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...uests to provide specialized treatment, consultation, information, and educational programs to health care professionals and the public; (3) An unexpected pattern or increase in the number of requests for information on established or novel infectious agents or biological or chemical toxins posing a risk of human fatality or disability that is relatively uncommon and may have been caused by bioterrorism. (C) ...

...he save our sight fund. The fund shall consist of voluntary contributions deposited as provided in section 4503.104 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings from the fund shall be credited to the fund. (C) The director of health shall use the money in the save our sight fund as follows: (1) To provide support to 501(c) organizations that offer vision services in all counties of the state and have demonstra...

...; (B) Diagnosis of, screening for, or confirmation of diseases or pathogens as it deems necessary; (C) Performance of biological, chemical, or radiological analyses or examinations as it deems necessary; (D) Analysis of patient specimens and food samples necessary for investigation of foodborne illnesses. In foodborne illness investigations, the laboratory shall cooperate and consult with the director of agricult...

...ed by section 3701.22 of the Revised Code. The director may employ an assistant for the laboratory who shall be a person skilled in chemistry and bacteriology, and receive compensation as the director determines. All expenses of the laboratory shall be paid from appropriations made for the department of health. (B) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and may amend o...

...cified by the director of health, other contagious or infectious diseases, illnesses, health conditions, or unusual infectious agents or biological toxins posing a risk of human fatality or disability. (C) No person shall fail to comply with the reporting requirements established under division (B) of this section. (D) The reports required by this section shall be submitted on forms, as required by statute or ...

... laboratory complies with reporting and confidentiality requirements and shall verify to the director of health that the laboratory complies with reporting and confidentiality requirements. The director shall establish procedures by which an entity may verify the laboratory's compliance.

...organism as a means of influencing the conduct of government or intimidating or coercing a population. (2) "Pharmacist" means an individual licensed under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code to engage in the practice of pharmacy as a pharmacist. (3) "Pharmacy" and "prescription" have the same meanings as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Cha...

...tive agent of AIDS. (3) "AIDS-related condition" means symptoms of illness related to HIV infection, including AIDS-related complex, that are confirmed by a positive HIV test. (4) "HIV test" means any test for the antibody or antigen to HIV that has been approved by the director of health under division (B) of section 3701.241 of the Revised Code. (5) "Health care facility" has the same meaning as in section 17...

...fection, including procedures for both confidential and anonymous tests, counseling training programs for health care providers, and development of counseling guidelines; (3) A confidential partner notification system to alert and counsel sexual contacts of individuals with HIV infection; (4) Risk reduction and education programs for groups determined by the director to be at risk of HIV infection, and, in co...

...'s parent or guardian has given general consent to the provider for medical or other health care treatment and if the health care provider or an authorized representative of the health care provider has notified the individual that the HIV test is planned. The notification may be verbal or written, in person or electronic, or any combination thereof. (B) A minor may consent to be given an HIV test. The consent is ...

...nosed as having AIDS or an AIDS-related condition. (B)(1) Except as provided in divisions (B)(2), (C), (D), and (F) of this section, the results of an HIV test or the identity of an individual on whom an HIV test is performed or who is diagnosed as having AIDS or an AIDS-related condition may be disclosed only to the following: (a) The individual who was tested or the individual's legal guardian, and the individu...

.... (G) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose civil liability on a person for the disclosure of an HIV test result, a diagnosed case of AIDS, or a diagnosed AIDS-related condition in accordance with a reporting requirement of the department of health or any federal agency. (H) No person with knowledge that an individual other than himself has or may have AIDS, and AIDS-related condition, or a positive ...

...olely because the individual refuses to consent to an HIV test or to disclose HIV test results. (B) The prohibition contained in division (A) of this section does not prevent a physician, certified nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or a person licensed to practice dentistry under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code from referring an individual the physician, nurse, or dentist has...

... of the donation or his guardian, after consultation with the recipient's physician, consents to a waiver of this requirement.

...ndant's name communicated to the court confidentially pursuant to a court order restricting the use of the name. Proceedings shall be conducted in chambers unless the defendant agrees to a hearing in open court. (B) The court shall hold a hearing on the complaint at the earliest possible time but not later than the third business day after the day the defendant is served with the complaint and notice of the heari...

...lowing: (a) A person, whether alive or dead, who has been treated, or handled, or transported for medical care by an emergency medical services worker; (b) A deceased person whose body is handled by a funeral services worker. (3) "Significant exposure" means: (a) A percutaneous or mucous membrane exposure of an individual to the blood, semen, vaginal secretions, or spinal, synovial, pleural, peritoneal, peri...

...sion occurs as a result of the reckless conduct of the employer. (C) An employer is immune from liability to an employee on a claim asserted under any provision of the Revised Code or in a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property if the claim arises from an illness or injury to the employee that is stress-related and results from the employee being required to work with an individual...

...of the neurotransmitter dopamine as the consequence of specific degenerative changes in the area of the brain called the basal ganglia. It is characterized by tremor at rest, slow movements, muscle rigidity, stooped posture, and unsteady or shuffling gait. (4) "Parkinsonisms" means conditions related to Parkinson's disease that cause a combination of the movement abnormalities seen in Parkinson's disease, such as ...

... by the Parkinson's disease registry is confidential pursuant to section 3701.17 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of health may enter into agreements to furnish data collected in the Parkinson's disease registry to other states' Parkinson's disease registries, federal Parkinson's disease control agencies, local health officers, and local health researchers. Before confidential data is disclosed to an out-of-s...

...he director of health or the director's designee and the following members appointed by the director: (1) A neurologist; (2) A movement disorder specialist; (3) A primary care provider; (4) A physician informaticist; (5) A public health professional; (6) A population health researcher familiar with disease registries; (7) A Parkinson's disease researcher; (8) A patient living with Parkinson's ...

...ce with section 101.68 of the Revised Code summarizing the following: (A) The incidence of Parkinson's disease in Ohio by county; (B) The number of new cases reported to the Parkinson's disease registry in the previous year; (C) Demographic information including age, gender, and race.

...The director of health shall describe the registry and provide any information regarding the registry the director deems relevant on the department of health's internet web site.

...ance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to specify the data to be collected and the format in which it is to be submitted to the registry.

...ritional, environmental, or infectious conditions, and alleviate or eliminate any such conditions; (2) Advise, consult, cooperate with, and assist, by contract or otherwise, agencies of the state and federal government, agencies of the governments of other states, agencies of political subdivisions of this state, universities, private organizations, corporations, and associations for the purposes of division (...

... reporting requirements for information concerning diagnosed cancer cases as the director considers necessary to conduct epidemiologic surveys of cancer in this state; (4) Establish standards that must be met by research projects to be eligible to receive information concerning individual cancer patients from the department of health. (C) The department of health shall record in the registry all reports of canc...