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Ohio Rev Code § 339.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.05 | Adopting Bidding Procedures and Purchasing Policies for Services, Supplies and Equipment.

Effective: October 13, 2020|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 4 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) A board of county hospital trustees may adopt, annually, bidding procedures and purchasing or leasing policies provided through a joint purchasing arrangement sponsored by a nonprofit organization, for services, supplies, and equipment, that are routinely used in the operation of the hospital and that cost in excess of the amount specified in section 307.86 of the Revised Code as the amount above which purchases must be competitively bid. If a board of county hospital trustees adopts those policies and procedures, and if the board of county commissioners approves them, the board of county hospital trustees may follow those policies and procedures in lieu of following the competitive bidding procedures of sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding section 307.86 of the Revised Code, the board of county hospital trustees is exempt from competitive bidding as required under that section if the board, by a unanimous vote of its members, makes a determination that a real and present emergency exists, and any of the following applies: (1) The estimated cost is less than one hundred thousand dollars. (2) There is actual physical damage to structures or equipment. (3) The product to be purchased is personal protective equipment and the purchase is completed during the period of the emergency declared by Executive Order 2020-01D, issued on March 9, 2020. The board shall enter the determination of emergency and the reasons for it in the minutes of its proceedings. (C) For purposes of this section, a vote is unanimous if all members of a board of county hospital trustees are present, or a lesser number of members of the board if not all members are present, provided that the number of members present constitutes a quorum. Board members participating in a vote by means of authorized communications equipment in accordance with section 339.02 of the Revised Code are considered to be present in person and may vote on matters under this section. (D) Whenever a contract of purchase, lease, or construction is exempted from competitive bidding because the estimated cost is less than one hundred thousand dollars, but the estimated cost is fifty thousand dollars or more, the board shall solicit informal estimates from not fewer than three persons who could perform the contract, before awarding the contract. With regard to each such contract, the board shall maintain a record of the informal estimates, including the name of each person from whom an informal estimate was solicited. The board shall maintain the record for the longer of at least one year after the contract is awarded or an amount of time required by the federal government. (E) "Personal protective equipment" means equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause workplace injuries and illnesses.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.07 | Duties of Administrator.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|(A) The board of county hospital trustees shall provide for the administration of the county hospital by directly employing a hospital administrator or by entering into a contract for the management of the hospital under which an administrator is provided. When an administrator is employed directly, the board shall adopt a job description delineating the administrator's powers and duties and the board may pay the administrator's salary and other benefits from funds provided for the hospital. (B) During the construction and equipping of the hospital, the administrator shall act in an advisory capacity to the board of county hospital trustees. After the hospital is completed, the administrator shall serve as the chief executive officer and shall carry out the administration of the county hospital according to the policies set forth by the board and any written delegation.The administrator shall administer the county hospital, make reports, and take any other action that the administrator determines is necessary for the operation of the hospital.At the end of each fiscal year, the administrator shall submit to the board a complete financial statement showing the receipts, revenues, and expenditures in detail for the entire fiscal year.The administrator shall ensure that the hospital has such physicians, nurses, and other employees as are necessary for the proper care, control, and management of the county hospital and its patients. The physicians, nurses, and other employees may be suspended or removed by the administrator at any time the welfare of the hospital warrants suspension or removal. The administrator may obtain physicians, nurses, and other employees by direct employment, entering into contracts, or granting authority to practice in the hospital. Persons employed directly shall be in the unclassified civil service, pursuant to section 124.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.08 | Hospital Trust Fund.

