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... section does not exempt the employee from inclusion in the registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code.

... without a judicial determination of incompetency, with respect to an estate of ten thousand dollars or less. (C) "Protector" means an agency under contract with the department of developmental disabilities acting with or without court appointment to provide guidance, service, and encouragement in the development of maximum self-reliance to a person with a developmental disability, independent of any determination o...

...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...

...rotector under those sections unless a comprehensive evaluation has been made in a clinic or other facility approved by the department of developmental disabilities. The evaluation shall include a medical, psychological, social, and educational evaluation, and a copy of the evaluation shall be filed with the department. Any agency that is appointed as a guardian, trustee, or conservator under sections 5123.55 to 512...

...ume such duties during the parent's lifetime. If the results of the comprehensive evaluation required under section 5123.57 of the Revised Code indicate that the person named in the nomination is in need of protective services, the agency or service either shall reject or accept the nomination as guardian, trustee, or conservator, subject to appointment by the probate court, or reject or accept the nomination as pro...

...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...

...t of individuals who receive services from the Ohio protection and advocacy system to reside in and receive services from an ICF/IID.

... times, all records, except records of community residential facilities and records of contract agencies of county boards of developmental disabilities and boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, relating to expenditures of state and federal funds or to the commitment, care, treatment, and habilitation of all persons represented by the Ohio protection and advocacy system, including those who ma...

...If compensation for the work of attorneys employed by the Ohio protection and advocacy system or an agency or political subdivision of the state is awarded to the system in a class action lawsuit pursued by the system, the compensation shall be limited to the actual hourly rate of pay for that legal work.

...s protection and advocacy system and client assistance program is hereby established. (B) The joint committee shall consist of three members of the senate appointed by the senate president, two from the majority party and one from the minority party, and three members of the house of representatives, two from the majority party and one from the minority party, appointed by the speaker of the house of representativ...

...ply: (i) The client or patient, at the time of the communication, is an individual with a developmental disability. (ii) The attorney or physician knows or suspects, as a result of the communication or any observations made during that communication, that the client or patient has suffered or faces a substantial risk of suffering any wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abu...

...incident that is conducted by a review committee established pursuant to section 5123.61 of the Revised Code, the committee shall issue recommendations to the department. The department shall review the committee's recommendations and issue a report of its findings. The department shall make the report available to all of the following: (1) The individual with a developmental disability who is the subject of the rep...

...The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding the reporting of major unusual incidents and unusual incidents concerning persons with developmental disabilities. The rules shall specify what constitutes a major unusual incident or an unusual incident.

...f the individual had no guardian at the time of death, to a person in the first applicable of the following categories: (a) The person's spouse; (b) The person's children; (c) The person's parents; (d) The person's brothers or sisters; (e) The person's uncles or aunts; (f) The person's closest relative by blood or adoption; (g) The person's closest relative by marriage. (B) The department or county board ...

...ipt of a report of a major unusual incident made pursuant to section 5123.61 or 5126.31 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under section 5123.612 of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities may do either of the following: (1) Conduct an independent review or investigation of the incident; (2) Request that an independent review or investigation of the incident be conducted by a county board o...

..., and sanitary living environment that complies with local, state, and federal standards and recognizes the persons' need for privacy and independence; (C) The right to food adequate to meet accepted standards of nutrition; (D) The right to practice the religion of their choice or to abstain from the practice of religion; (E) The right of timely access to appropriate medical or dental treatment; (F) The right of ...

...workshop, be fully informed of any new home and community-based services and their option to receive those services. It is also the intent of the general assembly that those individuals be permitted to continue receiving services in a variety of settings as long as those settings offer opportunities for community integration as described in their individual service plans.

...to each individual receiving services from the provider. If the individual is unable to read the list, the provider shall communicate the contents of the list to the individual to the extent practicable in a manner that the individual understands. The individual receiving services or the parent, guardian, or advocate of the individual shall sign an acknowledgement of receipt of a copy of the list of rights, and a cop...

...blish written procedures for resolving complaints of violations of those rights. A copy of the procedures shall be provided to any person receiving services or to any parent, guardian, or advocate of a person receiving services. (B) Any person with a developmental disability who believes that the person's rights as enumerated in section 5123.62 of the Revised Code have been violated may: (1) Bring the violation to ...

... Revised Code, individuals with developmental disabilities who can safely self-administer medication or receive assistance with self-administration of medication have the right to self-administer medication or receive assistance with the self-administration of medication. The department of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules as it considers necessary to implement and enforce this section. The rules shall be ...

...aking the medication in its container from the area where it is stored, handing the container with the medication in it to the individual, and opening the container, if the individual is physically unable to open the container; (3) Assist, on request by or with the consent of, an individual who is physically impaired but mentally alert, with removal of oral or topical medication from the container and with the indi...

...tutional rights of persons with developmental disabilities in the state; (B) To encourage the development of the ability and potential of each person with a developmental disability in the state to the fullest possible extent, no matter how severe the degree of disability; (C) To promote the economic security, standard of living, and meaningful employment of persons with developmental disabilities; (D) To maximize...

...alf of an adult adjudicated mentally incompetent by a guardian. (B) The managing officer of an institution, with the concurrence of the chief program director, may admit a person applying pursuant to this section only after a comprehensive evaluation has been made of the person and only if the comprehensive evaluation concludes that the person has an intellectual disability and would benefit significantly from admis...

... an institution may discharge a minor from a specialized treatment unit in accordance with division (C) of section 5123.69 of the Revised Code. The uniform procedures of discharge established by rules adopted under division (G)(7) of section 5123.19 of the Revised Code shall not apply to the discharge of a minor from a specialized treatment unit.

...zation is supported by his most recent comprehensive evaluation; (2) If, within three court days from the receipt of the request for release, the managing officer files an affidavit or causes an affidavit to be filed under section 5123.71 of the Revised Code with the probate division of the court of common pleas of the county where the resident has his residence or where he is institutionalized, release may be post...