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...; government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity. (13) "Person acting as a parent" means a person, other than the child's parent, who meets both of the following criteria: (a) The person has physical custody of the child or has had physical custody for a period of six consecutive months, including any temporary absence from the child, wi...

...Sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code do not govern adoption proceedings or proceedings pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child.

...(A) A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq., is not subject to sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code to the extent that the proceeding is governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act. (B) A court of this state shall treat a tribe as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying sections 3127.01 to 3127....

...(A) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying sections 3127.01 to 3127.24 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of...

...A child custody determination made by a court of this state with jurisdiction under sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this state, notified in accordance with section 3127.07 of the Revised Code, or who have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court, and who have been given an opportunity to be heard. As to those persons, the determin...

...Upon the request of a party to a child custody proceeding that raises a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code, the question shall be given calendar priority and handled expeditiously.

...(A) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction over a person outside this state may be given in a manner prescribed by the Rules of Civil Procedure, or the Rules of Juvenile Procedure, as appropriate, for service of process or by the law of the state in which the service is made. Notice shall be given in a manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice but may be by publication if other means are not effect...

...(A) A party to a child custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or register a child custody determination, is not subject to personal jurisdiction in this state for another proceeding or purpose solely by reason of having participated, or of having been physically present for the purpose of participating, in the child custody proceeding. (B) A ...

...(A) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under sections 3127.01 to 3127.53 of the Revised Code. (B) The court may give the parties the opportunity to participate in the communication. If the parties are not able to participate in the communication, they shall be given the opportunity to present facts and legal arguments before a decision concerning juris...

...(A) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a person be taken in another state and may prescribe the...

...(A) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following: (1) Hold an evidentiary hearing; (2) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state; (3) Order that an evaluation be made concerning the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child involved in a pending proceeding with respect to the designation of...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination in a child custody proceeding only if one of the following applies: (1) This state is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding, or was the home state of the child within six months before the commencement of the proceeding and the child ...

...Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state that has made a child custody determination consistent with section 3127.15 or 3127.17 of the Revised Code has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until the court or a court of another state determines that the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in this st...

...Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless the court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 3127.15 of the Revised Code and one of the following applies: (A) The court of the other state determines that it no longer has e...

...(A) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if a child is present in this state and either of the following applies: (1) The child has been abandoned. (2) It is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse. (B) If there is no previous child custody determination that is entitl...

...(A) Before a child custody determination is made under this chapter, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the standards set forth in section 3127.07 of the Revised Code shall be given to all persons entitled to notice under the law of this state as in child custody proceedings between residents of this state, any parent whose parental rights have not been previously terminated, and any person havi...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code, a court of this state may not exercise its jurisdiction under sections 3127.15 to 3127.17 of the Revised Code if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a child custody proceeding concerning the child is pending in a court of another state having jurisdiction substantially in conformity with this chapter, unless the proceeding has be...

...(A) A court of this state that has jurisdiction under this chapter to make a child custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances and that a court of another state is a more convenient forum. The issue of inconvenient forum may be raised upon motion of a party, the court's own motion, or at the request of another cou...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 3127.18 of the Revised Code or another law of this state, if a court of this state has jurisdiction under this chapter because a person seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court shall decline to exercise its jurisdiction unless one of the following applies: (1) The parents and all persons acting as parents have agreed to the exercis...

...ustice. (E) A public children services agency, acting pursuant to a complaint or an action on a complaint filed under section 2151.27 of the Revised Code, is not subject to the requirements of this section. (F) As used in this section, "abused child" has the same meaning as in section 2151.031 of the Revised Code, "neglected child" has the same meaning as in section 2151.03 of the Revised Code, and "dependent chil...

...(A) The court may order any party to a child custody proceeding who is in this state to appear personally before the court with or without the child. The court may order any person who is in this state and who has physical custody or control of the child to appear personally with the child. (B) If a party to a child custody proceeding whose presence is desired by the court is outside this state with or without the ...

...As used in sections 3127.31 to 3127.47 of the Revised Code: (A) "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination. (B) "Respondent" means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hag...

...Under this chapter, and subject to sections 2101.022 and 2301.03 of the Revised Code, a juvenile court or other court with appropriate jurisdiction may enforce an order for the return of a child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as if it were a child custody determination.

...(A) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if that state exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with this chapter or the determination was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictional standards of this chapter and the determination has not been modified in accordance with this chapter. (B) A court of this state may use any ...

