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Ohio Statutes, Title 51

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Title 51, Public Welfare

31 chapters · 2,012 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 512,012 Ch 5123, Department of Developmental Disabilities182 Ch 5101, Department of Job and Family Service…145 Ch 5119, Department of Behavioral Health121 Ch 5120, Department of Rehabilitation and Cor…121 Ch 5165, Medicaid Coverage of Nursing Facilit…116 Ch 5103, Placement of Children113 Ch 5164, Medicaid State Plan Services113 Ch 5126, County Boards of Developmental Disab…111 Ch 5180, Department of Children and Youth94 Ch 5124, Intermediate Care Facility for Indiv…80 Ch 5153, County Children Services72 Ch 5104, Child Day-care69 Ch 5162, Medicaid and Medicaid Funds67 Ch 5168, Hospital Care Assurance Program; Hea…66

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.161 Local housing of certain state prisoners
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(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the department of rehabilitation and correction may enter into an agreement with any local authority operating a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, as described in s…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.162 Transferring children in custody of youth services department to correctional medical center
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(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction may enter into an agreement with the department of youth services pursuant to which the department of youth services may transfer to a correctional medical center established by the department of rehabilitation and correction ch…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.163 Examination, testing and treatment for certain diseases
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At the time of reception and at other times the director determines to be appropriate, the department of rehabilitation and correction may examine and test a prisoner for tuberculosis, HIV infection, hepatitis, including but not limited to hepatitis A, B, and C, and other contagi…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.17 Transferring inmate to psychiatric hospital

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Mental illness" means a substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life. (2) "Person with a mental i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.171 Care and treatment of seriously mentally ill inmates

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(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall have exclusive direction and control of the care and treatment of seriously mentally ill inmates who are in the department's custody. The department shall enter into any arrangements it considers desirable on such matters,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.172 Consent to medical treatment of minor prosecuted as adult

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A minor whose case is transferred for criminal prosecution pursuant to section 2152.12 of the Revised Code, who is prosecuted as an adult and is convicted of or pleads guilty to one or more offenses in that case, and who is sentenced to a prison term or term of imprisonment in a …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.173 Report of child abuse or neglect to state highway patrol

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Any person who is required to report abuse or neglect of a child under eighteen years of age that is reasonably suspected or believed to have occurred or the threat of which is reasonably suspected or believed to exist pursuant to division (A) of section 2151.421 of the Revised C…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.18 Classifying public buildings - purchase of articles

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The department of rehabilitation and correction shall, with the advice and consent of the department of administrative services, classify public buildings, offices, and institutions and determine the kinds, patterns, designs, and qualities of articles to be manufactured for use t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.19 Cultivating lands - transactions between institutions

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(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code, shall determine and direct what lands belonging to institutions under its control shall be cultivated, the crops to be raised, an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.20 Cooperative tests by agriculture and health departments

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The department of agriculture, department of health, and Ohio state university shall cooperate with the department of rehabilitation and correction in making such cooperative tests as are necessary to determine the quality, strength, and purity of supplies, the value and use of f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.21 Records

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(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction 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, and except as provided in division (C) of this section, a record showing the nam…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.211 Quality assurance records are confidential

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Quality assurance committee" means a committee that is appointed in the central office of the department of rehabilitation and correction by the director of rehabilitation and correction, a committee appointed at a state correctional institution …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.212 Data matching agreements

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Notwithstanding division (A) of section 5120.21 of the Revised Code, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall share the records described in that division with the director of job and family services to the extent necessary to effectuate the data matching agreements …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.22 Division of business administration - property management duties

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(A) The division of business administration shall examine the conditions of all buildings, grounds, and other property connected with the institutions under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, the methods of bookkeeping and storekeeping, and all matter…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.23 Estimates of required supplies

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(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall require proper officials of the state and its political subdivisions and of the institutions of the state and its political subdivisions, to report estimates for the ensuing year of the amount of supplies required by them,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.24 Purchasing supplies

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The department of administrative services shall purchase all supplies needed for the proper support and maintenance of the institutions under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction in accordance with the competitive selection procedures of Chapter 125. of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.25 Books and accounts

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The department of correction 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, and which shall contain an account of all appr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.26 Funds

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(A) The treasurer of state shall have charge of all funds under the jurisdiction of the department of rehabilitation and correction and shall pay out the funds only in accordance with this chapter. (B) The department shall cause to be furnished a contract of indemnity to cover al…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.27 Industries carried on by institutions

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The department of rehabilitation and correction may assign, among the correctional and penal institutions under its control and in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code, the industries to be carried on by the institution…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.28 Fixing prices for labor and services

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(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall fix the prices at which all labor and services performed, all agricultural products produced, and all articles manufactured in correctional and penal institutions shall be furnished to the state, the political subdivisions…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.29 Institutional services fund; Ohio penal industries manufacturing fund

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(A) There is hereby created, in the state treasury, the institutional services fund, which shall be used for the: (1) Purchase of material, supplies, and equipment and the erection and extension of buildings used in services provided between institutions of the department of reha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.30 Investigations

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The department of rehabilitation and correction may make any investigations that are necessary in the performance of its duties, and to that end the director of rehabilitation and correction shall have the same power as a judge of a county court to administer oaths and to enforce…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.31 Appointing special agents and persons

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The department of rehabilitation and correction may appoint and commission any competent agency or person, to serve without compensation, as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for and in behalf of the department. Specific credentials sha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.32 Annual report

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In its annual report, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall include a complete financial statement of the various institutions under its control. The report shall state, as to each such institution, whether: (A) The moneys appropriated have been economically and j…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.33 Listing employees

