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...t more than one thousand dollars. Each day of violation is a separate offense. All money collected from fines under this section shall be used to administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it and shall be deposited as follows: (A) If the violation occurred within a health district that is approved under section 3718.07 of the Revised Code, the money shall be deposited to the credit of the dis...

... on the services of others by reason of age or physical or mental impairment; (b) Accommodations for three or more unrelated individuals, supervision and personal care services for at least three of those individuals who are dependent on the services of others by reason of age or physical or mental impairment, and, to at least one of those individuals, any of the skilled nursing care authorized by section 3721.011...

...ered to the individual by a home health agency certified under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 79 Stat. 620 (1965), 42 U.S.C. 1395, as amended; a hospice care program licensed under Chapter 3712. of the Revised Code; or a member of the staff of the residential care facility who is qualified to perform medication administration. Medication may be administered in a residential care facility only by the follow...

...A residential care facility may enter into a risk agreement with a resident or the resident's sponsor. Under a risk agreement, the resident or sponsor and the facility agree to share responsibility for making and implementing decisions affecting the scope and quantity of services provided by the facility to the resident. The facility also agrees to identify the risks inherent in a decision made by a resident or spons...

...of the home not later than ten business days after receiving the complete request. Any rules adopted by the director pursuant to section 3721.04 of the Revised Code to implement the requirements described in division (B)(5)(a) of this section are not subject to the requirements of division (F) of section 121.95 of the Revised Code. (b) The director may charge a fee for an expedited licensing inspection that is ...

...district home licensed as a residential care facility shall have available in the home for review by prospective patients and residents, their guardians, or other persons assisting in their placement, each inspection report completed pursuant to section 3721.02 of the Revised Code and each statement of deficiencies and plan of correction completed and made available to the public under Titles XVIII and XIX of the "So...

... health is hereby designated the state agency responsible for establishing and maintaining health standards and serving as the state survey agency for the purposes of Title XVIII and Title XIX. The department shall carry out these functions in accordance with the regulations, guidelines, and procedures issued under Title XVIII and Title XIX by the United States secretary of health and human services and with se...

...Where a nursing home licensed under this Chapter is operated in a building that was leased pursuant to a written lease agreement entered into on or before January 1, 1970, and where the lease agreement does not expressly determine or state the identity of the party that owns the nursing home business, operating rights, certificate of need, or legal rights associated with ownership and operation of the nursing home be...

...ities that provide the highest quality care to residents who are medicaid recipients. The program may be funded with public funds appropriated by the general assembly for the purpose of the program or any funds appropriated for nursing home licensure.

...ience, who will be employed to properly care for the type and number of nursing home residents. (B) The director shall issue to the entering operator a notice of intent to grant a change of operator license upon a determination that all requirements of this section have been met, except for submission of the final document evidencing completion of the transaction. (C) The director may conduct a survey of the nur...

...persede federal requirements for survey agency complaint investigations.

...umane, kind, and adequate treatment and care; (5) Has had a long-standing pattern of violations of this chapter or the rules adopted under it that has caused physical, emotional, mental, or psychosocial harm to one or more residents. Upon the issuance of any order of revocation, the person whose license is revoked, or the county home or district home that has its license revoked, may appeal in accordance with Chapt...

...)(1)(a) to (c) of this section. (2) An agency or individual to whom the director is required, by court order or for the administration or enforcement of a statute relating to homes, to release information described in division (A)(1) of this section shall not release the information without the permission of the individual who would be or would reasonably tend to be identified, or of the individual's legal represent...

...The state fire marshal shall enforce all statutes and rules pertaining to fire safety in homes and shall adopt rules pertaining to fire safety in homes as the marshal determines necessary. The rules adopted by the marshal shall be in addition to those fire safety rules that the board of building standards and the director of health are empowered to adopt. In the event of a dispute between the marshal and anothe...

...such homes; (7) The operation of adult day-care programs provided by and on the same site as homes licensed under this chapter; (8) The standards and procedures to be followed by residential care facilities in admitting and retaining a resident who requires the application of dressings, including requirements for charting and evaluating on a weekly basis; (9) The requirements for conducting weekly evaluations ...

... and visitors. Not later than the first day of August each year, the home shall determine whether the information sheet it has posted is the most recent version available. If it is not, the home shall replace the information sheet with the updated version. Nothing in this division requires an older adult to be vaccinated against influenza. Failure to comply with the requirement to post the information sheet shall n...

...The director of health may not deny a nursing home license to a facility seeking a license under this chapter as a nursing home on the grounds that the facility does not satisfy a requirement established in rules adopted under section 3721.04 of the Revised Code regarding the toilet rooms and dining and recreational areas of nursing homes if all of the following requirements are met: (A) The facility seeks a ...

...No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall: (A) Operate a home as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code without obtaining a license from the director of health; (B) Violate any of the conditions or requirements necessary for licensing after the license has been issued; (C) Operate a home after the license for such has been revoked by the director of health; (D) Interfere with the ins...

...No county home or district home licensed under section 3721.07 of the Revised Code shall do any of the following: (A) Violate any of the conditions or requirements necessary for licensing after the license has been issued; (B) Continue operation after its license has been revoked by the director of health; (C) Fail to be open for an inspection, or interfere with an inspection, by a state or local official performi...

...No public official or employee shall place any person in, or recommend that any person be placed in, or directly or indirectly cause any person to be placed in any home as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code which is being operated without a license from the director of health or from a political subdivision certified pursuant to section 3721.09 of the Revised Code.

...ts, other than participants in an adult day-care program, for twenty-four hours or less; (I) The home is in compliance with sections 3721.28 and 3721.29 of the Revised Code. When the director issues a license, the license shall remain in effect until revoked by the director or voided at the request of the applicant; provided, there shall be an annual renewal fee payable during the month of January of each cale...

...tions and: (A) The home within thirty days after August 4, 1975, files a written plan with the state fire marshal's office that: (1) Outlines the interim safety procedures which shall be carried out to reduce the possibility of a fire; (2) Provides evidence that the home has entered into an agreement for a fire safety inspection to be conducted not less than monthly by a qualified independent safety engineer ...

...s used in this section: (1) "Advance care planning" means providing an opportunity to discuss the goals that may be met through the care provided by a nursing home. (2) "Overhead paging" means sending audible announcements through an electronic sound amplification and distribution system throughout part or all of a nursing home to staff, residents, residents' families, or others. (B) Each nursing home shall pa...

...sed Code for a license as a residential care facility may continue to operate as an independent living facility or residential facility in accordance with this section during the period of time that the application is under consideration by the director. (2) An independent living facility or residential facility shall not provide care to more than two residents while its application under section 3721.07 of the Rev...

...e date, which shall be no less than ten days after the notice is delivered, on which the director intends to seek injunctive relief under division (B) of this section if the conditions are not substantially corrected and the director determines that a real and present danger exists. (2) If the home notifies the director, within the period of time specified pursuant to division (D)(1)(c) of this section, that the c...