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...2133.26 of the Revised Code, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (A) "Attending physician" means the physician to whom a person, or the family of a person, has assigned primary responsibility for the treatment or care of the person or, if the person or the person's family has not assigned that responsibility, the physician who has accepted that responsibility. (B) "Declaration," "health care facility," "...

...holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse may take any action that may be taken by an attending physician under sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code and has the immunity provided by section 2133.22 of the Revised Code if the action is taken pursuant to a standard care arrangement with a collaborating physician. A pers...

...he health care facility as an employee, contractor, or volunteer and who participates under the direction of or with the authorization of a physician in the withholding or withdrawal of CPR from the person possessing the DNR identification; (d) Any person who works for the health care facility as an employee, contractor, or volunteer and who participates under the direction of or with the authorization of a physicia...

...han physicians, are presented with DNR identification possessed by a person or are presented with a written do-not-resuscitate order for a person or if a physician directly issues to emergency medical services personnel, other than physicians, an oral do-not-resuscitate order for a person, the emergency medical services personnel shall comply with the do-not-resuscitate protocol for the person. If an oral do-not-resu...

...on 2133.23 of the Revised Code does not constitute for any purpose a suicide, aggravated murder, murder, or any other homicide. (B)(1) If a person possesses DNR identification or if a current do-not-resuscitate order has been issued for a person, the possession or order shall not do either of the following: (a) Affect in any manner the sale, procurement, issuance, or renewal of a policy of life insurance or annuity...

...ces for the aging; (17) The catholic conference of Ohio; (18) The department of aging; (19) The department of mental health and addiction services ; (20) The Ohio private residential association; (21) The northern Ohio fire fighters association; (22) The Ohio association of advanced practice nurses.

...ed Code. (2) No person shall purposely conceal, cancel, deface, or obliterate the DNR identification of another person without the consent of the other person. (3) No person shall purposely falsify or forge a revocation of a declaration that is the basis of the DNR identification of another person or purposely falsify or forge an order of a physician that purports to supersede a do-not-resuscitate order issued for ...

...ars of age or older. (B) "Capacity to consent to mental health treatment decisions" means the functional ability to understand information about the risks of, benefits of, and alternatives to the proposed mental health treatment, to rationally use that information, to appreciate how that information applies to the declarant, and to express a choice about the proposed treatment. (C) "Declarant" means an adult who ...

...y to consent to mental health treatment decisions voluntarily may execute at any time a declaration governing the use or continuation, or the withholding or withdrawal, of mental health treatment. The declaration shall be signed at the end by the declarant, state the date of its execution, and either be witnessed or be acknowledged in accordance with section 2135.06 of the Revised Code. The declaration may include a ...

...ity of a proxy named in the declaration continues in effect as long as the declaration designating the proxy is in effect or until the proxy has withdrawn. If a declaration for mental health treatment has become operative and is in effect at the expiration of three years after its execution, the declaration remains effective until the declarant has the capacity to consent to mental health treatment decisions. If a de...

...declarant does not have the capacity to consent to mental health treatment decisions. At least one of the two persons who make this determination shall not currently be involved in the declarant's treatment at the time of the determination. If a designated physician is named in the declaration and is not one of the two persons who make this determination, then the psychiatrist who makes the determination in lieu of t...

...alth treatment of the declarant must be consistent with desires the declarant has expressed in the declaration. (B) The following persons may not serve as a proxy for a declarant: (1) The declarant's mental health treatment provider, or an employee of the declarant's mental health treatment provider; (2) The owner, operator, or employee of a health care facility in which the declarant is a patient receiving its se...

...(A) A declaration for mental health treatment is valid only if it is signed by the declarant, states the date of its execution, and is either witnessed by two adults or acknowledged before a notary public. If a proxy, or a proxy and an alternate proxy, have been designated in the declaration, then each proxy also shall sign the declaration, and the signature of each proxy shall be either witnessed by two adults or a...

... the declarant to treatment in a manner contrary to the declarant's expressed wishes only if either of the following applies: (1) The declarant has been committed as a patient under Chapter 2945. or 5122. of the Revised Code, and, if the court knows of the declaration, the committing court acknowledges the existence of the declaration and specifically orders treatment in a manner contrary to the declaration. (2) An...

