Ohio § 4730.202 Determination of death by physician assistant

Ohio Statutes

§ 4730.202 — Determination of death by physician assistant

Ohio § 4730.202

Title 47Occupations-Professions

Ch. 4730Physician Assistants

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.202 (2026).

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(A)A physician assistant may determine and pronounce an individual's death, but only if the individual's respiratory and circulatory functions are not being artificially sustained and, at the time the determination and pronouncement of death is made, either or both of the following apply:

(1)The individual was receiving care in one of the following:

(a)A nursing home licensed under section3721.02of the Revised Code or by a political subdivision under section3721.09of the Revised Code;

(b)A residential care facility or home for the aging licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code;

(c)A county home or district home operated pursuant to Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code;

(d)A residential facility licensed under section5123.19of the Revised Code.

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(A) A physician assistant may determine and pronounce an individual's death, but only if the individual's respiratory and circulatory functions are not being artificially sustained and, at the time the determination and pronouncement of death is made, either or both of the following apply:

(1) The individual was receiving care in one of the following:

(a) A nursing home licensed under section3721.02of the Revised Code or by a political subdivision under section3721.09of the Revised Code;

(b) A residential care facility or home for the aging licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code;

(c) A county home or district home operated pursuant to Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code;

(d) A residential facility licensed under section5123.19of the Revised Code.

(2) The physician assistant is providing or supervising the individual's care through a hospice care program licensed under Chapter 3712. of the Revised Code or any other entity that provides palliative care.

(B) If a physician assistant determines and pronounces an individual's death, the physician assistant shall comply with both of the following:

(1) The physician assistant shall not complete any portion of the individual's death certificate.

(2) The physician assistant shall notify the individual's attending physician of the determination and pronouncement of death in order for the physician to fulfill the physician's duties under section3705.16of the Revised Code. The physician assistant shall provide the notification within a period of time that is reasonable but not later than twenty-four hours following the determination and pronouncement of the individual's death.