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Section 5119.01 | Definitions.

Effective: June 29, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 111 – 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter: (1) “Addiction” means the chronic and habitual use of alcoholic beverages, the use of a drug of abuse as defined in section 3719.011 of the Revised Code, or the use of gambling by an individual to […]

Section 5119.011 | References to Department or Director.

Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Whenever the term “department of mental health,” the term “Ohio department of mental health,” the term “department of alcohol and drug addiction services,” or the term “Ohio department of alcohol and drug addiction services” is used, referred to, or designated in […]

Section 5119.04 | Compliance With Standards.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly The department of mental health and addiction services and any institutions under its supervision or jurisdiction shall, where applicable, be in substantial compliance with standards set forth for psychiatric facilities by the joint commission or medical assistance standards under Title XIX of […]

Section 5119.05 | Managing Officer; Duties.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly Subject to the rules of the director of mental health and addiction services, each institution under the jurisdiction of the department shall be under the management and control of a managing officer to be known as a chief executive officer or by […]

Section 5119.051 | Books and Accounts; Form and Method.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly The department of mental health and addiction services shall keep in its office a proper and complete set of books and accounts with each institution, which shall clearly show the nature and amount of every expenditure authorized and made at such institution, […]

Section 5119.06 | Records.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly The department of mental health and addiction services shall keep in its office, accessible only to its employees, except by the consent of the department or the order of the judge of a court of record, a record showing the name, residence, […]

Section 5119.07 | Businesses Located Near Institutions.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly A person, firm, or corporation may file a petition in the court of common pleas of the county in which a benevolent institution of the department of mental health and addiction services is located, in which petition the desire to erect or […]

Section 5119.08 | Appointing Special Police Officers for Institutions.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “felony” has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Subject to division (C) of this section, upon the recommendation of the director of mental health and addiction services, the managing officer […]

Section 5119.09 | Physician Specialists.

Effective: July 1, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 187 – 126th General Assembly The director of mental health shall prepare, and may amend from time to time, specifications descriptive of the duties, responsibilities, requirements, and desirable qualifications of physician specialists in the department of mental health. The director shall prepare, and may amend from time […]

Section 5119.091 | Attorney General Duties.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly The attorney general shall attend to all claims instituted on behalf of or against the department of mental health and addiction services or any institution under the jurisdiction of the department and the managing officer thereof, except such institutions as are privately […]

Section 5119.10 | Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Powers and Duties.

Effective: July 1, 2017 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 319 – 131st General Assembly (A) The director of mental health and addiction services is the chief executive and appointing authority of the department of mental health and addiction services. The director may organize the department for its efficient operation, including creating divisions or offices as necessary. […]

Section 5119.11 | Medical Director; Qualifications; Duties.

Effective: July 1, 2017 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 319 – 131st General Assembly (A) The director of mental health and addiction services shall appoint a medical director who is eligible or certified by the American board of psychiatry and neurology or the American osteopathic board of neurology and psychiatry, and has at least five years […]

Section 5119.141 | Authority of Department.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly The department of mental health and addiction services has all the authority necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this chapter and Chapters 340., 2919., 2945., and 5122. of the Revised Code, including the authority to adopt rules pursuant to […]

Section 5119.15 | Investigative Powers.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly The department of mental health and addiction services may make such investigations as are necessary in the performance of its duties and to that end the director of mental health and addiction services shall have the same power as a judge of […]

Section 5119.17 | Addicted Pregnant Women and Their Children.

Effective: April 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 319 – 131st General Assembly (A) The department of mental health and addiction services, in accordance with division (B) of this section, shall give priority to developing, and promptly shall develop, with available public and private resources a program that does all of the following: (1) Provides […]

Section 5119.18 | Classified and Unclassified Appointments.

Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly An appointing authority may appoint a person who holds a certified or permanent position in the classified service within the department of mental health and addiction services to a position in the unclassified service within the department. A person appointed pursuant to […]

Section 5119.181 | Certain Convictions Preclude Appointments.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) No appointing officer shall appoint a person to fill a position in either the classified or unclassified service of the department of mental health and addiction services if the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of […]

Section 5119.182 | Fidelity Bond.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly The department of mental health and addiction services may require any of its employees and each officer and employee of every institution under its control who may be charged with custody or control of any money or property belonging to the state […]