Section 5123.91 | Immunity.
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly All persons who are not subject to any criminal provisions and who act reasonable and in good faith, either upon actual knowledge or upon information reasonably thought by them to be reliable, shall be free from any liability to a person institutionalized […]
Section 5123.92 | Venue.
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly If an affidavit alleging that a person has an intellectual disability and is subject to institutionalization by court order is filed, according to the provisions of section 5123.71 of the Revised Code, in the probate division of a county within the institutional […]
Section 5123.93 | Guardianship of Minor.
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly Minors with intellectual disabilities shall remain under the guardianship of their parents or of a guardian appointed pursuant to Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code, notwithstanding institutionalization pursuant to any section of this chapter, unless parental rights have been terminated pursuant to […]
Section 5123.95 | Transmission of Court Papers.
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly The probate judge, upon making an order institutionalizing a person under this chapter, shall forthwith transmit copies, under the judge’s official seal, of court papers in the case, including the certificate of the expert witnesses, and of the judge’s findings in the […]
Section 5123.96 | Payment of Costs, Fees, and Expenses of Proceedings.
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly Costs, fees, and expenses of all proceedings held under this chapter shall be paid as follows: (A) To police and health officers, other than sheriffs or their deputies, the same fees allowed to constables, to be paid upon the approval of the […]
Section 5123.97 | Record of Probate Judge.
Effective: July 1, 1975 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 336 – 110th General Assembly In cases of proceedings held under this chapter, the probate judge shall file and preserve all papers filed with him and make such entries upon his docket as, together with the papers so filed, will constitute a complete record of each case […]
Section 5123.99 | Penalty.
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 5123.16 or 5123.20 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates division (C), (E), or (G)(3) of section 5123.61 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the […]
Section 5123.86 | Consent for Medical Treatment.
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), and (E) of this section, the chief medical officer shall provide all information, including expected physical and medical consequences, necessary to enable any resident of an institution for persons with i ntellectual disabilities to […]
Section 5123.87 | Labor or Tasks Performed by Residents.
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly (A) No resident of an institution for persons with i ntellectual disabilities shall be compelled to perform labor that involves the operation, support, or maintenance of the institution or for which the institution is under contract with an outside organization. Privileges or […]
Section 5123.88 | Writ of Habeas Corpus.
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly Any person detained pursuant to this chapter shall be entitled to the writ of habeas corpus upon proper petition by self or a friend to any court generally empowered to issue the writ of habeas corpus in the county in which the […]