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...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.

...dies, the department of developmental disabilities or the county board of developmental disabilities, whichever is applicable, shall, on written request, provide to both of the following persons the report and any records relating to the report: (1) If the report or records are necessary to administer the estate of the person who is the subject of the report, to the executor or admi...

...t 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 of developmental disabilities that is not i...

... permitted under sections 5123.89 and 5126.044 of the Revised Code; (U) The right to voice grievances and recommend changes in policies and services without restraint, interference, coercion, discrimination, or reprisal; (V) The right to be free from unnecessary chemical or physical restraints; (W) The right to participate in the political process; (X) The right to refuse to participate in medical, psychological,...

...It is the intent of the general assembly that all individuals being served on the effective date of this section through the array of adult day services that exists on that date, including services delivered in a sheltered 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 permitte...

...tate agency, county board of developmental disabilities, or political subdivision that provides services, either directly or through a contract, to persons with developmental disabilities shall give each provider a copy of the list of rights contained in section 5123.62 of the Revised Code. Each public and private provider of services shall carry out the requirements of this section in addition to any other posting o...

... of services to persons with developmental disabilities shall establish policies and programs to ensure that all staff members are familiar with the rights enumerated in section 5123.62 of the Revised Code and observe those rights in their contacts with persons receiving services. Any policy, procedure, or rule of the provider that conflicts with any of the rights enumerated shall be null and void. Every provider sha...

...on 5123.62 of the 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. Th...

...A) As used in this section, "developmental disabilities personnel" and "prescribed medication" have the same meanings as in section 5123.41 of the Revised Code. (B) Developmental disabilities personnel who are not specifically authorized by other provisions of the Revised Code to provide assistance in the self-administration of prescribed medication may, under this section, provide that assistance as part of the se...

...This chapter shall be liberally interpreted to accomplish the following purposes: (A) To promote the human dignity and to protect the constitutional 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)...

...s self to be a person with an intellectual disability may make written application to the managing officer of any institution for voluntary admission. Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the application may be made on behalf of a minor by a parent or guardian, and on behalf of an adult adjudicated mentally incompetent by a guardian. (B) The managing officer of an institution, with the concurrence of ...

...(A) As used in this section, "mental illness" has the same meaning as in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The managing officer of an institution, with the concurrence of the chief program director, may admit into a specialized treatment unit for minors a minor ages ten to seventeen who is in behavior crisis and has serious behavioral challenges if one of the following applies: (1) The minor has an intelle...

...requested in writing by his counsel, legal guardian, parent, spouse, or adult next of kin shall be released forthwith except that: (1) If a resident was admitted on his own application and the request for release is made by a person other than the resident, release may be made conditional upon the agreement of the resident thereto if his continued institutionalization is supported by his most recent comprehensive ev...

...s self to be a person with an intellectual disability may make written application to the managing officer of any institution for temporary admission for short-term care. The application may be made on behalf of a minor by a parent or guardian, and on behalf of an adult adjudicated mentally incompetent by a guardian. (B) For purposes of this section, short-term care shall be defined to mean appropriate services prov...

...ceedings for the involuntary institutionalization of a person pursuant to sections 5123.71 to 5123.76 of the Revised Code shall be commenced by the filing of an affidavit with the probate division of the court of common pleas of the county where the person resides or where the person is institutionalized, in the manner and form prescribed by the department of developmental disabilities either on information or actual...

...s" has the same meaning as in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Prior to filing an affidavit under section 5123.71 of the Revised Code for the involuntary institutionalization of an individual, a person who is eligible to file under that section and intends to do so shall request that the county board of developmental disabilities conduct an assessment of the individual's needs. Not later than...

...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.

...123.71 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 by the respondent, except that if the respondent does n...

...affidavit is a person with an intellectual disability subject to institutionalization by court order and that emergency institutionalization is required, do any of the following: (1) Issue a temporary order of detention ordering any health or police officer or sheriff to take into custody and transport such person to an institution or other place as designated in section 5123.77 of the Revised Code; (2) Order the c...

