Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3721 - Nursing Homes; Residential Care Facilities

• Section 3721.01 - Nursing Home And Residential Care Facility Definitions And Classifications.
  (A) As used in sections 3721.01 to 3721.09 and 3721.99 of the Revised Code: (1) (a) "Home" means an institution, residence, or facility that...
• Section 3721.011 - Skilled Nursing Care.
  (A) In addition to providing accommodations, supervision, and personal care services to its residents, a residential care facility may do the following: (1) Provide...
• Section 3721.012 - Risk Agreement.
  A residential care facility may enter into a risk agreement with a resident or the resident's sponsor. Under a risk agreement, the resident or...
• Section 3721.02 - Procedures For Inspecting And Licensing Homes - Fees.
  (A) As used in this section, "residential facility" means a residential facility licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code that provides accommodations, supervision,...
• Section 3721.021 - Review Of Documents By Prospective Residents And Associated Persons.
  Every person who operates a home, as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code, and each county home and district home licensed as...
• Section 3721.022 - Establishing And Maintaining Health Standards And Serving As State Survey Agency.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Nursing facility" has the same meaning as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Deficiency" and...
• Section 3721.023 - Party Identified In License Deemed Sole Owner Of Business On Premises Leased On Or Before 1-1-70.
  Where a nursing home licensed under this Chapter is operated in a building that was leased pursuant to a written lease agreement entered into...
• Section 3721.024 - Nursing Facility Recognition Program.
  As used in this section, "nursing facility" has the same meaning as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. The department of health may...
• Section 3721.026 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §105.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Effective Date: 07-01-2000
• Section 3721.027 - Investigation Of Unresolved Complaints Found To Be Valid.
  (A) As used in this section, "survey" has the same meaning as in section 5165.60 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of health...
• Section 3721.03 - Enforcement Of Provisions - Revocation Of License.
  (A) As used in this section, "person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of health...
• Section 3721.031 - Investigation Of Complaint Concerning Home - Disclosure Of Information.
  (A) The director of health may investigate any complaint the director receives concerning a home. (1) Except as required by court order, as necessary...
• Section 3721.032 - Fire Marshal To Enforce And Adopt Fire Safety Rules.
  The state fire marshal shall enforce all statutes and rules pertaining to fire safety in homes and shall adopt rules pertaining to fire safety...
• Section 3721.04 - Adoption And Publication Of Uniform Rules Governing Operation Of Homes.
  (A) The director of health shall adopt and publish rules governing the operation of homes, which shall have uniform application throughout the state, and...
• Section 3721.041 - Vaccinations To Be Offered To Residents.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Advisory committee" means the advisory committee on immunization practices of the United States centers for disease control...
• Section 3721.042 - Excluded Grounds For Denial Of License.
  The director of health may not deny a nursing home license to a facility seeking a license under this chapter as a nursing home...
• Section 3721.05 - Operating Home Requires License - Prohibited Activities.
  No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall: (A) Operate a home as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code without obtaining a...
• Section 3721.051 - County Or District - Prohibited Activities.
  No county home or district home licensed under section 3721.07 of the Revised Code shall do any of the following: (A) Violate any of...
• Section 3721.06 - Prohibition Against Placement Of Person In Unlicensed Home.
  No public official or employee shall place any person in, or recommend that any person be placed in, or directly or indirectly cause any...
• Section 3721.07 - Requirement For Issuance Of License - Revocation.
  Every person desiring to operate a home and the superintendent or administrator of each county home or district home for which a license as...
• Section 3721.071 - Home Must Be Equipped With Both Automatic Fire Extinguishing And Fire Alarm Systems.
  The buildings in which a home is housed shall be equipped with both an automatic fire extinguishing system and fire alarm system. Such systems...
• Section 3721.072 - Biennial Participation In Quality Improvement Projects.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Advance care planning" means providing an opportunity to discuss the goals that may be met through the...
• Section 3721.08 - Injunctive Relief.
  (A) As used in this section, "real and present danger" means imminent danger of serious physical or life-threatening harm to one or more occupants...
• Section 3721.09 - Local Regulations.
  Sections 3721.02, 3721.03, 3721.04, 3721.05, 3721.051, 3721.07, and 3721.08 of the Revised Code and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto are not applicable in political...
• Section 3721.10 - Residents' Rights Definitions.
  As used in sections 3721.10 to 3721.18 of the Revised Code: (A) "Home" means all of the following: (1) A home as defined in...
• Section 3721.11 - Director To Adopt Rules.
  (A) The director of the department of health shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to govern procedures for the implementation...
• Section 3721.12 - Duties Of Nursing Home Administrator Concerning Residents' Rights.
  (A) The administrator of a home shall: (1) With the advice of residents, their sponsors, or both, establish and review at least annually, written...
• Section 3721.121 - Criminal Records Check.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Adult day-care program" means a program operated pursuant to rules adopted by the director of health under...
• Section 3721.122 - Screening And Accommodations For Sex Offenders.
  Before an individual is admitted as a resident to a home, the home's administrator shall search for the individual's name in the internet-based sex...
• Section 3721.13 - Residents' Rights.
  (A) The rights of residents of a home shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) The right to a safe and...
• Section 3721.14 - Implementation Of Residents' Rights.
  To assist in the implementation of the rights granted in division (A) of section 3721.13 of the Revised Code, each home shall provide: (A)...