...e declarant and to receive, review, and consent to disclosure of the declarant's medical records relating to that treatment. This right of access does not waive any evidentiary privilege. (B) In exercising authority under a declaration, the proxy has a duty to act consistently with the desires of the declarant as expressed in the declaration. If the declarant's desires are not expressed in the declaration, the proxy...

... time the declarant has the capacity to consent to mental health treatment decisions. Any revocation of a declaration by a declarant shall be in writing, signed by the declarant, and dated. The revocation shall be effective upon its communication to the mental health treatment provider of the declarant or the health care facility providing services to the declarant. If the declaration is operative, then the declarant...

...A mental health treatment provider of a declarant, a health care facility providing services to a declarant, or other authorized persons acting under the direction of either a mental health treatment provider of a declarant or a health care facility providing services to a declarant who administer or do not administer mental health treatment according to and in good faith reliance upon the validity of the declarant's...

...tion as a criterion for insurance, as a condition for receiving mental health treatment or health care, or as a condition of admission to or discharge from a health care facility.

... valid declaration governing the use or continuation, or the withholding or withdrawal, of life-sustaining treatment executed under Chapter 2133. of the Revised Code. (B) A declaration executed in accordance with this chapter does not revoke a valid durable power of attorney for health care created under Chapter 1337. of the Revised Code, but a declaration so executed shall supersede the designation of an attorney i...

...(A) A person who opposes any decision arising under this chapter may make an application opposing the decision to the probate division of the court of common pleas of the county in which the declarant is located or in which the declaration was either witnessed or acknowledged as described in this chapter. (B) If a declarant has not named any proxies in the declaration, or if all the named proxies have withdrawn or ...

...ed form of that nature, a declarant may consent or refuse to consent to mental health treatment and may designate a proxy to make mental health treatment decisions in accordance with this chapter. The printed form shall not be used as an instrument for granting any other type of authority or for making any other type of designation, including those declarations that may be made under Chapter 2133. of the Revised Code...

...holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse and also is a psychiatric nurse may take any action that may be taken by a designated physician or psychiatrist under sections 2135.01 to 2135.14 of the Revised Code.

...ld's or the juvenile traffic offender's conduct and its impact on the victim, and consistent with dispositions for similar acts committed by similar delinquent children and juvenile traffic offenders. The court shall not base the disposition on the race, ethnic background, gender, or religion of the delinquent child or juvenile traffic offender. (C) To the extent they do not conflict with this chapter, the provisio...

...es admission to a facility operated, or contracted for, by the department and admission to a comparable facility outside this state by another state or the United States. (C)(1) "Child" means a person who is under eighteen years of age, except as otherwise provided in divisions (C)(2) to (8) of this section. (2) Subject to division (C)(3) of this section, any person who violates a federal or state law or a munici...

...t allegation is based. If the complaint contains allegations regarding the child's parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child, the complaint additionally shall allege that the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child has failed to cause the child's attendance at school in violation of section 3321.38 of the Revised Code and, in addition, the particular facts upon which that allegatio...

...building to restore it to an acceptable condition and to make it functional for use by individuals with developmental disabilities. "Renovation" includes architectural and structural changes and the modernization of mechanical and electrical systems. "Renovation" does not include work that consists primarily of maintenance repairs and replacements necessary due to normal use, wear and tear, or deterioration. (B) The...

...building to restore it to an acceptable condition and to make it functional for use by individuals with developmental disabilities. "Renovation" includes architectural and structural changes and the modernization of mechanical and electrical systems. "Renovation" does not include work that consists primarily of maintenance repairs and replacements necessary due to normal use, wear and tear, or deterioration. (B) The...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if an individual is committed to a state-operated ICF/IID pursuant to sections 5123.71 to 5123.76 of the Revised Code, the county board of developmental disabilities of the county from which the individual was ordered institutionalized is responsible for the nonfederal share of medicaid expenditures for the individual's care in the state-operated ICF/IID. The de...

...ll see that each patient hospitalized under section 5123.76 of the Revised Code is properly attired for transportation, and, in addition, the institution shall be furnished a complete change of clothing for such patient, which shall be paid for on the certificate of the probate judge and the order of the county auditor from the county treasury. Such clothing shall be new or as good as new.

... the services fund for individuals with developmental disabilities. On the death of the beneficiary of a trust created pursuant to section 5815.28 of the Revised Code, the portion of the remaining assets of the trust specified in the trust instrument shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. Money credited to the fund shall be used for individuals with developmental disabilities. In accordance with Chapter 119. ...

