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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.081 | Standards and Procedures for Designating Hospitals as Level II Pediatric Trauma Centers.

Effective:
November 3, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 138 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Not later than two years after the effective date of this section, the director shall adopt rules that establish standards and procedures for designating hospitals under this section as level II pediatric trauma centers. The rules shall include standards to be followed by a hospital operating as a level II pediatric trauma center under the director's designation and procedures to be used by the director in enforcing those standards. All rules adopted under this division shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(B) If a hospital has been denied verification as a pediatric trauma center by the American college of surgeons solely because the hospital does not meet that organization's anesthesia and surgical staffing standards, the hospital may submit an application to the director of health to receive the director's designation of the hospital as a level II pediatric trauma center. In a timely manner, the director shall review all applications received, except that the director shall cease reviewing applications on December 31, 2003. Any application pending on that date is void.
(C) Before designating a hospital as a level II pediatric trauma center, the director may conduct an inspection of the hospital. The inspection may be conducted by using a contractor of the department of health with appropriate competence and independence.
(D) The director shall designate a hospital as a level II pediatric trauma center if the hospital has submitted a complete application and the director finds that all of the following apply:
(1) The hospital has established trauma care protocols that ensure a surgeon and anesthesiologist are available from outside the hospital in a timely manner and on short notice.
(2) The hospital's protocols ensure that the surgeon will participate in the early care of a trauma patient.
(3) The hospital has adhered to its protocols and the hospital's performance has met the expected outcomes, as evidenced by data obtained from a review of at least two years of the hospital's trauma care activities.
(4) The care of patients will not be compromised by designating the hospital as a level II pediatric trauma center.
(E) A hospital's designation under this section expires December 31, 2004, unless earlier suspended or revoked by the director or surrendered by the hospital. Any action by the director to suspend or revoke a hospital's designation shall be taken in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(F) The director of health and any employee or contractor of the department of health shall not make public any information reported to or collected by the department of health under this section or rules adopted under it that identifies or would tend to identify specific patients.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.10 | Prohibited Acts Regarding Trauma Care.

Effective:
September 17, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 124 - 124th General Assembly
On and after November 3, 2002, no hospital in this state shall knowingly do any of the following:
(A) Represent that it is able to provide adult or pediatric trauma care to a severely injured patient that is inconsistent with its level of categorization as an adult or pediatric trauma center, provided that a hospital that operates an emergency facility may represent that it provides emergency care;
(B) Provide adult or pediatric trauma care to a severely injured patient that is inconsistent with applicable federal laws, state laws, and trauma care protocols and patient transfer agreements the hospital has adopted under section 3727.09 of the Revised Code;
(C) Transfer a severely injured adult or pediatric trauma patient to a hospital that is not a trauma center with an appropriate level of adult or pediatric categorization or otherwise transfer a severely injured adult or pediatric trauma patient in a manner inconsistent with any applicable trauma patient transfer agreement adopted by the hospital under section 3727.09 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.102 | Notice of Changes in Trauma Center Status to State Agencies.

