5119.01 Director of mental health - powers and duties.
The director of mental health is the chief executive and administrative officer of the department of mental health. The director may establish procedures for the governance of the department, conduct of its employees and officers, performance of its business, and custody, use, and preservation of departmental records, papers, books, documents, and property. Whenever the Revised Code imposes a duty upon or requires an action of the department or any of its institutions, the director shall perform the action or duty in the name of the department, except that the medical director appointed pursuant to section 5119.07 of the Revised Code shall be responsible for decisions relating to medical diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, quality assurance, and the clinical aspects of the following: licensure of hospitals and residential facilities, research, community mental health plans, and delivery of mental health services.
The director shall:
(A) Adopt rules for the proper execution of the powers and duties of the department with respect to the institutions under its control, and require the performance of additional duties by the officers of the institutions as necessary to fully meet the requirements, intents, and purposes of this chapter. In case of an apparent conflict between the powers conferred upon any managing officer and those conferred by such sections upon the department, the presumption shall be conclusive in favor of the department.
(B) Adopt rules for the nonpartisan management of the institutions under the department’s control. An officer or employee of the department or any officer or employee of any institution under its control who, by solicitation or otherwise, exerts influence directly or indirectly to induce any other officer or employee of the department or any of its institutions to adopt the exerting officer’s or employee’s political views or to favor any particular person, issue, or candidate for office shall be removed from the exerting officer’s or employee’s office or position, by the department in case of an officer or employee, and by the governor in case of the director.
(C) Appoint such employees, including the medical director, as are necessary for the efficient conduct of the department, and prescribe their titles and duties;
(D) Prescribe the forms of affidavits, applications, medical certificates, orders of hospitalization and release, and all other forms, reports, and records that are required in the hospitalization or admission and release of all persons to the institutions under the control of the department, or are otherwise required under this chapter or Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code;
(E) Contract with hospitals licensed by the department under section 5119.20 of the Revised Code for the care and treatment of mentally ill patients, or with persons, organizations, or agencies for the custody, supervision, care, or treatment of mentally ill persons receiving services elsewhere than within the enclosure of a hospital operated under section 5119.02 of the Revised Code;
(F) Exercise the powers and perform the duties relating to community mental health facilities and services that are assigned to the director under this chapter and Chapter 340. of the Revised Code;
(G) Develop and implement clinical evaluation and monitoring of services that are operated by the department;
(H) At the director’s discretion, adopt rules establishing standards for the adequacy of services provided by community mental health facilities, and certify the compliance of such facilities with the standards for the purpose of authorizing their participation in the health care plans of health insuring corporations under Chapter 1751. and sickness and accident insurance policies issued under Chapter 3923. of the Revised Code. The director shall cease to certify such compliance two years after June 6, 2001. The director shall rescind the rules after the date the director ceases to certify such compliance.
(I) Adopt rules establishing standards for the performance of evaluations by a forensic center or other psychiatric program or facility of the mental condition of defendants ordered by the court under section 2919.271, or 2945.371 of the Revised Code, and for the treatment of defendants who have been found incompetent to stand trial and ordered by the court under section 2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code to receive treatment in facilities;
(J) On behalf of the department, have the authority and responsibility for entering into contracts and other agreements;
(K) Prepare and publish regularly a state mental health plan that describes the department’s philosophy, current activities, and long-term and short-term goals and activities;
(L) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the supplemental services that may be provided through a trust authorized by section 5815.28 of the Revised Code;
(M) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards for the maintenance and distribution to a beneficiary of assets of a trust authorized by section 5815.28 of the Revised Code.
5119.01 Director of mental health - powers and duties.
The director of mental health is the chief executive and administrative officer of the department of mental health. The director may establish procedures for the governance of the department, conduct of its employees and officers, performance of its business, and custody, use, and preservation of departmental records, papers, books, documents, and property. Whenever the Revised Code imposes a duty upon or requires an action of the department or any of its institutions, the director shall perform the action or duty in the name of the department, except that the medical director appointed pursuant to section 5119.07 of the Revised Code shall be responsible for decisions relating to medical diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, quality assurance, and the clinical aspects of the following: licensure of hospitals and residential facilities, research, community mental health plans, and delivery of mental health services.
The director shall:
(A) Adopt rules for the proper execution of the powers and duties of the department with respect to the institutions under its control, and require the performance of additional duties by the officers of the institutions as necessary to fully meet the requirements, intents, and purposes of this chapter. In case of an apparent conflict between the powers conferred upon any managing officer and those conferred by such sections upon the department, the presumption shall be conclusive in favor of the department.
(B) Adopt rules for the nonpartisan management of the institutions under the department’s control. An officer or employee of the department or any officer or employee of any institution under its control who, by solicitation or otherwise, exerts influence directly or indirectly to induce any other officer or employee of the department or any of its institutions to adopt the exerting officer’s or employee’s political views or to favor any particular person, issue, or candidate for office shall be removed from the exerting officer’s or employee’s office or position, by the department in case of an officer or employee, and by the governor in case of the director.
