To amend sections 2305.11, 2315.21, 2711.23, 2711.24, 3721.02, and 3721.17 and to enact sections 3721.171 and 5111.411 of the Revised Code relative to the results of a home inspection or nursing facility survey, liability of a residential care facility or a home for employee actions, liability of a residential care facility or a home for punitive damages, and expansion of the definition of "medical claim" in the statute of limitations.

Section 1. That sections 2305.11, 2315.21, 2711.23, 2711.24, 3721.02, and 3721.17 be amended and sections 3721.171 and 5111.411 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 2305.11.  (A) An action for libel, slander, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment, an action for malpractice other than an action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim, or an action upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued, provided that an action by an employee for the payment of unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or liquidated damages by reason of the nonpayment of minimum wages or overtime compensation shall be commenced within two years after the cause of action accrued.

(B)(1) Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, an action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued, except that, if prior to the expiration of that one-year period, a claimant who allegedly possesses a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim gives to the person who is the subject of that claim written notice that the claimant is considering bringing an action upon that claim, that action may be commenced against the person notified at any time within one hundred eighty days after the notice is so given.

(2) Except as to persons within the age of minority or of unsound mind, as provided by section 2305.16 of the Revised Code:

(a) In no event shall any action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim be commenced more than four years after the occurrence of the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim.

(b) If an action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim is not commenced within four years after the occurrence of the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim, then, notwithstanding the time when the action is determined to accrue under division (B)(1) of this section, any action upon that claim is barred.

(C) A civil action for unlawful abortion pursuant to section 2919.12 of the Revised Code, a civil action authorized by division (H) of section 2317.56 of the Revised Code, a civil action pursuant to division (B)(1) or (2) of section 2307.51 of the Revised Code for performing a dilation and extraction procedure or attempting to perform a dilation and extraction procedure in violation of section 2919.15 of the Revised Code, and a civil action pursuant to division (B)(1) or (2) of section 2307.52 of the Revised Code for terminating or attempting to terminate a human pregnancy after viability in violation of division (A) or (B) of section 2919.17 of the Revised Code shall be commenced within one year after the performance or inducement of the abortion, within one year after the attempt to perform or induce the abortion in violation of division (A) or (B) of section 2919.17 of the Revised Code, within one year after the performance of the dilation and extraction procedure, or, in the case of a civil action pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 2307.51 of the Revised Code, within one year after the attempt to perform the dilation and extraction procedure.

(D) As used in this section:

(1) "Hospital" includes any person, corporation, association, board, or authority that is responsible for the operation of any hospital licensed or registered in the state, including, but not limited to, those which that are owned or operated by the state, political subdivisions, any person, any corporation, or any combination thereof. "Hospital" also includes any person, corporation, association, board, entity, or authority that is responsible for the operation of any clinic that employs a full-time staff of physicians practicing in more than one recognized medical specialty and rendering advice, diagnosis, care, and treatment to individuals. "Hospital" does not include any hospital operated by the government of the United States or any of its branches.

(2) "Physician" means a person who is licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery by the state medical board or a person who otherwise is authorized to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state.

(3) "Medical claim" means any claim that is asserted in any civil action against a physician, podiatrist, or hospital, home, or residential facility, against any employee or agent of a physician, podiatrist, or hospital, home, or residential facility, or against a registered nurse or physical therapist, and that arises out of the medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of any person. "Medical claim" includes derivative the following:

(a) Derivative claims for relief that arise from the medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of a person;

(b) Claims resulting from acts or omissions in providing health care or from the hiring, training, supervision, retention, or termination of health caregivers;

(c) Claims brought under section 3721.17 of the Revised Code.

(4) "Podiatrist" means any person who is licensed to practice podiatric medicine and surgery by the state medical board.

(5) "Dentist" means any person who is licensed to practice dentistry by the state dental board.

