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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-33 - Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3701-33-09 - Heating

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) All housing
			 units and service rooms that are occupied before June first or after August
			 thirty-first shall be provided with properly installed heating equipment
			 capable of maintaining a temperature of at least 
								seventy
			 degrees Fahrenheit.
(B)
								Only portable electric heaters equipped with automatic
			 shut-off switches may be substituted but must be physically present either in
			 the housing units or in a storage building on the camp premises that is
			 accessible to the camp occupants at all times.
(C) Any 
								source of heat utilizing
			 combustible fuel, shall be installed and vented directly to the outside
			 atmosphere in such a manner as to prevent fire hazards,
			 reentrainment of exhaust, and a dangerous concentration of gases.
			  If a stove burning a solid or liquid fuel is used in a room with
			 wooden or other combustible flooring, there shall be a concrete slab, insulated
			 metal sheet, or other fire resistant material on the floor under each such
			 stove extending at least eighteen inches beyond the perimeter of the base of
			 the stove or according to manufacturer's specifications.
(D)
								Distances shorter
			 than those required by this paragraph may be used if specified by the
			 manufacturer of the heating equipment. The minimum distances between
			 combustible materials, including walls and ceilings, and heating devices shall
			 be as follows:
(1) Thirty-six inches for
			 radiant type heating devices burning a solid or liquid fuel;
(2) Eighteen inches for circulating type
			 heating devices burning a solid or liquid fuel;
(3) Six inches from the rear and sides of a
			 circulating type gas space heating device.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-33 - Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3701-33-10 - Electricity and lighting

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) To comply with minimum standards of
			 habitability:
(1) All housing
			 
									units
			 shall be provided with electric service.
(2) All common use rooms and areas
			 including,
			 but not limited to, laundry rooms, toilets, privies, hallways,
			 and stairways,  in existence in the camp on April 2, 1985,
			 shall contain a ceiling or wall-type light fixture that will adequately light
			 the area. At least two separate wall-type electrical outlets, or one
			 such 
									electrical outlet and one supplied ceiling-type
			 electric light fixture, shall be provided in each habitable room in existence
			 in the camp on April 2, 1985.
(3)
			 All habitable rooms created 
									or substantially
			 altered in the camp after April 2, 1985, shall be provided with a
			 wall-type 
									electrical outlet so that no point along the
			 floor line in any wall space is more than six feet, measured horizontally, from
			 an outlet in that space, including any wall space two or more feet in width.
			 Each wall space two or more feet wide shall be treated separately from other
			 wall spaces in the room for purposes of this paragraph. Each habitable room
			 shall contain at least one ceiling or wall-type light fixture.
(4) A minimum of three-tenths-foot candle of
			 artificial lighting shall be provided for the yard area and pathways to common
			 use facilities.
(5) All wiring and
			 lighting fixtures shall be installed and maintained in a safe condition. It
			 shall be the responsibility of the agricultural labor camp operator to
			 provide written verification from a licensed
			 contractor
									 that any newly
			 installed or repaired electrical work is safe.
(6)
									All electrical systems created as a result of new
			 construction or substantially altering a camp after April 2, 1985 shall be
			 installed and maintained in accordance with the "national electrical code" or
			 local electrical codes for one, two, or three family dwelling
			 units.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-33 - Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3701-33-11 - Solid waste

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Individual solid
			 waste containers shall be provided for each housing unit. These containers
			 shall have a minimum capacity of thirty-two gallons and shall be durable, rust
			 resistant, impervious to moisture, watertight, easily cleanable and covered
			 with a tight fitting lid to prevent the entrance of rats and other
			 pests.
(B)
								Bulk-type solid waste containers, which may be
			 substituted for individual solid waste containers, shall be located within one
			 hundred feet of any dwelling and emptied at least weekly.
(C)
								Bulk items or
			 construction and demolition materials shall be disposed of in accordance with
			 section 3734.05 of the Revised Code and
			 the rules adopted thereunder.
Replaces: 3701-33-14
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-33 - Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3701-33-12 - Pest control

