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...The director of health shall collect information about violent deaths in Ohio only from existing sources related to violent crimes and shall not conduct independent criminal investigations in order to obtain information, data, or records for use by the Ohio violent death reporting system.

...At the request of the director of health, every department, agency, and political subdivision of the state shall provide information, data, records, and otherwise assist in the execution of sections 3701.93 to 3701.9314 of the Revised Code.

...At the request of the director of health, any individual or entity not specified in section 3701.936 of the Revised Code, at the individual's or entity's discretion, may provide information, data, records, and otherwise assist in the execution of sections 3701.93 to 3701.9314 of the Revised Code. Any information, data, and records provided to the director by any other individual or entity shall contain only inf...

...e of death specified by the director of health under section 3701.934 of the Revised Code shall provide information, data, records, and otherwise assist in the execution of sections 3701.93 to 3701.9314 of the Revised Code.

...Except as otherwise provided in section 3701.9212 of the Revised Code, all of the following are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, shall be confidential, and shall be published only in statistical form: (A) Information, data, and records collected for use and maintained by the Ohio violent death reporting system including, but not limited to, medical records, law enforcement investiga...

...Information, data, and records collected for use and maintained by, and all work products created in carrying out the purposes of, the Ohio violent death reporting system shall not be subject to subpoena or discovery while in the possession of the system or admissible in any criminal or civil proceeding if obtained through, or from, the system.

...The director of health, pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall establish standards and procedures to make available to researchers confidential information collected by the Ohio violent death reporting system. Researchers complying with those standards and procedures also shall comply with the confidentiality requirements of section 3701.9310 of the Revised Code.

...The director of health may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to establish, maintain, and carry out the purposes of the Ohio violent death reporting system under sections 3701.93 to 3701.9314 of the Revised Code.

...dical home program in the department of health. The patient centered medical home model of care is an advanced model of primary care in which care teams attend to the multifaceted needs of patients, providing whole person comprehensive and coordinated patient centered care.

...of the Revised Code, the department of health shall establish a voluntary patient centered medical home certification program. (B) Each primary care practice, that seeks a patient centered medical home certificate shall submit an application on a form prepared by the department. The department may require an application fee and annual renewal fee as determined by the department. If the department establishes ...

...ent centered medical home shall report health care quality and performance information to the department of health, including any data necessary for monitoring compliance with certification standards and for evaluating the impact of patient centered medical homes on health care quality, cost, and outcomes. (B) The department may contract with a private entity to evaluate the effectiveness of certified patient...

...valuating the patient centered medical home program not later than three years after rules adopted pursuant to section 3701.944 of the Revised Code first become effective. The department shall submit a second report not later than five years after those rules first become effective. (B) The reports submitted under division (A) of this section shall include all of the following: (1) The number of patients rec...

...practice as a patient centered medical home; (B) Specify the types of medical practices that constitute primary care practices for the purpose of certifying patient centered medical homes; (C) Specify the health care quality and performance information that certified patient centered medical homes must report to the department pursuant to section 3701.942 of the Revised Code.

...As used in this section, "board of health" means a board of health of a city or general health district or an authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code. If a zoonotic disease program is administered by the department of health, the director of health may charge a board of health a fee for each service the program provides to the board. The fee amount shall be d...

...ter than July 1, 2014, the director of health shall establish both of the following by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code: (A) A standardized process by which all general and city health districts shall collect and report to the director information regarding public health quality indicators. (B) A policy and procedures for the sharing of health data reported under this section with payers, p...

...he following: (a) A hospital community health needs assessment that meets the requirements set forth in 26 C.F.R. 1.501(r)-3(b); (b) An assessment of community health conducted by a board of health. (2) "Board of health" means the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code. (3) "Plan" means either of the fo...

...(A) Whoever violates division (C) of section 3701.23, division (C) of section 3701.232, division (C) of section 3701.24, division (D)(2) of section 3701.262, or sections 3701.46 to 3701.55 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 3701.82 of the Revised Code is guilty ...

...ysician, podiatrist, or dentist. (2) "Health care facility" means any of the following: (a) An ambulatory surgical facility; (b) A freestanding dialysis center; (c) A freestanding inpatient rehabilitation facility; (d) A freestanding birthing center; (e) A freestanding radiation therapy center; (f) A freestanding or mobile diagnostic imaging center. (B) By rule adopted in accordance with sections 3702...

... the Revised Code. (D) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section. The rules shall establish all of the following: (1) Minimum patient safety monitoring and evaluation requirements; (2) Quality assessment and improvement standards; (3) Procedures for determining whether freestanding birthing centers are in compliance with the...

...latory surgical center, the director of health shall conduct an inspection of the facility each time the facility submits an application for license renewal. The director shall not renew the license unless all of the following conditions are met: (A) The inspector conducting the inspection completes each item on the following, as applicable: (1) Until the director adopts rules under division (F) of section 37...

...nt shall be filed with the director of health. (B) An ambulatory surgical facility shall update a written transfer agreement every two years and file a copy of the updated agreement with the director. (C) The requirement for a written transfer agreement between an ambulatory surgical facility and a hospital does not apply if either of the following is the case: (1) The facility is a provider-based entity, as...

...(A)(1) The director of health may grant a variance from the written transfer agreement requirement of section 3702.303 of the Revised Code if the ambulatory surgical facility submits to the director a complete variance application, prescribed by the director, and the director determines after reviewing the application that the facility is capable of achieving the purpose of a written transfer agreement in the absence...

... (C) If, at any time, the director of health determines that a consulting physician for an ambulatory surgical facility that has been granted a variance from the written transfer agreement requirement of section 3702.303 of the Revised Code has violated the prohibition in division (B) of this section, the director shall rescind the variance.

...A variance the director of health grants under section 3702.304 of the Revised Code is effective for the period of time specified by the director, except that it shall not be effective beyond the date the ambulatory surgical facility's license expires. If a variance is to expire on the date the facility's license expires, the facility may submit to the director an application for a new variance with its next li...

...l facility shall notify the director of health when any of the following occurs: (A) The facility modifies any provision of its most recent written transfer agreement filed with the director under section 3702.303 of the Revised Code. Notification under these circumstances shall occur not later than the business day after the modification is finalized. As used in this division, "business day" means a day of the week...