Section 5122.47 | Deposit of Compilations With History Connection and State Library.
Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 141 – 131st General Assembly The department of mental health and addiction services shall deposit a copy of each compilation with the Ohio history connection and the state library as soon as a compilation is completed. The department shall not disclose any record or information used to […]
Section 5122.341 | Immunity From Liability.
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Facility or provider” means, in the context of a person committed to the department of mental health and addiction services under sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code, any entity in which the department […]
Section 5122.35 | Venue.
Effective: July 1, 1980 Latest Legislation: House Bill 900 – 113th General Assembly (A) In a case in which the jurisdiction of a court has not been specifically given or the procedure provided for, the court in the county in which a person alleged to be mentally ill is found shall have full, complete, and […]
Section 5122.29 | Patients’ Rights.
Effective: October 1, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly All patients hospitalized or committed pursuant to this chapter have the following rights: (A) The right to a written list of all rights enumerated in this chapter, to that person, that person’s legal guardian, and that person’s counsel. If the person is […]
Section 5122.30 | Writ of Habeas Corpus.
Effective: September 17, 2014 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 43 – 130th General Assembly Any person detained pursuant to this chapter or section 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code shall be entitled to the writ of habeas corpus upon proper petition by self or by a friend to any court generally empowered to […]
Section 5122.301 | Civil Rights of Patients.
Effective: July 1, 1989 Latest Legislation: House Bill 381 – 118th General Assembly No person shall be deprived of any public or private employment solely because of having been admitted to a hospital or otherwise receiving services, voluntarily or involuntarily, for a mental illness or other mental disability. Any person admitted to a hospital or […]
Section 5122.31 | Confidentiality.
Effective: July 1, 2017 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 319 – 131st General Assembly (A) All certificates, applications, records, and reports made for the purpose of this chapter and sections 2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, and 2945.402 of the Revised Code, other than court journal entries or court docket entries, and directly or indirectly identifying a patient […]
Section 5122.311 | Notification of Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation of Adjudication of Mental Illness.
Effective: September 17, 2014 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 43 – 130th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, if, on or after April 8, 2004, an individual is found by a court to be a mentally ill person subject to court order or becomes an involuntary patient other than […]
Section 5122.32 | Confidentiality of Quality Assurance Records.
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Quality assurance committee” means a committee that is appointed in the central office of the department of mental health and addiction services by the director of mental health and addiction services, a committee of a […]
Section 5122.33 | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Additional Powers.
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly The department of mental health and addiction services may prescribe the form of applications, reports, records, and medical certificates provided for under this chapter, and the information required to be contained therein; require reports from the chief clinical officer of any public […]