Ohio Administrative Code
Title 173 - Department of Aging
Chapter 173-4 - Older Americans Act Nutrition Program
Section 173-4-05 - Older Americans Act nutrition program: nutrition projects

(a) An AAA-provider agreement for a congregate dining project, is subject to rule 173-4-05.1 of the Administrative Code.

(b) An AAA-provider agreement for a home-delivered meals project, is subject to rule 173-4-05.2 of the Administrative Code.

(c) An AAA-provider agreement for a congregate dining project based in restaurants and grocery stores, is subject to rule 173-4-05.3 of the Administrative Code.

(a) The AAA shall include a requirement for the provider to provide nutrition health screening to consumers at least every calendar year and strongly encourage providers to provide the nutrition health screening in person.

(b) The AAA shall indicate whether the provider is offering nutrition assessment, nutrition counseling, or nutrition education to consumers.

(c) The AAA shall indicate whether the provider is providing grocery shopping assistance or grocery ordering and delivery to consumers, and if so, include the requirements in rules 173-4-10 and 173-4-11 of the Administrative Code in the AAA-provider agreement.

(a) The provider shall implement the person direction the provider pledged to provide when the provider bid for the AAA-provider agreement. During a state of emergency declared by the governor or a federal public health emergency, the provider is only responsible for providing the person direction that the provider pledged to provide to the extent practicable during the state of emergency or federal public health emergency.

(b) The provider shall offer consumers opportunities to give feedback on current and future menus.

(a) The provider shall only offer menus approved by a dietitian.

(b) The AAA shall indicate the method by which the provider offers ingredient information on the meals provided to consumers.

(c) The provider shall list the serving size for each food item on each production menu.

(a) The provider shall offer meals that satisfy at least one-third of the dietary reference intakes (DRIs) for each mealtime by targeting nutrient levels on the predominant population and health characteristics of the consumers in the PSA. The federal government makes the DRIs available to the general public free of charge on https://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/dietary-reference-intakes.

(b) For each mealtime, the provider shall offer meals that follow the "Dietary Guidelines for Americans."

(c) For each meal time, the provider shall offer meals that, to the maximum extent practicable, are adjusted to meet any special dietary needs of consumers, including meals adjusted for cultural considerations, and preferences, and medically-tailored meals.

(d) The provider has flexibility in designing meals that are appealing to consumers.

(e) The provider has flexibility to use either nutrient analysis or menu patterns to determine nutritional adequacy.

(f) The AAA shall encourage providers to use, where feasible, locally-grown foods and identify potential partnerships and contracts with local producers and providers of locally-grown foods.

(a) The AAA shall indicate whether the United States department of agriculture, Ohio department of agriculture, another state's department of agriculture, or a local health district has jurisdiction to monitor the provider's compliance with food-safety laws, including sanitation, food temperatures, thermometers, food-borne illnesses, packaging, and dating meals.

(b) The AAA shall state that the AAA is responsible for reporting any reasonable cause to believe a provider is out of compliance with food safety laws to the government authority identified in the AAA-provider agreement to comply with paragraph (A)(12)(a) of this rule.

(a) The provider shall develop a training plan that includes orientation and annual in-service training.

(b) During a state of emergency declared by the governor or a federal public health emergency, the provider is not responsible for complying with paragraph (A)(13)(a)(i) or (A)(13)(a)(ii) of this rule.