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								All buildings and
			 storage areas shall be constructed and maintained in such a manner as to
			 minimize the entrance of insects, rodents or other pests. This shall include,
			 but not be limited to, screening or closure of all openings to permanent
			 buildings, elimination of harborages, or use of chemical control by trained
			 personnel.
(B)
								Pest control measures shall be employed by the operator
			 whenever an insect, rodent or other pest nuisance exists.
Replaces: 3701-33-15
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-36 - Local Health Departments › Section 3701-36-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in rules 3701-36-01 to
				3701-36-13
				of the Administrative Code:
(A)
			 "Board of health" means the board of health of a city or general health
			 district, or the authority having the duties of a board of health in any city
			 as authorized by section
			 3709.05 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Department" means the
			 department of health of the state of Ohio.
(C) "Director" means the director of health
			 of the state of Ohio.
(D) "Health
			 commissioner" means the person occupying the office created by section
			 3709.11 or
			 3709.14 of the Revised Code for
			 the health district.
(E) "Health
			 district" means each city and general health district provided for by section
			 3709.01 of the Revised Code or a
			 union of two or more health districts as provided for by section
			 3709.07,
			 3709.071, or
			 3709.10 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Local funds" means locally
			 generated funds, and includes but is not limited to local taxes, unspent and
			 unobligated funds from the previous year, fees for services rendered, license
			 fees, permit fees, contributions, revenues from contracting health districts
			 and revenues from other contractual services provided.
(G) "Local health department" means the
			 operational entity of a general or city health district.
(H) "Minimum standards" means the standards
			 established by the public health council that health districts must meet to
			 receive any state subsidy funds, pursuant to section
			 3701.342 of the Revised Code.
(I) "Optimal achievable standards"
			 means a concept for distributing subsidy funds beyond those awarded for
			 achieving minimum standards. These standards will be defined by the director on
			 an annual basis when sufficient funds are allocated by the legislature.
(J) "Performance indicator" means
			 certain criteria that may be used, with or without other criteria, to measure a
			 local health department's compliance with the minimum and optimal achievable
			 standards.
(K) "Physician" means
			 an individual who is authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to
			 practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatry.
(L) "Public health council" means
			 the public health council of the Ohio department of health as created by
			 section 3701.33 of the Revised Code.
(M)
								
			 "Public health accreditation board standards" or "PHAB standards" means the
			 national public health standards published as the "Public Health Accreditation
			 Board (May 2011). Version 1.0. Standards and Measures. Application Period
			 2011-2012. Alexandria, VA."
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-36 - Local Health Departments › Section 3701-36-02 - Purpose and scope

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) This chapter of the Administrative Code
			 establishes minimum and optimal achievable standards for local health districts
			 and a method for payment of subsidy to local health districts that meet the
			 minimum standards of these rules and for payment of increased subsidy to local
			 health districts that meet the optimal achievable standards of this chapter.
			 This chapter is applicable to all health districts within the state.
(B) This chapter establishes the conditions
			 under which the department of health will award subsidies pursuant to section
			 3709.32 of the Revised Code.
			 This chapter does not alter:
(1) The
			 responsibility of local health departments to conduct those programs or to
			 enforce laws and rules that are otherwise required by any provision of the
			 Revised Code or Administrative Code;
(2) The authority of the board of health of
			 any health district in adopting orders and regulations otherwise authorized
			 under sections 3709.20 and
			 3709.21 of the Revised Code, or
			 any other provision of the Revised Code; or
(3) The responsibility of any person or any
			 other entity for complying with any applicable provision otherwise required by
			 the Revised Code, the Administrative Code or any board of health order or
			 regulation.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-36 - Local Health Departments › Section 3701-36-04 - Promoting the public's health

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 Each local
			 health department shall provide programs in such a manner as to protect and
			 promote the public's health for the communities each board of health
			 serves.
(B)
								 Each local health department shall complete and submit
			 the report prescribed in paragraph (A)(2) of rule
			 3701-36-03 of
			 the Administrative Code to demonstrate compliance with paragraph (A) of this
			 rule.
Replaces: 3701-36-04
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-36 - Local Health Departments › Section 3701-36-10 - Payment of health district subsidies

