130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Passed by the House

123rd General Assembly
Regular Session
1999-2000
Sub. H. B. No. 138

REPRESENTATIVES SCHUCK-BARRETT-BENDER-EVANS-FORD-METELSKY- D.MILLER-SULLIVAN-SYKES-PRINGLE-VANVYVEN-VERICH- WINKLER-YOUNG-BATEMAN-HAINES-OLMAN-DePIERO-BARNES-WILLIAMS- WILLAMOWSKI-TERWILLEGER-VESPER-BRADING-OGG-ROBERTS-TIBERI- SCHULER-PERRY-GOODMAN-JONES-CORBIN-CALLENDER-CALVERT-MOTTLEY- AUSTRIA-O'BRIEN-THOMAS-FERDERBER-CATES-FLANNERY-PATTON-CLANCY- DAMSCHRODER-SUTTON-JERSE-SALERNO-OPFER-MYERS


A BILL
To amend sections 9.60, 125.04, 125.13, 3729.17, 3737.66, 4511.191, 4511.81, 4511.99, 4513.263, 4513.99, 4765.01, 4765.02, 4765.03, 4765.05, 4765.06, 4765.07, 4765.09, 4765.10, 4765.11, 4765.15, 4765.16, 4765.30, 4765.32, 4765.35, 4765.37, 4765.38, 4765.39, 4765.40, 4765.50, 4765.55, 4766.02, 4767.08, 5502.01, 5503.04, and 5739.02 and to enact sections 3727.081, 3727.09, 3727.10, 4765.04, 4765.12, and 4765.41 of the Revised Code to provide quality assurance for adult and pediatric trauma care and to make other changes in the laws regarding emergency medical services and fire services.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:


Section 1. That sections 9.60, 125.04, 125.13, 3729.17, 3737.66, 4511.191, 4511.81, 4511.99, 4513.263, 4513.99, 4765.01, 4765.02, 4765.03, 4765.05, 4765.06, 4765.07, 4765.09, 4765.10, 4765.11, 4765.15, 4765.16, 4765.30, 4765.32, 4765.35, 4765.37, 4765.38, 4765.39, 4765.40, 4765.50, 4765.55, 4766.02, 4767.08, 5502.01, 5503.04, and 5739.02 be amended and sections 3727.081, 3727.09, 3727.10, 4765.04, 4765.12, and 4765.41 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 9.60. (A) As used in this section:

(1) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE" AND "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION" HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS IN SECTION 4765.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) "FIRE PROTECTION" MEANS THE USE OF FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF A FIREFIGHTING AGENCY OR A PRIVATE FIRE COMPANY, AND INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF AMBULANCE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL, AND RESCUE SERVICES BY THOSE ENTITIES.

(3) "Firefighting agency" means a municipal corporation, township, township fire district, joint ambulance district, joint emergency medical services district, or joint fire district.

(2) "Private fire company" means any nonprofit group or organization owning and operating firefighting equipment not controlled by any firefighting agency.

(3) "Governing board" means the board of county commissioners in the case of a county; the legislative authority in the case of a municipal corporation; the board of trustees of a joint ambulance district in the case of a joint ambulance district; the board of trustees of a joint emergency medical services district in the case of a joint emergency medical services district; the board of township trustees in the case of a township or township fire district; the board of fire district trustees in the case of a joint fire district; and the board of trustees in the case of a private fire company.

(4) "Fire protection" includes the provision of ambulance, emergency medical, and rescue service by the fire department of a firefighting agency or by a private fire company and the extension of the use of firefighting apparatus or firefighting equipment PRIVATE FIRE COMPANY" MEANS A NONPROFIT GROUP OR ORGANIZATION OWNING AND OPERATING FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT NOT CONTROLLED BY A FIREFIGHTING AGENCY.

(B) Any firefighting agency or, private fire company, OR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION may contract with any state agency or instrumentality, county, or political subdivision of this state or with a governmental entity of an adjoining state IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER JURISDICTION to provide fire protection OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AS APPROPRIATE, whether on a regular basis or only in times of emergency, upon the approval of the governing boards of the counties, firefighting agencies, political subdivisions, or private fire companies or the administrative heads of the state agencies or instrumentalities ENTITIES that are parties to the contract.

(C) Any county, political subdivision, or state agency or instrumentality GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IN THIS STATE may contract with a ANY firefighting agency of this state, a private fire company, or a governmental entity of an adjoining state PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION OF THIS STATE OR ANOTHER JURISDICTION to obtain fire protection OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AS APPROPRIATE, whether on a regular basis or only in times of emergency, upon the authorization APPROVAL of the governing boards of the counties, firefighting agencies, political subdivisions, or private fire companies or administrative heads of the state agencies or instrumentalities ENTITIES that are parties to the contract.

(D) Any firefighting agency of this state or any, private fire company, OR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION may provide fire protection OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AS APPROPRIATE, to any state agency or instrumentality, county, or political subdivision of this state, or to a governmental entity of an adjoining state IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER JURISDICTION, without a contract to provide fire protection OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, upon the approval of the governing board of the firefighting agency or private fire, company, OR ORGANIZATION and upon authorization of BY an officer or employee of the firefighting agency providing the fire protection, COMPANY, OR ORGANIZATION designated by THAT INDIVIDUAL'S title of their, office, or position pursuant to the authorization of the governing board of the firefighting agency, COMPANY, OR ORGANIZATION.

(E) Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it is applicable to the operation of fire departments, applies to the firefighting agencies and fire department members when such members are rendering service outside the boundaries of the firefighting agency pursuant to this section.

Fire department members acting outside the boundaries of the firefighting agency by which they are employed OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, APPLIES TO A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THAT IS OPERATING A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION, AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION, WHEN THE MEMBERS ARE RENDERING SERVICE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.

MEMBERS ACTING OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THAT IS OPERATING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION may participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by their employer THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION to the same extent as while acting within the boundaries of the firefighting agency POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, and are entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, to the same extent as while performing service within the boundaries of the firefighting agency POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.

(F) A PRIVATE FIRE COMPANY OR PRIVATE, NONPROFIT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SERVICE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION TO A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER JURISDICTION HAS THE SAME IMMUNITIES AND DEFENSES IN A CIVIL ACTION THAT A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION HAS UNDER SECTION 2744.02 of the Revised Code. THE EMPLOYEES OF SUCH A FIRE COMPANY OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION HAVE THE SAME IMMUNITIES AND DEFENSES IN A CIVIL ACTION THAT EMPLOYEES OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION HAVE UNDER SECTION 2744.03 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 125.04. (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the department of administrative services shall determine what supplies and services are purchased by or for state agencies. Whenever the department of administrative services makes any change or addition to the lists of supplies and services that it determines to purchase for state agencies, it shall provide a list to the agencies of the changes or additions and indicate when the department will be prepared to furnish each item listed. Except for the requirements of division (B) of section 125.11 of the Revised Code, sections 125.04 to 125.08 and 125.09 to 125.15 of the Revised Code do not apply to or affect the educational institutions of the state. The department shall not include the bureau of workers' compensation in the lists of supplies, equipment, and services purchased and furnished by the department.

Nothing in this division precludes the bureau from entering into a contract with the department for the department to perform services relative to supplies, equipment, and services contained in this division for the bureau.

(B)(1) As used in this division, "political:

(a) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 4765.01 of the Revised Code.

(b) "POLITICAL subdivision" means any county, township, municipal corporation, school district, conservancy district, township park district, park district created under Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code, regional transit authority, regional airport authority, regional water and sewer district, or port authority. "Political subdivision" also includes any other political subdivision described in the Revised Code that has been approved by the department to participate in the department's contracts under this division.

(c) "PRIVATE FIRE COMPANY" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 9.60 of the Revised Code.

(2) Subject to division (C) of this section, the department of administrative services may permit a political subdivision, PRIVATE FIRE COMPANY, OR PRIVATE, NONPROFIT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION to participate in contracts into which the department has entered for the purchase of supplies and services. Any THE DEPARTMENT MAY CHARGE THE ENTITY A REASONABLE FEE TO COVER THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THE DEPARTMENT INCURS AS A RESULT OF PARTICIPATION BY THE ENTITY IN SUCH A PURCHASE CONTRACT.

A political subdivision desiring to participate in such purchase contracts shall file with the department a certified copy of an ordinance or resolution of the legislative authority or governing board of the political subdivision. The resolution or ordinance shall request that the political subdivision be authorized to participate in such contracts and shall agree that the political subdivision will be bound by such terms and conditions as the department prescribes and that it will directly pay the vendor under each purchase contract. The department may charge a political subdivision a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs the department incurs as a result of the subdivision's participation in the purchase contract. Purchases made by a political subdivision under this division are exempt from any competitive selection procedures otherwise required by law. No political subdivision shall make any purchase under this division when bids have been received for such purchase by the subdivision, unless such purchase can be made upon the same terms, conditions, and specifications at a lower price under this division A PRIVATE FIRE COMPANY OR PRIVATE, NONPROFIT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION DESIRING TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH PURCHASE CONTRACTS SHALL FILE WITH THE DEPARTMENT A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAM SIGNED BY THE CHIEF OFFICER OF THE COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION. THE REQUEST SHALL INCLUDE AN AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE DEPARTMENT PRESCRIBES AND TO MAKE DIRECT PAYMENTS TO THE VENDOR UNDER EACH PURCHASE CONTRACT.

The department shall include in its annual report an estimate of the cost it incurs by permitting political subdivisions, PRIVATE FIRE COMPANIES, AND PRIVATE, NONPROFIT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS to participate in contracts pursuant to this division. The department may require political subdivisions participating in contracts pursuant to this division SUCH ENTITIES to file a report with the department, as often as it finds necessary, stating how many such contracts the political subdivisions participate ENTITIES PARTICIPATED in within a specified period of time, and any other information the department requires.

(3) PURCHASES MADE BY A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION UNDER THIS DIVISION ARE EXEMPT FROM ANY COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCEDURES OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW. NO POLITICAL SUBDIVISION SHALL MAKE ANY PURCHASE UNDER THIS DIVISION WHEN BIDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR SUCH PURCHASE BY THE SUBDIVISION, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASE CAN BE MADE UPON THE SAME TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND SPECIFICATIONS AT A LOWER PRICE UNDER THIS DIVISION.

(C) A political subdivision as defined in division (B) of this section may purchase supplies or services from another party, including another political subdivision, instead of through participation in contracts described in division (B) of this section if the political subdivision can purchase those supplies or services from the other party upon equivalent terms, conditions, and specifications but at a lower price than it can through those contracts. Purchases that a political subdivision makes under this division are exempt from any competitive selection procedures otherwise required by law. A political subdivision that makes any purchase under this division shall maintain sufficient information regarding the purchase to verify that the political subdivision satisfied the conditions for making a purchase under this division. Nothing in this division restricts any action taken by a county or township as authorized by division (A) of section 9.48 of the Revised Code.

(D) This section does not apply to supplies or services required by the legislative or judicial branches, boards of elections, the capitol square review and advisory board, the adjutant general, to supplies or services purchased by a state agency directly as provided in division (A) or (E) of section 125.05 of the Revised Code, to purchases of supplies or services for the emergency management agency as provided in section 125.023 of the Revised Code, or to purchases of supplies or services for the department of rehabilitation and correction in its operation of the program for the employment of prisoners established under section 5145.16 of the Revised Code that shall be made pursuant to rules adopted by the director of administrative services and the director of rehabilitation and correction in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules may provide for the exemption of the program for the employment of prisoners from the requirements of division (A) of this section.

Sec. 125.13. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:

(1) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 4765.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) "PRIVATE FIRE COMPANY" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 9.60 of the Revised Code.

(B) Except as otherwise provided in section 5139.03 of the Revised Code, whenever a state agency determines that it has excess or surplus supplies, it shall notify the director of administrative services. Upon request by the director and on forms provided by the director, the state agency shall furnish to the director a list of all those excess and surplus supplies and an appraisal of their value.

(B)(C) The director of administrative services shall take immediate control of a state agency's excess and surplus supplies, except for the following excess and surplus supplies:

(1) Excess or surplus supplies that have a value below the minimum value that the director establishes for excess and surplus supplies under division (E)(F) of this section;

(2) Excess or surplus supplies that the director has authorized an agency to donate to a public entity, including, but not limited to, public schools and surplus computers and computer equipment transferred to a public school under division (G) of this section;

(3) Excess or surplus supplies that an agency trades in as full or partial payment when purchasing a replacement item;

(4) Hazardous property.

(C)(D) The director shall inventory excess and surplus supplies in the director's control and may have the supplies repaired.

(D)(E) The director may do either of the following:

(1) Dispose of declared surplus or excess supplies in the director's control by sale, lease, donation, or transfer. If the director does so, the director shall dispose of those supplies in the following order of priority:

(a) To state agencies;

(b) To state-supported or state-assisted institutions of higher education;

(c) To tax-supported agencies, municipal corporations, or other political subdivisions of this state, PRIVATE FIRE COMPANIES, OR PRIVATE, NONPROFIT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS;

(d) To the general public by auction, sealed bid, or negotiation.

(2) If the director has attempted to dispose of any declared surplus or excess motor vehicle that does not exceed four thousand five hundred dollars in value pursuant to divisions (D)(E)(1)(a) to (c) of this section, donate the motor vehicle to a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(a) and (c)(3) for the purpose of meeting the transportation needs of participants in the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code and participants in the prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code. The director may not donate a motor vehicle furnished to the state highway patrol to a nonprofit organization pursuant to this division.

(E)(F) The director may adopt rules governing the sale, lease, or transfer of surplus and excess supplies in the director's control by public auction, sealed bid, or negotiation, except that no employee of the disposing agency shall be allowed to purchase, lease, or receive any such supplies. The director may dispose of declared surplus or excess supplies, including motor vehicles, in the director's control as the director determines proper if such supplies cannot be disposed of pursuant to division (D)(E) of this section. The director shall by rule establish a minimum value for excess and surplus supplies and prescribe procedures for a state agency to follow in disposing of excess and surplus supplies in its control that have a value below the minimum value established by the director.

(F)(G) No state-supported or state-assisted institution of higher education, tax-supported agency, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this state, PRIVATE FIRE COMPANY, OR PRIVATE, NONPROFIT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION shall sell, lease, or transfer excess or surplus supplies acquired under this section to private entities or the general public at a price greater than the price it originally paid for those supplies.

(G)(H) The director of administrative services may authorize any state agency to transfer surplus computers and computer equipment that are not needed by other state agencies directly to an accredited public school within the state. The computers and computer equipment may be repaired or refurbished prior to transfer. The state agency may charge a service fee to the public schools for the property not to exceed the direct cost of repairing or refurbishing it. The state agency shall deposit such funds into the account used for repair or refurbishment.

Sec. 3727.081. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:

(1) "TRAUMA," "TRAUMA CARE," AND "TRAUMA CENTER" HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS IN SECTION 4765.01 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(2) "STABILIZE" AND "TRANSFER" HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS IN SECTION 1753.28 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(B) NOT LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SHALL ADOPT RULES UNDER CHAPTER 119. OF THE REVISED CODE FOR THE DESIGNATION AND REDESIGNATION OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS THAT ARE NOT VERIFIED AS PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. THE RULES SHALL BE DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION AND PROVIDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) SAFETY AND QUALITY-OF-CARE STANDARDS FOR HOSPITALS DESIGNATED OR REDESIGNATED AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER UNDER THIS SECTION. THE STANDARDS SHALL BE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY IDENTICAL, TO THE STANDARDS USED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS TO VERIFY AND CATEGORIZE PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS.

(2) PROCEDURES FOR HOSPITALS TO APPLY TO BE DESIGNATED AND REDESIGNATED AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER UNDER THIS SECTION;

(3) INSPECTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, OR BY A CONTRACTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT HAS APPROPRIATE COMPETENCE AND INDEPENDENCE, OF HOSPITALS THAT APPLY TO BE DESIGNATED OR REDESIGNATED AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER UNDER THIS SECTION. AN INSPECTION SHALL CONFIRM IN WRITING WHETHER OR NOT A HOSPITAL COMPLIES WITH THE SAFETY AND QUALITY-OF-CARE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS DIVISION.

(4) TYPES OF DATA RELATING TO PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE PROVIDED AT OR BY HOSPITALS THAT SEEK DESIGNATION OR REDESIGNATION AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER UNDER THIS SECTION THAT SHALL OR MAY BE REPORTED TO THE DIRECTOR;

(5) DESIGNATION AND REDESIGNATION AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER UNDER THIS SECTION OF HOSPITALS THAT COMPLY WITH THE SAFETY AND QUALITY-OF-CARE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS DIVISION AND OTHERWISE SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. THE DESIGNATION OR REDESIGNATION OF A HOSPITAL AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE VALID FOR THREE YEARS UNLESS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, AND SHALL BE EVIDENCED BY A CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR TO THE HOSPITAL.

(6) FEES THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MAY CHARGE A HOSPITAL THAT APPLIES FOR DESIGNATION OR REDESIGNATION AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER UNDER THIS SECTION. THE FEES SHALL NOT EXCEED THE LESSER OF THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS:

(a) THE TYPICAL FEE THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS CHARGES TO VERIFY OR REVERIFY, AS APPROPRIATE, TRAUMA CENTERS AT A LEVEL COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE HOSPITAL SEEKING DESIGNATION;

(b) THE ACTUAL COSTS INCURRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO INSPECT AND DESIGNATE OR REDESIGNATE THE HOSPITAL AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER UNDER THIS SECTION.

(7) REQUIREMENTS THAT HOSPITALS DESIGNATED OR REDESIGNATED AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL DO BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING:

(a) PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE DIRECTOR IF THERE IS A MATERIAL CHANGE IN THE HOSPITAL'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE AT THE LEVEL AT WHICH IT IS DESIGNATED OR REDESIGNATED UNDER THIS SECTION AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER;

(b) ADOPT AND FOLLOW WRITTEN PROTOCOLS FOR PEER REVIEW AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE.

(8) STANDARDS FOR THE SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF THE DESIGNATION OR REDESIGNATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION TO A HOSPITAL THAT FAILS TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SAFETY AND QUALITY-OF-CARE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED FOR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS UNDER THIS SECTION. BEFORE SUSPENDING OR REVOKING A HOSPITAL'S DESIGNATION OR REDESIGNATION CERTIFICATE, THE DIRECTOR SHALL GIVE THE HOSPITAL WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED ACTION. THE NOTICE SHALL SPECIFY THE DEFICIENCIES THAT ARE THE BASIS OF THE PROPOSED ACTION AND GIVE THE HOSPITAL A GRACE PERIOD, AS THE DIRECTOR DETERMINES IS APPROPRIATE, TO PROVIDE TO THE DIRECTOR EVIDENCE THAT THE DEFICIENCIES HAVE BEEN CORRECTED, PROVIDED THAT A GRACE PERIOD SHALL NOT EXTEND THE THREE-YEAR TERM OF A DESIGNATION OR REDESIGNATION CERTIFICATE AND NEED NOT BE GRANTED WITH REGARD TO ANY DEFICIENCY THAT THREATENS PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY.

(9) PROCEDURES FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WITH REGARD TO CERTIFICATES THAT EVIDENCE THE DESIGNATION OR REDESIGNATION OF HOSPITALS AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER UNDER THIS SECTION:

(a) THE ISSUANCE, RENEWAL, SUSPENSION, AND REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATES;

(b) APPEALS REGARDING THE ISSUANCE, RENEWAL, SUSPENSION, AND REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATES;

(c) THE MAINTENANCE AND DISPLAY OR INSPECTION OF CERTIFICATES HELD BY PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS.

(C) IN DEVELOPING RULES UNDER THIS SECTION, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SHALL DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) CONSULT THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND THE BOARD'S TRAUMA COMMITTEE TO PREVENT INCONSISTENCIES IN TRAUMA-RELATED RULES AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ADOPTED BY THE DIRECTOR AND THE BOARD;

(2) APPOINT AND CONSULT A COMMITTEE OF PERSONS WHO HAVE CLINICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERTISE IN PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE;

(3) CONSULT APPROPRIATE MEDICAL, HOSPITAL, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENTS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, VERIFICATION OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS, DESIGN AND OPERATION OF PEDIATRIC FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, QUALIFICATIONS OF PEDIATRIC STAFF, INTERFACILITY TRANSFER OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENTS, PEDIATRIC TRAUMA EDUCATION AND TRAINING CURRICULA, AND PEER REVIEW AND QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONS IN PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS;

(4) CONSIDER THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENTS, THE VOLUME AND DISTRIBUTION OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENTS IN THIS STATE, AND THE REGIONALIZED NATURE OF EXISTING PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE RESOURCES IN THIS STATE.

THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SHALL APPOINT TO THE COMMITTEE REQUIRED BY THIS DIVISION MEMBERS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE, ARE RECOGNIZED EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD OF PRACTICE, AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE IN THIS STATE. THE DIRECTOR SHALL ALSO ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THAT MEMBERS REPRESENT URBAN AND RURAL AREAS, ALL GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS OF THE STATE, AND MEDICAL AND OSTEOPATHIC BACKGROUNDS.

(D) NO HOSPITAL DESIGNATED OR REDESIGNATED AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION OR THE RULES ADOPTED UNDER IT OR WITH ANY ORDER ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH UNDER THIS SECTION OR THE RULES ADOPTED UNDER IT.

(E) THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND ANY EMPLOYEE OR CONTRACTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL NOT MAKE PUBLIC ANY DATA REPORTED TO OR COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH UNDER THIS SECTION OR RULES ADOPTED UNDER IT THAT IDENTIFIES OR WOULD TEND TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC PATIENTS.

Sec. 3727.09. (A) NOT LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, EACH HOSPITAL IN THIS STATE THAT IS NOT A TRAUMA CENTER SHALL ADOPT PROTOCOLS FOR ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE PROVIDED IN OR BY THAT HOSPITAL; EACH HOSPITAL IN THIS STATE THAT IS AN ADULT TRAUMA CENTER AND NOT A LEVEL I OR LEVEL II PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER SHALL ADOPT PROTOCOLS FOR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE PROVIDED IN OR BY THAT HOSPITAL; EACH HOSPITAL IN THIS STATE THAT IS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER AND NOT A LEVEL I AND II ADULT TRAUMA CENTER SHALL ADOPT PROTOCOLS FOR ADULT TRAUMA CARE PROVIDED IN OR BY THAT HOSPITAL. IN DEVELOPING ITS TRAUMA CARE PROTOCOLS, EACH HOSPITAL SHALL CONSIDER THE GUIDELINES FOR TRAUMA CARE ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS. TRAUMA CARE PROTOCOLS SHALL BE WRITTEN, COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS, AND INCLUDE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) EVALUATION OF TRAUMA PATIENTS, INCLUDING CRITERIA FOR PROMPT IDENTIFICATION OF TRAUMA PATIENTS WHO REQUIRE A LEVEL OF ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE THAT EXCEEDS THE HOSPITAL'S CAPABILITIES;

(2) EMERGENCY TREATMENT AND STABILIZATION OF TRAUMA PATIENTS PRIOR TO TRANSFER TO AN APPROPRIATE ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER;

(3) TIMELY TRANSFER OF TRAUMA PATIENTS TO APPROPRIATE ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS BASED ON A PATIENT'S MEDICAL NEEDS. TRAUMA PATIENT TRANSFER PROTOCOLS SHALL SPECIFY ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

(a) CONFIRMATION OF THE ABILITY OF THE RECEIVING TRAUMA CENTER TO PROVIDE PROMPT ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE APPROPRIATE TO A PATIENT'S MEDICAL NEEDS;

(b) PROCEDURES FOR SELECTING AN APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVE ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER TO RECEIVE A PATIENT WHEN IT IS NOT FEASIBLE OR SAFE TO TRANSPORT THE PATIENT TO A PARTICULAR TRAUMA CENTER;

(c) ADVANCE NOTIFICATION AND APPROPRIATE MEDICAL CONSULTATION WITH THE TRAUMA CENTER TO WHICH A TRAUMA PATIENT IS BEING, OR WILL BE, TRANSFERRED;

(d) PROCEDURES FOR SELECTING AN APPROPRIATE METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE HOSPITAL RESPONSIBLE FOR ARRANGING OR PROVIDING THE TRANSPORTATION;

(e) CONFIRMATION OF THE ABILITY OF THE PERSONS AND VEHICLE THAT WILL TRANSPORT A TRAUMA PATIENT TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE;

(f) ASSURED COMMUNICATION WITH, AND APPROPRIATE MEDICAL DIRECTION OF, THE PERSONS TRANSPORTING A TRAUMA PATIENT TO A TRAUMA CENTER;

(g) IDENTIFICATION AND TIMELY TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATE MEDICAL RECORDS OF THE TRAUMA PATIENT BEING TRANSFERRED;

(h) THE HOSPITAL RESPONSIBLE FOR CARE OF A PATIENT IN TRANSIT;

(i) THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PHYSICIAN ATTENDING A PATIENT AND, IF DIFFERENT, THE PHYSICIAN WHO AUTHORIZES A TRANSFER OF THE PATIENT;

(j) PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING, IN CONSULTATION WITH AN APPROPRIATE ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER AND THE PERSONS WHO WILL TRANSPORT A TRAUMA PATIENT, WHEN TRANSPORTATION OF THE PATIENT TO A TRAUMA CENTER MAY BE DELAYED FOR EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS:

(i) IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THE PATIENT IS UNSAFE DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER OR GROUND CONDITIONS.

