Ohio Administrative Code

(A) Therapeutic behavioral services (TBS) and psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) services are an array of activities intended to provide individualized supports or care coordination of healthcare, behavioral healthcare, and non-healthcare services. TBS and PSR may involve collater…

(A) "Consultation service" means a formal and systematic information exchange between a provider and a person other than a client, which is directed towards the development and improvement of individualized service plans and/or techniques involved in the delivery of behavioral he…

(A) As used in this rule:(1) "Adverse childhood experiences" or "ACES" mean potentially traumatic events that occur during childhood (newborns to seventeen years of age). "Adverse childhood experiences" include physical and emotional abuse, neglect, caregiver mental illness, and …

(A) "Referral and information service" means responses, usually by telephone, to inquiries from people about services in the community. Referral may include contacting any agency or a provider in order to secure services for the person requesting assistance.(B) Referral and infor…

(A) "Supplemental behavioral health services" means services other than those specifically listed in this chapter. Supplemental behavioral health services may include representative payeeship, outreach, screening, education, and other supportive behavioral health services and may…

(A) In addition to the definitions in rule 5122-24-01 of the Administrative Code, the following definitions apply to this rule:(1) "Caseload" means the individual cases open or assigned to each full-time equivalent IHBT staff.(2) "Continued stay review" means a review of a child/…

(A) Assertive community treatment (ACT) services are provided to an individual with a major functional impairment or behavior which present a high risk to the individual due to severe and persistent mental illness and which necessitate high service intensity. ACT services are als…

(A) Individuals are eligible to provide and supervise within their professional scope of practice those services certified by the Ohio department of mental health and addiction services and listed and described in Chapter 5122-29 of the Administrative Code.(B) Licensed, certified…

(A) The purpose of this rule shall be to establish standards and criteria, indications, contraindications and limits for referral of adult ODMH regional psychiatric hospital (RPH) inpatients to an outside facility for ECT.(B) The provisions of this rule shall be applicable to all…

(A) Purpose and background(1) The purpose of this rule shall be to establish guidelines for competency assessment and restoration treatment of serious youthful offenders (SYOs). Pursuant to section 2152.13 of the Revised Code, effective January 1, 2002, SYOs are afforded all the …

(A) The purpose of this policy is to implement the duty to protect requirements per section 2305.51 of the Revised Code.(B) This policy shall apply to all mental health professionals employed or contracted by Ohio department of mental health hospitals.(C) Definitions:(1) "Indepen…

The purpose of Chapter 5122-30 of the Administrative Code is to establish the procedures and requirements for the licensure and operation of residential facilities as defined by section 5119.34 of the Revised Code. Authorized By: 5119.34 Amplifies: 5119.34 Five Year Review Date: …

(A) The provisions of this chapter are applicable to any facility in the state of Ohio that is a residential facility as defined in division (B) of section 5119.34 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether the facility holds itself out to be, or represents itself, as such a resi…

(A) The following definitions apply to Chapter 5122-30 of the Administrative Code.(1) "Abuse" means any act or absence of action inconsistent with human rights which results or could result in physical injury to a resident unless the act is done in self defense or occurs by accid…

(A) The purpose of this rule is to state the licensure procedure, including application, renewal, correction of deficiencies or non-compliance and determination of the number of beds.(1) The application shall consist of:(a) Completed application form, which shall indicate at leas…

(A) Issuance and conditions of licenses(1) The department may issue a full license for the facility only if it has been determined to the department's satisfaction that there is compliance with licensure requirements. The license shall specify facility class as defined in divisio…

(A) Any facility that is subject to licensure as a residential facility, as specified in section 5119.34 of the Revised Code, is required to apply for and receive a valid license in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.(B) In accordance with division (K) of section 51…

(A) A facility may submit a dated, written request to the department for a waiver or variance. The written request must clearly state the rationale and need for the requested waiver or variance, and the consequence of not receiving approval of the request.(B) Upon receipt of a wr…

(A) The department shall determine the maximum number of residents and the maximum number of household members for which each facility shall be licensed and shall state the maximum number on the license issued to the facility. The maximum number of residents shall not exceed the …

(A) No person shall do any of the following:(1) Operate a residential facility unless the facility holds a valid license;(2) Violate any of the conditions of licensure after having been granted a license;(3) Interfere with a state or local official's inspection or investigation o…

(A) Residential facilities shall obtain the following approved inspections:(1) Inspections required within twelve months of the date of the previous inspection:(a) Fire inspection by a certified fire authority, the state fire marshal, or a township, municipal, or other legally co…

(A) As used in this rule:(1) "Rules of the board of building standards" means the rules adopted by the board of building standards in accordance with Chapter 3781. of the Revised Code including the Ohio building and Ohio residential construction codes.(2) "State fire code" means …

(A) Each facility shall directly provide, or make provisions for, a minimum of three nutritionally balanced meals daily for each resident. If more than eight hours elapse between the evening meal and morning meal, a nutritious evening snack shall be provided.If a resident is invo…

