§ 3712.063 — Requirements for pediatric transition care programs

Ohio § 3712.063

• Jurisdiction: Ohio
• Title 37: Health-Safety-Morals
• Ch. 3712: Hospice Care

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All of the following apply to a person or public agency registered under section3712.042of the Revised Code to provide a pediatric transition care program:

(A) The program shall ensure that the medical care components of the program are under the direction of a physician.

(B) When a program arranges for a home health agency to furnish a component or components of the program to a pediatric transition care patient, the care shall be provided by a home health agency pursuant to a written contract that includes both of the following conditions:

(1) All care, treatment, and services furnished by the contractor are entered into the patient's medical record.

(2) The program ensures conformance with the patient's established plan of care and physician orders.

(C) Care commensurate with a pediatric transition care patient's needs shall be available twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week.

(D) The program shall maintain in the home central clinical records on all pediatric transition care patients.

(E) The program shall maintain in the home birth certificates, certified guardianship letters of authority, or other documentation related to health care decision-making, as applicable, for any pediatric transition care patient who receives care for longer than thirty days, unless, on written request by the program, this requirement is waived by the director of health.

(F) The program shall not provide pediatric transition care services to more than fifteen pediatric transition care patients at any time, unless, on written request by the program, additional patients are authorized by the director of health.

Last updated March 16, 2023 at 6:16 PM

Legislative History

Effective: April 6, 2023 | Latest Legislation: House Bill 558 - 134th General Assembly