Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 3721.13 | Residents' rights.
...y source whatsoever, that have been deposited for safekeeping with the home for use by the resident or the resident's sponsor; (ii) A listing of all deposits and withdrawals transacted, which shall be substantiated by receipts which shall be available for inspection and copying by the resident or sponsor. (28) The right of the resident to be allowed unrestricted access to the resident's property on deposit at r... |
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Section 3721.14 | Implementation of residents' rights.
...ing to implement each resident's rights under division (A) of section 3721.13 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, explaining: (1) The resident's rights and the staff's responsibility in the implementation of the rights; (2) The staff's obligation to provide all residents who have similar needs with comparable service. (B) Arrangements for a resident's needed ancillary services; (C) Protected a... |
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Section 3721.141 | Notification of benefit eligibility.
...tment of veterans affairs, and each skilled nursing facility shall provide both of the following to a veteran, spouse, surviving spouse, or representative on behalf of the veteran, seeking admission to the home or facility: (1) Notification that the veteran, spouse, or surviving spouse may be eligible for health care or financial benefits through the United States department of veterans affairs; (2) Information a... |
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Section 3721.15 | Authorization to handle residents' financial affairs.
...d dollars or less and have not been deposited in an interest-bearing account may be deposited in a noninterest-bearing account or petty cash fund. (C) Each resident whose financial affairs are managed by a home shall be promptly notified by the home when the total of the amount of funds in the resident's accounts and the petty cash fund plus other nonexempt resources reaches two hundred dollars less than the maximu... |
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Section 3721.16 | Residents' rights concerning transfer or discharge.
... of the proposed transfer or discharge, unless any of the following applies: (a) The resident's health has improved sufficiently to allow a more immediate discharge or transfer to a less skilled level of care; (b) The resident has resided in the home less than thirty days; (c) An emergency arises in which the safety of individuals in the home is endangered; (d) An emergency arises in which the health of i... |
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Section 3721.161 | Hearing challenging proposed transfer or discharge.
... resident or resident's sponsor may challenge the proposed transfer or discharge by submitting a written request for a hearing to the state department of health. On receiving the request, the department shall conduct a hearing in accordance with section 3721.162 of the Revised Code to determine whether the proposed transfer or discharge complies with divisions (A)(30) to (33) of section 3721.13 and section 3721.16 of... |
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Section 3721.162 | Determining whether transfer or discharge complies.
...section 3721.161 of the Revised Code, unless the resident and the home or, if the resident is not competent to make a decision, the resident's sponsor and the home, agree otherwise. The hearing shall be recorded on audiotape, but neither the recording nor a transcript of the recording shall be part of the official record of the hearing. A hearing conducted under this section is not subject to section 121.22 of the Re... |
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Section 3721.17 | Grievance procedure.
...e Revised Code have been violated may file a grievance under procedures adopted pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 3721.12 of the Revised Code. When the grievance committee determines a violation of sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code has occurred, it shall notify the administrator of the home. If the violation cannot be corrected within ten days, or if ten days have elapsed without correction of t... |
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Section 3721.18 | Attorney general duties.
..., policies, or procedures adopted thereunder. When it appears, as the result of the investigation, that there is cause to prosecute for the commission of a crime, the attorney general shall refer the evidence to the prosecuting attorney having jurisdiction in the matter. |
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Section 3721.19 | Nonparticipation in state assistance program.
...ischarged from this home if you are unable to pay for the services provided by this home." If the prospective resident has a sponsor whose identity is made known to the home, the home shall also inform the sponsor, before admission of the resident, of the home's status relative to the medicaid program. Written acknowledgement of the receipt of the information shall be provided by the resident and, if the prosp... |
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Section 3721.20 | Compassionate care visits.
... and contractors conducting critical on-site maintenance. A facility may, however, restrict such an individual from providing services in the facility if the individual is subject to a work exclusion due to direct exposure to a contagious disease or illness or shows symptoms of a contagious disease or illness when being screened before entering the facility. The health care and other workers shall adhere to the core ... |
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Section 3721.21 | Long-term care facility definitions.
