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...(A) As used in this section and sections 2108.37 and 2108.38 of the Revised Code: (1) "Auxiliary aid or service" means an aid or service that is used to provide information to an individual with a cognitive, developmental, intellectual, neurological, or physical disability and is available in a format or manner that allows the individual to easily understand the information. An auxiliary aid or service may include t...

...(A) No person, purposely by any means or knowingly by damaging or tampering with any property, shall do any of the following: (1) Interrupt or impair television, radio, telephone, telegraph, or other mass communications service; police, fire, or other public service communications; radar, loran, radio, or other electronic aids to air or marine navigation or communications; or amateur or citizens band radio communica...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Clinical nurse specialist" and "certified nurse practitioner" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Communication disability" means a human condition involving an impairment in the human's ability to receive, send, process, or comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal, or graphic symbol systems that may result in a primary disability or may be seco...

...(A) The superintendent of schools or the chief administrative officer, as appropriate pursuant to section 3331.01 of the Revised Code, shall not issue an age and schooling certificate until the superintendent or chief administrative officer has received, examined, approved, and filed the following papers duly executed: (1) The written pledge or promise of the person, partnership, or corporation to legally employ t...

...(A)(1) A registered voter who, by reason of disability, is unable to physically sign the voter's name as a candidate, signer, or circulator on a declaration of candidacy and petition, nominating petition, other petition, or other document under Title XXXV of the Revised Code may authorize a legally competent resident of this state who is eighteen years of age or older as an attorney in fact to sign that voter's name ...

...(A) As used in this section, "health care provider" means any person or government entity that provides health care services to individuals. "Health care provider" includes, but is not limited to, hospitals, medical clinics and offices, special care facilities, medical laboratories, physicians, pharmacists, dentists, physician assistants, registered and licensed practical nurses, laboratory technicians, emerge...

...(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...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Addiction services" and "alcohol and drug addiction services" have the same meanings as in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Any of the following health care professionals who attends a pregnant woman for conditions relating to pregnancy before the end of the twentieth week of preg...

...The director of health, with participation from the state medical board and board of nursing, shall collaborate with medical, nursing, and physician assistant schools or programs in this state, as well as medical residency and fellowship programs in this state, to develop and implement appropriate curricula in those schools and programs designed to prepare primary care and women's health care physicians, advanced pra...

...(A) The patient centered medical home education advisory group is hereby created for the purpose of advising the director of health on the implementation and administration of the patient centered medical home education program. The advisory group shall develop and provide to the director a set of expected outcomes for the pilot project. The advisory group shall consider and provide other recommendations to th...

...The director of health shall enter into a contract with each primary care practice selected by the director for inclusion in the patient centered medical home education pilot project. The contract shall specify the terms and conditions for inclusion in the pilot project, including a requirement that the practice provide comprehensive, coordinated primary care services to patients and serve as the patients' medi...

...(A) If the director of health establishes the patient centered medical home education pilot project, the director shall prepare reports of its findings and recommendations from the pilot project. Each report shall include an evaluation of the learning opportunities generated by the pilot project, the physicians and advanced practice registered nurses trained in the pilot project, the costs of the pilot project,...

...(A) As part of the patient centered medical home program established under section 3701.94 of the Revised Code, the department of health shall establish a voluntary patient centered medical home certification program. (B) Each primary care practice, that seeks a patient centered medical home certificate shall submit an application on a form prepared by the department. The department may require an application...

...(A) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as the director considers necessary to implement the requirements of this chapter for licensure and operation of maternity homes. The rules shall include provisions for the following: (1) Licensure application forms and procedures; (2) Renewal procedures, including procedures that address the right of the director of ...

...(A) As used in sections 3721.01 to 3721.09 and 3721.99 of the Revised Code: (1)(a) "Home" means an institution, residence, or facility that provides, for a period of more than twenty-four hours, whether for a consideration or not, accommodations to three or more unrelated individuals who are dependent upon the services of others, including a nursing home, residential care facility, home for the aging, and a vetera...

...(A) It is the intent of the general assembly in enacting Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code to require each hospital operating in this state to be licensed by the director of health. Beginning on September 30, 2024, any reference to a hospital contained in the Revised Code in a chapter other than Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code shall be construed to mean a hospital licensed under Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code. ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Community-based long-term care provider" means a provider, as defined in section 173.39 of the Revised Code. (B) "Community-based long-term care subcontractor" means a subcontractor, as defined in section 173.38 of the Revised Code. (C) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (D) "Direct care" means any of the following: (1)...

...The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the administration and enforcement of sections 3742.01 to 3742.19 and 3742.99 of the Revised Code. The rules shall specify all of the following: (A) Procedures to be followed by a lead abatement contractor, lead abatement project designer, lead abatement worker, lead inspector, or lead risk assessor licensed under sect...

...e resolution process does not alter the rights or obligations of the parties, nor does it delay the timelines set forth in section 4123.511 of the Revised Code. (3) The commission shall prepare monthly reports and submit those reports to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives describing all of the following: (a) The names of each facilitator employed under a per...

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, in the case of temporary disability, an employee shall receive sixty-six and two-thirds per cent of the employee's average weekly wage so long as such disability is total, not to exceed a maximum amount of weekly compensation which is equal to the statewide average weekly wage as defined in division (C) of section 4123.62 of the Revised Code, and not less than a...

... individual who has established benefit rights, as provided in this chapter, for loss of remuneration due to the individual's unemployment. (D) "Benefit rights" means the weekly benefit amount and the maximum benefit amount that may become payable to an individual within the individual's benefit year as determined by the director. (E) "Claim for benefits" means a claim for waiting period or benefits for a desig...

...(A) Through the attorney general or an appropriate prosecuting attorney, the board of nursing may apply to an appropriate court for an order enjoining the unauthorized practice of nursing or any other violation of this chapter. On the filing of a verified petition, the court shall conduct a hearing on the petition and give the same preference to the proceeding as is given all proceedings under Chapter 119. of the Rev...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Chronic pain" has the same meaning as in section 4731.052 of the Revised Code. (2) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Hospice care program" means a program licensed under Chapter 3712. of the Revised Code. (4) "Hospital" means a hospital registered with the department of health under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code. ...

...As used in sections 4731.65 to 4731.71 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Clinical laboratory services" means either of the following: (a) Any examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment or for the assessment of health; (b) Procedures to determine, measure, or otherwise describe the presence o...

...Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to: (A) Prohibit a person other than an individual from engaging in the business of speech-language pathology or audiology without licensure if it employs a licensed individual in the direct practice of speech-language pathology and audiology. Such entity shall file a statement with the state speech and hearing professionals board, on a form approved by the board for this...