...(A) A court of this state that does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing either of the following: (1) A parenting time or visitation schedule made by a court of another state; (2) The parenting time or visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific parenting time or visitation schedule. (B) ...

...(A) If directors or trustees who participated in discussions or negotiations authorized by section 3727.21 of the Revised Code wish to have the hospitals they represent undertake a cooperative action proposed as a result of the discussions or negotiations, they may submit a request to the director of health on behalf of the hospitals for approval of an agreement to undertake the cooperative action. The request shall ...

...The director of health may adopt rules for the implementation of sections 3727.21 and 3727.22 of the Revised Code, including rules establishing procedures and criteria for the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative agreements under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code. If rules are adopted, they shall ensure that there is opportunity for public comment during the review and evaluation of proposed cooperative ag...

...It is the intent of sections 3727.21 to 3727.23 of the Revised Code to require the state, through the director of health and attorney general, to provide direction, supervision, and control over approved cooperative agreements entered into under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code. To achieve the goals specified in section 3727.21 of the Revised Code, this state direction, supervision, and control of cooperative agr...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Surgical smoke" means the airborne byproduct of an energy-generating device used in a surgical procedure, including smoke plume, bioaerosols, gases, laser-generated contaminants, and dust. (2) "Surgical smoke evacuation system" means equipment designed to capture, filter, and eliminate surgical smoke at the point of origin, before the smoke makes contact with the eyes or respir...

...As used in sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code: (A) "Ancillary service" means a hospital item or service that a hospital customarily provides as part of a shoppable service. (B) "Chargemaster" means the list maintained by a hospital of each hospital item or service for which the hospital has established a charge. (C) "De-identified maximum negotiated charge" means the highest charge that a hospital ...

...A hospital shall make public both of the following: (A) As described in section 3727.33 of the Revised Code, a digital file in a machine-readable format that contains a list of all standard charges, expressed in dollar amounts, for all hospital items or services; (B) As described in section 3727.34 of the Revised Code, a consumer-friendly list of standard charges for the hospital's shoppable services or an intern...

...(A) A hospital shall maintain a list of all standard charges for all hospital items or services in accordance with this section. The hospital shall ensure that the list is available at all times to the public, including by posting the list electronically in the manner provided by this section. (B) The standard charges contained in the list shall reflect the standard charges applicable to that location of the hospit...

...(A) Subject to division (E) of this section, a hospital shall maintain and make publicly available a list of the standard charges described in divisions (C)(2)(b), (c), (d), and (e) of section 3727.33 of the Revised Code for the hospital's shoppable services. With respect to the shoppable services that are included on the list, a hospital may select the shoppable services to be included on the list, subject to all of...

...Each time a hospital updates a list or internet-based price estimator tool as required under sections 3727.33 and 3727.34 of the Revised Code, the hospital shall submit the updated list or a description of the updates to the internet-based price estimator tool to the director of health. The director shall prescribe the form in which the updated list or description is to be submitted.

...(A) No hospital shall do any of the following: (1)(a) Fail to comply with the requirement to make public the list described in section 3727.33 of the Revised Code; (b) Fail to comply with the requirements to make public the either the list or the internet-based price estimator tool described in section 3727.34 of the Revised Code. (2)(a) Fail to maintain the list required by section 3727.33 of the Revised Code ...

...(A) If the director of health determines that a hospital has violated division (A) of section 3727.36 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue a notice of violation to the hospital. The director shall clearly explain in the notice the manner in which the hospital is not in compliance. When a notice of violation is issued, the director shall require the hospital to submit a corrective action plan to the directo...

...(A)(1) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, the director of health shall impose an administrative penalty on a hospital if the hospital does both of the following: (a) Violates division (A) of section 3727.36 of the Revised Code; (b) Violates division (D) of section 3727.37 of the Revised Code. (2) Each day a violation continues is considered a separate violation. (B) In imposing an ...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the hospital price transparency fund, consisting of administrative penalties collected under section 3727.38 of the Revised Code. The director of health shall administer the fund. The amounts deposited shall be used for purposes of administering and enforcing sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code, except that the director may use a portion for purposes of inform...

...The director of health shall prepare reports and submit them in accordance with all of the following: (A) On an annual basis, the director shall prepare a report on hospitals that are in violation of division (A) of section 3727.36 or division (D) of section 3727.37 of the Revised Code. (B) Within sixty days after any change to the federal price transparency law, the director shall prepare a report of the direct...

