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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. § 5123.20 Prohibiting operation without license
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No person or government agency shall operate a residential facility or receive an individual with a developmental disability as a resident of a residential facility unless the facility is licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code, and no person or governmental agency sha…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.21 Transfers
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The director of developmental disabilities may transfer or authorize the transfer of an involuntary resident or a consenting voluntary resident from one public institution to another or to an institution other than a public institution or other facility, if the director determine…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.22 Appropriating property
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When it is necessary for an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities 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 depart…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.221 Cultivating land - purchases from other institutions

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The department of developmental disabilities shall determine and direct what lands belonging to institutions under its control shall be cultivated. The department of agriculture, the department of health, and the Ohio state university shall cooperate with the department of develo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.24 Businesses located near institutions

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A person, firm, or corporation may file a petition in the court of common pleas of the county in which an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities is located, in which petition the desire to erect or carry on at a less distance than that …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.25 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 developmental disabilities in accordance with the competitive selection procedures of Chapter 125. of the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.26 Funds

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The treasurer of state shall have charge of all funds under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities and shall pay out the same only in accordance with Chapter 5123. of the Revised Code. The department shall cause to be furnished a contract of indemnity to…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.27 Holding property in trust

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The director of developmental disabilities may accept, hold, and administer in trust on behalf of the state, if it is for the public interest, any grant, devise, gift, or bequest of money or property made to the state for the use or benefit of any institution under the jurisdicti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.28 Handling funds belonging to residents

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, money or property deposited with managing officers of institutions under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities by any resident under the department's control or by relatives, guardians, conservators, an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.29 Industrial and entertainment fund - commissary fund

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Each managing officer of an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of developmental disabilities, with the approval of the director of developmental disabilities, may establish funds in the institutions under the jurisdiction of the department, designated as follows…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.30 Books and accounts

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The department of developmental disabilities 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 acc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.31 Confidentiality

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(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall keep a record showing the name, residence, sex, age, nativity, occupation, condition, and date of entrance or commitment of every resident in the institutions governed by it, the date, cause, and terms of discharge and the co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.33 Annual report

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In its annual report, the department of developmental disabilities shall include a list of the officers and agents employed, and complete financial statement of the various institutions under its control. The report shall describe the condition of each institution, and shall stat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.34 Liberal construction of chapter

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This chapter attempts to do all of the following: (A) Provide humane and scientific treatment and care and the highest attainable degree of individual development for persons with developmental disabilities; (B) Promote the study of the causes of developmental disabilities, with …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.35 Ohio developmental disabilities council

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(A) There is hereby created the Ohio developmental disabilities council, which shall serve as an advocate for all persons with developmental disabilities. The council shall act in accordance with the "Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000," 42 U.S.C…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.351 Eligibility for state reimbursement of expenses incurred by facilities and programs

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The director of developmental disabilities, with respect to the eligibility for state reimbursement of expenses incurred by facilities and programs established and operated under Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code for persons with developmental disabilities, shall do all of the fo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.36 State participation in developmental disability construction programs

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(A) To the extent funds are available and on application by a county board of developmental disabilities or private nonprofit agency incorporated to provide developmental disability services, the director of developmental disabilities may enter into an agreement with the county b…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.37 Application to sell facility and acquire replacement

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A county board of developmental disabilities or private, nonprofit agency that receives state funds pursuant to an agreement with the director of developmental disabilities under section 5123.36 of the Revised Code to acquire a facility may apply to the director for approval to s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.371 Payment to director after sale of facility

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If the director of developmental disabilities approves an application submitted under section 5123.37 of the Revised Code, the county board of developmental disabilities or private, nonprofit agency that submitted the application shall, after selling the facility for which the co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.372 Deadline for acquisition of replacement facility

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If the director of developmental disabilities approves an application submitted under section 5123.37 of the Revised Code, the director shall establish a deadline by which the county board of developmental disabilities or private, nonprofit agency that submitted the application m…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.373 Agreement to pay percentage of cost of acquisition

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If, on or before the deadline or, if any, the last extended deadline established under section 5123.372 of the Revised Code for a county board of developmental disabilities or private, nonprofit agency, the county board or agency notifies the director of developmental disabilitie…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.374 Rescission of approval of application

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(A) The director of developmental disabilities may rescind approval of an application submitted under section 5123.37 of the Revised Code if either of the following occurs: (1) The county board of developmental disabilities or private, nonprofit agency that submitted the applicat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.375 Developmental disabilities community capital replacement fund

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The developmental disabilities community capital replacement facilities fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of developmental disabilities shall credit all amounts paid to the director under section 5123.371 of the Revised Code to the fund. The director shal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.376 Changing terms of agreement regarding construction, acquisition, or renovation of residential facility

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Medicaid-certified capacity" has the same meaning as in section 5124.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Residential facility" has the same meaning as in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The director of developmental disabilities may change t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.377 Authority to change terms of agreement regarding the construction, acquisition, or renovation of community adult facility

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Adult services" has the same meaning as in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Community adult facility" means a facility in which adult services are provided or a facility associated with the provision of adult services. (3) "Renovation" m…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.378 Authority to change terms of agreement regarding the construction, acquisition, or renovation of community early childhood facility

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Community early childhood facility" means a facility in which early childhood services are provided. (2) "Early childhood services" has the same meaning as in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Renovation" means work done to a building to …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.38 Effect of transfer from supported services to commitment to ICF/IID

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if an individual is committed to a state-operated ICF/IID pursuant to sections 5123.71 to 5123.76 of the Revised Code, the county board of developmental disabilities of the county from which the individual was ordered instit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.39 Patient clothing