(C) Appoint such employees, including the medical director, as are necessary for the efficient conduct of the department, and prescribe their titles and duties;
(D) Prescribe the forms of affidavits, applications, medical certificates, orders of hospitalization and release, and all other forms, reports, and records that are required in the hospitalization or admission and release of all persons to the institutions under the control of the department, or are otherwise required under this chapter or Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code;
(E) Contract with hospitals licensed by the department under section 5119.20 of the Revised Code for the care and treatment of mentally ill patients, or with persons, organizations, or agencies for the custody, supervision, care, or treatment of mentally ill persons receiving services elsewhere than within the enclosure of a hospital operated under section 5119.02 of the Revised Code;
(F) Exercise the powers and perform the duties relating to community mental health facilities and services that are assigned to the director under this chapter and Chapter 340. of the Revised Code;
(G) Develop and implement clinical evaluation and monitoring of services that are operated by the department;
(H) At the director’s discretion, adopt rules establishing standards for the adequacy of services provided by community mental health facilities, and certify the compliance of such facilities with the standards for the purpose of authorizing their participation in the health care plans of health insuring corporations under Chapter 1751. and sickness and accident insurance policies issued under Chapter 3923. of the Revised Code. The director shall cease to certify such compliance two years after June 6, 2001. The director shall rescind the rules after the date the director ceases to certify such compliance.
(I) Adopt rules establishing standards for the performance of evaluations by a forensic center or other psychiatric program or facility of the mental condition of defendants ordered by the court under section 2919.271, or 2945.371 of the Revised Code, and for the treatment of defendants who have been found incompetent to stand trial and ordered by the court under section 2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code to receive treatment in facilities;
(J) On behalf of the department, have the authority and responsibility for entering into contracts and other agreements;
(K) Prepare and publish regularly a state mental health plan that describes the department’s philosophy, current activities, and long-term and short-term goals and activities;
(L) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the supplemental services that may be provided through a trust authorized by section 5815.28 of the Revised Code;
(M) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards for the maintenance and distribution to a beneficiary of assets of a trust authorized by section 5815.28 of the Revised Code.
5119.01 Director of mental health - powers and duties.
The director of mental health is the chief executive and administrative officer of the department of mental health. The director may establish procedures for the governance of the department, conduct of its employees and officers, performance of its business, and custody, use, and preservation of departmental records, papers, books, documents, and property. Whenever the Revised Code imposes a duty upon or requires an action of the department or any of its institutions, the director shall perform the action or duty in the name of the department, except that the medical director appointed pursuant to section 5119.07 of the Revised Code shall be responsible for decisions relating to medical diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, quality assurance, and the clinical aspects of the following: licensure of hospitals and residential facilities, research, community mental health plans, and delivery of mental health services.
The director shall:
(A) Adopt rules for the proper execution of the powers and duties of the department with respect to the institutions under its control, and require the performance of additional duties by the officers of the institutions as necessary to fully meet the requirements, intents, and purposes of this chapter. In case of an apparent conflict between the powers conferred upon any managing officer and those conferred by such sections upon the department, the presumption shall be conclusive in favor of the department.
(B) Adopt rules for the nonpartisan management of the institutions under the department’s control. An officer or employee of the department or any officer or employee of any institution under its control who, by solicitation or otherwise, exerts influence directly or indirectly to induce any other officer or employee of the department or any of its institutions to adopt the exerting officer’s or employee’s political views or to favor any particular person, issue, or candidate for office shall be removed from the exerting officer’s or employee’s office or position, by the department in case of an officer or employee, and by the governor in case of the director.
(C) Appoint such employees, including the medical director, as are necessary for the efficient conduct of the department, and prescribe their titles and duties;
(D) Prescribe the forms of affidavits, applications, medical certificates, orders of hospitalization and release, and all other forms, reports, and records that are required in the hospitalization or admission and release of all persons to the institutions under the control of the department, or are otherwise required under this chapter or Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code;
(E) Contract with hospitals licensed by the department under section 5119.20 of the Revised Code for the care and treatment of mentally ill patients, or with persons, organizations, or agencies for the custody, supervision, care, or treatment of mentally ill persons receiving services elsewhere than within the enclosure of a hospital operated under section 5119.02 of the Revised Code;
(F) Exercise the powers and perform the duties relating to community mental health facilities and services that are assigned to the director under this chapter and Chapter 340. of the Revised Code;
(G) Develop and implement clinical evaluation and monitoring of services that are operated by the department;
(H) At the director’s discretion, adopt rules establishing standards for the adequacy of services provided by community mental health facilities, and certify the compliance of such facilities with the standards for the purpose of authorizing their participation in the health care plans of health insuring corporations under Chapter 1751. and sickness and accident insurance policies issued under Chapter 3923. of the Revised Code. The director shall cease to certify such compliance two years after June 6, 2001. The director shall rescind the rules after the date the director ceases to certify such compliance.
(I) Adopt rules establishing standards for the performance of evaluations by a forensic center or other psychiatric program or facility of the mental condition of defendants ordered by the court under section 2919.271, or 2945.371 of the Revised Code, and for the treatment of defendants who have been found incompetent to stand trial and ordered by the court under section 2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code to receive treatment in facilities;
(J) On behalf of the department, have the authority and responsibility for entering into contracts and other agreements;
(K) Prepare and publish regularly a state mental health plan that describes the department’s philosophy, current activities, and long-term and short-term goals and activities;
(L) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the supplemental services that may be provided through a trust authorized by section 5815.28 of the Revised Code;
(M) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards for the maintenance and distribution to a beneficiary of assets of a trust authorized by section 5815.28 of the Revised Code.