Effective:
November 3, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 124 - 124th General Assembly
A hospital shall promptly notify in writing the director of health, the emergency medical services division of the department of public safety, and the appropriate regional directors and regional advisory boards appointed under section 4765.05 of the Revised Code if any of the following occurs:
(A) The hospital ceases to be an adult or pediatric trauma center verified by the American college of surgeons.
(B) The hospital changes its level of verification as an adult or pediatric trauma center verified by the American college of surgeons.
(C) The hospital commences to operate as an adult or pediatric trauma center under provisional status pursuant to section 3727.101 of the Revised Code.
(D) The hospital changes the level of verification or reverification it is seeking under its provisional status.
(E) The hospital ceases to operate under its provisional status.
(F) The hospital receives verification or reverification in place of its provisional status.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.11 | Representation as Comprehensive Stroke Center, Primary Stroke Center, or Acute Stroke Ready Hospital.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
A hospital shall not represent itself as a comprehensive stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, primary stroke center, or acute stroke ready hospital unless it is recognized as such by the department of health under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code.
This section does not prohibit a hospital from representing itself as having a relationship or affiliation with a hospital recognized by the department of health under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code or a hospital in another state that is certified as a comprehensive stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, primary stroke center, or acute stroke ready hospital by an accrediting organization approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services.
Last updated October 3, 2023 at 4:21 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.12 | Application for Recognition as Comprehensive Stroke Center, Primary Stroke Center, or Acute Stroke Ready Hospital.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) A person or government entity seeking recognition of a hospital as a comprehensive stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, primary stroke center, or acute stroke ready hospital by the department of health under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code shall file with the department an application for recognition. The application shall be submitted in the manner prescribed by the department.
(B)(1) To be eligible for recognition as a comprehensive stroke center under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code, a hospital must be certified as a comprehensive stroke center by an accrediting organization approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services or an organization acceptable to the department under division (C) of this section.
(2) To be eligible for recognition as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code, a hospital must be certified as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center by an accrediting organization approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services or an organization acceptable to the department under division (C) of this section.
(3) To be eligible for recognition as a primary stroke center under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code, a hospital must be certified as a primary stroke center by an accrediting organization approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services or an organization acceptable to the department under division (C) of this section.
(4) To be eligible for recognition as an acute stroke ready hospital under section 3727.13 of the Revised Code, a hospital must be certified as an acute stroke ready hospital by an accrediting organization approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services or an organization acceptable to the department under division (C) of this section.
(C) For purposes of division (B) of this section, to be acceptable to the department an organization must certify comprehensive stroke centers, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, primary stroke centers, or acute stroke ready hospitals in accordance with nationally recognized certification guidelines.
Last updated October 3, 2023 at 4:21 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.13 | Satisfaction of Requirements.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A)(1) The department of health shall recognize as a comprehensive stroke center a hospital that satisfies the requirements of division (B)(1) of section 3727.12 of the Revised Code and submits a complete application.
(2) The department shall recognize as a thrombectomy-capable stroke center a hospital that satisfies the requirements of division (B)(2) of section 3727.12 of the Revised Code and submits a complete application.
(3)(a) The department shall recognize as a primary stroke center a hospital that satisfies the requirements of division (B)(3) of section 3727.12 of the Revised Code and submits a complete application.
(b) If a hospital satisfying the requirements of division (B)(3) of section 3727.12 of the Revised Code has attained supplementary levels of stroke care distinction as identified by an accrediting organization approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services or an organization accepted by the department under section 3727.12 of the Revised Code, including by offering patients mechanical endovascular therapy, the department shall include that distinction in its recognition.
(4) The department shall recognize as an acute stroke ready hospital a hospital that satisfies the requirements of division (B)(4) of section 3727.12 of the Revised Code and submits a complete application.
(B) The department shall end its recognition of a hospital made under division (A) of this section if the accrediting organization described in division (B) of section 3727.12 of the Revised Code that certified the hospital revokes, rescinds, or otherwise terminates the hospital's certification with that organization or the certification expires.
(C) Not later than the first day of January and July each year, the department shall compile and send a list of hospitals recognized under division (A) of this section to the medical director and cooperating physician advisory board of each emergency medical service organization, as defined in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. The department also shall maintain a comprehensive list of recognized hospitals on its internet web site and update the list not later than thirty days after a hospital is recognized under division (A) of this section or its recognition ends under division (B) of this section.
Last updated October 3, 2023 at 4:22 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.14 | Certification by Accrediting Organization.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
If an accrediting organization approved by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services or an organization that certifies hospitals in accordance with nationally recognized certification guidelines establishes a level of stroke certification that is in addition to the four levels described in sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code, the department of health shall recognize a hospital certified at that additional level.
For purposes of this section, the department and a hospital shall comply with sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code as if the certification and recognition described in this section were one of the four levels described in sections 3727.11 to 3727.13 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 10, 2023 at 9:38 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.15 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 464 - 132nd General Assembly
The director of health may adopt rules as the director considers necessary for the implementation of sections 3727.11 to 3727.14 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.16 | Woman Appearing at Hospital Regarding Fetal Death.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 175 - 127th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "fetal death" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include either of the following:
(1) The product of human conception of at least twenty weeks of gestation;
(2) The purposeful termination of a pregnancy, as described in section 2919.11 of the Revised Code.
(B) If a woman presents herself at a hospital as a result of a fetal death, the hospital shall provide the woman with all of the following:
(1) A written statement, not longer than one page in length, that confirms that the woman was pregnant and that she subsequently suffered a miscarriage that resulted in a fetal death;
(2) Notice of the right of the woman to apply for a fetal death certificate pursuant to section 3705.20 of the Revised Code;
(3) A short, general description of the hospital's procedures for disposing of the product of a fetal death.
A hospital or hospital employee may present the notice and description required by divisions (B)(2) and (B)(3) of this section through oral or written means. The hospital or hospital employee shall document in the woman's medical record that all of the items required by this division were provided to the woman and shall place in the record a copy of the statement required by division (B)(1) of this section.
(C) A hospital or hospital employee is immune from civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action with regard to any action taken in good faith compliance with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.17 | Hospital to Provide Staff Person to Assist Unmarried Parents - Acknowledgments of Paternity - Liability.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Each hospital shall provide a staff person to do all of the following:
(A) Meet with each unmarried mother who gave birth in or en route to the hospital within twenty-four hours after the birth or before the mother is released from the hospital;
(B) Attempt to meet with the father of the unmarried mother's child if possible;
(C) Explain to the unmarried mother and the father, if the father is present, the benefit to the child of establishing a parent and child relationship between the father and the child and the various proper procedures for establishing a parent and child relationship;
(D) Present to the unmarried mother and, if possible, the father, the pamphlet or statement regarding the rights and responsibilities of a natural parent prepared by the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3111.32 of the Revised Code;
(E) Provide the unmarried mother, and if possible the father, all forms and statements necessary to voluntarily establish a parent and child relationship, including the acknowledgment of paternity form prepared by the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3111.31 of the Revised Code;
(F) Upon both the mother's and father's request, help the mother and father complete any specific form or statement necessary to establish a parent and child relationship;
(G) Present to an unmarried mother who is not a recipient of medicaid or a participant in Ohio works first an application for Title IV-D services;
(H) Mail the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, no later than ten days after it is completed, to the office of child support in the department of job and family services.
Each hospital shall provide a notary public to notarize, or witnesses to witness, an acknowledgment of paternity signed by the mother and father. If a hospital knows or determines that a man is presumed under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code to be the father of the child described in this section and that the presumed father is not the man who signed or is attempting to sign an acknowledgment with respect to the child, the hospital shall take no further action with regard to the acknowledgment and shall not mail the acknowledgment pursuant to this section.
A hospital may contract with a person or government entity to fulfill its responsibilities under this section and sections 3111.71 to 3111.74 of the Revised Code. Services provided by a hospital under this section or pursuant to a contract under sections 3111.71 and 3111.77 of the Revised Code do not constitute the practice of law. A hospital shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for any damage or injury alleged to result from services provided pursuant to this section or sections 3111.71 to 3111.74 of the Revised Code unless the hospital acted with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner.
Last updated October 10, 2023 at 9:40 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.18 | Warning Sign Regarding Abuse or Assault of Hospital Staff.