(6) "Dental claim" means any claim that is asserted in any civil action against a dentist, or against any employee or agent of a dentist, and that arises out of a dental operation or the dental diagnosis, care, or treatment of any person. "Dental claim" includes derivative claims for relief that arise from a dental operation or the dental diagnosis, care, or treatment of a person.

(7) "Derivative claims for relief" include, but are not limited to, claims of a parent, guardian, custodian, or spouse of an individual who was the subject of any medical diagnosis, care, or treatment, dental diagnosis, care, or treatment, dental operation, optometric diagnosis, care, or treatment, or chiropractic diagnosis, care, or treatment, that arise from that diagnosis, care, treatment, or operation, and that seek the recovery of damages for any of the following:

(a) Loss of society, consortium, companionship, care, assistance, attention, protection, advice, guidance, counsel, instruction, training, or education, or any other intangible loss that was sustained by the parent, guardian, custodian, or spouse;

(b) Expenditures of the parent, guardian, custodian, or spouse for medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic care or treatment, for rehabilitation services, or for other care, treatment, services, products, or accommodations provided to the individual who was the subject of the medical diagnosis, care, or treatment, the dental diagnosis, care, or treatment, the dental operation, the optometric diagnosis, care, or treatment, or the chiropractic diagnosis, care, or treatment.

(8) "Registered nurse" means any person who is licensed to practice nursing as a registered nurse by the state board of nursing.

(9) "Chiropractic claim" means any claim that is asserted in any civil action against a chiropractor, or against any employee or agent of a chiropractor, and that arises out of the chiropractic diagnosis, care, or treatment of any person. "Chiropractic claim" includes derivative claims for relief that arise from the chiropractic diagnosis, care, or treatment of a person.

(10) "Chiropractor" means any person who is licensed to practice chiropractic by the chiropractic examining board.

(11) "Optometric claim" means any claim that is asserted in any civil action against an optometrist, or against any employee or agent of an optometrist, and that arises out of the optometric diagnosis, care, or treatment of any person. "Optometric claim" includes derivative claims for relief that arise from the optometric diagnosis, care, or treatment of a person.

(12) "Optometrist" means any person licensed to practice optometry by the state board of optometry.

(13) "Physical therapist" means any person who is licensed to practice physical therapy under Chapter 4755. of the Revised Code.

(14) "Home" has the same meaning as in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code.

(15) "Residential facility" means a facility licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 2315.21.  (A) As used in this section:

(1) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury or loss to person or property. "Tort action" includes a product liability claim for damages for injury or loss to person or property that is subject to sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code, but does not include a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons.

(2) "Trier of fact" means the jury or, in a nonjury action, the court.

(3) "Home" has the same meaning as in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code.

(B) Subject to division (D) of this section, punitive or exemplary damages are not recoverable from a defendant in question in a tort action unless both of the following apply:

(1) The actions or omissions of that defendant demonstrate malice, aggravated or egregious fraud, oppression, or insult, or that defendant as principal or master authorized, participated in, or ratified actions or omissions of an agent or servant that so demonstrate;.

(2) The plaintiff in question has adduced proof of actual damages that resulted from actions or omissions as described in division (B)(1) of this section.

(C)(1) In a tort action, the trier of fact shall determine the liability of any defendant for punitive or exemplary damages and the amount of those damages.

(2) In a tort action, the burden of proof shall be upon a plaintiff in question, by clear and convincing evidence, to establish that the plaintiff is entitled to recover punitive or exemplary damages.

(D) This section does not apply to tort actions against the state in the court of claims or to the extent that another section of the Revised Code expressly provides any of the following:

(1) Punitive or exemplary damages are recoverable from a defendant in question in a tort action on a basis other than that the actions or omissions of that defendant demonstrate malice, aggravated or egregious fraud, oppression, or insult, or on a basis other than that the defendant in question as principal or master authorized, participated in, or ratified actions or omissions of an agent or servant that so demonstrate;.

(2) Punitive or exemplary damages are recoverable from a defendant in question in a tort action irrespective of whether the plaintiff in question has adduced proof of actual damages;.

