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...(A) The department of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing a procedure for county or regional domestic violence fatality review boards to follow in conducting a review of a death by domestic violence. The rules shall do all of the following: (1) Establish the format for the annual reports required by section 307.656 of the Revised Code; (2) Establish guidelines...

...The director of health shall keep health officials and the general public fully informed in a printed annual report in regard to the work of the department of health and on the progress that is being made in studying the cause and prevention of disease and such kindred subjects as may contribute to the welfare of the people of the state.

...(A) As used in this section, "rare disease" has the same meaning as in section 103.60 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than three years after the effective date of this section, the director of health shall publish a report detailing the incidence of rare diseases in this state, with subsequent reports published every two years thereafter. To the extent possible, the reports shall include data regarding individua...

...The director of health and any person the director authorizes may, without fee or hindrance, enter, examine, and survey all grounds, vehicles, apartments, buildings, and places in furtherance of any duty laid upon the director or department of health or where the director has reason to believe there exists a violation of any health law or rule.

...Every governmental entity or private nonprofit corporation or association whose employees or representatives are defined as residents' rights advocates under divisions (E)(1) and (2) of section 3721.10 of the Revised Code shall register with the department of health on forms furnished by the director of health and shall provide such reasonable identifying information as the director may prescribe. The department s...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Free clinic" means a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," as amended, or a program component of a nonprofit organization, to which both of the following apply: (a) Its primary mission is to provide health care services for free or for a minimal administrative fee to individuals with limited resour...

...(A) As used in this section, "free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of health, on its internet web site, shall make information available regarding free clinics. The information shall include all of the following: (1) A description of what constitutes a free clinic; (2) The benefits that free clinics provide to the state's health care system, including the...

...(A) The department of health is hereby designated as the state agency responsible for administering the medicare rural hospital flexibility program, as established in 42 U.S.C. 1395i-4, as amended. (B) The director of health shall designate as a critical access hospital a hospital registered as an acute care hospital with the department under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code if the hospital meets the following re...

...The department of health constitutes the sole agency of the state for the purpose of: (A) Making an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, surveying the need for construction and modernization of hospitals and medical facilities, and developing a program of hospital and medical facilities construction and modernization as provided in sections 3701.01, 3701.04, 3701.08, 3701.09, and 3701.37 to 3701.4...

...The director of health shall make an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities including public, nonprofit, and proprietary hospitals and medical facilities, survey the need for construction and modernization of hospitals and medical facilities and, on the basis of such inventory and survey, develop a program for the construction and modernization of such public and other nonprofit hospitals and medical ...

...The director of health may require any district health commissioner to attend, immediately after his appointment, a school of instruction to be conducted by the department of health at Columbus. The course at such school of instruction shall not exceed four weeks in duration, and the necessary expenses of the commissioner in attending such school shall be paid by the district board of health upon certification from t...

...The director of health shall have power to administer oaths in all parts of the state so far as the exercise of such power is incidental to the performance of the duties of the director.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Third party" means any person or government entity other than the department of health or a program administered by the department. (2) "Third party benefits" means any and all benefits paid by a third party to or on behalf of an individual or the individual's parent or guardian for goods or services the individual has received from the department of health or a grantee or contract...

...d isolation, which it may declare and enforce, when neither exists, and modify, relax, or abolish, when either has been established. (2) Under the authority described in division (B)(1) of this section, the department may require an individual traveling to this state from another country for which the centers for disease control and prevention has issued the highest level of travel health notice due to an outbreak ...

...The director of health shall: (A) Encourage and assist in the development of programs of education and research pertaining to the causes, detection, and treatment of sickle cell disease and provide for rehabilitation and counseling of persons possessing the trait of or afflicted with this disease; (B) Advise, consult, cooperate with, and assist, by contract or otherwise, agencies of this state and the federal gover...

...(A) As used in this section, "WIC program" means the "special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children" established under the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 885, 42 U.S.C. 1786, as amended. (B) The department of health is hereby designated as the state agency to administer the WIC program. The director of health shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as nece...

...(A) The department of health shall make available on its web site information about the risks associated with meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B, the availability of vaccines, and the effectiveness of the vaccines. The department shall provide written notice of the availability of meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B information on the web site to all of the following: (1) Each city, local, exempted ...

...To the extent appropriations made by the general assembly make this possible, the director of health shall provide, for the purpose of section 3313.671 of the Revised Code, the means of immunization against chicken pox to boards of health, legislative authorities of municipal corporations, and boards of township trustees.

...(A) The autism diagnosis education pilot program is hereby established in the department of health. The program shall have the following goals: (1) To educate health care professionals, teachers and other educational personnel, child care providers, parents, early intervention and developmental disabilities providers, and other community-based services providers in this state regarding the diagnosis of autism...

...(A) The director of health may establish a school-based fluoride mouth rinse program. If the director establishes the program, divisions (B) to (E) of this section are applicable. (B) The director shall conduct a program to educate employees of the department of health and dental hygienists licensed under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code on how to train employees of, and volunteers for, public and nonpublic ...

...ions; (4) Information on environmental safety and injury prevention; (5) Information on rest and the use of appropriate body mechanics; (6) Information on the availability of diagnostic, treatment, and outreach services for CRPS; (7) Information concerning any other factors or elements that might mitigate the effects of CRPS. (C) The department shall notify boards of health, hospitals, clinics, and other he...

...(A) As used in this section, "older adult" means an individual who is sixty years of age or older. (B) The department of health shall prepare an influenza vaccine information sheet that pertains to older adults. The information sheet shall contain all of the following: (1) A description of influenza, including its causes, symptoms, and methods of transmission; (2) A discussion of the health risks that influenza...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the director of health shall convene meetings with staff of the department of health, department of medicaid, department of administrative services, and commission on minority health to do all of the following: (1) Assess the prevalence of all types of diabetes in this state, including disparities in that prevalence among various demographic populations and local jurisdi...

...alth may take any action necessary to enforce this section.

...without the consent of each local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction to conduct the criminal investigation. (F) Except for information released pursuant to division (G) or (J) of this section, any disclosure pursuant to this section shall be in writing and accompanied by a written statement that includes the following or substantially similar language: "This information has been disclosed to you from confiden...