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...eased person's activities, health, and religious beliefs at the time of the deceased person's death, any person who assumes custody of the body for burial, and any person authorized by written instrument, executed by the deceased person to make burial arrangements. (2) "Relative" means any of the following persons: the deceased person's surviving spouse, children, parents, or siblings. (B) The coroner, deputy...

...sonably accommodates the sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of individual students with regard to all examinations or other academic requirements and absences for reasons of faith or religious or spiritual belief system. The policy shall satisfy all of the following conditions: (A) The policy shall permit a student in any of grades kindergarten through twelve to be absent for up to three religious expre...

...sonably accommodates the sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of individual students with regard to all examinations or other academic requirements and absences for reasons of faith or religious or spiritual belief system. The policy shall satisfy all of the following conditions: (A) The policy shall permit a student to be absent for up to three days each academic semester to take holidays for reasons of ...

...cused from school to attend a course in religious instruction conducted by a private entity off school district property. (B) A school district board of education shall adopt a policy that authorizes a student to be excused from school to attend a released time course in religious instruction, provided that each of the following applies: (1) The student's parent or guardian gives written consent. (2) The spons...

...ts board of trustees, or is vested in a religious society, whether incorporated or not, or in its board of trustees, and such cemetery is used exclusively for cemetery purposes, such association, society, or board of trustees may convey such grounds to the board of township trustees and its successors in office. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, and subject to the rights of the original grantor, the...

...collectively known as the "Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2019." (B) As used in sections 3320.01 to 3320.03 of the Revised Code, "religious expression" includes any of the following: (1) Prayer; (2) Religious gatherings, including but not limited to prayer groups, religious clubs, "see you at the pole" gatherings, or other religious gatherings; (3) Distribution of written materials or literature of ...

...dentification because the elector has a religious objection to being photographed may complete an affidavit of religious objection in lieu of providing photo identification for the purpose of casting a provisional ballot. (B) The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of the affidavit of religious objection, which shall be substantially as follows: "Affidavit of Religious Objection I, _____________________...

...he following apply: (a) An organized religious body provides the care; (b) A parent, custodian, or guardian of at least one child receiving care is on the premises and readily accessible at all times; (c) The care is not provided for more than thirty days a year; (d) The care is provided only for preschool-age and school-age children. (M) "Child care resource and referral service organization" means a ...

...As used in this section, "wearing religious apparel" means the wearing of headwear, clothing, jewelry, or other coverings while observing a sincerely held religious belief. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no public or nonpublic school, school district, interscholastic conference, or organization that regulates interscholastic athletics shall adopt a rule, bylaw, or other regulation that proh...

...tems that are incapable of diversion to religious use and that are susceptible of loan to individual pupils and are furnished for the use of individual pupils shall be purchased and loaned under this division. As used in this section, "instructional materials" means prepared learning materials that are secular, neutral, and nonideological in character and are of benefit to the instruction of school children. "Instruc...

...ed by any person or trustee, for public religious use, but not to or for the use of a specific or particular religious society or denomination, or when it has been donated, bequeathed, or entrusted to, or purchased by a particular religious society or denomination, and abandoned for such use, the court of common pleas of the county in which it is located, on good cause shown, upon the petition of a citizen of the vic...

...If the number of conferences or other religious bodies patronizing a university or college referred to in section 1713.12 of the Revised Code shall at any time be increased or decreased, the board of trustees of such university or college may reclassify the trustees of said bodies by an equal reduction of the number in each such class when a new conference or other religious body becomes a patronizing body and by an ...

...legiate, or university education, under religious influences, incorporated under the laws of this state, by special act or otherwise, may avail itself of section 1713.22 of the Revised Code, as a part of its articles or certificate of incorporation, and may confer on an ecclesiastical body of such religious sect, association, or denomination, which it is or proposes to be connected with, whether it is a conference, a...

... and enforce a policy regarding racial, religious, and ethnic harassment and intimidation at the institution. The policy shall include: (1) The provision of training for all institution administration, faculty, and staff, which shall include information on how to respond to hate incidents or incidents of harassment that occur during a class or event held at the institution at the time the incident occurs. This trai...

...ordance with the tenets of a recognized religious denomination. (E) "Exploitation" means taking advantage of a resident, regardless of whether the action was for personal gain, whether the resident knew of the action, or whether the resident was harmed. (F) "Misappropriation" means depriving, defrauding, or otherwise obtaining the real or personal property of a resident by any means prohibited by the Revised Code...

