(A) As used in this section and sections 2108.62 and 2108.63 of the Revised Code:
- (1) "Health care institution" means a hospital registered as such under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code or a freestanding birthing center.
- (2) "Health care professional" means a physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; a registered nurse, including a certified nurse-midwife, authorized to practice under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; or a physician assistant authorized to practice under Chapter 4130. of the Revised Code.
- (3) "Umbilical cord blood" means the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta after the birth of a newborn child.
- (B) The department of health shall encourage health care professionals who provide health care services that are directly related to a woman's pregnancy to provide a woman before her third trimester of pregnancy with the publications described in section 2108.62 of the Revised Code.
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