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...Whoever violates division (A) of section 4766.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

... significant factor in necessitating hospitalization in a hospital or receipt of services in a forensic or other mental health unit of a correctional facility, provided that the thirty-six-month period shall be extended by the length of any hospitalization or incarceration of the person that occurred within the thirty-six-month period. (II) Within the forty-eight months prior to the filing of an affidavit seeking c...

...provisions of this chapter regarding hospitalization apply to a person who is found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity and is committed pursuant to section 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code to the extent that the provisions are not in conflict with any provision of sections 2945.37 to 2945.402 of the Revised Code. If a provision of this chapter is in conflict wit...

...on to the chief medical officer of a hospital. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the application also may be made on behalf of a minor by a parent, a guardian of the person, or the person with custody of the minor, and on behalf of an adult incompetent person by the guardian or the person with custody of the incompetent person. Any person whose admission is applied for under division (A) or...

...nd the chief clinical officer of the hospital decides not to file or cause to be filed an affidavit under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code as described in division (C) of this section. In that circumstance, the chief clinical officer shall immediately notify the trial court or prosecutor described in division (B)(1)(a)(v)(I) of section 2945.38 of the Revised Code of the chief clinical officer's decision and intent...

...(A) Upon the request of a minor fourteen years of age or older, a mental health professional may provide outpatient mental health services, excluding the use of medication, without the consent or knowledge of the minor's parent or guardian. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the minor's parent or guardian shall not be informed of the services without the minor's consent unless the mental health professiona...

...(A) The chief clinical officer of a hospital may, and the chief clinical officer of a public hospital in all cases of psychiatric medical emergencies, shall receive for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment any person whose admission is applied for under any of the following procedures: (1) Emergency procedure, as provided in section 5122.10 of the Revised Code; (2) Judicial procedure as provided in sectio...

...If a person taken into custody under section 5122.10 or 5122.11 of the Revised Code is released from custody before having an initial hearing, a court that has made a file or record relating to the person during this period shall expunge it.

...mmediately transport the person to a hospital or, notwithstanding section 5119.33 of the Revised Code, to a general hospital not licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services where the person may be held for the period prescribed in this section: (a) A psychiatrist; (b) A licensed physician; (c) A licensed clinical psychologist; (d) A clinical nurse specialist who is certified as a psychi...

.... This section does not apply to the hospitalization of a person pursuant to section 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code. The affidavit shall contain an allegation setting forth the specific category or categories under division (B) of section 5122.01 of the Revised Code upon which the jurisdiction of the court is based and a statement of alleged facts sufficient to indicate probable cause ...

... significant factor in necessitating hospitalization in a hospital or receipt of services in a forensic or other mental health unit of a correctional facility, provided that the thirty-six-month period shall be extended by the length of any hospitalization or incarceration of the person that occurred within the thirty-six-month period. (ii) Within the forty-eight months prior to the filing of an affidavit seeking c...

...A probate court that terminates jurisdiction over a defendant described in division (B)(1)(a)(v)(I) of section 2945.38 of the Revised Code, for whom a trial court or prosecutor initiated proceedings alleging that the defendant is a mentally ill person subject to court order pursuant to sections 5122.11 to 5122.15 of the Revised Code, shall immediately do both of the following: (A) Notify the initiating court or pro...

..., or the respective designee of the hospital, board, community mental health services provider, or facility to which the person has been committed; (G) The board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services serving the respondent's county of residence or a services provider the board designates. Any person entitled to notice under this section, with the exception of the respondent, may waive the noti...

...reatment and whether alternatives to hospitalization are available, unless the services provider or board has already performed such screening. The board or services provider shall review the allegations of the affidavit and other information relating to whether or not the person named in the affidavit or statement is a person with a mental illness subject to court order, and the availability of appropriate treatment...

...tody, care, or treatment in a mental hospital. The court may accept as evidence the written report of a psychiatrist, or the written report of a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed physician, designated by the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services as the report and findings referred to in this section. The examination, if possible, shall be held at a hospital or other medical facili...

...ent who is involuntarily placed in a hospital or other place as designated in section 5122.10 or 5122.17 of the Revised Code, or with respect to whom proceedings have been instituted under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code, shall be afforded a hearing to determine whether or not the respondent is a person with a mental illness subject to court order. The hearing shall be conducted pursuant to section 5122.15 of the...

...nce in the custody or control of the hospital in which the respondent currently is held, or in which the respondent has been held pursuant to this chapter; (c) All relevant documents, information, and evidence in the custody or control of any hospital, facility, or person not included in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section. (2) The respondent has the right to attend the hearing and to be represented by coun...

...If a person, ordered to be hospitalized pursuant to section 5122.15 of the Revised Code, is eligible for hospital care or treatment by the veterans' administration or other agency of the United States government, such hospitalization may be ordered to those facilities provided by section 5905.02 of the Revised Code.

...Pending removal to a hospital, a person taken into custody or ordered to be hospitalized pursuant to this chapter may be detained for not more than forty-eight hours in a licensed rest or nursing home, a licensed or unlicensed hospital, a community mental health services provider, or a county home, but the person shall not be detained in a nonmedical facility used for detention of persons charged with or convic...

...tarily detained at or admitted to a hospital, community mental health services provider, or other facility at the request of anyone other than the person's legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin under this chapter, the chief clinical officer of the hospital, services provider, or other facility in which the person is temporarily detained under section 5122.17 of the Revised Code shall immediately notify the pe...

...Every person transported to a hospital or community mental health services provider pursuant to sections 5122.11 to 5122.16 of the Revised Code, shall be examined by the staff of the hospital or services provider as soon as practicable after arrival at the hospital or services provider. Such an examination shall be held within twenty-four hours after the time of arrival, and if the chief clinical officer fails after ...

..., or a consenting voluntary patient hospitalized pursuant to section 5122.02 or sections 5122.11 to 5122.15 of the Revised Code, from one public hospital to another, or to a hospital, community mental health services provider, or other facility offering treatment or other services for mental illness, if the medical director of the department of mental health and addiction services determines that it would be c...

...he conditions justifying involuntary hospitalization or commitment no longer obtain, shall discharge the patient not under indictment or conviction for crime and immediately make a report of the discharge to the department of mental health and addiction services. The chief clinical officer may discharge a patient who is under an indictment, a sentence of imprisonment, a community control sanction, or a post-release c...

...When the chief clinical officer of a hospital considers it in the best interest of a patient, the officer may permit the patient to leave the hospital on a trial visit. The trial visit shall be for the period of time the chief clinical officer determines, but shall not exceed ninety days, unless extended for subsequent periods not to exceed ninety days after evaluation of the patient's condition. The chief clinical ...

... chief clinical officer of a public hospital shall immediately report to the department of mental health and addiction services and the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services serving the patient's county of residence the removal, death, escape, discharge, or trial visit of any patient hospitalized under section 5122.15 of the Revised Code, or the return of such an escaped or visiting patie...