...r may occur with respect to the racial, religious, sexual, military status, familial status, or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or other area in which the housing accommodations are located, or induce or solicit, or attempt to induce or solicit, a housing accommodations listing, sale, or transaction by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any race, color, religion, sex, ...

...mployer who is a member of a recognized religious sect or division of a recognized religious sect and who is an adherent of established tenets or teachings of that sect or division by reason of which the employer is conscientiously opposed to benefits to employers and employees from any public or private insurance that makes payment in the event of death, disability, impairment, old age, or retirement or makes paymen...

... (iii) Traveling to or from an official religious event between the hours of midnight and six a.m., provided that the holder has in the holder's immediate possession written documentation from an appropriate official affiliated with the event. (b) Division (B)(1)(b) of this section does not apply to the holder of a probationary driver's license who is doing either of the following: (i) Traveling to or from work be...

...eligion, theology, or preparation for a religious vocation, or is operated by a church or religious organization and limits its instruction to preparation for service to churches or other religious organizations. (3) Confers only diplomas and other written evidences of proficiency or achievement that bear titles clearly signifying the religious nature of the instruction offered by the institution. (F) Except as oth...

...If a conference or other religious body patronizing a university or college and having a representation in its board of trustees, ceases to exist, or ceases to patronize such university or college, the right of such conference or other religious body to such representation shall cease, and the board shall apportion or distribute the number of trustees in such class to the remaining patronizing conferences or other re...

...ion or other representative body of any religious denomination in this state desires the incorporation of a cathedral or other central or general religious society or church of its denomination, having, in addition to local religious, educational, or charitable functions, a general charge of such functions and of missionary function in the diocese or other ecclesiastical territory in this state represented by said bo...

...n or agency governed by persons of like religious faith as that of the parents of such child, or in case of a difference in the religious faith of the parents, then of the religious faith of the child, or if the religious faith of the child is not ascertained, then of either of the parents.

... a volunteer, designated by any church, religious society, or faith acting as a leader, official, or delegate on behalf of the church, religious society, or faith who is acting in an official or professional capacity, who knows, or has reasonable cause to believe based on facts that would cause a reasonable person in a similar position to believe, that a child under eighteen years of age, or a person under twenty-one...

...tional program, rehabilitative program, religious program, medical services program, or recreational program operated by the facility for the benefit of the residents; (2) The construction, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of a facility under the control of the facility governing board for use in any library program, educational program, vocational program, rehabilitative program, religious program, medical ser...

...r enforce any policy that would deny a religious student group any benefit available to any other student group based on the religious student group's requirement that its leaders or members adhere to its sincerely held religious beliefs or standards of conduct. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Benefits" include, without limitation: (a) Recognition; (b) Registration; (c) The use of facilities of the state ...

...photo identification because you have a religious objection to being photographed, complete an affidavit of religious objection. The precinct election official will attach it to the provisional ballot envelope. (3) If you did not show photo identification to the election official or complete an affidavit of religious objection, you must appear at the office of the board of elections during the four days after the e...

...he individual completed an affidavit of religious objection under section 3505.19 of the Revised Code at the time of casting the provisional ballot or at the office of the board within four days after the day of the election and the affidavit is valid under that section. (e) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the month and day of the individual's date of birth are not different from the day and month of...

...l of the following are the case: (1) A religious denomination, sect, or group owns and operates the center. (2) Requiring that the center be licensed significantly abridges or infringes on the religious practices or beliefs of that religious denomination, sect, or group. (3) The center provides care only during low-risk pregnancy, delivery, and the immediate postpartum period exclusively to women who are members ...

...ions: (1) Is operated exclusively by a religious order; (2) Provides care exclusively to members of religious orders who take vows of celibacy and live by virtue of their vows within the orders as if related; (3) Was providing care exclusively to members of such a religious order on January 1, 1994. (D) Notwithstanding division (C)(2) of this section, a facility that has been granted a certificate of need under d...

..., or other entity that is operated by a religious order, provides care exclusively to members of religious orders who take vows of celibacy and live by virtue of their vows within the orders as if related, and does not participate in the medicare program or the medicaid program if on January 1, 1994, the facility, infirmary, or entity was providing care exclusively to members of the religious order; (x) A county h...

...71, by an individual in the employ of a religious, charitable, educational, or other organization which is excluded from the term "employment" as defined in the "Federal Unemployment Tax Act," 84 Stat. 713, 26 U.S.C.A. 3301 to 3311, solely by reason of section 26 U.S.C.A. 3306(c)(8) of that act and is not excluded under division (B)(3) of this section; (c) Domestic service performed after December 31, 1977, for an...