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Pursuant to section
				3709.32 of the Revised Code,
				state subsidy to general and city health districts by the department of health
				is subject to the following:
(A) No
			 health district shall be eligible for or be paid a state subsidy unless:
(1) The health district has been provided
			 local funds for public health services, as determined by the health
			 commissioner and board of health, totaling at least three dollars per capita,
			 according to the most recent federal decennial census or the United States census bureau's most recent population
			 estimate,  however, the director may grant an exception to the
			 requirements of this paragraph when it is shown to his satisfaction that
			 unusually severe economic conditions prevent the health district from receiving
			 adequate tax revenues.
(2) The
			 certification of funds expended by the health district is endorsed by the
			 director.
(3) The health district
			 has submitted, by the time requested, all data, reports, and other information
			 concerning services and costs associated with state subsidy distribution
			 required by the director of health.
(4) The health district has not decreased
			 local funds in the local health department budget in anticipation of using
			 state subsidy funds to provide services normally supported by local revenues.
(5) The local health department is
			 in compliance with the minimum standards contained in this chapter of the
			 Administrative Code adopted pursuant to section
			 3701.342 of the Revised Code,
			 including:
(a) The requirement as provided in
			 rule
			 3701-36-03 of
			 the Administrative Code that the health district has been represented by the
			 health commissioner or a designee at each conference provided by the Ohio
			 department of health pursuant to section
			 3701.29 of the Revised Code, and
			 the health commissioner has personally attended one of these conferences and
			 the medical director of a health district with a non-physician health
			 commissioner has attended at least one session of one of the conferences; and
(b) The requirement that all funds
			 received by the health district, including any state subsidy awarded during the
			 preceding year under section
			 3709.32 of the Revised Code,
			 have been credited to the budget of the local health department and expended
			 for purposes determined by the health commissioner and board of health in
			 accordance with all applicable laws and rules governing the expenditure of
			 funds.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-36 - Local Health Departments › Section 3701-36-11 - Certification of compliance and financial disclosure

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) To apply for state subsidy payments under
			 section 3709.32 of the Revised Code and
			 this chapter of the Administrative Code, the president of each board of health
			 and the health commissioner of each local health department shall submit to the
			 director on forms provided by the director and shall be submitted no later than
			 the first day of 
								March of each year, the following:
(1) An annual application for state subsidy.
			 The application shall include a certification of the extent of the local health
			 department's compliance with the improvement standards established by rules
			 3701-36-03and 3701-36-04 of the
			 Administrative Code;
(2) An annual
			 subsidy compliance statement; and
(3) Submission of the department's
			 on-line report on improvement standards and the centers for
			 disease control and prevention national performance standards survey,
			 as set forth in rule
			 3701-36-03 of
			 the Administrative Code or, as determined by the director.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-36 - Local Health Departments › Section 3701-36-12 - Review process for assessing compliance

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The director may evaluate the extent to
			 which local health departments comply with the minimum and optimal achievable
			 standards established by Chapter 3701-36 of the Administrative Code by means of
			 the review process provided in this rule. Each local health department which
			 has certified that it is in compliance with minimum or optimal achievable
			 standards in accordance with paragraph (A) of rule
			 3701-36-11
			 of the Administrative Code may be evaluated as frequently as the director deems
			 necessary.Such an evaluation shall be conducted as
			 follows:
(1) The director shall select at least one review team
			 to conduct evaluations of compliance that may be composed of but not limited to
			 one or more members of the staff of local health departments other than that
			 which is being evaluated and of one member of the director's staff who shall
			 serve as coordinator for the team. The review team shall perform an on-site
			 visit to the local health department and may observe any activities and examine
			 any records of the local health department;
(2) A
			 local health department shall not refuse a review visit, fail to provide team
			 members access to records, or otherwise interfere with the evaluation. The
			 director may base a determination of noncompliance with one or more minimum or
			 optimal achievable standards upon violation of this paragraph; and
(3)
			 Within sixty days after the coordinator has received the reviewers' written
			 reports of the on-site evaluation the director shall notify the local health
			 department of a proposed determination as to the extent of the local health
			 department's compliance with minimum and optimal achievable standards and of
			 the right to an informal hearing under rule
			 3701-36-13
			 of the Administrative Code. The proposed determination shall become final if an
			 informal hearing is not requested within the time specified by paragraph (A) of
			 rule
			 3701-36-13
			 of the Administrative Code. If the hearing request is timely, the director
			 shall issue a final determination in accordance with paragraph (B) of rule
			 3701-36-13
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-36 - Local Health Departments › Section 3701-36-13 - Informal hearing process

