On receipt of notification that no test has been performed to determine the presence of a contagious or infectious disease in a patient, the funeral services worker may have a test performed on the patient. The test shall be performed in accordance with rules adopted by the department of health pursuant to division (G) of this section.
The consent of the patient's family is not required for performance of a test pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section.
If the request is made by an emergency medical services worker and the information is not available from the health care facility to which the request is made because the patient has been transferred from that health care facility, the facility shall assist the emergency medical services worker in locating the patient and securing the requested information from the health care facility that treated or is treating the patient. If the patient has died, the health care facility shall give the emergency medical services worker the name and address of the coroner who received the patient.
R.C. § 3701.248