Ohio Code 3721.60 – Electronic monitoring in long-term care facilities definitions
As used in sections 3721.60 to 3721.67 of the Revised Code:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3721.60
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
(A) “Attorney in fact” means a person designated as such by a durable power of attorney for health care executed pursuant to sections 1337.11 to 1337.17 of the Revised Code.
(B) “Electronic monitoring device” means a surveillance instrument with a fixed position video camera or an audio recording device, or a combination thereof, that is installed in a resident’s room and broadcasts or records activities or sounds occurring in the room.
(C) “Guardian” has the same meaning as in section 2111.01 of the Revised Code.
(D) “Long-term care facility” has the same meaning as in section 3721.21 of the Revised Code.
(E) “Resident” means an individual who resides in a long-term care facility.
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