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...(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall develop courses for the training of developmental disabilities personnel in the administration of medications and performance of health-related activities pursuant to the authority granted under section 5123.42 of the Revised Code. The department may develop separate or combined training courses for the administration of prescribed medications, administration of ...

...The department of developmental disabilities shall develop courses that train registered nurses to provide the developmental disabilities personnel training courses developed under section 5123.43 of the Revised Code. The department may develop courses that train registered nurses to provide all of the courses developed under section 5123.43 of the Revised Code or any one or more of the courses developed under that s...

...(A) Each developmental disabilities personnel training course developed under section 5123.43 of the Revised Code shall be provided by a registered nurse. (B) To provide a training course or courses to developmental disabilities personnel, a registered nurse shall obtain the certificate or certificates required by the department of developmental disabilities and issued under section 5123.45 of the Revised Code. The ...

...(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall establish a program under which the department issues certificates to the following: (1) Developmental disabilities personnel, for purposes of meeting the requirement of division (D)(1) of section 5123.42 of the Revised Code to obtain a certificate or certificates to administer medications and perform health-related activities pursuant to the authority granted ...

...mation in the registry available to the public in computerized form or any other manner that provides continuous access to the information in the registry.

...(A) If good cause exists as specified in division (B) of this section and determined in accordance with procedures established in rules adopted under section 5123.46 of the Revised Code, the director of developmental disabilities may issue an adjudication order requiring that one of the following actions be taken against a person seeking or holding a certificate issued under section 5123.45 of the Revised Code: (1)...

...All rules adopted under sections 5123.41 to 5123.45 and section 5123.452 of the Revised Code shall be adopted in consultation with the board of nursing, the Ohio nurses association, the state medical board, and the Ohio society for respiratory care. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...a developmental disability who receives funding for the services through a county board of developmental disabilities, including any recipient of residential services funded as home and community-based services, family support services provided under section 5126.11 of the Revised Code, or supported living provided in accordance with sections 5126.41 to 5126.47 of the Revised Code. "In-home care" includes care that i...

...ram or service available to the general public is not a specialized service. (J) "Verbal abuse" means purposely using words to threaten, coerce, intimidate, harass, or humiliate an individual. (K) "Sexual conduct," "sexual contact," and "spouse" have the same meanings as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code.

... or device for initiating an electronic fund transfer at a point of sale terminal, automated teller machine, or cash dispensing machine; (iii) Misappropriated prescribed medication of an individual with a developmental disability; (iv) Knowingly abused such an individual; (v) Recklessly abused or neglected such an individual, with resulting physical harm; (vi) Negligently abused or neglected such an individual, w...

...ormation contained in the registry is a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and is subject to inspection and copying under section 1347.08 of the Revised Code.

...An individual who is included in the registry may petition the director of developmental disabilities for removal from the registry. If the director determines that good cause exists, the director shall remove the individual from the registry and may properly reply to an inquiry that the individual is not included in the registry. Good cause includes meeting rehabilitation standards establis...

...The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 5123.51, 5123.52, and 5123.53 of the Revised Code. The rules shall establish rehabilitation standards for the purposes of section 5123.53 of the Revised Code and specify circumstances, other than meeting the standards, that constitute good cause for the purposes ...

...(A) No developmental disabilities employee shall engage in any sexual conduct or have any sexual contact with an individual with a developmental disability for whom the developmental disabilities employee is employed or under a contract to provide care unless the individual is the developmental disabilities employee's spouse. (B) Any developmental disabilities employee who violates division (A) of this section shall...

...(A) Each of the following shall annually provide a written notice to each of its developmental disabilities employees explaining the conduct for which a developmental disabilities employee may be included in the registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code: (1) The department of developmental disabilities; (2) Each county board of developmental disabilities; (3) Each provider and subcontractor, a...

...As used in sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Guardian" means a guardian of the person, limited guardian, interim guardian, or emergency guardian pursuant to appointment by the probate court under Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code. (B) "Trustee" means a trustee appointed by and accountable to the probate court, in lieu of a guardian and without a judicial determination of incompetency, with respe...

...r into a contract with any responsible public or private agency for provision of protective service by the agency, and the contract may permit the agency to charge the person receiving services fees for services provided. No costs or fees shall be charged by a probate court for the filing of a petition for guardianship, trusteeship, protectorship, or conservatorship under sections 5123.55 to ...

...developmental disability shall not be a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Information contained in those records shall not be disclosed publicly in such a manner as to identify individuals, but may be made available to persons approved by the director of developmental disabilities or the court.

...An agency providing protective services under contract with the department of developmental disabilities may be nominated under any of the following conditions as guardian, trustee, protector, conservator, or as trustee and protector of a person with a developmental disability: (A) The person who needs or believes the person needs protective service may make application in writing. (B) Any interested person may m...

...oyees having custody or control of funds or property to give bond to the probate court with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the full and faithful accounting of all trust funds which the employee holds. The amount of the bond shall be determined by the court and may be modified by the court.

...(A) As used in this section and section 5123.601 of the Revised Code, "Ohio protection and advocacy system" means the nonprofit entity designated by the governor in accordance with Am. Sub. H.B. 153 of the 129th general assembly to serve as the state's protection and advocacy system and client assistance program. (B) The Ohio protection and advocacy system shall provide both of the following: (1) Advocacy servi...

...ng to expenditures of state and federal funds or to the commitment, care, treatment, and habilitation of all persons represented by the Ohio protection and advocacy system, including those who may be represented pursuant to division (D) of this section, or persons detained, hospitalized, institutionalized, or receiving services under this chapter or Chapter 340., 5119., 5122., or 5126. of the Revised Code that are re...

...If compensation for the work of attorneys employed by the Ohio protection and advocacy system or an agency or political subdivision of the state is awarded to the system in a class action lawsuit pursued by the system, the compensation shall be limited to the actual hourly rate of pay for that legal work.

...(A) A joint committee to examine the activities of the state's protection and advocacy system and client assistance program is hereby established. (B) The joint committee shall consist of three members of the senate appointed by the senate president, two from the majority party and one from the minority party, and three members of the house of representatives, two from the majority party and one from the minority ...

... board member, or employee of any other public or private provider of services to an individual with a developmental disability, or any developmental disabilities employee, as defined in section 5123.50 of the Revised Code; (d) A member of a citizen's advisory council established at an institution or branch institution of the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.092 of the Revised Code; (e) A...