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Ohio Rev Code § 3701.244 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.244 | Civil Actions.

Effective: August 9, 1990|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 677 - 118th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "violation" means an occasion of noncompliance involving a single injured individual.(B) A person or an agency of state or local government that knowingly violates division (A) of section 3701.242, division (A) of section 3701.243, or division (E) of section 3701.248 of the Revised Code may be found liable in a civil action; the action may be brought by any individual injured by the violation. Except as otherwise provided in division (C) or (D) of this section, the court may award compensatory damages and any equitable relief, including injunctive relief, it finds appropriate. If an award is made in favor of the plaintiff, the judge may award reasonable attorney's fees to the plaintiff after a hearing to determine the amount of the fees.(C) No person shall be held liable for damages or attorney's fees in an action based on a violation of section 3701.243 of the Revised Code by his employee or agent unless the person knew or should have known of the violation.(D) A person who acts in good faith in accordance with section 3701.242, 3701.243, or 3701.248 of the Revised Code is not liable for damages in a civil action brought pursuant to this section.(E) A civil action under this section is barred unless the action is commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued. A cause of action does not survive the death of the individual injured by the violation unless a civil action based on the cause of action is commenced prior to the death of that individual.(F) The remedies in this section are the exclusive civil remedies for an individual injured by noncompliance with section 3701.242, 3701.243, or division (E) of section 3701.248 of the Revised Code.(G) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose civil liability on a person for the disclosure of an HIV test result, a diagnosed case of AIDS, or a diagnosed AIDS-related condition in accordance with a reporting requirement of the department of health or any federal agency.(H) No person with knowledge that an individual other than himself has or may have AIDS, and AIDS-related condition, or a positive HIV test shall be held liable for failing to disclose that information to any person unless disclosure is expressly required by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.245 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.245 | Public Agencies May Not Require HIV Results to Obtain Services.

Effective: November 1, 1989|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 2 - 118th General Assembly|(A) No state agency as defined in section 1.60 of the Revised Code, political subdivision, agency of local government, or private nonprofit corporation receiving state or local government funds shall refuse to admit as a patient, or to provide services to, any individual solely because he refuses to consent to an HIV test or to disclose HIV test results.(B) The prohibition contained in division (A) of this section does not prevent a physician or a person licensed to practice dentistry under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code from referring an individual he has reason to believe may have AIDS or an AIDS-related condition to an appropriate health care provider or facility, if the referral is based on reasonable professional judgment and not solely on grounds of the refusal of the individual to consent to an HIV test or to disclose the result of an HIV test.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.246 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.246 | HIV Testing of Donated Body Parts or Fluids.

Effective: November 1, 1989|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 2 - 118th General Assembly|Any human body part donated for transplantation, including an organ, tissue, eye, bone, artery, or other part, and any body fluid donated for transfusion or injection into another person, including blood, plasma, a blood product, semen, or other fluid, shall be given an HIV test before being transplanted, transfused, or injected to determine that the part or fluid is not infected with the HIV virus unless, in an emergency, the recipient of the donation or his guardian, after consultation with the recipient's physician, consents to a waiver of this requirement.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.247 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.247 | Order Compelling HIV Testing.

Effective: October 16, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly|(A)(1) Any of the following persons may bring an action in a probate court for an order compelling another person to undergo HIV testing: (a) A person who believes the person may have been exposed to HIV infection while rendering health or emergency care to the other person;(b) A peace officer who believes the peace officer may have been exposed to HIV infection while dealing with the other person in the performance of official duties.(2) The complaint in the action shall be accompanied by an affidavit in which the plaintiff attests to all of the following:(a) While rendering health or emergency care to the defendant, or while dealing with the defendant in the performance of the plaintiff's duties, the plaintiff sustained a significant exposure to body fluids of the defendant that are known to transmit HIV;(b) The plaintiff has reason to believe the defendant may have an HIV infection;(c) The plaintiff made a reasonable attempt to have the defendant submit to HIV testing in accordance with section 3701.242 of the Revised Code, and notified the defendant that the plaintiff would bring an action under this section on the defendant's refusal or failure to be tested, but the defendant has not been tested;(d) Within seven days after the exposure, the plaintiff took an HIV test.In the complaint, the defendant shall be identified by a pseudonym and the defendant's name communicated to the court confidentially pursuant to a court order restricting the use of the name. Proceedings shall be conducted in chambers unless the defendant agrees to a hearing in open court.(B) The court shall hold a hearing on the complaint at the earliest possible time but not later than the third business day after the day the defendant is served with the complaint and notice of the hearing. The court shall enter judgment on the complaint on the day the hearing is concluded.(C) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 3701.242 of the Revised Code, the court may order the defendant to undergo HIV testing if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that the plaintiff has proved the matters attested to in the plaintiff's affidavit and has demonstrated that the plaintiff has a compelling need for the results of the test and no other means exist to accommodate the need. If granted, the order shall guard against unauthorized disclosure of the test results by specifying the persons and governmental entities that may have access to the results and by limiting further disclosure. The court shall require that the defendant be given test results and, if the defendant's test results are HIV-positive, that post-test counseling be provided the defendant in accordance with division (C) of section 3701.242 of the Revised Code. The court may order the plaintiff to pay the cost of the defendant's testing and counseling.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.249 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.249 | Immunity of Employer.

