Section 3722.01 - DefinitionsAs used in this chapter:
(A) "Children's hospital" means either of the following: (1) A hospital that provides general pediatric medical and surgical care in which at least seventy-five per cent of annual inpatient discharges for the preceding two calendar years were individuals less than eighteen years of age;(2) A distinct portion of a hospital that provides general pediatric medical and surgical care, has a total of at least one hundred fifty pediatric special care and pediatric acute care beds, and in which at least seventy-five per cent of annual inpatient discharges for the preceding two calendar years were individuals less than eighteen years of age. (B) "Health care service" means any of the following: (1) Pediatric intensive care;(2) Solid organ and bone marrow transplantation;(3) Stem cell harvesting and reinfusion; (4) Cardiac catheterization; (6) Operation of linear accelerators; (7) Operation of cobalt radiation therapy units;(8) Operation of gamma knives.(C) "Hospital" means an institution or facility that provides inpatient medical or surgical services for a continuous period longer than twenty-four hours. "Hospital" includes a children's hospital.(D) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state.(E) "State university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code.Added by 134th General Assembly, HB 110,§130.10, eff. 9/30/2021. See 134th General Assembly, HB 110, §130.14.Renumbered as 5119.70 by 129th General Assembly, HB 153, §101.01, eff. 7/1/2011.Amended by 128th General Assembly, HB 1, §101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.Amended by 128th General Assemblych., SB 79, §1, eff. 10/6/2009.