...o rules of the board; (4) Recognized religious officials, including ministers, priests, rabbis, imams, Christian science practitioners, and other persons recognized by the board, conducting counseling when the counseling activities are within the scope of the performance of their regular duties and are performed under the auspices or sponsorship of an established and legally cognizable religious denomination or se...

...y library program, educational program, religious program, recreational program, or pre-release program operated by the department for the benefit of prisoners; (2) The construction, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of buildings and structures owned by the department for use in any library program, educational program, religious program, recreational program, or pre-release program operated by the departm...

...making one class for each conference or religious body at the time patronizing such university or college, one class for the alumni of such university or college, and one class of trustees at large. No class shall have more than ten members. Each conference or other religious body patronizing such university shall have the same number of trustees. The board may designate the number of trustees to be assigned to the a...

...legiate, or university education, under religious influences, may set forth in its articles or certificate of incorporation, as a part thereof, the name of the religious sect, association, or denomination with which it is to be connected, and may grant any ecclesiastical body of such religious sect, association, or denomination, whether it is a conference, association, presbytery, synod, general assembly, convocation...

...Any religious society incorporated in this state, if the act of incorporation prescribes that its public religious services shall be conducted in any language other than English, may decide, by a vote of a majority of its adult members in good and regular standing who speak such prescribed language, whether its public religious services shall be conducted in any other language.

...tion, or other representative body of a religious denomination in this state, or an assembly, synod, conference, convention, or other general ecclesiastical body of a religious denomination in the United States, desires to create a board of trustees for an endowment fund or other property of the denomination represented by that body and when, at a regular meeting of that body, it elects not fewer than five members of...

...e to trustees in trust for the use of a religious society for a meetinghouse, for a burying ground, or for a residence for their preacher, shall descend, with the improvements and appurtenances thereon, in perpetual succession, in trust to such trustees as are elected or appointed by such religious society, according to its customs and regulations. The trustees of any such religious society may defend and prosecute ...

...When one or more parishes or other religious societies, represented by the same diocesan convention or other representative body of any religious denomination in this state, and incorporated in this state, desire at the same or different times to surrender their corporate existence and franchises, and that representatives and their successors to be elected by their respective congregations be consolidated with any co...

...When a charitable or religious society or association desires to sell, lease, exchange, or encumber by mortgage or otherwise any real estate owned by it, held in trust by it for a specified religious or charitable purpose, or held for its use or benefit by trustees chosen by it or otherwise constituted, for any such purpose, except grounds used as burial places for the dead, then the trustees, wardens, and vestry, or...

...ustees of a church organization or of a religious or charitable society or association, or such organization or religious or charitable society or association itself if incorporated, and all persons holding title to property in trust for it, may, upon a two-thirds vote of the members of the organization present and voting at a meeting called and held for that purpose, lease, transfer, convey, or encumber such propert...

...an a volunteer, designated by a church, religious society, or faith acting as a leader, official, or delegate on behalf of the church, religious society, or faith, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if the person who violates division (A)(4) of this section and the person who committed the abuse or neglect belong to the same church, religious society, or faith. (B) Whoever violates division (D)(1) of sec...

...stic, medical, scientific, educational, religious, governmental, judicial, or other proper purpose, by or to a physician, psychologist, sociologist, scientist, teacher, person pursuing bona fide studies or research, librarian, member of the clergy, prosecutor, judge, or other person having a proper interest in the material or performance; (b) The minor's or impaired person's parents, guardian, or custodian consents ...

...ion 2915.02 of the Revised Code. (I) "Religious organization" means any church, body of communicants, or group that is not organized or operated for profit and that gathers in common membership for regular worship and religious observances. (J) "Veteran's organization" means any individual post or state headquarters of a national veteran's association or an auxiliary unit of any individual post of a national vete...

...f county commissioners contracts with a religious organization under section 307.981 or 307.982 of the Revised Code, the religious organization shall comply with section 104 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).

...Code that an autopsy is contrary to the religious beliefs of the child. If the coroner or the court makes such a determination, the coroner shall notify the health district or department of health with jurisdiction in the area in which the child's parent resides. For purposes of this division, the religious beliefs of the parents of a child shall be considered to be the religious beliefs of the child. (D) If the chi...

...hool hours. A program that contains any religious content, that uses any religious materials, or that in any way promotes or furthers any religious beliefs is not a latchkey program. (C) "Program provider" means any agency, organization, or individual, licensed under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code or exempted from the licensing requirements of that chapter. (D) "Ancillary services" means any of the following: (...

