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...(A) A guardian appointed in this state may petition the probate court to transfer the guardianship to another state. (B) Notice of a petition under division (A) of this section must be given by the guardian to the persons that would be entitled to notice of an application in this state for the appointment of a guardian. (C) On the probate court's own motion or on request of the guardian, ward, protected pers...

...(A) To confirm transfer of a guardianship transferred to this state under provisions similar to section 2112.31 of the Revised Code, the guardian shall petition the probate court in this state to accept the guardianship of the person, guardianship of the estate, or both. The petition must include a certified copy of the other state's provisional order of transfer. (B) Notice of a petition under division (A) o...

...If a guardian has been appointed in another state and an application for the appointment of a guardian of the person is not pending in this state, the guardian appointed in the other state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to register, may register the guardianship order in this state by filing as a foreign judgment in a probate court, in any appropriate county of this state, certified c...

...If a guardian of the estate has been appointed in another state and an application for the appointment of a guardian of the estate is not pending in this state, the guardian of the estate appointed in the other state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to register, may register a protective order or guardianship in this state by filing as a foreign judgment in a probate court of this state...

...s of this state, including maintaining actions and proceedings in this state and, if the guardian is not a resident of this state, subject to any conditions imposed upon nonresident parties. (B) A probate court of this state may grant any relief available under the Revised Code to enforce a registered order.

...death of a person is caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default which would have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages if death had not ensued, the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued, or the administrator or executor of the estate of such person, as such administrator or executor, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person ...

...onsortium, care, assistance, attention, protection, advice, guidance, counsel, instruction, training, and education, suffered by the surviving spouse, dependent children, parents, or next of kin of the decedent; (4) Loss of prospective inheritance to the decedent's heirs at law at the time of the decedent's death; (5) The mental anguish incurred by the surviving spouse, dependent children, parents, or next of kin...

...ived by a personal representative in an action for wrongful death under sections 2125.01 and 2125.02 of the Revised Code, whether by settlement or otherwise, shall be distributed to the beneficiaries or any one or more of them. The court that appointed the personal representative, except when all of the beneficiaries are on an equal degree of consanguinity to the deceased person, shall adjust the share of each benefi...

...In every civil action for wrongful death that is commenced or attempted to be commenced within the time specified by division (F)(1) or (F)(2)(c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of section 2125.02 of the Revised Code, if a judgment for the plaintiff is reversed or the plaintiff fails otherwise than upon the merits, the plaintiff or, if the plaintiff dies and the cause of action survives, the personal representative of the pla...

...s, dietitians, other authorized persons acting under the direction of an attending physician, and administrators of health care facilities. (K) "Home health agency" has the same meaning as in section 3740.01 of the Revised Code. (L) "Hospice care program" and "pediatric respite care program" have the same meanings as in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code. (M) "Hospital" has the same meanings as in sections 370...

...ysician, or other health care personnel acting under the direction of an attending physician, who is furnished a copy of a declaration shall make it a part of the declarant's medical record and, when section 2133.05 of the Revised Code is applicable, also shall comply with that section. (D)(1) Subject to division (D)(2) of this section, an attending physician of a declarant or a health care facility in which a decla...

...sician and health care facilities shall act in accordance with its provisions or comply with the provisions of section 2133.10 of the Revised Code. (2) In order for a declaration to become operative in connection with a declarant who is in a permanently unconscious state, the consulting physician associated with the determination that the declarant is in the permanently unconscious state shall be a physician who, by...

...s communicated by that witness. Absent actual knowledge to the contrary, the attending physician of a declarant and other health care personnel who are informed of the revocation of a declaration by an alleged witness may rely on the information and act in accordance with the revocation. (B) Upon the communication as described in division (A) of this section to the attending physician of a declarant of the fa...

...ing treatment; (iv) That the course of action proposed to be undertaken by the attending physician is not authorized by the declarant's declaration; (v) That the declaration was executed when the declarant was not of sound mind or was under or subject to duress, fraud, or undue influence; (vi) That the declaration otherwise does not substantially comply with this chapter. (d) Request the probate court to issue o...

...(A) As long as a qualified patient is able to make informed decisions regarding the administration of life-sustaining treatment, the qualified patient may continue to do so. (B) Life-sustaining treatment shall not be withheld or withdrawn from a declarant pursuant to a declaration if the declarant is pregnant and if the withholding or withdrawal of the treatment would terminate the pregnancy, unless the decla...

...(A) As used in this section, "DNR identification" has the same meaning as in section 2133.21 of the Revised Code. (B) A printed form of a declaration may be sold or otherwise distributed in this state for use by adults who are not advised by an attorney. By use of a printed form of that nature, a declarant may authorize the use or continuation, or the withholding or withdrawal, of life-sustaining treatment should t...

...for a patient is subject to a temporary protection order, civil protection order, or any other protection order issued by a court in this state or another state and the patient is the alleged victim, the individual is not competent to so decide, and the next priority individual or class of individuals specified in that division is authorized to make that decision. (c) If a member of a class of individuals entitled ...

... as inferred from the lifestyle and character of the patient, and from any other evidence of the desires of the patient, prior to the patient's becoming no longer able to make informed decisions regarding the administration of nutrition and hydration. The Rules of Evidence shall not be binding for purposes of this division. (4)(a) The attending physician of the patient, and other health care personnel acting under t...

...(A) An attending physician who, or a health care facility in which a qualified patient or other patient is confined that, is not willing or is not able to comply or allow compliance with a declaration of a qualified patient, with a consent given in accordance with section 2133.08 or 2133.09 of the Revised Code, with any probate court order issued pursuant to section 2133.05, 2133.08, or 2133.09 of the Revised Code, o...

...are facility, and health care personnel acting under the direction of an attending physician are not subject to criminal prosecution, are not liable in damages in a tort or other civil action, and are not subject to professional disciplinary action for any of the following: (1) Giving effect to a declaration, if the physician, facility, or personnel gives effect to the declaration in good faith and does not have act...

...nnel, or a health care facility to take action that is contrary to reasonable medical standards. (4) Sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code and, if applicable, a declaration do not affect or limit the authority of a physician or a health care facility to provide or not to provide life-sustaining treatment to a person in accordance with reasonable medical standards applicable in an emergency situation. (D)...

...In the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary and if acting in good faith, an attending or consulting physician, other health care personnel, and health care facilities may assume that a declaration complies with sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code and is valid.

...A declaration executed under the law of another state in compliance with that law or in substantial compliance with sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code shall be considered to be valid for purposes of sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code.

... as inferred from the lifestyle and character of the declarant, and from any other evidence of the declarant's desires, prior to the declarant becoming no longer able to make informed decisions regarding the administration of nutrition and hydration. The Rules of Evidence shall not be binding for purposes of this division. (4) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Revised Code or of the Rules of Civil Proced...

..."physician," "professional disciplinary action," and "tort action" have the same meanings as in section 2133.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "DNR identification" means a standardized identification card, form, necklace, or bracelet that is of uniform size and design, that has been approved by the department of health pursuant to section 2133.25 of the Revised Code, and that signifies either of the following: (1) That t...