Ohio Code § 5103.13

§ 5103.13.

(A) As used in this section and section 5103.131 of the Revised Code : (1)(a) “ Children's crisis care facility ” means a facility that has as its primary purpose the provision of residential and

other care to either or both of the following: (i) One or more preteens voluntarily placed in the facility by the preteen's parent or

other caretaker who is facing a crisis that causes the parent or other caretaker to

seek temporary care for the preteen and referral for support services; (ii) One or more preteens placed in the facility by a public children services agency

or private child placing agency that has legal custody or permanent custody of the

preteen and determines that an emergency situation exists necessitating the preteen's

placement in the facility rather than an institution certified under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code or elsewhere. (b) “Children's crisis care facility” does not include any of the following: (i) Any organization, society, association, school, agency, child guidance center, detention

or rehabilitation facility, or children's clinic licensed, regulated, approved, operated

under the direction of, or otherwise certified by the department of education and

workforce, a local board of education, the department of youth services, the department

of mental health and addiction services, or the department of developmental disabilities; (ii) Any individual who provides care for only a single-family group, placed there by

their parents or other relative having custody; (iii) Any residential infant care center, as an entity deemed a residential infant care

center under section 5103.602 of the Revised Code shall no longer be licensed as a children's crisis care center. (2) “Legal custody” and “permanent custody” have the same meanings as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code . (3) “ Pediatric medical service ” means medical service required to be provided by, or with oversight from, a licensed

medical professional, including prescribing medication, administering rectal or intravenous

medication, and outpatient laboratory service, and providing for sick visits, on-site

well child exams, and children assisted by medical technology. (4) “ Preteen ” means an individual under thirteen years of age. (B) No person shall operate a children's crisis care facility or hold a children's crisis

care facility out as a certified children's crisis care facility unless there is a

valid children's crisis care facility certificate issued under this section for the

facility. (C)(1) A person seeking to operate a children's crisis care facility shall apply to the

director of children and youth to obtain a certificate for the facility. (2)(a) The director shall certify the person's children's crisis care facility if the facility

meets all of the certification standards established in rules adopted under division

(H) of this section and the person complies with all of the rules governing the certification

of children's crisis care facilities adopted under that division.  The issuance of a children's crisis care facility certificate does not exempt the

facility from a requirement to obtain another certificate or license mandated by law. (b) The director shall not issue a waiver to a person for compliance with any of the

requirements imposed under this section or any of the rules adopted under division

(H) of this section. (D) No certified children's crisis care facility shall do any of the following: (1) Provide residential care to a preteen for more than one hundred twenty days in a

calendar year; (2) Provide residential care to a preteen for more than ninety consecutive days, which

shall include the aggregate of days spent at different facility locations if a preteen

is transferred in accordance with division (E)(4) of this section; (3) Provide residential care to a preteen for more than fourteen consecutive days if

a public children services agency or private child placing agency placed the preteen

in the facility; (4) Fail to comply with section 2151.86 of the Revised Code . (E) A certified children's crisis care facility shall do the following: (1) Employ a licensed social worker, a licensed independent social worker, a licensed

professional counselor, or a licensed professional clinical counselor; (2) Require, if pediatric medical service is provided at the facility, the following

for the provision of pediatric medical service: (a) Medical service to be provided by a qualified, licensed, and insured medical professional; (b) All staff, volunteers, and interns to comply with the privacy requirements of the

“Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,” 104 Pub. L. No. 191,

110 Stat. 2021, 42 U.S.C. 1320d et seq., as amended; (c) If a preteen is admitted by the preteen's parent or caretaker and if the preteen

requires ongoing medical care following discharge from the facility, a medical professional

or licensed social worker to make the medical professional's or social worker's best

effort to ensure the parent or caretaker is competent to provide the ongoing care; (d) The facility to have a dedicated and private enclosed space for the purpose of a

medical professional to receive and treat patients and that contains a sink or tub,

medical exam table, medical record system, and pediatric medical equipment. (3) Require, if a preteen is admitted by the preteen's parent or caretaker, the facility's

licensed social worker, licensed independent social worker, licensed professional

counselor, or licensed professional clinical counselor to make their best efforts

to ensure the parent or caretaker is competent in the basic parenting skills needed

to care for the preteen; (4) Require only a transfer summary for the transfer of a preteen from one certified

children's crisis care facility location to another, if the facility has more than

one location; (5) Require the facility to have a dedicated and private enclosed space for the purpose

of completing required admission paperwork and medical forms; (6) Require the facility to develop a visitation plan for the preteen's parent or caretaker

with the preteen while residential care is being provided, which shall occur during

awake hours and not include overnight visits, for the parent or caretaker with the

preteen. (F) A certified children's crisis care facility may do the following: (1) Count administrative staff, interns, and volunteers toward child staff ratios required

under paragraph (G) of rule 5101:2-9-36 of the Administrative Code for up to three hours if the administrative staff, interns, or volunteers meet the

following requirements: (a) Completed training in the mission of the children's crisis care facility; (b) Completed training pursuant to rule 5101:2-9-03 of the Administrative Code ; (c) Are supervised by facility staff. (2) Use contracted transportation providers, on whom criminal records checks have been

conducted in accordance with section 2151.86 of the Revised Code , to transport preteens, if such use is necessary for the facility to maintain required

child staff ratios. (G) The director of children and youth may suspend or revoke a children's crisis care

facility's certificate pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if the facility

violates or fails to comply with any of the requirements under this section or ceases

to meet any of the certification standards established in rules adopted under division

(H) of this section or the facility's operator ceases to comply with any of the rules

governing the certification of children's crisis care facilities adopted under that

division. (H) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of

the Revised Code for the certification of children's crisis care facilities.  The rules shall specify that a certificate shall not be issued to an applicant if

the conditions at the children's crisis care facility would jeopardize the health

or safety of the preteens placed in the facility.