Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3727 - Hospitals

• Section 3727.01 - Health Maintenance Organization - Hospital Defined.
  (A) As used in this section, "health maintenance organization" means a public or private organization organized under the law of any state that is...
• Section 3727.02 - Certifying Or Accrediting Requirements For Hospitals.
  (A) No person and no political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of this state shall operate a hospital unless it is certified under Title XVIII...
• Section 3727.03 - Proof Of Certification Or Accreditation.
  The director of health shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing procedures under...
• Section 3727.04 - Inspections.
  In addition to any other inspections authorized by law, the director of health may inspect any hospital if there are substantial allegations or evidence...
• Section 3727.05 - Injunctions.
  The director of health may petition the court of common pleas of the county in which a hospital is located for an order enjoining...
• Section 3727.06 - Admission And Medical Supervision Of Patients.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Doctor" means an individual authorized to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (2) "Podiatrist"...
• Section 3727.07 - Maternity And Psychiatric Units Exempted.
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to exempt a hospital with a maternity unit from the licensure requirements of Chapter 3711. of the...
• Section 3727.08 - Protocols For Interviews And Photographs Of Domestic Violence Victims.
  Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, every hospital shall adopt protocols providing for conducting an interview with the...
• Section 3727.081 - Standards And Procedures For Designating Hospitals As Level II Pediatric Trauma Centers.
  (A) Not later than two years after the effective date of this section, the director shall adopt rules that establish standards and procedures for...
• Section 3727.09 - Trauma Care Protocols - Trauma Patient Transfer Agreements.
  (A) As used in this section and sections 3727.10 and 3727.101 of the Revised Code: (1) "Trauma," "trauma care," "trauma center," "trauma patient," "pediatric,"...
• Section 3727.10 - Prohibited Acts Regarding Trauma Care.
  On and after November 3, 2002, no hospital in this state shall knowingly do any of the following: (A) Represent that it is able...
• Section 3727.101 - Initial Verification Or Reverification As Adult Or Pediatric Trauma Center.
  (A) If a hospital is seeking initial verification as an adult or pediatric trauma center, verification at a different level, or reverification after having...
• Section 3727.102 - Notice Of Changes In Trauma Center Status To State Agencies.
  A hospital shall promptly notify in writing the director of health, the emergency medical services division of the department of public safety, and the...
• Section 3727.13 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-13-2006
• Section 3727.15 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-13-2006
• Section 3727.16 - Woman Appearing At Hospital Regarding Fetal Death.
  (A) As used in this section, "fetal death" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code, except that it does...
• Section 3727.17 - Hospital To Provide Staff Person To Assist Unmarried Parents - Acknowledgments Of Paternity - Liability.
  Each hospital shall provide a staff person to do all of the following: (A) Meet with each unmarried mother who gave birth in or...
• Section 3727.18 - Warning Sign Regarding Abuse Or Assault Of Hospital Staff.
  (A) Any hospital may post the notice described in division (B) of this section in accordance with this division. A hospital that decides to...
• Section 3727.19 - Vaccinations To Be Offered To Patients.
  (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 3727.21 - Hospitals May Conduct Discussions Or Negotiations Concerning Allocation Of Equipment Or Services.
  (A) Acting through their boards of directors or boards of trustees, a group of hospitals may conduct discussions or negotiations concerning the allocation of...
• Section 3727.22 - Request For Approval Of Agreement To Undertake Cooperative Action.
  (A) If directors or trustees who participated in discussions or negotiations authorized by section 3727.21 of the Revised Code wish to have the hospitals...
• Section 3727.23 - Adoption Of Rules.
  The director of health may adopt rules for the implementation of sections 3727.21 and 3727.22 of the Revised Code, including rules establishing procedures and...
• Section 3727.24 - State To Provide Direction, Supervision, And Control Over Approved Cooperative Agreements.
  It is the intent of sections 3727.21 to 3727.23 of the Revised Code to require the state, through the director of health and attorney...
• Section 3727.31 - Hospital Measures Advisory Council.
  There is hereby created the hospital measures advisory council. The council shall consist of the following members: (A) The director of health; (B) The...
• Section 3727.311 - Director As Chair Of Advisory Council - Administrative Support.
  The director of health shall serve as chair of the hospital measures advisory council. The department of health shall provide meeting space and staff...
• Section 3727.312 - Duties Of Advisory Council.
  The hospital measures advisory council shall do all of the following: (A) Study the issue of hospitals reporting information regarding their performance in meeting...
• Section 3727.313 - Terms Of Service Of Members Of Council.
  All of the following apply to members of the hospital measures advisory council and the members of the group convened by the council under...
• Section 3727.32 - Data Collection Group.
  (A) The director of health shall convene a group of experts in data collection and analysis or a related field to do all of...