(3) The burden of proof upon a plaintiff in question to recover punitive or exemplary damages from a defendant in question in a tort action is one other than clear and convincing evidence;.

(4) Punitive or exemplary damages are not recoverable from a defendant in question in a tort action.

(E) When determining the amount of an award of punitive or exemplary damages against either a home or a residential facility licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code, the trier of fact shall consider all of the following:

(1) The ability of the home or residential facility to pay the award of punitive or exemplary damages based on the home's or residential facility's assets, income, and net worth;

(2) Whether the amount of punitive or exemplary damages is sufficient to deter future tortious conduct;

(3) The financial ability of the home or residential facility, both currently and in the future, to provide accommodations, personal care services, and skilled nursing care.

Sec. 2711.23. (A) To be valid and enforceable, any arbitration agreements pursuant to sections 2711.01 and 2711.22 of the Revised Code for controversies involving hospital or medical care, diagnosis, or treatment which that are entered into prior to rendering such care, diagnosis, or treatment shall include or be subject to the following conditions:

(A)(1) The agreement shall provide that medical or hospital care, diagnosis, or treatment will be provided whether or not the patient signs the agreement to arbitrate;.

(B)(2) The agreement shall provide that the patient, or the patient's spouse, or the personal representative of his the patient's estate in the event of the patient's death or incapacity, shall have a right to withdraw the patient's consent to arbitrate his the patient's claim by notifying the physician or hospital in writing within sixty days after the patient's discharge from the hospital for any claim arising out of hospitalization, or within sixty days after the termination of the physician-patient relationship for the physical condition involved for any claim against a physician. Nothing in this division shall be construed to mean that the spouse of a competent patient can withdraw over the objection of the patient the consent of the patient to arbitrate;.

(C)(3) The agreement shall provide that the decision whether or not to sign the agreement is solely a matter for the patient's determination without any influence by the physician or hospital;.

(D)(4) The agreement shall, if appropriate, provide, if appropriate, that its terms constitute a waiver of any right to a trial in court, or a waiver of any right to a trial by jury;.

(E)(5) The agreement shall provide that the arbitration expenses shall be divided equally between the parties to the agreement;.

(F)(6) Any arbitration panel shall consist of three persons, no more than one of whom shall be a physician or the representative of a hospital;.

(G)(7) The arbitration agreement shall be separate from any other agreement, consent, or document;.

(H)(8) The agreement shall not be submitted to a patient for approval when the patient's condition prevents the patient from making a rational decision whether or not to agree;.

(I)(9) Filing of a medical claim, as defined in division (D) of section 2305.11 of the Revised Code, within the sixty days provided for withdrawal of a patient from the arbitration agreement shall be deemed a withdrawal from such that agreement;.

(J)(10) The agreement shall contain a separately stated notice that clearly informs the patient of his the patient's rights under division (B)(A)(2) of this section.

(B) As used in this section, the terms "hospital":

(1) "Hospital" and "physician" shall have the same meanings set forth as in division (D) of section 2305.11 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Medical claim" has the same meaning as in division (D) of section 2305.11 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include a claim against a home or residential facility or an employee or agent of a home or residential facility.

(3) "Home" has the same meaning as in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code.

(4) "Residential facility" means a facility licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code.

(C) The provisions of this division section apply to hospitals, doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathic medicine, and doctors of podiatric medicine.

(D) This section does not apply to homes or residential facilities.

Sec. 2711.24.  (A) To the extent it is in ten-point type and is executed in the following form, an arbitration agreement of the type stated in section 2711.23 of the Revised Code shall be presumed valid and enforceable in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence that the execution of the agreement was induced by fraud, that the patient executed the agreement as a direct result of the willful or negligent disregard by the physician or hospital of the patient's right not to so execute, or that the patient executing the agreement was not able to communicate effectively in spoken and written English or any other language in which the agreement is written:

In the event of any dispute or controversy arising out of the diagnosis, treatment, or care of the patient by the provider of medical services, the dispute or controversy shall be submitted to binding arbitration.

