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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.0412 | Domestic Violence Fatality Review.

Effective:
April 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 254 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The department of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing a procedure for county or regional domestic violence fatality review boards to follow in conducting a review of a death by domestic violence. The rules shall do all of the following:
(1) Establish the format for the annual reports required by section 307.656 of the Revised Code;
(2) Establish guidelines for a county or regional review board to follow in compiling statistics for annual reports so that the reports do not contain any information that would permit any person's identity to be ascertained from a report;
(3) Establish guidelines for a county or regional review board to follow in creating and maintaining the comprehensive database of deaths by domestic violence that is required by section 307.654 of the Revised Code, including provisions establishing uniform record-keeping procedures;
(4) Establish guidelines for reporting domestic violence fatality review data to the department of health, which must maintain the confidentiality of information that would permit a person's identity to be ascertained;
(5) Establish guidelines, materials, and training to help educate members of county or regional review boards about the purpose of the review process and the confidentiality of the information described in section 307.659 of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under this section is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code.
Last updated February 24, 2023 at 11:26 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.05 | Annual Report to Health Officials and Public.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The director of health shall keep health officials and the general public fully informed in a printed annual report in regard to the work of the department of health and on the progress that is being made in studying the cause and prevention of disease and such kindred subjects as may contribute to the welfare of the people of the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.051 | Report on Incidence of Rare Diseases.

Effective:
March 24, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 412 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "rare disease" has the same meaning as in section 103.60 of the Revised Code.
(B) Not later than three years after the effective date of this section, the director of health shall publish a report detailing the incidence of rare diseases in this state, with subsequent reports published every two years thereafter. To the extent possible, the reports shall include data regarding individuals who have been diagnosed with a rare disease disaggregated by gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and type of insurance coverage.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.06 | Right of Entry to Investigate Violations.

Effective:
February 12, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 6 - 125th General Assembly
The director of health and any person the director authorizes may, without fee or hindrance, enter, examine, and survey all grounds, vehicles, apartments, buildings, and places in furtherance of any duty laid upon the director or department of health or where the director has reason to believe there exists a violation of any health law or rule.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.07 | Rules Defining and Classifying Hospitals and Dispensaries - Reporting of Information - Residents' Rights Advocates to Register With Department.

