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...(A) As used in this section, "date of the commitment" means the date that an individual specified in division (B) of this section begins to reside in a state-operated ICF/IID after being committed to the ICF/IID pursuant to sections 5123.71 to 5123.76 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, whenever a resident of a residential facility is committed to a state-operated ICF/IID pur...

...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 determines that it would be consistent with the habilitation needs of the resident to do so. Before an involuntary resident may be transferred...

...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 department is unable to agree with the owner of such property upon the price to be paid therefor, such property may be appropriated in the...

...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 prescribed in section 3767.19 of the Revised Code shall be set forth, the business prohibited, the precise point of its establishm...

...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 Revised Code and such rules as the department of administrative services adopts. All bids shall be publicly opened on the day and ...

...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 cover all moneys and funds received by it or by its managing officers, employees, or agents while such moneys or funds are in...

...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 account of all appropriations made by the general assembly and of all other funds, together with the disposition of such funds. The de...

...(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 condition of such person at the time of leaving, and also a record of all transfers from one institution to another, and, if such person dies ...

...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 state, as to each institution, whether: (A) The moneys appropriated have been economically and judiciously expended; (B) The objects ...

...(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 of the following actions be taken against a person seeking or holding a certificate issued under section 5123.45 of the Revised Code: (1)...

...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 that the individual is not included in the registry. Good cause includes meeting rehabilitation standards establis...

...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 and specify circumstances, other than meeting the standards, that constitute good cause for the purposes ...

...The department of developmental disabilities shall develop a statewide system of protective service in accordance with rules and standards established by the department. With respect to this program, the department may enter into a contract with any responsible public or private agency for provision of protective service by the agency, and the contract may permit the agency to charge the person r...

...Before entering upon the duties of trustee, an agency under contract with the department of developmental disabilities may require any of its employees having custody or control of funds or property to give bond to the probate court with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the full and faithful accounting of all trust funds which the employee holds. The amount of the bond shall be determi...

...The director of developmental disabilities shall designate a person to present the case on behalf of the state at the hearings provided for in sections 5123.75 and 5123.76 of the Revised Code. The designee of the director also may present the case on behalf of the state in any other hearing provided for in this chapter.

...(A) After receipt of the affidavit required by section 5123.71 of the Revised Code, the court shall cause written notice, by mail or otherwise, of any hearing the court directs, to be given to all of the following persons: (1) The respondent; (2) The respondent's legal guardian, if any; (3) The respondent's spouse, if address is known; (4) The person filing the affidavit; (5) Any one person designated...

...erson is a person with an intellectual disability subject to institutionalization by court order, the managing officer of an institution, with the concurrence of the chief program director, shall, except as provided in division (C) of this section, grant a discharge without the consent or the authorization of any court upon a determination that institutionalization no longer is appropriate. Upon the discharge, the m...

...(A) When the chief program director of an institution for persons with i ntellectual disabilities considers that it is in the best interest of a resident, the managing officer may permit the resident to leave the institution on a trial visit. The trial visit shall be for the period of time the managing officer determines. (B) The managing officer, upon releasing a resident on trial visit, may impose such requireme...

...If neither a discharged resident, nor a resident granted trial visit, nor the persons requesting the resident's trial visit or discharge are financially able to bear the expense of the resident's trial visit or discharge, the managing officer of an institution under the control of the department of developmental disabilities may then provide actual traveling and escort expenses to the township of which t...

...The managing officer of an institution under the control of the department of developmental disabilities shall immediately report the removal, death, absence without leave, discharge, or trial visit of any resident, or return of an absent without leave or visiting resident to the department, the probate judge of the county from which such resident was institutionalized, and the probate judge of the county of ...

...y or involuntarily, for a developmental disability. Any person in custody, voluntarily or involuntarily, under the provisions of this chapter, retains all rights not specifically denied the person under this or any other chapter of the Revised Code.

...All residents of institutions for persons with i ntellectual disabilities shall be allowed to communicate freely with others, including but not restricted to the following: (A) Receiving visitors at reasonable times; (B) Being visited by counsel or personal physician, or both, at any reasonable time; (C) Having reasonable access to telephones to make and receive confidential calls, including a reasonable number ...

...(A) All residents institutionalized pursuant to this chapter shall receive, within thirty days of their admission, a comprehensive evaluation, a diagnosis, a prognosis, and a description of habilitation goals consistent therewith. (B) All such residents shall have a written habilitation plan consistent with the comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and goals which shall be provided, upon request of residen...

...(A) No resident of an institution for persons with i ntellectual disabilities shall be compelled to perform labor that involves the operation, support, or maintenance of the institution or for which the institution is under contract with an outside organization. Privileges or release from the institution shall not be conditional upon the performance of such labor. Residents who volunteer to perform such labor shall...

...o longer a person with an intellectual disability subject to institutionalization by court order unless the person shows that the release procedures of division (H) of section 5123.76 of the Revised Code are inadequate or unavailable.