Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.08: Duties of department regarding hospitals and medical facilities.

The department of health constitutes the sole agency of the state for the purpose of:

(A) Making an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, surveying the need for construction and modernization of hospitals and medical facilities, and developing a program of hospital and medical facilities construction and modernization as provided in sections 3701.01, 3701.04, 3701.08, 3701.09, and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code.

(B) Developing and administering a state plan for the construction and modernization of public and other nonprofit hospitals and medical facilities as provided in sections 3701.01, 3701.04, 3701.08, 3701.09, and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code.