Effective:
October 12, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 483 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code defining and classifying hospitals and dispensaries and providing for the reporting of information by hospitals and dispensaries. Except as otherwise provided in the Revised Code, the rules providing for the reporting of information shall not require inclusion of any confidential patient data or any information concerning the financial condition, income, expenses, or net worth of the facilities. The rules may require the reporting of information in the following categories:
(1) Information needed to identify and classify the institution;
(2) Information on facilities and type and volume of services provided by the institution;
(3) The number of beds listed by category of care provided;
(4) The number of licensed or certified professional employees by classification;
(5) The number of births that occurred at the institution the previous calendar year;
(6) Any other information that the director considers relevant to the safety of patients served by the institution.
Every hospital and dispensary, public or private, annually shall register with and report to the department of health. Reports shall be submitted in the manner prescribed in rules adopted under this division.
(B) Every governmental entity or private nonprofit corporation or association whose employees or representatives are defined as residents' rights advocates under divisions (E)(1) and (2) of section 3721.10 of the Revised Code shall register with the department of health on forms furnished by the director of health and shall provide such reasonable identifying information as the director may prescribe.
The department shall compile a list of the governmental entities, corporations, or associations registering under this division and shall update the list annually. Copies of the list shall be made available to nursing home administrators as defined in division (C) of section 3721.10 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 17, 2021 at 3:06 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.071 | Registering and Record Keeping for Nonprofit Shelters and Health Care Facilities.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 320 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Free clinic" means a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," as amended, or a program component of a nonprofit organization, to which both of the following apply:
(a) Its primary mission is to provide health care services for free or for a minimal administrative fee to individuals with limited resources.
(b) It facilitates the delivery of health care services through the use of volunteer health care professionals and voluntary care networks.
(2) "Indigent and uninsured person" has the same meaning as in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Nonprofit shelter or health care facility" means a charitable nonprofit corporation organized and operated pursuant to Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code, or any charitable organization not organized and not operated for profit, that provides shelter, health care services, or shelter and health care services to indigent and uninsured persons. "Nonprofit shelter or health care facility" includes any such shelter or facility that is operated as or includes a free clinic. "Nonprofit shelter or health care facility" does not include a hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, a facility licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code, or a medical facility that is operated for profit.
(B) A nonprofit shelter or health care facility operating in this state shall register on the first day of January each year with the department of health. The immunity provided by division (E) of section 2305.234 of the Revised Code is not available to a nonprofit shelter or health care facility until the shelter or facility registers with the department in accordance with this section.
(C) A nonprofit shelter or health care facility operating in this state shall keep records of all patients who receive medical, dental, or other health-related diagnosis, care, or treatment at the shelter or facility. The department of health shall monitor the quality of care provided to patients at nonprofit shelters or health care facilities. The monitoring program may be conducted by contracting with another entity or through any other method authorized by law. The department may solicit and accept funds from private sources to fund the monitoring program.
(D) A free clinic operating in this state shall compile information on medicaid eligibility and application requirements and procedures and display copies of that information in a prominent location for the benefit of persons who seek or receive services from the clinic.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.072 | Information Regarding Free Clinics.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 320 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of health, on its internet web site, shall make information available regarding free clinics. The information shall include all of the following:
(1) A description of what constitutes a free clinic;
(2) The benefits that free clinics provide to the state's health care system, including the services they make available to both patients and health care providers;
(3) A directory of free clinics, including for each clinic its address and contact information and its hours of operation;
(4) A notice each time that a new free clinic is opened.
(C) Each year, the department shall promote the designation under section 5.252 of the Revised Code of December as "Free Clinic Appreciation Month." The promotion shall include the selection of a free clinic to be named as "free clinic of the year" and the selection of a physician, nurse, and dentist to be named as "free clinic volunteer of the year" in the respective professions.
In conducting its promotion activities, the department may consult with entities that have interests in the services provided by and the benefits of free clinics, including the Ohio association of free clinics.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.073 | Department to Administer Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
(A) The department of health is hereby designated as the state agency responsible for administering the medicare rural hospital flexibility program, as established in 42 U.S.C. 1395i-4, as amended.
(B) The director of health shall designate as a critical access hospital a hospital registered as an acute care hospital with the department under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code if the hospital meets the following requirements:
(1) Has not more than twenty-five acute care and swing beds in use at any time for the furnishing of extended care or acute care inpatient services;
(2) Has a length of stay not more than ninety-six hours per patient, on an annual average basis;
(3) Provides inpatient, outpatient, emergency, laboratory, radiology, and twenty-fourhour emergency care services;
(4) Has network agreements in place for patient referral and transfer, a communication system for telemetry systems, electronic sharing of patient data, provision for emergency and non-emergency transportation, and assures credentialing and quality assurance;
(5) Was certified as a critical access hospital by the centers for medicare and medicaid services between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2005, or is located in a rural area as identified below:
(a) An area within an Ohio metropolitan area designated as a rural area by the United States department of health and human services, office of rural health policy, in accordance with 42 C.F.R. 412.103 regarding rural urban commuting area codes four through ten in effect on the effective date of this section;
(b) A non-metropolitan county as designated in United States office of management and budget bulletin no. 93-17, June 30, 1993, and its attachments;
(c) A rural zip code within a metropolitan county as designated in United States office of management and budget bulletin no. 93-17, June 30, 1993, and its attachments.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.08 | Duties of Department Regarding Hospitals and Medical Facilities.

Effective:
December 2, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly
The department of health constitutes the sole agency of the state for the purpose of:
(A) Making an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, surveying the need for construction and modernization of hospitals and medical facilities, and developing a program of hospital and medical facilities construction and modernization as provided in sections 3701.01, 3701.04, 3701.08, 3701.09, and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code.
(B) Developing and administering a state plan for the construction and modernization of public and other nonprofit hospitals and medical facilities as provided in sections 3701.01, 3701.04, 3701.08, 3701.09, and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.09 | Program for Construction and Modernization of Hospitals and Medical Facilities.

