Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director
Chapter 3701-36 - Local Health Departments
Section 3701-36-03 - Minimum standards
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3701-36-03
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)Each health district must meet the minimum standards to receive any state subsidy funds.
(B)These minimum standards are:
(1) Submission of a
state health district subsidy fund application to the department due March
first of each year;
(2) Completion
and submission of the department's on-line report which incorporates the PHAB
standards on March first of every even numbered year;
(3)
Submission of status of accreditation preparation and
application efforts by March first of each year;
(4) Submission of a completed annual
financial report to the department by March first of each year;
(5) Be represented by the health commissioner
or the health commissioner's designee at each conference provided by the Ohio
department of health pursuant to section
3701.29 of the Revised Code. The
health commissioner shall personally attend one of these conferences and the
medical director of a health district with a non-physician health commissioner
shall attend at least one session of one of the conferences. The director shall
review reasons for failure to comply with this paragraph and may grant an
excuse when good cause for the absence has been documented;
(6) Provide administrative leadership by:
(a) Employing a health
commissioner;
(b) Employing a
registered nurse as nursing director;
(c) Employing a registered sanitarian as
environmental health director;
(d)
Employing as medical director a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic
medicine who is licensed to practice medicine in Ohio and who is actively
involved in providing medical leadership to the local health department if the
health district has a non-physician health commissioner;
(7) Provision of services for health
education;
(8)
Annual
completion of two hours of continuing education by each member of a board of
health. Each continuing education credit shall pertain to one or more of the
following topics: ethics, public health principles, and a member's
responsibilities. Credits may be earned in these topics at pertinent
presentations that may occur during regularly scheduled board meetings
throughout the calendar year or at other programs available for continuing
education credit. The director of health may assist local boards of health of
general and city health districts in coordinating approved continuing education
programs sponsored by health care licensing boards, commissions, or
associations. Continuing education credits earned for the purpose of license
renewal or certification by licensed health professionals serving on boards of
health may be counted to fulfill the two-hour continuing education
requirement.
(a)
For purposes of paragraph (B)(8) of this rule,
"calendar year" means a period of twelve months beginning on January first and
ending on December thirty-first.
(b)
Continuing
education credits shall be reported as follows:
(i)
One hour of
continuing education credit is equal to sixty minutes. The smallest credit
increment a member of a board of health may accrue toward the completion of one
credit is one quarter credit or fifteen minutes. Each member of a board of
health shall submit all continuing education records to the health commissioner
along with all supporting documentation that the credit meets the requirements
of paragraph (B)(8) of this rule; and
(ii)
The health
commissioner of each district shall keep all board of health members'
continuing education credit records containing the date, topic, number of
credits earned, location and presenter's name or copies of certificates of
continuing education credits earned for the purpose of license renewal or
certification by a licensed health professional serving on the board of
health.
(c)
If a board of health member fails to comply with the
requirements of paragraph (B)(8) of this rule, the director of health may
provide:
(i)
One calendar year for the board of health member to correct the deficiencies;
or
(ii)
The health commissioner an opportunity to request an
in-person meeting or a telephone or video conference with a representative of
the director of health to show good cause for the deficiencies. If good cause
is not shown, the director may provide one calendar year for the board of
health member to correct the deficiencies or take other appropriate
action.
(9)
Expenditure of a minimum of three dollars per
capita in local funds for public health services per year.
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