Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-60 - Home Health Agencies › Section 3701-60-03 - Initial license application, application process, and renewal of license

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The department of
			 health accepts completed applications for licensure from a home health agency
			 or nonagency provider seeking to provide skilled home health services. A
			 complete application for a skilled home health services license includes:
(1)
									Completed
			 application forms prescribed by the director;
(2)
									A non-refundable
			 license fee of two hundred fifty dollars in the form of a cashier's check or a
			 postal money order payable to the "Treasurer, State of Ohio."
(3)
									Documentation
			 providing evidence that the home health agency or nonagency provider meets one
			 of the following:
(a)
										Is certified for participation in the medicare
			 program;
(b)
										Is accredited by the accreditation commission for
			 health care, the community health accreditation partner, the joint commission,
			 or another national accreditation organization approved by the United States
			 centers for medicare and medicaid services and recognized by the department
			 pursuant to rules adopted under section
			 3740.10 of the Revised
			 Code;
(c)
										Is certified by the department of aging under section
			 173.391 of the Revised Code to
			 provide community-based long-term care services;
(d)
										If not certified
			 or accredited per paragraph (A)(3)(a), (A)(3)(b), or (A)(3) (c) of this rule, a
			 notarized attestation signed by the owner or an individual with signature
			 authority for the home health agency or nonagency provider, that the home
			 health agency or nonagency provider otherwise meets medicare conditions of
			 participation, even though not certified for participation in the medicare
			 program.
(e)
										Documentation providing evidence of the
			 following:
(i)
											The home health agency or nonagency provider was providing
			 skilled home health services on or immediately prior to September 30, 2021;
			 or
(ii)
											If the home health agency or nonagency provider was not
			 providing skilled home health services immediately prior to September 30, 2021,
			 a surety bond issued by a company licensed to do business in Ohio in the amount
			 of fifty thousand dollars.
(f)
										The name,
			 address, and business telephone number of the home health agency or nonagency
			 provider operating location.
(g)
										The names and
			 addresses of the persons having an ownership or a controlling interest in the
			 home health agency and other information pertaining to ownership or control of
			 the home health agency;
(h)
										The corporate name of the home health agency, if any,
			 and the names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of its officers and
			 statutory agent;
(i)
										A list of the skilled home health services that are
			 provided or will be provided by the home health agency or nonagency provider;
			 and
(j)
										A description of the geographic area in which the home
			 health agency or nonagency provider provides or will provide
			 services.
(k)
										If the applicant is a home health agency, a copy of the
			 agency's criminal records check policy;