Effective:
September 24, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 109th General Assembly
The director of health shall make an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities including public, nonprofit, and proprietary hospitals and medical facilities, survey the need for construction and modernization of hospitals and medical facilities and, on the basis of such inventory and survey, develop a program for the construction and modernization of such public and other nonprofit hospitals and medical facilities as will, in conjunction with existing facilities, afford the necessary physical facilities for furnishing adequate hospital and medical facilities services to all the people of the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.10 | District Health Commissioner May Be Required to Attend School of Instruction.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The director of health may require any district health commissioner to attend, immediately after his appointment, a school of instruction to be conducted by the department of health at Columbus. The course at such school of instruction shall not exceed four weeks in duration, and the necessary expenses of the commissioner in attending such school shall be paid by the district board of health upon certification from the director that such officer has attended the school.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.11 | Power to Administer Oath.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The director of health shall have power to administer oaths in all parts of the state so far as the exercise of such power is incidental to the performance of the duties of the director.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.12 | Third Party Payment for Department Goods and Services.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Third party" means any person or government entity other than the department of health or a program administered by the department.
(2) "Third party benefits" means any and all benefits paid by a third party to or on behalf of an individual or the individual's parent or guardian for goods or services the individual has received from the department of health or a grantee or contractor of the department.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the department of health shall not, on or after January 1, 2018, pay for goods or services that are payable through third party benefits.
(C) The prohibition in division (B) of this section does not apply when expressly contrary to another provision of the Revised Code or when, as determined by the director of health, department of health funds are required to mitigate the spread of infectious disease or are needed for exceptional circumstances.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.131 | Director of Health - Duties Regarding Sickle Cell Disease.

Effective:
July 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly
The director of health shall:
(A) Encourage and assist in the development of programs of education and research pertaining to the causes, detection, and treatment of sickle cell disease and provide for rehabilitation and counseling of persons possessing the trait of or afflicted with this disease;
(B) Advise, consult, cooperate with, and assist, by contract or otherwise, agencies of this state and the federal government, agencies of the governments of other states, agencies of political subdivisions of this state, and private organizations, corporations, and associations in the development and promotion of programs pertaining to the causes, detection, and treatment of sickle cell disease and rehabilitation and counseling of persons possessing the trait of or afflicted with this disease;
(C) Accept and administer grants from the federal government or other sources, public or private, for carrying out any of the functions enumerated in divisions (A) and (B) of this section;
(D) Submit a written report to the general assembly on or before the twenty-first day of August of each year outlining the receipt and disbursement of funds and the implementation and progress of various programs undertaken pursuant to this section during the preceding fiscal year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.132 | Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "WIC program" means the "special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children" established under the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 885, 42 U.S.C. 1786, as amended.
(B) The department of health is hereby designated as the state agency to administer the WIC program.
The director of health shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary for administering the WIC program. The rules may include civil money penalties for violations of the rules.
(C) In determining eligibility for services provided under the WIC program, the department may use the application form established under section 5163.40 of the Revised Code for the healthy start program. The department may require applicants to furnish their social security numbers.
(D) If the department determines that a vendor has committed an act with respect to the WIC program that federal statutes or regulations or state statutes or rules prohibit, the department shall take action against the vendor in the manner required by 7 C.F.R. part 246, including imposition of a civil money penalty in accordance with 7 C.F.R. 246.12, or rules adopted under this section.
Last updated August 17, 2021 at 3:07 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.133 | Meningococcal Meningitis and Hepatitis B Information.