Effective: November 1, 1989|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 2 - 118th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "employer" and "employee" have the same meanings as in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code.(B) The employer of a person with HIV infection is immune from liability to any person in a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property on a claim arising out of transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus from the infected employee to another employee or to any other person, unless the transmission occurs as a result of the reckless conduct of the employer.(C) An employer is immune from liability to an employee on a claim asserted under any provision of the Revised Code or in a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property if the claim arises from an illness or injury to the employee that is stress-related and results from the employee being required to work with an individual who has received a positive result on an HIV test or has been diagnosed as having AIDS or an AIDS-related condition.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.261 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.261 | Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "state university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of health shall:(1) Establish a population-based cancer registry, which shall be known as the Ohio cancer incidence surveillance system, to monitor the incidence of various types of malignant diseases in Ohio, make appropriate epidemiologic studies to determine any causal relations of such diseases with occupational, nutritional, environmental, or infectious conditions, and alleviate or eliminate any such conditions;(2) Advise, consult, cooperate with, and assist, by contract or otherwise, agencies of the state and federal government, agencies of the governments of other states, agencies of political subdivisions of this state, universities, private organizations, corporations, and associations for the purposes of division (B)(1) of this section;(3) Accept and administer grants from the federal government or other sources, public or private, for carrying out any of the functions enumerated in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section.(C) The Ohio cancer incidence surveillance system shall follow a model of cancer data collection as set forth by the survey epidemiology and end results system (SEERS).(D) The department may, by contract, designate a state university as an agent to implement some or all of this section and section 3701.262 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.28 | Powers of Department When Local Authorities Fail to Act.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a contagious or infectious disease becomes or threatens to become epidemic in a municipal corporation or township, and the local authorities neglect or refuse to enforce efficient measures for its prevention, the director of health may appoint a medical or sanitary officer and such assistants as he may require, and authorize him to enforce such orders or regulations as the director deems necessary.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.29 | Annual Conference - Expenses.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The department of health shall make provision for annual conferences of district health commissioners for the consideration of the cause and prevention of dangerous communicable diseases and other measures to protect and improve the public health. Each board of health or other body or person appointed or acting in place of a board of health shall appoint its health commissioner or health officer a delegate to such conferences. The district board of health shall pay the necessary expenses of such delegate upon presentation of a certificate from the director of health that the delegate attended the sessions of such conferences.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.30 | Blood Bank for Civilian Use.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The department of health may devise a suitable program for establishing a blood bank for civilian use, embracing if necessary, methods for the registration of blood donors, for the collection of blood from donors, for the processing or procurement of blood plasma or other substitutes for whole blood, and for the distribution of pool blood, blood plasma, or other blood substitutes to meet civilian needs, to communities of the state where such are not readily available.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.31 | Administration of Blood Bank.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In formulating and administering the blood bank program, the department of health may establish necessary standards, promulgate necessary rules and regulations, utilize the facilities and services of other official agencies and of voluntary organizations which may be made available to the department, and co-operate, if requested, with agencies and organizations engaged in a similar program on a local or state basis.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.32 | Rooms Provided.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Suitable rooms for conducting the business of the department of health shall be provided and maintained by the state.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.341 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.341 | Rules Relating to Abortions.