... activities if they are contrary to the religious convictions of the pupil or the pupil's parents or guardians. No board of education of a school district shall adopt any policy or rule respecting or promoting an establishment of religion or prohibiting any pupil from the free, individual, and voluntary exercise or expression of the pupil's religious beliefs in any primary or secondary school.

...all prohibit a student from engaging in religious expression in the completion of homework, artwork, or other written or oral assignments. Assignment grades and scores shall be calculated using ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance, including any legitimate pedagogical concerns, and shall not penalize or reward a student based on the religious content of a student's work.

...12.02 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 to persons of the same religion, or from...

...All sales of sacramental wine for religious rites shall be made only upon the written, signed, dated, and sworn application of the member of the clergy or official purchasing the same. Such application must have endorsed thereon the approval of the general administrative officer, if there is such an officer, of the religious group to which the purchasing member of the clergy or official belongs. The name, address, an...

...meaning of this section is an organized religious group, duly constituted with officers and a board of trustees, regularly holding religious services, and presided over or administered to by a properly accredited ecclesiastical officer, whose name and standing is published in the official publication of the officer's religious group. (B) If an application for registration renewal is not applied for prior to the expi...

...ial, or electronic medium that contains religious content for use in a driver education course conducted by a school district or educational service center. (C)(1) If any brochure or other written material approved by the committee under division (B) of this section is made available to a driver training school at no cost, the instructor shall provide such brochure or material to students. (2) If any electronic...

...contracts with, or issues a grant to, a religious organization under section 5101.214 of the Revised Code, the religious organization shall comply with section 104 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).

...federal governments or from charitable, religious or educational organizations, and the proceeds of sickness, accident, or liability insurance policies. As used in division (C)(3) of this section, "unemployment compensation" does not include supplemental unemployment compensation described in section 3402(o)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. (4) The income of religious, fraternal, charitable, scientific, literary, ...

... or workhouse shall provide for holding religious services therein each week, and may employ a clergyman or religious organization to conduct such services. Any expense so incurred by such board or authority shall be paid from the general fund of the city.

...ucts sanctioned by, the Orthodox Hebrew religious requirements; (2) Falsely represent any food products or the contents of any package or container to be constituted and prepared as described in division (A)(1) of this section by having or permitting to be inscribed thereon "kosher," "kosher style," "kosher type," "kosher for passover," "Jewish," or "Hebrew" in any language, or have "kosher," "kosher style," "kosher...

...The fact that a religious society, ecclesiastical society, or church has been continuously in existence since January 1, 1925, claiming to have been legally incorporated as such, and exercising authority and performing duties as such during such time, shall be prima-facie evidence of the due incorporation as claimed by such organization.

...age of one or more conferences or other religious bodies of any religious denomination, may accept sections 1713.12 to 1713.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by resolution adopted at any regular meeting of the board, and entered upon the record of its proceedings. After such acceptance the board in all respects shall be organized, constituted, regulated, and perpetuated, pursuant to such sections. No right acquired...

...age of one or more conferences or other religious bodies in any denomination, where one of the conferences or other religious bodies holds regular biennial instead of annual meetings, the regular term of office of the trustees referred to in section 1713.13 of the Revised Code may be four years. The term of office of an equal number of trustees in each class, as near as is possible, shall expire biennially. None of t...

...age of one or more conferences or other religious bodies of any religious denomination, having accepted sections 1713.13 to 1713.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may, upon the authority of a resolution of its board of trustees, make the bishop, or the presiding head by whatever name called, of the area included in the conference or conferences under whose patronage the university or college is operating, ex offici...

...Any conference or other religious body not patronizing any particular university or college may become a patronizing body upon invitation of the board of trustees of such university or college by a majority vote of the whole board. The intention to become such patronizing body shall be evidenced by the adoption of an appropriate resolution and certification of the same to the board, and such certified resolution shal...

...two or more churches, congregations, or religious societies, whether incorporated or unincorporated, which are self-governing organizations and situated in the same township or municipal corporation, may unite their memberships and properties and continue their identity and common usages or polity in a consolidated corporation formed by an agreement in writing made, acknowledged, and signed by their respective truste...

...g under the ownership or direction of a religious sect, association, or denomination, and whose charter has expired, may be renewed by compliance on the part of that sect, association, or denomination with this section; and the title to all property belonging to the former corporation at the expiration of its charter becomes vested in the corporation so established.