Effective:
July 14, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 142 - 125th General Assembly
(A) The department of health shall make available on its web site information about the risks associated with meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B, the availability of vaccines, and the effectiveness of the vaccines. The department shall provide written notice of the availability of meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B information on the web site to all of the following:
(1) Each city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, as defined in Chapter 3311. of the Revised Code;
(2) Each nonpublic school, whether chartered, nonchartered, or nontax supported, that enrolls students in ninth grade or the equivalent educational level;
(3) Each community school created under section 3314.01 of the Revised Code, that enrolls students in ninth grade or the equivalent educational level;
(4) Each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code;
(5) Each nonprofit institution of higher education, as defined in section 1713.55 of the Revised Code;
(6) Each private career school, as defined in section 3332.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) In addition to the information provided for in division (A) of this section, the department of health shall make available on its web site, in a format suitable for downloading, a meningitis and hepatitis B vaccination status statement form for a student or, if the student is younger than eighteen years of age, the student's parent, to complete to disclose whether the student has been vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B. The form shall include all of the following:
(1) The information described in division (A) of this section and a means for the student or the student's parent to acknowledge having received and read the information;
(2) A space for the student or the student's parent to indicate one of the following:
(a) The student has been vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis, and the year the vaccination was given.
(b) The student has not been vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis.
(3) A space for the student or the student's parent to indicate one of the following:
(a) The student has been vaccinated against hepatitis B, and the year the vaccination was given.
(b) The student has not been vaccinated against hepatitis B.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.134 | Director of Health to Provide Means of Immunization Against Chicken Pox.

Effective:
May 6, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 463 - 125th General Assembly
To the extent appropriations made by the general assembly make this possible, the director of health shall provide, for the purpose of section 3313.671 of the Revised Code, the means of immunization against chicken pox to boards of health, legislative authorities of municipal corporations, and boards of township trustees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.135 | Autism Diagnosis Education Pilot Program.

Effective:
June 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
(A) The autism diagnosis education pilot program is hereby established in the department of health. The program shall have the following goals:
(1) To educate health care professionals, teachers and other educational personnel, child care providers, parents, early intervention and developmental disabilities providers, and other community-based services providers in this state regarding the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders, including the range of symptoms that may indicate autism spectrum disorders and screening tools;
(2) To promote appropriate standards for the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders in children, including screening tools and treatment planning for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders;
(3) To encourage physicians and other health care professionals with expertise in screening, diagnosing, and treating autism spectrum disorders to share that information with other health care professionals in this state;
(4) To encourage the regional coordination of services to facilitate the effective, timely treatment of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders.
(B) The director of health shall contract with a statewide association representing pediatric physicians to conduct or administer the autism diagnosis education pilot program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.136 | School-Based Fluoride Mouth Rinse Program.

Effective:
August 31, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 190 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The director of health may establish a school-based fluoride mouth rinse program. If the director establishes the program, divisions (B) to (E) of this section are applicable.
(B) The director shall conduct a program to educate employees of the department of health and dental hygienists licensed under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code on how to train employees of, and volunteers for, public and nonpublic schools regarding the proper means of administering fluoride mouth rinse to students.
(C) Schools that participate in the school-based fluoride mouth rinse program shall require that their employees and volunteers who intend to administer fluoride mouth rinse to students receive training, by either of the following, on the proper means of administering fluoride mouth rinse to students:
(1) An employee of the department of health or a dental hygienist who has been trained through the program the director conducts pursuant to division (B) of this section;
(2) A school employee or volunteer who has been trained by an individual described in division (C)(1) of this section.
(D)(1) The director shall prescribe a form that the parent, guardian, or other person having care or charge of a student enrolled in a public or nonpublic school that participates in the school-based fluoride mouth rinse program may use to consent to the administration of fluoride mouth rinse to the student for the duration of the student's enrollment in that school. School employees or volunteers shall not administer fluoride mouth rinse to a student unless the consent form from the student's parent, guardian, or other person has been received.
(2) The consent form shall include all of the following:
(a) A space designated for the student's name and address;
(b) A space designated for the name of the student's school;
(c) A space designated for the student's grade level and class;
(d) A space designated for the signature of the parent, guardian, or other person who authorizes the administration of fluoride mouth rinse to the student;
(e) Information on the name, dosage, and intervals at which the fluoride mouth rinse is scheduled to be administered during each school year;
(f) The dates the administration of fluoride mouth rinse is to begin and cease, which may, respectively, be the first and last days of a school year;
(g) Any other information or spaces the director considers necessary for the proper administration of the program.
(E) The director may adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer the school-based fluoride mouth rinse program. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.137 | Promotion of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Education.

