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...(A) Where any person is certified or licensed by the director of environmental protection to engage in asbestos hazard abatement or evaluation activity pursuant to this chapter, the liability of that person when performing such activity in accordance with procedures established pursuant to state or federal law for an injury to any individual or property caused or related to this activity shall be limited to acts or o...

...ency and the United States occupational safety and health administration, and if the electric light company engages in an asbestos hazard abatement activity solely at its own place or places of business, except that such electric light company and its full-time employees shall comply with the certification provisions contained in this chapter to the extent required to comply with applicable accreditation requirements...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) At the request of the director of environmental protection, a prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer may commence a criminal action, in a court of this state, against any person who violates any provision of this chapter, any rule adopted under this chapter, any license or certificate issued under this chapter, or any order issued pursuant to this chapter. (B) Upon conviction,...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Board of health" means a board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code. (B) "Maternity home" means a facility for pregnant girls and women where accommodations, medical care, and social services are provided during the prenatal and postpartal periods. "Maternity home" does not inc...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall operate a maternity home unless the person holds the appropriate license issued under this chapter and the license is valid. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a health care facility, as defined in section 3702.30 of the Revised Code.

...Each person seeking to operate a maternity home shall apply to the director of health for a license under this chapter. The application shall be submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the director in rules adopted under section 3711.12 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The director of health shall review all applications received under section 3711.04 of the Revised Code. On receipt of a complete application, the director shall send a copy of the application to the board of health of the city or general health district in which the maternity home is to be operated. Unless the board finds that an applicant is not in compliance with an applicable health regulation adopted by th...

...The director of health shall inspect each maternity home for which a person has applied for an initial license under section 3711.04 of the Revised Code prior to issuing the license. Inspections shall be conducted in accordance with inspection criteria, procedures, and guidelines adopted by the director under section 3711.12 of the Revised Code.

...A license issued under this chapter is valid for three years, unless earlier revoked or suspended under section 3711.14 of the Revised Code. The license may be renewed in the manner prescribed by the director of health in rules adopted under section 3711.12 of the Revised Code. The license renewal fee specified in the rules shall be paid not later than sixty days after the director of health mails an invoice fo...

...The director of health shall monitor compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. The director may conduct inspections of a maternity home as necessary to adequately monitor compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. The inspections may be scheduled or random. The board of health of the city or general health district in which a maternity home is located may conduct inspections of ...

...tion 3711.10 of the Revised Code; (5) Safety standards, quality-of-care standards, and quality-of-care data reporting requirements; (6) Reporting and auditing requirements; (7) Inspection criteria, procedures, and guidelines; (8) Application forms to be used and procedures to be followed in applying under section 3711.13 of the Revised Code for a variance or waiver of any of the requirements of the rules adop...

...er would not jeopardize the health and safety of any patient or resident. (E) If a board of health denies a variance or waiver requested by a maternity home, the home may appeal the denial by filing a notice of appeal with the director of health. The notice must be filed not later than thirty days after the board's denial of the request. Not later than forty-five days after the notice of appeal is filed, the ...

...(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of health may do any of the following: (1) Impose a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars on a person who violates a provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under it; (2) Summarily suspend, in accordance with division (B) of this section, a license issued under this cha...

...All initial license fees, renewal fees, late renewal penalties, fees for inspections conducted by the director of health, and civil penalties collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created under section 3701.83 of the Revised Code. The moneys shall be used solely for purposes of administering and enforcing this chapter and the rules...

...his section shall not be used for law enforcement purposes or disclosed to law enforcement authorities. (D) The department shall compile the information submitted under this section and make a summary of that information available to the public not later than ninety days after the end of each calendar year.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Hospice care program" means a coordinated program of home, outpatient, and inpatient care and services that is operated by a person or public agency and that provides the following care and services to hospice patients, including services as indicated below to hospice patients' families, through a medically directed interdisciplinary team, under interdisciplinary plans of care establis...

...irements for reporting to a local law enforcement agency pursuant to division (B)(6) of section 3712.062 of the Revised Code the results of an investigation of suspected diversion; (7) Providing for a waiver of the requirement for the provision of physical, occupational, or speech or language therapy contained in division (A)(2) of section 3712.01 of the Revised Code when the requirement would create a hardship beca...

...ted under it; and (3) Implement and enforce provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under it as such provisions apply to pediatric respite care programs.

...adopted under it; (3) Implement and enforce provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under it as such provisions apply to pediatric transition care programs. (D) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under this section is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code. (E) Rules adopted under s...

...(A) Every person or public agency that proposes to provide a hospice care program shall apply to the department of health for a license. Application shall be made on forms prescribed and provided by the department, shall include such information as the department requires, and shall be accompanied by the license fee established by rules of the director of health adopted under division (A) of section 3712.03 of the Re...

...(A) Every person or public agency that proposes to provide a pediatric respite care program shall apply to the department of health for a license. Application shall be made on forms prescribed and provided by the department, shall include such information as the department requires, and shall be accompanied by the license fee established by rules adopted by the director of health under division (A) of section 3...

...(A) Every person or public agency that proposes to provide a pediatric transition care program shall register with the department of health. Registration shall be made on forms prescribed and provided by the department and shall include such information as the department requires. The department shall register a pediatric transition care program if the program is in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted un...

...(A) No person or public agency, other than a person or public agency licensed pursuant to section 3712.04 of the Revised Code, shall hold itself out as providing a hospice care program, or provide a hospice care program, or use the term "hospice" or any term containing "hospice" to describe or refer to a health program, facility, or agency. A hospital, home providing nursing care, or home health agency that provides...

...(A) As used in this division, "person" does not include a member of an interdisciplinary team, as defined in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code, or any individual who is employed by a person or public agency licensed under section 3712.041 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person or public agency, other than a person or public agency licensed pursuant to section 3712...