Effective:
March 22, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Any hospital may post the notice described in division (B) of this section in accordance with this division. A hospital that decides to post the notice shall consider posting it in a conspicuous location in all of the following areas:
(1) Major waiting room areas, including the waiting room areas of the emergency department, the labor and delivery department, the surgical department or unit, and the intensive care unit;
(2) The main entrance to the hospital;
(3) Any other area that the hospital determines to be appropriate.
(B) A notice posted pursuant to division (A) of this section shall include, at a minimum, all of the following statements and information:
"WE WILL NOT TOLERATE
any form of threatening or
aggressive behavior
toward our staff.
Assaults against our staff might
result in a felony conviction.
All staff have the right to carry out
their work without fearing for their safety."
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.19 | Vaccinations to Be Offered to Patients.

Effective:
June 15, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 257 - 126th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Advisory committee" means the advisory committee on immunization practices of the United States centers for disease control and prevention or its successor agency.
(2) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(B) Each hospital shall offer to each patient who is admitted to the hospital, in accordance with guidelines issued by the advisory committee, vaccination against influenza, unless a physician has determined that vaccination of the patient is medically inappropriate. The vaccine shall be of a form approved by the advisory committee for that calendar year. A patient may refuse vaccination.
(C) Each hospital shall offer to each patient who is admitted to the hospital, in accordance with guidelines issued by the advisory committee, vaccination against pneumococcal pneumonia, unless a physician has determined that vaccination of the patient is medically inappropriate. Each vaccine shall be of a form approved by the advisory committee for that calendar year. A patient may refuse vaccination.
(D) The director of health may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as the director considers appropriate to implement this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.20 | Option for Placement of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Placed After Delivery; Exception.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, each hospital that has a maternity unit licensed under Chapter 3711. of the Revised Code shall modify operational processes not later than three months after the effective date of this section or three months after commencing operations, as applicable, to ensure that a woman giving birth in the hospital has the option of having a long-acting reversible contraceptive placed after delivery and before the woman is discharged.
(B) A hospital is exempt from the requirement in division (A) of this section if the hospital notifies the department of health in writing that it has a faith-based objection to the requirement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.21 | Hospitals May Conduct Discussions or Negotiations Concerning Allocation of Equipment or Services.

