Ohio Administrative Code

(A) The following standards are mandatory:(1) A detention center shall follow the bureau of criminal identification (BCII) and investigation process to conduct a criminal record check with respect to any prospective employee who has applied to the detention center for appointment…

(A) The following standards are mandatory:(1) Each facility will have a written policy and procedure providing that all direct care staff receive a minimum forty hours of orientation and pre-service training before assuming independent responsibility for their work assignment. Th…

(A) The following standards are mandatory:(1) An admittance record is completed for every child admitted to the detention center. The admittance record includes the following:(a) Court case number and / or detention center admission number;(b) Date and time of admission and relea…

(A) The following standards are mandatory:(1) Male and female children do not occupy the same sleeping rooms.(2) All sleeping rooms in detention facilities shall have a minimum of: access to sanitation facilities to include: toilet(s) above floor level and wash basin(s) available…

(A) The following standards are mandatory for renovation, additions and new plants. Recommended for existing: (renovations, additions and or new plants will be designated as built or added onto since the last review cycle as published November 24, 2003).(1) Children with disabili…

(A) The following standards are mandatory:(1) The detention center shall have exits that are clearly, distinctly, and permanently marked in order to ensure the timely evacuation of children, staff and visitors in the event of fire or other emergency. Posted exits signs and emerge…

The following standards are mandatory:(A) Written policy and procedure on physical force shall:(1) Limit the use of physical force to protect the child from harming himself, herself, or others, to stop a child who presents a danger of escape, to remove a child from the general po…

(A) The following standards are mandatory:(1) Written policy and procedure and practice provide that an adequate diet including snacks, when provided, incorporate the four basic food groups based on the most recent dietary allowance is provided to all children. Menus are reviewed…

The following standards are mandatory:(A) Children shall be provided the opportunity for daily showers and showers after strenuous activities.(B) Written policy, procedure, and practice provide that the detention center shall provide basic personal hygiene supplies to the child.(…

(A) The following standards are mandatory:(1) Written policy and procedure require each detention center to have a health authority designated for the medical supervision, care and treatment of residents. The detention center shall ensure twenty-four-hour availability of consulta…

The following standards are mandatory:(A) The detention center shall have a written policy and procedure which prohibits employees from violating any civil rights of juveniles which shall include but not be limited to:(1) The detention center shall have written policies protectin…

The following standards are mandatory:(A) Written policy and procedure require that behavior management program include all acts that are prohibited within the facility, sanctions that can be imposed for various degrees of violation, and system of reinforcing positive behavior. W…

(A) The following standard is mandatory:(1) Admission to detention and release shall be pursuant to and in accordance with the laws of arrest and / or in accordance to a court order.(2) Written policy, procedure, and practice that newly admitted children receive written orientati…

(A) The following standards are mandatory:(1) Children are not permitted to perform any work prohibited by state and federal regulations and statutes pertaining to child labor.(2) Academic programs in detention facilities are designed to assist detained children in keeping curren…

(A) The following standards will be mandatory:(1) Each detention center shall have a written policy and procedure governing visitation that fosters family contact.(2) Provisions shall be made for the residents or staff on behalf of the children to call, not collect, or visit with…

(A) Pursuant to section 5139.04 of the Revised Code the office of the chief inspector is established to administer an effective grievance procedure for youth and to perform other duties assigned by the director.(B) The chief inspector is appointed, pursuant to section 5139.02 of …

For the purpose of implementing Chapter 5139-67 of the Administrative Code, the following terms have the following definitions:(A) "Activity purpose categories" means the categories established by the department from which programs and services are developed and data reported.(B)…

In administering the program, the department shall do all of the following:(A) Establish procedures and time frames for submitting grant agreement and funding applications and other documents as required by this grant;(B) Determine each juvenile court's base and variable allocati…

Grant funds received by the county:(A) Shall not be commingled with any other funds;(B) Shall be deposited in the felony delinquent care and custody fund;(C) May be used to fund capital construction projects only in an amount that does not exceed fifteen per cent of the base allo…

The juvenile court shall:(A) Submit a signed grant agreement and funding application by a date determined by the department;(B) Submit financial expenditure reports, other fiscal reports, program reports, statistical reports, and other information on forms and according to the ti…

(A) All expenditures must be directly related to approved programs and must be in accordance with the approved funding application;(B) All obligations must be incurred within the grant period and liquidated by September thirtieth of the following state fiscal year, only excepting…

The department and the county shall adhere to the following:(A) Each county receiving grant funds shall in writing request the auditor of state, or an accounting firm authorized by the auditor of state, to perform additional procedures as part of the audit performed under section…

(A) If the juvenile court believes there are errors in the calculation of chargeable bed days, the juvenile court shall submit a bed day reconciliation form to the department's bureau of subsidies. No corrective adjustments can be made without this form being received;(B) If an e…

It shall be the responsibility of the juvenile court to evaluate its systems of internal accounting and administrative controls on an ongoing basis to provide assurance that:(A) Resources are utilized efficiently, effectively and in compliance with applicable law;(B) Obligations …

