As used in this chapter:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3722.01

  • 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.
  • Hospital: includes a children's hospital. See Ohio Code 3722.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59

(A) “Children’s hospital” means either of the following:

(1) A hospital that provides general pediatric medical and surgical care in which at least seventy-five per cent of annual inpatient discharges for the preceding two calendar years were individuals less than eighteen years of age;

(2) A distinct portion of a hospital that provides general pediatric medical and surgical care, has a total of at least one hundred fifty pediatric special care and pediatric acute care beds, and in which at least seventy-five per cent of annual inpatient discharges for the preceding two calendar years were individuals less than eighteen years of age.

(B) “Health care service” means any of the following:

(1) Pediatric intensive care;

(2) Solid organ and bone marrow transplantation;

(3) Stem cell harvesting and reinfusion;

(4) Cardiac catheterization;

(5) Open heart surgery;

(6) Operation of linear accelerators;

(7) Operation of cobalt radiation therapy units;

(8) Operation of gamma knives.

(C) “Hospital” means an institution or facility that provides inpatient medical or surgical services for a continuous period longer than twenty-four hours. “Hospital” includes a children’s hospital.

(D) “Political subdivision” means a county, township, municipal corporation, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state.

(E) “State university” has the same meaning as in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code.

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