Effective:
June 11, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 40 - 129th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "complex regional pain syndrome" or "CRPS," also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, means a debilitating and progressively chronic syndrome characterized by severe burning pain, pathological changes in bone and skin, excessive sweating, tissue swelling, and extreme sensitivity to touch.
(B) The department of health shall include information on its internet web site to promote complex regional pain syndrome education in a manner that enables individuals to make informed decisions about their health. The information on the web site shall include all of the following:
(1) Emerging research regarding the pathophysiology of CRPS;
(2) The risk factors that contribute to the manifestation of CRPS;
(3) Available treatment options, including the risks and benefits of those options;
(4) Information on environmental safety and injury prevention;
(5) Information on rest and the use of appropriate body mechanics;
(6) Information on the availability of diagnostic, treatment, and outreach services for CRPS;
(7) Information concerning any other factors or elements that might mitigate the effects of CRPS.
(C) The department shall notify boards of health, hospitals, clinics, and other health care providers about the availability of information concerning CRPS on the department's web site.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.138 | Influenza Information for Older Adults.

Effective:
March 21, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 311 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "older adult" means an individual who is sixty years of age or older.
(B) The department of health shall prepare an influenza vaccine information sheet that pertains to older adults. The information sheet shall contain all of the following:
(1) A description of influenza, including its causes, symptoms, and methods of transmission;
(2) A discussion of the health risks that influenza poses to older adults;
(3) A discussion of the influenza vaccine, including its availability, the methods of administration, and its effectiveness in preventing influenza and lessening symptoms and complications of influenza;
(4) A recommendation that each older adult consult with a health care professional to determine whether annual vaccination against influenza is appropriate for the older adult.
(C) The information sheet may contain any other information regarding influenza and the influenza vaccine that the department considers necessary, including the following:
(1) The rates of influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths among older adults;
(2) The benefits to older adults from annual vaccination against influenza, especially to those living in close proximity to other older adults;
(3) The entities, facilities, or health care professionals providing influenza vaccinations to older adults.
(D) The department shall periodically review and update the information sheet. The department shall make the information sheet available on its internet web site in a format suitable for printing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.1310 | Assistance at Appointments During Declared Emergency.

Effective:
March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 122 - 134th General Assembly
During any declared disaster, epidemic, pandemic, public health emergency, or public safety emergency, an individual with a developmental disability or any other permanent disability who is in need of surgery or any other health care procedure, any medical or other health care test, or any clinical care visit shall be given the opportunity to have at least one parent or legal guardian present if the presence of the individual's parent or legal guardian is necessary to alleviate any negative reaction that may be experienced by the individual who is the patient.
The director of health may take any action necessary to enforce this section.
Last updated January 27, 2022 at 3:08 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.141 | Office of Women's Health Initiatives.

Effective:
June 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the department of health the women's health program,.
(B) To the extent funds are available, the women's health program shall:
(1) Identify, review, and assist the director in the coordination of programs and resources the department of health is committing to women's health concerns, including the department's women's and infants' program activities;
(2) Advocate for women's health by requesting that the department conduct, sponsor, encourage, or fund research; establish additional programs regarding women's health concerns as needed; and monitor the research and program efforts;
(3) Collect, classify, and store relevant research conducted by the department or other entities, and provide, unless otherwise prohibited by law, interested persons access to research results;
(4) Apply for grant opportunities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.142 | Rules for Community Health Workers.

Effective:
April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
The director of health, in consultation with the medicaid director, shall adopt rules specifying the urban and rural communities that have the highest infant mortality rates in this state. The communities shall be identified by zip code or portions of zip codes that are contiguous. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.143 | Analyzing Blood, Urine, Breath or Other Bodily Substance to Determine Alcohol or Drug of Abuse Content.

