Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5122 - Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services › Chapter 5122-1 - General Provisions › Section 5122-1-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used throughout these internal
				management rules, unless the context requires otherwise, the following
				definitions shall apply:
(A)
								 "Central office" means the executive office of the
			 department in Columbus, Ohio, where the director and his/her staff, including
			 deputy directors, and medical director are located.
(B)
								 "Chief" means an
			 individual who is the principal administrator of an office located within the
			 central office of the department.
(C)
								 "Chief clinical
			 officer" (CCO) means the medical director of a regional psychiatric hospital as
			 defined in division (K) of section
			 5122.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(D)
								 "Chief executive officer" (CEO) means an individual
			 who directs and oversees the operation of a regional psychiatric
			 hospital.
(E)
								 "Chief legal counsel" means the person appointed by
			 the director to advise the department in all legal matters.
(F)
								 "Client" means
			 any person who is receiving care and treatment in a regional psychiatric
			 hospital. Client shall have the same meaning as "consumer" and "patient".
(G)
								
			 "Client rights specialist" means an individual responsible for planning,
			 implementing and coordinating regional psychiatric hospital (RPH) or campus of
			 multi-site RPHs client advocacy programs; representing and assisting persons
			 served who have or are receiving RPH inpatient services, by promoting recovery,
			 mental and emotional well-being, social and economic well-being, protecting and
			 promoting the human and civil rights of persons served; investigating and
			 responding to grievances; and providing client advocacy services as stated in
			 rule
			 5122-7-02
			 of the Administrative Code. The client rights specialist reports directly to
			 the chief executive officer(CEO) of the RPH.
(H)
								 "Community
			 support network" (CSN) means community mental health services provided by a
			 regional psychiatric hospital to persons with severe mental illnesses who are
			 living in the community.
(I)
								 "Department" means the Ohio department of mental
			 health (ODMH).
(J)
								 "Deputy director" means an individual responsible for
			 the management of one of the divisions of the department.
(K)
								 "Director" means
			 the chief administrative official and appointing authority, appointed by the
			 governor, who regulates, guides or directs the overall operation and official
			 business of the department.
(L)
								 "Division" means
			 one of the operations units of the department.
(M)
								 "Guardian" means
			 any person charged by law with power to act for, or responsible for the care
			 and management of the person, estate or both of an individual deemed
			 incompetent or minor.
(N)
								 "Hospital" means any facility/entity delivering
			 hospital/inpatient services.
(O)
								 "Hospital
			 services" (HS) means the ODMH system of regional psychiatric hospitals which
			 provide inpatient and community mental health services.
(P)
								 "The joint
			 commission" (TJC) means the independent, not-for-profit accreditation
			 organization which develops standards for general hospitals, psychiatric
			 hospitals, other healthcare facilities and health-related programs, community
			 mental health agencies, and residential facilities for persons with mental
			 illness.
(Q)
								 "Leadership support team" (LST) means the group of
			 central office employees, comprised of the director, deputy directors, and
			 other individuals identified by the director, responsible for policy, fiscal,
			 and operations review and discussion.
(R)
								 "Medical
			 director to the department" means the physician appointed by the director to
			 advise the department in all matters relating to medical and psychiatric
			 policies and priorities.
(S)
								 "Office" means an organizational branch which is
			 charged with specific duties and is located within the central office of the
			 department.
(T)
								 "Regional psychiatric hospital" (RPH) means a facility
			 operated by the department that provides inpatient care, and may provide
			 community mental health services, and is supported primarily through state
			 appropriations.
(U)
								 "Rule or rules" means any rule adopted, amended,
			 repealed, or rescinded pursuant to the procedures and requirements of Chapter
			 119. or section 111.15 of the Revised
			 Code.
Replaces: 5122-1-01