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...ambulance district, or joint emergency medical services district chooses to have the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services license its emergency medical service organizations and issue permits for its vehicles pursuant to this chapter, except as may be otherwise provided, all provisions of this chapter and all rules adopted by the board thereunder are fully applicable. However, a ...

...The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services, by endorsement, may license and issue vehicle permits to an emergency medical service organization or a nonemergency medical service organization that is regulated by another state. To qualify for a license and vehicle permits by endorsement, an organization must submit evidence satisfactory to the board that it has met standards in anothe...

...ring that the applicant does not have a medical condition or physical condition, including vision impairment that cannot be corrected, that could interfere with safe driving, passenger assistance, and emergency treatment activity or could jeopardize the health and welfare of a client or the general public; (b) All of the certificates and results required under divisions (A)(2), (3), and (4) of section 4766.15 of the...

...pproved by the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services. (3) The result of a chemical test or tests of the applicant's blood, breath, or urine conducted at a hospital or other institution approved by the board for the purpose of determining the alcohol, drug of abuse, controlled substance, or metabolite of a controlled substance content of the applicant's whole blood, blood serum or ...

...An air medical service organization licensed under this chapter that uses a rotorcraft or fixed wing air ambulance shall do both of the following: (A) Use at a minimum a physician who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code or registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code, and a paramedic or one other person, designated by th...

...scal year, the state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services shall submit a report to the governor and general assembly that provides all of the following information for that fiscal year: (1) The number of each of the following the board issued: (a) Basic life-support organization licenses; (b) Intermediate life-support organization licenses; (c) Advanced life-support organization licen...

...The Ohio medical transportation board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...Whoever violates division (A) of section 4766.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...res made by an entity in implementing a medical assistance program. (D) "Medical assistance program" means all of the following: (1) The medicaid program; (2) The children's health insurance program; (3) The refugee medical assistance program; (4) Any other program that provides medical assistance and state statutes authorize the department of medicaid to administer. (E) "Medical assistance recipient" means a r...

... of job and family services, office of medical assistance, or medical assistance director in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document is deemed to refer to the department of medicaid or medicaid director, as the case may be, to the extent the reference is about a duty or authority of the department of medicaid or medicaid director regarding a medical assistance program.

...The medicaid director shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.

...(A) When the medicaid director is authorized by a statute to adopt a rule, the director shall adopt the rule in accordance with the following: (1) Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if either of the following applies: (a) The statute authorizing the rule requires that the rule be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (b) Unless division (A)(2)(b) of this section applies, the statute auth...

...The medicaid director is the executive head of the department of medicaid. All duties conferred on the department by law or order of the director are under the director's control and shall be performed in accordance with rules the director adopts.

...The medicaid director shall appoint one assistant director for the department of medicaid. The assistant director shall exercise powers, and perform duties, as ordered by the medicaid director. The assistant director shall act as the medicaid director in the medicaid director's absence or disability and when the position of medicaid director is vacant.

...The medicaid director may appoint such employees as are necessary for the efficient operation of the department of medicaid. The director may prescribe the title and duties of the employees.

...If the medicaid director determines that a position with the department of medicaid can best be filled in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 124.30 of the Revised Code or without regard to a residency requirement established by a rule adopted by the director of administrative services, the medicaid director shall provide the director of administrative services certification of the determination.

...The department of medicaid shall collaborate with the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to develop procedures and formats necessary to produce the notices described in division (D) of section 109.5721 of the Revised Code in a format that is acceptable for use by the department. The medicaid director may adopt rules under section 5160.02 of the Revised Code necessary for such co...

...The medicaid director may require any of the employees of the department of medicaid who may be charged with custody or control of any public money or property or who is required to give bond, to give a bond, properly conditioned, in a sum to be fixed by the director which when approved by the director, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The cost of such bonds, when approved by the director...

...The medicaid director may expend funds appropriated or available to the department of medicaid from persons and government entities. For purposes of this section, the director may enter into contracts or agreements with persons and government entities and make grants to persons and government entities. To the extent permitted by federal law, the director may advance funds to a grantee when necessary for the gra...

...The state health care grants fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Money the department of medicaid receives from private foundations in support of pilot projects that promote exemplary programs that enhance programs the department administers shall be credited to the fund. The department may expend the money on such projects, may use the money, to the extent allowable, to match federal financial parti...

...(A) As used in this section, "entity" includes an agency, board, commission, or department of the state or a political subdivision of the state; a private, nonprofit entity; a school district; a private school; or a public or private institution of higher education. (B) This section does not apply to contracts entered into under section 5162.32 or 5162.35 of the Revised Code. (C) At the request of any public ...

...The department of medicaid may enter into contracts with private entities to maximize federal revenue without the expenditure of state money. In selecting private entities with which to contract, the department shall engage in a request for proposals process. The department, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may also directly enter into contracts with public entities providing revenue maximizati...

...The department of medicaid may appoint and commission any competent person to serve as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for and on behalf of the department. Specific credentials shall be given by the department to each person so designated, and each credential shall state the following: (A) The person's name; (B) The agency with which the person is connected; (C) ...

...(A) The department of medicaid may conduct any audits or investigations that are necessary in the performance of the department's duties, and to that end, the department has the same power as a judge of a county court to administer oaths and to enforce the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books or papers. The department shall keep a record of the department's audits and investigatio...

...or of state may conduct an audit of any medical assistance recipient. If the auditor decides to conduct an audit under this section, the auditor shall enter into an interagency agreement with the department of medicaid that specifies that the auditor agrees to comply with section 5160.45 of the Revised Code with respect to any information the auditor receives pursuant to the audit.