Effective:
October 8, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 714 - 119th General Assembly
(A) Acting through their boards of directors or boards of trustees, a group of hospitals may conduct discussions or negotiations concerning the allocation of health care equipment or health care services, provided that the discussions or negotiations do not involve price-fixing or predatory pricing and are designed to achieve one or more of the following goals:
(1) Reducing health care costs for consumers;
(2) Improving access to health care services;
(3) Improving the quality of patient care.
Directors or trustees who participate in the discussions or negotiations authorized by this division and the hospitals they represent are immune from civil enforcement action and criminal prosecution for violations of Chapter 1331. of the Revised Code that might otherwise result from the discussions or negotiations.
(B) Directors or trustees who participate in discussions or negotiations that exceed the scope of discussions or negotiations authorized by division (A) of this section and the hospitals they represent are not immune from civil enforcement or criminal prosecution for violations of Chapter 1331. of the Revised Code that may result from such discussions or negotiations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.23 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective:
October 8, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 714 - 119th General Assembly
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 agreements.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.24 | State to Provide Direction, Supervision, and Control Over Approved Cooperative Agreements.

Effective:
October 8, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 714 - 119th General Assembly
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 agreements will provide state action immunity under federal antitrust laws to the members of boards of directors or boards of trustees of a group of hospitals who participate in discussions or negotiations authorized by section 3727.21 of the Revised Code, and to persons authorized by such directors or trustees to implement cooperative agreements approved under section 3727.22 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.25 | Surgical Smoke Evacuation Policy.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(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 respiratory tract of individuals.
(B) Not later than one year after the effective date of this section , each hospital that offers surgical services shall adopt and implement a policy designed to prevent human exposure to surgical smoke during any planned surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke. The policy shall include the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system.
(C) The director of health may adopt any rules the director considers necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 12, 2023 at 11:40 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.42 | Price Information List.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Every hospital shall compile and make available for inspection by the public a price information list containing the information specified in division (B) of this section and shall periodically update the list to maintain current information. The price information list shall be compiled and made available in a format that complies with the electronic transaction standards and code sets adopted by the United States secretary of health and human services under 42 U.S.C. 1320d-2.
(B) Each price information list required by division (A) of this section shall contain all of the following information:
(1) The usual and customary room and board charges for each level of care within the hospital, including but not limited to private rooms, semiprivate rooms, other multiple patient rooms, and intensive care and other specialty units;
(2) Rates charged for nursing care, if the hospital charges separately for nursing care;
(3) The usual and customary charges, stated separately for inpatients and outpatients if different charges are imposed, for any of the following services provided by the hospital:
(a) The thirty most common x-ray and radiological procedures;
(b) The thirty most common laboratory procedures;
(c) Emergency room services;
(d) Operating room services;
(e) Delivery room services;
(f) Physical, occupational, and pulmonary therapy services;
(g) Any other services designated as high volume services by a rule which shall be adopted by the director of health.
(4) The hospital's billing policies, including whether the hospital charges interest on an amount not paid in full by any person or government entity and the interest rate charged;
(5) Whether or not the charges listed include fees for the services of hospital-based anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists, and emergency room physicians and, if a charge does not include such fees, how such fee information can be obtained.
(C) Every hospital shall do all of the following with the price information list required by this section:
(1) At the time of admission, or as soon as practical thereafter, inform each patient of the availability of the list and on request provide the patient with a free copy of the list;
(2) On request, provide a paper copy of the list to any person or governmental agency, subject to payment of a reasonable fee for copying and processing;
(3) Make the list available free of charge on the hospital's internet web site.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.43 | Disclosing Overcharges.

Effective:
November 13, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 197 - 126th General Assembly
Each hospital shall provide a full disclosure of the provisions of section 3924.21 of the Revised Code to every beneficiary who receives services at the hospital.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.44 | Rules Governing Availability of Hospital Price Information.