...) Pulse oximetry reading; (10) Use of continuous positive airway pressure machines; (11) Application of percussion vests; (12) Use of cough assist devices and insufflators; (13) Application of prescribed compression hosiery. (G) "Licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (H) "Metered dose inhaled medication" means a premeasu...

... purpose of treating an open wound or a condition that requires a medical diagnosis, including a fungal infection. (2) The authority of developmental disabilities personnel to perform the health-related activity or administer the medications described in division (B)(1) of this section is subject to all of the following: (a) Developmental disabilities personnel shall successfully complete the training course or c...

... the Revised Code. The department shall conduct investigations of complaints as it considers appropriate.

... personnel did not act in a manner that constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.

...or perform health-related activities as described in section 5123.42 of the Revised Code without either of the following: nursing delegation or a certificate issued under section 5123.45 of the Revised Code.

...46 of the Revised Code that specify the content and length of the training courses developed under this section. The rules may include any other standards the department considers necessary for the training courses. (2) In adopting rules that specify the content of a training course or part of a training course that trains developmental disabilities personnel in the administration of prescribed medications, the depa...

...46 of the Revised Code that specify the content and length of the training courses. The rules may include any other standards the department considers necessary for the training courses.

...(A) Each developmental disabilities personnel training course developed under section 5123.43 of the Revised Code shall be provided by a registered nurse. (B) To provide a training course or courses to developmental disabilities personnel, a registered nurse shall obtain the certificate or certificates required by the department of developmental disabilities and issued under section 5123.45 of the Revised Code. The ...

...stered nurses shall meet the applicable continued competency requirements and continuing education requirements specified in rules adopted under division (D) of this section. In the case of registered nurses, continuing nursing education completed in compliance with the license renewal requirements established under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code may be counted toward meeting the continuing education requirements ...

... form or any other manner that provides continuous access to the information in the registry.

...n of a certificate. (B) The following constitute good cause for taking action under division (A) of this section against a certificate holder: (1) The certificate holder violates sections 5123.41 to 5123.45 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under those sections; (2) Confirmed abuse or neglect; (3) The certificate holder has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a disqualifying offense, as defined in secti...

...of the Revised Code shall be adopted in consultation with the board of nursing, the Ohio nurses association, the state medical board, and the Ohio society for respiratory care. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

... not employ, either directly or through contract, another person to provide the in-home care, but who is not a health care professional. (4) "Health care professional" means any of the following: (a) A dentist who holds a valid license issued under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code; (b) A registered or licensed practical nurse who holds a valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; (c) An op...

...H) "Sexual abuse" means unlawful sexual conduct or sexual contact. (I) "Specialized services" means any program or service designed and operated to serve primarily individuals with developmental disabilities, including a program or service provided by an entity licensed or certified by the department of developmental disabilities. A program or service available to the general public is not a specialized service. (...

...vestigation or review of the allegation conducted by another person or government entity and determine whether there is a reasonable basis for the allegation; (2) If the department determines that there is a reasonable basis for the allegation, conduct an adjudication pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C)(1) The department shall appoint an independent hearing officer to conduct any hearing conducted pur...

...of developmental disabilities employees consisting of the names of individuals included in the registry pursuant to section 5123.51 of the Revised Code. (B) Before a person or government entity hires, contracts with, or employs an individual as a developmental disabilities employee, the person or government entity shall inquire whether the individual is included in the registry. (C) When it receives an inquiry rega...

...An individual who is included in the registry may petition the director of developmental disabilities for removal from the registry. If the director determines that good cause exists, the director shall remove the individual from the registry and may properly reply to an inquiry that the individual is not included in the registry. Good cause includes meeting rehabilitation standards establis...

... other than meeting the standards, that constitute good cause for the purposes of that section.

...ies employee shall engage in any sexual conduct or have any sexual contact with an individual with a developmental disability for whom the developmental disabilities employee is employed or under a contract to provide care unless the individual is the developmental disabilities employee's spouse. (B) Any developmental disabilities employee who violates division (A) of this section shall be eligible to be included in...

...l disabilities employees explaining the conduct for which a developmental disabilities employee may be included in the registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code: (1) The department of developmental disabilities; (2) Each county board of developmental disabilities; (3) Each provider and subcontractor, as defined in section 5123.081 of the Revised Code; (4) Each owner, operator, or administrato...