Ohio Code 4752.07 – Operational requirements
(A) The holder of a license issued under this chapter shall do all of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4752.07
- Home medical equipment: means equipment that can stand repeated use, is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose, is not useful to a person in the absence of illness or injury, is appropriate for use in the home, and is one or more of the following:
(1) Life-sustaining equipment prescribed by an authorized health care professional that mechanically sustains, restores, or supplants a vital bodily function, such as breathing;
(2) Technologically sophisticated medical equipment prescribed by an authorized health care professional that requires individualized adjustment or regular maintenance by a home medical equipment services provider to maintain a patient's health care condition or the effectiveness of the equipment;
(3) An item specified by the state board of pharmacy in rules adopted under division (B) of section 4752. See Ohio Code 4752.01
- Home medical equipment services: means the sale, delivery, installation, maintenance, replacement, or demonstration of home medical equipment. See Ohio Code 4752.01
- Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) Maintain a physical facility and a medical equipment inventory;
(2) Establish equipment management and personnel policies;
(3) Provide life-sustaining home medical equipment, as described in division (B)(1) of section 4752.01 of the Revised Code, and related home medical equipment services twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week;
(4) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, require persons in its employ or under its control who provide home medical equipment services to successfully complete continuing education programs in home medical equipment services that meet the standards established by rule adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code and maintain records on participation in those programs;
(5) Maintain, for the period of time specified in rules adopted by the state board of pharmacy, records on the home medical equipment and services it provides, including records on all individuals receiving equipment and services;
(6) Maintain liability insurance, including coverage for professional and products liability;
(7) Comply with all other requirements established by rule adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code that apply to persons licensed under this chapter.
(B) For the first renewal of a license that was issued in the last six months of the biennial licensing period established under section 4752.05 of the Revised Code, the board may waive all or part of the continuing education requirements that otherwise would have to be met to renew the license under section 4752.06 of the Revised Code.