Effective:
November 13, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 197 - 126th General Assembly
The director of health may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of sections 3727.42 and 3727.43 of the Revised Code. All rules adopted pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.45 | Injunction to Obtain Compliance.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The director of health may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which a hospital is located for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining the hospital from failure to comply with section 3727.42 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.49 | Freestanding Emergency Department; Notice.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(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 the following ways:
(1) In a conspicuous place in an area of the facility that is accessible to the public;
(2) On the facility's internet web site.
(C) A freestanding emergency department shall use the national provider identifier, as assigned to the freestanding emergency department by the national provider system pursuant to 45 C.F.R. 162.408, on all claims for payment for health care services or goods.
(D) The director of health may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which a freestanding emergency department is located for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining the freestanding emergency department from failure to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.50 | Hospital Nursing Staff Definitions.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 346 - 127th General Assembly
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 have been admitted to the hospital.
(C) "Nurse" means a person who is licensed to practice as a registered nurse under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code or, if the hospital employs licensed practical nurses, a person who is licensed to practice as a licensed practical nurse under that chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.51 | Hospital-Wide Nursing Care Committee.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 346 - 127th General Assembly
(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 chief nursing officer shall be included as a member of the committee.
(2) At least fifty per cent of the committee's membership shall consist of registered nurses who provide direct patient care in the hospital.
(3) The number of registered nurses included as members of the committee shall be sufficient to provide adequate representation of all types of nursing care services provided in the hospital.
(B) The committee member who is the hospital's chief nursing officer shall establish a mechanism for obtaining input from nurses in all inpatient care units who provide direct patient care regarding what the nursing services staffing plan recommendations described in division (B) of section 3727.52 of the Revised Code should include.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.52 | Duties of Nursing Care Committee.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 346 - 127th General Assembly
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 addresses all of the following:
(1) The selection, implementation, and evaluation of minimum staffing levels for all inpatient care units that ensure that the hospital has a staff of competent nurses with the specialized skills needed to meet patient needs in accordance with evidence-based safe nurse staffing standards;
(2) The complexity of complete care, assessment on patient admission, volume of patient admissions, discharges and transfers, evaluation of the progress of a patient's problems, the amount of time needed for patient education, ongoing physical assessments, planning for a patient's discharge, assessment after a change in patient condition, and assessment of the need for patient referrals;
(3) Patient acuity and the number of patients for whom care is being provided;
(4) The need for ongoing assessments of a unit's patients and its nursing staff levels;
(5) The hospital's policy for identifying additional nurses who can provide direct patient care when patients' unexpected needs exceed the planned workload for direct care staff.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.53 | Written Nursing Services Staffing Plan.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 346 - 127th General Assembly
(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 hospital's next fiscal year starts not later than one hundred eighty days after the date on which the committee convenes, implementation may be delayed until the first day of that fiscal year.
(B) The staffing plan created under this section shall, at a minimum, reflect current standards established by private accreditation organizations or governmental entities. The plan shall be based on multiple nurse and patient considerations that yield minimum staffing levels for inpatient care units that ensure that the hospital has a staff of competent nurses with specialized skills needed to meet patient needs. These considerations shall include both of the following:
(1) The recommendations of the hospital-wide nursing care committee made under section 3727.52 of the Revised Code, which shall be given significant consideration;
(2) All of the matters listed in divisions (B)(1) to (5) of section 3727.52 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.54 | Review of Current Staffing Plan - Recommendations.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(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 basis, quality nursing care consistent with acceptable and prevailing standards of safe nursing care and evidence-based guidelines established by national nursing organizations.
(2) Make recommendations, based on the review conducted under division (A)(1) of this section, regarding how the nursing services staffing plan should be revised, if at all.
(B) For the purpose of maintaining a repository for public access, beginning in 2018, a hospital shall submit to the department of health, by March 1 of each even-numbered year, a copy of the hospital's nursing services staffing plan in effect at that time. The copy of the plan is a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.55 | Model for Adjusting Unit Staffing Plans.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 346 - 127th General Assembly
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.56 | Copies of Staffing Plan to Be Provided.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 346 - 127th General Assembly
(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 to any person who requests it.
(B) In a conspicuous location in the hospital, a notice shall be posted informing the public of the availability of the staffing plan. The notice shall specify the appropriate person, office, or department to be contacted to review or obtain a copy of the staffing plan.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.57 | Collective Bargaining Agreement Not Affected.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 346 - 127th General Assembly
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.60 | Prohibitions for Public Hospitals Regarding Nontherapeutic Abortions.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Ambulatory surgical facility" has the same meaning as in section 3702.30 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Nontherapeutic abortion" has the same meaning as in section 9.04 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Political subdivision" means any body corporate and politic that is responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than the state.
(4) "Public hospital" means a hospital registered with the department of health under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code that is owned, leased, 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:
(1) Enter into a written transfer agreement with an ambulatory surgical facility in which nontherapeutic abortions are performed or induced;
(2) Authorize a physician who has been granted staff membership or professional privileges at the public hospital to use that membership or those privileges as a substitution for, or alternative to, a written transfer agreement for purposes of a variance application described in section 3702.304 of the Revised Code that is submitted to the director of health by an ambulatory surgical facility in which nontherapeutic abortions are performed or induced.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.70 | Definitions.

