plan organization as the superintendent deems appropriate to protect the interests of the residents of this state. (B) When examining or investigating a discount medical plan organization pursuant to division (A) of this section, the superintendent may do both of the following: (1) Order a discount medical plan organization to produce any records, files, advertising a...

...ns are submitted concerning the hearing officer's report and recommendations, issue a final order either confirming or revoking the cease-and-desist order described in division (C)(1) of this section. The final order may be appealed as described in section 119.12 of the Revised Code. (4) The remedy described in division (C) of this section is cumulative and concurrent with other remedies available under this sectio...

...The superintendent of insurance may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for purposes of implementing sections 3961.01 to 3961.08 of the Revised Code.

...r Ohio law to prescribe the use of home medical equipment by a patient. (B) "Home medical equipment" means equipment that can stand repeated use, is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose, is not useful to a person in the absence of illness or injury, is appropriate for use in the home, and is one or more of the following: (1) Life-sustaining equipment prescribed by an authorized health care prof...

...s section, no person shall provide home medical equipment services or claim to the public to be a home medical equipment services provider unless either of the following is the case: (1) The person holds a valid license issued under this chapter; (2) The person holds a valid certificate of registration issued under this chapter. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of the following: (1) A h...

... (B) A person intending to provide home medical equipment services from more than one facility shall apply for a separate license or certificate of registration for each facility.

...erson seeking a license to provide home medical equipment services shall apply to the state board of pharmacy on a form the board shall prescribe and provide. The application must be accompanied by the license application fee established in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code, except that the board may waive all or part of the fee if the board determines that an applicant's license will be issued ...

...y shall issue a license to provide home medical equipment services to each applicant under section 4752.04 of the Revised Code that meets either of the following requirements: (1) Meets the standards established by the board in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code; (2) Is a pharmacy licensed under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code that receives total payments of ten thousand dollars or more per...

...Except for a provisional license issued under section 4752.05 of the Revised Code, a license issued under this chapter shall be renewed by the state board of pharmacy if the license holder is in compliance with the applicable requirements of this chapter. An application for license renewal shall be accompanied by the renewal fee established in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code and, except as pr...

... (1) Maintain a physical facility and a medical equipment inventory; (2) Establish equipment management and personnel policies; (3) Provide life-sustaining home medical equipment, as described in division (B)(1) of section 4752.01 of the Revised Code, and related home medical equipment services twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week; (4) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, require persons i...

...d for inspection and copying by a board officer, agent, or inspector. Information received by the board pursuant to an investigation is subject to section 4729.23 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the board to enforce minor violations of this chapter if the board determines that the public interest is adequately served by the notice or warning to the alleged offender.

...rectly related to the provision of home medical equipment services; (3) Making a material misstatement in furnishing information to the board; (4) Professional incompetence; (5) Being guilty of negligence or gross misconduct in providing home medical equipment services; (6) Aiding, assisting, or willfully permitting another person to violate any provision of this chapter or an order or rule of the board, as t...

...ificate of registration to provide home medical equipment services shall apply to the state board of pharmacy on a form the board shall prescribe and provide. The application must be accompanied by the registration fee established in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code, except that the board may waive all or part of the fee if the board determines that an applicant's certificate of registration wi...

...ificate of registration to provide home medical equipment services to each applicant who submits a complete application under section 4752.11 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this division, an application is complete only if the board finds that the applicant holds accreditation from the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations or another national accrediting body recognized by the board, as ...

...A certificate of registration issued under this chapter shall be renewed by the state board of pharmacy if the certificate holder is accredited by the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations or another national accrediting body recognized by the board, as specified in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code. An application for renewal of a certificate of registration shall be ac...

...he board considers appropriate for home medical equipment services providers that receive certificates of registration under this chapter.

...(A) The state board of pharmacy shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, suspend or revoke a certificate of registration issued under this chapter if it learns from any source that the accreditation on which the certificate of registration was issued has been revoked or suspended or is otherwise no longer valid. (B) If the status of the accreditation on which a certificate of registration is issue...

...(1) Specify items considered to be home medical equipment for purposes of divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 4752.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Establish procedures for issuance and renewal of licenses and certificates of registration under this chapter, including the duties that may be fulfilled by the board's executive director and other board employees; (3) Specify the national accrediting bodies the board recogn...

...All moneys the state board of pharmacy receives under this chapter, from any source, shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund created under section 4743.05 of the Revised Code.

...(A) At the request of the state board of pharmacy, the attorney general may bring a civil action for appropriate relief, including a temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, and civil penalties, in the court of common pleas of the county in which a violation has occurred, is occurring, or is threatening to occur against any person who has violated, is violating, or threatens to violate sectio...

...The state pharmacy board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.