Within fifteen days after a party to this agreement has given written notice to the other of demand for arbitration of said that dispute or controversy, the parties to the dispute or controversy shall each appoint an arbitrator and give notice of such the appointment to the other. Within a reasonable time after such notices have been given, the two arbitrators so selected shall select a neutral arbitrator and give notice of the selection thereof of a neutral arbitrator to the parties. The arbitrators shall hold a hearing within a reasonable time from the date of notice of selection of the neutral arbitrator.

Expenses of the arbitration shall be shared equally by the parties to this agreement.

The patient, by signing this agreement, also acknowledges that he the patient has been informed that:

(1) Medical or hospital care, diagnosis, or treatment will be provided whether or not the patient signs the agreement to arbitrate;.

(2) The agreement may not even be submitted to a patient for approval when the patient's condition prevents the patient from making a rational decision whether or not to agree;.

(3) The decision whether or not to sign the agreement is solely a matter for the patient's determination without any influence by the physician or hospital;.

(4) The agreement waives the patient's right to a trial in court for any future malpractice claim he the patient may have against the physician or hospital;.

(5) The patient must be furnished with two copies of this agreement.

The patient, or the patient's spouse or the personal representative of his the patient's estate in the event of the patient's death or incapacity, has the right to cancel this agreement to arbitrate by notifying the physician or hospital in writing within sixty days after the patient's discharge from the hospital for any claim against a hospital, or within sixty days after the termination of the physician-patient relationship for the physical condition involved for claims against physicians. The patient, or his the patient's spouse or representative, as appropriate, may cancel this agreement by merely writing "cancelled" on the face of one of his the patient's copies of the agreement, signing his the patient's name under such that word, and mailing, by certified mail, return receipt requested, such that copy to the physician or hospital within such the sixty-day period.

Filing of a medical claim in a court within the sixty days provided for cancellation of the arbitration agreement by the patient will cancel the agreement without any further action by the patient.

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(B) As used in this section the terms "hospital":

(1) "Hospital" and "physician" have the same meanings set forth as in division (D) of section 2305.11 of the Revised Code. The

(2) "Home" has the same meaning as in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code.

(3) "Residential facility" means a facility licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code.

(C) The provisions of this division section apply to hospitals, doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathic medicine, and doctors of podiatric medicine.

(D) This section does not apply to homes or residential facilities.

Sec. 3721.02. (A) The director of health shall license homes and establish procedures to be followed in inspecting and licensing homes. The director may inspect a home at any time. Each home shall be inspected by the director at least once prior to the issuance of a license and at least once every fifteen months thereafter. The state fire marshal or a township, municipal, or other legally constituted fire department approved by the marshal shall also inspect a home prior to issuance of a license, at least once every fifteen months thereafter, and at any other time requested by the director. A home does not have to be inspected prior to issuance of a license by the director, state fire marshal, or a fire department if ownership of the home is assigned or transferred to a different person and the home was licensed under this chapter immediately prior to the assignment or transfer. The director may enter at any time, for the purposes of investigation, any institution, residence, facility, or other structure which that has been reported to the director or that the director has reasonable cause to believe is operating as a nursing home, residential care facility, or home for the aging without a valid license required by section 3721.05 of the Revised Code or, in the case of a county home or district home, is operating despite the revocation of its residential care facility license. The director may delegate the director's authority and duties under this chapter to any division, bureau, agency, or official of the department of health.

(B) A single facility may be licensed both as a nursing home pursuant to this chapter and as an adult care facility pursuant to Chapter 3722. of the Revised Code if the director determines that the part or unit to be licensed as a nursing home can be maintained separate and discrete from the part or unit to be licensed as an adult care facility.