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A local health department shall be
			 afforded an informal hearing concerning the director's proposed determination
			 of the extent of the local health department's compliance with minimum and
			 optimal achievable standards issued under paragraph (A)(3) of rule
			 3701-36-12
			 of the Administrative Code if a written request for the hearing is received by
			 the director no later than fifteen days after the date of mailing of the
			 proposed determination.
(B) The
			 informal hearing shall be conducted before the director or the director's
			 authorized representative no later than thirty days after the director's
			 receipt of the request. For the hearing, the local health district may present
			 information orally and in writing. The director shall issue a written final
			 determination of the extent of the local health department's compliance no
			 later than thirty days after the conclusion of the informal hearing.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-40 - Hearing Evaluations › Section 3701-40-02 - Hearing screening and equipment requirements for freestanding birthing centers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Each freestanding
			 birthing center shall designate a hearing screening coordinator who is
			 responsible for the coordination of the facility's hearing screening program.
			 The coordinator shall be an individual with staff privileges at the facility
			 and either:
(1)
									A medical director; or
(2)
									A nurse
			 midwife.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-40 - Hearing Evaluations › Section 3701-40-03 - Requirements for boards of health

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Each board of
			 health shall designate a hearing screening contact who is responsible for the
			 coordination of the facility's hearing screening information.
(B)
								Each board of
			 health shall notify the director of the name and contact information of the
			 individual designated as the hearing screening contact on an annual basis and
			 whenever changes occur.
(C)
								Each board of health registrar, upon notification of
			 the birth of a newborn or infant born in the area served by the board, who is
			 not born in a hospital or freestanding birthing center, shall, within ten
			 business days of the receipt of notification distribute the printed information
			 prepared by the director in accordance with paragraph (D) of rule
			 3701-40-10
			 of the Administrative Code, to the parent, guardian, or custodian of every
			 newborn or infant whose birth is registered by the board of health,
			 including:
(1)
									Information about hearing loss; and
(2)
									A list of
			 audiology facilities where newborn hearing screenings and/or diagnostic hearing
			 evaluations are conducted.
Replaces: 3701-40-03
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-40 - Hearing Evaluations › Section 3701-40-04 - Objections to hearing screening

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The parent, guardian or custodian of a
			 newborn or infant may object to a hearing screening on the grounds that the
			 hearing screening conflicts with the parent's, guardian's or custodian's
			 religious tenets and practices or for reasons other
			 than religious tenets and practices.
(B) A parent's, guardian's or custodian's
			 refusal to consent to a hearing screening must be documented on a form provided
			 by the director or in a written statement signed by the parent, guardian or
			 custodian. A refusal set forth in a written statement must include all of the
			 following:
(1) The parent, guardian or
			 custodian is fully informed and understands the possible consequences to their
			 child's 
									language and cognitive development resulting from
			 undetected and untreated hearing loss;
(2) The parent, guardian or custodian has
			 received hearing screening information;
(3) The parent, guardian or custodian is
			 objecting on the grounds that the screening conflicts with their religious
			 tenets and practices, 
									or for reasons other than
			 religious tenets and practices; and
(4) The parent, guardian or custodian
			 releases and holds harmless the director, the hospital or freestanding birthing
			 center, the person responsible for conducting the hearing screening, for any
			 injury, illness, and/or consequences which may result from such
			 refusal.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-40 - Hearing Evaluations › Section 3701-40-05 - Qualifications of personnel conducting hearing screenings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								A hearing screening shall be conducted under rule
			 3701-40-02
			 or
			 3701-40-06
			 of the Administrative Code and shall comply with written protocols developed by
			 the hospital or freestanding birthing center.
(B)
								Any individual
			 conducting hearing screenings must complete annual training in accordance to
			 rule
			 3701-40-10
			 of the Administrative Code hat addresses at a minimum the following
			 topics:
(1)
									The
			 significance of universal newborn hearing screening, risk factors for hearing
			 loss, and the importance of diagnostic hearing evaluations and early
			 intervention for newborns and infants with hearing loss,
(2)
									Joint committee
			 on infant hearing position statements, principles and
			 guidelines,
(3)
									Conveying culturally and linguistically appropriate
			 messages to families about the importance of screening, diagnostic hearing
			 evaluations for non pass screening results, early intervention for hearing
			 loss, and developmental milestones for speech and language
			 acquisition,
(4)
									Documenting and completing paper and electronic
			 records, including quality assurance activities, and
(5)
									Requirements for
			 reporting hearing screenings results in accordance with rule
			 3701-40-02
			 or
			 3701-40-06
			 of the Administrative Code.
(6)
									Usage of hearing
			 screening equipment to include hands-on-training with newborns, competency
			 evaluation, skills demonstration and written testing.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-40 - Hearing Evaluations › Section 3701-40-06 - Hearing screening and equipment requirements for hospitals

