3702.5212 Exempting certain long-term care facilities. - Ohio Statutes

3702.5212 Exempting certain long-term care facilities.

(A) This section applies to each long-term care facility that meets the following requirements:

(1) The facility has been in continuous operation for not less than one hundred twenty years prior to the effective date of this section;

(2) The facility is located in an inner city area;

(3) The facility is operating as a nonprofit entity organized under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code or the nonprofit law of another state.

(B) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of sections 3702.51 to 3702.62 of the Revised Code, the owner or operator of a long-term care facility described in division (A) of this section is not required to obtain a certificate of need for the addition of up to thirty long-term care beds to be licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code. The exemption shall apply only as long as the beds are owned and operated by the facility to which the exemption is granted.

Effective Date: 06-17-1998; 2007 HB119 09-29-2007