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...The department of health may devise a suitable program for establishing a blood bank for civilian use, embracing if necessary, methods for the registration of blood donors, for the collection of blood from donors, for the processing or procurement of blood plasma or other substitutes for whole blood, and for the distribution of pool blood, blood plasma, or other blood substitutes to meet civilian needs, to communitie...

...In formulating and administering the blood bank program, the department of health may establish necessary standards, promulgate necessary rules and regulations, utilize the facilities and services of other official agencies and of voluntary organizations which may be made available to the department, and co-operate, if requested, with agencies and organizations engaged in a similar program on a local or state basis.

...Suitable rooms for conducting the business of the department of health shall be provided and maintained by the state.

...created the Ohio public health advisory board. The board shall consist of the following members: (1) The following members appointed by the director of health from among individuals who are not employed by the state and are recommended by statewide trade or professional organizations that represent interests in public health: (a) One individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medi...

...(A) The Ohio public health advisory board shall review and make recommendations to the director of health on all of the following: (1) Developing and adopting proposed rules under Chapters 3701 and 3717 of the Administrative Code; (2) Prescribing proposed fees for services provided by the office of vital statistics and the bureau of environmental health; (3) Any proposed policy changes that pertain to entiti...

...(A) The director of health, pursuant to Chapter 119. and consistent with Chapter 3726. and section 2317.56 of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules relating to abortions and the following subjects: (1) Post-abortion procedures to protect the health of the pregnant woman; (2) Pathological reports; (3) Humane disposition of the product of human conception; (4) Counseling. (B) The director of health shall implem...

...s and optimum achievable standards for boards of health and local health departments. The minimum standards shall assure that boards of health and local health departments provide for: (A) Analysis and prevention of communicable disease; (B) Analysis of the causes of, and appropriate treatment for, the leading causes of morbidity and mortality; (C) The administration and management of the local health depart...

...as otherwise provided in this division, boards of health of city or general health districts shall be given the exclusive power to establish fees in accordance with section 3709.09 of the Revised Code for administering and enforcing the rules. The fees shall establish a different rate for administering and enforcing the rules relative to private water systems serving single-family dwelling houses and nonsingle-family...

...7 of the Revised Code may apply to the board of health of the city or general health district administering and enforcing the private water supply program in the health district in which the private water system is or is to be located or, if the health district is not administering and enforcing the program, may apply to the department of health for a variance from such rules governing the design, construction...

...rcing such rules by the director or by boards of health of city and general health districts approved by the director of health. For purposes of this section "public water system" has the meaning ascribed to it in section 6109.01 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The governing body of every hospital shall set standards and procedures to be applied by the hospital and its medical staff in considering and acting upon applications for staff membership or professional privileges. These standards and procedures shall be available for public inspection. (B) The governing body of any hospital, in considering and acting upon applications for staff membership or professional pr...

...No person shall violate any rule the director of health or department of health adopts or any order the director or department of health issues under this chapter to prevent a threat to the public caused by a pandemic, epidemic, or bioterrorism event.

...Notwithstanding section 3701.352 of the Revised Code, a business does not violate that section and may continue or resume operations if both of the following are true: (A) The business has been required to cease or limit operations by order or rule of the director or department of health that was issued under this chapter to prevent a threat to the public caused by a pandemic, epidemic, or bioterrorism event ; (B...

...ne and surgery, including those who are board-certified in pediatrics and those who are board-certified in psychiatry, as those designations are issued by a medical specialty certifying board recognized by the American board of medical specialties or American osteopathic association; (2) Physician assistants licensed under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code; (3) Advanced practice registered nurses licensed under C...

...The palliative care consumer and professional information and education program is hereby established in the department of health. The purpose of the program is to maximize the effectiveness of palliative care initiatives in this state by ensuring that comprehensive and accurate information and education on palliative care is available to health care facilities, other health care providers, and the public. The depa...

...(A) Each of the health care facilities and providers identified in division (B) of this section shall do both of the following: (1) Establish a system for identifying patients or residents who could benefit from palliative care; (2) Provide information on palliative care to patients and residents who could benefit from palliative care. (B) Division (A) of this section applies to all of the following: (1) A ho...

...The state construction and modernization program shall provide, in accordance with regulations prescribed under the federal act, for adequate hospital and medical facilities for the people residing in this state and in so far as possible shall provide for their distribution throughout the state in such manner as to make all types of hospital and medical facilities service reasonably accessible to all persons.

...The director of health may make application to the surgeon general for federal funds to assist in carrying out the survey and planning activities provided in sections 3701.01, 3701.04, 3701.08, 3701.09, and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code. Such funds shall be deposited in the state treasury and shall be available to the director for expenditure for carrying out such sections. Any such funds received and not e...

...The director of health shall prepare and submit to the surgeon general a state plan which shall include the hospital and medical facilities construction and modernization program developed under sections 3701.01, 3701.04, 3701.08, 3701.09, and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code, and which shall provide for the establishment, administration, and operation of hospital and medical facilities construction and moderni...

...section 3701.39 of the Revised Code. Boards of trustees or directors of institutions required to comply with sections 3701.01, 3701.04, 3701.08, 3701.09, and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code shall have the right to select the professional staff members of such institutions and to select and employ interns, nurses, and other personnel, and no rules, regulations, or standards of the director of health ado...

...The state plan provided for by section 3701.39 of the Revised Code shall set forth the relative need for the several projects included in the construction and modernization program determined in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to the federal act and provide for the construction or modernization, in so far as financial resources are available therefor and maintenance and operations make possible, in th...

...Applications for grants, loans, or loan guarantees under the federal act for hospital and medical facilities construction or modernization projects shall be submitted to the director of health and may be submitted by the state or any political subdivision thereof or by any other public or nonprofit agency eligible under the federal act. Each application for a construction or modernization project shall conform to fed...

...The director of health shall afford to every applicant for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing. If the director, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in the order of relative need, finds that a project application complies with section 3701.42 of the Revised Code and is otherwise in conformity with the state plan provided for in section 3701.39 o...

...The director of health shall inspect each construction project approved by the surgeon general and, if the inspection so warrants, the director shall certify to the surgeon general that work has been performed upon the project or purchases have been made in accordance with the approved plans and specifications and that payment of an installment of federal funds is due to the applicant.

...The director of health may receive federal grant funds in behalf of, and transmit them to, applicants for hospital and medical facilities construction and modernization projects. There is hereby established, separate and apart from all public moneys and funds of this state, a hospital and medical facilities construction fund. Grant moneys received from the federal government for a project approved by the surgeon gene...