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Each hospital shall designate a hearing screening
			 coordinator who is responsible for the coordination of the facility's hearing
			 screening program. The coordinator shall be an individual with staff privileges
			 at the facility and either:
(1)
									A physician or audiologist; or
(2)
									An individual
			 working under the supervision of or in collaboration with a physician or
			 audiologist.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-40 - Hearing Evaluations › Section 3701-40-07 - Reimbursement for hearing screening

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 The director shall
			 reimburse providers for a maximum of one hearing screening per newborn or
			 infant in accordance with this rule at a rate determined by the director if all
			 the following criteria are met:
(1) The
			 screening is performed before the newborn or infant is discharged by the
			 provider;
(2) The parent, guardian,
			 or custodian certifies with a signed statement that the
			 family
(a)
										 Is financially
			 unable to pay for the screening;
(b)
										 Is not eligible
			 for medicaid; and
(c)
										 Does not have insurance coverage for the
			 screening.
(3) The
			 provider is not reimbursed by a third-party payer.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-40 - Hearing Evaluations › Section 3701-40-08 - Diagnostic hearing evaluations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Newborns and
			 infants that do not pass after two hearing screenings shall be immediately
			 referred to an audiologist with expertise in evaluating newborns and infants
			 for a diagnostic hearing evaluation.
(B)
								Protocols for a
			 diagnostic hearing evaluation should be consistent with protocols in the
			 recommendations for the joint committee on infant hearing.
(C)
								The diagnostic
			 equipment used for diagnostic hearing evaluations shall be capable of giving
			 reliable results, maintained in good working order, and calibrated annually per
			 manufacturer's guidelines.
(D)
								Any audiologist
			 that conducts a diagnostic hearing evaluation shall communicate the results of
			 the diagnostic hearing evaluation for every newborn or infant to the primary
			 care physician or designated medical home within seven business days of
			 diagnostic hearing evaluation. The following shall be included:
(1)
									Results of the
			 diagnostic hearing evaluation for each ear;
(2)
									Type and degree
			 of hearing loss, if any;
(3)
									Risk factors for hearing loss, if any;
			 and
(4)
									Additional appointment recommendations, if
			 any.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-40 - Hearing Evaluations › Section 3701-40-09 - Hearing screening tracking and follow-up

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Patient identifying information,
			 submitted to the department of health under rule
			 3701-40-02
			 of the Administrative Code by 
			 freestanding birthing centers
								or rule
			 3701-40-06
			 of the Administrative Code by hospitals shall be used by the director to
			 maintain the statewide tracking and early intervention components of the
			 program.
(B) The department of
			 health shall provide patient-identifying information to other entities such as
			 , help
			 me grow programs, and other programs, bureaus, service providers,
			 medical homes, state agencies, individuals, or
			 departments as it considers necessary to maintain the statewide tracking and
			 early intervention components of the program established under section
			 3701.504 of the Revised
			 Code.
(C) The department of health
			 and any entity that receives patient-identifying information from the
			 department shall maintain the confidentiality of the information.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-40 - Hearing Evaluations › Section 3701-40-10 - Ohio department of health training and materials

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The director
			 shall provide educational programs for 
			 hearing screening coordinators, screeners, audiologists, supervising audiologists, supervising
			 physicians, medical home personnel, data entry
			 personnel, local boards of health, and any other persons identified as
			 responsible for conducting, documenting, and reporting newborn hearing
			 screening information and diagnostic hearing
			 evaluations.
(B) Educational
			 programs may be provided as computer based learning, self study modules,
			 teleconferences on selected topics, or classroom experiential training at the
			 discretion of the director.
(C) The
			 director shall provide training for personnel including the following:
(1) The significance of universal newborn
			 hearing screening, risk factors for hearing loss, and the importance of
			 diagnostic 
									hearing evaluations and early intervention for
			 infants with  hearing
			 loss,
(2)
									Joint committee on infant hearing position statements,
			 principles, and guidelines,
(3) Conveying
			 culturally appropriate messages to families about the importance of screening,
			 
