Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Local health department applicants:
(1) Must meet the definition of a "local
health department" as defined under paragraph (F) of rule
3701-43-01 of the Administrative
Code; and
(2) Must meet provider
requirements of rule
3701-43-02 of the Administrative
Code.
(B) A local
health department providing public health nursing services for individuals on
the program:
(1) Must meet the requirements
of paragraph (A) of this rule;
(2)
Must employ, or contract with, licensed registered nurses as defined in
division (A) of section
4723.01 of the Revised Code for
the purpose of providing public health nursing services as defined under
paragraph (Q) of rule
3701-43-01 of the Administrative
Code for individuals on the program;
(3) Must comply with the medical policies for
public health nurses serving children with special health care needs as
established in the operation manual; and
(4) Must notify the program in writing no
less than thirty days of ceasing to provide public health nursing services to
individuals within its jurisdiction on the program. A local health department
may enter into an agreement with another local health department provider to
provide public health nursing services within its jurisdiction. The local
health departments involved must notify the program in writing no less than
thirty days in advance of this arrangement.
(C) When a local health department does not
make arrangements for the provision of public health nursing services to
children on the program within its jurisdiction, the program may enter into
provider agreements with other agencies, including, but not limited to, home
health agencies, private nursing agencies, or hospitals for the purpose of
assuring that public health nursing services are available to individuals on
the program.
(D) A local health
department providing therapy or nutrition services for individuals on the
program:
(1) Must meet the requirements of
paragraph (A) of this rule;
(2)
Must be a medicaid provider; and
(3) Must be a home health agency certified
under the medicare program pursuant to
42
U.S.C. 1302 (1987),
42 U.S.C.
1395(hh), and 42 C.F.R. part
484 (2000); or may contract with providers who are physical therapists,
occupational therapists, speech pathologists, or dieticians who meet provider
requirements in rule
3701-43-07 of the Administrative
Code.
Effective:
09/01/2008
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 05/23/2008 and 09/01/2013
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority:
3701.021
Rule Amplifies: 3701.021, 3701.022,
3701.023
Prior Effective Dates: 12/1/2001, 1/29/07
