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...Any person seventeen years of age or older may, without consent of the person's parent or guardian, donate blood in a voluntary blood program that is not operated for profit. Any person sixteen years of age but less than seventeen years of age may, with consent of the person's parent or guardian, donate blood in a voluntary blood program that is not operated for profit. Before obtaining blood donations from s...

...The bureau of motor vehicles shall maintain a toll-free telephone number available twenty-four hours a day that the public may use to obtain information on becoming an organ, tissue, or eye donor as provided in section 2108.05 of the Revised Code. The bureau of motor vehicles shall pay the costs of maintaining the toll-free telephone number.

...(A) The bureau of motor vehicles, registrar of motor vehicles, deputy registrars of motor vehicles, and agents and employees of the bureau of motor vehicles are not liable for damages in any civil action or subject to prosecution in a criminal proceeding for acting, attempting to act, or failing to act in accordance with section 2108.23, 2108.32, or 4501.024 of the Revised Code, unless the act, attempt, or omission w...

...state treasury the second chance trust fund. The fund shall consist of voluntary contributions deposited as provided in sections 4501.028 and 4503.721 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of health shall use the money in the fund only for the following purposes: (1) Development and implementation of a campaign that explains and promotes the second chance trust fund; (2) Development and implementation of local...

...ment of health the second chance trust fund advisory committee, consisting of eleven members. The members shall include the following: (1) One representative of each of the following appointed by the director of health: (a) An Ohio organ procurement organization that is a member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; (b) An Ohio tissue bank that is an accredited member of the American associat...

...er that allows the individual to easily understand the information. An auxiliary aid or service may include the following: (a) A qualified interpreter or other effective means of making aurally delivered materials available to an individual with a hearing impairment; (b) A qualified reader, taped text, text in an accessible electronic format, or other effective means of making visually delivered materials available...

...occurring. (B) In an action commenced under this section, the court shall schedule a hearing as soon as practicable and shall apply the same standards when rendering judgment as would be applied in an action brought in federal court under the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990," 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq. (C) This section does not create a right to compensatory or punitive damages against a covered entity.

...medical payment insurance; or insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault and which is statutorily required to be contained in any liability insurance policy or equivalent self-insurance; a medicare supplement policy of insurance, as defined by the superintendent of insurance by rule, coverage under a plan through medicare, medicaid, or the federal employees benefit program; any coverag...

...son are being artificially sustained, under accepted medical standards a determination that death has occurred is made by a physician by observing and conducting a test to determine that the irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain has occurred. A physician who makes a determination of death in accordance with this section and accepted medical standards is not liable for damages in any civil a...

...person who has the right of disposition under section 2108.70 or 2108.81 of the Revised Code. (B) Consent to an autopsy or post-mortem examination given under this section may be revoked only by the person executing the consent and in the same manner as required for execution of consent under this section.

...psy or post-mortem examination executed under section 2108.50 of the Revised Code and without actual knowledge of revocation of that consent, performs an autopsy or post-mortem examination is not liable in a civil or criminal action brought against the licensed physician or surgeon for that act.

...t-mortem or other examination performed under sections 313.01 to 313.22 of the Revised Code, or to medical, surgical, and anatomical study performed under sections 1713.34 to 1713.42 of the Revised Code.

...at the deceased person's death occurred under suspicious circumstances, if the coroner was apprised of the circumstances of the death, and if the coroner after being so apprised of the circumstances declines to conduct an autopsy, the department or the board may file a petition in a court of common pleas seeking an order authorizing an autopsy or post-mortem examination under this section. (B) Upon the filing of a p...

...on" means a hospital registered as such under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code or a freestanding birthing center. (2) "Health care professional" means a physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery; a registered nurse, including a certified nurse-midwife, authorized to practice under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; or a physi...

...(A) The department of health, on its internet web site, shall make available to health care professionals printable publications that can be downloaded containing standardized, objective information about umbilical cord blood banking that is sufficient to allow a pregnant woman to make an informed decision about whether to participate in an umbilical cord blood banking program. The publications shall include al...

...A health care professional or health care institution is not liable for damages in a civil action, subject to prosecution in a criminal proceeding, or subject to disciplinary action by the state medical board or board of nursing for acting in good faith pursuant to section 2108.61 of the Revised Code.

...ative in a written declaration executed under that division or all of the rights described in division (B) of this section that are assigned to a person pursuant to section 2108.81 of the Revised Code. (5) "Successor representative" means an adult or group of adults, collectively, to whom the right of disposition for a declarant has been reassigned because the declarant's representative is disqualified from exercisi...

...f a right of disposition by a declarant under section 2108.70 of the Revised Code vests in a representative or a successor representative at the time of the declarant's death.

...er of the military who has subsequently died while under active duty orders as described in 10 U.S.C. 1481.

...en declaration executed by a declarant under section 2108.70 of the Revised Code shall be signed and dated by the declarant in the presence of one of the following: (A) A notary public who shall make the certification described in section 147.53 of the Revised Code. (B) Two witnesses who are adults and who are not related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the declarant. (C) If the written declaration is a DD...

...A declarant who executes a written declaration in accordance with section 2108.73 of the Revised Code warrants the truthfulness of the entire content of the declaration.

...erson is assigned to a funeral director under division (B)(9) of section 2108.81 of the Revised Code, the funeral director is not liable for the cost of disposition.

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if the person named as the declarant's representative or successor representative in a written declaration was the declarant's spouse at the time the declaration was executed, but is not the declarant's spouse at the time of the declarant's death, the former spouse shall no longer be qualified to serve as the declarant's representative or successor representativ...

...harged with an act of domestic violence under section 2919.25 of the Revised Code and it has been alleged in the charging instrument or accompanying papers that the act resulted in or contributed to the declarant's death. (2) If the charges against the person described in division (B)(1) of this section are dismissed or if the person is acquitted of such charges, the right is restored to the person. (C) The perso...

...ased adult has made an anatomical gift under sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code, any person to whom the declarant has assigned the right of disposition under section 2108.70 of the Revised Code, or who has the right as described in section 2108.81 of the Revised Code, is bound by the anatomical gift and must follow the instructions associated with the gift before making any decisions or taking...