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If not otherwise furnished, the probate judge shall see that each patient hospitalized under section 5123.76 of the Revised Code is properly attired for transportation, and, in addition, the institution shall be furnished a complete change of clothing for such patient, which shal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.40 Services fund for individuals with developmental disabilities

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There is hereby created in the state treasury the services fund for individuals with developmental disabilities. On the death of the beneficiary of a trust created pursuant to section 5815.28 of the Revised Code, the portion of the remaining assets of the trust specified in the t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.41 Administration of prescribed medications, performance of health-related activities, tube feeding definitions

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As used in this section and sections 5123.42 to 5123.47 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adult services" has the same meaning as in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Certified supported living provider" means a person or government entity certified under section 5123.161 of the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.42 Authorization for workers to administer prescribed medications, perform health-related activities, or perform tube feedings

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(A) Developmental disabilities personnel who are not specifically authorized by other provisions of the Revised Code to administer medications or perform health-related activities may do so pursuant to this section as part of the specialized services the developmental disabilitie…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.421 Complaints and investigations

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The department of developmental disabilities shall accept complaints from any person or government entity regarding the administration of medications and performance of health-related activities by developmental disabilities personnel pursuant to the authority granted under secti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.422 Immunity

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Developmental disabilities personnel who administer medications or perform health-related activities pursuant to the authority granted under section 5123.42 of the Revised Code are not liable for any injury caused by administering the medications or performing the health-related …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.423 Family members administering medications or performing health-related activities

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A family member may administer medications or perform health-related activities as described in section 5123.42 of the Revised Code without either of the following: nursing delegation or a certificate issued under section 5123.45 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.43 Training courses for administration of prescribed medications and performance of health-related activities

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(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall develop courses for the training of developmental disabilities personnel in the administration of medications and performance of health-related activities pursuant to the authority granted under section 5123.42 of the Revised…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.44 Training registered nurses to provide training courses for department personnel

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The department of developmental disabilities shall develop courses that train registered nurses to provide the developmental disabilities personnel training courses developed under section 5123.43 of the Revised Code. The department may develop courses that train registered nurse…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.441 Certificates to provide training courses

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(A) Each developmental disabilities personnel training course developed under section 5123.43 of the Revised Code shall be provided by a registered nurse. (B) To provide a training course or courses to developmental disabilities personnel, a registered nurse shall obtain the cert…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.45 Program for issuing of certificates

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(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall establish a program under which the department issues certificates to the following: (1) Developmental disabilities personnel, for purposes of meeting the requirement of division (D)(1) of section 5123.42 of the Revised Code …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.451 Registry listing personnel and registered nurses holding valid certificates

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The department of developmental disabilities shall establish and maintain a registry that lists all developmental disabilities personnel and registered nurses holding valid certificates issued under section 5123.45 of the Revised Code. The registry shall specify the type of certi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.452 Adjudication orders

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(A) If good cause exists as specified in division (B) of this section and determined in accordance with procedures established in rules adopted under section 5123.46 of the Revised Code, the director of developmental disabilities may issue an adjudication order requiring that one…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.46 Rules adopted in conjunction with board of nursing and the Ohio nurses association

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All rules adopted under sections 5123.41 to 5123.45 and section 5123.452 of the Revised Code shall be adopted in consultation with the board of nursing, the Ohio nurses association, the state medical board, and the Ohio society for respiratory care. The rules shall be adopted in …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.47 Authorizing in-home worker to perform health care tasks

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "In-home care" means the supportive services provided within the home of an individual with a developmental disability who receives funding for the services through a county board of developmental disabilities, including any recipient of residenti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.50 Registry of employees guilty of abuse, neglect or misappropriation definitions

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As used in sections 5123.50 to 5123.542 of the Revised Code: (A) "Abuse" means all of the following: (1) The use of physical force that can reasonably be expected to result in physical harm or serious physical harm; (2) Sexual abuse; (3) Verbal abuse. (B) "Misappropriation" means…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.51 Reviewing report of abuse, neglect or misappropriation

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(A) In addition to any other action required by sections 5123.61 and 5126.31 of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities shall review each report the department receives of abuse or neglect of an individual with a developmental disability or misappropriation…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.52 Registry of employees guilty of abuse, neglect or misappropriation

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(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall establish a registry of developmental disabilities employees consisting of the names of individuals included in the registry pursuant to section 5123.51 of the Revised Code. (B) Before a person or government entity hires, con…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.53 Petitioning for removal from registry

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An individual who is included in the registry may petition the director of developmental disabilities for removal from the registry. If the director determines that good cause exists, the director shall remove the individual from the registry and may properly reply to an inquiry …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.54 Rehabilitation standard rules

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The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 5123.51, 5123.52, and 5123.53 of the Revised Code. The rules shall establish rehabilitation standards for the purposes of section 5123.53 of the Revised Code …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.541 Employees engaging in sexual conduct or contact with individual under department care

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(A) No developmental disabilities employee shall engage in any sexual conduct or have any sexual contact with an individual with a developmental disability for whom the developmental disabilities employee is employed or under a contract to provide care unless the individual is th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.542 Notice explaining prohibited conduct

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(A) Each of the following shall annually provide a written notice to each of its developmental disabilities employees explaining the conduct for which a developmental disabilities employee may be included in the registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code: (1) …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5123.55 Protective services definitions

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As used in sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Guardian" means a guardian of the person, limited guardian, interim guardian, or emergency guardian pursuant to appointment by the probate court under Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code. (B) "Trustee" means a trustee…