(ii) NO TRAUMA CENTER IS ABLE TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE TO THE PATIENT WITHOUT UNDUE DELAY.

(4) PEER REVIEW AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES FOR ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE PROVIDED IN OR BY THE HOSPITAL.

(B)(1) NOT LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, EACH HOSPITAL SHALL ENTER INTO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN AGREEMENTS UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION:

(a) AN AGREEMENT WITH ONE OR MORE ADULT TRAUMA CENTERS IN EACH LEVEL OF CATEGORIZATION AS A TRAUMA CENTER HIGHER THAN THE HOSPITAL THAT GOVERNS THE TRANSFER OF ADULT TRAUMA PATIENTS FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THOSE TRAUMA CENTERS;

(b) AN AGREEMENT WITH ONE OR MORE PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS IN EACH LEVEL OF CATEGORIZATION AS A TRAUMA CENTER HIGHER THAN THE HOSPITAL THAT GOVERNS THE TRANSFER OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENTS FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THOSE TRAUMA CENTERS.

(2) A LEVEL I OR LEVEL II ADULT TRAUMA CENTER IS NOT REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO AN ADULT TRAUMA PATIENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER HOSPITAL. A LEVEL I OR LEVEL II PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER IS NOT REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER HOSPITAL. A HOSPITAL IS NOT REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO AN ADULT TRAUMA PATIENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT WITH A LEVEL III OR LEVEL IV ADULT TRAUMA CENTER, OR ENTER INTO A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT WITH A LEVEL III OR LEVEL IV PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER, IF NO TRAUMA CENTER OF THAT TYPE IS REASONABLY AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE TRAUMA PATIENTS TRANSFERRED FROM THE HOSPITAL.

(3) A TRAUMA PATIENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY A HOSPITAL UNDER DIVISION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION SHALL COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS AND CONTAIN PROVISIONS CONFORMING TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAUMA CARE PROTOCOLS SET FORTH IN DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.

(C) A HOSPITAL SHALL MAKE TRAUMA CARE PROTOCOLS IT ADOPTS UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION AND TRAUMA PATIENT TRANSFER AGREEMENTS IT ADOPTS UNDER DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION DURING NORMAL WORKING HOURS. A HOSPITAL SHALL FURNISH A COPY OF SUCH DOCUMENTS UPON REQUEST AND MAY CHARGE A REASONABLE AND NECESSARY FEE FOR DOING SO, PROVIDED THAT UPON REQUEST IT SHALL FURNISH A COPY OF SUCH DOCUMENTS TO THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH FREE OF CHARGE.

Sec. 3727.10. BEGINNING TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, NO HOSPITAL IN THIS STATE SHALL KNOWINGLY DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(A) REPRESENT THAT IT IS ABLE TO PROVIDE ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE TO A SEVERELY INJURED PATIENT THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH ITS LEVEL OF CATEGORIZATION AS AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER, PROVIDED THAT A HOSPITAL THAT OPERATES AN EMERGENCY FACILITY MAY REPRESENT THAT IT PROVIDES EMERGENCY CARE;

(B) PROVIDE ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE TO A SEVERELY INJURED PATIENT THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS, STATE LAWS, AND TRAUMA CARE PROTOCOLS AND PATIENT TRANSFER AGREEMENTS THE HOSPITAL HAS ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 3727.09 of the Revised Code;

(C) TRANSFER A SEVERELY INJURED ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENT TO A HOSPITAL THAT IS NOT A TRAUMA CENTER WITH AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ADULT OR PEDIATRIC CATEGORIZATION OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER A SEVERELY INJURED ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENT IN A MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH ANY APPLICABLE TRAUMA PATIENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT ADOPTED BY THE HOSPITAL UNDER SECTION 3727.09 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3729.17. (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each health care provider rendering services to a patient whose care is paid in whole or in part by a public health care program shall report to the Ohio health care data center, in the form and manner prescribed by the director of health, the information listed in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section for each such patient included within any category listed under division (B) of this section. Any request involving quality data shall be in accordance with section 3729.36 of the Revised Code.

(1) The severity of the patient's condition;

(2) The patient's outcome and the effectiveness of the services rendered.

(B) The information specified in division (A) of this section shall be reported for the following categories of patients:

(1) Maternal and infant health patients;

(2) Intensive care unit patients;

(3) Long-term care patients;

(4) Patients with terminal illnesses;

(5) Patients with cardio-vascular disease;

(6) Patients receiving trauma care services;

(7) Patients with low back pain;

(8)(7) Any other category of patient selected by the director that is one of the one hundred high priority diagnoses and one hundred high priority medical procedures analyzed by the center under section 3729.12 of the Revised Code, EXCEPT TRAUMA PATIENTS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH DATA IS REPORTED TO THE STATE TRAUMA REGISTRY IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES UNDER SECTIONS 4765.06 AND 4765.11 of the Revised Code.

(C) A health care provider is not required to report the information required under division (A) of this section if the information is reported by a provider to another state or local governmental agency. In that case, the state or local agency shall report the information required by division (A) of this section to the data center in the form and manner prescribed by the director. A health care provider or state or local governmental agency also is not required to report the information required under division (A) of this section if reporting the information would violate a federal law or regulation or any provision of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3737.66. No (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "FIREFIGHTING AGENCY" AND "PRIVATE FIRE COMPANY" HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS IN SECTION 9.60 of the Revised Code.

(B) NO person shall call himself, hold himself out as being, CLAIM TO THE PUBLIC TO BE or act as a fireman, volunteer fireman, fire fighter FIREFIGHTER, volunteer fire fighter FIREFIGHTER, member of a fire department, chief of a fire department, or fire prevention officer unless at least one of the following applies:

(A) He (1) THE PERSON is recognized as a fireman, volunteer fireman, fire fighter FIREFIGHTER, volunteer fire fighter FIREFIGHTER, member of a fire department, chief of a fire department, or fire prevention officer by the fire marshal or has received a certificate issued under former section 3303.07 or section 4765.55 of the Revised Code evidencing his satisfactory completion of a fire fighter FIREFIGHTER training program and has been appointed by the GOVERNING board of fire district trustees, township, or municipal corporation A FIREFIGHTING AGENCY or, in the case of a volunteer fire fighter FIREFIGHTER, receives such a certificate within one year after his appointment BY THE GOVERNING BOARD OF A FIREFIGHTING AGENCY;

(B) He (2) THE PERSON is a member of a private fire company as defined in division (A)(2) of section 9.60 of the Revised Code and that company is providing fire protection in accordance with division (B), (C), or (D) of section 9.60 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4511.191. (A) Any person who operates a vehicle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for vehicular travel or parking within this state shall be deemed to have given consent to a chemical test or tests of the person's blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining the alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug content of the person's blood, breath, or urine if arrested for operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse or for operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine. The chemical test or tests shall be administered at the request of a police officer having reasonable grounds to believe the person to have been operating a vehicle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for vehicular travel or parking in this state while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse or with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine. The law enforcement agency by which the officer is employed shall designate which of the tests shall be administered.

(B) Any person who is dead or unconscious, or who is otherwise in a condition rendering the person incapable of refusal, shall be deemed not to have withdrawn consent as provided by division (A) of this section and the test or tests may be administered, subject to sections 313.12 to 313.16 of the Revised Code.

(C)(1) Any person under arrest for operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse or for operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine shall be advised at a police station, or at a hospital, first-aid station, or clinic to which the person has been taken for first-aid or medical treatment, of both of the following:

(a) The consequences, as specified in division (E) of this section, of the person's refusal to submit upon request to a chemical test designated by the law enforcement agency as provided in division (A) of this section;

(b) The consequences, as specified in division (F) of this section, of the person's submission to the designated chemical test if the person is found to have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine.

(2)(a) The advice given pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section shall be in a written form containing the information described in division (C)(2)(b) of this section and shall be read to the person. The form shall contain a statement that the form was shown to the person under arrest and read to the person in the presence of the arresting officer and either another police officer, a civilian police employee, or an employee of a hospital, first-aid station, or clinic, if any, to which the person has been taken for first-aid or medical treatment. The witnesses shall certify to this fact by signing the form.

(b) The form required by division (C)(2)(a) of this section shall read as follows:

"You now are under arrest for operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or both alcohol and a drug of abuse and will be requested by a police officer to submit to a chemical test to determine the concentration of alcohol, drugs of abuse, or alcohol and drugs of abuse in your blood, breath, or urine.

If you refuse to submit to the requested test or if you submit to the requested test and are found to have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in your blood, breath, or urine, your driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege immediately will be suspended for the period of time specified by law by the officer, on behalf of the registrar of motor vehicles. You may appeal this suspension at your initial appearance before the court that hears the charges against you resulting from the arrest, and your initial appearance will be conducted no later than five days after the arrest. This suspension is independent of the penalties for the offense, and you may be subject to other penalties upon conviction."

(D)(1) If a person under arrest as described in division (C)(1) of this section is not asked by a police officer to submit to a chemical test designated as provided in division (A) of this section, the arresting officer shall seize the Ohio or out-of-state driver's or commercial driver's license or permit of the person and immediately forward the seized license or permit to the court in which the arrested person is to appear on the charge for which the person was arrested. If the arrested person does not have the person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit on the person's self or in the person's vehicle, the arresting officer shall order the arrested person to surrender it to the law enforcement agency that employs the officer within twenty-four hours after the arrest, and, upon the surrender, the officer's employing agency immediately shall forward the license or permit to the court in which the arrested person is to appear on the charge for which the person was arrested. Upon receipt of the license or permit, the court shall retain it pending the initial appearance of the arrested person and any action taken under section 4511.196 of the Revised Code.

If a person under arrest as described in division (C)(1) of this section is asked by a police officer to submit to a chemical test designated as provided in division (A) of this section and is advised of the consequences of the person's refusal or submission as provided in division (C) of this section and if the person either refuses to submit to the designated chemical test or the person submits to the designated chemical test and the test results indicate that the person's blood contained a concentration of ten-hundredths of one per cent or more by weight of alcohol, the person's breath contained a concentration of ten-hundredths of one gram or more by weight of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of the person's breath, or the person's urine contained a concentration of fourteen-hundredths of one gram or more by weight of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of the person's urine at the time of the alleged offense, the arresting officer shall do all of the following:

(a) On behalf of the registrar, serve a notice of suspension upon the person that advises the person that, independent of any penalties or sanctions imposed upon the person pursuant to any other section of the Revised Code or any other municipal ordinance, the person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege is suspended, that the suspension takes effect immediately, that the suspension will last at least until the person's initial appearance on the charge that will be held within five days after the date of the person's arrest or the issuance of a citation to the person, and that the person may appeal the suspension at the initial appearance; seize the Ohio or out-of-state driver's or commercial driver's license or permit of the person; and immediately forward the seized license or permit to the registrar. If the arrested person does not have the person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit on the person's self or in the person's vehicle, the arresting officer shall order the person to surrender it to the law enforcement agency that employs the officer within twenty-four hours after the service of the notice of suspension, and, upon the surrender, the officer's employing agency immediately shall forward the license or permit to the registrar.

(b) Verify the current residence of the person and, if it differs from that on the person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit, notify the registrar of the change;

(c) In addition to forwarding the arrested person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit to the registrar, send to the registrar, within forty-eight hours after the arrest of the person, a sworn report that includes all of the following statements:

(i) That the officer had reasonable grounds to believe that, at the time of the arrest, the arrested person was operating a vehicle upon a highway or public or private property used by the public for vehicular travel or parking within this state while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse or with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine;

(ii) That the person was arrested and charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse or with operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine;

(iii) That the officer asked the person to take the designated chemical test, advised the person of the consequences of submitting to the chemical test or refusing to take the chemical test, and gave the person the form described in division (C)(2) of this section;

(iv) That the person refused to submit to the chemical test or that the person submitted to the chemical test and the test results indicate that the person's blood contained a concentration of ten-hundredths of one per cent or more by weight of alcohol, the person's breath contained a concentration of ten-hundredths of one gram or more by weight of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of the person's breath, or the person's urine contained a concentration of fourteen-hundredths of one gram or more by weight of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of the person's urine at the time of the alleged offense;

(v) That the officer served a notice of suspension upon the person as described in division (D)(1)(a) of this section.

(2) The sworn report of an arresting officer completed under division (D)(1)(c) of this section shall be given by the officer to the arrested person at the time of the arrest or sent to the person by regular first class mail by the registrar as soon thereafter as possible, but no later than fourteen days after receipt of the report. An arresting officer may give an unsworn report to the arrested person at the time of the arrest provided the report is complete when given to the arrested person and subsequently is sworn to by the arresting officer. As soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours after the arrest of the person, the arresting officer shall send a copy of the sworn report to the court in which the arrested person is to appear on the charge for which the person was arrested.

(3) The sworn report of an arresting officer completed and sent to the registrar and the court under divisions (D)(1)(c) and (D)(2) of this section is prima-facie proof of the information and statements that it contains and shall be admitted and considered as prima-facie proof of the information and statements that it contains in any appeal under division (H) of this section relative to any suspension of a person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege that results from the arrest covered by the report.

(E)(1) Upon receipt of the sworn report of an arresting officer completed and sent to the registrar and a court pursuant to divisions (D)(1)(c) and (D)(2) of this section in regard to a person who refused to take the designated chemical test, the registrar shall enter into the registrar's records the fact that the person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege was suspended by the arresting officer under division (D)(1)(a) of this section and the period of the suspension, as determined under divisions (E)(1)(a) to (d) of this section. The suspension shall be subject to appeal as provided in this section and shall be for whichever of the following periods applies:

(a) If the arrested person, within five years of the date on which the person refused the request to consent to the chemical test, had not refused a previous request to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content, the period of suspension shall be one year. If the person is a resident without a license or permit to operate a vehicle within this state, the registrar shall deny to the person the issuance of a driver's or commercial driver's license or permit for a period of one year after the date of the alleged violation.

(b) If the arrested person, within five years of the date on which the person refused the request to consent to the chemical test, had refused one previous request to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content, the period of suspension or denial shall be two years.

(c) If the arrested person, within five years of the date on which the person refused the request to consent to the chemical test, had refused two previous requests to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content, the period of suspension or denial shall be three years.

(d) If the arrested person, within five years of the date on which the person refused the request to consent to the chemical test, had refused three or more previous requests to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content, the period of suspension or denial shall be five years.

(2) The suspension or denial imposed under division (E)(1) of this section shall continue for the entire one-year, two-year, three-year, or five-year period, subject to appeal as provided in this section and subject to termination as provided in division (K) of this section.

(F) Upon receipt of the sworn report of an arresting officer completed and sent to the registrar and a court pursuant to divisions (D)(1)(c) and (D)(2) of this section in regard to a person whose test results indicate that the person's blood contained a concentration of ten-hundredths of one per cent or more by weight of alcohol, the person's breath contained a concentration of ten-hundredths of one gram or more by weight of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of the person's breath, or the person's urine contained a concentration of fourteen-hundredths of one gram or more by weight of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of the person's urine at the time of the alleged offense, the registrar shall enter into the registrar's records the fact that the person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege was suspended by the arresting officer under division (D)(1)(a) of this section and the period of the suspension, as determined under divisions (F)(1) to (4) of this section. The suspension shall be subject to appeal as provided in this section and shall be for whichever of the following periods that applies:

(1) Except when division (F)(2), (3), or (4) of this section applies and specifies a different period of suspension or denial, the period of the suspension or denial shall be ninety days.

(2) If the person has been convicted, within six years of the date the test was conducted, of one violation of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, section 2903.04 of the Revised Code in a case in which the offender was subject to the sanctions described in division (D) of that section, or section 2903.06, 2903.07, or 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.07 of the Revised Code in a case in which the jury or judge found that at the time of the commission of the offense the offender was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, or a statute of the United States or of any other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal corporation located in any other state that is substantially similar to division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, the period of the suspension or denial shall be one year.

(3) If the person has been convicted, within six years of the date the test was conducted, of two violations of a statute or ordinance described in division (F)(2) of this section, the period of the suspension or denial shall be two years.

(4) If the person has been convicted, within six years of the date the test was conducted, of more than two violations of a statute or ordinance described in division (F)(2) of this section, the period of the suspension or denial shall be three years.

(G)(1) A suspension of a person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege under division (D)(1)(a) of this section for the period of time described in division (E) or (F) of this section is effective immediately from the time at which the arresting officer serves the notice of suspension upon the arrested person. Any subsequent finding that the person is not guilty of the charge that resulted in the person being requested to take, or in the person taking, the chemical test or tests under division (A) of this section affects the suspension only as described in division (H)(2) of this section.

(2) If a person is arrested for operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse or for operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine and regardless of whether the person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege is or is not suspended under division (E) or (F) of this section, the person's initial appearance on the charge resulting from the arrest shall be held within five days of the person's arrest or the issuance of the citation to the person, subject to any continuance granted by the court pursuant to division (H)(1) of this section regarding the issues specified in that division.

(H)(1) If a person is arrested for operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse or for operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine and if the person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege is suspended under division (E) or (F) of this section, the person may appeal the suspension at the person's initial appearance on the charge resulting from the arrest in the court in which the person will appear on that charge. If the person appeals the suspension at the person's initial appearance, the appeal does not stay the operation of the suspension. Subject to division (H)(2) of this section, no court has jurisdiction to grant a stay of a suspension imposed under division (E) or (F) of this section, and any order issued by any court that purports to grant a stay of any suspension imposed under either of those divisions shall not be given administrative effect.

If the person appeals the suspension at the person's initial appearance, either the person or the registrar may request a continuance of the appeal. Either the person or the registrar shall make the request for a continuance of the appeal at the same time as the making of the appeal. If either the person or the registrar requests a continuance of the appeal, the court may grant the continuance. The court also may continue the appeal on its own motion. The granting of a continuance applies only to the conduct of the appeal of the suspension and does not extend the time within which the initial appearance must be conducted, and the court shall proceed with all other aspects of the initial appearance in accordance with its normal procedures. Neither the request for nor the granting of a continuance stays the operation of the suspension that is the subject of the appeal.

If the person appeals the suspension at the person's initial appearance, the scope of the appeal is limited to determining whether one or more of the following conditions have not been met:

(a) Whether the law enforcement officer had reasonable ground to believe the arrested person was operating a vehicle upon a highway or public or private property used by the public for vehicular travel or parking within this state while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse or with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine and whether the arrested person was in fact placed under arrest;

(b) Whether the law enforcement officer requested the arrested person to submit to the chemical test designated pursuant to division (A) of this section;

(c) Whether the arresting officer informed the arrested person of the consequences of refusing to be tested or of submitting to the test;

(d) Whichever of the following is applicable:

(i) Whether the arrested person refused to submit to the chemical test requested by the officer;

(ii) Whether the chemical test results indicate that the arrested person's blood contained a concentration of ten-hundredths of one per cent or more by weight of alcohol, the person's breath contained a concentration of ten-hundredths of one gram or more by weight of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of the person's breath, or the person's urine contained a concentration of fourteen-hundredths of one gram or more by weight of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of the person's urine at the time of the alleged offense.

(2) If the person appeals the suspension at the initial appearance, the judge or referee of the court or the mayor of the mayor's court shall determine whether one or more of the conditions specified in divisions (H)(1)(a) to (d) of this section have not been met. The person who appeals the suspension has the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that one or more of the specified conditions has not been met. If during the appeal at the initial appearance the judge or referee of the court or the mayor of the mayor's court determines that all of those conditions have been met, the judge, referee, or mayor shall uphold the suspension, shall continue the suspension, and shall notify the registrar of the decision on a form approved by the registrar. Except as otherwise provided in division (H)(2) of this section, if the suspension is upheld or if the person does not appeal the suspension at the person's initial appearance under division (H)(1) of this section, the suspension shall continue until the complaint alleging the violation for which the person was arrested and in relation to which the suspension was imposed is adjudicated on the merits by the judge or referee of the trial court or by the mayor of the mayor's court. If the suspension was imposed under division (E) of this section and it is continued under this division, any subsequent finding that the person is not guilty of the charge that resulted in the person being requested to take the chemical test or tests under division (A) of this section does not terminate or otherwise affect the suspension. If the suspension was imposed under division (F) of this section and it is continued under this division, the suspension shall terminate if, for any reason, the person subsequently is found not guilty of the charge that resulted in the person taking the chemical test or tests under division (A) of this section.

If, during the appeal at the initial appearance, the judge or referee of the trial court or the mayor of the mayor's court determines that one or more of the conditions specified in divisions (H)(1)(a) to (d) of this section have not been met, the judge, referee, or mayor shall terminate the suspension, subject to the imposition of a new suspension under division (B) of section 4511.196 of the Revised Code; shall notify the registrar of the decision on a form approved by the registrar; and, except as provided in division (B) of section 4511.196 of the Revised Code, shall order the registrar to return the driver's or commercial driver's license or permit to the person or to take such measures as may be necessary, if the license or permit was destroyed under section 4507.55 of the Revised Code, to permit the person to obtain a replacement driver's or commercial driver's license or permit from the registrar or a deputy registrar in accordance with that section. The court also shall issue to the person a court order, valid for not more than ten days from the date of issuance, granting the person operating privileges for that period of time.

If the person appeals the suspension at the initial appearance, the registrar shall be represented by the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the arrest occurred if the initial appearance is conducted in a juvenile court or county court, except that if the arrest occurred within a city or village within the jurisdiction of the county court in which the appeal is conducted, the city director of law or village solicitor of that city or village shall represent the registrar. If the appeal is conducted in a municipal court, the registrar shall be represented as provided in section 1901.34 of the Revised Code. If the appeal is conducted in a mayor's court, the registrar shall be represented by the city director of law, village solicitor, or other chief legal officer of the municipal corporation that operates that mayor's court.

(I)(1) If a person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege has been suspended pursuant to division (E) of this section, and the person, within the preceding seven years, has refused three previous requests to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content or has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more violations of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, section 2903.04 of the Revised Code in a case in which the person was subject to the sanctions described in division (D) of that section, or section 2903.06, 2903.07, or 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.07 of the Revised Code in a case in which the jury or judge found that the person was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, or a statute of the United States or of any other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal corporation located in any other state that is substantially similar to division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, the person is not entitled to request, and the court shall not grant to the person, occupational driving privileges under this division. Any other person whose driver's or commercial driver's license or nonresident operating privilege has been suspended pursuant to division (E) of this section may file a petition requesting occupational driving privileges in the common pleas court, municipal court, county court, mayor's court, or, if the person is a minor, juvenile court with jurisdiction over the related criminal or delinquency case. The petition may be filed at any time subsequent to the date on which the notice of suspension is served upon the arrested person. The person shall pay the costs of the proceeding, notify the registrar of the filing of the petition, and send the registrar a copy of the petition.

In the proceedings, the registrar shall be represented by the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the arrest occurred if the petition is filed in the juvenile court, county court, or common pleas court, except that, if the arrest occurred within a city or village within the jurisdiction of the county court in which the petition is filed, the city director of law or village solicitor of that city or village shall represent the registrar. If the petition is filed in the municipal court, the registrar shall be represented as provided in section 1901.34 of the Revised Code. If the petition is filed in a mayor's court, the registrar shall be represented by the city director of law, village solicitor, or other chief legal officer of the municipal corporation that operates the mayor's court.

