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...Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, every hospital shall adopt protocols providing for conducting an interview with the patient, for conducting one or more interviews, separate and apart from the interview with the patient, with any family or household member present, and for creating whenever possible a photographic record of the patient's injuries, in situations in which a doctor of...

...ubmit an application to the director of health to receive the director's designation of the hospital as a level II pediatric trauma center. In a timely manner, the director shall review all applications received, except that the director shall cease reviewing applications on December 31, 2003. Any application pending on that date is void. (C) Before designating a hospital as a level II pediatric trauma center, the ...

...py of such documents to the director of health free of charge. (E) A hospital that ceases to operate as an adult or pediatric trauma center under provisional status is not in violation of divisions (B) and (C) of this section during the time it develops different trauma care protocols and enters into different patient transfer agreements pursuant to division (D)(2)(c) of section 3727.101 of the Revised Code.

...On and after November 3, 2002, no hospital in this state shall knowingly do any of the following: (A) Represent that it is able to provide adult or pediatric trauma care to a severely injured patient that is inconsistent with its level of categorization as an adult or pediatric trauma center, provided that a hospital that operates an emergency facility may represent that it provides emergency care; (B) Provide adu...

... are being furnished to the director of health. (2) On request, the trauma center shall furnish to the director of health a copy of the report of the consultative or reverification visit obtained from the American college of surgeons pursuant to division (A) of this section and a copy of the plan and timetable approved pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section for obtaining verification or reverification. The docu...

...mptly notify in writing the director of health, the emergency medical services division of the department of public safety, and the appropriate regional directors and regional advisory boards appointed under section 4765.05 of the Revised Code if any of the following occurs: (A) The hospital ceases to be an adult or pediatric trauma center verified by the American college of surgeons. (B) The hospital changes its l...

...recognized as such by the department of health under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code. This section does not prohibit a hospital from representing itself as having a relationship or affiliation with a hospital recognized by the department of health under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code or a hospital in another state that is certified as a comprehensive stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, prim...

...oke ready hospital by the department of health under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code shall file with the department an application for recognition. The application shall be submitted in the manner prescribed by the department. (B)(1) To be eligible for recognition as a comprehensive stroke center under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code, a hospital must be certified as a comprehensive stroke center by an accr...

...(A)(1) The department of health shall recognize as a comprehensive stroke center a hospital that satisfies the requirements of division (B)(1) of section 3727.12 of the Revised Code and submits a complete application. (2) The department shall recognize as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center a hospital that satisfies the requirements of division (B)(2) of section 3727.12 of the Revised Code and submits a complete ...

...s affected by stroke, the department of health shall establish and maintain a process for the collection, transmission, compilation, and oversight of data related to stroke care. Such data shall be collected, transmitted, compiled, and overseen in a manner prescribed by the director of health. As part of the process and except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the department shall establish or utiliz...

... of the Revised Code, the department of health shall recognize a hospital certified at that additional level. For purposes of this section, the department and a hospital shall comply with sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code as if the certification and recognition described in this section were one of the four levels described in sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code.

...The director of health may adopt rules as the director considers necessary for the implementation of sections 3727.11 to 3727.14 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section, "fetal death" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include either of the following: (1) The product of human conception of at least twenty weeks of gestation; (2) The purposeful termination of a pregnancy, as described in section 2919.11 of the Revised Code. (B) If a woman presents herself at a hospital as a result of a fetal d...

...Each hospital shall provide a staff person to do all of the following: (A) Meet with each unmarried mother who gave birth in or en route to the hospital within twenty-four hours after the birth or before the mother is released from the hospital; (B) Attempt to meet with the father of the unmarried mother's child if possible; (C) Explain to the unmarried mother and the father, if the father is present, the be...

... total membership shall be comprised of health care employees who provide direct patient care for the hospital system or hospital. (B) All of the following apply to a security plan established under this section: (1) The plan shall be based on the results of a security risk assessment, which, in the case of a hospital system, shall be conducted for each hospital in the system. The assessment shall address all hig...

...scriminating or retaliating against any health care employee for reporting to, or seeking assistance or intervention from, the employer, security agencies, law enforcement authorities, including hospital police departments, local emergency service organizations, or government agencies, or for participating in an incident investigation. All hospital systems and hospitals shall use their reporting systems to track th...

...(A) All hospitals shall post the notice described in division (B) of this section in accordance with this division. The notice may be posted in print or a digital sign format. Each hospital shall consider posting the notice in a conspicuous location in all of the following areas: (1) Major waiting room areas, including the waiting room areas of the emergency department, the labor and delivery department, the surgic...

...fuse vaccination. (D) The director of health may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as the director considers appropriate to implement this section.

...the hospital notifies the department of health in writing that it has a faith-based objection to the requirement.

...gotiations concerning the allocation of health care equipment or health care services, provided that the discussions or negotiations do not involve price-fixing or predatory pricing and are designed to achieve one or more of the following goals: (1) Reducing health care costs for consumers; (2) Improving access to health care services; (3) Improving the quality of patient care. Directors or trustees who participa...

...may submit a request to the director of health on behalf of the hospitals for approval of an agreement to undertake the cooperative action. The request shall include all of the following: (1) A copy of the proposed agreement; (2) An implementation plan that states how and when the cooperative action identified in the agreement will meet one or more of the goals specified in division (A) of section 3727.21 of the Re...

...The director of health may adopt rules for the implementation of sections 3727.21 and 3727.22 of the Revised Code, including rules establishing procedures and criteria for the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative agreements under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code. If rules are adopted, they shall ensure that there is opportunity for public comment during the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative ag...

...uire the state, through the director of health and attorney general, to provide direction, supervision, and control over approved cooperative agreements entered into under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code. To achieve the goals specified in section 3727.21 of the Revised Code, this state direction, supervision, and control of cooperative agreements will provide state action immunity under federal antitrust laws to...

...acuation system. (C) The director of health may adopt any rules the director considers necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...w" means section 2718(e) of the "Public Health Service Act," 42 U.S.C. 300gg-18, and hospital price transparency rules adopted by the United States department of health and human services and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services implementing that section, including the rules and requirements under 45 C.F.R. 180. (G) "Hospital" has the same meaning as in section 3722.01 of the Revised Code. ...