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...(A) If a public children services agency receives a report of child abuse or neglect under section 2151.421 of the Revised Code, or a report that a child may be a dependent child, and is denied reasonable access to the child by a parent, guardian, custodian, or caregiver of the child, or to any other information necessary to determine if the child is, or at risk of becoming, an abused, neglected, or dependent child, ...

...(A) If a child is adjudicated an abused, neglected, or dependent child, the court may make any of the following orders of disposition: (1) Place the child in protective supervision; (2) Commit the child to the temporary custody of any of the following: (a) A public children services agency; (b) A private child placing agency; (c) Either parent; (d) A relative residing within or outside the state; ...

...The interstate compact for the placement of children is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I. PURPOSE The purpose of this compact is to: (A) Provide a process through which children subject to this compact are placed in safe and suitable homes in a timely manner. (B) Facilitate ongoing supervision of a ...

...A qualified organization shall develop and implement written policies and procedures for host family training. Training shall include all of the following topics: (A) The legal rights and responsibilities of host families; (B) The qualified organization's policies and procedures regarding host families; (C) The effects that separation and attachment issues have on children and their families; (D) The effects ...

...The attorney general shall adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. or pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code, rules governing the training of peace officers in the handling of missing children, missing persons, and child abuse and neglect cases. The rules shall specify the amount of that training necessary for the satisfactory completion of basic training programs at approved peace officer training school...

...(A) A public children services agency shall determine as soon as practicable if a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child who is subject to an investigation under section 2151.421 or 2151.422 of the Revised Code is in the armed forces. (B) If the agency determines that the parent, guardian, or custodian is in the armed forces, the agency shall notify the appropriate authority of that armed force in which the pare...

...There is hereby created within the department of children and youth the children's trust fund board consisting of fifteen members. The directors of mental health and addiction services, health, and children and youth shall be members of the board. Eight public members shall be appointed by the governor. These members shall be persons with demonstrated knowledge in programs for children, shall be representative of the...

...(A) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3314.40 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (2) The person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if both of the following conditions apply: (a) The employee who is the subject of the report that the pers...

...(A) Whoever violates division (B)(1) of section 3319.151 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates division (H)(1) of section 3319.311 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3319.313 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the p...

...(A) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3326.24 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (2) The person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if both of the following conditions apply: (a) The employee who is the subject of the report that the pers...

...(A) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3328.19 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (2) The person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if both of the following conditions apply: (a) The employee who is the subject of the report that the person fails to...

...(A) The department of children and youth may suspend, without a prior hearing, the certificate of an institution or association, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, which includes a foster caregiver, if any of the following occur: (1) A child dies or suffers a serious injury while placed or residing with the institution or association, including a foster home, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Rev...

...(A) The department of children and youth may suspend, without a prior hearing, the license of a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home if any of the following occur: (1) A child dies or suffers a serious injury while receiving child care in the center, type A home, or licensed type B home. (2) A public children services agency receives a report pursuant to se...

...(A) Whoever violates division (B) of section 5126.044 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates division (F) of section 5126.253 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (2) The person is guilty of a misdemeanor of ...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section or as otherwise provided in this section, a prosecution shall be barred unless it is commenced within the following periods after an offense is committed: (a) For a felony, six years; (b) For a misdemeanor other than a minor misdemeanor, two years; (c) For a minor misdemeanor, six months. (2) There is no period of limitati...

...Failure to follow the procedure set forth in the memorandum of understanding by the concerned officials is not grounds for, and shall not result in, the dismissal of any charges or complaint arising from any reported case of abuse or neglect or the suppression of any evidence obtained as a result of any reported child abuse or child neglect and does not give, and shall not be construed as giving, any rights or any gr...

...(A) The children's trust fund board, upon the recommendation of the director of children and youth, shall approve the employment of an executive director who will administer the programs of the board. (B) The department of children and youth shall provide budgetary, procurement, accounting, and other related management functions for the board and may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code ...

...(A) The children's trust fund board may deny funding or allocate a reduced amount of funds on a pro-rated daily basis to a child abuse and child neglect regional prevention council for the fiscal year for which a regional prevention plan was required to be developed under any of the following circumstances: (1) If a council fails to submit to the board a regional prevention plan pursuant to section 3109.174 of the R...

...(A) The department of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding all of the following: (1) Operation requirements for child abuse and child neglect regional prevention councils; (2) The manner in which boards of county commissioners are to appoint council members; (3) The form and manner by which councils are to submit regional prevention plans. (B) ...

...As used in this chapter, "dependent child" means any child: (A) Who is homeless or destitute or without adequate parental care, through no fault of the child's parents, guardian, or custodian; (B) Who lacks adequate parental care by reason of the mental or physical condition of the child's parents, guardian, or custodian; (C) Whose condition or environment is such as to warrant the state, in the interests of the c...

...The court may consider any of the following factors in determining whether to grant a deviation pursuant to section 3119.22 of the Revised Code: (A) Special and unusual needs of the child or children, including needs arising from the physical or psychological condition of the child or children; (B) Other court-ordered payments; (C) Extended parenting time or extraordinary costs associated with parenting time, i...

...(A) A parent does not commit a criminal offense under the laws of this state and shall not be subject to criminal prosecution in this state for the act of voluntarily delivering a child under section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code. (B) A person who delivers or attempts to deliver a child who has suffered any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abuse or negl...

...(A) As used in this section, "minor," "missing child," and "missing children" have the same meanings as in section 2901.30 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created within the office of the attorney general the missing children clearinghouse. The attorney general shall administer the clearinghouse. The clearinghouse is established as a central repository of information to coordinate and improve the availabi...

...The department of children and youth shall administer funds received under Title IV-B of the "Social Security Act," 81 Stat. 821 (1967), 42 U.S.C.A. 620, as amended, and the "Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act," 88 Stat. 4 (1974), 42 U.S.C.A. 5101, as amended. In administering these funds, the department may establish a child welfare services program and a child abuse and neglect prevention and adoption reform ...

...(A)(1) Prior to certification as a foster home under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code, a recommending agency shall obtain a summary report of a search of the uniform statewide automated child welfare information system, established under section 5180.40 of the Revised Code, from an entity listed in section 5180.402 of the Revised Code. (2) Whenever a prospective foster parent or any other person eighteen years ...