For purposes of this section,
(a) “Hospital” means any institution classified as a hospital under RC 3701.01 in which are provided to inpatients diagnostic, medical, surgical, obstetrical, psychiatric or rehabilitation care for a continuous period longer than twenty-four (24) hours. “Hospital” does not include a facility licensed under RC Chapter 3721, a health care facility operated by the Ohio Department of Mental Health or the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, a health maintenance organization that does not operate a hospital, the office of any private licensed health care professional, whether organized for individual or group practice, or a clinic that provides ambulatory patient services and where patients are not regularly admitted as inpatients.
(b) “Hospital bed” means a bed in a hospital with the attendant physical space, fixtures, and equipment for use in caring primarily for inpatients. Hospital beds also shall mean beds used for caring for patients who stay for less than twenty-four (24) hours, but for which the primary use is the care of inpatients.
(c) “Emergency services or facilities” mean a hospital based emergency department or facility that accepts patients from ambulance delivery on a regular basis, or holds itself out as accepting or treating life-or- limb threatening conditions.
(d) “Staff member” means an employee, a leased employee, or independent contractor of a hospital or emergency facility.
(Ord. No. 385-2000. Passed 3-13-00, eff. 3-23-00 without the signature of the Mayor)