• Section 3727.321 - Recommendations Of Data Collection Group.
  (A) The group of experts convened under section 3727.32 of the Revised Code may include in the recommendations developed under division (A)(1) of that...
• Section 3727.322 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.39, SB 171, §2, eff. 6/30/2011.
• Section 3727.33 - Hospital Performance Information Regarding Service Measures.
  Beginning in 2007, not later than the first day of each April and the first day of each October, each hospital shall submit information...
• Section 3727.331 - Audit Of Service Performance Information.
  The director of health may audit any information submitted to the director under section 3727.33 of the Revised Code, including information adjusted for risk...
• Section 3727.34 - Hospital To Disclose Data For Nongovernmental Patients.
  (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, on or before the first day of each May, each hospital shall submit to...
• Section 3727.35 - Verification Of Performance Information By Hospital.
  The director of health shall permit a hospital to verify the accuracy of all information submitted to the director under sections 3727.33 and 3727.34...
• Section 3727.36 - Disclosure And Release Of Data.
  Under no circumstances shall the name or social security number of a patient, physician, or dentist be included in the information submitted under section...
• Section 3727.37 - Hospital Not Liable For Misuse Or Release Of Information.
  A hospital that submits information under section 3727.33 or 3727.34 of the Revised Code is not liable for the misuse or improper release of...
• Section 3727.38 - Performance Information Inadmissible As Evidence.
  The information submitted under section 3727.33 or 3727.34 of the Revised Code shall not be used to establish or alter any professional standard of...
• Section 3727.39 - Performance Information To Be Posted On Internet.
  (A) The duties of the director of health under this section are subject to section 3727.391 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than...
• Section 3727.391 - Internet Posting Duties Contingent On Appropriations.
  (A) The duties of the director of health under section 3727.39 of the Revised Code apply only to the extent that appropriations are made...
• Section 3727.40 - Performance Information Available For Sale.
  Not later than ninety days after a hospital submits information to the director of health under section 3727.33 or 3727.34 of the Revised Code,...
• Section 3727.41 - Rules For Submission Of Performance Operation.
  (A) (1) The director of health shall adopt rules governing hospitals in their submission of information to the director under sections 3727.33 and 3727.34...
• Section 3727.42 - Price Information List.
  (A) Every hospital shall compile and make available for inspection by the public a price information list containing the information specified in division (B)...
• Section 3727.43 - Disclosing Overcharges.
  Each hospital shall provide a full disclosure of the provisions of section 3924.21 of the Revised Code to every beneficiary who receives services at...
• Section 3727.44 - Rules Governing Availability Of Hospital Price Information.
  The director of health may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of sections 3727.42 and 3727.43 of the Revised Code. All rules adopted...
• Section 3727.45 - Injunction To Obtain Compliance.
  The director of health may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which a hospital is located for a temporary...
• Section 3727.50 - Hospital Nursing Staff Definitions.
  As used in this section and sections 3727.51 to 3727.57 of the Revised Code: (A) "Direct patient care" means care provided by a nurse...
• Section 3727.51 - Hospital-wide Nursing Care Committee.
  (A) Each hospital shall convene a hospital-wide nursing care committee not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section or, if...
• Section 3727.52 - Duties Of Nursing Care Committee.
  A hospital-wide nursing care committee convened pursuant to section 3727.51 of the Revised Code shall do both of the following: (A) If one exists,...
• Section 3727.53 - Written Nursing Services Staffing Plan.
  (A) In accordance with division (B) of this section, each hospital shall create an evidence-based written nursing services staffing plan guiding the assignment of...
• Section 3727.54 - Review Of Current Staffing Plan - Recommendations.
  At least once a year, the hospital-wide nursing care committee convened pursuant to section 3727.51 of the Revised Code shall do both of the...
• Section 3727.55 - Model For Adjusting Unit Staffing Plans.
  To provide staffing flexibility to meet patient needs, every hospital shall identify a model for adjusting the nursing services staffing plan created under section...
• Section 3727.56 - Copies Of Staffing Plan To Be Provided.
  (A) A hospital shall provide copies of its nursing services staffing plan created under section 3727.53 of the Revised Code, in accordance with both...
• Section 3727.57 - Collective Bargaining Agreement Not Affected.
  Nothing in sections 3727.50 to 3727.56 of the Revised Code shall be construed to limit, alter, or modify any of the terms, conditions, or...
• Section 3727.60 - Prohibitions For Public Hospitals Regarding Nontherapeutic Abortions.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Ambulatory surgical facility" has the same meaning as in section 3702.30 of the Revised Code. (2) "Nontherapeutic...
• Section 3727.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates division (A) of section 3727.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be liable...

Last modified: October 10, 2016