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...Before an individual is admitted as a resident to a home, the home's administrator shall search for the individual's name in the internet-based sex offender and child-victim offender database established under division (A)(11) of section 2950.13 of the Revised Code. If the search results identify the individual as a sex offender and the individual is admitted as a resident to the home, the administrator shall ...

...resident's own expense under the home's safety rules and under applicable laws and rules of the state, unless not medically advisable as documented in the resident's medical record by the attending physician or unless contradictory to written admission policies; (19) The right to retire and rise in accordance with the resident's reasonable requests, if the resident does not disturb others or the posted meal schedu...

...y, consistent with applicable laws and rules; (D) Adequate indoor space, which need not be dedicated to that purpose, for families of residents to meet privately with families of other residents; (E) Access to the following persons to enter the home during reasonable hours, except where such access would interfere with resident care or the privacy of residents: (1) Employees of the department of health, depar...

...(A) As used in this section, "veteran" has the same meaning as in section 5901.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Each nursing home, except a nursing home that participates in the veteran community partnerships program administered by the United States department 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...

...to the medicaid director, to assure the security of all residents' funds managed by the home.

... (c) An emergency arises in which the safety of individuals in the home is endangered; (d) An emergency arises in which the health of individuals in the home would otherwise be endangered; (e) An emergency arises in which the resident's urgent medical needs necessitate a more immediate transfer or discharge. In any of the circumstances described in divisions (A)(1)(a) to (e) of this section, the notice sha...

...(A) Not later than thirty days after the date a resident or the resident's sponsor receives under section 3721.16 of the Revised Code a notice of a proposed transfer or discharge, whichever date of receiving the notice is later, the 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, ...

...(A) On receiving a request pursuant to section 3721.161 of the Revised Code, the department of health shall conduct hearings under this section in accordance with 42 C.F.R. 431, subpart E, to determine whether the proposed transfer or discharge of the resident from the home complies with divisions (A)(30) to (33) of section 3721.13 and section 3721.16 of the Revised Code. (B) The department shall employ or contrac...

...0 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code, or of rules, policies, or procedures adopted pursuant to those sections, not covered by division (C)(1) of this section, or it may refer the complaint to the grievance committee at the home where the alleged violation occurred, or to the attorney general. (D) If, after an investigation, the department of health finds probable cause to believe that a violation of sections 3721.10 t...

...of Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code or rules, 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.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Home" and "residential care facility" have the same meanings as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code; (2) "Provider agreement" has the same meaning as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Sponsor" and "residents' rights advocate" have the same meanings as in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code. A home licensed under this chapter that is not a party to a provider ag...

...ergy members, hair salon personnel, 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 othe...

...lled nursing care that are specified in rules the director of health shall adopt in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (N) "Personal care services" has the same meaning as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. (O)(1) Except as provided in division (O)(2) of this section, "nurse aide" means an individual who provides nursing and nursing-related services to residents in a long-term care facility, e...

...(A)(1) No person identified in division (P)(1) to (12), (14), or (15) of section 3721.21 of the Revised Code 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 or suspicion to the faci...

... hearing shall be conducted pursuant to rules adopted 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. I...

...(A) No person or government entity shall retaliate against an employee or another individual used by the person or government entity to perform any work or services who, in good faith, makes or causes to be made a report of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a resident or misappropriation of the property of a resident; indicates an intention to make such a report; provides information during an investigatio...

...(A)(1) Except as required by court order, as necessary for the administration or enforcement of any statute or rule relating to long-term care facilities or residential care facilities, or as provided in division (D) of this section, the director of health shall not disclose any of the following without the consent of the individual or the individual's legal representative: (a) The name of an individual who reports ...

...r sections 1819 and 1919 of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.

... services to residents as prescribed by rules that shall be adopted by the director in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; (2) The individual is under the personal supervision of a registered or licensed practical nurse licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code. (F) An individual shall be considered to have satisfied the requirement, under division (B)(2) of this section, of having successful...

... sections 1819 and 1919 of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.

...evaluation specified by the director in rules adopted under division (C) of this section, including a minimum of seventy-five hours divided between skills training and classroom instruction in the following topic areas: (1) Basic nursing skills; (2) Personal care skills; (3) Recognition of mental health and social service needs; (4) Care of residents with cognitive impairments; (5) Basic restorative service...

... of section 1819 or 1919 of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, within a two-year period prior to making application for approval or reapproval and shall revoke the approval or reapproval of a program conducted by or in a facility for which such a determination is made. This division does not apply to a program conducted by or in a long-term care facility to which the United S...

...ing skills including infection control, safety and emergency procedures, and personal care, and have successfully completed a competency evaluation program conducted by the director under division (A) of section 3721.31 of the Revised Code; (8) Have the equivalent of twelve months or more of full-time employment in the five years preceding listing in the registry as a hospital aide or orderly and have successfully ...

...1.28 to 3721.32 of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder.

...ion 3721.31 of the Revised Code 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 evalua...