LibGuides: Nursing Home and Assisted Living Laws: Federal and Ohio: Ohio Laws

Ohio Revised Code

Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 173.15
Office of state long-term care ombudsman program. They mediate solutions between complaining resident and the facility.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 1337.02
If someone with power of attorney enters into a contract in the representative capacity of the attorney in fact, if the contract is within the authority of the attorney in fact, and if the attorney in fact discloses in the contract that it is being entered into in the representative capacity of the attorney in fact, the attorney in fact is not personally liable on the contract, unless the contract otherwise specifies.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3719.07
Nursing homes must keep a record of all controlled substances received, administered, dispensed, or used.
Oh. Rev. Code Chapter 3721
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Selected provisions from this chapter:

Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3721.02
Procedures for inspecting and licensing homes. The purpose of the inspections is to ensure that nursing homes are complying with federal and state law.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3721.18
The attorney general may investigate alleged violations of Chapter 3721 or may refer to prosecuting attorney having jurisdiction.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 5164.86
Qualified state long-term care insurance partnership program. An individual participating in the program who is subject to the medicaid estate recovery program instituted under section 5162.21 of the Revised Code shall be eligible for the reduced adjustment or recovery under division (D) of that section.
Oh. Rev. Code Chapter 5165
Medicaid Coverage Of Nursing Facility Services
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 5165.15
Calculation of payments to nursing facility providers.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 5165.64
The Ohio Department of Health must license, certify and inspect each nursing home at least once every 15 months.

Esther's Law
New law which allows cameras in nursing home residents' rooms, if the resident or the resident's power of attorney wants them.
HB 33 (2023)
The new budget increases funding for quality of care oversight in nursing home.

WCPO-TV v. Oh. Dept. of Health, 6/2/22
The Ohio 10th District Court of Appeals sided with WCPO in its core complaint against the Ohio Department of Health, ruling that health officials violated public records law when they refused to release the number of COVID-19 deaths at a Cincinnati nursing home.

Selected provisions from Chapter 3701: