Ohio Code 4752.14 – Cooperative agreement with national accrediting bodies
The state board of pharmacy shall enter into a cooperative agreement with each of the national accrediting bodies it recognizes in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code for purposes of issuing certificates of registration under this chapter. The board shall ensure that each cooperative agreement establishes or specifies standards or procedures regarding a complaint process, patient safety and care, and any other matter the board considers appropriate for home medical equipment services providers that receive certificates of registration under this chapter.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4752.14
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Home medical equipment: means equipment that can stand repeated use, is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose, is not useful to a person in the absence of illness or injury, is appropriate for use in the home, and is one or more of the following:
(1) Life-sustaining equipment prescribed by an authorized health care professional that mechanically sustains, restores, or supplants a vital bodily function, such as breathing;
(2) Technologically sophisticated medical equipment prescribed by an authorized health care professional that requires individualized adjustment or regular maintenance by a home medical equipment services provider to maintain a patient's health care condition or the effectiveness of the equipment;
(3) An item specified by the state board of pharmacy in rules adopted under division (B) of section 4752. See Ohio Code 4752.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59