Ohio Code 3705.41 – Vital records training
(A) As used in this section:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3705.41
- Final disposition: means the interment, cremation, removal from the state, donation, or other authorized disposition of a dead body or a fetal death. See Ohio Code 3705.01
- Funeral director: has the meaning given in section 4717. See Ohio Code 3705.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- State registrar: means the head of the office of vital statistics in the department of health. See Ohio Code 3705.01
- System of vital statistics: means the registration, collection, preservation, amendment, and certification of vital records, the collection of other reports required by this chapter, and activities related thereto. See Ohio Code 3705.01
- Vital records: means certificates or reports of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, dissolution of marriage, annulment, and data related thereto and other documents maintained as required by statute. See Ohio Code 3705.01
(1) “Freestanding birthing center” has the same meaning as i n section 3702.141 of the Revised Code.
(2) “Funeral services worker” means a person licensed as a funeral director or embalmer under Chapter 4717 of the Revised Code or an individual responsible for the direct final disposition of a deceased person.
(3) “Hospital” means a hospital classified pursuant to rules adopted under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code as a general hospital or children’s hospital and to which either of the following applies:
(a) The hospital has a maternity unit.
(b) The hospital receives for care infants who have been transferred to it from other facilities and who have never been discharged to their residences following birth.
(4) “Maternity unit” means the distinct portion of a hospital licensed as a maternity unit under Chapter 3711 of the Revised Code.
(B) At least annually, the state registrar shall offer to provide training for appropriate staff of hospitals and freestanding birthing centers, as well as funeral services workers, on their responsibilities under the laws of this state and any rules adopted pursuant to those laws pertaining to vital records. If provided, the training shall cover correct data entry procedures and time limits for reporting vital statistics information for the purpose of ensuring accuracy and consistency of the system of vital statistics.
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