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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2135.01 Declaration for mental health treatment definitions
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As used in sections 2135.01 to 2135.15 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adult" means a person who is eighteen years of age or older. (B) "Capacity to consent to mental health treatment decisions" means the functional ability to understand information about the risks of, benefits of, and…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2135.02 Declaration governing use or continuation, or the withholding or withdrawal, of mental health treatment
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(A) An adult who has the capacity to consent to mental health treatment decisions voluntarily may execute at any time a declaration governing the use or continuation, or the withholding or withdrawal, of mental health treatment. The declaration shall be signed at the end by the d…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2135.03 Validity and effect - revocation
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(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division and subject to division (C) of this section, a declaration for mental health treatment remains valid and effective for three years after its execution unless it is properly revoked. A declaration for mental health treatment may be…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2135.04 When declaration becomes operative
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(A) A declaration becomes operative when both of the following apply:(1) The declaration is communicated to a mental health treatment provider of the declarant.(2) The designated physician or a psychiatrist, and one other mental health treatment provider, who examine the declaran…