Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 3712 · 19 active provisions
As used in this chapter: (A) "Hospice care program" means a coordinated program of home, outpatient, and inpatient care and services that is operated by a person or public agency and that provides the following care and services to hospice patients, including services as indicated below to hospice patients' families, t…
(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of health shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules:(1) Providing for the licensing of persons or public agencies providing hospice care programs within this state by the department of health and for the suspension and revocation of licenses;(2)…
(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of health shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules: (1) Providing for the licensing of persons or public agencies providing pediatric respite care programs within this state by the department of health and for the suspension and revocation of li…
(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of health shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules: (1) Providing for the registration of persons and public agencies that provide pediatric transition care programs within this state and for the suspension and revocation of registrations; (2) E…
(A) Every person or public agency that proposes to provide a hospice care program shall apply to the department of health for a license. Application shall be made on forms prescribed and provided by the department, shall include such information as the department requires, and shall be accompanied by the license fee es…
(A) Every person or public agency that proposes to provide a pediatric respite care program shall apply to the department of health for a license. Application shall be made on forms prescribed and provided by the department, shall include such information as the department requires, and shall be accompanied by the lice…
(A) Every person or public agency that proposes to provide a pediatric transition care program shall register with the department of health. Registration shall be made on forms prescribed and provided by the department and shall include such information as the department requires. The department shall register a pediat…
(A) No person or public agency, other than a person or public agency licensed pursuant to section 3712.04 of the Revised Code, shall hold itself out as providing a hospice care program, or provide a hospice care program, or use the term "hospice" or any term containing "hospice" to describe or refer to a health program…
(A) As used in this division, "person" does not include a member of an interdisciplinary team, as defined in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code, or any individual who is employed by a person or public agency licensed under section 3712.041 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no per…
Any person or public agency licensed under section 3712.04 of the Revised Code to provide a hospice care program shall: (A) Provide a planned and continuous hospice care program, the medical components of which shall be under the direction of a physician; (B) Ensure that care is available twenty-four hours a day and se…
(A) Any person or public agency licensed under section 3712.041 of the Revised Code to provide a pediatric respite care program shall do all of the following: (1) Provide a planned and continuous pediatric respite care program, the medical components of which shall be under the direction of a physician; (2) Ensure that…
(A) Each hospice care program licensed under this chapter that provides hospice care and services in a hospice patient's home shall establish a written policy establishing procedures to be followed in preventing the diversion of controlled substances containing opioids that are prescribed to its hospice patients. The p…
All of the following apply to a person or public agency registered under section 3712.042 of the Revised Code to provide a pediatric transition care program: (A) The program shall ensure that the medical care components of the program are under the direction of a physician. (B) When a program arranges for a home health…
(A) As used in this section, "terminal care facility for the homeless" means a facility that provides accommodations to homeless individuals who are terminally ill. (B) A person or public agency licensed under this chapter to provide a hospice care program may enter into an agreement with a terminal care facility for t…
The department of health shall not issue a license to conduct a new inpatient hospice care program if the program is to be conducted by a nursing home licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code.
(A) As used in this section: (1) "Applicant" means a person who is under final consideration for employment with a hospice care program or pediatric respite care program in a full-time, part-time, or temporary position that involves providing direct care to an older adult or pediatric respite care patient. "Applicant"…
(A) In addition to providing palliative care to hospice patients, a hospice care program may provide palliative care in an inpatient facility or unit operated by the program to patients who are not hospice patients, but only if the care is provided to each patient on a short-term basis and the care is medically necessa…
Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as meaning that palliative care may be provided only by or as a component of a hospice care program or pediatric respite care program.
(A) Any person who violates division (A) of section 3712.05 or division (A) of section 3712.051 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.(B) Any person who violates division (D) of section…