...The director of health may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of sections 3727.31 to 3727.40 of the Revised Code. All rules adopted pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section, "freestanding emergency department" means a facility that provides emergency care and is structurally separate and distinct from a hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A freestanding emergency department shall provide notice that identifies the facility as a freestanding emergency department. The facility shall provide the notice by posting it in either of th...

...As used in this section and sections 3727.51 to 3727.57 of the Revised Code: (A) "Direct patient care" means care provided by a nurse with direct responsibility to carry out medical regimens or nursing care for one or more patients. (B) "Inpatient care unit" means a hospital unit, including an operating room or other inpatient care area, in which nursing care is provided to patients who...

...(A) Each hospital shall convene a hospital-wide nursing care committee not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section or, if the hospital is not treating patients on the effective date of this section, ninety days after the hospital begins to treat patients. The hospital shall select the members of the committee, subject to all of the following: (1) The hospital's...

...A hospital-wide nursing care committee convened pursuant to section 3727.51 of the Revised Code shall do both of the following: (A) If one exists, evaluate the hospital's current nursing services staffing plan; (B) Recommend a nursing services staffing plan that is, at a minimum, consistent with current standards established by private accreditation organizations or governmental entities and ...

...(A) In accordance with division (B) of this section, each hospital shall create an evidence-based written nursing services staffing plan guiding the assignment of nurses hospital-wide. The staffing plan shall be implemented not later than ninety days after the hospital-wide nursing care committee is convened pursuant to section 3727.51 of the Revised Code, except that if the hosp...

...(A) At least once every two years, the hospital-wide nursing care committee convened pursuant to section 3727.51 of the Revised Code shall do both of the following: (1) Review how the nursing services staffing plan in effect at the time of the review does all of the following: (a) Affects inpatient care outcomes; (b) Affects clinical management; (c) Facilitates a delivery system that provides, on a cost-effective...

...To provide staffing flexibility to meet patient needs, every hospital shall identify a model for adjusting the nursing services staffing plan created under section 3727.53 of the Revised Code for each inpatient care unit.

...(A) A hospital shall provide copies of its nursing services staffing plan created under section 3727.53 of the Revised Code, in accordance with both of the following: (1) Free of charge, a copy of the staffing plan and subsequent changes to the plan shall be provided to each member of the hospital's nursing staff. (2) For a fee not to exceed actual copying costs, a copy of the staffing plan shall be provided ...

...Nothing in sections 3727.50 to 3727.56 of the Revised Code shall be construed to limit, alter, or modify any of the terms, conditions, or provisions of a collective bargaining agreement entered into by a hospital.

...sed, or controlled by this state or any agency, institution, instrumentality, or political subdivision of this state. "Public hospital" includes any state university hospital, state medical college hospital, joint hospital, or public hospital agency. (5) "Written transfer agreement" means an agreement described in section 3702.303 of the Revised Code. (B) No public hospital shall do either of the following: (...

...secondary education or higher education agency of another state that indicates that its holder has achieved the equivalent of a high school education as measured by scores obtained on a similar nationally recognized high school equivalency test. (2) "Certificate of adult basic education" means a statement that is issued by the department of rehabilitation and correction through the Ohio central school system appro...

...istrative services, or any other state agency having authority over that function. The director may make any lease, sublease, or other agreement under this division without the necessity for advertisement, auction, competitive bidding, court order, or other action or formality otherwise required by law. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, the director shall make each lease or sublease to o...

...(A) Each authorized user of the single validated risk assessment tool described in section 5120.114 of the Revised Code shall have access to all reports generated by the risk assessment tool and all data stored in the risk assessment tool. An authorized user may disclose any report generated by the risk assessment tool to law enforcement agencies, halfway houses, and medical, mental health, and substance abuse treatm...

... into a lease or agreement with a state agency, political subdivision of the state, or private entity to use facilities or other property under the jurisdiction of the department that is not being utilized by the department. All money collected for leasing and services performed in accordance with the lease or agreement shall be deposited into the property receipts fund created under division (B) of this section. Mon...

...ed service upon transfer to a different agency. Reinstatement to a position in the classified service shall be to a position substantially equal to the position in the classified service that the person previously held, as certified by the director of rehabilitation and correction and approved by the director of administrative services. If the position the person previously held in the classified service has been pla...