Effective:
March 21, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 131st General Assembly
As used in this section and sections 3727.71 to 3727.79 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Admission" means a patient's admission to a hospital on an inpatient basis by a health care professional specified in division (B)(1) of section 3727.06 of the Revised Code.
(B) "After-care" means assistance provided by a lay caregiver to a patient in the patient's residence after the patient's discharge and includes only the caregiving needs of the patient at the time of discharge.
(C) "Discharge" means the discharge or release of a patient who has been admitted to a hospital on an inpatient basis from the hospital directly to the patient's residence. " Discharge" does not include the transfer of a patient to another facility or setting.
(D) "Discharging health care professional" means a health care professional who is authorized by division (B)(1) of section 3727.06 of the Revised Code to admit a patient to a hospital and who has assumed responsibility for directing the creation of the patient's discharge plan under section 3727.75 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Guardian" has the same meaning as in section 2133.01 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Lay caregiver" means an adult designated under section 3727.71 of the Revised Code to provide after-care to a patient.
(G) "Lay caregiver designation" means the designation of a lay caregiver for a patient as described in section 3727.71 of the Revised Code.
(H)(1) "Patient's residence" means either of the following:
(a) The dwelling that a patient or the patient's guardian considers to be the patient's home;
(b) The dwelling of a relative or other individual who has agreed to temporarily house the patient following discharge and who has communicated this fact to hospital staff.
(2) "Patient's residence" does not include any of the following:
(a) A hospital;
(b) A nursing home, residential care facility, county h ome, or district home, as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code;
(c) A veterans' home operated under Chapter 5907. of the Revised Code;
(d) A residential facility, as defined in section 5119.34 of the Revised Code;
(e) A residential facility, as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code;
(f) A hospice care program, as defined in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code;
(g) A freestanding inpatient rehabilitation facility licensed under section 3702.30 of the Revised Code;
(h) Another facility similar to one specified in this division.
Last updated September 21, 2023 at 12:00 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.71 | Designation of Lay Caregiver.

Effective:
March 21, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 131st General Assembly
(A) In the case of a patient who is at least fifty-five years of age and not unconscious or otherwise incapacitated at the time of admission, a hospital shall offer the patient or the patient's guardian an opportunity to designate a lay caregiver for the patient. The offer shall be made after the patient's admission and before the patient's discharge.
(B) In the case of a patient who is at least fifty-five years of age and unconscious or otherwise incapacitated at the time of admission, a hospital shall offer the patient or the patient's guardian an opportunity to designate a lay caregiver for the patient. The offer shall be made after the patient regains consciousness or capacity and before the patient's discharge.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.72 | Duties of Hospital Upon Designation.

Effective:
March 21, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 131st General Assembly
(A) If a patient or guardian makes a lay caregiver designation, the hospital shall do both of the following:
(1) To the extent the information is available, record in the patient's medical record the lay caregiver's name, address, telephone number, electronic mail address, and relationship to the patient;
(2) Request from the patient or guardian consent to disclose the patient's medical information to the lay caregiver in accordance with hospital policy and state and federal law.
(B) If a patient or guardian declines to make a lay caregiver designation, the hospital shall note that decision in the patient's medical record and have no other obligation under sections 3727.71 to 3727.79 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.73 | Revocation of Designation.

Effective:
March 21, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 131st General Assembly
A patient or guardian may revoke a lay caregiver designation at any time before the patient's discharge by communicating that intent to hospital staff. After revocation, a new lay caregiver designation may be completed in accordance with section 3727.71 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3727 | Hospitals › Section 3727.74 | Notification of Intent to Discharge.

Effective:
March 21, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a hospital that intends to discharge a patient, or transfer a patient to another hospital or facility, shall notify the patient's lay caregiver of that intent as soon as practicable.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply if the patient or guardian has not given the consent described in division (A)(2) of section 3727.72 of the Revised Code.