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..."Continuing care" means the provision under a written agreement of board, lodging, medical services, nursing, and other health-related services to a person sixty years of age or older, unrelated by consanguinity or affinity to the provider, for the life of the person or for a period in excess of one year in return for the payment of an entrance fee or of periodic charges. (2) "Entrance fee" means an initial or defer...

...tions 173.14 to 173.28 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, "long-term care facility" includes any residential facility that provides personal care services for more than twenty-four hours for one or more unrelated adults, including all of the following: (a) A "nursing home," "residential care facility," or "home for the aging," as those terms are defined in s...

...-term care ombudsman program." It shall consist of the state long-term care ombudsman, the ombudsman's staff, and regional long-term care ombudsman programs. In establishing and operating the office, the department shall consider the views of area agencies on aging, individuals age sixty or older, and agencies and other entities that provide services to individuals age sixty and older. The department of aging shall ...

...onal programs' offices and requirements concerning staffing, levels of training required for staff members, program review, and tax exempt status for federal income tax purposes. (C) An entity serving as a regional program on the effective date of this section shall be designated as a regional program unless the state ombudsman determines that the entity does not meet the requirements established under division (B) ...

... information relating to complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities and complaints regarding the provision of community-based long-term care services for the purpose of identifying and resolving significant problems; (4) Provide for public forums to discuss concerns and problems relating to action, inaction, or decisions that may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights of residents, recip...

...gional long-term care ombudsman program designated under section 173.16 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following: (A) Provide ombudsman services for the region in which it is located; (B) Employ representatives of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program or receive services from volunteers certified under section 173.21 of the Revised Code as representatives of the office, or both; (C) Sub...

... this section, including procedures for conducting investigations of complaints. The rules shall include procedures to ensure that no representative of the office investigates any complaint involving a long-term care provider with which the representative was once employed or associated. The state ombudsman and regional programs shall establish procedures for handling complaints consistent with the department's rule...

...ds, including medical records, of a resident or a recipient that are reasonably necessary for investigation of a complaint. Consent may be given in any of the following ways: (1) In writing by the resident or recipient; (2) Orally by the resident or recipient, witnessed in writing at the time it is given by one other person; (3) In writing by the guardian of the resident or recipient; (4) In writing by the attorn...

...t may be established in rules adopted under division (B) of this section. (B) The department of aging shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the content of training for representatives of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program. Training for representatives other than those who are volunteers providing services through regional long-term care ombudsman pro...

... a complaint, public entities, and confidential records of residents or recipients. The identity of a resident or recipient, a complainant who is not a resident or recipient, or an individual providing information about a complaint shall not be disclosed without the written consent of the resident or recipient, complainant, or individual, or a legal representative of any of the foregoing, or except as required by cou...

...st whom any legal action is brought in connection with the representative's official duties under sections 173.14 to 173.26 of the Revised Code.

... as in section 4113.51 of the Revised Code. (2) "Retaliatory action" includes physical, mental, or verbal abuse; change of room assignment; withholding of services; failure to provide care in a timely manner; discharge; and termination of employment. (B) An employee providing information to or participating in good faith in registering a complaint with the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program or...

... to 173.26 of the Revised Code, advise, consult, and cooperate with any agency, program, or other entity related to the purposes of the office. Any agency, program, or other entity related to the purposes of the office shall advise, consult, and cooperate with the office. The office shall attempt to establish effective coordination with government-sponsored programs that provide legal services to the elderly and wit...

...ional programs may solicit and receive contributions to support the operation of the office or a regional program, except that no contribution shall be solicited or accepted that would interfere with the independence or objectivity of the office or program.

...cant" means a person who is under final consideration for employment by a responsible party in a full-time, part-time, or temporary position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients. "Applicant" includes a person who is under final consideration for employment as the state long-term care ombudsman or the head of a regional long-term care ombudsman program. "Applicant" does not include a ...

...dred dollars for each day the violation continued. (C) On request of the director, the attorney general shall bring and prosecute to judgment a civil action to collect any fine imposed under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section that remains unpaid thirty days after the violator's final appeal is exhausted. (D) All fines collected under this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the s...

...cant" means a person who is under final consideration for employment with a responsible party in a full-time, part-time, or temporary direct-care position or is referred to a responsible party by an employment service for such a position. "Applicant" does not include a person being considered for a direct-care position as a volunteer. (2) "Area agency on aging" has the same meaning as in section 173.14 of the Revi...

...Community-based long-term care services contract or grant" means a contract or grant awarded under section 173.392 of the Revised Code. (4) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (5) "Disqualifying offense" means any of the offenses listed or described in divisions (A)(3)(a) to (e) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (6) "Provider" has the same meaning as...

...ions 173.39 to 173.393 of the Revised Code: (1) "Provider" means a person or government entity that provides any services, including community-based long-term care services, under a program the department of aging administers. "Provider" includes a person or government entity that provides home and community-based services to older adults through the PASSPORT program or assisted living program. (2) "Community-bas...

...partment or its designee and a provider concerning actions the department or its designee takes regarding a decision not to certify the provider under division (A)(1) of this section or a disciplinary action under divisions (A)(2)(e) to (h) of this section. (B) The director of aging shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing certification requirements and standards for deter...

... are the case: (1) The provider has a contract with the department of aging or the department's designee to provide the services in accordance with the contract or has received a grant from the department or its designee to provide the services in accordance with a grant agreement; (2) The contract or grant agreement includes detailed conditions of participation for the provider and service standards that the pro...

...s section, the records of an evaluation conducted in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(2) of section 173.391 of the Revised Code are public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall be made available on request of any person, including individuals receiving or seeking any services, including community-based long-term care services, under a program the department of aging admi...

...tions to establish a cost-effective and consumer-friendly network that builds on existing, local infrastructures of services that support consumers in their communities.

...the PACE program. (4) "Long-term care consultation" or "consultation" means the consultation service made available by the department of aging or a program administrator through the long-term care consultation program established pursuant to this section. (5) "Nursing facility" has the same meaning as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. (6) "PACE program" means the component of the medicaid program the depa...

...are consultation program established under section 173.42 of the Revised Code, the department of aging may establish procedures for the conduct of periodic or follow-up long-term care consultations for residents of nursing facilities, including annual or more frequent reassessments of the residents' functional capabilities. If the procedures are established, the department or program administrator shall assign...