... the "Social Security Act." (B) "Residential care facility" has the same meaning as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Abuse" means any of the following: (1) Physical abuse; (2) Psychological abuse; (3) Sexual abuse. (D) "Neglect" means recklessly failing to provide a resident with any treatment, care, goods, or service necessary to maintain the health or safety of the resident when the failure ... |
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Section 3721.22 | Reporting abuse or neglect of resident or misappropriation of property.
...trator licensed or temporarily licensed under Chapter 4751. of the Revised Code, and no administrator of a residential care facility, who knows or suspects that a resident has been abused, neglected, or exploited, or that a resident's property has been misappropriated, by any individual used by a long-term care facility or residential care facility to provide services to residents, shall fail to report that knowledge... |
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Section 3721.23 | Investigations.
...pted by the director under section 3721.26 of the Revised Code. For purposes of conducting a hearing under this section, the director may issue subpoenas compelling attendance of witnesses or production of documents. The subpoenas shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum issued for a trial of a civil action in a court of common pleas. If a person who is served a subpoena fails to atte... |
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Section 3721.24 | Whistleblower protection.
... or participates in a hearing conducted under section 3721.23 of the Revised Code or in any other administrative or judicial proceedings pertaining to the suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, or misappropriation. For purposes of this division, retaliatory actions include discharging, demoting, or transferring the employee or other person, preparing a negative work performance evaluation of the employee or other pe... |
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Section 3721.25 | Confidentiality.
... the individual's legal representative, unless the agency or individual is required to release it by division (D) of this section, by court order, or for the administration or enforcement of a statute relating to long-term care facilities or residential care facilities. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any record that identifies an individual described in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this sect... |
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Section 3721.26 | Adoption of rules.
...nts for the notice and hearing required under section 3721.23 of the Revised Code. The notice and hearing required under section 3721.23 of the Revised Code are not subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; however, the rules may provide for the notice to be provided and the hearing to be conducted in accordance with that chapter. Rules adopted under this section shall be no less stringent than the requirements, g... |
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Section 3721.28 | Nurses aides training and competency evaluation programs.
...term care facility setting, includes on-site observation and work as a nurse aide under a COVID-19 pandemic waiver issued by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services, and addresses all of the required areas specified in 42 C.F.R. 483.152(b), except that if gaps in on-site training are identified, the individual also must complete supplemental training; (b) Has successfully completed the competency eva... |
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Section 3721.29 | Orientation program - performance review - in-service education.
...nes, and procedures established by the United States secretary of health and human services under sections 1819 and 1919 of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended. |
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Section 3721.30 | Competency evaluation program contents.
...ts; (g) Any other area specified by rule of the director. (2) Any training and competency evaluation program approved or competency evaluation program conducted by the director may include a written examination, but shall permit a nurse aide, at the nurse aide's option, to establish competency in another manner approved by the director. A nurse aide shall be permitted to have the competency evaluation conducted a... |
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Section 3721.31 | Approving or rejecting programs.
...ivision (A)(4) of this section, and the sites at which they are or will be conducted. The director may conduct inspections of long-term care facilities in which individuals who have participated in approved training and competency evaluation programs are being used as nurse aides. (B) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director may do the following: (1) Deny, suspend, or revoke approval or r... |
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Section 3721.32 | State nurse aide registry.
...uation program approved by the director under division (A) of section 3721.31 of the Revised Code or conducted by the director under division (C) of that section; (2) Successfully completed a training and competency evaluation program approved by the director under division (A) of section 3721.31 of the Revised Code or met the conditions specified in division (F)(1) or (2) of section 3721.28 of the Revised Code, an... |
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Section 3721.33 | Nurse aide training fund.
... deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the nurse aide training fund, which is hereby created. The moneys in the fund shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in sections 3721.28 to 3721.32 of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder. |
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Section 3721.34 | Cooperation with other agencies.
...e and the rules adopted by the director under section 3721.30 of the Revised Code, competency evaluation programs and training and competency evaluation programs, or, in accordance with rules adopted by the director under section 3721.30 of the Revised Code, programs to train instructors and coordinators for training and competency evaluation programs and evaluators for competency evaluation programs, and to perform ... |
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Section 3721.35 | Unauthorized practice of nursing.
...al does not hold a valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code. |