									diagnostic hearing evaluations for non-pass screening
			 results, early intervention for hearing loss, and developmental milestones for
			 speech and language acquisition,
(4) Documenting and
			 completing paper and electronic records, including quality assurance
			 activities, and
(5) Requirements for reporting hearing
			 screenings
									and diagnostic hearing
			 evaluation results.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-41 - Poison Control, Prevention, and Treatment › Section 3701-41-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Director" means the director of health
			 or an official or employee of the department of health who has been authorized
			 by the director.
(B) "Entity"
			 means an individual, hospital, institution of higher education, political
			 subdivision, association, corporation, or public or private agency.
(C) "Poison prevention and treatment center"
			 or "center" means an entity designated as a poison prevention and treatment
			 center by the director under section
			 3701.20 of the Revised Code and
			 rule
			 3701-41-02
			 of the Administrative Code. In the appropriate context,"poison prevention and
			 treatment center" and "center" also mean an applicant for designation as a
			 poison prevention and treatment center.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-41 - Poison Control, Prevention, and Treatment › Section 3701-41-02 - Designation of poison control network regions and poison prevention and treatment centers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For the purposes of this chapter, the
			 director shall designate poison control network regions. In determining which
			 geographic areas to designate as poison control network regions, the director
			 shall consider:
(1) The groups of counties
			 specified in paragraph (B) of this rule. The director may designate as regions
			 areas larger or smaller than the groups of counties specified in paragraph (B)
			 of this rule, but no region may have a population of less than one million;
(2) Which configuration of
			 counties will minimize duplication and waste while assuring appropriate poison
			 prevention and treatment services for the population of each region; and
(3) Any comments or suggestions
			 provided by entities interested in poison prevention and treatment.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-41 - Poison Control, Prevention, and Treatment › Section 3701-41-03 - Standards for operation of poison prevention and treatment centers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) To be
			 designated as a poison prevention and treatment center under rule
			 3701-41-02
			 of the Administrative Code and to maintain the designation, a center shall
			 conform to the standards of operation prescribed by this rule. A center may
			 provide the services described in paragraphs (B) and (C) of this rule either
			 directly or through contract with other entities, as the director considers
			 appropriate.
(B) Each center shall
			 maintain and staff a twenty-four-hour per day, toll-free telephone line to
			 respond to inquiries and provide information about poison prevention and
			 treatment and available services. A center may satisfy the requirement that the
			 telephone line be toll-free either by maintaining a "1-800" number or accepting
			 collect calls from within its region.
(C) Each center shall provide specialized
			 treatment, consultation, information and educational programs to health care
			 professionals and the public.
(D)
			 Each center shall compile information on the types and frequency of treatment
			 it provides.
(E) Each center shall
			 have the following personnel, either on staff or by means of a contract with
			 another entity:
(1) A medical director who:
(a) Is a physician licensed under Chapter
			 4731. of the Revised Code and board-certified in
			 medical toxicology;
(b) Has
			 ongoing interest and expertise in toxicology as evidenced by publications,
			 research and meeting attendance;
(c) Has a medical staff appointment at a
			 hospital providing poison treatment services;
(d) Is involved in the management of poisoned
			 patients; and
(e) Assures that when
			 he or she is not available to the center, qualified medical toxicology
			 expertise is provided to the center by other physicians at all times.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-41 - Poison Control, Prevention, and Treatment › Section 3701-41-04 - Maintenance and reporting of data

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) To be designated as a poison prevention
			 and treatment center under rule
			 3701-41-02
			 of the Administrative Code and to retain the designation, a center or an
			 applicant for designation as a center shall maintain and report data in
			 accordance with this rule.
(B) Each
			 center shall document poison prevention and control cases using
			 nationally recognized standards for data elements and documenting procedures
			 including the uniform "county of origin" system developed by the Ohio centers
			 and the director. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit
			 non-electronic data entry.
(C) Each center shall submit a report to the
			 director on a form prescribed by the director no later than September first of
			 each year for the previous calendar year. At a minimum, the annual report shall
			 include:
(1) Data reported by county regarding
			 the incidence of both human exposure to poison and other cases
			 handled;
(2) The incidence of each
			 reason for exposure in accordance with nationally
			 recognized standards for data elements and documenting
			 procedures;
(3) The
			 percentage of accidental exposure cases managed over the telephone as compared
			 to the percentage referred for medical treatment; and
(4) The percentage of intentional exposure
			 cases managed over the telephone as compared to the percentage referred for
			 medical, psychiatric or other treatment or management.
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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-41 - Poison Control, Prevention, and Treatment › Section 3701-41-05 - Standards and procedure for awarding grants