Effective: November 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly|The board of county hospital trustees may receive any gift, bequest, or devise of real or personal property in trust for the erection, improvement, or support of the county hospital, and administer the said property and the proceeds thereof in the manner required by law or the instrument creating such trust. Before receiving such trust property, the board shall give additional bond in such amount as the board of county commissioners or a court requires.Any corporation or association holding property in trust for the erection, improvement, or support of a county hospital may make application to the court of common pleas of such county for permission to resign from and relinquish the obligations of such trust. The court shall set a time for a hearing, and give notice of the hearing to the donors, if living, and to the next of kin of deceased donors, residing within the state, and notice shall also be given by publication in a newspaper published in and of general circulation within the county for three consecutive weeks. Upon hearing, with consent of the board of county hospital trustees and upon its giving such additional bond as is ordered, the court may authorize said trust property to be delivered over to said board of county hospital trustees as successor trustees. Upon delivering said trust property and making a full accounting of the administration of it to the satisfaction of the court, the former board may be discharged and any bonds or obligations for performance of its duties as such board shall be canceled.All money held in trust by the board shall be kept in a separate fund to be known as "the hospital trust fund." The board of county hospital trustees shall make a complete report of its administration of all property and funds held in trust to the board of county commissioners with its annual report of operation of the hospital.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.09 | Hospital May Be Leased.

Effective: March 30, 2007|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 126 - 126th General Assembly|When the county hospital has been fully completed and sufficiently equipped for occupancy, in lieu of sections 339.06 to 339.08 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of any county, on adoption of a resolution under section 339.091 of the Revised Code, may, upon such terms as are agreed upon between the board and a constituted and empowered nonsectarian Ohio corporation, organized for charitable purposes and not for profit, a majority of whose members reside in the county, enter into an agreement to lease for use as a hospital or hospital facilities, the lands, the buildings, and equipment of any hospital owned by said county. Such lease may be from year to year or may provide for a term of not more than thirty years and may provide that such board has the option to renew such lease at the expiration thereof for a further term of not more than thirty years upon such terms as are provided for in such lease. In the event that said nonprofit corporation fails to faithfully and efficiently administer, maintain, and operate such hospital as a public hospital, admitting patients without regard to race, creed, or color, then, after an opportunity is given to be heard upon written charges, said agreement shall terminate and the control and management of said hospital, together with all additions, improvements, and equipment, shall revert to and become the property of the county to be operated as provided by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.091 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.091 | Approval of Agreement for Operation of County Hospital by Electors.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|Before the board of county commissioners, board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission may enter into an initial agreement for the acquisition, operation, or lease under section 140.03, 140.05, 339.09, or 339.14 of the Revised Code of a county hospital operated by a board of county hospital trustees under section 339.06 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall review the agreement. If it finds that the agreement will meet the needs of the residents of the county for hospital service, the board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution authorizing the board of county commissioners, board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission to enter into the agreement. On adoption of the resolution, the board of county commissioners, board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission may enter into the agreement. The requirements of this section do not apply to an agreement if one or more hospitals classified as general hospitals by the director of health under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code are operating in the same county as the county hospital.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.10 | Authority for Board to Form or Acquire Corporation, Llc, or Participate in Nonprofit Enterprise or Venture.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 222 - 134th General Assembly|(A) The board of county hospital trustees of a county hospital may do either of the following:  (1) Form, or acquire control of, a domestic nonprofit corporation or a domestic nonprofit limited liability company;  (2) Be a partner, member, owner, associate, or participant in a nonprofit enterprise or nonprofit venture.  (B) A board of county hospital trustees of a county hospital forming, acquiring, or becoming involved with a nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, enterprise, or venture under division (A) of this section shall do so in furtherance of any of the following:  (1) To support the county hospital's mission;  (2) To provide for any or all health care or medical services, whether inpatient or outpatient services, diagnostic, treatment, care, or rehabilitation services, wellness services, services involving the prevention, detection, and control of disease, home health services or services provided at or through various facilities, education, training, and other necessary and related services for the health professions;  (3) The management or operation of any hospital facility as defined in division (E) of section 140.01 of the Revised Code;  (4) The management, operation, or participation in programs, projects, activities, and services useful to, connected with, supporting, or otherwise related to the health, wellness, and medical services and wellness programs provided in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section;  (5) Any other activities that are in furtherance of the county hospital or the persons served by the county hospital or are necessary to perform the county hospital's mission and functions and respond to change in the health care industry as determined by the board of trustees.  (C) A nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, enterprise, or venture that a board of county hospital trustees of a county hospital forms, acquires, or becomes involved with under this section shall be considered an entity separate for all purposes from the county hospital, a county, or other public entity and shall not be considered to be an agency, division, or department of a county or other public entity. Last updated July 14, 2021 at 8:41 AM
Ohio Rev Code § 339.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.11 | Contract by Board of County Commissioners for Care of Indigent Sick and Disabled Persons.