(C) In determining the number of residents in a home for the purpose of licensing, the director shall consider all the individuals for whom the home provides accommodations as one group unless one of the following is the case:

(A)(1) The home is a home for the aging, in which case all the individuals in the part or unit licensed as a nursing home shall be considered as one group, and all the individuals in the part or unit licensed as a rest home shall be considered as another group;.

(B)(2) The home is both a nursing home and an adult care facility. In that case, all the individuals in the part or unit licensed as a nursing home shall be considered as one group, and all the individuals in the part or unit licensed as an adult care facility shall be considered as another group.

(C)(3) The home maintains, in addition to a nursing home or residential care facility, a separate and discrete part or unit that provides accommodations to individuals who do not require or receive skilled nursing care and do not receive personal care services from the home, in which case the individuals in the separate and discrete part or unit shall not be considered in determining the number of residents in the home if the separate and discrete part or unit is in compliance with the Ohio basic building code established by the board of building standards under Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code and the home permits the director, on request, to inspect the separate and discrete part or unit and speak with the individuals residing there, if they consent, to determine whether the separate and discrete part or unit meets the requirements of this division.

(D) The director of health shall charge an application fee and an annual renewal licensing and inspection fee of one hundred dollars for each fifty persons or part thereof of a home's licensed capacity. All fees collected by the director for the issuance or renewal of licenses shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code for use only in administering and enforcing this chapter and rules adopted under it.

(E) The results of an inspection or investigation of a home that is conducted under this section, including any statement of deficiencies and all findings and deficiencies cited in the statement on the basis of the inspection or investigation, shall be used solely to determine the home's compliance with this chapter in any action or proceeding other than an action commenced under division (I) of section 3721.17 of the Revised Code. Those results of an inspection or investigation, that statement of deficiencies, and the findings and deficiencies cited in that statement shall not be used in any court or in any action or proceeding that is pending in any court and are not admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding unless that action or proceeding is an appeal of an action by the department of health under this chapter or is an action by any department or agency of the state to enforce this chapter.

Sec. 3721.17.  (A) Any resident who believes that the resident's rights under sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code have been violated may file a grievance under procedures adopted pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 3721.12 of the Revised Code.

When the grievance committee determines a violation of sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code has occurred, it shall notify the administrator of the home. If the violation cannot be corrected within ten days, or if ten days have elapsed without correction of the violation, the grievance committee shall refer the matter to the department of health.

(B) Any person who believes that a resident's rights under sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code have been violated may report or cause reports to be made of the information directly to the department of health. No person who files a report is liable for civil damages resulting from the report.

(C)(1) Within thirty days of receiving a complaint under this section, the department of health shall investigate any complaint referred to it by a home's grievance committee and any complaint from any source that alleges that the home provided substantially less than adequate care or treatment, or substantially unsafe conditions, or, within seven days of receiving a complaint, refer it to the attorney general, if the attorney general agrees to investigate within thirty days.

(2) Within thirty days of receiving a complaint under this section, the department of health may investigate any alleged violation of sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code, or of rules, policies, or procedures adopted pursuant to those sections, not covered by division (C)(1) of this section, or it may, within seven days of receiving a complaint, refer the complaint to the grievance committee at the home where the alleged violation occurred, or to the attorney general if the attorney general agrees to investigate within thirty days.

(D) If, after an investigation, the department of health finds probable cause to believe that a violation of sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code, or of rules, policies, or procedures adopted pursuant to those sections, has occurred at a home that is certified under the medicare or medicaid program, it shall cite one or more findings or deficiencies under sections 5111.35 to 5111.62 of the Revised Code. If the home is not so certified, the department shall hold an adjudicative hearing within thirty days under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

(E) Upon a finding at an adjudicative hearing under division (D) of this section that a violation of sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code, or of rules, policies, or procedures adopted pursuant thereto, has occurred, the department of health shall make an order for compliance, set a reasonable time for compliance, and assess a fine pursuant to division (F) of this section. The fine shall be paid to the general revenue fund only if compliance with the order is not shown to have been made within the reasonable time set in the order. The department of health may issue an order prohibiting the continuation of any violation of sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code.