The court, if it finds reasonable cause to believe that suspension would seriously affect the person's ability to continue in the person's employment, may grant the person occupational driving privileges during the period of suspension imposed pursuant to division (E) of this section, subject to the limitations contained in this division and division (I)(2) of this section. The court may grant the occupational driving privileges, subject to the limitations contained in this division and division (I)(2) of this section, regardless of whether the person appeals the suspension at the person's initial appearance under division (H)(1) of this section or appeals the decision of the court made pursuant to the appeal conducted at the initial appearance, and, if the person has appealed the suspension or decision, regardless of whether the matter at issue has been heard or decided by the court. The court shall not grant occupational driving privileges to any person who, within seven years of the filing of the petition, has refused three previous requests to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content or has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more violations of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, section 2903.04 of the Revised Code in a case in which the person was subject to the sanctions described in division (D) of that section, or section 2903.06, 2903.07, or 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.07 of the Revised Code in a case in which the jury or judge found that the person was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, or a statute of the United States or of any other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal corporation located in any other state that is substantially similar to division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, and shall not grant occupational driving privileges for employment as a driver of commercial motor vehicles to any person who is disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle under section 2301.374 or 4506.16 of the Revised Code.

(2)(a) In granting occupational driving privileges under division (I)(1) of this section, the court may impose any condition it considers reasonable and necessary to limit the use of a vehicle by the person. The court shall deliver to the person a permit card, in a form to be prescribed by the court, setting forth the time, place, and other conditions limiting the defendant's use of a vehicle. The grant of occupational driving privileges shall be conditioned upon the person's having the permit in the person's possession at all times during which the person is operating a vehicle.

A person granted occupational driving privileges who operates a vehicle for other than occupational purposes, in violation of any condition imposed by the court, or without having the permit in the person's possession, is guilty of a violation of section 4507.02 of the Revised Code.

(b) The court may not grant a person occupational driving privileges under division (I)(1) of this section when prohibited by a limitation contained in that division or during any of the following periods of time:

(i) The first thirty days of suspension imposed upon a person who, within five years of the date on which the person refused the request to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content and for which refusal the suspension was imposed, had not refused a previous request to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content;

(ii) The first ninety days of suspension imposed upon a person who, within five years of the date on which the person refused the request to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content and for which refusal the suspension was imposed, had refused one previous request to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content;

(iii) The first year of suspension imposed upon a person who, within five years of the date on which the person refused the request to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content and for which refusal the suspension was imposed, had refused two previous requests to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content;

(iv) The first three years of suspension imposed upon a person who, within five years of the date on which the person refused the request to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content and for which refusal the suspension was imposed, had refused three or more previous requests to consent to a chemical test of the person's blood, breath, or urine to determine its alcohol content.

(3) The court shall give information in writing of any action taken under this section to the registrar.

(4) If a person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege has been suspended pursuant to division (F) of this section, and the person, within the preceding seven years, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more violations of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, section 2903.04 of the Revised Code in a case in which the person was subject to the sanctions described in division (D) of that section, or section 2903.06, 2903.07, or 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.07 of the Revised Code in a case in which the jury or judge found that the person was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, or a statute of the United States or of any other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal corporation located in any other state that is substantially similar to division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, the person is not entitled to request, and the court shall not grant to the person, occupational driving privileges under this division. Any other person whose driver's or commercial driver's license or nonresident operating privilege has been suspended pursuant to division (F) of this section may file in the court specified in division (I)(1) of this section a petition requesting occupational driving privileges in accordance with section 4507.16 of the Revised Code. The petition may be filed at any time subsequent to the date on which the arresting officer serves the notice of suspension upon the arrested person. Upon the making of the request, occupational driving privileges may be granted in accordance with section 4507.16 of the Revised Code. The court may grant the occupational driving privileges, subject to the limitations contained in section 4507.16 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether the person appeals the suspension at the person's initial appearance under division (H)(1) of this section or appeals the decision of the court made pursuant to the appeal conducted at the initial appearance, and, if the person has appealed the suspension or decision, regardless of whether the matter at issue has been heard or decided by the court.

(J) When it finally has been determined under the procedures of this section that a nonresident's privilege to operate a vehicle within this state has been suspended, the registrar shall give information in writing of the action taken to the motor vehicle administrator of the state of the person's residence and of any state in which the person has a license.

(K) A suspension of the driver's or commercial driver's license or permit of a resident, a suspension of the operating privilege of a nonresident, or a denial of a driver's or commercial driver's license or permit pursuant to division (E) or (F) of this section shall be terminated by the registrar upon receipt of notice of the person's entering a plea of guilty to, or of the person's conviction of, operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse or with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, if the offense for which the plea is entered or that resulted in the conviction arose from the same incident that led to the suspension or denial.

The registrar shall credit against any judicial suspension of a person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege imposed pursuant to division (B) or (E) of section 4507.16 of the Revised Code any time during which the person serves a related suspension imposed pursuant to division (E) or (F) of this section.

(L) At the end of a suspension period under this section, section 4511.196, or division (B) of section 4507.16 of the Revised Code and upon the request of the person whose driver's or commercial driver's license or permit was suspended and who is not otherwise subject to suspension, revocation, or disqualification, the registrar shall return the driver's or commercial driver's license or permit to the person upon the person's compliance with all of the conditions specified in divisions (L)(1) and (2) of this section:

(1) A showing by the person that the person has proof of financial responsibility, a policy of liability insurance in effect that meets the minimum standards set forth in section 4509.51 of the Revised Code, or proof, to the satisfaction of the registrar, that the person is able to respond in damages in an amount at least equal to the minimum amounts specified in section 4509.51 of the Revised Code.

(2) Subject to the limitation contained in division (L)(3) of this section, payment by the person of a license reinstatement fee of four hundred TWENTY-five dollars to the bureau of motor vehicles, which fee shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited as follows:

(a) One hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents shall be credited to the drivers' treatment and intervention fund, which is hereby established. The fund shall be used to pay the costs of driver treatment and intervention programs operated pursuant to sections 3793.02 and 3793.10 of the Revised Code. The director of alcohol and drug addiction services shall determine the share of the fund that is to be allocated to alcohol and drug addiction programs authorized by section 3793.02 of the Revised Code, and the share of the fund that is to be allocated to drivers' intervention programs authorized by section 3793.10 of the Revised Code.

(b) Seventy-five dollars shall be credited to the reparations fund created by section 2743.191 of the Revised Code.

(c) Thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents shall be credited to the indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, which is hereby established. Except as otherwise provided in division (L)(2)(c) of this section, moneys in the fund shall be distributed by the department of alcohol and drug addiction services to the county indigent drivers alcohol treatment funds, the county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment funds, and the municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment funds that are required to be established by counties and municipal corporations pursuant to division (N) of this section, and shall be used only to pay the cost of an alcohol and drug addiction treatment program attended by an offender or juvenile traffic offender who is ordered to attend an alcohol and drug addiction treatment program by a county, juvenile, or municipal court judge and who is determined by the county, juvenile, or municipal court judge not to have the means to pay for attendance at the program or to pay the costs specified in division (N)(4) of this section in accordance with that division. Moneys in the fund that are not distributed to a county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, a county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, or a municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under division (N) of this section because the director of alcohol and drug addiction services does not have the information necessary to identify the county or municipal corporation where the offender or juvenile offender was arrested may be transferred by the director of budget and management to the drivers' treatment and intervention fund, created in division (L)(2)(a) of this section, upon certification of the amount by the director of alcohol and drug addiction services.

(d) Seventy-five dollars shall be credited to the Ohio rehabilitation services commission established by section 3304.12 of the Revised Code, to the services for rehabilitation fund, which is hereby established. The fund shall be used to match available federal matching funds where appropriate, and for any other purpose or program of the commission to rehabilitate people with disabilities to help them become employed and independent.

(e) Seventy-five dollars shall be deposited into the state treasury and credited to the drug abuse resistance education programs fund, which is hereby established, to be used by the attorney general for the purposes specified in division (L)(4) of this section.

(f) Thirty dollars shall be credited to the state bureau of motor vehicles fund created by section 4501.25 of the Revised Code.

(g) TWENTY DOLLARS SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GRANTS FUND CREATED BY SECTION 4513.263 of the Revised Code.

(3) If a person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit is suspended under division (E) or (F) of this section, section 4511.196, or division (B) of section 4507.16 of the Revised Code, or any combination of the suspensions described in division (L)(3) of this section, and if the suspensions arise from a single incident or a single set of facts and circumstances, the person is liable for payment of, and shall be required to pay to the bureau, only one reinstatement fee of four hundred five dollars. The reinstatement fee shall be distributed by the bureau in accordance with division (L)(2) of this section.

(4) The attorney general shall use amounts in the drug abuse resistance education programs fund to award grants to law enforcement agencies to establish and implement drug abuse resistance education programs in public schools. Grants awarded to a law enforcement agency under division (L)(2)(e) of this section shall be used by the agency to pay for not more than fifty per cent of the amount of the salaries of law enforcement officers who conduct drug abuse resistance education programs in public schools. The attorney general shall not use more than six per cent of the amounts the attorney general's office receives under division (L)(2)(e) of this section to pay the costs it incurs in administering the grant program established by division (L)(2)(e) of this section and in providing training and materials relating to drug abuse resistance education programs.

The attorney general shall report to the governor and the general assembly each fiscal year on the progress made in establishing and implementing drug abuse resistance education programs. These reports shall include an evaluation of the effectiveness of these programs.

(M) Suspension of a commercial driver's license under division (E) or (F) of this section shall be concurrent with any period of disqualification under section 2301.374 or 4506.16 of the Revised Code. No person who is disqualified for life from holding a commercial driver's license under section 4506.16 of the Revised Code shall be issued a driver's license under Chapter 4507. of the Revised Code during the period for which the commercial driver's license was suspended under division (E) or (F) of this section, and no person whose commercial driver's license is suspended under division (E) or (F) of this section shall be issued a driver's license under that chapter during the period of the suspension.

(N)(1) Each county shall establish an indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, each county shall establish a juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, and each municipal corporation in which there is a municipal court shall establish an indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund. All revenue that the general assembly appropriates to the indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund for transfer to a county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, a county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, or a municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, all portions of fees that are paid under division (L) of this section and that are credited under that division to the indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund in the state treasury for a county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, a county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, or a municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, and all portions of fines that are specified for deposit into a county or municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund by section 4511.193 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into that county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, or municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund in accordance with division (N)(2) of this section. Additionally, all portions of fines that are paid for a violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or division (B)(2) of section 4507.02 of the Revised Code, and that are required under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 4511.99 or division (B)(5) of section 4507.99 of the Revised Code to be deposited into a county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund or municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund shall be deposited into the appropriate fund in accordance with the applicable division.

(2) That portion of the license reinstatement fee that is paid under division (L) of this section and that is credited under that division to the indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund shall be deposited into a county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, a county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, or a municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund as follows:

(a) If the suspension in question was imposed under this section, that portion of the fee shall be deposited as follows:

(i) If the fee is paid by a person who was charged in a county court with the violation that resulted in the suspension, the portion shall be deposited into the county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under the control of that court;

(ii) If the fee is paid by a person who was charged in a juvenile court with the violation that resulted in the suspension, the portion shall be deposited into the county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund established in the county served by the court;

(iii) If the fee is paid by a person who was charged in a municipal court with the violation that resulted in the suspension, the portion shall be deposited into the municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under the control of that court.

(b) If the suspension in question was imposed under division (B) of section 4507.16 of the Revised Code, that portion of the fee shall be deposited as follows:

(i) If the fee is paid by a person whose license or permit was suspended by a county court, the portion shall be deposited into the county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under the control of that court;

(ii) If the fee is paid by a person whose license or permit was suspended by a municipal court, the portion shall be deposited into the municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under the control of that court.

(3) Expenditures from a county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, a county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, or a municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund shall be made only upon the order of a county, juvenile, or municipal court judge and only for payment of the cost of the attendance at an alcohol and drug addiction treatment program of a person who is convicted of, or found to be a juvenile traffic offender by reason of, a violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance, who is ordered by the court to attend the alcohol and drug addiction treatment program, and who is determined by the court to be unable to pay the cost of attendance at the treatment program or for payment of the costs specified in division (N)(4) of this section in accordance with that division. The alcohol and drug addiction services board or the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services established pursuant to section 340.02 or 340.021 of the Revised Code and serving the alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district in which the court is located shall administer the indigent drivers alcohol treatment program of the court. When a court orders an offender or juvenile traffic offender to attend an alcohol and drug addiction treatment program, the board shall determine which program is suitable to meet the needs of the offender or juvenile traffic offender, and when a suitable program is located and space is available at the program, the offender or juvenile traffic offender shall attend the program designated by the board. A reasonable amount not to exceed five per cent of the amounts credited to and deposited into the county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, the county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, or the municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund serving every court whose program is administered by that board shall be paid to the board to cover the costs it incurs in administering those indigent drivers alcohol treatment programs.

(4) If a county, juvenile, or municipal court determines, in consultation with the alcohol and drug addiction services board or the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services established pursuant to section 340.02 or 340.021 of the Revised Code and serving the alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health district in which the court is located, that the funds in the county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, the county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, or the municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under the control of the court are more than sufficient to satisfy the purpose for which the fund was established, as specified in divisions (N)(1) to (3) of this section, the court may declare a surplus in the fund. If the court declares a surplus in the fund, the court may expend the amount of the surplus in the fund for alcohol and drug abuse assessment and treatment of persons who are charged in the court with committing a criminal offense or with being a delinquent child or juvenile traffic offender and in relation to whom both of the following apply:

(a) The court determines that substance abuse was a contributing factor leading to the criminal or delinquent activity or the juvenile traffic offense with which the person is charged.

(b) The court determines that the person is unable to pay the cost of the alcohol and drug abuse assessment and treatment for which the surplus money will be used.

Sec. 4511.81. (A) When any child who is in either or both of the following categories is being transported in a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab or public safety vehicle as defined in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code, that is registered in this state and is required by the United States department of transportation to be equipped with seat belts at the time of manufacture or assembly, the operator of the motor vehicle shall have the child properly secured in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions in a child restraint system that meets federal motor vehicle safety standards:

(1) A child who is less than four years of age;

(2) A child who weighs less than forty pounds.

(B) When any child who is in either or both of the following categories is being transported in a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, that is registered in this state and is owned, leased, or otherwise under the control of a nursery school, kindergarten, or day-care center, the operator of the motor vehicle shall have the child properly secured in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions in a child restraint system that meets federal motor vehicle safety standards:

(1) A child who is less than four years of age;

(2) A child who weighs less than forty pounds.

(C) The director of public safety shall adopt such rules as are necessary to carry out this section.

(D) The failure of an operator of a motor vehicle to secure a child in a child restraint system as required by this section is not negligence imputable to the child, is not admissible as evidence in any civil action involving the rights of the child against any other person allegedly liable for injuries to the child, is not to be used as a basis for a criminal prosecution of the operator of the motor vehicle other than a prosecution for a violation of this section, and is not admissible as evidence in any criminal action involving the operator of the motor vehicle other than a prosecution for a violation of this section.

(E) This section does not apply when an emergency exists that threatens the life of any person operating a motor vehicle and to whom this section otherwise would apply or the life of any child who otherwise would be required to be restrained under this section.

(F) If a person who is not a resident of this state is charged with a violation of division (A) or (B) of this section and does not prove to the court, by a preponderance of the evidence, that his THE PERSON'S use or nonuse of a child restraint system was in accordance with the law of the state of which he THE PERSON is a resident, the court shall impose the fine levied by division (H)(2) of section 4511.99 of the Revised Code.

(G) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "child highway safety fund," consisting of those portions of every fine FINES imposed pursuant to divisions (H)(1) and (2) of section 4511.99 of the Revised Code for violations of divisions (A) and (B) of this section, that are required to be forwarded to the treasurer of state for deposit in the fund. The money in the fund shall be used by the department of health only for the purpose of establishing TO DEFRAY THE COST OF VERIFYING PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS UNDER SECTION 3702.161 of the Revised Code AND TO ESTABLISH and administering ADMINISTER a child highway safety program. The purpose of the program shall be to educate the public about child restraint systems generally and the importance of their proper use. The program also shall include a process for providing child restraint systems to persons who meet the eligibility criteria established by the department, and a toll-free telephone number the public may utilize to obtain information about child restraint systems and their proper use.

The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt any rules necessary to carry out this section, including rules establishing the criteria a person must meet in order to receive a child restraint system under the department's child restraint system program; PROVIDED THAT RULES RELATING TO THE VERIFICATION OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS SHALL NOT BE ADOPTED UNDER THIS SECTION.

Sec. 4511.99. (A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, in addition to the license suspension or revocation provided in section 4507.16 of the Revised Code and any disqualification imposed under section 4506.16 of the Revised Code, shall be punished as provided in division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and the court shall sentence the offender to a term of imprisonment of three consecutive days and may sentence the offender pursuant to section 2929.21 of the Revised Code to a longer term of imprisonment. In addition, the court shall impose upon the offender a fine of not less than two hundred and not more than one thousand dollars.

The court may suspend the execution of the mandatory three consecutive days of imprisonment that it is required to impose by this division, if the court, in lieu of the suspended term of imprisonment, places the offender on probation and requires the offender to attend, for three consecutive days, a drivers' intervention program that is certified pursuant to section 3793.10 of the Revised Code. The court also may suspend the execution of any part of the mandatory three consecutive days of imprisonment that it is required to impose by this division, if the court places the offender on probation for part of the three consecutive days; requires the offender to attend, for that part of the three consecutive days, a drivers' intervention program that is certified pursuant to section 3793.10 of the Revised Code; and sentences the offender to a term of imprisonment equal to the remainder of the three consecutive days that the offender does not spend attending the drivers' intervention program. The court may require the offender, as a condition of probation, to attend and satisfactorily complete any treatment or education programs that comply with the minimum standards adopted pursuant to Chapter 3793. of the Revised Code by the director of alcohol and drug addiction services, in addition to the required attendance at a drivers' intervention program, that the operators of the drivers' intervention program determine that the offender should attend and to report periodically to the court on the offender's progress in the programs. The court also may impose any other conditions of probation on the offender that it considers necessary.

Of the fine imposed pursuant to this division, twenty-five dollars shall be paid to an enforcement and education fund established by the legislative authority of the law enforcement agency in this state that primarily was responsible for the arrest of the offender, as determined by the court that imposes the fine. This share shall be used by the agency to pay only those costs it incurs in enforcing section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance and in informing the public of the laws governing the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, the dangers of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and other information relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Twenty-five dollars of the fine imposed pursuant to this division shall be deposited into the county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund or municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under the control of that court, as created by the county or municipal corporation pursuant to division (N) of section 4511.191 of the Revised Code. The balance of the fine shall be disbursed as otherwise provided by law.

(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(4) of this section, if, within six years of the offense, the offender has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, section 2903.04 of the Revised Code in a case in which the offender was subject to the sanctions described in division (D) of that section, section 2903.06, 2903.07, or 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.07 of the Revised Code in a case in which the jury or judge found that the offender was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, or a statute of the United States or of any other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal corporation located in any other state that is substantially similar to division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and, except as provided in this division, the court shall sentence the offender to a term of imprisonment of ten consecutive days and may sentence the offender pursuant to section 2929.21 of the Revised Code to a longer term of imprisonment. As an alternative to the term of imprisonment required to be imposed by this division, but subject to division (A)(8) of this section, the court may impose upon the offender a sentence consisting of both a term of imprisonment of five consecutive days and not less than eighteen consecutive days of electronically monitored house arrest as defined in division (A) of section 2929.23 of the Revised Code. The five consecutive days of imprisonment and the period of electronically monitored house arrest shall not exceed six months. The five consecutive days of imprisonment do not have to be served prior to or consecutively with the period of electronically monitored house arrest.

In addition, the court shall impose upon the offender a fine of not less than three hundred and not more than one thousand five hundred dollars.

In addition to any other sentence that it imposes upon the offender, the court may require the offender to attend a drivers' intervention program that is certified pursuant to section 3793.10 of the Revised Code. If the officials of the drivers' intervention program determine that the offender is alcohol dependent, they shall notify the court, and the court shall order the offender to obtain treatment through an alcohol and drug addiction program authorized by section 3793.02 of the Revised Code. The cost of the treatment shall be paid by the offender.

Of the fine imposed pursuant to this division, thirty-five dollars shall be paid to an enforcement and education fund established by the legislative authority of the law enforcement agency in this state that primarily was responsible for the arrest of the offender, as determined by the court that imposes the fine. This share shall be used by the agency to pay only those costs it incurs in enforcing division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance and in informing the public of the laws governing the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, the dangers of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and other information relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Sixty-five dollars of the fine imposed pursuant to this division shall be paid to the political subdivision responsible for housing the offender during the offender's term of incarceration. This share shall be used by the political subdivision to pay or reimburse incarceration costs it incurs in housing persons who violate section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance and to pay for ignition interlock devices and electronic house arrest equipment for persons who violate that section, and shall be paid to the credit of the fund that pays the cost of the incarceration. Fifty dollars of the fine imposed pursuant to this division shall be deposited into the county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund or municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under the control of that court, as created by the county or municipal corporation pursuant to division (N) of section 4511.191 of the Revised Code. The balance of the fine shall be disbursed as otherwise provided by law.

(b) Regardless of whether the vehicle the offender was operating at the time of the offense is registered in the offender's name or in the name of another person, the court, in addition to the penalties imposed under division (A)(2)(a) of this section and all other penalties provided by law and subject to section 4503.235 of the Revised Code, shall order the immobilization for ninety days of the vehicle the offender was operating at the time of the offense and the impoundment for ninety days of the identification license plates of that vehicle. The order for the immobilization and impoundment shall be issued and enforced in accordance with section 4503.233 of the Revised Code.

(3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(4) of this section, if, within six years of the offense, the offender has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two violations of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, section 2903.04 of the Revised Code in a case in which the offender was subject to the sanctions described in division (D) of that section, section 2903.06, 2903.07, or 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.07 of the Revised Code in a case in which the jury or judge found that the offender was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, or a statute of the United States or of any other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal corporation located in any other state that is substantially similar to division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, except as provided in this division, the court shall sentence the offender to a term of imprisonment of thirty consecutive days and may sentence the offender to a longer definite term of imprisonment of not more than one year. As an alternative to the term of imprisonment required to be imposed by this division, but subject to division (A)(8) of this section, the court may impose upon the offender a sentence consisting of both a term of imprisonment of fifteen consecutive days and not less than fifty-five consecutive days of electronically monitored house arrest as defined in division (A) of section 2929.23 of the Revised Code. The fifteen consecutive days of imprisonment and the period of electronically monitored house arrest shall not exceed one year. The fifteen consecutive days of imprisonment do not have to be served prior to or consecutively with the period of electronically monitored house arrest.

In addition, the court shall impose upon the offender a fine of not less than five hundred and not more than two thousand five hundred dollars.

In addition to any other sentence that it imposes upon the offender, the court shall require the offender to attend an alcohol and drug addiction program authorized by section 3793.02 of the Revised Code. The cost of the treatment shall be paid by the offender. If the court determines that the offender is unable to pay the cost of attendance at the treatment program, the court may order that payment of the cost of the offender's attendance at the treatment program be made from that court's indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund.

Of the fine imposed pursuant to this division, one hundred twenty-three dollars shall be paid to an enforcement and education fund established by the legislative authority of the law enforcement agency in this state that primarily was responsible for the arrest of the offender, as determined by the court that imposes the fine. This share shall be used by the agency to pay only those costs it incurs in enforcing section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance and in informing the public of the laws governing the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, the dangers of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and other information relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Two hundred twenty-seven dollars of the fine imposed pursuant to this division shall be paid to the political subdivision responsible for housing the offender during the offender's term of incarceration. This share shall be used by the political subdivision to pay or reimburse incarceration costs it incurs in housing persons who violate division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance and to pay for ignition interlock devices and electronic house arrest equipment for persons who violate that section and shall be paid to the credit of the fund that pays the cost of incarceration. The balance of the fine shall be disbursed as otherwise provided by law.

