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...d testimony, except that a subpoena for patient record information shall not be issued without consultation with the attorney general's office and approval of the secretary of the board. Before issuance of a subpoena for patient record information, the secretary shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it and tha...

...responsible for the medical care of the patients confined there. At least one such physician shall be a psychiatrist. (b) The department has not been notified under section 5119.334 of the Revised Code or is not otherwise aware that the hospital, or any owner, sponsor, medical director, administrator, or principal of the hospital, has been the subject of an adverse action, as defined in that section, taken during ...

... of the Revised Code, employee of an outpatient health facility as defined in section 5101.60 of the Revised Code, employee of a home health agency, employee of a residential facility licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code that provides accommodations, supervision, and personal care services for three to sixteen unrelated adults, or employee of a community mental health facility; (b) Any school teacher o...

...isclose, or use confidences of clients, patients, or other recipients of professional services except under specified circumstances or generally are required to maintain those types of confidences as privileged communications except under specified circumstances. Division (A)(2) of this section does not require an attorney, physician, or other professional subject to a confidentiality requirement as described in this...

...t is not operated for profit and refers patients to, or arranges for the provision of, health-related diagnosis, care, or treatment by a health care professional or health care worker. (9) "Operation" means any procedure that involves cutting or otherwise infiltrating human tissue by mechanical means, including surgery, laser surgery, ionizing radiation, therapeutic ultrasound, or the removal of intraocular foreign...

...nformation concerning individual cancer patients from the department of health. (C) The department of health shall record in the registry all reports of cancer received by it. In the development and administration of the cancer registry the department may use information compiled by public or private cancer registries and may contract for the collection and analysis of, and research related to, the information rec...

...ake available to the public a toll-free patient safety telephone line. The department may make the toll-free patient safety telephone line available by maintaining a toll-free telephone line specifically for accepting calls regarding patient safety or by using a toll-free telephone line that the department maintains for accepting calls regarding other matters. The department shall accept calls placed through the to...

...jeopardize the health and safety of any patient; (2) A letter, contract, or memorandum of understanding signed by the facility and one or more consulting physicians who have admitting privileges at a minimum of one local hospital that is located within a twenty-five mile radius of the facility, memorializing the physician or physicians' agreement to provide back-up coverage when medical care beyond the level the fa...

...12(c)(2), a facility shall send to each patient who has a mammogram at the facility a summary of the written report containing the results of the patient's mammogram. If, based on the breast imaging reporting and data system established by the American college of radiology, the patient's mammogram demonstrates that the patient has dense breast tissue, the summary shall include the following statement: "Your mammogr...

...be conducted in a manner that protects patient confidentiality. Names or other identifying information about any patient shall not be made public without the written consent of the patient or the patient's guardian, or, if the patient is a minor, the patient's parent or guardian.

...ubstance on a prescription for use by a patient, or supplies a controlled substance to a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs for use by the professional in personally furnishing patients with controlled substances, the pharmacist shall affix to the container in which the controlled substance is dispensed or supplied a label showing the following: (1) The name and address of the pharmacy dispen...

...he Revised Code; (4) A hospital or inpatient unit licensed under section 5119.33 of the Revised Code; (5) A residential facility as defined in section 5119.34 of the Revised Code; (6) A residential facility as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code; (7) A community addiction services provider as defined in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code; (8) A facility providing services under a contract w...

...atric 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 adult or pediatric trauma care to a severely injured patient that is inconsistent with applicable federal laws, state laws, and trauma care protocols and pat...

...3922.01 of the Revised Code. (B) If a patient is admitted to a hospital for inpatient health care services and the hospital is informed at the time of admission that the person is covered by a health benefit plan, the hospital shall notify the health plan issuer of the admission within forty-eight hours of the patient being admitted. (C) If a patient is admitted to a hospital for inpatient health care services pr...

...ocuments, and testimony. A subpoena for patient record information shall not be issued without consultation with the attorney general's office and approval of the secretary of the board and the board's supervising member of investigations. Before issuance of a subpoena for patient record information, the secretary and supervising member shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint fil...

...mination and diagnosis, shall give each patient for whom the optometrist prescribes any vision correcting item, device, or procedure, one copy of the prescription, without additional charge to the patient. The prescription shall include the following: (1) The date of its issuance; (2) Sufficient information to enable the patient to obtain from the supplier of the patient's choice, the optical accessory or other vis...

...logical product unless its price to the patient is less than or equal to the price of the drug as prescribed. (3) The pharmacist or the pharmacist's agent, assistant, or employee shall inform the patient or the patient's agent if a generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product is available at a lower or equal cost and of the person's right to refuse the drug selected. Division (B)(3) of this sect...

...pharmacy where the dispensing of drugs, patient counseling, and other pharmacist care is provided through a telepharmacy system. The dispensing of drugs at a remote dispensing pharmacy may include the dispensing of drug therapy related devices. (2) "Telepharmacy system" means a system that monitors the dispensing of drugs and provides for related drug utilization review and patient counseling services by an electro...

...the following: (1) The admission of a patient to a health care facility for the purpose of receiving psychiatric or other behavioral health care services on an inpatient basis; (2) The discharge of a patient from a health care facility after receiving inpatient psychiatric or other behavioral health care services; (3) The treatment of a patient while at a health care facility on an inpatient basis for psychiatr...

... the physician to assure proper care of patients. (2) The supervising physician shall personally and actively review the physician assistant's professional activities. (3) The supervising physician shall ensure that the quality assurance system established pursuant to division (F) of this section is implemented and maintained. (4) The supervising physician shall regularly perform any other reviews of the physician...

...s all of the following: (i) Examining patients by verbal inquiry; (ii) Examination of the musculoskeletal system by hand; (iii) Visual inspection and observation; (iv) Diagnosing a patient's condition only as to whether the patient has a disorder of the musculoskeletal system; (v) In the treatment of patients, employing the techniques of advised or supervised exercise; electrical neuromuscular stimulation; ...

...ination and diagnosis, shall give each patient for whom the individual prescribes any vision correcting item, device, or procedure, one copy of the prescription, without additional charge to the patient. The prescription shall include the following: (1) The date of its issuance; (2) Sufficient information to enable the patient to obtain from the supplier of the patient's choice, the vision correcting item, de...

...'s health and safety, especially client/patient safety; 3. Encourage the cooperation of Compact States in the areas of psychology licensure and regulation; 4. Facilitate the exchange of information between Compact States regarding psychologist licensure, adverse actions and disciplinary history; 5. Promote compliance with the laws governing psychological practice in each Compact State; and 6. Invest all Compa...

...ible range, visual range, or both, of a patient and the person administering to the patient. (L) "Allied medical support" means a licensed dentist, physician, chiropractor, or physical therapist who is in good standing as determined under Chapter 4715., 4731., 4734., or 4755. of the Revised Code, as applicable. (M) "Veterinary-client-patient-relationship" means a relationship that meets the requirements of section ...

...gency care to adult or pediatric trauma patients, appointed from among persons nominated by the Ohio hospital association, persons nominated by the Ohio osteopathic association, persons nominated by the association of Ohio children's hospitals, and persons nominated by the health forum of Ohio; (17) The operator of an ambulance company that actively provides trauma care to emergency patients, appointed from among ...