Section 3712.032 - Duties of director of health and department of health(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of health shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules: (1) Providing for the registration of persons and public agencies that provide pediatric transition care programs within this state and for the suspension and revocation of registrations;(2) Establishing fees for initial registration and registration renewal for pediatric transition care programs, neither of which shall, except as provided in division (B) of this section, exceed six hundred dollars during a three-year period that a registration is valid as provided in section 3712.042 of the Revised Code;(3) Establishing an inspection fee, which shall not, except as provided in division (B) of this section, exceed one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars;(4) Establishing emergency and safety requirements for pediatric transition care programs;(5) Providing for pediatric transition care program registration under this chapter of persons and public agencies that are accredited or certified by an organization that the director determines has standards for accreditation or certification that are equal to or exceed those set forth in this chapter and the rules adopted under it.(B) Subject to the approval of the controlling board, the director may establish fees in excess of the maximum amounts specified in this section, provided that the fees do not exceed those amounts by greater than fifty per cent.(C) The department of health shall: (1) Grant, suspend, and revoke registrations for pediatric transition care programs in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under it;(2) Make such inspections as are necessary to determine whether pediatric transition care program homes and services meet the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it;(3) Implement and enforce provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under it as such provisions apply to pediatric transition care programs.(D) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under this section is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code.(E) Rules adopted under section 3712.031 of the Revised Code do not apply to pediatric transition care programs.Added by 134th General Assembly, HB 558,§1, eff. 4/6/2023.