(b) Regardless of whether the vehicle the offender was operating at the time of the offense is registered in the offender's name or in the name of another person, the court, in addition to the penalties imposed under division (A)(3)(a) of this section and all other penalties provided by law and subject to section 4503.235 of the Revised Code, shall order the immobilization for one hundred eighty days of the vehicle the offender was operating at the time of the offense and the impoundment for one hundred eighty days of the identification license plates of that vehicle. The order for the immobilization and impoundment shall be issued and enforced in accordance with section 4503.233 of the Revised Code.

(4)(a) If, within six years of the offense, the offender has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more violations of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, section 2903.04 of the Revised Code in a case in which the offender was subject to the sanctions described in division (D) of that section, section 2903.06, 2903.07, or 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.07 of the Revised Code in a case in which the jury or judge found that the offender was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, or a statute of the United States or of any other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal corporation located in any other state that is substantially similar to division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, or if the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code under circumstances in which the violation was a felony and regardless of when the violation and the conviction or guilty plea occurred, the offender is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. The court shall sentence the offender in accordance with sections 2929.11 to 2929.19 of the Revised Code and shall impose as part of the sentence a mandatory term of local incarceration of sixty consecutive days of imprisonment in accordance with division (G)(1) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code or a mandatory prison term of sixty consecutive days of imprisonment in accordance with division (G)(2) of that section, whichever is applicable. If the offender is required to serve a mandatory term of local incarceration of sixty consecutive days of imprisonment in accordance with division (G)(1) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code, the court, pursuant to section 2929.17 of the Revised Code, may impose upon the offender a sentence that includes a term of electronically monitored house arrest, provided that the term of electronically monitored house arrest shall not commence until after the offender has served the mandatory term of local incarceration.

In addition to all other sanctions imposed, the court shall impose upon the offender, pursuant to section 2929.18 of the Revised Code, a fine of not less than seven hundred fifty nor more than ten thousand dollars.

In addition to any other sanction that it imposes upon the offender, the court shall require the offender to attend an alcohol and drug addiction program authorized by section 3793.02 of the Revised Code. The cost of the treatment shall be paid by the offender. If the court determines that the offender is unable to pay the cost of attendance at the treatment program, the court may order that payment of the cost of the offender's attendance at the treatment program be made from the court's indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund.

Of the fine imposed pursuant to this division, two hundred ten dollars shall be paid to an enforcement and education fund established by the legislative authority of the law enforcement agency in this state that primarily was responsible for the arrest of the offender, as determined by the court that imposes the fine. This share shall be used by the agency to pay only those costs it incurs in enforcing section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance and in informing the public of the laws governing operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, the dangers of operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and other information relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Three hundred ninety dollars of the fine imposed pursuant to this division shall be paid to the political subdivision responsible for housing the offender during the offender's term of incarceration. This share shall be used by the political subdivision to pay or reimburse incarceration costs it incurs in housing persons who violate division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance and to pay for ignition interlock devices and electronic house arrest equipment for persons who violate that section, and shall be paid to the credit of the fund that pays the cost of incarceration. The balance of the fine shall be disbursed as otherwise provided by law.

(b) Regardless of whether the vehicle the offender was operating at the time of the offense is registered in the offender's name or in the name of another person, the court, in addition to the sanctions imposed under division (A)(4)(a) of this section and all other sanctions provided by law and subject to section 4503.235 of the Revised Code, shall order the criminal forfeiture to the state of the vehicle the offender was operating at the time of the offense. The order of criminal forfeiture shall be issued and enforced in accordance with section 4503.234 of the Revised Code.

(c) As used in division (A)(4)(a) of this section, "mandatory prison term" and "mandatory term of local incarceration" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.

If title to a motor vehicle that is subject to an order for criminal forfeiture under this section is assigned or transferred and division (C)(2) or (3) of section 4503.234 of the Revised Code applies, in addition to or independent of any other penalty established by law, the court may fine the offender the value of the vehicle as determined by publications of the national auto dealer's association. The proceeds from any fine imposed under this division shall be distributed in accordance with division (D)(4) of section 4503.234 of the Revised Code.

(5)(a) Except as provided in division (A)(5)(b) of this section, upon a showing that imprisonment would seriously affect the ability of an offender sentenced pursuant to division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section to continue the offender's employment, the court may authorize that the offender be granted work release from imprisonment after the offender has served the three, ten, or thirty consecutive days of imprisonment or the mandatory term of local incarceration of sixty consecutive days that the court is required by division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section to impose. No court shall authorize work release from imprisonment during the three, ten, or thirty consecutive days of imprisonment or the mandatory term of local incarceration or mandatory prison term of sixty consecutive days that the court is required by division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section to impose. The duration of the work release shall not exceed the time necessary each day for the offender to commute to and from the place of employment and the place of imprisonment and the time actually spent under employment.

(b) An offender who is sentenced pursuant to division (A)(2) or (3) of this section to a term of imprisonment followed by a period of electronically monitored house arrest is not eligible for work release from imprisonment, but that person shall be permitted work release during the period of electronically monitored house arrest. The duration of the work release shall not exceed the time necessary each day for the offender to commute to and from the place of employment and the offender's home or other place specified by the sentencing court and the time actually spent under employment.

(6) Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code that authorizes the suspension of the imposition or execution of a sentence, the placement of an offender in any treatment program in lieu of imprisonment, or the use of a community control sanction for an offender convicted of a felony, no court shall suspend the ten or thirty consecutive days of imprisonment required to be imposed on an offender by division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, no court shall place an offender who is sentenced pursuant to division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section in any treatment program in lieu of imprisonment until after the offender has served the ten or thirty consecutive days of imprisonment or the mandatory term of local incarceration or mandatory prison term of sixty consecutive days required to be imposed pursuant to division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section, no court that sentences an offender under division (A)(4) of this section shall impose any sanction other than a mandatory term of local incarceration or mandatory prison term to apply to the offender until after the offender has served the mandatory term of local incarceration or mandatory prison term of sixty consecutive days required to be imposed pursuant to division (A)(4) of this section, and no court that imposes a sentence of imprisonment and a period of electronically monitored house arrest upon an offender under division (A)(2) or (3) of this section shall suspend any portion of the sentence or place the offender in any treatment program in lieu of imprisonment or electronically monitored house arrest. Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code that authorizes the suspension of the imposition or execution of a sentence or the placement of an offender in any treatment program in lieu of imprisonment, no court, except as specifically authorized by division (A)(1) of this section, shall suspend the three consecutive days of imprisonment required to be imposed by division (A)(1) of this section or place an offender who is sentenced pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section in any treatment program in lieu of imprisonment until after the offender has served the three consecutive days of imprisonment required to be imposed pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section.

(7) No court shall sentence an offender to an alcohol treatment program pursuant to division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section unless the treatment program complies with the minimum standards adopted pursuant to Chapter 3793. of the Revised Code by the director of alcohol and drug addiction services.

(8) No court shall impose the alternative sentence of a term of imprisonment of five consecutive days plus not less than eighteen consecutive days of electronically monitored house arrest permitted to be imposed by division (A)(2) of this section, or the alternative sentence of a term of imprisonment of fifteen consecutive days plus not less than fifty-five consecutive days of electronically monitored house arrest permitted to be imposed pursuant to division (A)(3) of this section, unless within sixty days of the date of sentencing, the court issues a written finding, entered into the record, that due to the unavailability of space at the incarceration facility where the offender is required to serve the term of imprisonment imposed upon the offender, the offender will not be able to commence serving the term of imprisonment within the sixty-day period following the date of sentencing. If the court issues such a finding, the court may impose the alternative sentence comprised of a term of imprisonment and a term of electronically monitored house arrest permitted to be imposed by division (A)(2) or (3) of this section.

(B) Whoever violates section 4511.192, 4511.251, or 4511.85 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. The court, in addition to or independent of all other penalties provided by law, may suspend for a period not to exceed one year the driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege of any person who pleads guilty to or is convicted of a violation of section 4511.192 of the Revised Code.

(C) Whoever violates section 4511.63, 4511.76, 4511.761, 4511.762, 4511.764, 4511.77, or 4511.79 of the Revised Code is guilty of one of the following:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, a minor misdemeanor.

(2) If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more violations of section 4511.63, 4511.76, 4511.761, 4511.762, 4511.764, 4511.77, or 4511.79 of the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any of those sections, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(D)(1) Whoever violates any provision of sections 4511.01 to 4511.76 or section 4511.84 of the Revised Code, for which no penalty otherwise is provided in this section is guilty of one of the following:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(1)(b), (1)(c), (2), or (3) of this section, a minor misdemeanor;

(b) If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation of any provision of sections 4511.01 to 4511.76 or section 4511.84 of the Revised Code for which no penalty otherwise is provided in this section or a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any provision of sections 4511.01 to 4511.76 or section 4511.84 of the Revised Code for which no penalty otherwise is provided in this section, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree;

(c) If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of any provision described in division (D)(1)(b) of this section or any municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any of those provisions, a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) When any person is found guilty of a first offense for a violation of section 4511.21 of the Revised Code upon a finding that the person operated a motor vehicle faster than thirty-five miles an hour in a business district of a municipal corporation, or faster than fifty miles an hour in other portions, or faster than thirty-five miles an hour while passing through a school zone during recess or while children are going to or leaving school during the opening or closing hours, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(3) Notwithstanding section 2929.21 of the Revised Code, upon a finding that such person operated a motor vehicle in a construction zone where a sign was then posted in accordance with section 4511.98 of the Revised Code, the court, in addition to all other penalties provided by law, shall impose a fine of two times the usual amount imposed for the violation. No court shall impose a fine of two times the usual amount imposed for the violation upon an offender who alleges, in an affidavit filed with the court prior to the offender's sentencing, that the offender is indigent and is unable to pay the fine imposed pursuant to this division, provided the court determines the offender is an indigent person and is unable to pay the fine.

(E) Whenever a person is found guilty in a court of record of a violation of section 4511.761, 4511.762, or 4511.77 of the Revised Code, the trial judge, in addition to or independent of all other penalties provided by law, may suspend for any period of time not exceeding three years, or revoke the license of any person, partnership, association, or corporation, issued under section 4511.763 of the Revised Code.

(F) Whoever violates division (E) or (F) of section 4511.51, division (A), (D), or (E) of section 4511.521, section 4511.681, division (A), (C), or (F) of section 4511.69, section 4511.772, or division (A) or (B) of section 4511.82 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

(G) Whoever violates division (A) of section 4511.75 of the Revised Code may be fined an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars. A person who is issued a citation for a violation of division (A) of section 4511.75 of the Revised Code is not permitted to enter a written plea of guilty and waive the person's right to contest the citation in a trial, but instead must appear in person in the proper court to answer the charge.

(H)(1) Whoever is a resident of this state and violates division (A) or (B) of section 4511.81 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (H)(1)(b) of this section, the offender is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

(b) If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.81 of the Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to either of those divisions, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(2) Whoever is not a resident of this state, violates division (A) or (B) of section 4511.81 of the Revised Code, and fails to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the offender's use or nonuse of a child restraint system was in accordance with the law of the state of which the offender is a resident is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second or subsequent offense, that person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(3) Sixty-five per cent of every fine ALL FINES imposed pursuant to division (H)(1) or (2) of this section shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state for deposit in the "child highway safety fund" created by division (G) of section 4511.81 of the Revised Code. The balance of the fine shall be disbursed as otherwise provided by law.

(I) Whoever violates section 4511.202 of the Revised Code is guilty of operating a motor vehicle without being in control of it, a minor misdemeanor.

(J) Whoever violates division (B) of section 4511.74, division (B)(1), (2), or (3), (C), or (E)(1), (2), or (3) of section 4511.83 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(K) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates division (E) of section 4511.11, division (A) or (C) of section 4511.17, or section 4511.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. If a violation of division (A) or (C) of section 4511.17 of the Revised Code creates a risk of physical harm to any person, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. A violation of division (A) or (C) of section 4511.17 of the Revised Code that causes serious physical harm to property that is owned, leased, or controlled by a state or local authority is a felony of the fifth degree.

(L) Whoever violates division (H) of section 4511.69 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (L)(2) of this section, the offender shall be issued a warning.

(2) If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of division (H) of section 4511.69 of the Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to that division, the offender shall not be issued a warning but shall be fined twenty-five dollars for each parking location that is not properly marked or whose markings are not properly maintained.

(M) Whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) of section 4511.45 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree; and on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.

(N)(1) Whoever violates division (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code is guilty of operating a motor vehicle after under-age alcohol consumption and shall be punished as follows:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (N)(1)(b) of this section, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(b) If, within one year of the offense, the offender has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any violation of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, section 2903.04 of the Revised Code in a case in which the offender was subject to the sanctions described in division (D) of that section, section 2903.06, 2903.07, or 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.07 of the Revised Code in a case in which the jury or judge found that the offender was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, or a statute of the United States or of any other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal corporation located in any other state that is substantially similar to division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) In addition to or independent of all other penalties provided by law, the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege shall be suspended in accordance with, and for the period of time specified in, division (E) of section 4507.16 of the Revised Code.

(O) Whoever violates section 4511.62 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

Sec. 4513.263. (A) As used in this section and in section 4513.99 of the Revised Code:

(1) "Automobile" means any commercial tractor, passenger car, commercial car, or truck that is required to be factory-equipped with an occupant restraining device for the operator or any passenger by regulations adopted by the United States secretary of transportation pursuant to the "National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 719, 15 U.S.C.A. 1392.

(2) "Occupant restraining device" means a seat safety belt, shoulder belt, harness, or other safety device for restraining a person who is an operator of or passenger in an automobile and that satisfies the minimum federal vehicle safety standards established by the United States department of transportation.

(3) "Passenger" means any person in an automobile, other than its operator, who is occupying a seating position for which an occupant restraining device is provided.

(4) "Commercial tractor," "passenger car," and "commercial car" have the same meanings as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code.

(5) "Vehicle" and "motor vehicle," as used in the definitions of the terms set forth in division (A)(4) of this section, have the same meanings as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.

(6) "Manufacturer" and "supplier" have the same meanings as in section 2307.71 of the Revised Code.

(7) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property. "Tort action" includes a product liability claim but does not include a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons.

(B) No person shall do any of the following:

(1) Operate an automobile on any street or highway unless that person is wearing all of the available elements of a properly adjusted occupant restraining device, or operate a school bus that has an occupant restraining device installed for use in its operator's seat unless that person is wearing all of the available elements of the device, as properly adjusted;

(2) Operate an automobile on any street or highway unless each passenger in the automobile who is subject to the requirement set forth in division (B)(3) of this section is wearing all of the available elements of a properly adjusted occupant restraining device;

(3) Occupy, as a passenger, a seating position on the front seat of an automobile being operated on any street or highway unless that person is wearing all of the available elements of a properly adjusted occupant restraining device;

(4) Operate a taxicab on any street or highway unless all factory-equipped occupant restraining devices in the taxicab are maintained in usable form.

(C) Division (B)(3) of this section does not apply to a person who is required by section 4511.81 of the Revised Code to be secured in a child restraint device. Division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to a person who is an employee of the United States postal service or of a newspaper home delivery service, during any period in which the person is engaged in the operation of an automobile to deliver mail or newspapers to addressees. Divisions (B)(1) and (3) of this section do not apply to a person who has an affidavit signed by a physician licensed to practice in this state under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code or a chiropractor licensed to practice in this state under Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code that states that the person has a physical impairment that makes use of an occupant restraining device impossible or impractical.

(D) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no law enforcement officer shall cause an operator of an automobile being operated on any street or highway to stop the automobile for the sole purpose of determining whether a violation of division (B) of this section has been or is being committed or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation, or summons for a violation of that nature or causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of a person for a violation of that nature, and no law enforcement officer shall view the interior or visually inspect any automobile being operated on any street or highway for the sole purpose of determining whether a violation of that nature has been or is being committed.

(E) All fines collected for violations of division (B) of this section, or for violations of any ordinance or resolution of a political subdivision that is substantively comparable to that division, shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state for deposit as follows:

(1) Ten EIGHT per cent shall be deposited into the seat belt education fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, and shall be used by the department of public safety to establish a seat belt education program.

(2) Ten EIGHT per cent shall be deposited into the elementary school program fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, and shall be used by the department of public safety to establish and administer elementary school programs that encourage seat safety belt use.

(3) Until July 1, 1999, one per cent, and on and after July 1, 1999, two TWO per cent shall be deposited into the Ohio ambulance licensing trust fund created by section 4766.05 of the Revised Code.

(4) Twenty-eight per cent shall be deposited into the TRAUMA AND emergency medical services fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, and shall be used by the department of public safety for the administration of the division of emergency medical services and THE state board of emergency medical services.

(5) Until July 1, 1999, fifty-one per cent, and on and after July 1, 1999, fifty FIFTY-FOUR per cent shall be deposited into the TRAUMA AND emergency medical services grants fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, and shall be used by the state board of emergency medical services to make grants, in accordance with section 4765.07 of the Revised Code and the rules that the board adopts under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code, to emergency medical service organizations for the training of their personnel, for the purchase of equipment, and to improve the availability, accessibility, and quality of emergency medical services in this state.

(F) The failure of a person to wear all of the available elements of a properly adjusted occupant restraining device in violation of division (B)(1) or (3) of this section or the failure of a person to ensure that each minor who is a passenger of an automobile being operated by that person is wearing all of the available elements of a properly adjusted occupant restraining device in violation of division (B)(2) of this section shall be considered by the trier of fact in a tort action as contributory negligence or other tortious conduct or considered for any other relevant purpose if the failure contributed to the harm alleged in the tort action and may diminish pursuant to section 2315.19 or 2315.20 of the Revised Code a recovery of compensatory damages in a tort action; shall not be used as a basis for a criminal prosecution of the person other than a prosecution for a violation of this section; and shall not be admissible as evidence in a criminal action involving the person other than a prosecution for a violation of this section.

Sec. 4513.99. (A) Whoever violates division (C), (D), (E), or (F) of section 4513.241, section 4513.261, 4513.262, or 4513.36, or division (B)(3) of section 4513.60 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

(B) Whoever violates section 4513.02 or 4513.021, or division (B)(4) of section 4513.263, or division (F) of section 4513.60 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second or subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(C) Whoever violates sections 4513.03 to 4513.262 or 4513.27 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code, for which violation no penalty is otherwise provided, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(D) Whoever violates section 4513.64 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and shall also be assessed any costs incurred by the county, township, or municipal corporation in disposing of such abandoned junk motor vehicle, less any money accruing to the county, to the township, or to the municipal corporation from such disposal.

(E) Whoever violates section 4513.65 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(F) Whoever violates division (B)(1) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code shall be fined twenty-five THIRTY dollars.

(G) Whoever violates division (B)(3) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code shall be fined fifteen TWENTY dollars.

(H) Whoever violates section 4513.361 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

Sec. 4765.01. As used in this chapter:

(A) "First responder" means an individual who holds a current, valid certificate issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code to practice as a first responder.

(B) "Emergency medical technician-basic" or "EMT-basic" means an individual who holds a current, valid certificate issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code to practice as an emergency medical technician-basic.

(C) "Emergency medical technician-intermediate" or "EMT-I" means an individual who holds a current, valid certificate issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code to practice as an emergency medical technician-intermediate.

(D) "Emergency medical technician-paramedic" or "paramedic" means an individual who holds a current, valid certificate issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code to practice as an emergency medical technician-paramedic.

(E) "Ambulance" means any motor vehicle that is used, or is intended to be used, for the purpose of responding to emergency medical situations, transporting emergency patients, and administering emergency medical service to patients before, during, or after transportation.

(F) "Cardiac monitoring" means a procedure used for the purpose of observing and documenting the rate and rhythm of a patient's heart by attaching electrical leads from an electrocardiograph monitor to certain points on the patient's body surface.

(G) "Emergency medical service" means any of the services described in sections 4765.35, 4765.37, 4765.38, and 4765.39 of the Revised Code that are performed by first responders, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and paramedics. "Emergency medical service" includes such services performed before or during any transport of a patient, including transports between hospitals and transports to and from helicopters.

(H) "Emergency medical service organization" means a public or private organization using first responders, EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, or paramedics, or a combination of first responders, EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, and paramedics, to provide emergency medical services.

(I) "Physician" means an individual who holds a current, valid certificate issued under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code authorizing the practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.

(J) "Registered nurse" means an individual who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code authorizing the practice of nursing as a registered nurse.

(K) "Volunteer" means a person who provides emergency medical services either for no compensation or for compensation that does not exceed the actual expenses of service and training for INCURRED IN providing such THE services part time OR IN TRAINING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES.

(L) "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL" MEANS FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TECHNICIANS-BASIC, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TECHNICIANS-INTERMEDIATE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TECHNICIANS-PARAMEDIC, AND PERSONS WHO PROVIDE MEDICAL DIRECTION TO SUCH PERSONS.

(M) "HOSPITAL" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 3727.01 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(N) "TRAUMA" OR "TRAUMATIC INJURY" MEANS SEVERE DAMAGE TO OR DESTRUCTION OF TISSUE THAT SATISFIES BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

(1) IT CREATES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(a) LOSS OF LIFE;

(b) LOSS OF A LIMB;

(c) SIGNIFICANT, PERMANENT DISFIGUREMENT;

(d) SIGNIFICANT, PERMANENT DISABILITY.

(2) IT IS CAUSED BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(a) BLUNT OR PENETRATING INJURY;

(b) EXPOSURE TO ELECTROMAGNETIC, CHEMICAL, OR RADIOACTIVE ENERGY;

(c) DROWNING, SUFFOCATION, OR STRANGULATION;

(d) A DEFICIT OR EXCESS OF HEAT.

(O) "TRAUMA VICTIM" OR "TRAUMA PATIENT" MEANS A PERSON WHO HAS SUSTAINED A TRAUMATIC INJURY.

(P) "TRAUMA CARE" MEANS THE ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS, TRANSPORTATION, TREATMENT, OR REHABILITATION OF A TRAUMA VICTIM BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL OR BY A PHYSICIAN, NURSE, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, PHYSICAL THERAPIST, CHIROPRACTOR, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST, AUDIOLOGIST, OR PSYCHOLOGIST LICENSED TO PRACTICE AS SUCH IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

(Q) "TRAUMA CENTER" MEANS ANY HOSPITAL THAT IS VERIFIED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AS AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER, ANY HOSPITAL IN THIS STATE THAT IS DESIGNATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER UNDER SECTION 3727.081 of the Revised Code, AND ANY HOSPITAL IN ANOTHER STATE THAT IS LICENSED OR DESIGNATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THAT STATE AS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING SPECIALIZED TRAUMA CARE APPROPRIATE TO THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF THE TRAUMA PATIENT.

(R) "PEDIATRIC" MEANS INVOLVING A PATIENT WHO IS LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.

(S) "ADULT" MEANS INVOLVING A PATIENT WHO IS NOT A PEDIATRIC PATIENT.

(T) "GERIATRIC" MEANS INVOLVING A PATIENT WHO IS AT LEAST SEVENTY YEARS OLD OR EXHIBITS SIGNIFICANT ANATOMICAL OR PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH ADVANCED AGING.

(U) "AIR MEDICAL ORGANIZATION" MEANS AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, OR TRANSPORTS EMERGENCY VICTIMS, BY MEANS OF FIXED OR ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT.

(V) "EMERGENCY CARE" AND "EMERGENCY FACILITY" HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS IN SECTION 3727.01 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4765.02. There is hereby created the state board of emergency medical services within the division of emergency medical services of the department of public safety. The board shall consist of eighteen THE members SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION who are residents of this state. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint seventeen ALL members of the board, EXCEPT THE EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DESIGNATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY UNDER THIS SECTION TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD. In making the appointments, the governor shall appoint only members with background or experience in emergency medical services or trauma care and shall attempt to include members representing urban and rural areas and the, various geographical regions of the state, AND VARIOUS SCHOOLS OF TRAINING.