Effective:
August 17, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 8 - 126th General Assembly
For purposes of sections 1547.11, 4511.19, and 4511.194 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall determine, or cause to be determined, techniques or methods for chemically analyzing a person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, urine, breath, or other bodily substance in order to ascertain the amount of alcohol, a drug of abuse, controlled substance, metabolite of a controlled substance, or combination of them in the person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, urine, breath, or other bodily substance. The director shall approve satisfactory techniques or methods, ascertain the qualifications of individuals to conduct such analyses, and issue permits to qualified persons authorizing them to perform such analyses. Such permits shall be subject to termination or revocation at the discretion of the director.
As used in this section, "drug of abuse" has the same meaning as in section 4506.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.144 | Ohio Breast and Cervical Cancer Project.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "cost sharing" has the same meaning as in section 3923.85 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of health shall administer the state's participation in the national breast and cervical cancer early detection program (NBCCEDP), which shall be known as the Ohio breast and cervical cancer project. The project shall be administered in accordance with Title XV of the "Public Health Service Act," 42 U.S.C. 300k et seq., and the department's NBCCEDP grant agreement with the United States centers for disease control and prevention.
(C) In administering the project, the department shall set eligibility requirements for services provided through the project as follows:
(1) The woman must have countable family income not exceeding three hundred per cent of the federal poverty line.
(2) One of the following must be the case:
(a) The woman is not covered by health insurance.
(b) The woman is covered by health insurance that does not include the screening or diagnostic services the woman seeks through the project.
(c) The woman is covered by health insurance that imposes cost sharing for the screening or diagnostic services the woman seeks through the project that exceeds the limit specified by the director of health in rules adopted under division (D) of this section.
(3) In the case of a woman seeking cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services through the project, the woman must be at least twenty-one and less than sixty-five years of age.
(4) In the case of a woman seeking breast cancer screening and diagnostic services through the project, either of the following must be the case:
(a) The woman is at least forty years of age.
(b) The woman is at least twenty-one and less than forty years of age and has been determined by a physician to need breast cancer screening and diagnostic services due to the results of a clinical breast examination, the woman's family history, or other factors.
(D) The director shall adopt rules for purposes of division (C)(2)(c) of this section specifying the cost sharing limit for each screening and diagnostic service that may be obtained through the project. The director may adopt other rules as necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.145 | Director Ensure Treatment for Breast or Cervical Cancer.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The director of health shall ensure that, as part of the Ohio breast and cervical cancer project administered under section 3701.144 of the Revised Code, a woman who meets all of the following conditions receives treatment for breast or cervical cancer:
(1) The woman was screened for breast or cervical cancer by a provider who either does not participate in or was not paid for the screening by the Ohio breast and cervical cancer project.
(2) The woman is in need of treatment for breast or cervical cancer.
(3) The woman has a countable income not exceeding three hundred per cent of the federal poverty line.
(4) The woman is not covered by health insurance.
(5) The woman is less than sixty-five years of age.
(B) The director of health may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.146 | Duties and Powers Regarding Tuberculosis.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) In taking actions regarding tuberculosis, the director of health has all of the following duties and powers:
(1) The director shall maintain registries of hospitals, clinics, physicians, or other care providers to whom the director shall refer persons who make inquiries to the department of health regarding possible exposure to tuberculosis.
(2) The director shall engage in tuberculosis surveillance activities, including the collection and analysis of epidemiological information relative to the frequency of tuberculosis infection, demographic and geographic distribution of tuberculosis cases, and trends pertaining to tuberculosis.
(3) The director shall maintain a tuberculosis registry to record the incidence of tuberculosis in this state.
(4) The director may appoint physicians to serve as tuberculosis consultants for geographic regions of the state specified by the director. Each tuberculosis consultant shall act in accordance with rules the director establishes and shall be responsible for advising and assisting physicians and other health care practitioners who participate in tuberculosis control activities and for reviewing medical records pertaining to the treatment provided to individuals with tuberculosis.
(B)(1) The director shall adopt rules establishing standards for the following:
(a) Performing tuberculosis screenings;
(b) Performing examinations of individuals who have been exposed to tuberculosis and individuals who are suspected of having tuberculosis;
(c) Providing treatment to individuals with tuberculosis;
(d) Preventing individuals with communicable tuberculosis from infecting other individuals;
(e) Performing laboratory tests for tuberculosis and studies of the resistance of tuberculosis to one or more drugs;
(f) Selecting laboratories that provide in a timely fashion the results of a laboratory test for tuberculosis. The standards shall include a requirement that first consideration be given to laboratories located in this state.
(2) Rules adopted pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and may be consistent with any recommendations or guidelines on tuberculosis issued by the United States centers for disease control and prevention or by the American thoracic society. The rules shall apply to county or district tuberculosis control units, physicians who examine and treat individuals for tuberculosis, and laboratories that perform tests for tuberculosis.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.15 | Annual Report.

