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... physician to whom a declarant or other patient, or the family of a declarant or other patient, has assigned primary responsibility for the treatment or care of the declarant or other patient, or, if the responsibility has not been assigned, the physician who has accepted that responsibility. (C) "Comfort care" means any of the following: (1) Nutrition when administered to diminish the pain or discomfort of a dec...

...section to the attending physician of a patient who is an adult, and if all of the following apply in connection with the patient, then, subject to section 2133.09 of the Revised Code, the patient's attending physician may withhold or withdraw the life-sustaining treatment: (a) The attending physician and one other physician who examines the patient determine, in good faith, to a reasonable degree of medical certai...

...(A) The attending physician of a patient who is an adult and who currently is and for at least the immediately preceding twelve months has been in a permanently unconscious state may withhold or withdraw nutrition and hydration in connection with the patient only if all of the following apply: (1) Written consent to the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in connection with the patient has been g...

...on and hydration in connection with the patient in question; (4) Refusing to or not being able to comply or allow compliance with a declaration of a qualified patient, with a consent given in accordance with section 2133.08 or 2133.09 of the Revised Code, with a probate court order issued pursuant to section 2133.05, 2133.08, or 2133.09 of the Revised Code, or with another applicable provision of this chapter, if th...

...(A) The death of a qualified patient or other patient resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in accordance with sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code does not constitute for any purpose a suicide, aggravated murder, murder, or any other homicide offense. (B)(1) The execution of a declaration shall not do either of the following: (a) Affect the sale, procurement, issuance...

...ed Code. (b) "Mental health client or patient" means an individual who is receiving mental health services from a mental health professional or organization. (c) "Mental health organization" means an organization that engages one or more mental health professionals to provide mental health services to one or more mental health clients or patients. (d) "Mental health professional" means an individual who is lice...

...ctice registered nurse, or dentist by a patient in that relation or the advice of a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or dentist given to a patient, except as otherwise provided in this division, division (B)(2), and division (B)(3) of this section, and except that, if the patient is deemed by section 2151.421 of the Revised Code to have waived any testimonial privilege under this division, the physician...

... claim that is entered into prior to a patient receiving any care, diagnosis, or treatment shall include or be subject to the following conditions: (A) The agreement shall provide that the care, diagnosis, or treatment will be provided whether or not the patient signs the agreement to arbitrate; (B) The agreement shall provide that the patient, or the patient's spouse, or the personal representative of the patie...

...greement was induced by fraud, that the patient executed the agreement as a direct result of the willful or negligent disregard by the healthcare provider of the patient's right not to so execute, or that the patient executing the agreement was not able to communicate effectively in spoken and written English or any other language in which the agreement is written: "AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE FUTURE MALPRACTICE CLAIM BY ...

...to division (F) of this section. (2) "Patient" means either of the following: (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, se...

...l, diagnostic, or surgical treatment to patients who do not require hospitalization, including a dialysis center, ambulatory surgical facility, cardiac catheterization facility, diagnostic imaging center, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy center, home health agency, inpatient hospice, birthing center, radiation therapy center, emergency facility, and an urgent care center. "Ambulatory care facility" does not incl...

...(A) As part of the patient centered medical home program established under section 3701.94 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...

...means a coordinated program of home, outpatient, and inpatient care and services that is operated by a person or public agency and that provides the following care and services to hospice patients, including services as indicated below to hospice patients' families, through a medically directed interdisciplinary team, under interdisciplinary plans of care established pursuant to section 3712.06 of the Revised Code, i...

...ciplinary plan of care for each hospice patient and the patient's family that: (1) Is coordinated by one designated individual who shall ensure that all components of the plan of care are addressed and implemented; (2) Addresses maintenance of patient-family participation in decision making; and (3) Is periodically reviewed by the patient's attending physician and by the patient's interdisciplinary team. (D) ...

...mensurate with a pediatric respite care patient's needs is available twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week; (3) Establish an interdisciplinary plan of care for each pediatric respite care patient and the patient's family that: (a) Is coordinated by one designated individual who shall ensure that all components of the plan of care are addressed and implemented; (b) Addresses maintenance of patient-family...

... hospice care and services in a hospice patient's home shall establish a written policy establishing procedures to be followed in preventing the diversion of controlled substances containing opioids that are prescribed to its hospice patients. The policy shall include procedures for the disposal of any such drugs prescribed to a hospice patient as part of the patient's interdisciplinary plan of care that are relinqui...

..."trauma care," "trauma center," "trauma patient," "pediatric," and "adult" have the same meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Stabilize" and "transfer" have the same meanings as in section 1753.28 of the Revised Code. (B) On and after November 3, 2002, each hospital in this state that is not a trauma center shall adopt protocols for adult and pediatric trauma care provided in or by that hospit...

...Revised Code: (A) "Admission" means a patient's admission to a hospital on an inpatient basis by a health care professional specified in division (B)(1) of section 3727.06 of the Revised Code. (B) "After-care" means assistance provided by a lay caregiver to a patient in the patient's residence after the patient's discharge and includes only the caregiving needs of the patient at the time of discharge. (C) "Disc...

... on behalf of a congregate care setting patient or resident. An advocate may include but is not limited to any of the following: (a) The patient's or resident's spouse, family member, companion, or guardian; (b) In the case of a minor patient or resident, the minor's residential parent and legal custodian or the minor's guardian; (c) An individual designated as an attorney in fact for the patient or resident un...

...he effective date of this amendment , a patient seeking to use medical marijuana or a caregiver seeking to assist a patient in the use or administration of medical marijuana shall apply to the state board of pharmacy for registration. On and after one hundred eighty days following the effective date of this amendment , a patient seeking to use medical marijuana or a caregiver seeking to assist a patient in the use or...

...ist's name and permit number; (c) The patient's name; (d) The name and address of the location where the dental hygiene services are to be provided; (e) The date of authorization; (f) A statement, signed by the dental hygienist, that the hygienist agrees to comply with section 4715.366 of the Revised Code. (2) The authorizing dentist has personally evaluated the dental hygienist's skills prior to authorizin...

...eledentistry permit without examining a patient in person: (1) Authorize a dental hygienist or expanded function dental auxiliary to perform services as set forth in division (E) or (F) of this section, as applicable, at a location where no dentist is physically present; (2) Prescribe a drug that is not a controlled substance for a patient who is at a location where no dentist is physically present. (B) The con...

...ation on an anesthetized or unconscious patient. (C) Division (B) of this section does not apply in any of the following circumstances: (1) The performance of an intimate examination is within the scope of care for the surgical procedure or diagnostic examination to be performed on the patient. (2) The patient or the patient's legal representative gives specific, informed consent for the intimate examination, c...

...ioner must have an ongoing practitioner-patient relationship with each patient whose drug therapy is to be managed. (2) The diagnosis for which each patient has been prescribed drug therapy must be within the scope of each practitioner's practice. (3) Each pharmacist must have training and experience related to the particular diagnosis for which drug therapy is to be prescribed. (D) With respect to consult agre...

...(2) "Hospice care program" and "hospice patient" have the same meanings as in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code. (B) With regard to a dangerous drug that is indicated for the treatment of cancer or a cancer-related illness, must be administered intravenously or by subcutaneous injection, and cannot reasonably be self-administered by the patient to whom the drug is prescribed or by an individual assisting the pati...