Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 3798 - Protected Health Information

• Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Direct exchange: means the activity of electronic transmission of health information through a direct connection between the electronic record systems of health care providers without the use of a health information exchange. See Ohio Code 3798.01
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Health information exchange: means any person or governmental entity that provides in this state a technical infrastructure to connect computer systems or other electronic devices used by covered entities to facilitate the secure transmission of health information. See Ohio Code 3798.01
• HIPAA privacy rule: means the standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information in 45 C. See Ohio Code 3798.01
• Minor: means an unemancipated person under eighteen years of age or a mentally or physically disabled person under twenty-one years of age who meets criteria specified in rules adopted by the medicaid director under section 3798. See Ohio Code 3798.01
• Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Personal representative: means a person who has authority under applicable law to make decisions related to health care on behalf of an adult or emancipated minor, or the parent, legal guardian, or other person acting in loco parentis who is authorized under law to make health care decisions on behalf of an unemancipated minor. See Ohio Code 3798.01
• Political subdivision: means a municipal corporation, township, county, school district, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. See Ohio Code 3798.01
• Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
• State agency: means any one or more of the following:

  (1) The department of administrative services;

  (2) The department of aging;

  (3) The department of mental health and addiction services;

  (4) The department of developmental disabilities;

  (5) The department of education;

  (6) The department of health;

  (7) The department of insurance;

  (8) The department of job and family services;

  (9) The department of medicaid;

  (10) The department of rehabilitation and correction;

  (11) The department of youth services;

  (12) The bureau of workers' compensation;

  (13) The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency;

  (14) The office of the attorney general;

  (15) A health care licensing board created under Title XLVII of the Revised Code that possesses individually identifiable health information. See Ohio Code 3798.01