Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-83 - Licensing Provisions for Health Care Facilities › Section 3701-83-06 - Inspections

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The director
			 may make announced or unannounced inspections as the director considers
			 necessary to determine compliance with section
			 3702.30 of the Revised Code and
			 the applicable requirements of Chapter 3701-83 of the Administrative Code. The
			 director may notify ASFs, freestanding dialysis centers, freestanding inpatient
			 rehabilitation facilities, and freestanding birth centers prior to conducting
			 announced inspections for initial and renewal licensing. Such prior
			 notification shall be no earlier than thirty days and no later than two weeks
			 prior to start date of the survey.
(B) Immediately upon request, each HCF shall
			 provide the director access to its premises, facility and patient records,
			 including medical records, and staff to enable the director to determine
			 compliance with section
			 3702.30 of the Revised Code and
			 the applicable requirements of Chapter 3701-83 of the Administrative Code.
(C) Prior to the issuance of an
			 initial license the HCF shall obtain documentation from the state fire marshal
			 or fire prevention officer of a municipal, township, or other legally
			 constituted fire department approved by the fire marshal that the HCF is in
			 compliance with the state fire code. In the case of an HCF regulated by the
			 state fire code, following the initial license the HCF shall obtain
			 documentation, every twelve months and at any other time requested by the
			 director, that the HCF continues to be in compliance with the state fire code.
(D) Information obtained by the
			 director pertaining to specific patients is confidential. Information may be
			 released in summary, statistical, or other form which does not disclose the
			 identity of an individual patient.
(E) The director may conduct an inspection to
			 investigate alleged violations of section
			 3702.30 of the Revised Code and
			 Chapter 3701-83 of the Administrative Code. The director shall inform the
			 complainant and the HCF of the results of the inspection.
(F) For purposes of this paragraph "follow-up
			 inspection" means an inspection conducted by the department to determine
			 whether an HCF has corrected a violation or violations cited on a previous
			 inspection and to verify whether an HCF is in compliance with the applicable
			 criteria, standards, and requirements established by section
			 3702.30 of the Revised Code and
			 Chapter 3701-83 of the Administrative Code. "Validation inspection" means an
			 inspection of an HCF that submitted an acceptable accreditation award letter or
			 an approval letter. The HCF fee for inspections conducted by the director
			 pursuant to section 3702.30 of the Revised Code and
			 paragraphs (A) and (E) of this rule shall be as follows:
(1) Inspection fee of
			 one
			 thousand seven hundred fifty dollars;
(2) Complaint inspection fee of
			 eight
			 hundred seventy-five dollars;
(3) Follow-up inspection fee of
			 eight
			 hundred seventy-five dollars;
(4) Validation inspection fee of
			 one
			 thousand seven hundred fifty dollars: and
(5)
									 Desk audit or
			 compliance review inspection fee of two hundred fifty dollars.