Effective: April 6, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 27 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The director of health, pursuant to Chapter 119. and consistent with Chapter 3726. and section 2317.56 of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules relating to abortions and the following subjects: (1) Post-abortion procedures to protect the health of the pregnant woman; (2) Pathological reports; (3) Humane disposition of the product of human conception; (4) Counseling. (B) The director of health shall implement the rules and shall apply to the court of common pleas for temporary or permanent injunctions restraining a violation or threatened violation of the rules. This action is an additional remedy not dependent on the adequacy of the remedy at law.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.342 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.342 | Minimum Standards and Optimum Achievable Standards for Boards of Health and Local Health Departments.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|The director of health shall adopt rules establishing minimum standards and optimum achievable standards for boards of health and local health departments. The minimum standards shall assure that boards of health and local health departments provide for: (A) Analysis and prevention of communicable disease;(B) Analysis of the causes of, and appropriate treatment for, the leading causes of morbidity and mortality;(C) The administration and management of the local health department;(D) Access to primary health care by medically underserved individuals;(E) Environmental health management programs;(F) Health promotion services designed to encourage individual and community wellness;(G) Annual completion of two hours of continuing education by each member of a board of health. The minimum standards shall provide that continuing education credits shall pertain to ethics, public health principles, and a member's responsibilities. Credits may be earned in these topics at pertinent presentations that may occur during regularly scheduled board meetings throughout the calendar year or at other programs available for continuing education credit. The director of health may assist local boards of health of general and city health districts in coordinating approved continuing education programs sponsored by health care licensing boards, commissions, or associations. The minimum standards also shall provide that continuing education credits earned for the purpose of license renewal or certification by licensed health professionals serving on boards of health may be counted to fulfill the two-hour continuing education requirement.The director shall adopt rules establishing a formula for distribution of state health district subsidy funds to boards of health and local health departments. The formula shall provide no subsidy funds to a board or department unless it meets minimum standards and shall provide higher funding levels for boards and districts that meet optimum achievable standards.Notwithstanding section 119.03 of the Revised Code, rules adopted under this section shall not take effect unless approved by concurrent resolution of the general assembly.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.345 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.345 | Applying for Variance From Rules.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|Any applicant for a permit to construct, develop, install, or modify a private water system required by rules adopted by the director of health under section 3701.347 of the Revised Code may apply to the board of health of the city or general health district administering and enforcing the private water supply program in the health district in which the private water system is or is to be located or, if the health district is not administering and enforcing the program, may apply to the department of health for a variance from such rules governing the design, construction, development, installation, or modification of private water systems. The application for a variance shall be made in writing and shall include a statement of the particular rule or rules from which a variance is sought, a description of the proposed system or modification, and the necessity for the variance. The board of health or the department of health shall not grant a variance unless the applicant demonstrates that: (A) There will be an unusual and unnecessary hardship in complying with the rules from which the variance is sought;(B) Contamination of the private water system will not occur as a result of construction and operation of the system as proposed by the variance application;(C) The health of persons using water from the private water system will not be endangered as a result of construction and operation of the system as proposed by the variance application; and(D) No other technically feasible and economically reasonable means exist for obtaining water from the proposed type of water source.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.347 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.347 | Rules to Remain in Effect Until Repealed or Superseded.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|Notwithstanding division (E) of section 6111.42 of the Revised Code, rules adopted under such division and in effect on December 14, 1978, shall continue in effect until repealed by the environmental protection agency or superseded by rules adopted by the director of health as hereinafter provided, as fully as if such section had not been amended by Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 445 of the 112th general assembly on such date. Insofar as these rules affect wells for the provision of water for human consumption not used or for use by a public water system, they shall remain in effect notwithstanding repeal by the environmental protection agency until the director adopts rules superseding them which prescribe uniform standards and procedures for the design, construction, inspection, installation, development, maintenance, and abandonment of private water systems, to protect the health of the persons served by such water systems and to establish fees at a level calculated to pay the cost of administering and enforcing such rules by the director or by boards of health of city and general health districts approved by the director of health. For purposes of this section "public water system" has the meaning ascribed to it in section 6109.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.351 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.351 | Standards, Procedures for Hospital Staff Membership.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The governing body of every hospital shall set standards and procedures to be applied by the hospital and its medical staff in considering and acting upon applications for staff membership or professional privileges. These standards and procedures shall be available for public inspection. (B) The governing body of any hospital, in considering and acting upon applications for staff membership or professional privileges within the scope of the applicants' respective licensures, shall not discriminate against a qualified person solely on the basis of whether that person is licensed to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, or podiatry, is licensed to practice dentistry or psychology, or is licensed to practice nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse. Staff membership or professional privileges shall be considered and acted on in accordance with standards and procedures established under division (A) of this section. This section does not permit a psychologist to admit a patient to a hospital in violation of section 3727.06 of the Revised Code. (C) The governing body of any hospital that is licensed to provide maternity services, in considering and acting upon applications for clinical privileges, shall not discriminate against a qualified person solely on the basis that the person is authorized to practice nurse-midwifery. An application from a certified nurse-midwife who is not employed by the hospital shall contain the name of a physician member of the hospital's medical staff who holds clinical privileges in obstetrics at that hospital and who has agreed to be the collaborating physician for the applicant in accordance with section 4723.43 of the Revised Code. (D) Any person may apply to the court of common pleas for temporary or permanent injunctions restraining a violation of division (A), (B), or (C) of this section. This action is an additional remedy not dependent on the adequacy of the remedy at law. (E)(1) If a hospital does not provide or permit the provision of any diagnostic or treatment service for mental or emotional disorders or any other service that may be legally performed by a psychologist licensed under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code, this section does not require the hospital to provide or permit the provision of any such service and the hospital shall be exempt from requirements of this section pertaining to psychologists. (2) This section does not impair the right of a hospital to enter into an employment, personal service, or any other kind of contract with a licensed psychologist, upon any such terms as the parties may mutually agree, for the provision of any service that may be legally performed by a licensed psychologist. Last updated August 17, 2021 at 3:07 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 3701.352 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals|Chapter 3701 | Department of Health|Section 3701.352 | Violations Prohibited.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|No person shall violate any rule the director of health or department of health adopts or any order the director or department of health issues under this chapter to prevent a threat to the public caused by a pandemic, epidemic, or bioterrorism event.