Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) No nursing
home, except a nursing home that is owned and operated by, and physically part
of, a hospital registered under section
3701.07 of the Revised Code, may
use the word "hospital" in its name or letterhead.
(B) No applicant for a license to operate a
nursing home shall accept more than two residents, who require skilled nursing
care or personal care services, before receiving a license.
(C) No operator, administrator, employee, or
other person shall:
(1) Interfere with the
inspection of a licensed nursing home by any state or local official who is
performing duties required by Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code. All licensed
nursing homes shall be open for inspection. As used in this paragraph,
"interfere" means to obstruct directly or indirectly any individual conducting
an authorized inspection from carrying out his or her prescribed duties.
Interference includes, but is not limited to, harassment, intimidation, delay
of access to premises or records, and refusal to permit the director or his
authorized representative upon presentation of official department
identification, for the purpose of inspecting or investigating the operation of
a nursing home, to enter and inspect at any time a building or premise where a
home is located, or to enter and inspect records which are kept concerning the
operation of the home for information pertinent to the legitimate interest of
the department including, but not limited to, the records and reports required
by rule 3701-17-19 of the Administrative
Code.
(2) Use profane or abusive
language directed at or in the presence of residents or the director or his
authorized representatives.
(3)
Exceed the
nursing home's authorized maximum licensed
capacity.
(4) Knowingly falsify
records, or misrepresent information to the director.
(5)
Allow transient
guests to remain in a licensed part of a home for more than thirty- six hours
in any seventy-two hour period. Accommodations for transient guests may be
provided in an area or areas outside the licensed part of a
home.
(D)
For purposes of this rule, "transient guest" means an
individual, whether related to a resident or not, who stays in a home.
"Transient guest" does not include an individual who stays in a home for a
period of time not exceeding fourteen days and is:
(1)
Admitted to the
home for short term respite care;
(2)
Staying with a
resident upon admission to the home; or
(3)
Staying with a
resident receiving end-of-life care.