...ed service upon transfer to a different agency. Reinstatement to a position in the classified service shall be to a position substantially equal to the position in the classified service that the person previously held, as certified by the director of rehabilitation and correction and approved by the director of administrative services. If the position the person previously held in the classified service has been pla...

...ed service upon transfer to a different agency. Reinstatement to a position in the classified service shall be to a position substantially equal to the position in the classified service that the person previously held, as certified by the director of rehabilitation and correction and approved by the director of administrative services. If the position the person previously held in the classified service has been pla...

...uant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.

...ervices, or any other authorized state agency ancillary to the construction, reconstruction, improvement, financing, leasing, or operation of such capital facilities, including, but not limited to, any agreements required by the applicable bond proceedings authorized by Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. Such agreements shall not be subject to section 5120.24 of the Revised Code. Any lease of capital facilities ...

...ntal health services provider" means an agency, association, corporation, individual, or program that provides community mental health services that are certified by the director of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code. (I) "Licensed clinical psychologist" means a person who holds a current, valid psychologist license issued under section 4732.12 of the Revised Code, and in...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Quality assurance committee" means a committee that is appointed in the central office of the department of mental health and addiction services by the director of mental health and addiction services, a committee of a hospital or community setting program, or a duly authorized subcommittee of a committee of that nature and that is designated to carry out quality assurance program a...

...glected, the public children's services agency in the county of residence has final guardianship authority and responsibility. (B) In no case shall the guardianship of a person with a mental illness be assigned to the chief medical officer or any staff member of a hospital, board, or provider from which the person is receiving mental health services.

...rtunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency. The purpose of the task force shall be to improve the coordination of the state's efforts to address the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities who seek community employment as defined in section 5123.022 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of developmental disabilities may enter into interagency agreements with any of the government entities on the...

...ed service upon transfer to a different agency. Reinstatement to a position in the classified service shall be to a position substantially equal to that position in the classified service held previously, as certified by the director of administrative services. If the position the person previously held in the classified service has been placed in the unclassified service or is otherwise unavailable, the person shal...

... may request any other state or federal agency to supply the director with a written report regarding the criminal record of an applicant. The director may consider the reports when determining whether to issue a supported living certificate to the applicant or to renew an applicant's supported living certificate. (E) An applicant who seeks to be an independent provider or is an independent provider seeking renewal...

...(A) A person or government agency operating, on September 10, 2012, an ICF/IID pursuant to a nursing home license issued under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code shall do both of the following as a condition of continuing to operate the ICF/IID on and after July 1, 2013: (1) Not later than February 1, 2013, apply to the director of developmental disabilities for a residential facility license under section 512...

...t to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.

...ties; (E) Withhold state funds from an agency, corporation, or association denying or rendering service on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, or inability to pay; (F) Provide consultative staff service to communities to assist in ascertaining needs and in planning and establishing programs.

...The developmental disabilities community capital replacement facilities fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of developmental disabilities shall credit all amounts paid to the director under section 5123.371 of the Revised Code to the fund. The director shall use the money in the fund as follows: (A) To make payments to county boards of developmental disabilities and private, nonprofit agencies...

...lars or less. (C) "Protector" means an agency under contract with the department of developmental disabilities acting with or without court appointment to provide guidance, service, and encouragement in the development of maximum self-reliance to a person with a developmental disability, independent of any determination of incompetency. (D) "Protective service" means performance of the duties of a guardian, trustee...

...tering upon the duties of trustee, an agency under contract with the department of developmental disabilities may require any of its employees having custody or control of funds or property to give bond to the probate court with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the full and faithful accounting of all trust funds which the employee holds. The amount of the bond shall be determined by th...

...io protection and advocacy system or an agency or political subdivision of the state is awarded to the system in a class action lawsuit pursued by the system, the compensation shall be limited to the actual hourly rate of pay for that legal work.

...Every state agency, county board of developmental disabilities, or political subdivision that provides services, either directly or through a contract, to persons with developmental disabilities shall give each provider a copy of the list of rights contained in section 5123.62 of the Revised Code. Each public and private provider of services shall carry out the requirements of this section in addition to any other po...

...s by which the staff of the facility or agency assists an individual with a developmental disability in acquiring and maintaining those life skills that enable the individual to cope more effectively with the demands of the individual's own person and environment, and in raising the level of the individual's personal, physical, mental, social, and vocational efficiency. Habilitation includes, but is not limited to, p...

... the county board concerning a contract agency of which the member or an immediate family member of the member is also a board member or an employee.