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...(A) If a defendant is convicted of committing a criminal offense against a victim or an alleged juvenile offender is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a delinquent act against a victim, if the victim or victim's representative requests notice of the filing of an appeal, and if the defendant or alleged juvenile offender files an appeal, the prosecutor in the case promptly, but not later than seven days aft...

...(A) If a defendant is incarcerated, a victim or victim's representative who has requested to receive notice under this section shall be given notice of the incarceration of the defendant. If an alleged juvenile offender is committed to the temporary custody of a school, camp, institution, or other facility operated for the care of delinquent children or to the legal custody of the department of youth services, a vict...

...(A) On request of a victim or victim's representative who has provided a current address or other current contact information, the court shall notify the victim and victim's representative, if applicable, of any of the following: (1) A probation or community control revocation disposition proceeding or any proceeding in which the court is asked to terminate the probation or community control of a person who was con...

...Prior to the governor granting a pardon, commutation of sentence, or reprieve to an offender convicted of or found guilty of an offense of violence or adjudicated a delinquent child for a delinquent act that would be an offense of violence if committed by an adult, the governor, or the governor's designee, shall notify the victim, victim's representative, and victim's attorney, if applicable, that the offender or del...

... determination to the prosecutor of the county in which the criminal or delinquency proceeding was held against the defendant or alleged juvenile offender. Before ordering a defendant or alleged juvenile offender released from custody, the court shall send the custodial agency a copy of its journal entry of the determination.

...(A) In determining whether to grant an application to seal or expunge a juvenile record pursuant to section 2151.356 or 2151.358 of the Revised Code, the court shall notify the prosecutor regarding the hearing of the matter not less than thirty days before the hearing. In determining whether to grant an application to seal or expunge a record of conviction or bail forfeiture pursuant to section 2953.32 or 2953.39 of ...

...(A) No employer of a victim shall discharge, discipline, or otherwise retaliate against the victim, a member of the victim's family, or a victim's representative for any of the following: (1) Participating, at the prosecutor's request, in preparation for a criminal or delinquency proceeding; (2) Attendance at a criminal or delinquency proceeding if the attendance is reasonably necessary to protect the interests o...

...(A)(1) A victim, victim's representative, or victim's attorney, if applicable, or the prosecutor, on request of the victim, has standing as a matter of right to assert, or to challenge an order denying, the rights of the victim provided by law in any judicial or administrative proceeding. The trial court shall act promptly on a request to enforce, or on a challenge of an order denying, the rights of the victim. In an...

...Once a pro se victim or victim's attorney, if applicable, files a notice of appearance in a case, the pro se victim or victim's attorney shall be served copies of all notices, motions, and court orders filed thereafter in the case in the same manner as the parties in the case.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Dating relationship" has the same meaning as in section 3113.31 of the Revised Code. (2) "Dating violence" means the occurrence of one or more of the following acts against a person with whom the person engaging in the violence is or was in a dating relationship: (a) Attempting to cause or recklessly causing bodily injury to the other person; (b) Placing the other person ...

...No individual authorized to administer a vaccine shall administer to a minor a COVID-19 vaccine without first obtaining written permission from the minor's parent or legal guardian.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Public school" means any of the following: a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district; community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; or college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code. (2) "State institution of higher education...

... includes all of the following: (a) A county home or district home operated under Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code; (b) A health care facility, as defined in section 3702.30 of the Revised Code; (c) A hospice care program or pediatric respite care program, each as defined in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code, but only when providing care and services other than in a home; (d) A hospital, as defined in sect...

...(A)(1) The department of health shall create a "Never Alone" information sheet that describes all of the duties, prohibitions, requirements, and rights established under section 3792.05 of the Revised Code, including the following: (a) That a congregate care setting is prohibited from denying a patient or resident access to an advocate except as provided in division (D)(2) or (E) of section 3792.05 of the Revised C...

.... (6) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. "Political subdivision" also includes a board of health of a city or general health district. (8) "Public official" means any officer, employee, or duly authorized agent or representative of ...

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and other organized groups of persons. "Person" also includes, but is not limited to, any owner, lessor, assignor, builder, manager, broker, salesperson, appraiser, agent, employee, lending institution, and the state ...

...It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice: (A) For any employer, because of the race, color, religion, sex, military status, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry of any person, to discharge without just cause, to refuse to hire, or otherwise to discriminate against that person with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Credit" means the right granted by a creditor to a person to defer payment of a debt, to incur debt and defer its payment, or to purchase property or services and defer payment for the property or services. (2) "Creditor" means any person who regularly extends, renews, or continues credit, any person who regularly arranges for the extension, renewal, or continuation of credit, o...

...As used in this section, "educational institution" means a state university or college, state-assisted institution of higher education, nonprofit educational institution described in Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, or institution registered under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any educational institution to discriminate against any individual on account of a...

...The decision of Fisher v. Peters, 249 F.3d 433 (6th Cir. 2001), which held that if a person's civilian job is inherently military, the person must pursue military, rather than civilian, channels when pursuing employment discrimination claims, shall be applied when construing the prohibitions contained in this chapter against discrimination on the basis of a person's military status.

...(A) Nothing in division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code shall bar any religious or denominational institution or organization, or any nonprofit charitable or educational organization that is operated, supervised, or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, from limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of housing accommodations that it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose...

...There is hereby created the Ohio civil rights commission to consist of five members, not more than three of whom shall be of the same political party, to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, one of whom shall be designated by the governor as chairman. At least one member shall be at least sixty years of age. Terms of office shall be for five years, commencing on the twenty-ninth d...

...ent in the court of common pleas in the county in which the person to whom the subpoena was addressed resides, was served, or transacts business. (4) Create local or statewide advisory agencies and conciliation councils to aid in effectuating the purposes of this chapter. The commission may itself, or it may empower these agencies and councils to, do either or both of the following: (a) Study the problems of di...

...nt, to the court of common pleas of the county in which the unlawful discriminatory practice allegedly occurred for the appropriate injunction or order, and the court shall hear and determine the application as expeditiously as possible. (b) If it is not practicable to comply with the requirements of division (B)(3)(a) of this section within the one-hundred-day period described in that division, the commission shal...

.... Any such hearing shall be held in the county in which the alleged unlawful discriminatory practice occurred or is occurring or in which the respondent transacts business, and shall be held not less than thirty days after service of the complaint. After issuing a complaint, the commission may do any of the following: (a) Upon the request of a complainant that the commission receives not later than thirty days befo...