2012 Ohio Revised Code
Title [51] LI PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 5123 - DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Section 5123.192 - Licensing for intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded after 6/30/2012.

(A) A person or government agency operating, on the effective date of this section, an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded pursuant to a nursing home license issued under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code shall do both of the following as a condition of continuing to operate the facility on and after July 1, 2013:

(1) Not later than February 1, 2013, apply to the director of developmental disabilities for a residential facility license under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code for the facility;

(2) Not later than July 1, 2013, obtain the residential facility license for the facility.

(B) The nursing home license of an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded shall cease to be valid at the earliest of the following:

(1) The date that the facility's nursing home license is revoked or voided under section 3721.07 of the Revised Code;

(2) The date that a residential facility license is obtained for the facility under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code;

(3) July 1, 2013.

(C) Except for existing nursing home beds not certified as intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded beds and relocated in accordance with a move authorized by a certificate of need under Chapter 3702. of the Revised Code, no bed that is part of an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded that is licensed as a nursing home on the effective date of this section may be used as part of a nursing home on and after the earlier of the following:

(1) The date that a residential facility license is obtained for the facility under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code;

(2) July 1, 2013.

Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.127,HB 487, §101.01, eff. 9/10/2012.