...r section 5123.71 of the Revised Code shall, on request of the respondent, the respondent's guardian, or the respondent's counsel, or upon the court's own motion, be afforded a hearing to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the respondent is a person with an intellectual disability subject to institutionalization by court order. (A) The probable cause hearing shall be conducted within two court...

...(A) The full hearing shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the procedures outlined in this chapter and with due process of law. The hearing shall be held by a judge of the probate division or, upon transfer by the judge of the probate division, by another judge of the court of common pleas, or a referee designated by the judge of the probate division. Any referee designated by the judge of the probate divisi...

...(A) Pending removal to an institution, a person taken into custody or ordered to be institutionalized pursuant to this chapter may be held in the person's home, a certified foster home, licensed rest or nursing home, a county home, or a facility used for detention, but the person shall be kept separate from persons charged with or convicted of penal offenses. (B) Whenever any person is taken into custody under this ...

...a person 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, th...

...nstitution 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 requirements and conditions upon the resident while ...

...d 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 the resident resided a...

...irection through Ashland county only, shall be known as the "Thomas A. Van Meter Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...ection of that route with Bates road, shall be known as the "Staff Sergeant Bradley C. Hart Memorial Roadway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the roadway indicating its name.

...direction, through Miami county only, shall be known as the "Robert E. Netzley Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name only if the department of transportation receives private contributions sufficient to pay all costs of manufacturing, erecting, and maintaining the markers. Any private money received by the department for the purposes of this section...

... States route four hundred twenty-two shall be known as the "Robert E. Hagan Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...uthwesterly direction within the municipal corporation of Cincinnati only shall be known as the "Senator William Bowen Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

... thirty-five, located within the municipal corporation of Fairborn in Greene county only, shall be known as the "Army Specialist Jesse Adam Snow Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...e county only, shall be known as the "Pfc. Douglas E. Dickey Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...on to the northern boundary of Kent, shall be known as the "Spc. Adam S. Hamilton Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...over Enon road, within Clark county, shall be known as the "Deputy Suzanne Hopper Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...inety-five within Ottawa county only, shall be known as the "Officer William J. Hetrick Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...rdon road at the Bethel township line shall be known as the "Wayne Embry Way." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...approach of the "Thomas A. Edison Memorial Bridge" and extending through Erie county only, shall be known as the "Jackie Mayer Miss America Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...nd easterly direction within the municipal corporation of Cleveland between the intersections of that highway and interstate numbers seventy-one and ninety in the west and interstate number seventy-seven in the east shall be known as the "Troy Lee James Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...e and mile marker number fifty-three, shall be known as the "Trooper Charles V. Vogel, Jr. Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...interstate route two hundred seventy, shall be known as the "Trooper Frank G. Vazquez Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...mber one and mile marker number three shall be known as the "Trooper Wendy G. Everett Memorial Highway." Any action taken by the director of transportation prior to the effective date of this section pursuant to section 5511.09 of the Revised Code in relation to that portion of highway is unaffected by this section. The director may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...number one and mile marker number two shall be known as the "Patrolman Jerry R. Neff Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...ve and mile marker number forty-seven shall be known as the "Trooper Jody S. Dye Memorial Highway." Any action taken by the director of transportation prior to the effective date of this section pursuant to section 5511.09 of the Revised Code in relation to that portion of highway is unaffected by this section. The director may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...United States route number fifty west shall be known as the "Deputy Lawrence Barnes Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name.

...he intersection of that road with memorial drive, shall be known as the "Officer Brett Markwood Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...rensville center road within the municipal corporation of Cleveland Heights, shall be known as the "Officer Thomas F. Patton II Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

... ninety-five in Wyandot county only, shall be known as the "Trooper Andrew C. Baldridge Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

... at the northeast border of the municipal corporation of Freeport in Harrison county and extending in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of that road and state route number seven hundred ninety-nine, shall be known as the "Trooper George Conn Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...te and College street within the municipal corporation of Hayesville and proceeding in an easterly and then southeasterly and then southerly direction to the intersection of that state route and township road number two thousand six hundred fifty, within Ashland county only, shall be known as the "Specialist Damon G. Winkleman Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along ...

...umber thirty-seven in Hancock county shall be known as the "Patrolman David L. Sterner Memorial Interchange." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers at the interchange indicating its name.