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) In accordance with this rule, the
			 director shall make grants to poison prevention and treatment centers. Subject
			 to the availability of an appropriation for grants, the director shall make
			 grants annually on a fiscal year (July first to June thirtieth) basis.
(B) To be eligible to receive a
			 grant under division (D) of section
			 3701.20 of the Revised Code and
			 this rule, an entity shall:
(1) Be designated
			 as a poison prevention and treatment center under division (A) of section
			 3701.20 of the Revised Code and
			 rule
			 3701-41-02
			 of the Administrative Code; and
(2) Agree in writing that the level of the
			 total funds, labor and services devoted by the entity to the center during the
			 period of the grant will approximate, as determined by the director, the level
			 of total funds, labor and services devoted by that entity in the fiscal year
			 preceding the fiscal year in which the grant begins. The entity shall submit
			 verifiable financial data demonstrating its compliance with this paragraph. In
			 determining whether grant period funds, labor and services devoted by the
			 entity approximate the previous level, the director shall consider, among other
			 relevant matters, the degree to which the preceding fiscal year's funds
			 resulted from irregular revenues such as donations, bequests, grants and
			 contracts.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-41 - Poison Control, Prevention, and Treatment › Section 3701-41-06 - Reconsideration of denial or revocation of designation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) An entity denied designation as a poison
			 prevention and treatment center or a poison prevention and treatment center
			 which has been notified that its designation has been revoked may request
			 reconsideration of the decision in accordance with this rule. A request for
			 reconsideration shall be in writing and shall be filed with the director no
			 later than thirty days after the date of mailing of the notice of denial or
			 revocation under paragraph (C)(4) of rule
			 3701-41-02
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B)
			 Upon receipt of a request for reconsideration, the director shall forward the
			 request to the chairman of the Ohio poison control network advisory committee
			 established by section
			 3701.21 of the Revised Code.
(1) The chairman shall convene a committee
			 meeting within thirty days after receiving the reconsideration request from the
			 director for the purpose of selecting a subcommittee of no less than three
			 individuals to review the matter. These individuals may be members of the
			 committee or other individuals whom the committee considers appropriately
			 qualified to participate in the review. None of the individuals selected shall
			 have a conflict of interest.
(2)
			 In conducting the review of a denial of designation, the subcommittee shall
			 consider the application and any additional information evaluated by the
			 director in making the initial decision. In conducting the review of a
			 revocation of designation, the subcommittee shall consider the information that
			 was available to the director in making the initial decision.
(3) The subcommittee shall complete its
			 review and submit a written report containing its recommendation and the
			 reasons for the recommendation to the director within thirty days of its
			 appointment.
(4) After considering
			 the subcommittee's report, the director shall notify the applicant or center of
			 his or her final decision on the matter by certified mail.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-42 - WIC Program › Section 3701-42-02 - Food delivery system

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For purposes of providing authorized
			 foods to participants, the director may operate any FNS approved food delivery
			 system considered appropriate. The director currently implements a retail food
			 delivery system as follows:
(1) Contracts
			 with vendors to provide authorized foods in exchange for benefits on the WIC
			 nutrition card; and
(2) Contracts
			 with pharmacy vendors to provide prescribed infant formula in exchange for
			 benefits on the WIC nutrition card.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-42 - WIC Program › Section 3701-42-05 - Authorized foods; required minimum foods

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The director shall develop a list of
			 authorized  foods; a list of
			 minimum food stocking requirements; and a list of authorized infant formula
			 suppliers. The director shall post these lists to the Ohio department of
			 health's website with as much advance notice as possible prior to the
			 effective date of any change.
(1) At least
			 every two years, the director shall review and may amend the list of WIC authorized
			  foods, including any
			 applicable sizes, types, and brands.
(2) At least annually, the director shall
			 review and may amend the list of authorized infant formula suppliers and the
			 list of minimum food stocking requirements.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-42 - WIC Program › Section 3701-42-06 - WIC vendor responsibilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A vendor shall provide to participants
			 only authorized foods in exchange for the benefits on the WIC nutrition
			 card.
(B) A vendor shall permit
			 participants the option to select part or all of the available quantities,
			 sizes, and types of authorized food contained on the WIC nutrition
			 card.
(C) A vendor shall offer
			 participants the same courtesies extended to other customers, including but not
			 limited to: providing a sales receipt and accepting store and manufacturer
			 coupons, discount cards, or other discounts offered. However, vendors may not
			 provide participants incentive items, vendor discounts, coupons or other
			 promotions that are not offered to non-WIC customers.
(D) A vendor shall accept valid WIC nutrition
			 cards presented by a participant and shall:
(1) Deduct the value of any manufacturer or
			 store coupons, discount cards, or other discounts offered from the total before
			 requesting participant to approve the transaction;
(2) Be responsible for all WIC nutrition card
			 benefits accepted or processed for payment by current and former employees or
			 agents of the vendor. The vendor shall be responsible for the accuracy of any
			 information submitted to the department by those employees or agents including
			 any person or persons operating the store under a management
			 agreement;
(3) Ensure the
			 department is not charged more than the marked or posted prices and is not
			 charged more than non-WIC customers for authorized foods;
(4) Provide all participants with benefit
			 receipts generated at the time of the WIC transaction; and
(5) Return to the local WIC agency within
			 twenty-four hours any WIC nutrition card found at the location.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-42 - WIC Program › Section 3701-42-07 - Payment for food instruments

