{"ref":"OH-HH-GOV-04","title":"Operating Location, Branch Offices, Service Area, and Out-of-State Agencies","category":"Governance","summary":"Defines the Agency’s operating location and branch offices, makes the parent responsible for direct support and administrative control of every branch, keeps a register of locations and the counties served, requires notice before a location or the service area changes, and requires an agency based outside Ohio to keep an Ohio administrative office holding all Ohio patients’ clinical records.","inShort":["We serve only these counties: Franklin and Delaware Counties. Do not accept a patient from outside them.","Every branch follows this same manual and is run by the main office.","All patient records, including branch records, stay in the Agency’s one record system.","Opening, moving or closing an office must be reported to the state, so it is decided only by the governing body.","Ask the Administrator if a referral comes from a county you are unsure about."],"primaryCitation":"42 CFR §484.105(d)","citations":["OAC 3701-60-01(U)","OAC 3701-60-03(A)(3)(f)","OAC 3701-60-03(A)(3)(j)","OAC 3701-60-03(D)","OAC 3701-60-03(I)","OAC 5160-1-17.2(F)"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.105(d)","42 CFR §484.100(b)","42 CFR §424.516(e)"],"surveyorAsks":["Where is your operating location, and do you have any branch offices?","Show me how the parent provides direct support and administrative control of each branch."],"forms":[{"ref":"OH-HH-GOV-04-A","title":"Operating Location, Branch, and Service Area Register"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §484.105(d))","5. Register of Locations and Service Area","6. Parent Control of Branches","7. Adding, Moving, or Closing a Location","8. Serving Patients Outside the Service Area","9. Agencies Based Outside Ohio","10. Responsibilities","11. Records and Compliance Monitoring","12. Staff Training","13. References","14. Related Policies and Forms","15. Approval","16. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"oh-hha","state":"Ohio","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}