Ohio Admin. Code 3701-3-16 - Reporting drug overdose
(A)
As used in this
rule:
(1)
"Dedicated emergency department" means any department or
facility of a hospital, regardless of whether it is located on or off the main
hospital campus, which meets at least one of the following requirements:
(a)
It is held out to
the public (by name, posted signs, advertising, or other means) as a place that
provides care for emergency medical conditions on an urgent basis without
requiring a previously scheduled appointment; or
(b)
During the
calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which a determination
under this rule is being made, based on a representative sample of patient
visits that occurred during that calendar year, it provides at least one-third
of all its outpatient visits for the treatment of emergency medical conditions
on an urgent basis without requiring a previously scheduled
appointment.
(2)
"Drug overdose" means a patient diagnosed with a
nonfatal poisoning as set forth in appendix A to this rule.
(B)
A
dedicated emergency department is to report drug overdoses as set forth by the
director in appendix A to this rule within two business days of diagnosis. A
third-party organization may report as described in this rule on behalf of a
dedicated emergency department.
(C)
A dedicated
emergency department, or a third-party organization on behalf of the dedicated
emergency department, is to submit reports required by paragraph (B) of this
rule using forms and formats approved by the director. A dedicated emergency
department using an electronic reporting system or systems, including
third-party system reporting on behalf of a dedicated emergency department, to
the extent approved by the director, is deemed to comply with the reporting
requirements of this rule.
(D)
Information
reported pursuant to this rule is protected health information subject to
section 3701.17 of the Revised
Code.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3701.23
Rule Amplifies: 3701.23
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