Effective:
February 12, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 6 - 125th General Assembly
Each year, the director of health shall make a report to the governor, which shall include so much of the proceedings of the department of health, information concerning vital statistics and diseases, instructions on the subject of hygiene for dissemination among the people and suggestions as to legislation as the director deems proper. The director shall include in the director's annual report a full statement of all examinations made in the department's public health laboratory authorized by section 3701.22 of the Revised Code, with a detailed account of all expenses.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.16 | Purchase, Storage, Distribution of Pharmaceutical Agents or Medical Supplies for Public Health Emergency.

Effective:
February 12, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 6 - 125th General Assembly
The director of health may purchase, store, and distribute antitoxins, serums, vaccines, immunizing agents, antibiotics, and other pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies that the director deems advisable in the interest of preparing for or responding to a public health emergency. The discretion granted to the director by this section does not relieve the director of the duty to act under section 3701.161 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.161 | Diphtheria Antitoxin.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
The director of health shall make necessary arrangements for the production and distribution of diphtheria antitoxin. Such antitoxin shall in all respects be equal in purity and potency to the standard of requirements of the United States public health service for antitoxin for interstate commerce. Diphtheria antitoxin shall be distributed in accordance with rules the director adopts pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.162 | Antitoxin for Indigent Persons.

Effective:
February 12, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 6 - 125th General Assembly
Any licensed physician practicing in this state, or the superintendent of any state or county institution, may receive without charge the quantities of antitoxin as the physician or superintendent requires for the treatment or prevention of diphtheria in indigent persons, provided such antitoxin shall be used only for persons residing in the state, and that a sufficient supply is available for distribution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.18 | Testing Bacteria Level of Water Adjacent to Public Swimming Beaches.

Effective:
September 14, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly
The director of health shall establish techniques and procedures as appropriate for use by the division of parks and watercraft in the department of natural resources when taking samples and conducting tests under section 1546.08 of the Revised Code of the waters of this state that are adjacent to public swimming beaches as defined in that section. The director of health, in consultation with and subject to the approval of the director of natural resources, shall specify the frequency with which and location at which the waters are to be sampled and tested.
The director of health shall interpret the results of the water tests conducted under section 1546.08 of the Revised Code. If the director's interpretation indicates that the bacteria levels in the waters tested present a possible health risk to persons using the waters for swimming and bathing and that the posting of signs advising the public of the condition is warranted, the director shall notify the chief of the division of parks and watercraft.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3701 | Department of Health › Section 3701.19 | Poison Control Network Definitions.

Effective:
February 12, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 6 - 125th General Assembly
As used in sections 3701.19 to 3701.201 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Poison prevention and treatment center" means an entity designated as a poison prevention and treatment center by the director of health under section 3701.20 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property.
(C) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property. "Tort action" includes a product liability claim that is subject to sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code, but does not include a civil action for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons.
(D)(1) Subject to division (D)(2) of this section, "volunteer" means a trustee, officer, or agent of a poison prevention and treatment center, or another person associated with such a center, who satisfies both of the following:
(a) Performs services for or on behalf of, and under the authority or auspices of, the center;
(b) Does not receive compensation, either directly or indirectly, for performing those services.
(2) For purposes of division (D)(1) of this section, "compensation" does not include any of the following:
(a) Actual and necessary expenses that are incurred by a volunteer in connection with the services performed for a center, and that are reimbursed to the volunteer or otherwise paid;
(b) Insurance premiums paid on behalf of a volunteer, and amounts paid or reimbursed, pursuant to division (E) of section 1702.12 of the Revised Code;
(c) Modest perquisites.