Ohio Code § 3702.594

§ 3702.594.

(A) As used in this section, “ long-term care facility ” means either of the following: (1) A nursing home licensed under section 3721.02 of the Revised Code or by a political subdivision certified under section 3721.09 of the Revised Code ; (2) The portion of any facility, including a county home or county nursing home, that

is certified as a skilled nursing facility under the medicare program, Title XVIII

of the “Social Security Act,” 42 U.S.C. 1395 , as amended, or as a nursing facility under the medicaid program, Title XIX of the

“Social Security Act,” 42 U.S.C. 1396 , as amended. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the director of health shall accept, for

review under section 3702.52 of the Revised Code , certificate of need applications for an increase in beds in an existing long-term

care facility if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The proposed increase is attributable solely to a relocation of long-term care beds

from an existing long-term care facility to another existing long-term care facility

located in a county that is contiguous to the county from which the beds are to be

relocated; (2) Not more than a total of thirty beds are proposed for relocation to the same existing

long-term care facility, regardless of the number of applications filed. (3) After the proposed relocation, there will be existing beds remaining in the county

from which the beds are relocated. (C) The director shall accept applications described in division (B) of this section

at any time, except that once the cumulative total of beds relocated under this section

reaches thirty, no further applications shall be accepted until the period of monitoring

specified in division (E) of section 3702.52 of Revised Code of the most recent reviewable activity implemented under this section has expired.