(a) "Board" means Board of Health of the General Health District of Cuyahoga County with which the City contracts for health services.
(b) "Abortion service" means a place or facility in which abortions are performed other than a hospital established under Ohio R.C. Chapters 339, 749 or 1739.
(c) "Total transport time" means the total elapsed time between the diagnosis at an abortion service, of a complication requiring emergency care and the delivery of the patient and the transfer of responsibility for the patient's care to appropriate medical personnel at a hospital.
(d) "Qualified obstetrician" means:
(1) A licensed physician who is a diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, or who submits evidence to the Board of Health that his training and experience qualify him for admission to the examination by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
(2) A licensed physician who has the rank of associate attending obstetrician or higher at a voluntary or municipal hospital approved for residency training in obstetrics by the council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association; or
(3) A licensed physician who has the rank of assistant professor of obstetrics or gynecology or higher in a medical school approved by the Ohio Board of Regents and the State Medical Board of Ohio.
(4) A doctor of osteopathy who holds a license to practice medicine in the State and who is certified by the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or who submits evidence to the Board that his training and experience qualify him for admission to the examination by the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or who submits evidence of completion of a residency in obstetrics and gynecology.
(e) "Registered professional nurse" means a person who is registered as a registered professional nurse by the State pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 4723.
(f) The Board is authorized to state further specific guide lines in furtherance of the provisions of these regulations, and to develop definitions as required by these regulations. (Ord. 51-1974. Passed 6-24-74.)