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...that may be provided by a hospital to a patient in connection with an inpatient admission or an outpatient department visit, as applicable, for which the hospital has established a standard charge, including all of the following: (1) Supplies and procedures; (2) Room and board; (3) Use of the hospital and other areas, the charges for which are generally referred to as facility fees; (4) Services of physicians...

...n shall be based on multiple nurse and patient considerations that yield minimum staffing levels for inpatient care units that ensure that the hospital has a staff of competent nurses with specialized skills needed to meet patient needs. These considerations shall include both of the following: (1) The recommendations of the hospital-wide nursing care committee made under section 3727.52 of...

...A patient or guardian may revoke a lay caregiver designation at any time before the patient's discharge by communicating that intent to hospital staff. After revocation, a new lay caregiver designation may be completed in accordance with section 3727.71 of the Revised Code.

... this section n ot unreasonably delay a patient's discharge. (C) The hospital shall document information concerning the instruction provided under this section in the patient's medical record. The information shall include the date and time the instruction was provided and a description of the instruction content.

...76 of the Revised Code do not require a patient or guardian to make a lay caregiver designation. (B) A lay caregiver designation does not obligate any individual to perform after-care. (C) A lay caregiver designation or the absence of one shall not interfere with, delay, or otherwise affect the provision of health care to the patient.

... (A) Interfere with the authority of a patient's attorney- in-fact under sections 1337.11 to 1337.17 of the Revised Code or a patient's proxy under sections 2135.01 to 2135.14 of the Revised Code; (B) Create a right of action against a hospital or an employee, agent, or contractor of the hospital; (C) Create a liability for a hospital or an employee, agent, or contractor of the hospital; (D) Limit, impair, or ...

... of humans do not include any wastes of patients who have been placed on blood and body fluid precautions under the universal precaution system established by the centers for disease control in the public health service of the United States department of health and human services, except to the extent specific wastes generated under the universal precautions system have been identified as infectious wastes by rules a...

...tail dispensary; (b) The name of the patient and caregiver, if any; (c) The name of the physician who recommended treatment with medical marijuana; (d) The directions for use, if any, as recommended by the physician; (e) The date on which the medical marijuana was dispensed; (f) The quantity, strength, kind, or form of medical marijuana contained in the package. (C) When operating a licensed retail ...

...ment to assist health care provider and patient decisions with regard to appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances and conditions. (B) "Clinical review criteria" means the written screening procedures, decision abstracts, clinical protocols, and clinical practice guidelines used by a health plan issuer or utilization review organization to determine whether or not health care services or drugs are...

...It is in writing. (B) It is between a patient, or that patient's legal representative, and a health care provider and is related to services to be provided in exchange for the payment of a fee to be paid on a periodic basis. (C) It allows either party to terminate the agreement as specified in the agreement. (D) It requires termination to be accomplished through written notification. (E) It permits terminatio...

...ent into those rates such as guaranteed patient volume or availability of providers in the provider's, facility's, emergency facility's, or ambulance's geographic area; (2) The in-network rates that the health benefit plan reimburses, or has reimbursed, other providers, facilities, emergency facilities, or ambulances for the service in question in that particular geographic area, including the factors that went int...

...: (A) "Affordable Care Act" means the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 119, 42 U.S.C. 18031 (2011). (B) "Business entity" means a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity. (C) "Home state" means the state or territory of the United States, including the District of Columbia, in which an insurance agent maintains th...

... if the dialysis is performed on an out-patient basis. For purposes of this section, "out-patient basis" includes care rendered at any location whether or not at a hospital, upon approval by the attending physician, certified nurse-midwife if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the Revised Code, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner.

... not limited to, obligations concerning patient steerage and the timeliness and manner of reimbursement. (iii) An entity that is engaged in the business of providing electronic claims transport between the contracting entity and the payer or third-party administrator and complies with all of the applicable terms, conditions, and affirmative obligations of the contracting entity's contract with the participating pro...

...ram; (h) Discounted pricing for all in-patient and out-patient medical services, all professional services, and all pharmaceutical services; (i) Provisions for provider referrals, pre-admission and post-admission approvals, second surgical opinions, and other cost management techniques; (j) Antifraud mechanisms; (k) Standards and criteria for the bureau to utilize in certifying or recertifying a health care ...

...attorney-client relationship, physician-patient relationship, or advanced practice registered nurse-patient relationship. (C) The chief ombudsperson shall: (1) Assist any service office in its duties whenever it requires assistance or information that can best be obtained from central office personnel or records; (2) Annually assemble reports from each assistant ombudsperson as to their activities for the prece...

... Revised Code, including transporting a patient from an incident scene or medical facility into the air ambulance, or when transporting a patient from an air ambulance to the entrance of a hospital: (i) A physician who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code; (ii) A registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; (iii) Any...

...tment plan formulated for an individual patient by a dentist. (D) "Dentist" means an individual licensed under this chapter to practice dentistry. (E) "Dental hygienist" means an individual licensed under this chapter to practice as a dental hygienist. (F) "Dental hygiene services" means the prophylactic, preventive, and other procedures that dentists are authorized by this chapter and rules of the state den...

...ision of a dentist; (F) The number of patients who received dental hygiene services from dental hygienists providing services under permits to practice under the oral health access supervision of a dentist; (G) The number of patients who received a clinical evaluation from a dentist following the provision of dental hygiene services under section 4715.365 of the Revised Code.

...gienists, except for procedures while a patient is anesthetized, definitive root planing, definitive subgingival curettage, the administration of local anesthesia, and the procedures specified in rules adopted by the board as described in division (C)(3) of section 4715.22 of the Revised Code. (3) "Interim therapeutic restoration" means a direct provisional restoration placed to stabilize a tooth until a licensed d...

...function dental auxiliary to diagnose a patient's oral health care status. No dental hygienist or expanded function dental auxiliary shall diagnose a patient's oral health care status as part of services provided under section 4715.431 of the Revised Code.

...may perform radiologic procedures for a patient when the supervising dentist is not physically present at the location where the radiologic procedures are performed if either of the following applies: (1) The supervising dentist examined the patient not more than one year prior to the date the dental x-ray machine operator performs the radiologic procedures and the supervising dentist has ordered the radiologic pro...

...gienists, except for procedures while a patient is anesthetized, definitive root planing, definitive subgingival curettage, the administration of local anesthesia, and the procedures specified in rules adopted by the board as described in division (C)(4) of section 4715.22 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) "Minor" means an individual under eighteen years of age who is not emancipated. (2) For purposes of this division,...

...rsing care includes: (1) Observation, patient teaching, and care in a diversity of health care settings; (2) Contributions to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing; (3) Administration of medications and treatments authorized by an individual who is authorized to practice in this state and is acting within the course of the individual's professional practice; (4) Administration to an adult of...

...practice laws in the state in which the patient is located at the time care is rendered through the mutual recognition of party state licenses; 6. Decrease redundancies in the consideration and issuance of nurse licenses; and 7. Provide opportunities for interstate practice by nurses who meet uniform licensure requirements. ARTICLE II Definitions As used in this Compact: a. "Adverse action" means any adm...