(A) Each facility shall have a minimum of eighty square feet per resident for a single occupancy bedroom, and a minimum of sixty square feet per resident for a multiple occupancy bedroom. Regardless of the availability of the square footage, in class one facilities no more than f…

(A) The facility shall meet applicable standards of the Ohio department of health or certified local health department(s) regarding proper cleaning of dishes and utensils, and proper storage, preparation, and serving of food. Where required, the facility shall obtain a food servi…

(A) This rule establishes standards to ensure the prompt and accurate notification of certain prescribed incidents.(B) Definitions.(1) "Board of residence" means the board that is responsible for referring or paying for the resident's treatment.(2) "Incident" means an event that …

(A) The use of seclusion, mechanical restraint, and physical restraint, including transitional hold, shall not be permitted in any facility, except a class one facility as defined in division (B) of section 5119.34 of the Revised Code, which meets all of the requirements of rules…

Each facility in which one or more of the residents has a physical disability shall make reasonable accommodations including but not limited to:(A) Making the facility readily accessible to and usable by persons with a physical disability, and(B) Providing all communications to r…

(A) The residential facility shall assure appropriate polices and procedures regarding the administration and management of the facility including compliance with the requirements for licensure. This responsibility shall also include, but may not be limited to:(1) Arranging for n…

(A) Each person shall:(1) Be at least eighteen years of age;(2) Demonstrate adequate communication skills to perform duties and responsibilities associated with the facility in meeting the needs of the resident(s);(3) Be able to perform required responsibilities and duties. If th…

(A) Each facility shall:(1) Provide sufficient numbers and types of staff in the facility, scheduled for appropriate periods of time during each twenty-four hour period, to assure that the room, board, personal care, or mental health service needs of each resident are met in a ti…

(A) The operator shall be responsible for assuring the compliance by the facility with all resident rights. Facility violations of resident rights shall be regarded as sufficient cause to institute proceedings to deny or revoke the facility's license.(B) In addition to the defini…

(A) The operator shall be responsible for assuring the compliance by the facility with all resident rights. Facility violations of resident rights shall be regarded as sufficient cause to institute proceedings to deny or revoke the facility's license.(B) In addition to the defini…

(A) Each facility shall maintain resident and staff records, including at a minimum:(1) A roster of the names and ages of all residents, and date of admission. The roster shall be considered part of the client records, and individual residents shall be listed as to their residenc…

(A) The provisions of this rule are applicable to each residential facility.(B) The provision of room and board, accommodations, supervision, and personal care services shall be consistent with the requirements for licensure and shall be specified in a written residential residen…

(A) A class two or class three facility may not provide physical health care activities for the treatment of a serious illness or disease, defined as skilled nursing care in accordance with section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. Skilled nursing care shall be considered to be provid…

(A) The provisions of this rule are applicable to class one and two residential facilities which are required to provide personal care services. The provision of room and board shall be secondary or ancillary to the primary purpose of the facility to provide personal care, but th…

(A) For purposes of this rule:(1) "Discharge" means a permanent movement of a resident to another facility that is not under the jurisdiction of the owner or manager.(2) "Emergency" means a situation which creates an imminent risk of substantial harm to the individual or other ho…

(A) Residential facilities may store medications at a separate licensed residential facility from the one in which the resident lives if the following conditions are met:(1) The residential facility the items are stored at is licensed by the same operator;(2) The medications are …

(A) A class one residential facility shall provide mental health services that are certified in accordance with Chapters 5122-24 to 5122-29 of the Administrative Code.(1) In a class one facility, the primary purpose shall be to provide room and board, personal care, and mental he…

(A) Each class one and class two residential facility shall encourage residents to participate in social, recreational, and leisure activities.(B) Residents of class two facilities and class one facilities shall be encouraged to participate in community activities and social even…

(A) The purpose of this rule is to establish procedure for conducting background investigations for owners, operators, prospective operators, managers, staff, volunteers, students, interns and other individuals employed by or seeking employment by a residential facility.(B) Defin…

(A) A class one residential facility that is licensed by the Ohio department of mental health and addiction services (OhioMHAS) and accepts children (youth) for placement is to comply with the standards in this rule. Residential facilities whose initial licensure date is on or af…

The provisions of this chapter apply to any structure in the state of Ohio that is a recovery housing residence, regardless of whether the structure holds itself out to be, or represents itself as, a recovery housing residence.As used in this chapter:(A) "Abuse" means any act or …

Consistent with section 5119.391 of the Revised Code, each person or government entity that will operate a recovery housing residence is to file a recovery housing residence registration form on the form the department prescribes for this purpose. The form is to be filed in accor…

(A) This rule sets forth the procedures for a recovery housing residence to file a notice of intent to operate a recovery housing residence with the department of behavioral health, apply for initial and renewal certification from the department, and correct deficiencies and find…

(A) Issuance of full certificationThe department may issue full certification to a recovery housing residence only if the department determines to its satisfaction that the residence complies with certification standards. The certification is to specify the maximum number of resi…