One member of the board shall be a physician certified by the American board of emergency medicine or the American osteopathic board of emergency medicine who is in the active IN THE practice of emergency medicine and is actively involved with an emergency medical service organization. The governor shall appoint this member from among three persons nominated by the Ohio chapter of the American college of emergency physicians. One member shall be a physician certified by the American board of surgery or the American osteopathic board of surgery who is active in the practice of TRAUMA surgery and is actively involved with emergency medical services. The governor shall appoint this member from among three persons nominated by the Ohio chapter of the American college of surgeons AND THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION. One member shall be a physician certified by the American academy of pediatricians PEDIATRICS OR AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF PEDIATRICS who is active in the practice of pediatric emergency medicine and actively involved with an emergency medical service organization. The governor shall appoint this member from among three persons nominated by the Ohio chapter of the American academy of pediatricians PEDIATRICS. One member shall be the administrator of a hospital with THAT OPERATES an active emergency room FACILITY. The governor shall appoint this member from among three persons nominated by the Ohio hospital association AND THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS. ONE MEMBER SHALL BE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF A HOSPITAL THAT IS NOT A TRAUMA CENTER. THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THIS MEMBER FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS OR OTHER STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING COMMUNITY HOSPITALS. One member shall be a registered nurse who is in the active practice of emergency nursing. The governor shall appoint this member from among three persons nominated by the Ohio nurses association and three persons nominated by the Ohio state council of the emergency nurses association. One member shall be the chief of a fire department that is also an emergency medical service organization in which more than fifty per cent of the persons who provide emergency medical services are full-time paid employees. The governor shall appoint this member from among three persons nominated by the Ohio fire chiefs' association. One member shall be the chief of a fire department that is also an emergency medical service organization in which more than fifty per cent of the persons who provide emergency medical services are volunteers. The governor shall appoint this member from among three persons nominated by the Ohio fire chief's CHIEFS' association. One member shall be a person who is certified to teach under section 4765.23 of the Revised Code or, if the board has not yet certified persons to teach under that section, a person who is qualified to be certified to teach under that section. The governor shall appoint this member from among three persons nominated by the Ohio emergency medical technician instructors association and the Ohio instructor/coordinators' society. One member shall be an EMT-basic, one shall be an EMT-I, and one shall be a paramedic. The governor shall appoint these members from among three EMTs-basic, three EMTs-I, and three paramedics nominated by the Ohio association of professional fire fighters and three EMTs-basic, three EMTs-I, and three paramedics nominated by the northern Ohio fire fighters. One member shall be an EMT-basic, one shall be an EMT-I, and one shall be a paramedic whom the governor shall appoint from among three EMTs-basic, three EMTs-I, and three paramedics nominated by the Ohio state firefighter's association. One member shall be a person whom the governor shall appoint from among an EMT-basic, an EMT-I, and a paramedic nominated by the Ohio association of emergency medical services. The governor shall appoint one member who is an EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic affiliated with an emergency medical services organization. One member shall be a member of the Ohio ambulance association whom the governor shall appoint from among three persons nominated by the Ohio ambulance association. ONE MEMBER SHALL BE A PHYSICIAN CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY, AMERICAN BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC SURGERY, AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, OR AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS WHO IS THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF AN AIR MEDICAL AGENCY AND IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE IN PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THIS MEMBER FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF AIR MEDICAL SERVICES.

The director of public safety shall designate an employee of the department of public safety to serve as a member of the board at the director's pleasure. This member shall serve as a liaison between the department and the division of emergency medical services in cooperation with the executive director of the board.

The governor may refuse to appoint any of the persons nominated by one or more organizations under this section, EXCEPT THE EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DESIGNATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY UNDER THIS SECTION TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD. However, if the governor refuses to appoint any of the persons nominated by one or more organizations under this section, IN THAT EVENT, the organization or organizations shall continue to nominate the required number of persons to the governor until the governor does appoint APPOINTS to the board one or more of the persons nominated by the organization or organizations.

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY SHALL DESIGNATE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD AT THE DIRECTOR'S PLEASURE. THIS MEMBER SHALL SERVE AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN COOPERATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD.

Initial appointments to the board by the governor and the director of public safety shall be made within ninety days after the effective date of this amendment NOVEMBER 12, 1992. Of the initial appointments by the governor, five shall be for terms ending one year after the effective date of this amendment NOVEMBER 12, 1992, six shall be for terms ending two years after the effective date of this amendment NOVEMBER 12, 1992, and six shall be for terms ending three years after the effective date of this amendment NOVEMBER 12, 1992. WITHIN NINETY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT, THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THE MEMBER OF THE BOARD WHO IS THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF AN AIR MEDICAL AGENCY FOR AN INITIAL TERM ENDING NOVEMBER 12, 2000. Thereafter, terms of office of all members appointed by the governor shall be for three years, each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.

Each vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term.

The term of a member shall expire if the member ceases to meet any of the requirements to be appointed as that member. The governor may remove any member from office for neglect of duty, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance, after an adjudication hearing held in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their duties as board members.

The board shall organize by annually selecting a chair AND VICE-CHAIR from among its members. Ten THE BOARD MAY ADOPT BYLAWS TO REGULATE ITS AFFAIRS. A MAJORITY OF ALL members of the board shall constitute a quorum. No action shall be taken without the concurrence of ten members A MAJORITY OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. The board shall meet at least four times annually and at the call of the chair. The chair shall call a meeting on the request of the executive director or the medical director of the board or on the written request of ten FIVE members. THE BOARD SHALL MAINTAIN WRITTEN OR ELECTRONIC RECORDS OF ITS MEETINGS.

UPON TWENTY-FOUR HOURS' NOTICE FROM A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, THE MEMBER'S EMPLOYER SHALL RELEASE THE MEMBER FROM THE MEMBER'S EMPLOYMENT DUTIES TO ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE FULL BOARD. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH REQUIRES THE EMPLOYER OF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD TO COMPENSATE THE MEMBER FOR TIME THE MEMBER IS RELEASED FROM EMPLOYMENT DUTIES UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH, BUT ANY CIVIL IMMUNITY, WORKERS' COMPENSATION, DISABILITY, OR SIMILAR COVERAGE THAT APPLIES TO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD AS A RESULT OF THE MEMBER'S EMPLOYMENT SHALL CONTINUE TO APPLY WHILE THE MEMBER IS RELEASED FROM EMPLOYMENT DUTIES UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH.

Sec. 4765.03. (A) The director of public safety shall appoint a full-time executive director for the state board of emergency medical services. The executive director shall be knowledgeable in emergency medical services AND TRAUMA CARE and shall serve at the pleasure of the director of public safety. The director of public safety shall appoint the executive director from among three persons nominated by the board. The director of public safety may refuse, for cause, to appoint any of the board's nominees. If the director fails to appoint any of the board's nominees, the board shall continue to nominate groups of three persons until the director does appoint one of the board's nominees. The executive director shall serve as the chief executive officer of the board and as the executive director of the division of emergency medical services. He THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR shall attend each meeting of the board, except meeting THE BOARD MAY EXCLUDE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM DISCUSSIONS concerning the appointment or terms of employment OR PERFORMANCE of an THE executive director OR MEDICAL DIRECTOR of the board. The executive director shall give a surety bond to the state in such sum as the board determines, conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of his THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S office. The executive director shall receive a salary from the board and shall be reimbursed for his actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out his duties as executive director.

The executive director of the board shall submit a report to the director of public safety AT LEAST every three months regarding the status of emergency medical services in this state. The executive director of the board shall meet with the director of public safety at the director's request.

(B) The board shall appoint a medical director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The medical director shall be a physician certified by the American board of emergency medicine or the American osteopathic board of emergency medicine who is active in the practice of emergency medicine and has been actively involved with an emergency medical service organization for at least five years prior to his appointment BEING APPOINTED. The board may accept SHALL CONSIDER ANY recommendations for this appointment from the Ohio chapter of the American college of emergency physicians, THE OHIO CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, THE OHIO CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, the Ohio osteopathic association, and the Ohio state medical association.

The medical director shall direct the executive director and advise the board with regard to ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA AND emergency medical services issues. He THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR shall attend each meeting of the board, except meetings THE BOARD MAY EXCLUDE THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FROM DISCUSSIONS concerning the appointment OR PERFORMANCE of a THE medical director OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the board. The medical director shall be employed and paid by the board as a consultant and shall be reimbursed for his actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out his duties as medical director.

(C) The board may appoint employees as it determines necessary. The board shall prescribe the duties and titles of its employees.

Sec. 4765.04. (A) THE FIREFIGHTER AND FIRE SAFETY INSPECTOR TRAINING COMMITTEE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IS HEREBY CREATED AND SHALL CONSIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO ARE CHIEFS OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO ARE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS-BASIC, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS-INTERMEDIATE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS-PARAMEDIC APPOINTED FROM AMONG PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OR THE NORTHERN OHIO FIRE FIGHTERS AND FROM AMONG PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO STATE FIREFIGHTER'S ASSOCIATION. EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, EXCEPT THE CHAIRPERSON, MAY DESIGNATE A PERSON WITH FIRE EXPERIENCE TO SERVE IN THAT MEMBER'S PLACE. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OR THEIR DESIGNEES SHALL SELECT A CHAIRPERSON FROM AMONG THE MEMBERS OR THEIR DESIGNEES.

(B) THE TRAUMA COMMITTEE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IS HEREBY CREATED AND SHALL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY:

(1) A PHYSICIAN WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY OR AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF SURGERY AND ACTIVELY PRACTICES GENERAL TRAUMA SURGERY, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, AND THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION;

(2) A PHYSICIAN WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY OR THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF SURGERY AND ACTIVELY PRACTICES ORTHOPEDIC TRAUMA SURGERY, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ORTHOPEDIC SOCIETY AND THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION;

(3) A PHYSICIAN WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS OR THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF SURGERY AND ACTIVELY PRACTICES NEUROSURGERY ON TRAUMA VICTIMS, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO STATE NEUROLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION;

(4) A PHYSICIAN WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGEONS OR AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF SURGEONS AND ACTIVELY SPECIALIZES IN TREATING BURN VICTIMS, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AND THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION;

(5) A DENTIST WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY AND ACTIVELY PRACTICES ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO DENTAL ASSOCIATION;

(6) A PHYSICIAN WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION OR AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE AND ACTIVELY PROVIDES REHABILITATIVE CARE TO TRAUMA VICTIMS, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO SOCIETY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION AND THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION;

(7) A PHYSICIAN WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY OR AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF SURGERY WITH SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS IN PEDIATRIC SURGERY AND ACTIVELY PRACTICES PEDIATRIC TRAUMA SURGERY, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS AND THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION;

(8) A PHYSICIAN WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OR AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, ACTIVELY PRACTICES EMERGENCY MEDICINE, AND IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS;

(9) A PHYSICIAN WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF PEDIATRICS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF PEDIATRICS, OR AMERICAN BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, IS SUB-BOARDED IN PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, ACTIVELY PRACTICES PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, AND IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS AND THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION;

(10) A PHYSICIAN WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY, AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF SURGERY, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS AND IS THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF AN AIR MEDICAL ORGANIZATION, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF AIR MEDICAL SERVICES;

(11) A CORONER OR MEDICAL EXAMINER APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PEOPLE NOMINATED BY THE OHIO STATE CORONERS' ASSOCIATION;

(12) A REGISTERED NURSE WHO ACTIVELY PRACTICES TRAUMA NURSING AT AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF TRAUMA NURSE COORDINATORS;

(13) A REGISTERED NURSE WHO ACTIVELY PRACTICES EMERGENCY NURSING AND IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO CHAPTER OF THE EMERGENCY NURSES' ASSOCIATION;

(14) THE CHIEF TRAUMA REGISTRAR OF AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE ALLIANCE OF OHIO TRAUMA REGISTRARS;

(15) THE ADMINISTRATOR OF AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS;

(16) THE ADMINISTRATOR OF A HOSPITAL THAT IS NOT A TRAUMA CENTER AND ACTIVELY PROVIDES EMERGENCY CARE TO ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENTS, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS;

(17) THE OPERATOR OF AN AMBULANCE COMPANY THAT ACTIVELY PROVIDES TRAUMA CARE TO EMERGENCY PATIENTS, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION;

(18) THE CHIEF OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ACTIVELY PROVIDES TRAUMA CARE TO EMERGENCY PATIENTS, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO FIRE CHIEFS' ASSOCIATION;

(19) AN EMT OR PARAMEDIC WHO IS CERTIFIED UNDER THIS CHAPTER AND ACTIVELY PROVIDES TRAUMA CARE TO EMERGENCY PATIENTS, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE NORTHERN OHIO FIRE FIGHTERS, THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO STATE FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION, AND THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES;

(20) A PERSON WHO ACTIVELY ADVOCATES FOR TRAUMA VICTIMS, APPOINTED FROM THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION AND THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

(21) A PHYSICIAN OR NURSE WHO HAS SUBSTANTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRAUMA CARE OR EMERGENCY CARE PROVIDED IN OR BY A HOSPITAL, APPOINTED FROM AMONG THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION, AND THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS;

(22) THREE REPRESENTATIVES OF HOSPITALS THAT ARE NOT TRAUMA CENTERS AND ACTIVELY PROVIDE EMERGENCY CARE TO TRAUMA PATIENTS, APPOINTED FROM AMONG SIX PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS OR OTHER STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING COMMUNITY HOSPITALS. THE REPRESENTATIVES MAY BE HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS, PHYSICIANS, NURSES, OR OTHER CLINICAL PROFESSIONALS.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL EXPERIENCE IN THE CATEGORIES THEY REPRESENT, SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE, AND MAY BE MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. IN APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THE DIRECTOR SHALL ATTEMPT TO INCLUDE MEMBERS REPRESENTING URBAN AND RURAL AREAS, VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE STATE, AND VARIOUS SCHOOLS OF TRAINING. THE DIRECTOR SHALL NOT APPOINT TO THE COMMITTEE MORE THAN ONE MEMBER WHO IS EMPLOYED BY OR PRACTICES AT THE SAME HOSPITAL, HEALTH SYSTEM, OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION.

THE DIRECTOR MAY REFUSE TO APPOINT ANY OF THE PERSONS NOMINATED BY AN ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THIS DIVISION. IN THAT EVENT, THE ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATIONS SHALL CONTINUE TO NOMINATE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF PERSONS UNTIL THE DIRECTOR APPOINTS TO THE COMMITTEE ONE OR MORE OF THE PERSONS NOMINATED BY THE ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATIONS.

INITIAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE MADE BY THE DIRECTOR NOT LATER THAN NINETY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE DIRECTOR, EXCEPT THAT ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE WHO CEASES TO BE QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION TO WHICH THE MEMBER WAS APPOINTED SHALL CEASE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. VACANCIES ON THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS.

THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION, BUT SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN CARRYING OUT DUTIES AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE SHALL SELECT A CHAIRPERSON AND VICE-CHAIRPERSON FROM AMONG ITS MEMBERS. A MAJORITY OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM. NO ACTION SHALL BE TAKEN WITHOUT THE CONCURRENCE OF A MAJORITY OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE SHALL MEET AT THE CALL OF THE CHAIR, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, AND AT THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. THE COMMITTEE SHALL NOT MEET AT TIMES OR LOCATIONS THAT CONFLICT WITH MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES MAY PARTICIPATE IN ANY MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE AND SHALL DO SO AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE SHALL ADVISE AND ASSIST THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN MATTERS RELATED TO ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE STATE TRAUMA REGISTRY. IN MATTERS RELATING TO THE STATE TRAUMA REGISTRY, THE BOARD AND THE COMMITTEE SHALL CONSULT WITH TRAUMA REGISTRARS FROM ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS IN THE STATE. THE COMMITTEE MAY APPOINT A SUBCOMMITTEE TO ADVISE AND ASSIST WITH THE TRAUMA REGISTRY. THE SUBCOMMITTEE MAY INCLUDE PERSONS WITH EXPERTISE RELEVANT TO THE TRAUMA REGISTRY WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE.

(C) THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES MAY APPOINT OTHER COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES AS IT CONSIDERS NECESSARY.

(D) THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AND ANY OF ITS COMMITTEES OR SUBCOMMITTEES, MAY REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM ANY STATE AGENCY. THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES MAY PERMIT PERSONS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THOSE BODIES TO PARTICIPATE IN DELIBERATIONS OF THOSE BODIES, BUT NO PERSON WHO IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE BOARD SHALL VOTE ON THE BOARD AND NO PERSON WHO IS NOT A MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE CREATED UNDER DIVISION (A) OR (B) OF THIS SECTION SHALL VOTE ON THAT COMMITTEE.

(E) SECTION 101.84 of the Revised Code DOES NOT APPLY TO THE COMMITTEES ESTABLISHED UNDER DIVISION (A) OR (B) OF THIS SECTION.

Sec. 4765.05. As used in this section, "prehospital emergency medical services" means an emergency medical services system that provides medical services to patients who require immediate assistance, because of illness or injury, prior to their arrival at an emergency medical facility.

The state board of emergency medical services shall divide the state into prehospital emergency medical services regions for purposes of overseeing the delivery of ADULT AND PEDIATRIC prehospital emergency medical services. These regions shall consist of the same geographic regions as the health service areas designated by the director of health under section 3702.58 of the Revised Code. For each region, the board shall appoint either a physician to serve as the regional director or a physician advisory board to serve as the regional advisory board. The board shall specify the duties of each regional director and regional advisory board. Regional directors and members of regional advisory boards shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their duties as regional directors and members of regional advisory boards.

Sec. 4765.06. (A) The state board of emergency medical services shall establish an emergency medical services incidence reporting system for the collection of information regarding the delivery of emergency medical services in this state and the frequency at which the services are provided. All emergency medical service organizations shall submit to the board any information that the board determines is necessary for maintaining the incidence reporting system.

(B) The board shall establish a STATE trauma system registry to be used for the collection of information regarding the care of ADULT AND PEDIATRIC trauma victims in this state. The registry shall provide for the reporting of ADULT AND PEDIATRIC trauma-related deaths, identification of ADULT AND PEDIATRIC trauma patients, monitoring of ADULT AND PEDIATRIC trauma patient care data, determination of the total amount of uncompensated ADULT AND PEDIATRIC trauma care provided annually by each facility that provides care to trauma victims, and collection of any other information specified by the board. All persons designated by the board shall submit to the board any information it determines is necessary for maintaining the STATE TRAUMA registry. At the request of the board any state agency possessing information regarding ADULT OR PEDIATRIC trauma patient care shall provide the information to the board. The board shall maintain the STATE TRAUMA registry in accordance with rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code.

In accordance with standards established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code, the board shall maintain the confidentiality of any information collected under this section that would identify a specific patient of emergency medical services or trauma care, except as otherwise provided in section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

RULES RELATING TO THE STATE TRAUMA REGISTRY ADOPTED UNDER THIS SECTION AND SECTION 4765.11 of the Revised Code SHALL NOT PROHIBIT THE OPERATION OF OTHER TRAUMA REGISTRIES AND MAY PROVIDE FOR THE REPORTING OF INFORMATION TO THE STATE TRAUMA REGISTRY BY OR THROUGH OTHER TRAUMA REGISTRIES IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH INFORMATION OTHERWISE REPORTED TO THE STATE TRAUMA REGISTRY. OTHER TRAUMA REGISTRIES MAY REPORT AGGREGATE INFORMATION TO THE STATE TRAUMA REGISTRY, PROVIDED THE INFORMATION CAN BE MATCHED TO THE PERSON THAT REPORTED IT. INFORMATION MAINTAINED BY ANOTHER TRAUMA REGISTRY AND REPORTED TO THE STATE TRAUMA REGISTRY IN LIEU OF BEING REPORTED DIRECTLY TO THE STATE TRAUMA REGISTRY IS A PUBLIC RECORD AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED, MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, HELD IN CONFIDENCE, RISK ADJUSTED, AND NOT SUBJECT TO DISCOVERY OR INTRODUCTION INTO EVIDENCE IN A CIVIL ACTION AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 149.43 of the Revised Code AND THIS SECTION. ANY PERSON WHO PROVIDES, MAINTAINS, OR RISK ADJUSTS SUCH INFORMATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION AND RULES ADOPTED UNDER IT IN PERFORMING THAT FUNCTION AND HAS THE SAME IMMUNITIES WITH RESPECT TO THAT FUNCTION AS A PERSON WHO PERFORMS THAT FUNCTION WITH RESPECT TO THE STATE TRAUMA REGISTRY.

(C) THE BOARD AND ANY EMPLOYEE OR CONTRACTOR OF THE BOARD OR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SHALL NOT MAKE PUBLIC INFORMATION IT RECEIVES UNDER CHAPTER 4765. OF THE REVISED CODE THAT IDENTIFIES OR WOULD TEND TO IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC RECIPIENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OR ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE.

(D) NOT LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT, THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT RULES UNDER SECTION 4765.11 OF THE REVISED CODE THAT PROVIDE WRITTEN STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RISK ADJUSTMENT OF INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE BOARD UNDER CHAPTER 4765. OF THE REVISED CODE. THE RULES SHALL BE DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH APPROPRIATE MEDICAL, HOSPITAL, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND MAY PROVIDE FOR RISK ADJUSTMENT BY A CONTRACTOR OF THE BOARD. BEFORE RISK ADJUSTMENT STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES ARE IMPLEMENTED, NO MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND NO EMPLOYEE OR CONTRACTOR OF THE BOARD OR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SHALL MAKE PUBLIC INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE BOARD UNDER CHAPTER 4765. OF THE REVISED CODE THAT IDENTIFIES OR WOULD TEND TO IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC PROVIDER OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OR ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE. AFTER RISK ADJUSTMENT STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES ARE IMPLEMENTED, THE BOARD SHALL MAKE PUBLIC SUCH INFORMATION ONLY ON A RISK ADJUSTED BASIS.

(E) THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT RULES UNDER SECTION 4765.11 OF THE REVISED CODE THAT SPECIFY PROCEDURES FOR ENSURING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION THAT IS NOT TO BE MADE PUBLIC UNDER THIS SECTION. THE RULES SHALL SPECIFY THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH DELIBERATIONS OF THE PERSONS PERFORMING RISK ADJUSTMENT FUNCTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND RECORDS OF THOSE DELIBERATIONS ARE MAINTAINED IN CONFIDENCE. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM MAKING PUBLIC STATISTICAL INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT IDENTIFY OR TEND TO IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC RECIPIENT OR PROVIDER OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OR ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE.

(F) No provider that furnishes information, data, reports, or records to the board with respect to any patient the provider examined or treated shall, because of this furnishing, be deemed liable in damages to any person or be held to answer for betrayal of a professional confidence pursuant to section 4731.22 of the Revised Code IN THE ABSENCE OF WILLFUL OR WANTON MISCONDUCT. No such information, data, reports, or records shall be subject to introduction in evidence in any civil action against the provider. No provider that furnishes information, data, reports, or records to the board shall be liable for the misuse or improper release of the information, data, reports, or records by the board, any other public agency, or any other person.

This section does not restrict, and shall not be construed to restrict, public access to any information used or considered by the board in preparing any report, unless the information is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code NO PERSON WHO PERFORMS RISK ADJUSTMENT FUNCTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL, BECAUSE OF PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS, BE HELD LIABLE IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR BETRAYAL OF PROFESSIONAL CONFIDENCE OR OTHERWISE IN THE ABSENCE OF WILLFUL OR WANTON MISCONDUCT.

Sec. 4765.07. (A) The state board of emergency medical services shall establish an emergency medical services ADOPT RULES UNDER SECTION 4765.11 of the Revised Code TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER A grant program under which grants are equitably distributed ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIES:

(1) FIRST PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN to emergency medical service organizations for the training of their personnel, for the purchase of equipment AND VEHICLES, and to improve the availability, accessibility, and quality of emergency medical services in this state. The IN THIS CATEGORY, THE BOARD SHALL GIVE PRIORITY TO GRANTS THAT FUND TRAINING AND EQUIPPING OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL.

(2) SECOND PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN TO ENTITIES THAT RESEARCH THE CAUSES, NATURE, AND EFFECTS OF TRAUMATIC INJURIES, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT INJURY PREVENTION, AND IMPLEMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATE INJURY PREVENTION STRATEGIES.

(3) THIRD PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN TO ENTITIES THAT RESEARCH, TEST, AND EVALUATE PROCEDURES THAT PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION, RETRAINING, AND REEMPLOYMENT OF ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS AND SOCIAL SERVICE SUPPORT MECHANISMS FOR ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

(4) FOURTH PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN TO ENTITIES THAT RESEARCH, TEST, AND EVALUATE MEDICAL PROCEDURES RELATED TO ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE.

