Ohio Code 5123.85 – Habilitation plan
(A) All residents institutionalized pursuant to this chapter shall receive, within thirty days of their admission, a comprehensive evaluation, a diagnosis, a prognosis, and a description of habilitation goals consistent therewith.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5123.85
- Comprehensive evaluation: means a study, including a sequence of observations and examinations, of a person leading to conclusions and recommendations formulated jointly, with dissenting opinions if any, by a group of persons with special training and experience in the diagnosis and management of persons with developmental disabilities, which group shall include individuals who are professionally qualified in the fields of medicine, psychology, and social work, together with such other specialists as the individual case may require. See Ohio Code 5123.01
- Habilitation: means the process by which the staff of the institution assists the resident in acquiring and maintaining those life skills that enable the resident to cope more effectively with the demands of the resident's own person and of the resident's environment and in raising the level of the resident's physical, mental, social, and vocational efficiency. See Ohio Code 5123.01
- Institution: means a public or private facility, or a part of a public or private facility, that is licensed by the appropriate state department and is equipped to provide residential habilitation, care, and treatment for persons with intellectual disabilities. See Ohio Code 5123.01
- Resident: means , subject to division (T)(2) of this section, a person who is admitted either voluntarily or involuntarily to an institution or other facility pursuant to section 2945. See Ohio Code 5123.01
(B) All such residents shall have a written habilitation plan consistent with the comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and goals which shall be provided, upon request of resident or resident’s counsel, to resident’s counsel and to any private physician designated by the resident or the resident’s counsel.
(C) All such residents shall receive habilitation and care consistent with the habilitation plan. The department of developmental disabilities shall set standards for habilitation and care provided to such residents, consistent wherever possible with standards set by national accreditation organizations recognized by the department.
(D) All such residents shall receive periodic comprehensive re-evaluations of the habilitation plan by the professional staff of the institution at intervals not to exceed ninety days.
(E) All such residents shall be provided with prompt and adequate medical treatment for any physical or mental disease or injury.