Ohio Code 5122.44 – Patients buried on department hospital grounds – definitions
As used in sections 5122.44 to 5122.47 of the Revised Code:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5122.44
- Hospital: means a hospital or inpatient unit licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119. See Ohio Code 5122.01
- Patient: means , subject to division (C)(2) of this section, a person who is admitted either voluntarily or involuntarily to a hospital or other place under section 2945. See Ohio Code 5122.01
- Public hospital: means a facility that is tax-supported and under the jurisdiction of the department of mental health and addiction services. See Ohio Code 5122.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) “Compilation” means a written list of the following information, as the department of mental health and addiction services is able to reasonably ascertain, for every patient who was buried, entombed, or inurned prior to March 31, 2005, in a cemetery located on the grounds of or adjacent to the grounds of a public hospital:
(1) Name;
(2) Date of birth;
(3) Date of death or burial;
(4) Specific physical location of the burial, entombment, or inurnment, including the plot or grave site number if available.
(B) “Patient” means an individual who died while admitted to a public hospital that was under the control of the department of mental health and addiction services.
(C) “Record” has the same meaning as in section 149.011 of the Revised Code.
(D) “State agency” means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government.