(B) THE grant program shall be funded with moneys provided under FROM THE TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GRANTS FUND CREATED BY section 4513.263 of the Revised Code. The board shall administer the grant program in accordance with procedures established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. The board shall give priority, in distributing grants, to those grants that will be used to provide training to personnel.

Sec. 4765.09. The state board of emergency medical services shall prepare recommendations for the operation of ambulance service organizations, AIR MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS, and emergency medical service organizations. Within thirty days following each meeting of the board THE PREPARATION OR MODIFICATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS, the board shall notify the board of county commissioners of any county, the board of township trustees of any township, the board of trustees of any joint ambulance district, or the board of trustees of any joint emergency medical services district in which there exist ambulance service organizations, AIR MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS, or emergency medical service organizations of any board recommendations for the operation of such organizations. The recommendations shall include, but not be limited to:

(A) The definition and classification of ambulances AND MEDICAL AIRCRAFT;

(B) The design, equipment, and supplies for ambulances AND MEDICAL AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, TRAINING, AND STAFFING REQUIRED TO ASSIST PEDIATRIC AND GERIATRIC EMERGENCY VICTIMS;

(C) The minimum number and type of personnel for the operation of ambulances AND MEDICAL AIRCRAFT;

(D) The communication systems necessary for the operation of ambulances AND MEDICAL AIRCRAFT;

(E) Reports to be made by persons holding certificates of accreditation or approval issued under section 4765.17 of the Revised Code and certificates to practice issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code to ascertain compliance with this chapter and the rules and recommendations adopted thereunder and to ascertain the quantity and quality of ambulance service organizations, AIR MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS, and emergency medical service organizations throughout the state.

Sec. 4765.10. (A) The state board of emergency medical services shall do all of the following:

(1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it;

(2) Approve, in accordance with procedures established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code, examinations that demonstrate competence to have a certificate to practice renewed without completing a continuing education program;

(3) Advise applicants for state or federal emergency medical services funds, review and comment on applications for these funds, and approve the use of all state and federal funds designated solely for emergency medical service programs unless federal law requires another state agency to approve the use of all such federal funds;

(4) Serve as a statewide clearinghouse for discussion, inquiry, and complaints concerning emergency medical services;

(5) Make recommendations to the general assembly on legislation to improve the delivery of emergency medical services;

(6) Maintain a toll-free long distance telephone number through which it shall respond to questions about emergency medical services;

(7) Work with the APPROPRIATE state fire marshal's office OFFICES in coordinating the training of firefighters and emergency medical services SERVICE personnel when possible. The office OTHER STATE OFFICES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING OF FIREFIGHTERS OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL shall cooperate with the board AND ITS COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES to achieve this goal.

(8) Provide a liaison to the state emergency operation center during those periods when a disaster, as defined in section 5502.21 of the Revised Code, has occurred in this state and the governor has declared an emergency as defined in that section.

(B) The board may do any of the following:

(1) Investigate complaints concerning emergency medical services and emergency medical service organizations as it determines necessary;

(2) Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states that have standards for accreditation of emergency medical services training programs and for certification of first responders, EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, paramedics, firefighters, or fire safety inspectors that are substantially similar to those established under this chapter and the rules adopted under it;

(3) Establish a statewide public information system and public education programs regarding emergency medical services;

(4) Establish an injury prevention program.

(C) In accordance with rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code, the board shall maintain the confidentiality of any information it collects or receives under this chapter that would identify a specific patient or recipient of emergency medical services or trauma care, except as otherwise provided in section 149.43 of the Revised Code. In any report prepared by the board, information regarding patients or recipients of emergency medical services or trauma care shall be presented only in aggregate statistical form.

Sec. 4765.11. (A) The state board of emergency medical services shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and division (C) of this section that establish all of the following:

(1) Procedures for its governance and the control of its actions and business affairs;

(2) Standards for the performance of emergency medical services by first responders, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical technicians-paramedic;

(3) Application fees for certificates of accreditation, certificates of approval, certificates to teach, and certificates to practice, which shall be deposited into the TRAUMA AND emergency medical services fund created in section 4513.263 of the Revised Code;

(4) Procedures CRITERIA for determining when the application or renewal fee for a certificate to practice may be waived because an applicant cannot afford to pay the fee;

(5) Procedures for issuance and renewal of certificates of accreditation, certificates of approval, certificates to teach, and certificates to practice, INCLUDING ANY PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE NOTICE OF RENEWAL IS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (D) OF SECTION 4765.30 of the Revised Code;

(6) Procedures for suspending or revoking certificates of accreditation, certificates of approval, certificates to teach, and certificates to practice;

(7) Grounds for suspension or revocation of a certificate to practice issued under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code and for taking any other disciplinary action against a first responder, EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic;

(8) Procedures for taking disciplinary action against a first responder, EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic;

(9) Standards for certificates of accreditation and certificates of approval;

(10) Qualifications for certificates to teach;

(11) Requirements for a certificate to practice;

(12) The curricula, number of hours of instruction and training, and instructional materials to be used in ADULT AND PEDIATRIC emergency medical services training programs and ADULT AND PEDIATRIC emergency medical services continuing education programs;

(13) Procedures for conducting courses in recognizing symptoms of life-threatening allergic reactions and in calculating proper dosage levels and administering injections of epinephrine to persons ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS who suffer life-threatening allergic reactions;

(14) Examinations for certificates to practice;

(15) Procedures for administering examinations for certificates to practice;

(16) Procedures for approving examinations that demonstrate competence to have a certificate to practice renewed without completing an emergency medical services continuing education program;

(17) Procedures for granting extensions and exemptions of emergency medical services continuing education requirements;

(18) Procedures for approving the additional emergency medical services first responders are authorized by division (C) of section 4765.35 of the Revised Code to perform, EMTs-basic are authorized by division (C) of section 4765.37 of the Revised Code to perform, EMTs-I are authorized by division (B)(5) of section 4765.38 of the Revised Code to perform, and paramedics are authorized by division (B)(6) of section 4765.39 of the Revised Code to perform;

(19) Standards and procedures for maintaining the trauma system registry established under IMPLEMENTING THE REQUIREMENTS OF section 4765.06 of the Revised Code, including designations of the persons who are required to report information to the board and the types of information to be reported;

(20) Standards for protecting the confidentiality of all information the board collects or receives under this chapter that would identify a specific patient or recipient of emergency medical services or trauma care, except as otherwise provided in section 149.43 of the Revised Code;

(21) Procedures for administering the emergency medical services grant program established under section 4765.07 of the Revised Code;

(22)(21) Procedures consistent with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for appealing decisions of the board;

(22) MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND PEER REVIEW AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS WHO PROVIDE MEDICAL DIRECTION TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL.

(B) The board may adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and division (C) of this section that establish the following:

(1) Specifications of information that may be collected under the trauma system registry and incidence reporting system created under section 4765.06 of the Revised Code;

(2) Standards and procedures for implementing any of the recommendations made by the advisory groups established ANY COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OR under section 4765.04 4765.57 of the Revised Code;

(3) Requirements that a person must meet to receive a certificate to practice as a first responder pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 4765.30 of the Revised Code;

(4) Any other rules necessary to implement this chapter.

(C) IN DEVELOPING AND ADMINISTERING RULES ADOPTED UNDER THIS CHAPTER, THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SHALL CONSULT WITH REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND REGIONAL PHYSICIAN ADVISORY BOARDS CREATED BY SECTION 4765.05 of the Revised Code AND EMPHASIZE THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF PEDIATRIC AND GERIATRIC PATIENTS.

(D) Except as otherwise provided in this division, before adopting, amending, or rescinding any rule under this chapter, the board shall submit the proposed rule to the director of public safety for review. The director may review the proposed rule for not more than sixty days after the date it is submitted. If, within this sixty-day period, the director approves the proposed rule or does not notify the board that the rule is disapproved, the board may adopt, amend, or rescind the rule as proposed. If, within this sixty-day period, the director notifies the board that the proposed rule is disapproved, the board shall not adopt, amend, or rescind the rule as proposed unless at least twelve members of the board vote to adopt, amend, or rescind it.

This division does not apply to an emergency rule adopted in accordance with section 119.03 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4765.12. (A) NOT LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SHALL DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE GUIDELINES FOR THE CARE OF TRAUMA VICTIMS BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL AND FOR THE CONDUCT OF PEER REVIEW AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMS BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. THE GUIDELINES SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE TRAUMA TRIAGE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED IN RULES UNDER SECTIONS 4567.11 AND 4567.40 OF THE REVISED CODE AND SHALL PLACE EMPHASIS ON THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF PEDIATRIC AND GERIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS. IN DEVELOPING THE GUIDELINES, THE BOARD SHALL CONSULT WITH ENTITIES WITH INTERESTS IN TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND SHALL CONSIDER ANY RELEVANT GUIDELINES ADOPTED BY NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, AND AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS. THE BOARD SHALL DISTRIBUTE THE GUIDELINES, AND AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES, TO EACH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, REGIONAL PHYSICIAN ADVISORY BOARD, CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INSTRUCTOR, AND PERSON WHO REGULARLY PROVIDES MEDICAL DIRECTION TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL IN THIS STATE.

(B) NOT LATER THAN THREE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, EACH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN THIS STATE SHALL IMPLEMENT ONGOING PEER REVIEW AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IT PROVIDES. THE FORM AND CONTENT OF THE PROGRAMS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY EACH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION. IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAMS, EACH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION SHALL CONSIDER HOW TO IMPROVE ITS ABILITY TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE TRAUMA CARE, PARTICULARLY FOR PEDIATRIC AND GERIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS, AND SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE TRAUMA CARE GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES UNDER THIS SECTION.

INFORMATION GENERATED SOLELY FOR USE IN A PEER REVIEW OR QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION IS NOT A PUBLIC RECORD UNDER SECTION 149.43 OF THE REVISED CODE. SUCH INFORMATION, AND ANY DISCUSSION CONDUCTED IN THE COURSE OF A PEER REVIEW OR QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION, IS NOT SUBJECT TO DISCOVERY IN A CIVIL ACTION AND SHALL NOT BE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE IN A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION ON WHOSE BEHALF THE INFORMATION WAS GENERATED OR THE DISCUSSION OCCURRED.

NO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION ON WHOSE BEHALF A PEER REVIEW OR QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM IS CONDUCTED, AND NO PERSON WHO CONDUCTS SUCH A PROGRAM, BECAUSE OF PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS, SHALL BE LIABLE IN A CIVIL ACTION FOR BETRAYAL OF PROFESSIONAL CONFIDENCE OR OTHERWISE IN THE ABSENCE OF WILLFUL OR WANTON MISCONDUCT.

Sec. 4765.15. A person seeking to operate an emergency medical services training program shall submit a completed application for accreditation to the state board of emergency medical services on a form the board shall prescribe and furnish. The application shall be accompanied by the appropriate application fee established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code.

A person seeking to operate an emergency medical services continuing education program shall submit a completed application for approval to the board on a form the board shall prescribe and furnish. The application shall be accompanied by the appropriate application fee established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code.

The board shall administer the accreditation and approval processes pursuant to rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. In administering these processes, the board may authorize OTHER persons or other entities to evaluate applications for accreditation or approval and may accept the recommendations made by the entities THOSE PERSONS.

The board may cause an investigation to be made into the accuracy of the information submitted in any application for accreditation or approval. If an investigation indicates that false, misleading, or incomplete information has been submitted to the board in connection with any application for accreditation or approval, the board shall conduct a hearing on the matter in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4765.16. (A) All courses offered through an emergency medical services training program or an emergency medical services continuing education program, other than ambulance driving, shall be developed under the direction of a physician who specializes in emergency medicine AND IN CONSULTATION WITH A PHYSICIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN TRAUMA SURGERY. On and after the date the state board of emergency medical services begins issuing certificates to teach under section 4765.23 of the Revised Code, each EACH course offered through a training program or continuing education program shall be taught by a person who holds the appropriate certificate to teach issued under that section 4765.23 of the Revised Code.

(B) A training program for first responders shall meet the standards established in rules adopted by the STATE board OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. The program shall include courses in both of the following areas for at least the number of hours established by the board's rules:

(1) Emergency victim care;

(2) Reading and interpreting a trauma victim's vital signs.

(C) A training program for emergency medical technicians-basic shall meet the standards established in rules adopted by the state board of emergency medical services under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. The program shall include courses in each of the following areas for at least the number of hours established by the board's rules:

(1) Emergency victim care;

(2) Reading and interpreting a trauma victim's vital signs;

(3) TRIAGE PROTOCOLS FOR ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS;

(4) In-hospital training;

(4)(5) Clinical training;

(5)(6) Training as an ambulance driver.

Each operator of a training program for emergency medical technicians-basic shall allow any pupil in the twelfth grade in a secondary school who is at least seventeen years old and who otherwise meets the requirements for admission into such a training program to be admitted to and complete the program and, as part of the training, to ride in an ambulance with emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical technicians-paramedic. Each emergency medical service organization shall allow pupils participating in training programs to ride in an ambulance with emergency medical technicians-basic, advanced emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical technicians-paramedic.

(D) A training program for emergency medical technicians-intermediate shall meet the standards established in rules adopted by the board under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. The program shall include, OR REQUIRE AS A PREREQUISITE, THE TRAINING SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION AND courses in each of the following areas for at least the number of hours established by the board's rules:

(1) Recognizing symptoms of life-threatening allergic reactions and in calculating proper dosage levels and administering injections of epinephrine to persons who suffer life-threatening allergic reactions, conducted in accordance with rules adopted by the board under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code;

(2) Venous access procedures;

(3) Cardiac monitoring and electrical interventions to support or correct the cardiac function.

(E) A training program for emergency medical technicians-paramedic shall meet the standards established in rules adopted by the board under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. The program shall include, OR REQUIRE AS A PREREQUISITE, THE TRAINING SPECIFIED IN DIVISIONS (C) AND (D) OF THIS SECTION AND courses in each of the following areas for at least the number of hours established by the board's rules:

(1) Medical terminology;

(2) Venous access procedures;

(3) Airway procedures;

(4) Patient assessment and triage;

(5) Acute cardiac care, including administration of parenteral injections, electrical interventions, and other emergency medical services;

(6) Emergency and trauma victim care beyond that required under division (B)(C) of this section;

(7) Clinical training beyond that required under division (B)(C) of this section.

(F) A continuing education program for first responders, EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, or paramedics shall meet the standards established in rules adopted by the board under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. A continuing education program shall include instruction and training in subjects established by the board's rules for at least the number of hours established by the board's rules.

Sec. 4765.30. (A)(1) The state board of emergency medical services shall issue a certificate to practice as a first responder to an applicant who meets all of the following conditions:

(a) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, is a volunteer for a nonprofit emergency medical service organization or a nonprofit fire department;

(b) Holds the appropriate certificate of completion issued in accordance with section 4765.24 of the Revised Code;

(c) Passes the appropriate examination conducted under section 4765.29 of the Revised Code;

(d) Is not in violation of any provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under it;

(e) Meets any other certification requirements established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code.

(2) The board may waive the requirement to be a volunteer for a nonprofit entity if the applicant meets other requirements established in rules adopted under division (B)(3) of section 4765.11 of the Revised Code relative to a person's eligibility to practice as a first responder.

(3) THE STATE BOARD SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE TO PRACTICE AS A FIRST RESPONDER TO AN APPLICANT WHO MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

(a)IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER EMPLOYED BY A STATE DEPARTMENT, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 121.01 OF THE REVISED CODE;

(b)SUBMITS TO THE BOARD EVIDENCE THAT THE APPLICANT MEETS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

(i)HOLDS THE APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 4765.24 OF THE REVISED CODE;

(ii) PRIOR TO APRIL 4, 1998, COMPLETED A FORTY-HOUR FIRST RESPONDER COURSE APPROVED BY THE STATE AGENCY THAT EMPLOYS THE APPLICANT;

(iii) PRIOR TO APRIL 4, 1998, COMPLETED A FIRST RESPONDER COURSE THAT MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FIRST RESPONDER NATIONAL STANDARD CURRICULUM THEN IN EFFECT;

(iv) PASSES THE APPROPRIATE EXAMINATION CONDUCTED UNDER SECTION 4765.29 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(c) IS NOT IN VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR THE RULES ADOPTED UNDER IT.

(4) ANY STATE DEPARTMENT THAT EMPLOYS FIRST RESPONDERS SHALL PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR MEDICAL DIRECTION OF ITS FIRST RESPONDERS BY ONE OR MORE PHYSICIANS WHO ACTIVELY PRACTICE EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND OTHERWISE MEET ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL DIRECTION TO FIRST RESPONDERS.

(5) ANY FIRST RESPONDER EMPLOYED BY THE STATE SHALL DO BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING:

(a) COOPERATE WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS;

(b) COMPLY WITH ANY APPLICABLE PROTOCOLS FOR THE TRIAGE OF ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS ADOPTED OR APPROVED BY THIS STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES UNDER SECTION 4765.40 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(B) The state board of emergency medical services shall issue a certificate to practice as an emergency medical technician-basic to an applicant who meets all of the following conditions:

(1) Holds a certificate of completion in emergency medical services training-basic issued in accordance with section 4765.24 of the Revised Code;

(2) Passes the examination for emergency medical technicians-basic conducted under section 4765.29 of the Revised Code;

(3) Is not in violation of any provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under it;

(4) Meets any other certification requirements established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code.

(C) The state board of emergency medical services shall issue a certificate to practice as an emergency medical technician-intermediate or emergency medical technician-paramedic to an applicant who meets all of the following conditions:

(1) Holds a certificate to practice as an emergency medical technician-basic;

(2) Holds the appropriate certificate of completion issued in accordance with section 4765.24 of the Revised Code;

(3) Passes the appropriate examination conducted under section 4765.29 of the Revised Code;

(4) Is not in violation of any provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under it;

(5) Meets any other certification requirements established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code.

(D) A certificate to practice is valid for three years and may be renewed by the board pursuant to procedures established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. An NOT LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S CERTIFICATE TO PRACTICE, THE BOARD SHALL NOTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL OF THE SCHEDULED EXPIRATION AND FURNISH AN APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL.

AN application for renewal shall be accompanied by the appropriate renewal fee established in rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code, unless the board waives the fee on determining pursuant to those rules that the applicant cannot afford to pay the fee. Except as provided in division (B) of section 4765.31 of the Revised Code, the application shall include evidence of either of the following:

(1) That the applicant received a certificate of completion from the appropriate emergency medical services continuing education program pursuant to section 4765.24 of the Revised Code;

(2) That the applicant has successfully passed an examination approved by the board under division (A) of section 4765.10 THAT DEMONSTRATES THE COMPETENCE TO HAVE A CERTIFICATE RENEWED WITHOUT COMPLETING AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM. THE BOARD SHALL APPROVE SUCH EXAMINATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 4765.11 of the Revised Code.

(E) The board shall not require an applicant for renewal of a certificate to practice to take an examination as a condition of renewing the certificate. This division does not preclude the use of examinations by operators of approved emergency medical services continuing education programs as a condition for issuance of a certificate of completion in emergency medical services continuing education.

Sec. 4765.32. A current, valid certificate of accreditation issued under the provisions of former section 3303.11 or 3303.23 of the Revised Code shall remain valid until one year after the expiration date of the certificate as determined by the provisions of those sections and shall confer the same privileges and impose the same responsibilities and requirements as a certificate of accreditation issued by the state board of emergency medical services under section 4765.17 of the Revised Code.

A current, valid certificate of competency of an emergency medical technician-ambulance, advanced emergency medical technician-ambulance, or emergency medical technician-paramedic issued under the provisions of former section 3303.15 of the Revised Code shall remain valid for two years after the expiration date of the certificate as determined by the provisions of that section and shall confer the same privileges and impose the same responsibilities and requirements as a certificate to practice issued by the state board of emergency medical services under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code.

A certificate to practice as an emergency medical technician-ambulance that is valid on the effective date of this amendment NOVEMBER 24, 1995, shall be considered a certificate to practice as an emergency medical technician-basic. A certificate to practice as an advanced emergency medical technician-ambulance that is valid on the effective date of this amendment NOVEMBER 24, 1995, shall be considered a certificate to practice as an emergency medical technician-intermediate.

Sec. 4765.35. (A) A first responder shall perform the emergency medical services described in this section in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted under it.

(B) A first responder may provide limited emergency medical services to patients until the arrival of an emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic. In an emergency, a first responder may render emergency medical services such as opening and maintaining an airway, giving mouth to barrier ventilation, chest compressions, electrical interventions with automated defibrillators to support or correct the cardiac function and other methods determined by the board, controlling of hemorrhage, manual stabilization of fractures, bandaging, and assisting in childbirth, AND DETERMINING TRIAGE OF TRAUMA VICTIMS.

(C) A first responder may perform any other emergency medical services approved pursuant to rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. The board shall determine whether the nature of any such service requires that a first responder receive authorization prior to performing the service.

(D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, if the board determines under division (C) of this section that a service requires prior authorization, the service shall be performed only pursuant to the written or verbal authorization of a physician or of the cooperating physician advisory board, or pursuant to an authorization transmitted through a direct communication device by a physician or registered nurse designated by a physician.

(2) If communications fail during an emergency situation or the required response time prohibits communication, a first responder may perform services subject to this division, if, in the judgment of the first responder, the life of the patient is in immediate danger. Services performed under these circumstances shall be performed in accordance with the written protocols established under section FOR TRIAGE OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS ESTABLISHED IN RULES ADOPTED UNDER SECTIONS 4765.11 AND 4765.40 of the Revised Code AND ANY APPLICABLE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED by the emergency medical service organization with which the first responder is affiliated.

Sec. 4765.37. (A) An emergency medical technician-basic shall perform the emergency medical services described in this section in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted under it by the state board of emergency medical services.

(B) An emergency medical technician-basic may operate, or be responsible for operation of, an ambulance and may provide emergency medical services to patients. In an emergency, an EMT-basic may determine the nature and extent of illness or injury and establish priority for required emergency medical services. An EMT-basic may render emergency medical services such as opening and maintaining an airway, giving positive pressure ventilation, cardiac resuscitation, electrical interventions with automated defibrillators to support or correct the cardiac function and other methods determined by the board, controlling of hemorrhage, treatment of shock, immobilization of fractures, bandaging, assisting in childbirth, management of mentally disturbed patients, and initial care of poison and burn patients, AND DETERMINING TRIAGE OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS. Where patients must in an emergency be extricated from entrapment, an EMT-basic may assess the extent of injury and render all possible emergency medical services and protection to the entrapped patient; provide light rescue services if an ambulance has not been accompanied by a specialized unit; and after extrication, provide additional care in sorting of the injured in accordance with standard emergency procedures.

(C) An EMT-basic may perform any other emergency medical services approved pursuant to rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code. The board shall determine whether the nature of any such service requires that an EMT-basic receive authorization prior to performing the service.

(D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, if the board determines under division (C) of this section that a service requires prior authorization, the service shall be performed only pursuant to the written or verbal authorization of a physician or of the cooperating physician advisory board, or pursuant to an authorization transmitted through a direct communication device by a physician or registered nurse designated by a physician.

(2) If communications fail during an emergency situation or the required response time prohibits communication, an EMT-basic may perform services subject to this division, if, in the judgment of the EMT-basic, the life of the patient is in immediate danger. Services performed under these circumstances shall be performed in accordance with the written protocols established under section FOR TRIAGE OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS ESTABLISHED IN RULES ADOPTED UNDER SECTIONS 4765.11 AND 4765.40 of the Revised Code AND ANY APPLICABLE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED by the emergency medical service organization with which the EMT-basic is affiliated.

Sec. 4765.38. (A) An emergency medical technician-intermediate shall perform the emergency medical services described in this section in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted under it.

(B) An EMT-I may do any of the following:

(1) Establish and maintain an intravenous lifeline that has been approved by a cooperating physician or physician advisory board;

(2) Perform cardiac monitoring;

(3) Perform electrical interventions to support or correct the cardiac function;

(4) Administer epinephrine;

(5) DETERMINE TRIAGE OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS;

(6) Perform any other emergency medical services approved pursuant to rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code.

(C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the services described in division (B) of this section shall be performed by an EMT-I only pursuant to the written or verbal authorization of a physician or of the cooperating physician advisory board, or pursuant to an authorization transmitted through a direct communication device by a physician or registered nurse designated by a physician.