The "Reclaim advisory committee" shall:(A) Be comprised of the following members:(1) Two juvenile judges appointed by the Ohio association of juvenile court judges;(2) The director of the department of youth services, or his designee;(3) The director of the office of budget and m…

(A) The maximum balance carry over at the end of each respective fiscal year in the felony delinquent care and custody fund in any county, from funds allocated to the county pursuant to sections 5139.34 and 5139.41 of the Revised Code in previous years, shall not exceed an amount…

The release authority board members are appointed pursuant to section 5139.50 of the Revised Code. For the purpose of implementing rule 5139-68-01 of the Administrative Code, the following terms have the following definitions:(A) Board member is defined as one of the five members…

The Ohio department of youth services and the court shall adhere to the following:(A) The Ohio department of youth services shall develop and furnish to all juvenile courts a standard disposition investigation report which the court will complete and submit to the Ohio department…

The purpose of this rule is to provide guidelines on the development and communication of release expectations for youth committed to the department of youth services.(A) All youth committed to the department shall have release expectations developed after their admission to ODYS…

The purpose of this rule is to provide consistent guidelines and criteria on the release authority regular release review process.(A) All youth shall receive a release review at least thirty days prior to their MSED, unless a youth has a significant amount of confinement credit, …

The purpose of this rule is to provide consistent guidelines and criteria on the release authority expedited release review process.(A) Youth committed to the department for a felony 2, 3, 4 or 5 or a revocation and determined to be more appropriate for receiving services in the …

The purpose of this rule is to provide consistent guidelines and criteria on the release authority special release review process.(A) The board shall have a special release review process to allow youth that have met their MSED and their expectations prior to their scheduled pane…

The purpose of this rule is to provide consistent guidelines and criteria on appeals to the release authority regular release review process.(A) Any youth that has his/her release date extended by more than thirty days of continuance time may appeal, in writing, the panel decisio…

The purpose of this rule is to provide consistent guidelines and criteria on the release authority semi-annual review process for long term youth.(A) Youth committed to the department with minimum sentences, minus confinement credit, greater than twelve months may be scheduled fo…

The purpose of this rule is to provide consistent guidelines and criteria on the release authority revocation review process.(A) Youth returning to the department from either a judicial release to probation (division (B)(1) of section 2152.22 of the Revised Code) or a judicial re…

The purpose of this rule is to provide consistent guidelines and criteria on the release authority discharge review process.(A) Youth may be discharged from the department from either parole status or institutional status based on the length of their sentence and the manner in wh…

The purpose of this rule is to provide consistent guidelines and criteria on the release authority information and education program.(A) The release authority shall provide youth with information and materials about the release and discharge processes. The information shall be pr…

The purpose of this rule is to provide consistent guidelines and criteria on the release authority constructive journalization process.(A) At least thirty days prior to a youth's POA, the regional office shall forward a copy of the supervised release plan to the placement juvenil…

(A) There is hereby created within the department of youth services a youth with problematic sexual behavior treatment program certification advisory board. The advisory board's responsibilities will be to direct the inspection and monitoring of youth with problematic sexual beha…

(A) Nonprofit faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, and community organizations that wish to enter institutions under the control of the department of youth services for the purpose of providing reentry services to youth shall be first registered with the depar…

(A) The intent of this rule is to establish a uniform procedure to provide youth within the institutions with an allowance to enable them to make commissary purchases. .(B) Each fiscal year the director of the department shall determine the maximum monthly dollar amount which may…

(A) Medical necessity for individuals covered by early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment (EPSDT) is criteria of coverage for procedures, items, or services that prevent, diagnose, evaluate, correct, ameliorate, or treat an adverse health condition such as an illness…

This rule describes general principles regarding reimbursement of services by medicaid. Reimbursement may be subject to additional administrative criteria as described in agency 5160 of the Administrative Code.(A) A medical service is reimbursable if:(1) The service is determined…

(A) Definitions.For the purposes of rules promulgated by this agency in accordance with section 1347.15 of the Revised Code effective April 9, 2009, the following definitions apply:(1) "Access" as a noun means an instance of copying, viewing, or otherwise perceiving; whereas, "ac…

Paragraphs (A)(7) to (F)(4) of this rule do not apply to pharmacy services covered under the medicare part D program. Pharmacy services covered under the medicare part D program should be billed in accordance with rule 5160-9-06 of the Administrative Code.(A) Definitions.(1) "Med…

(A) For qualified medicare beneficiaries and medicaid recipients enrolled in medicare part C managed health care plans (medicare advantage plans) the department will pay as cost sharing the lesser of the following amounts:(1) The provider's billed charges for the service (except …

(A) The reimbursement methodology set forth in paragraph (B) of this rule is limited to medicare part B services that meet all of the following criteria:(1) Are not hospital services defined in accordance with Chapter 5160-2 of the Administrative Code;(2) Are not nursing facility…