Effective: October 10, 2000|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 173 - 123rd General Assembly|The board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with one or more corporations or associations organized for charitable purposes or for the purpose of maintaining and operating a hospital in any county in which such hospital has been established, for the care of the indigent sick and disabled, including indigent persons receiving the tuberculosis treatment specified in section 339.73 of the Revised Code. The document used to verify the agreement shall specify the terms that have been agreed upon by the board and such corporations or associations. Such board shall provide for the payment of the amount agreed upon in one payment, or installments, or so much from year to year as the parties stipulate. This section does not authorize the payment of public funds to a sectarian institution, except when the payment is made pursuant to sections 339.71 to 339.89 of the Revised Code. The board may employ the necessary and properly qualified employees to assist it in carrying out all responsibilities devolving upon such board by reason of any agreement entered into in accordance with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.12 | Agreement for Acquiring General Hospital From Municipality.

Effective: November 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners may, upon such terms as are agreed upon between such board and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, lease, acquire, operate, and maintain, as and for a county hospital, the lands, buildings, and equipment of a general hospital owned by any such municipal corporation in the county. The terms of such agreement may provide that operation and maintenance of said hospital shall be under the direction and control of a public university having a college of medicine and located within the county. For such purposes the board may expend any available funds belonging to the county, except the proceeds of a special tax, loan, or bond issue.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.13 | Ratification of Former Acts.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the board of county commissioners has, prior to June 18, 1925, leased the lands, buildings, and equipment of any such general hospital as provided by section 339.12 of the Revised Code, as and for a county hospital, and has expended money or funds to operate and maintain the hospital, such acts and expenditures of the board may be ratified and confirmed by resolution of the board, by and with the consent of the municipal corporation owning such general hospital. When such acts and expenditures have been so ratified and confirmed, all previous proceedings in connection therewith are valid and binding.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.15 | Issuing Revenue Obligations.

Effective: October 4, 1984|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 224 - 115th General Assembly|The hospital commission of any county or the board of county hospital trustees established pursuant to section 339.02 of the Revised Code may issue revenue obligations of the county pursuant to section 140.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.16 | Fringe Benefits for County Hospital Employees.

Effective: March 30, 2007|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 126 - 126th General Assembly|(A) A board of trustees of any county hospital may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure on behalf of any or all of its employees, the employees of the hospital, or such employees and their immediate dependents the following types of fringe benefits:(1) Group or individual insurance contracts which may include life, sickness, accident, disability, annuities, endowment, health, medical expense, hospital, dental, surgical and related coverage or any combination thereof;(2) Group or individual contracts with health insuring corporations or other providers of professional services, care, or benefits duly authorized to do business in this state.(B) A board of trustees of any county hospital may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure insurance contracts which provide protection for the trustees, the board's employees, and the employees of the hospital against liability, including professional liability, provided that this section or any insurance contract issued pursuant to this section shall not be construed as a waiver of or in any manner affect the immunity of the hospital or county.(C) All or any portion of the cost, premium, fees, or charges for the insurance benefits specified in divisions (A) and (B) of this section may be paid in such manner or combination of manners as the board of trustees may determine, including direct payment by an employee, and, if authorized in writing by an employee, by the board of trustees with moneys made available by deduction from or reduction in salary or wages or by the foregoing of a salary or wage increase.Notwithstanding sections 3917.01 and 3917.06 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees may purchase group life insurance authorized by this section by reason of payment of premiums therefor by the board of trustees from its funds, and such group life insurance may be issued and purchased if otherwise consistent with sections 3917.01 to 3917.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.17 | Alternative Statutory Requirements.

