Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5155 - County Homes

• Section 5155.01 - Contracts For New Buildings And Additions.
  The board of county commissioners shall make all contracts for new buildings and for additions to existing buildings necessary for the county home, and...
• Section 5155.011 - Transfer Of Control Of County Home To County Hospital Trustees.
  (A) As used in this chapter, "operator" means a board of county hospital trustees acting under an agreement, or pursuant to a resolution adopted...
• Section 5155.012 - Board May Enter Contract For Management Of County Home.
  A board of county commissioners may enter into a contract to aid it in the execution of its powers and duties for the management...
• Section 5155.02 - Record Of Board's Transactions Respecting County Home.
  The clerk of the board of county commissioners or, if there is no clerk of the board, the county auditor shall keep a record...
• Section 5155.03 - Appointing Superintendent Or Administrator.
  The board of county commissioners or operator shall appoint a superintendent, who may be authorized to use the title "administrator," who may reside on...
• Section 5155.04 - Bond.
  Before entering upon official duties, the superintendent or administrator of the county home shall give bond as the board of county commissioners or operator...
• Section 5155.05 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 04-29-2005
• Section 5155.06 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 04-29-2004
• Section 5155.07 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 04-29-2004
• Section 5155.08 - Leave Without Acknowledgement Of Supervisor.
  Whenever a resident in any county home leaves such home without the acknowledgement of the superintendent or administrator thereof, such superintendent or administrator, if...
• Section 5155.09 - Hearing.
  When an affidavit has been filed as provided by section 5155.08 of the Revised Code, the resident shall be brought forthwith before the court...
• Section 5155.10 - Order To Return Resident To Home.
  If the court of common pleas is satisfied, upon a hearing being had as provided by section 5155.09 of the Revised Code, that it...
• Section 5155.11 - Duties Of Prosecuting Attorney.
  On the request of the superintendent or administrator of the county home the prosecuting attorney shall prepare the affidavit provided for by section 5155.08...
• Section 5155.12 - Subpoena Of Witnesses.
  Witnesses may be subpoenaed on a hearing under section 5155.09 of the Revised Code. They shall be entitled to receive the same fees and...
• Section 5155.13 - Superintendent Or Administrator Compensation And Expenses.
  The superintendent or administrator of the county home shall receive no extra compensation for his services under sections 5155.08 to 5155.12 of the Revised...
• Section 5155.14 - Reserve Fund.
  At the request of the superintendent or administrator of the county home, the board of county commissioners or operator shall set apart from the...
• Section 5155.15 - Vouchers For Payments.
  The county auditor shall receive vouchers given by the board of county commissioners, and countersigned by its clerk to any person other than the...
• Section 5155.16 - Annual Report.
  The superintendent or administrator or, if operational control has been transferred to an operator under section 5155.011 of the Revised Code, the operator of...
• Section 5155.17, 5155.18 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-13-1980
• Section 5155.19 - Monthly Report.
  The board of county commissioners or the operator may require the superintendent or administrator of the county home to submit to the board of...
• Section 5155.20 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-13-1980
• Section 5155.21 - Removal Of Resident.
  The superintendent or administrator of the county home may remove any person who is a resident of the home and who has no legal...
• Section 5155.22 - Admission To County Home.
  In any county having a county home, when the superintendent or administrator, after making the inquiry provided by law, is of the opinion that...
• Section 5155.23 - Possession Of Property Of Persons Entering County Homes.
  When a person becomes a resident of a county home, and is possessed of or is the owner of property, real or personal, or...
• Section 5155.24 - Distributing Proceeds Of Sale Of Property.
  (A) The net proceeds arising from the sale of the property of a resident of a county home, under section 5155.23 of the Revised...
• Section 5155.25 - Balance Paid Resident Upon Discharge.
  When a resident of a county home is discharged from a county home, and his property or effects have been disposed of and the...
• Section 5155.26 - Exempting Property From Possession Proceedings.
  A board of county commissioners shall not seek to take charge of property in the manner prescribed by section 5155.23 of the Revised Code...
• Section 5155.261 - Lien In Lieu Of Taking Property.
  A board of county commissioners shall not be required to take charge of property in the manner prescribed by section 5155.23 of the Revised...
• Section 5155.27 - Medical Care Contract.
  The board of county commissioners or operator may contract with one or more competent physicians to furnish medical relief and medicines necessary for the...
• Section 5155.28 - Sub-acute Detoxification Services.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Nursing facility" has the same meaning as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "PASRR" means...
• Section 5155.29 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1996
• Section 5155.30 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 04-29-2004
• Section 5155.31 - Closing Of Home - Subsequent Care.
  (A) As used in this section, "county nursing home" means a facility that is owned and operated by the county or, if the board...
• Section 5155.32 - Screening Of Residents After Closing Of Home.
  After a county home has been closed as provided in section 5155.31 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners, or a person...
• Section 5155.33 - Sale Or Lease Of County Home Farm.
  After a county home has been closed as provided by section 5155.31 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may sell or...
• Section 5155.34 - District Homes.
  The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may form themselves into a joint board of county commissioners for the purpose of...
• Section 5155.35 - Apportioning Costs Of District Homes.
  The expense of operating a district home shall be apportioned among the counties of the district in proportion to the amount of care given...
• Section 5155.38 - Certification Of Long-term Care Beds.
  As used in this section, "long-term care bed" has the same meaning as in section 3702.51 of the Revised Code. The operator of each...
• Section 5155.99 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1996

Last modified: October 10, 2016