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...(A) As used in this section, "domestic violence program" means any of the following: (1) The nonprofit state domestic violence coalition designated by the family and youth services bureau of the United States department of health and human services; (2) A program operated by a nonprofit entity the primary purpose of which is to provide a broad range of services to victims of domestic violence that may include, but ...

....09 of the Revised Code, the offense of domestic violence as defined in section 2919.25 of the Revised Code, the offense of violating a protection order as defined in section 2919.27 of the Revised Code, the offense of menacing by stalking as defined in section 2903.211 of the Revised Code, the offense of aggravated trespass as defined in section 2911.211 of the Revised Code, a theft offense as defined in section 291...

...ged incident of the offense of domestic violence or an alleged incident of the offense of violating a protection order. The policies and procedures shall conform to and be consistent with the provisions of divisions (B)(1) and (B)(3) of section 2935.03 of the Revised Code and divisions (B) to (D) of this section. Each policy adopted under this division shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) ...

...lth commissioner establishes a domestic violence fatality review board as described in division (A) of section 307.651 of the Revised Code, the commissioner shall select the following to serve on the review board: (a) The county coroner or designee; (b) The chief of police of a police department in the county or the county sheriff or a designee of the chief or sheriff; (c) A public health official or designee;...

...s used in this section: (1) "Domestic violence" means any of the following: (a) The occurrence of one or more of the following acts against a family or household member: (i) Attempting to cause or recklessly causing bodily injury; (ii) Placing another person by the threat of force in fear of imminent serious physical harm or committing a violation of section 2903.211 or 2911.211 of the Revised Code; (iii) C...

...40 of the Revised Code: (A) "Domestic violence" means any of the following: (1) Attempting to cause or causing bodily injury to a family or household member, or placing a family or household member by threat of force in fear of imminent physical harm; (2) Attempting to cause or causing bodily injury to a person with whom the actor is or was in a dating relationship, or placing a person with whom the actor is or...

...ditions arising out of acts of domestic violence; (h) Disability. (U) With respect to a health benefit plan issued to a small employer, as those terms are defined in section 3924.01 of the Revised Code, negligently or willfully placing coverage for adverse risks with a certain carrier, as defined in section 3924.01 of the Revised Code. (V) Using any program, scheme, device, or other unfair act or practice that,...

...ecord of domestic dispute and domestic violence problems on a form prepared and distributed by the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation. The forms shall contain spaces for the reporting of all information that the superintendent determines to be relevant to domestic dispute and domestic violence problems, including, but not limited to, the number of domestic dispute and dome...

...ners is located to establish a domestic violence fatality review board to review the deaths of individuals over eighteen years of age by domestic violence that occurred in the county. (B) The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may, by adopting a joint resolution passed by a majority of the members of each participating board of county commissioners, create a regional domestic violence fatality r...

...ns actions or omissions. (B) "Domestic violence," "shelter," and "shelter for victims of domestic violence" have the same meanings as in section 3113.33 of the Revised Code. (C) "Perpetrator" means a person who allegedly has committed domestic violence and who bears one of the relationships specified in division (B) of section 3113.33 of the Revised Code to a victim of domestic violence who is a shelter client. (D...

...The purpose of a domestic violence fatality review board established under section 307.651 of the Revised Code is to decrease the incidence of deaths occurring as a result of domestic violence by doing all of the following: (A) Promoting cooperation, collaboration, and communication between all groups, professions, agencies, or entities engaged in the prevention of, and education about, domestic violence; (B) Mai...

...tion, and annulment cases, all domestic violence cases arising under section 3113.31 of the Revised Code, and all post-decree proceedings arising from any case pertaining to any of those matters. The division of domestic relations has concurrent jurisdiction with the juvenile division of the court of common pleas of Richland county to determine the care, custody, or control of any child not a ward of another court of...

...the handling of the offense of domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related offenses and incidents, and protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code; crisis intervention training; and training in the handling of missing children and child abuse and neglect cases; and training in handling violations of section 2905.32 of the Revised Cod...

...ates this section is guilty of domestic violence, and the court shall sentence the offender as provided in divisions (D)(2) to (6) of this section. (2) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (D)(3) to (5) of this section, a violation of division (C) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, and a violation of division (A) or (B) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree. (3) Except as o...

...(A) A domestic violence fatality review board shall establish a system for collecting and maintaining information necessary for the review of deaths by domestic violence in the county or region. In an effort to ensure confidentiality, each board shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain all records in a secure location; (2) Develop security measures to prevent unauthorized access to records containing informat...

...When utilizing the domestic violence screening process established in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code to identify members of assistance groups applying for and participating in Ohio works first who have been subjected to domestic violence, a county department of job and family services shall do both of the following: (A) Where available, rely on records from any of the following: (1) ...

...the handling of the offense of domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related offenses and incidents, and protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code. The provisions of the rules shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following: (A) A specified amount of training that is necessary for the satisfactory completion ...

...tiality, on the request of the domestic violence fatality review board, any individual, law enforcement agency, or other public or private entity that provided services to any of the following shall submit to the review board a summary sheet of information: (a) A person whose death is being reviewed by a domestic violence fatality review board; (b) A person who caused the death of a person whose death is being re...

...ocedure for county or regional domestic violence fatality review boards to follow in conducting a review of a death by domestic violence. The rules shall do all of the following: (1) Establish the format for the annual reports required by section 307.656 of the Revised Code; (2) Establish guidelines for a county or regional review board to follow in compiling statistics for annual reports so that the reports do n...

...rst who have been subjected to domestic violence by utilizing the domestic violence screening process established in the rules; (B) Refer a member who has been subjected to domestic violence to counseling and supportive services; (C) Except as provided in section 5107.713 of the Revised Code, maintain the confidentiality of information about a member who has been subjected to domestic violence; (D) Make a determi...

...the handling of the offense of domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related offenses and incidents, protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code, crisis intervention training, and training on companion animal encounters and companion animal behavior. The requirement to complete training in the handling of the offense of domestic violen...

...ts primarily to aid victims of domestic violence or who is an employee of, or counselor for, such an organization; one member who is a board member of any statewide or local organization that exists primarily to aid victims of sexual violence or who is an employee of or a counselor for an organization that exists primarily to aid victims of sexual violence; one member who is a board member or employee of any statewid...

...Code, a shelter for victims of domestic violence shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Be incorporated in this state as a nonprofit corporation; (2) Have trustees who represent the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of the community to be served, including at least one person who is or has been a victim of domestic violence; (3) Receive at least twenty-five per cent of its funds from sources o...

...ult who has been the victim of domestic violence, residing in a domestic violence shelter, receiving counseling or treatment related to the domestic violence, or participating in criminal justice activities against the domestic violence offender; (F) An education program under which a participant who does not speak English attends English as a second language course.

...ng in a shelter for victims of domestic violence or a homeless shelter and whether the child was brought to that shelter pursuant to an agreement with a shelter in another county. If the child is living in a shelter and was brought there from another county, the agency shall immediately notify the public children services agency of the county from which the child was brought of the report and all the information cont...