Effective: March 30, 2007|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 126 - 126th General Assembly|(A) Sections 140.03 and 140.05 of the Revised Code are alternatives to sections 339.02 to 339.13 of the Revised Code. Sections 339.02 to 339.14 of the Revised Code are not applicable with respect to hospital facilities and services provided for under leases or agreements entered into pursuant to section 140.03 or 140.05 of the Revised Code, except to the extent made applicable by section 140.03 or 140.05 of the Revised Code and the leases and agreements made thereunder.(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, the requirements of section 339.091 of the Revised Code apply to an initial agreement with a board of county commissioners, board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission for the acquisition, operation, or lease of a county hospital operated by a board of county hospital trustees under section 339.06 of the Revised Code, entered into pursuant to section 140.03 or 140.05 of the Revised Code, but not to any amendment or renewal of such agreement.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.19 | Continued Existence and Operation of Certain County Tuberculosis Hospitals.

Effective: June 29, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 299 - 124th General Assembly|Notwithstanding the amendment of sections 339.38, 339.39, 339.42, and 339.43 of the Revised Code, the repeal of sections 339.20, 339.21, 339.22, 339.23, 339.231, 339.24, 339.25, 339.26, 339.27, 339.28, 339.29, 339.30, 339.31, 339.32, 339.33, 339.34, 339.35, 339.36, 339.37, 339.40, 339.41, 339.45, 339.46, and 339.99 of the Revised Code, and any other changes made by Substitute Senate Bill No. 173 of the 123rd general assembly relative to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a county tuberculosis hospital, a county tuberculosis hospital that was operating under those sections on the effective date of that act, October 10, 2000, may continue to exist and operate on and after that date as though the provisions of those sections were neither amended nor repealed and had remained in full force and effect.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.71 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.71 | Tuberculosis Control Unit Definitions.

Effective: October 10, 2000|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 173 - 123rd General Assembly|As used in this section and sections 339.72 to 339.89 of the Revised Code:(A) "Active tuberculosis" means tuberculosis that has been demonstrated by clinical, bacteriological, or radiographic evidence to be present in an individual who has not completed an appropriate course of antituberculosis medication, regardless of the stage of communicability of the tuberculosis, and includes both pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis.(B) "Communicable tuberculosis" means active pulmonary or laryngeal tuberculosis that has been determined, through examination of a culture of specimens obtained from the individual's respiratory tract, to be in a stage at which it can be transmitted to another individual.(C) "Extrapulmonary tuberculosis" means tuberculosis that affects tissues of the body other than the lungs.(D) "Laryngeal tuberculosis" means tuberculosis that affects the larynx.(E) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.(F) "Pulmonary tuberculosis" means tuberculosis that affects the lungs.(G) "Tuberculosis" means the infectious disease occurring in humans that is caused by one of the following microorganisms:(1) Mycobacterium tuberculosis;(2) Mycobacterium bovis;(3) Mycobacterium africanum.
Ohio Rev Code § 339.72 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 339 | Hospitals|Section 339.72 | Designation of Tuberculosis Control Unit.

Effective: June 30, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly|(A) Each board of county commissioners shall provide for the county to be served by a tuberculosis control unit by designating a county tuberculosis control unit or by entering into an agreement with one or more boards of county commissioners of other counties under which the boards jointly designate a district tuberculosis control unit. The entity designated as the county or district tuberculosis control unit may be any of the following:(1) A communicable disease control program operated by a board of health of a city or general health district pursuant to section 3709.22 of the Revised Code;(2) A tuberculosis clinic established by a board of county commissioners pursuant to section 339.76 of the Revised Code;(3) A hospital that provides tuberculosis clinic services under a contract with a board of county commissioners pursuant to section 339.75 of the Revised Code.(B) The entity designated under division (A) of this section as the tuberculosis control unit shall accept that designation and fulfill its duties as the tuberculosis control unit specified under sections 339.71 to 339.89 of the Revised Code.