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...Not later than July 1, 2014, the director of health shall establish both of the following by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code: (A) A standardized process by which all general and city health districts shall collect and report to the director information regarding public health quality indicators. (B) A policy and procedures for the sharing of health data reported under this section with pay...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Assessment" means either of the following: (a) A hospital community health needs assessment that meets the requirements set forth in 26 C.F.R. 1.501(r)-3(b); (b) An assessment of community health conducted by a board of health. (2) "Board of health" means the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section...

...(A) Whoever violates division (C) of section 3701.23, division (C) of section 3701.232, division (C) of section 3701.24, division (D)(2) of section 3701.262, or sections 3701.46 to 3701.55 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 3701.82 of the Revised Code is guilty ...

...ity or similar facility by means of signage, advertising, or other promotional efforts. "Ambulatory surgical facility" does not include a hospital emergency department, hospital provider-based department that is otherwise licensed under Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code, or an office of a physician, podiatrist, or dentist. (2) "Health care facility" means any of the following: (a) An ambulatory surgical facilit...

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, a freestanding birthing center is not required to obtain a license under section 3702.30 of the Revised Code if all of the following are the case: (1) A religious denomination, sect, or group owns and operates the center. (2) Requiring that the center be licensed significantly abridges or infringes on the religious practices or beliefs of that religious denomi...

...In the case of an ambulatory surgical facility not certified by the centers for medicare and medicaid services as an ambulatory surgical center, the director of health shall conduct an inspection of the facility each time the facility submits an application for license renewal. The director shall not renew the license unless all of the following conditions are met: (A) The inspector conducting the inspection c...

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, an ambulatory surgical facility shall have a written transfer agreement with a local hospital that specifies an effective procedure for the safe and immediate transfer of patients from the facility to the hospital when medical care beyond the care that can be provided at the ambulatory surgical facility is necessary, including when emergency situations occ...

...ians' agreement to provide back-up coverage when medical care beyond the level the facility can provide is necessary; (3) For each consulting physician described in division (B)(2) of this section: (a) A signed statement in which the physician attests to all of the following: (i) The physician actively practices clinical medicine within a twenty-five mile radius of the facility. (ii) The physician is familiar...

...nstitution. (B) No physician shall engage in any of the activities described in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section while serving as a consulting physician for an ambulatory surgical facility that has been granted a variance from the written transfer agreement requirement of section 3702.303 of the Revised Code. (C) If, at any time, the director of health determines that a consulting physician for an ambulator...

...A variance the director of health grants under section 3702.304 of the Revised Code is effective for the period of time specified by the director, except that it shall not be effective beyond the date the ambulatory surgical facility's license expires. If a variance is to expire on the date the facility's license expires, the facility may submit to the director an application for a new variance with its next li...

...An ambulatory surgical facility shall notify the director of health when any of the following occurs: (A) The facility modifies any provision of its most recent written transfer agreement filed with the director under section 3702.303 of the Revised Code. Notification under these circumstances shall occur not later than the business day after the modification is finalized. As used in this division, "business day" me...

...If any provision in sections 3702.302 to 3702.307 of the Revised Code is enjoined, the injunction does not affect any remaining provision of those sections, any provision of section 3702.30 of the Revised Code, or any provision of the rules adopted under that section.

...(A) If a variance application is denied under section 3702.304 of the Revised Code, the license of such an ambulatory surgical facility is automatically suspended. The director of health shall reinstate the license if one of the following occurs: (1) The facility files with the director a copy of a written transfer agreement that meets the requirements of section 3702.303 of the Revised Code. (2) The director grant...

...A local hospital shall not be further than thirty miles from an ambulatory surgical facility with which the local hospital has a written transfer agreement under section 3702.303 of the Revised Code.

...The director of health may impose conditions on any variance the director has granted under section 3702.304 of the Revised Code. The director may, at any time, rescind the variance for any reason, including a determination by the director that the facility is failing to meet one or more of the conditions or no longer adequately protects public health and safety. The director's decision to rescind a variance is final...

...(A) As used in this section, "surgical smoke" and "surgical smoke evacuation system" have the same meanings as in section 3727.25 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than one year after the effective date of this section, each ambulatory surgical facility shall adopt and implement a policy designed to prevent human exposure to surgical smoke during any planned surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical ...

... by the health care provider to a state agency for the same or similar licensure or inspection.

...ds that a physician has continued to engage at the same health care facility in a pattern of repeating the same violation and that the health care facility has failed to take reasonable steps to ensure that the physician does not continue the same violation at the health care facility, the department may, after providing the health care facility an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Cod...

...Any person who believes a health care facility is operating without a license in violation of division (E) of section 3702.30 of the Revised Code may petition the court of common pleas of the county in which the facility is located for an order enjoining the facility from continuing to operate without a license. The court shall grant the order on a showing that the facility named in the petition is violating division...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a freestanding birthing center shall modify operational processes to ensure that a woman giving birth in the freestanding birthing center has the option of having a long- acting reversible contraceptive placed after delivery and before the woman is discharged. (B) A freestanding birthing center is exempt from the requirement in division (A) of this section if ...

...(A) As used in this section, "mammogram" and "facility" have the same meanings as in section 263b(a) of the "Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992," 106 Stat. 3547 (1992), 42 U.S.C. 263b(a), as amended. (B) As required by 21 C.F.R. 900.12(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 o...

...unicipal corporation, township, county, school district, and all other bodies corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities only in geographic areas smaller than that of the state to which the sovereign immunity of the state attaches. (M) "Affected person" means: (1) An applicant for a certificate of need, including an applicant whose application was reviewed comparatively with the application in ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and section 3702.512 of the Revised Code, the following activities are reviewable under sections 3702.51 to 3702.62 of the Revised Code: (1) Establishment, development, or construction of a new long-term care facility; (2) Replacement of an existing long-term care facility; (3) Renovation of or addition to a long-term care facility that involves a capita...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the addition of twenty or fewer long-term care beds to a nursing home is not a reviewable activity under sections 3702.51 to 3702.62 of the Revised Code, and therefore does not require a certificate of need, if all of the following apply: (1) The nursing home is licensed under section 3721.02 of the Revised Code or by a political subdivision certified under se...

...The director of health shall administer a state certificate of need program in accordance with sections 3702.51 to 3702.62 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under those sections. Administration of the program shall include both a standard review process and an expedited review process. (A) The director shall issue rulings on whether a particular proposed project is a reviewable activity. The director shall iss...