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 The department
			 shall pay a vendor for EBT transactions submitted to the state WIC program if
			 all of the following conditions are met:
(1)
									 The WIC
			 nutrition card transaction occurred during the valid redemption
			 period;
(2)
									 The transactions contained in the claim file are less
			 than forty-eight hours old at the time of claim file
			 submission;
(3)
									 The participant approves the transaction at the point
			 of sale;
(4)
									 The claim file includes transactions that occurred
			 only at the authorized vendor location; and
(5)
									 The WIC
			 transaction occurred during the valid contract period.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-42 - WIC Program › Section 3701-42-08 - Abuse of the WIC program; sanctions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The director shall sanction vendors that
			 abuse the WIC program. The vendor violations referenced in paragraphs (B) to
			 (E) of this rule constitute abuse of the WIC program. The director may sanction
			 a vendor for any violation of this chapter of the Administrative Code that does
			 not constitute abuse. The director will provide the vendor with a notice that
			 violations are occurring that may lead to mandatory sanctions under paragraph
			 (C)(3) or
			 (D) of this rule prior to taking action, unless providing such notice
			 compromises an investigation.
(B)
			 The director shall terminate a contract and disqualify a vendor for a period of
			 six years if the director finds that the vendor has exchanged WIC nutrition
			 cards or the benefits contained on the card for cash, firearms, ammunition,
			 explosives, or controlled substances as defined in
			 21
			 U.S.C. 802 (in effect on
			 December 21, 2018).
(C) The director shall terminate a contract
			 and disqualify a vendor for a period of three years if the director finds that
			 the vendor has:
(1) Exchanged WIC nutrition
			 cards or the benefits contained on the card for alcohol or alcoholic beverages
			 or tobacco products;
(2) Transacted
			 WIC nutrition card benefits for a specific authorized food, which exceeds the
			 vendor's documented inventory of that authorized food for a specific period of
			 time; or
(3) Engaged in a
			 pattern of any of the following:
(a)
			 Exchanging WIC nutrition cards or the benefits contained on the card for
			 credit, including rain checks, or non-food items;
(b) Redeeming WIC nutrition card benefits for
			 authorized foods not received by the participants;
(c) Redeeming WIC nutrition card benefits for
			 which the reported amount of sale is more than the marked or posted prices
			 charged to other customers regardless of the not to exceed amount for the
			 item(s) purchased;
(d) Seeking
			 reimbursement from the department for WIC nutrition card benefits submitted
			 through an authorized vendor while not authorized as a vendor under rule
			 3701-42-03
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-42 - WIC Program › Section 3701-42-09 - Administrative review of adverse action affecting vendor and applicant participation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) This rule prescribes the rights to
			 administrative review of an
								 applicant,
			  or  vendor that is subject to adverse action
			 under this chapter of the Administrative Code.
(1) Except as provided under paragraphs
			 (A)(2) and (A)(3) of this rule, a  vendor or applicant may request an administrative review of the
			 following:
(a) Denial of a vendor application
			 pursuant to rule
			 3701-42-03
			 of the Administrative Code;
(b)
			 Assessment of a civil money penalty pursuant to rule
			 3701-42-08
			 of the Administrative Code; and
(c) Termination of a vendor contract pursuant
			 to rule
			 3701-42-08
			 of the Administrative Code unless otherwise prohibited
			 by this chapter.