Effective: July 1, 2017
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 319 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The director of mental health and addiction services shall appoint a medical director who is eligible or certified by the American board of psychiatry and neurology or the American osteopathic board of neurology and psychiatry, and has at least five years of clinical and two years of administrative experience. The medical director shall also have certification or substantial training and experience in the field of addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry. The medical director shall be responsible for decisions relating to medical diagnosis, treatment, prevention, rehabilitation, quality assurance, and the clinical aspects of addiction services and mental health services involving all of the following:
(1) Licensure of hospitals, residential facilities, and outpatient facilities;
(2) Research;
(3) Community addiction and mental health plans;
(4) Certification and delivery of addiction and mental health services.
(B) The medical director shall also exercise clinical supervision of the chief clinical officers of hospitals and institutions under the jurisdiction of the department and shall review and approve decisions relating to the employment of the chief clinical officers. The medical director or the medical director's designee shall advise the director on matters relating to licensure, research, the certification and delivery of addiction services and mental health services, and community addiction and mental health plans. The medical director shall participate in the development of guidelines for community addiction and mental health plans. The director of mental health and addiction services may establish other duties of the medical director.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5119 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Section 5119.01 | Definitions.
Section 5119.011 | References to Department or Director.
Section 5119.04 | Compliance With Standards.
Section 5119.05 | Managing Officer; Duties.
Section 5119.051 | Books and Accounts; Form and Method.
Section 5119.07 | Businesses Located Near Institutions.
Section 5119.08 | Appointing Special Police Officers for Institutions.
Section 5119.09 | Physician Specialists.
Section 5119.091 | Attorney General Duties.
Section 5119.10 | Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Powers and Duties.
Section 5119.11 | Medical Director; Qualifications; Duties.
Section 5119.14 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Powers and Duties Generally.
Section 5119.141 | Authority of Department.
Section 5119.15 | Investigative Powers.
Section 5119.17 | Addicted Pregnant Women and Their Children.
Section 5119.18 | Classified and Unclassified Appointments.
Section 5119.181 | Certain Convictions Preclude Appointments.
Section 5119.182 | Fidelity Bond.
Section 5119.184 | Providing Educational Grants or Tuition Reimbursement for Employees.
Section 5119.185 | Clinician Recruitment Program.
Section 5119.186 | Conduct Collaborative Training Efforts for Students.
Section 5119.187 | Courses of Study for Instruction and Training of Persons in Institutions.
Section 5119.19 | Psychotropic Drug Reimbursement Program.
Section 5119.191 | Reimbursement for Substance Use Treatment Drugs in County Jails.
Section 5119.201 | Real or Personal Property Transactions.
Section 5119.22 | Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Duties.
Section 5119.221 | Waiver or Requirements; Authority of Director.
Section 5119.24 | Annual Report by Boards Specifying Use of Funds.
Section 5119.26 | Civil Rights and Liberties of Patients.
Section 5119.27 | Confidentiality of Records Pertaining to Identity, Diagnosis or Treatment.
Section 5119.30 | Program Providing Information and Services to Courts.
Section 5119.31 | Procedure for Purchase of Supplies.
Section 5119.311 | Examining Mental and Physical Condition of Confined Person.
Section 5119.32 | Utilizing Federal Block Grant Funds.
Section 5119.33 | Inspecting and Licensing of Hospitals for Mentally Ill Persons.
Section 5119.331 | Injunction.
Section 5119.332 | Payments and Reimbursements to Unlicensed Hospital.
Section 5119.333 | Prohibiting Keeping or Maintaining Unlicensed Hospital.
Section 5119.34 | Inspecting and Licensing of Residential Facilities.
Section 5119.341 | Operations as Permitted Use.
Section 5119.342 | Appointing Receiver for Residential Facility.
Section 5119.35 | Addiction Services Requiring Certification.
Section 5119.36 | Certifying Community Mental Health Services or Addiction Services Providers.
Section 5119.362 | Duties of Community Addiction Services Provider.
Section 5119.363 | Adoption of Rules for Community Addiction Services Providers.
Section 5119.364 | Publication of Reports.
Section 5119.365 | Rules Regarding Intake and Retention Procedures.
Section 5119.366 | Establishing Grievance Procedures.
Section 5119.368 | Telehealth Services.
Section 5119.37 | Requirements to Operate Opioid Addiction Treatment Programs.
Section 5119.371 | Location of Opioid Treatment Programs.
Section 5119.38 | Drivers' Intervention Program.
Section 5119.40 | Determination of Services Needed.
Section 5119.41 | Residential State Supplement Program.
Section 5119.42 | State Aid for Community Construction Programs.
Section 5119.421 | Replacement Facility Projects.
Section 5119.43 | Sale or Lease of Land or Facilities.
Section 5119.431 | Acquiring Real Estate.
Section 5119.44 | Providing Goods and Services to Certain Departments, Agencies and Institutions.
Section 5119.45 | Sale of Goods and Services Fund.
Section 5119.46 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Trust Fund.
Section 5119.47 | Problem Casino Gambling and Addictions Fund; Administration.
Section 5119.48 | All Roads Lead to Home Program.
Section 5119.51 | Services Fund for Individuals With Mental Illness.
Section 5119.52 | Industrial and Entertainment Fund; Commissary Fund.
Section 5119.56 | Money and Property of Patients.
Section 5119.60 | Annual Report.
Section 5119.61 | Statistics Concerning Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation.
Section 5119.70 | Interstate Compact on Mental Health.
Section 5119.71 | Duties of Compact Administrators.
Section 5119.72 | Supplementary Agreements.
Section 5119.73 | Financial Obligations.
Section 5119.90 | Definitions for Sections 5119.90 to 5119.98.
Section 5119.91 | Involuntary Treatment for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse.
Section 5119.92 | Criteria for Involuntary Treatment.
Section 5119.93 | Initiation of Proceedings; Petition.
Section 5119.94 | Examination of Petitioner; Hearing; Notification of Respondent; Disposition.
Section 5119.95 | Seventy-Two-Hour Emergency Involuntary Treatment.
Section 5119.96 | Issuance of Summons; Failure to Attend Examination; Transportation to Hospital.
Section 5119.97 | Lists of Qualified Hospitals and Treatment Providers.
Section 5119.98 | Applicability of Orc Sections 3793.12, 3793.13, and 3793.14.