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... health district or a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services to perform the duties of a health officer under this chapter. (K) "Chief clinical officer" means the medical director of a hospital, community mental health services provider, or board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, or, if there is no medical director, the licensed physician responsible for the treatment prov...

...When the chief clinical officer of a hospital considers it in the best interest of a patient, the officer may permit the patient to leave the hospital on a trial visit. The trial visit shall be for the period of time the chief clinical officer determines, but shall not exceed ninety days, unless extended for subsequent periods not to exceed ninety days after evaluation of the patient's condition. The chief clinical ...

...(A)(1)(a) No person described in division (A)(1)(b) of this section who is acting in an official or professional capacity and knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect based on facts that would cause a reasonable person in a similar position to suspect, that a child under eighteen years of age, or a person under twenty-one years of age with a developmental disability or physical impairment, has suffered or faces a th...

...(A) The director of health may do any of the following to implement and administer the patient centered medical home education program: (1) Develop and implement programs of education or training on the patient centered medical home model of care or other similar enhanced models of coordinated patient centered care that are intended to address the multifaceted needs of patients and provide whole person compre...

...(A) The department of health shall submit a report to the governor and, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, the general assembly, evaluating 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 firs...

...(A) In the case of a patient who is at least fifty-five years of age and not unconscious or otherwise incapacitated at the time of admission, a hospital shall offer the patient or the patient's guardian an opportunity to designate a lay caregiver for the patient. The offer shall be made after the patient's admission and before the patient's discharge. (B) In the case of a patient who is at least fifty-five years of...

... Selling, giving away, or administering drugs or therapeutic devices for other than legal and legitimate therapeutic purposes; or conviction of, a plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, a judicial finding of guilt resulting from a plea of no contest to, or a judicial finding of eligibility for a pretrial diversion or similar program or for intervention in lieu of conviction for, violating any municipal, s...

...rnish a complete or partial supply of a drug to treat chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis, without having examined the individual for whom the drug is intended, if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The individual is a sexual partner of the nurse's patient. (b) The patient has been diagnosed with chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis. (c) The patient reports to the nurse that the individual is unab...

...th professional authorized to prescribe drugs if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The pharmacist is able to verify a record of a prescription for the injectable long-acting or extended-release form of naltrexone in the name of the patient who is requesting the drug, but the prescription does not provide for a refill or the time permitted by rules adopted by the state board of pharmacy for providing refi...

...rnish a complete or partial supply of a drug to treat chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis without having examined the individual for whom the drug is intended, if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The individual is a sexual partner of the physician assistant's patient. (b) The patient has been diagnosed with chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis. (c) The patient reports to the physician assista...

...rnish a complete or partial supply of a drug to treat chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis, without having examined the individual for whom the drug is intended, if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The individual is a sexual partner of the physician's patient. (b) The patient has been diagnosed with chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis. (c) The patient reports to the physician that the individ...

... treatment or services for persons with drug dependencies or persons in danger of drug dependence, which program is maintained or conducted by a hospital, clinic, person, agency, or community addiction services provider whose alcohol and drug addiction services are certified pursuant to section 5119.36 of the Revised Code. (6) Disclosure would amount to revealing information acquired by the actor in the course of t...

...Nothing in section 3795.01, 3795.02, or 3795.04 of the Revised Code shall do any of the following: (A) Prohibit or preclude a physician, certified nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or clinical nurse specialist who carries out the responsibility to provide comfort care to a patient in good faith and while acting within the scope of the physician's or nurse's authority from prescribing, dispensing, administ...

...(A) Subject to divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this section and section 4715.431 of the Revised Code, the practice of an expanded function dental auxiliary shall consist of the following: (1) Procedures involved in the placement of restorative materials limited to amalgam restorative materials and nonmetallic restorative materials, including direct-bonded restorative materials; (2) Application of pit and fissure sea...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Drug database" means the database established and maintained by the state board of pharmacy pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code. (2) "Opioid analgesic" and "benzodiazepine" have the same meanings as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (E) of this section, an advanced practice registered nurse who is designated as a clinic...

...trolled substances, other habit-forming drugs, or alcohol to an extent that affects the individual's professional competency; (2) Conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, regardless of the state or country in which the conviction occurred; (3) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license issued by the physical therapy section by fraud or deception, including the making of a false, fraudulent,...

...(A) If a physical therapist evaluates and treats a patient without the prescription of, or the referral of the patient by, a person described in division (H)(1) of section 4755.48 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply: (1) The physical therapist shall, upon consent of the patient, inform the relevant person described in division (H)(1) of section 4755.48 of the Revised Code of the evaluation not later than...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "First responder" means an individual who holds a current, valid certificate issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code to practice as a first responder. (B) "Emergency medical technician-basic" or "EMT-basic" means an individual who holds a current, valid certificate issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code to practice as an emergency medical technician-basic. (C) "Em...

...(A) A patient, patient's estate, or liable relative may apply for a discount by completing an application form prescribed by the director of mental health and addiction services. The department of mental health and addiction services may require a patient, estate, or relative to furnish any of the following with an application form: (1) A copy of the patient's, estate's, or liable relative's federal income ta...