Findings at the hearings conducted under this section may be appealed pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that an appeal may be made to the court of common pleas of the county in which the home is located.

The department of health shall initiate proceedings in court to collect any fine assessed under this section which that is unpaid thirty days after the violator's final appeal is exhausted.

(F) Any home found, pursuant to an adjudication hearing under division (D) of this section, to have violated sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code, or rules, policies, or procedures adopted pursuant to those sections may be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for a first offense. For each subsequent offense, the home may be fined not less than two hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.

A violation of sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code is a separate offense for each day of the violation and for each resident who claims the violation.

(G) No home or employee of a home shall retaliate against any person who:

(1) Exercises any right set forth in sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, filing a complaint with the home's grievance committee or reporting an alleged violation to the department of health;

(2) Appears as a witness in any hearing conducted under this section or section 3721.162 of the Revised Code;

(3) Files a civil action alleging a violation of sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code, or notifies a county prosecuting attorney or the attorney general of a possible violation of sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code.

If, under the procedures outlined in this section, a home or its employee is found to have retaliated, the violator may be fined up to one thousand dollars.

(H) When legal action is indicated, any evidence of criminal activity found in an investigation under division (C) of this section shall be given to the prosecuting attorney in the county in which the home is located for investigation.

(I)(1) Any resident whose rights under sections 3721.10 to 3721.17 of the Revised Code are violated has a cause of action against any person or home committing the violation. The action may be commenced by the resident or by the resident's sponsor legal guardian or other legally authorized representative on behalf of the resident or the resident's estate.

(2)(a) The plaintiff in an action filed under division (I)(1) of this section may obtain injunctive relief against the violation of the resident's rights. The plaintiff also may recover compensatory damages based upon a showing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the violation of the resident's rights resulted from a negligent act or omission of the person or home and that the violation was the proximate cause of the resident's injury, death, or loss to person or property. If compensatory damages are awarded for a violation of the resident's rights, section 2315.21 of the Revised Code, except divisions (E)(1) and (2) of that section, shall apply to an award of punitive or exemplary damages for the violation.

(b) The court, in a case in which only injunctive relief is granted, may award to the prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees limited to the work reasonably performed.

(3) Division (I)(2)(a) of this section shall be considered to be purely remedial in operation and shall be applied in a remedial manner in any civil action in which this section is relevant, whether the action is pending in court or commenced on or after July 9, 1998.

(4) In an action brought under this section, or any other action brought by or on behalf of a resident or former resident of a home or a residential facility licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code for injury, death, or loss to person or property, evidence of the care and treatment rendered by the home or facility to any resident other than the resident or former resident who brought the action or on whose behalf the action was brought is inadmissible.

Sec. 3721.171. (A) A home or a residential facility licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property for an alleged violation of Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code allegedly caused by any act or omission of an employee of the home or residential facility if either of the following applies:

(1) The employee is acting outside the scope of the employee's employment and authority.

(2) The employee is acting in violation of a written and implemented policy of the home or residential facility, provided the home or facility has in place a system for monitoring compliance with its written policy.

(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply if the home or residential facility had actual knowledge of the employee's actions and affirmatively failed to implement prompt and appropriate corrective action.

Sec. 5111.411. The results of a survey of a nursing facility that is conducted under section 5111.39 of the Revised Code, including any statement of deficiencies and all findings and deficiencies cited in the statement on the basis of the survey, shall be used solely to determine the nursing facility's compliance with certification requirements. Those results of a survey, that statement of deficiencies, and the findings and deficiencies cited in that statement shall not be used in any court or in any action or proceeding that is pending in any court and are not admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding unless that action or proceeding is an appeal of an administrative action by the department of job and family services or contracting agency under this chapter or is an action by any department or agency of the state to enforce this chapter.

Section 2. That existing sections 2305.11, 2315.21, 2711.23, 2711.24, 3721.02, and 3721.17 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.