Ohio § 3727.54 Review of current staffing plan - recommendations

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§ 3727.54 — Review of current staffing plan - recommendations

Ohio § 3727.54

Title 37Health-Safety-Morals

Ch. 3727Hospitals

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3727.54 (2026).

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(A)At least once every two years, the hospital-wide nursing care committee convened pursuant to section3727.51of the Revised Code shall do both of the following:

(1)Review how the nursing services staffing plan in effect at the time of the review does all of the following:

(a)Affects inpatient care outcomes;

(b)Affects clinical management;

(c)Facilitates a delivery system that provides, on a cost-effective basis, quality nursing care consistent with acceptable and prevailing standards of safe nursing care and evidence-based guidelines established by national nursing organizations.

(2)Make recommendations, based on the review conducted under division (A)(1) of this section, regarding how the nursing services staffing plan should be revised, if at all.

(B)For the purpose of main

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(A) At least once every two years, the hospital-wide nursing care committee convened pursuant to section3727.51of the Revised Code shall do both of the following:

(1) Review how the nursing services staffing plan in effect at the time of the review does all of the following:

(a) Affects inpatient care outcomes;

(b) Affects clinical management;

(c) Facilitates a delivery system that provides, on a cost-effective basis, quality nursing care consistent with acceptable and prevailing standards of safe nursing care and evidence-based guidelines established by national nursing organizations.

(2) Make recommendations, based on the review conducted under division (A)(1) of this section, regarding how the nursing services staffing plan should be revised, if at all.

(B) For the purpose of maintaining a repository for public access, beginning in 2018, a hospital shall submit to the department of health, by March 1 of each even-numbered year, a copy of the hospital's nursing services staffing plan in effect at that time. The copy of the plan is a public record under section149.43of the Revised Code.