• Section 3721.15 - Authorization To Handle Residents' Financial Affairs.
  (A) Authorization from a resident or a sponsor with a power of attorney for a home to manage the resident's financial affairs shall be...
• Section 3721.16 - Residents' Rights Concerning Transfer Or Discharge.
  For each resident of a home, notice of a proposed transfer or discharge shall be in accordance with this section. (A) (1) The administrator...
• Section 3721.161 - Hearing Challenging Proposed Transfer Or Discharge.
  (A) Not later than thirty days after the date a resident or the resident's sponsor receives notice of a proposed transfer or discharge, whichever...
• Section 3721.162 - Determining Whether Transfer Or Discharge Complies.
  (A) On receiving a request pursuant to section 3721.161 of the Revised Code, the department of health shall conduct hearings under this section in...
• Section 3721.17 - Grievance Procedure.
  (A) Any resident who believes that the resident's rights under sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code have been violated may file a...
• Section 3721.18 - Attorney General Duties.
  The attorney general may investigate alleged violations of Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code or rules, policies, or procedures adopted thereunder. When it appears,...
• Section 3721.19 - Nonparticipation In State Assistance Program.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Home" and "residential care facility" have the same meanings as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code;...
• Section 3721.20 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-01-1979
• Section 3721.21 - Long-term Care Facility Definitions.
  As used in sections 3721.21 to 3721.34 of the Revised Code: (A) "Long-term care facility" means either of the following: (1) A nursing home...
• Section 3721.22 - Reporting Abuse Or Neglect Of Resident Or Misappropriation Of Property.
  (A) No licensed health professional who knows or suspects that a resident has been abused or neglected, or that a resident's property has been...
• Section 3721.23 - Investigations.
  (A) The director of health shall receive, review, and investigate allegations of abuse or neglect of a resident or misappropriation of the property of...
• Section 3721.24 - Whistleblower Protection.
  (A) No person or government entity shall retaliate against an employee or another individual used by the person or government entity to perform any...
• Section 3721.25 - Confidentiality.
  (A) (1) Except as required by court order, as necessary for the administration or enforcement of any statute or rule relating to long-term care...
• Section 3721.26 - Adoption Of Rules.
  The director of health shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 3721.21 to 3721.25 of the Revised...
• Section 3721.261 To 3721.271 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3721.42, 3721.21, 3721.35.
  Effective Date: 12-13-1990
• Section 3721.28 - Nurses Aides Training And Competency Evaluation Programs.
  (A) (1) Each nurse aide used by a long-term care facility on a full-time, temporary, per diem, or other basis on July 1, 1989,...
• Section 3721.29 - Orientation Program - Performance Review - In-service Education.
  In addition to competency evaluation programs and training and competency evaluation programs required by this chapter, each long-term care facility shall provide both of...
• Section 3721.30 - Competency Evaluation Program Contents.
  (A) (1) A competency evaluation program approved by the director of health under division (A) of section 3721.31 of the Revised Code or conducted...
• Section 3721.31 - Approving Or Rejecting Programs.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, the director of health shall approve competency evaluation programs and training and competency...
• Section 3721.32 - State Nurse Aide Registry.
  (A) The director of health shall establish a state nurse aide registry listing all individuals who have done any of the following: (1) Were...
• Section 3721.33 - Nurse Aide Training Fund.
  Except for any fee collected and retained by a testing service under contract pursuant to division (C) of section 3721.31 of the Revised Code,...
• Section 3721.34 - Cooperation With Other Agencies.
  For purposes of implementing sections 3721.28 to 3721.33 of the Revised Code, the director of health may advise, consult or cooperate with, or enter...
• Section 3721.35 - Unauthorized Practice Of Nursing.
  Nothing in sections 3721.28 to 3721.34 of the Revised Code shall be construed to permit any individual to engage in the practice of nursing...
• Section 3721.41 - Area Training Centers.
  The director of health shall establish area training centers in appropriate locations in the state for the training of employees of nursing homes. The...
• Section 3721.42 - Supervision Of Area Training Centers.
  The director of health shall supervise the area training centers established under section 3721.41 of the Revised Code. The supervision shall include all of...
• Section 3721.50 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.40 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.127, HB 487,...
• Section 3721.51 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.42 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.127, HB 487,...
• Section 3721.511 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.43 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153,...
• Section 3721.512 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.44 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153,...
• Section 3721.513 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.45 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153,...
• Section 3721.52 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.46 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153,...
• Section 3721.53 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.47 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153,...
• Section 3721.531 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.48 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153,...
• Section 3721.532 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.49 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153,...
• Section 3721.533 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.50 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153,...
• Section 3721.54 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.51 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Effective Date: 07-01-2000
• Section 3721.541 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.52 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Effective Date: 06-30-2005; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007
• Section 3721.55 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.53 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153,...
• Section 3721.56 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.54 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Renumbered by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153,...
• Section 3721.561 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153, §101.01, eff. 7/1/2011.
• Section 3721.57 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.55 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Effective Date: 07-01-2000
• Section 3721.58 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 5168.56 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153,...
• Section 3721.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 3721.021, division (B), (D), or (E) of section 3721.05, division (A), (C), or (D) of section 3721.051, section 3721.06, division...

Last modified: October 10, 2016