(2) If communications fail during an emergency situation or the required response time prohibits communication, an EMT-I may perform any of the services described in division (B) of this section, if, in the judgment of the EMT-I, the life of the patient is in immediate danger. Services performed under these circumstances shall be performed in accordance with the written protocols established under section FOR TRIAGE OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS ESTABLISHED IN RULES ADOPTED UNDER SECTIONS 4765.11 AND 4765.40 of the Revised Code AND ANY APPLICABLE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED by the emergency medical service organization with which the EMT-I is affiliated.

Sec. 4765.39. (A) An emergency medical technician-paramedic shall perform the emergency medical services described in this section in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted under it.

(B) A paramedic may do any of the following:

(1) Perform cardiac monitoring;

(2) Perform electrical interventions to support or correct the cardiac function;

(3) Perform airway procedures;

(4) Perform relief of pneumothorax;

(5) Administer appropriate drugs and intravenous fluids;

(6) DETERMINE TRIAGE OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS;

(7) Perform any other emergency medical services, including life support or intensive care techniques, approved pursuant to rules adopted under section 4765.11 of the Revised Code.

(C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the services described in division (B) of this section shall be performed by a paramedic only pursuant to the written or verbal authorization of a physician or of the cooperating physician advisory board, or pursuant to an authorization transmitted through a direct communication device by a physician or registered nurse designated by a physician.

(2) If communications fail during an emergency situation or the required response time prohibits communication, a paramedic may perform any of the services described in division (B) of this section, if, in his THE PARAMEDIC'S judgment, the life of the patient is in immediate danger. Services performed under these circumstances shall be performed in accordance with the written protocols established under section FOR TRIAGE OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS ESTABLISHED IN RULES ADOPTED UNDER SECTIONS 4765.11 AND 4765.40 of the Revised Code AND ANY APPLICABLE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED by the emergency medical service organization with which the paramedic is affiliated.

Sec. 4765.40. The medical director or cooperating physician advisory board of each emergency medical service organization shall establish written protocols to be followed by first responders, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical technicians-paramedic in performing emergency medical services when communications have failed or the required response time prevents communication and the life of the patient is in immediate danger.

(A)(1) NOT LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT, THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SHALL ADOPT RULES UNDER SECTION 4765.11 OF THE REVISED CODE ESTABLISHING WRITTEN PROTOCOLS FOR THE TRIAGE OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS. THE RULES SHALL DEFINE ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 4765.01 OF THE REVISED CODE, MINIMIZES OVERTRIAGE AND UNDERTRIAGE, AND EMPHASIZES THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF PEDIATRIC AND GERIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENTS.

(2) THE STATE TRIAGE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL REQUIRE A TRAUMA VICTIM TO BE TRANSPORTED DIRECTLY TO AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER THAT IS QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE, UNLESS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS APPLIES:

(a) IT IS MEDICALLY NECESSARY TO TRANSPORT THE VICTIM TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL FOR INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND STABILIZATION BEFORE TRANSFER TO AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER;

(b) IT IS UNSAFE OR MEDICALLY INAPPROPRIATE TO TRANSPORT THE VICTIM DIRECTLY TO AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER OR GROUND CONDITIONS OR EXCESSIVE TRANSPORT TIME;

(c) TRANSPORTING THE VICTIM TO AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER WOULD CAUSE A SHORTAGE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE RESOURCES;

(d) NO APPROPRIATE ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER IS ABLE TO RECEIVE AND PROVIDE ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE TO THE TRAUMA VICTIM WITHOUT UNDUE DELAY;

(e) BEFORE TRANSPORT OF A PATIENT BEGINS, THE PATIENT REQUESTS TO BE TAKEN TO A PARTICULAR HOSPITAL THAT IS NOT A TRAUMA CENTER OR, IF THE PATIENT IS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR IS NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, SUCH A REQUEST IS MADE BY AN ADULT MEMBER OF THE PATIENT'S FAMILY OR A LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PATIENT.

(3)(a) THE STATE TRIAGE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL REQUIRE TRAUMA PATIENTS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER THAT IS ABLE TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE, BUT SHALL NOT REQUIRE A TRAUMA PATIENT TO BE TRANSPORTED TO A PARTICULAR TRAUMA CENTER. THE STATE TRIAGE PROTOCOLS SHALL ESTABLISH ONE OR MORE PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATING WHETHER AN INJURY VICTIM REQUIRES OR WOULD BENEFIT FROM ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE, WHICH PROCEDURES SHALL BE APPLIED BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL BASED ON THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL NEEDS. IN DEVELOPING STATE TRAUMA TRIAGE PROTOCOLS, THE BOARD SHALL CONSIDER RELEVANT MODEL TRIAGE RULES AND SHALL CONSULT WITH THE COMMISSION ON MINORITY HEALTH, REGIONAL DIRECTORS, REGIONAL PHYSICIAN ADVISORY BOARDS, AND APPROPRIATE MEDICAL, HOSPITAL, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.

(b) BEFORE THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON AGENCY RULE REVIEW CONSIDERS STATE TRIAGE PROTOCOLS FOR TRAUMA VICTIMS PROPOSED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, OR AMENDMENTS THERETO, THE BOARD SHALL SEND A COPY OF THE PROPOSAL TO THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, THE OHIO OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION, AND THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AT WHICH IT MUST CONSIDER THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE PROTOCOLS TO MINIMIZE OVERTRIAGE AND UNDERTRIAGE OF TRAUMA VICTIMS.

(c) THE BOARD SHALL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE STATE TRIAGE PROTOCOLS, AND AMENDMENTS TO THE PROTOCOLS, TO EACH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, REGIONAL PHYSICIAN ADVISORY BOARD, CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INSTRUCTOR, AND PERSON WHO REGULARLY PROVIDES MEDICAL DIRECTION TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL IN THE STATE; TO EACH MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT REGULARLY PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THIS STATE; AND TO OTHERS UPON REQUEST.

(B)(1) THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SHALL APPROVE REGIONAL PROTOCOLS FOR THE TRIAGE OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS, AND AMENDMENTS TO SUCH PROTOCOLS, THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION AND PROVIDE A LEVEL OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE COMPARABLE TO THE STATE TRIAGE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION. THE BOARD SHALL NOT OTHERWISE APPROVE REGIONAL TRIAGE PROTOCOLS FOR TRAUMA VICTIMS. THE BOARD SHALL NOT APPROVE REGIONAL TRIAGE PROTOCOLS FOR REGIONS THAT OVERLAP AND SHALL RESOLVE ANY SUCH DISPUTES BY APPORTIONING THE OVERLAPPING TERRITORY AMONG APPROPRIATE REGIONS IN A MANNER THAT BEST SERVES THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THAT TERRITORY. THE TRAUMA COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD SHALL HAVE REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON REGIONAL TRIAGE PROTOCOLS AND AMENDMENTS TO SUCH PROTOCOLS BEFORE THE BOARD APPROVES OR DISAPPROVES THEM.

(2) REGIONAL PROTOCOLS FOR THE TRIAGE OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS, AND AMENDMENTS TO SUCH PROTOCOLS, SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BY THE REGIONAL PHYSICIAN ADVISORY BOARD OR REGIONAL DIRECTOR, AS APPROPRIATE, THAT SERVES A MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IN THE REGION IN WHICH THE PROTOCOLS APPLY. PRIOR TO SUBMITTING REGIONAL TRIAGE PROTOCOLS, OR AN AMENDMENT TO SUCH PROTOCOLS, TO THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, A REGIONAL PHYSICIAN ADVISORY BOARD OR REGIONAL DIRECTOR SHALL CONSULT WITH EACH OF THE FOLLOWING THAT REGULARLY SERVES THE REGION IN WHICH THE PROTOCOLS APPLY:

(a) OTHER REGIONAL PHYSICIAN ADVISORY BOARDS AND REGIONAL DIRECTORS;

(b) HOSPITALS THAT OPERATE AN EMERGENCY FACILITY;

(c) ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTERS;

(d) PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES OF PHYSICIANS WHO SPECIALIZE IN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE OR ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA SURGERY;

(e) PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES OF NURSES WHO SPECIALIZE IN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY NURSING OR ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA SURGERY;

(f) PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL;

(g) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDICAL DIRECTORS OF SUCH ORGANIZATIONS;

(h) CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INSTRUCTORS.

(3) REGIONAL PROTOCOLS FOR THE TRIAGE OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS APPROVED UNDER DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION SHALL REQUIRE PATIENTS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO A TRAUMA CENTER THAT IS ABLE TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE; SHALL NOT DISCRIMINATE AMONG TRAUMA CENTERS FOR REASONS NOT RELATED TO A PATIENT'S MEDICAL NEEDS; SHALL SEEK TO MINIMIZE UNDERTRIAGE AND OVERTRIAGE; MAY INCLUDE ANY OF THE EXCEPTIONS IN DIVISION (A)(2) OF THIS SECTION; AND SUPERSEDE THE STATE TRIAGE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION IN THE REGION IN WHICH THE REGIONAL PROTOCOLS APPLY.

(4) UPON APPROVAL OF REGIONAL PROTOCOLS FOR THE TRIAGE OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA VICTIMS UNDER DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION, OR AN AMENDMENT TO SUCH PROTOCOLS, THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE APPROVAL AND A COPY OF THE PROTOCOLS OR AMENDMENT TO EACH ENTITY IN THE REGION IN WHICH THE PROTOCOLS APPLY TO WHICH THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO SEND A COPY OF THE STATE TRIAGE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.

(C)(1) THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SHALL REVIEW THE STATE TRIAGE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE CAUSING OVERTRIAGE OR UNDERTRIAGE OF TRAUMA PATIENTS, AND SHALL MODIFY THEM AS NECESSARY TO MINIMIZE OVERTRIAGE AND UNDERTRIAGE.

(2) EACH REGIONAL PHYSICIAN ADVISORY BOARD OR REGIONAL DIRECTOR THAT HAS HAD REGIONAL TRIAGE PROTOCOLS APPROVED UNDER DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION SHALL REVIEW THE PROTOCOLS AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE CAUSING OVERTRIAGE OR UNDERTRIAGE OF TRAUMA PATIENTS AND SHALL SUBMIT AN APPROPRIATE AMENDMENT TO THE STATE BOARD, AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, AS NECESSARY TO MINIMIZE OVERTRIAGE AND UNDERTRIAGE. THE STATE BOARD SHALL APPROVE THE AMENDMENT IF IT WILL REDUCE OVERTRIAGE OR UNDERTRIAGE WHILE COMPLYING WITH DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL NOT OTHERWISE APPROVE THE AMENDMENT.

(D) NO PROVIDER OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OR PERSON WHO PROVIDES MEDICAL DIRECTION TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL IN THIS STATE SHALL FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE TRIAGE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION OR APPLICABLE REGIONAL TRIAGE PROTOCOLS APPROVED UNDER DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION.

(E) THE STATE BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SHALL ADOPT RULES UNDER SECTION 4765.11 of the Revised Code THAT PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE STATE TRIAGE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION AND REGIONAL TRIAGE PROTOCOLS APPROVED UNDER DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION, AND FOR EDUCATION REGARDING THOSE PROTOCOLS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND PERSONNEL, REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND REGIONAL PHYSICIAN ADVISORY BOARDS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INSTRUCTORS, AND PERSONS WHO REGULARLY PROVIDE MEDICAL DIRECTION TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL IN THIS STATE.

Sec. 4765.41. THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OR COOPERATING PHYSICIAN ADVISORY BOARD OF EACH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION SHALL ESTABLISH WRITTEN PROTOCOLS TO BE FOLLOWED BY FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS-BASIC, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS-INTERMEDIATE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS-PARAMEDIC IN PERFORMING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WHEN COMMUNICATIONS HAVE FAILED OR THE REQUIRED RESPONSE PREVENTS COMMUNICATION AND THE LIFE OF THE PATIENT IS IN IMMEDIATE DANGER. THOSE PROTOCOLS SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE TRAUMA TRIAGE PROTOCOLS ADOPTED UNDER DIVISION (A) OR APPROVED UNDER DIVISION (B)(2) OF SECTION 4765.40 of the Revised Code, BUT MAY DIRECT TO AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER EMERGENCY VICTIMS THAT THE APPLICABLE TRAUMA TRIAGE PROTOCOLS DO NOT REQUIRE TO BE TRANSPORTED TO AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER.

Sec. 4765.50. (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no person shall represent that the person is a first responder, an emergency medical technician-basic or EMT-basic, an emergency medical technician-intermediate or EMT-I, or an emergency medical technician-paramedic or paramedic unless appropriately certified under section 4765.30 of the Revised Code.

(B)(1) No person shall operate an emergency medical services training program without a certificate of accreditation issued under section 4765.17 of the Revised Code.

(2) No person shall operate an emergency medical services continuing education program without a certificate of approval issued under section 4765.17 of the Revised Code.

(C) No public or private entity shall advertise or disseminate information leading the public to believe that the entity is an emergency medical service organization, unless that entity actually provides emergency medical services.

(D) A person who is performing the functions of a first responder, EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic under the authority of the laws of a state that borders JURISDICTION OTHER THAN this state, who is employed by or serves as a volunteer with an emergency medical service organization based in that state, and provides emergency medical services to or transportation of a patient in this state is not in violation of division (A) of this section.

A person who is performing the functions of a first responder, EMT-basic, EMT-I, or paramedic under a reciprocal agreement authorized by section 4765.10 of the Revised Code is not in violation of division (A) of this section.

(E) BEGINNING TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT, NO PHYSICIAN SHALL PURPOSEFULLY DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) ADMIT AN ADULT TRAUMA PATIENT TO A HOSPITAL THAT IS NOT AN ADULT TRAUMA CENTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADULT TRAUMA CARE;

(2) ADMIT A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENT TO A HOSPITAL THAT IS NOT A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE;

(3) FAIL TO TRANSFER AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENT TO AN ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW, STATE LAW, AND ADULT OR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PROTOCOLS AND PATIENT TRANSFER AGREEMENTS ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 3727.09 OF THE REVISED CODE.

Sec. 4765.55. (A) This section does not apply to a cooperative education school district.

(B) The executive director of the state board of emergency medical services shall, with the advice and counsel of the subcommittee FIREFIGHTER AND FIRE SAFETY INSPECTOR TRAINING COMMITTEE of the state board of emergency medical services for firefighter and fire safety inspector training, assist in the establishment and maintenance by any state agency, or any county, township, city, village, school district, or educational service center of a fire service training program for the training of all paid and volunteer firefighters and fire safety inspectors in this state. The executive director, with the advice and counsel of the subcommittee COMMITTEE, shall adopt standards to regulate such firefighter and fire safety inspector training programs. The standards may include, but need not be limited to, provisions for minimum courses of study, minimum hours of instruction, attendance requirements, required equipment and facilities, qualifications of instructors, basic physical and methods training required of firefighters and fire safety inspectors, and training schedules. The standards adopted to regulate training programs for volunteer firefighters shall not require more than thirty-six hours of training. The executive director, with the advice and counsel of the subcommittee COMMITTEE, shall provide for the classification and chartering of such training programs and may revoke any charter for failure to meet standards.

(C) Certificates issued under this division shall be prescribed by the executive director, with the advice and counsel of the subcommittee FIREFIGHTER AND FIRE INSPECTOR TRAINING COMMITTEE of the state board of emergency medical services for firefighter and fire safety inspector training.

(1) The executive director shall issue a certificate to each person satisfactorily completing a chartered training program.

(2) The executive director, with the subcommittee's COMMITTEE'S advice and counsel, shall establish criteria for evaluating the standards maintained by other states and the branches of the United States military for firefighter training programs to determine whether the standards are equivalent to those established under this section and shall establish requirements and procedures for issuing a certificate to each person who presents proof to the executive director of having satisfactorily completed a training program that meets those standards.

(3) The executive director, with the subcommittee's COMMITTEE'S advice and counsel, shall establish requirements and procedures for issuing a certificate in lieu of completing a chartered firefighter training program to any person requesting a certificate who began serving as a permanent full-time paid firefighter with the fire department of a city or village prior to July 2, 1970, or as a volunteer firefighter with the fire department of a township, fire district, city, or village prior to July 2, 1979.

(D) The subcommittee of the state board of emergency medical services for firefighter and fire safety inspector training is hereby created and shall consist of the member of the state board of emergency medical services who is appointed by the director of public safety, the members of the board who are chiefs of fire departments, and the members of the board who are emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, and emergency medical technicians-paramedic appointed to the board from among persons nominated by the Ohio association of professional fire fighters or the northern Ohio fire fighters and from among persons nominated by the Ohio state firefighter's association. The chairperson of the subcommittee shall be the member of the board who is appointed by the director of public safety. Each member of the subcommittee, except for the chairperson, may designate a person with fire experience to serve in that member's place.

(E) Nothing in this section invalidates any part of OTHER section 3737.33 of the Revised Code relative RELATING to the fire training academy.

Sec. 4766.02. (A) There is hereby created the Ohio ambulance licensing board, consisting of five voting members and one nonvoting member who shall be residents of this state and appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, members shall serve terms of two years. One voting member shall be a member of the Ohio ambulance association; two voting members, one of whom shall be a licensed funeral director, shall be owners or operators of private emergency medical service organizations operating in this state; one voting member shall be a consumer of emergency medical services who is not associated with any public or private emergency medical service organization; and one voting member shall be an official with a public emergency medical service organization. A physician who holds a certificate to practice issued under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code who is a member of the American college of emergency physicians shall serve as the nonvoting member. The board shall annually select from its membership a chair and a vice-chair to act as chair in the chair's absence.

(B) Of the members initially appointed, three shall be appointed for terms of one year and three for terms of two years. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. Every member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.

(C) Three voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the affirmative vote of three members is required for the board to take any official action. The board, after notice and hearing, may remove a member by majority vote for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance.

Members of the board shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board and in the performance of their official duties. The board may hire such employees as are necessary to enable it to execute its duties.

(D) The division of emergency medical services within the department of public safety shall provide the board with office space at no cost, but the board shall not be a part of the division or the department.

(E) The board is the sole supervisory body regarding the licensing of private ambulance service organizations in this state.

Sec. 4767.08. (A) The cemetery dispute resolution commission, on its own motion or as a result of a complaint received pursuant to section 4767.07 of the Revised Code and with good cause shown, shall investigate or cause to be investigated alleged violations of sections 1721.19, 1721.20, 1721.21, 1721.211, 4735.02, 4735.22, and 4765.03 4767.02 of the Revised Code. If the commission or the superintendent of the division of real estate in the department of commerce believes that a violation has occurred, the commission or superintendent shall request the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the alleged violation occurred to initiate such proceedings as are appropriate.

(B) If, as a result of an investigation, the commission or the superintendent believes that a person has violated Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code, the commission or superintendent shall report the findings to the attorney general.

(C) If, as a result of an investigation, the commission or the superintendent believes that a limited real estate broker or limited real estate salesman has violated Chapter 4735. of the Revised Code, the commission or superintendent shall report the findings to the real estate commission, which may initiate such proceedings as are appropriate.

(D) The commission, at any time, may dismiss a complaint if it determines there is not good cause shown for the complaint. If the commission dismisses a complaint, it shall notify the person who filed the complaint within twenty days of reaching its decision and identify the reason why the complaint was dismissed.

(E) When necessary for the division of real estate in the department of commerce to perform the duties required by sections 4767.07 and 4767.08 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of the division, after consultation with at least a majority of the members of the cemetery dispute resolution commission, may issue subpoenas and compel the production of books, papers, records, and other forms of evidence.

Sec. 5502.01. (A) The department of public safety shall administer and enforce the laws relating to the registration, licensing, sale, and operation of motor vehicles and the laws pertaining to the licensing of drivers of motor vehicles.

The department shall compile, analyze, and publish statistics relative to motor vehicle accidents and the causes of them, prepare and conduct educational programs for the purpose of promoting safety in the operation of motor vehicles on the highways, assist the state board of education in the formulation of minimum standards for driver education courses of instruction, encourage driver instruction in the high schools of the state, and conduct research and studies for the purpose of promoting safety on the highways of this state.

(B) The department shall administer the laws and rules applicable to the division of state RELATIVE TO TRAUMA AND emergency medical services SPECIFIED IN CHAPTER 4765. OF THE REVISED CODE.

(C) The department shall administer and enforce the laws contained in Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code and enforce the rules and orders of the liquor control commission pertaining to retail liquor permit holders.

(D) The department shall administer the laws governing the state emergency management agency and shall enforce all additional duties and responsibilities as prescribed in the Revised Code related to emergency management services.

(E) The department shall conduct investigations pursuant to Chapter 5101. of the Revised Code in support of the duty of the department of human services to administer food stamp programs throughout this state. The department of public safety shall conduct investigations necessary to protect the state's property rights and interests in the food stamp program.

(F) The department of public safety shall enforce compliance with orders and rules of the public utilities commission and applicable laws in accordance with Chapters 4919., 4921., and 4923. of the Revised Code regarding commercial motor vehicle transportation safety, economic, and hazardous materials requirements.

(G) Notwithstanding Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the department of public safety may establish requirements for its enforcement personnel, including its enforcement agents described in section 5502.14 of the Revised Code, that include standards of conduct, work rules and procedures, and criteria for eligibility as law enforcement personnel.

(H) The department shall administer, maintain, and operate the Ohio criminal justice network. The Ohio criminal justice network shall be a computer network that supports state and local criminal justice activities. The network shall be an electronic repository for various data, which may include arrest warrants, notices of persons wanted by law enforcement agencies, criminal records, prison inmate records, stolen vehicle records, vehicle operator's licenses, and vehicle registrations and titles.

Sec. 5503.04. All FORTY-FIVE PER CENT OF THE fines collected from or moneys arising from bail forfeited by persons apprehended or arrested by state highway patrol troopers shall be paid forty-five per cent into the state treasury TO BE CREDITED TO THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND, FIVE PER CENT SHALL BE PAID INTO THE STATE TREASURY TO BE CREDITED TO THE TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GRANTS FUND CREATED BY DIVISION (E) OF SECTION 4513.263 of the Revised Code, and fifty-five FIFTY per cent SHALL BE PAID into the treasury of the municipal corporation where the case is prosecuted, if in a mayor's court. If the prosecution is in a trial court outside a municipal corporation, or outside the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal court, THE FIFTY PER CENT OF the fines and moneys THAT IS NOT PAID INTO THE STATE TREASURY shall be paid fifty-five per cent into the county treasury OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE CASE IS PROSECUTED. The fines and moneys paid into the state treasury shall be credited to the general revenue fund. The fines and moneys paid into a county treasury and the fines and moneys paid into the treasury of a municipal corporation shall be deposited one-half to the same fund and expended in the same manner as is the revenue received from the registration of motor vehicles, and one-half to the general fund of such county or municipal corporation.

If the prosecution is in a municipal court, forty-five per cent of the fines and moneys shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the general revenue fund, FIVE PER CENT SHALL BE PAID INTO THE STATE TREASURY TO BE CREDITED TO THE TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GRANTS FUND CREATED BY DIVISION (E) OF SECTION 4513.263 of the Revised Code, ten per cent shall be paid into the county treasury to be credited to the general fund of the county, and forty-five FORTY per cent shall be paid into the municipal treasury to be credited to the general fund of the municipal corporation. In the Auglaize county, Clermont county, Crawford county, Hocking county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, Madison county, Miami county, Ottawa county, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, that portion of money otherwise paid into the municipal treasury shall be paid into the county treasury.

The trial court shall make remittance of the fines and moneys as prescribed in this section, and at the same time as the remittance is made of the state's portion to the state treasury, the trial court shall notify the superintendent of the state highway patrol of the case and the amount covered by the remittance.

This section does not apply to fines for violations of division (B) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code, or for violations of any municipal ordinance that is substantively comparable to that division, all of which shall be delivered to the treasurer of state as provided in division (E) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 5739.02. For the purpose of providing revenue with which to meet the needs of the state, for the use of the general revenue fund of the state, for the purpose of securing a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the state, for the purpose of affording revenues, in addition to those from general property taxes, permitted under constitutional limitations, and from other sources, for the support of local governmental functions, and for the purpose of reimbursing the state for the expense of administering this chapter, an excise tax is hereby levied on each retail sale made in this state.

(A) The tax shall be collected pursuant to the schedules in section 5739.025 of the Revised Code.

The tax applies and is collectible when the sale is made, regardless of the time when the price is paid or delivered.