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The annual report of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall include a list of the officers and agents employed, and the condition of the state institutions under its control. Such report may include statistics and information in regard to correctional institutions …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.331 Annual report of inmate time served and releases

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(A) Not later than the first day of April of each year, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall prepare an annual report covering the preceding calendar year that does all of the following: (1) Indicates the total number of persons sentenced to any institution, divi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.34 Nonpartisan management of institutions

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Sec. 5120.34. The department of rehabilitation and correction shall make rules for the nonpartisan management of the institutions under its control. Any officer or employee of the department or any officer or employee of any institution under its control, who, by solicitation or …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.35 Annual report suggestions and recommendations

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In its annual report, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall make any suggestions or recommendations it considers wise for the more effectual accomplishment of the general purpose of Chapter 5120. of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.36 Executive, administrative, and fiscal supervision of institutions

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The department of rehabilitation and correction, in addition to the powers expressly conferred, shall have all power and authority necessary for the full and efficient exercise of the executive, administrative, and fiscal supervision over the state institutions described in secti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.37 Sharing information with department of job and family services

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The department of rehabilitation and correction shall enter into an agreement with the department of job and family services to exchange or share information monthly concerning persons under the control or supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.38 Duties of managing officer

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Subject to the rules of the department of rehabilitation and correction, each institution under the department's jurisdiction other than an institution operated pursuant to a contract entered into under section 9.06 of the Revised Code shall be under the control of a managing off…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.381 Deputy warden

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Subject to the rules of the department of rehabilitation and correction, the director of rehabilitation and correction may appoint a deputy warden for each institution under the jurisdiction of the department. A deputy warden shall be in the unclassified service and serve at the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.382 Appointment of employees

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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter for appointments by division chiefs and managing officers, the director of rehabilitation and correction shall appoint employees who are necessary for the efficient conduct of the department of rehabilitation and correction and prescri…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.39 Superintendent of institution - powers and duties

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Each superintendent of an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall be of good moral character and have skill, ability, and experience in his profession. He shall have control of the institution, and be responsible for the management t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.40 Qualification of teachers

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All teachers employed in any institution under the jurisdiction of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall possess educator licenses or have the qualifications and approval that the superintendent of the Ohio central school system, after conference with the officers…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.41 Courses of study

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The courses of study for the instruction and training of all persons in the correctional institutions under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall be subject to the approval of the superintendent of public instruction.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.42 Rules for proper execution of powers

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The department of rehabilitation and correction shall make rules for the proper execution of its powers and may require the performance of additional duties by the officers of the several institutions, so as to fully meet the requirements, intents, and purposes of Chapter 5120. o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.421 Visitor searches

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Body cavity search" means an inspection of the anal or vaginal cavity of a person that is conducted visually, manually, by means of any instrument, apparatus, or object, or in any other manner. (2) "Deadly weapon" and "dangerous ordnance" have th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.422 Rules for site selection

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Sec. 5120.422. The department of rehabilitation and correction shall prescribe rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that govern the department's actions whenever it has the authority to select a site for a proposed state correctional institution. The rules …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.423 Rules for designating equipment and programs that improve fighting skills

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The department of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that designate devices and programs that, in addition to free weight exercise equipment as defined in sections 341.41, 753.31, and 5145.30 of the Revised Code and…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.424 Purchasing fixed weight exercise equipment

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Section 6. On and after the effective date of this act, no moneys in the treasury of the state, or moneys coming lawfully into the possession or custody of the Treasurer of State, except moneys donated by gift, devise, or bequest specifically for this purpose, shall be used to pu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.425 Prisoner access to inflammatory and other materials definitions

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As used in sections 5120.425 to 5120.428 of the Revised Code: (A) "Head of a state correctional institution," "prisoner," and "state correctional institution" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Material" means a prerecorded magnetic audio or vi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.426 Rules governing access to materials

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(A) The director of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules, and each warden shall adopt regulations that govern the form, medium, and quantity of materials that each prisoner confined in the warden's institution is permitted to receive and retain. Those rules and regulat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.427 Right to receive materials

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(A) Each prisoner confined in a state correctional institution may receive a reasonable number of materials directly from the publishers or other distributors of those materials. With the prior approval of the warden of the state correctional institution in which a prisoner is co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.428 Request for review

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(A) If a prisoner confined in a state correctional institution submits a timely written review request under division (B)(3) of section 5120.427 of the Revised Code, the warden of the state correctional institution in which the prisoner is confined or the warden's designee prompt…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.44 Liberal construction of chapter

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Chapter 5120. of the Revised Code attempts: (A) To provide humane and scientific treatment and care and the highest attainable degree of individual development for the dependent wards of the state; (B) To provide for the delinquent, conditions of modern education and training tha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.45 Burial or cremation of inmate

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The state shall bear the expense of the burial or cremation of an inmate who dies in a state correctional institution, if the body is not claimed for interment or cremation at the expense of friends or relatives, or is not delivered for anatomical purposes or for the study of emb…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.46 Appropriating property

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When it is necessary for a state correctional institution to acquire any real estate, right-of-way, or easement in real estate in order to accomplish the purposes for which it was organized or is being conducted, and the department of rehabilitation and correction is unable to ag…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.47 Leasing capital facilities

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The department of rehabilitation and correction shall lease capital facilities constructed, reconstructed, or otherwise improved, which facilities are financed by the treasurer of state pursuant to Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, for the use of the department, and may enter int…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5120.48 Apprehending escapee or prisoner mistakenly released

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(A) If a prisoner escapes from a state correctional institution, the managing officer of the institution, after consultation with and upon the advice of appropriate law enforcement officials, shall assign and deploy into the community appropriate staff persons necessary to appreh…