In the case of a sale, the price of which consists in whole or in part of rentals for the use of the thing transferred, the tax, as regards such rentals, shall be measured by the installments thereof.

In the case of a sale of a service defined under division (MM) or (NN) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code, the price of which consists in whole or in part of a membership for the receipt of the benefit of the service, the tax applicable to the sale shall be measured by the installments thereof.

(B) The tax does not apply to the following:

(1) Sales to the state or any of its political subdivisions, or to any other state or its political subdivisions if the laws of that state exempt from taxation sales made to this state and its political subdivisions;

(2) Sales of food for human consumption off the premises where sold;

(3) Sales of food sold to students only in a cafeteria, dormitory, fraternity, or sorority maintained in a private, public, or parochial school, college, or university;

(4) Sales of newspapers, and of magazine subscriptions shipped by second class mail, and sales or transfers of magazines distributed as controlled circulation publications;

(5) The furnishing, preparing, or serving of meals without charge by an employer to an employee provided the employer records the meals as part compensation for services performed or work done;

(6) Sales of motor fuel upon receipt, use, distribution, or sale of which in this state a tax is imposed by the law of this state, but this exemption shall not apply to the sale of motor fuel on which a refund of the tax is allowable under section 5735.14 of the Revised Code; and the tax commissioner may deduct the amount of tax levied by this section applicable to the price of motor fuel when granting a refund of motor fuel tax pursuant to section 5735.14 of the Revised Code and shall cause the amount deducted to be paid into the general revenue fund of this state;

(7) Sales of natural gas by a natural gas company, of electricity by an electric company, of water by a water-works company, or of steam by a heating company, if in each case the thing sold is delivered to consumers through wires, pipes, or conduits, and all sales of communications services by a telephone or telegraph company, all terms as defined in section 5727.01 of the Revised Code;

(8) Casual sales by a person, or auctioneer employed directly by the person to conduct such sales, except as to such sales of motor vehicles, watercraft or outboard motors required to be titled under section 1548.06 of the Revised Code, watercraft documented with the United States coast guard, snowmobiles, and all-purpose vehicles as defined in section 4519.01 of the Revised Code;

(9) Sales of services or tangible personal property, other than motor vehicles, mobile homes, and manufactured homes, by churches or by nonprofit organizations operated exclusively for charitable purposes as defined in division (B)(12) of this section, provided that the number of days on which such tangible personal property or services, other than items never subject to the tax, are sold does not exceed six in any calendar year. If the number of days on which such sales are made exceeds six in any calendar year, the church or organization shall be considered to be engaged in business and all subsequent sales by it shall be subject to the tax. In counting the number of days, all sales by groups within a church or within an organization shall be considered to be sales of that church or organization, except that sales made by separate student clubs and other groups of students of a primary or secondary school, and sales made by a parent-teacher association, booster group, or similar organization that raises money to support or fund curricular or extracurricular activities of a primary or secondary school, shall not be considered to be sales of such school, and sales by each such club, group, association, or organization shall be counted separately for purposes of the six-day limitation. This division does not apply to sales by a noncommercial educational radio or television broadcasting station.

(10) Sales not within the taxing power of this state under the Constitution of the United States;

(11) The transportation of persons or property, unless the transportation is by a private investigation and security service;

(12) Sales of tangible personal property or services to churches, to organizations exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and to any other nonprofit organizations operated exclusively for charitable purposes in this state, no part of the net income of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, and no substantial part of the activities of which consists of carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation; sales to offices administering one or more homes for the aged or one or more hospital facilities exempt under section 140.08 of the Revised Code; and sales to organizations described in division (D) of section 5709.12 of the Revised Code.

"Charitable purposes" means the relief of poverty; the improvement of health through the alleviation of illness, disease, or injury; the operation of an organization exclusively for the provision of professional, laundry, printing, and purchasing services to hospitals or charitable institutions; the operation of a home for the aged, as defined in section 5701.13 of the Revised Code; the operation of a radio or television broadcasting station that is licensed by the federal communications commission as a noncommercial educational radio or television station; the operation of a nonprofit animal adoption service or a county humane society; the promotion of education by an institution of learning that maintains a faculty of qualified instructors, teaches regular continuous courses of study, and confers a recognized diploma upon completion of a specific curriculum; the operation of a parent teacher association, booster group, or similar organization primarily engaged in the promotion and support of the curricular or extracurricular activities of a primary or secondary school; the operation of a community or area center in which presentations in music, dramatics, the arts, and related fields are made in order to foster public interest and education therein; the production of performances in music, dramatics, and the arts; or the promotion of education by an organization engaged in carrying on research in, or the dissemination of, scientific and technological knowledge and information primarily for the public.

Nothing in this division shall be deemed to exempt sales to any organization for use in the operation or carrying on of a trade or business, or sales to a home for the aged for use in the operation of independent living facilities as defined in division (A) of section 5709.12 of the Revised Code.

(13) Building and construction materials and services sold to construction contractors for incorporation into a structure or improvement to real property under a construction contract with this state or a political subdivision thereof, or with the United States government or any of its agencies; building and construction materials and services sold to construction contractors for incorporation into a structure or improvement to real property that are accepted for ownership by this state or any of its political subdivisions, or by the United States government or any of its agencies at the time of completion of such structures or improvements; building and construction materials sold to construction contractors for incorporation into a horticulture structure or livestock structure for a person engaged in the business of horticulture or producing livestock; building materials and services sold to a construction contractor for incorporation into a house of public worship or religious education, or a building used exclusively for charitable purposes under a construction contract with an organization whose purpose is as described in division (B)(12) of this section; building and construction materials sold for incorporation into the original construction of a sports facility under section 307.696 of the Revised Code; and building and construction materials and services sold to a construction contractor for incorporation into real property outside this state if such materials and services, when sold to a construction contractor in the state in which the real property is located for incorporation into real property in that state, would be exempt from a tax on sales levied by that state;

(14) Sales of ships or vessels or rail rolling stock used or to be used principally in interstate or foreign commerce, and repairs, alterations, fuel, and lubricants for such ships or vessels or rail rolling stock;

(15) Sales to persons engaged in any of the activities mentioned in division (E)(2) or (9) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code, to persons engaged in making retail sales, or to persons who purchase for sale from a manufacturer tangible personal property that was produced by the manufacturer in accordance with specific designs provided by the purchaser, of packages, including material and parts for packages, and of machinery, equipment, and material for use primarily in packaging tangible personal property produced for sale by or on the order of the person doing the packaging, or sold at retail. "Packages" includes bags, baskets, cartons, crates, boxes, cans, bottles, bindings, wrappings, and other similar devices and containers, and "packaging" means placing therein.

(16) Sales of food to persons using food stamp coupons to purchase the food. As used in division (B)(16) of this section, "food" has the same meaning as in the "Food Stamp Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 958, 7 U.S.C. 2012, as amended, and federal regulations adopted pursuant to that act.

(17) Sales to persons engaged in farming, agriculture, horticulture, or floriculture, of tangible personal property for use or consumption directly in the production by farming, agriculture, horticulture, or floriculture of other tangible personal property for use or consumption directly in the production of tangible personal property for sale by farming, agriculture, horticulture, or floriculture; or material and parts for incorporation into any such tangible personal property for use or consumption in production; and of tangible personal property for such use or consumption in the conditioning or holding of products produced by and for such use, consumption, or sale by persons engaged in farming, agriculture, horticulture, or floriculture, except where such property is incorporated into real property;

(18) Sales of drugs dispensed by a licensed pharmacist upon the order of a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs to a human being, as the term "licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs" is defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code; insulin as recognized in the official United States pharmacopoeia; urine and blood testing materials when used by diabetics or persons with hypoglycemia to test for glucose or acetone; hypodermic syringes and needles when used by diabetics for insulin injections; epoetin alfa when purchased for use in the treatment of persons with end-stage renal disease; hospital beds when purchased for use by persons with medical problems for medical purposes; and oxygen and oxygen-dispensing equipment when purchased for use by persons with medical problems for medical purposes;

(19) Sales of artificial limbs or portion thereof, breast prostheses, and other prosthetic devices for humans; braces or other devices for supporting weakened or nonfunctioning parts of the human body; wheelchairs; devices used to lift wheelchairs into motor vehicles and parts and accessories to such devices; crutches or other devices to aid human perambulation; and items of tangible personal property used to supplement impaired functions of the human body such as respiration, hearing, or elimination. No exemption under this division shall be allowed for nonprescription drugs, medicines, or remedies; items or devices used to supplement vision; items or devices whose function is solely or primarily cosmetic; or physical fitness equipment. This division does not apply to sales to a physician or medical facility for use in the treatment of a patient.

(20) Sales of emergency and fire protection vehicles and equipment to nonprofit organizations for use solely in providing fire protection and emergency services, INCLUDING TRAUMA CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, for political subdivisions of the state;

(21) Sales of tangible personal property manufactured in this state, if sold by the manufacturer in this state to a retailer for use in the retail business of the retailer outside of this state and if possession is taken from the manufacturer by the purchaser within this state for the sole purpose of immediately removing the same from this state in a vehicle owned by the purchaser;

(22) Sales of services provided by the state or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, instrumentalities, institutions, or authorities, or by governmental entities of the state or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, instrumentalities, institutions, or authorities;

(23) Sales of motor vehicles to nonresidents of this state upon the presentation of an affidavit executed in this state by the nonresident purchaser affirming that the purchaser is a nonresident of this state, that possession of the motor vehicle is taken in this state for the sole purpose of immediately removing it from this state, that the motor vehicle will be permanently titled and registered in another state, and that the motor vehicle will not be used in this state;

(24) Sales to persons engaged in the preparation of eggs for sale of tangible personal property used or consumed directly in such preparation, including such tangible personal property used for cleaning, sanitizing, preserving, grading, sorting, and classifying by size; packages, including material and parts for packages, and machinery, equipment, and material for use in packaging eggs for sale; and handling and transportation equipment and parts therefor, except motor vehicles licensed to operate on public highways, used in intraplant or interplant transfers or shipment of eggs in the process of preparation for sale, when the plant or plants within or between which such transfers or shipments occur are operated by the same person. "Packages" includes containers, cases, baskets, flats, fillers, filler flats, cartons, closure materials, labels, and labeling materials, and "packaging" means placing therein.

(25)(a) Sales of water to a consumer for residential use, except the sale of bottled water, distilled water, mineral water, carbonated water, or ice;

(b) Sales of water by a nonprofit corporation engaged exclusively in the treatment, distribution, and sale of water to consumers, if such water is delivered to consumers through pipes or tubing.

(26) Fees charged for inspection or reinspection of motor vehicles under section 3704.14 of the Revised Code;

(27) Sales of solar, wind, or hydrothermal energy systems that meet the guidelines established under division (B) of section 1551.20 of the Revised Code, components of such systems that are identified under division (B) or (D) of that section, or charges for the installation of such systems or components, made during the period from August 14, 1979, through December 31, 1985;

(28) Sales to persons licensed to conduct a food service operation pursuant to section 3732.03 of the Revised Code, of tangible personal property primarily used directly for the following:

(a) To prepare food for human consumption for sale;

(b) To preserve food that has been or will be prepared for human consumption for sale by the food service operator, not including tangible personal property used to display food for selection by the consumer;

(c) To clean tangible personal property used to prepare or serve food for human consumption for sale.

(29) Sales of animals by nonprofit animal adoption services or county humane societies;

(30) Sales of services to a corporation described in division (A) of section 5709.72 of the Revised Code, and sales of tangible personal property that qualifies for exemption from taxation under section 5709.72 of the Revised Code;

(31) Sales and installation of agricultural land tile, as defined in division (B)(5)(a) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code;

(32) Sales and erection or installation of portable grain bins, as defined in division (B)(5)(b) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code;

(33) The sale, lease, repair, and maintenance of; parts for; or items attached to or incorporated in motor vehicles that are primarily used for transporting tangible personal property by a person engaged in highway transportation for hire;

(34) Sales to the state headquarters of any veterans' organization in Ohio that is either incorporated and issued a charter by the congress of the United States or is recognized by the United States veterans administration, for use by the headquarters;

(35) Sales to a telecommunications service vendor of tangible personal property and services used directly and primarily in transmitting, receiving, switching, or recording any interactive, two-way electromagnetic communications, including voice, image, data, and information, through the use of any medium, including, but not limited to, poles, wires, cables, switching equipment, computers, and record storage devices and media, and component parts for the tangible personal property. The exemption provided in division (B)(35) of this section shall be in lieu of all other exceptions under division (E)(2) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code to which a telecommunications service vendor may otherwise be entitled based upon the use of the thing purchased in providing the telecommunications service.

(36) Sales of investment metal bullion and investment coins. "Investment metal bullion" means any elementary precious metal that has been put through a process of smelting or refining, including, but not limited to, gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, and which is in such state or condition that its value depends upon its content and not upon its form. "Investment metal bullion" does not include fabricated precious metal that has been processed or manufactured for one or more specific and customary industrial, professional, or artistic uses. "Investment coins" means numismatic coins or other forms of money and legal tender manufactured of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, or other metal under the laws of the United States or any foreign nation with a fair market value greater than any statutory or nominal value of such coins.

(37)(a) Sales where the purpose of the consumer is to use or consume the things transferred in making retail sales and consisting of newspaper inserts, catalogues, coupons, flyers, gift certificates, or other advertising material that prices and describes tangible personal property offered for retail sale.

(b) Sales to direct marketing vendors of preliminary materials such as photographs, artwork, and typesetting that will be used in printing advertising material; of printed matter that offers free merchandise or chances to win sweepstake prizes and that is mailed to potential customers with advertising material described in division (B)(37)(a) of this section; and of equipment such as telephones, computers, facsimile machines, and similar tangible personal property primarily used to accept orders for direct marketing retail sales.

(c) Sales of automatic food vending machines that preserve food with a shelf life of forty-five days or less by refrigeration and dispense it to the consumer.

For purposes of division (B)(37) of this section, "direct marketing" means the method of selling where consumers order tangible personal property by United States mail, delivery service, or telecommunication and the vendor delivers or ships the tangible personal property sold to the consumer from a warehouse, catalogue distribution center, or similar fulfillment facility by means of the United States mail, delivery service, or common carrier.

(38) Sales to a person engaged in the business of horticulture or producing livestock of materials to be incorporated into a horticulture structure or livestock structure;

(39) The sale of a motor vehicle that is used exclusively for a vanpool ridesharing arrangement to persons participating in the vanpool ridesharing arrangement when the vendor is selling the vehicle pursuant to a contract between the vendor and the department of transportation;

(40) Sales of personal computers, computer monitors, computer keyboards, modems, and other peripheral computer equipment to an individual who is licensed or certified to teach in an elementary or a secondary school in this state for use by that individual in preparation for teaching elementary or secondary school students;

(41) Sales to a professional racing team of any of the following:

(a) Motor racing vehicles;

(b) Repair services for motor racing vehicles;

(c) Items of property that are attached to or incorporated in motor racing vehicles, including engines, chassis, and all other components of the vehicles, and all spare, replacement, and rebuilt parts or components of the vehicles; except not including tires, consumable fluids, paint, and accessories consisting of instrumentation sensors and related items added to the vehicle to collect and transmit data by means of telemetry and other forms of communication.

(42) Sales of used manufactured homes and used mobile homes, as defined in section 5739.0210 of the Revised Code, made on or after January 1, 2000.

For the purpose of the proper administration of this chapter, and to prevent the evasion of the tax, it is presumed that all sales made in this state are subject to the tax until the contrary is established.

As used in this section, except in division (B)(16) of this section, "food" includes cereals and cereal products, milk and milk products including ice cream, meat and meat products, fish and fish products, eggs and egg products, vegetables and vegetable products, fruits, fruit products, and pure fruit juices, condiments, sugar and sugar products, coffee and coffee substitutes, tea, and cocoa and cocoa products. It does not include: spirituous or malt liquors; soft drinks; sodas and beverages that are ordinarily dispensed at bars and soda fountains or in connection therewith, other than coffee, tea, and cocoa; root beer and root beer extracts; malt and malt extracts; mineral oils, cod liver oils, and halibut liver oil; medicines, including tonics, vitamin preparations, and other products sold primarily for their medicinal properties; and water, including mineral, bottled, and carbonated waters, and ice.

(C) The levy of an excise tax on transactions by which lodging by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests pursuant to this section and division (B) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code does not prevent any of the following:

(1) A municipal corporation or township from levying an excise tax for any lawful purpose not to exceed three per cent on transactions by which lodging by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests in addition to the tax levied by this section. If a municipal corporation or township repeals a tax imposed under division (C)(1) of this section and a county in which the municipal corporation or township has territory has a tax imposed under division (C) of section 5739.024 of the Revised Code in effect, the municipal corporation or township may not reimpose its tax as long as that county tax remains in effect. A municipal corporation or township in which a tax is levied under division (B)(2) of section 351.021 of the Revised Code may not increase the rate of its tax levied under division (C)(1) of this section to any rate that would cause the total taxes levied under both of those divisions to exceed three per cent on any lodging transaction within the municipal corporation or township.

(2) A municipal corporation or a township from levying an additional excise tax not to exceed three per cent on such transactions pursuant to division (B) of section 5739.024 of the Revised Code. Such tax is in addition to any tax imposed under division (C)(1) of this section.

(3) A county from levying an excise tax pursuant to division (A) of section 5739.024 of the Revised Code.

(4) A county from levying an excise tax not to exceed three per cent of such transactions pursuant to division (C) of section 5739.024 of the Revised Code. Such a tax is in addition to any tax imposed under division (C)(3) of this section.

(5) A convention facilities authority, as defined in division (A) of section 351.01 of the Revised Code, from levying the excise taxes provided for in division (B) of section 351.021 of the Revised Code.

(6) A county from levying an excise tax not to exceed one and one-half per cent of such transactions pursuant to division (D) of section 5739.024 of the Revised Code. Such tax is in addition to any tax imposed under division (C)(3) or (4) of this section.

(7) A county from levying an excise tax not to exceed one and one-half per cent of such transactions pursuant to division (E) of section 5739.024 of the Revised Code. Such a tax is in addition to any tax imposed under division (C)(3), (4), or (6) of this section.

(D) The levy of this tax on retail sales of recreation and sports club service shall not prevent a municipal corporation from levying any tax on recreation and sports club dues or on any income generated by recreation and sports club dues.


Section 2. That existing sections 9.60, 125.04, 125.13, 3729.17, 3737.66, 4511.191, 4511.81, 4511.99, 4513.263, 4513.99, 4765.01, 4765.02, 4765.03, 4765.05, 4765.06, 4765.07, 4765.09, 4765.10, 4765.11, 4765.15, 4765.16, 4765.30, 4765.32, 4765.35, 4765.37, 4765.38, 4765.39, 4765.40, 4765.50, 4765.55, 4766.02, 4767.08, 5502.01, 5503.04, and 5739.02 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.


Section 3. The General Assembly finds that traumatic injuries impose significant personal and economic costs on this state and on individuals, businesses, political subdivisions, and other organizations in this state. In enacting section 2949.093 of the Revised Code, it is the intent of the General Assembly to deter behavior that increases the risk of traumatic injury and to impose on those individuals whose behavior increases the risk of traumatic injury the costs of preventing and treating traumatic injuries, in a manner consistent with State, ex rel. Brown, v. Galbraith (1977), 52 Ohio St. 2d 158.


Section 4. The state board of emergency medical services, with the advice and assistance of its trauma committee, shall study and evaluate the following matters:

(A) The status and needs of emergency medical services and adult and pediatric trauma care provided between this state and other jurisdictions;

(B) Methods to improve specialized care provided by emergency medical service organizations to pediatric and geriatric trauma victims;

(C) The feasibility of recording and reporting information to the state trauma registry by means of portable electronic devices, such as electronic notepads. The study shall include an analysis of the cost of acquiring, maintaining, and using such devices, potential sources of funding, and training required to ensure effective use of the devices.

(D) Methods to ensure that autopsies are performed on appropriate trauma victims and autopsy data is reported to the state trauma registry in a timely manner;

(E) Methods to increase advanced trauma life support, basic trauma life support, and prehospital trauma life support training among appropriate health care providers, particularly in rural areas of the state;

(F) The roles hospitals that are not a trauma center play in the state trauma system and regional trauma systems in this state, and methods to enhance those roles;

(G) The causes and impact of trauma on minority populations in this state and methods to improve emergency medical services and trauma care for those populations. This study shall be conducted in cooperation with the commission on minority health.

In conducting its studies and developing its findings and recommendations, the board shall consult the appropriate committees and subcommittees of the board; regional directors; regional physician advisory boards; organizations that represent physicians, nurses, and hospitals that care for emergency and trauma patients; emergency medical services organizations; appropriate governmental entities; and the Ohio state coroners' association, as appropriate.

Not later than three years after the effective date of this act, the board shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and other appropriate authorities and organizations.


Section 5. The General Assembly finds that pediatric and geriatric trauma patients have special medical needs that require particular emphasis to improve outcomes for these patients. It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide for these special needs in a state trauma system and trauma triage protocols approved by the State Board of Emergency Medical Services.

The General Assembly recognizes that hospitals that operate emergency facilities, but are not trauma centers, play an important role in the prompt and appropriate diagnosis, stabilization, and treatment of adult and pediatric trauma patients. It is the intent of the General Assembly to enhance the quality of emergency care such hospitals provide to trauma patients and to integrate such hospitals into the state and regional trauma systems provided for by this act. It is also the intent of the General Assembly that community-based emergency medical and trauma services be preserved and that nothing in this act be construed as encouraging the overtriage of patients or the unnecessary transfer of patients.


Section 6. The Director of Health shall organize and coordinate a temporary commission to determine how to better prevent traumatic injuries in this state. The commission's study shall include, without limitation, consideration of how to improve public safety education and how to prevent pediatric and geriatric injuries.

The Department of Public Safety, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, Department of Education, Commission on Minority Health, and Bureau of Workers' Compensation shall participate in and assist with the commission's study.

Within ninety days after the effective date of this act, the director shall appoint to the commission appropriate public health authorities, entities that conduct safety research and education, and advocates for injured persons. Commission members shall have expertise in injury prevention, broadly represent relevant disciplines, and represent all regions of the state.

Within ninety days after the effective date of this act, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint to the commission one member of the majority party and one member of the minority party in the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate shall appoint to the commission one member of the majority party and one member of the minority party in the Senate.

In conducting its study and developing its recommendations, the commission shall consult and cooperate with the Trauma Committee of the State Board of Emergency Medical Services. The commission shall conclude its study and disband not later than two years after the effective date of this section, whereupon the director shall transmit the commission's findings and recommendations to the Governor, General Assembly, chief executive of each state agency specified in this section, and other appropriate persons.


Section 7. The Director of Health shall organize and coordinate a temporary commission to determine how to improve the accessibility, affordability, quality, and cost-effectiveness of post-critical adult and pediatric trauma care. The commission's study shall include, without limitation, consideration of appropriate transfer of adult and pediatric trauma victims from regional trauma centers to other health care facilities; physical, psychological, and vocational rehabilitation of adult and pediatric trauma victims; re-employment of trauma victims; social support mechanisms for families of adult and pediatric trauma victims; and mitigation of the effects of pediatric and geriatric trauma.

The Rehabilitation Services Commission, Department of Aging, Bureau of Workers' Compensation, and Bureau of Employment Services shall participate in and assist with the commission's study.

Within ninety days after the effective date of this act, the director shall appoint to the commission appropriate public health authorities; entities that represent injury victims; certified safety professionals; employers; employment training and placement services; agricultural organizations; highway safety and motorists' organizations; health insurers; providers of social services to injury victims; nursing and rehabilitation institutions; victims of violent crime; hospitals; and professionals active in physical, psychological, and vocational therapy. Commission members shall have expertise in rehabilitation and retraining of injury victims, broadly represent relevant disciplines, and represent all regions of the state. Within ninety days after the effective date of this act, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint to the commission one member of the majority party and one member of the minority party in the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate shall appoint to the commission one member of the majority party and one member of the minority party in the Senate.

In conducting its study and developing its recommendations, the commission shall consult with and cooperate with the Trauma Committee of the State Board of Emergency Medical Services. The commission shall conclude its study and disband not later than two years after the effective date of this section, whereupon the director shall transmit the commission's findings and recommendations to the Governor, General Assembly, chief executive of each state agency specified in this section, and other appropriate persons.

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