...erty conveyed in trust for the use of a religious society, church, or association, whether incorporated or not, shall be held by the trustees and their successors, appointed as provided in the instrument creating the trust, or in case no provision for successor trustees is made in such instrument, then by such successor trustees as are appointed by a competent court. No person shall be elected or appointed by such so...

...n 1716.02 of the Revised Code: (A) Any religious agencies and organizations, and charities, agencies, and organizations operated, supervised, or controlled by a religious organization; (B) Any charitable organization that meets all of the following requirements: (1) It has been in continuous existence in this state for a period of at least two years; (2) It has received from the internal revenue service a determi...

...tion should be exercised, including any religious observances the declarant wishes the person with the right of disposition to consider; (8) A space where the declarant may indicate one or more sources of funds that may be used to pay for goods and services associated with the exercise of the right of disposition; (9) A statement that the declarant's written declaration becomes effective on the declarant's death;...

...ability when, solely in the practice of religious beliefs, the parent, guardian, or custodian fails to provide adequate medical or surgical care or treatment for the child. This division does not abrogate or limit any person's responsibility under section 2151.421 of the Revised Code to report child abuse that is known or reasonably suspected or believed to have occurred, child neglect that is known or reasonably sus...

...ordance with the tenets of a recognized religious body. (C) No person who owns, operates, or administers a care facility or who is an agent of a care facility shall condone, or knowingly permit, any conduct by a developmental disabilities caretaker who is employed by or under the control of the owner, operator, administrator, or agent that is in violation of division (B) of this section and that involves a person w...

...squiet any assemblage of people met for religious worship at a tax-exempt place of worship, regardless of whether the conduct is within the place at which the assemblage is held or is on the property on which that place is located and disturbs the order and solemnity of the assemblage. (2) The violation is committed with the intent to prevent, disrupt, or interfere with a virtual meeting or gathering of people for ...

...ordance with the tenets of a recognized religious body. (B) No person shall do any of the following to a child under eighteen years of age or a child with a mental or physical disability under twenty-one years of age: (1) Abuse the child; (2) Torture or cruelly abuse the child; (3) Administer corporal punishment or other physical disciplinary measure, or physically restrain the child in a cruel manner or for ...

...lergy, rabbi, minister, or priest for a religious counseling purpose of a professional character; husband and wife; or a communications assistant and those who are a party to a telecommunications relay service call. (2) The information would tend to incriminate a member of the actor's immediate family. (3) Disclosure of the information would amount to revealing a news source, privileged under section 2739.04 or 2...

...An ordained or licensed minister of any religious society or congregation within this state who is licensed to solemnize marriages, a judge of a county court in accordance with section 1907.18 of the Revised Code, a judge of a municipal court in accordance with section 1901.14 of the Revised Code, a probate judge in accordance with section 2101.27 of the Revised Code, the mayor of a municipal corporation anywhere wit...

...ity providing a released time course in religious instruction to the board's students under that policy. The school district board of education shall determine the manner in which criminal records checks of instructors and volunteers of the private entity are conducted.

...rolled in a public school may engage in religious expression before, during, and after school hours in the same manner and to the same extent that a student is permitted to engage in secular activities or expression before, during, and after school hours. (B) A school district, community school established under Chapter 3314., STEM school established under Chapter 3326., or a college-preparatory boarding school est...

... jail, shall provide for the holding of religious services and the conducting of other welfare work in such jail, by such persons or organizations, and at such time, as the probate judge directs.

...tification because the individual has a religious objection to being photographed, the individual shall complete an affidavit of religious objection under section 3505.19 of the Revised Code. The election officials shall attach the affidavit to the individual's provisional ballot envelope. If the individual does not complete the affidavit at the time of casting the provisional ballot, the individual may appear at the...

...he parent's, guardian's, or custodian's religious tenets and practices; (3) Provide for situations in which the parent, guardian, or custodian of a newborn or infant objects to a hearing screening for reasons other than religious tenets and practices; (4) Specify how the department of health will determine whether a person is financially unable to pay for a hearing screening and define "third-party payer" for t...

...ethical values and the free exercise of religious rights of long-term care facilities administered by religious organizations, and the special needs and circumstances of inner city and rural communities.

...physician; (20) The right to observe religious obligations and participate in religious activities; the right to maintain individual and cultural identity; and the right to meet with and participate in activities of social and community groups at the resident's or the group's initiative; (21) The right upon reasonable request to private and unrestricted communications with the resident's family, social worker, ...

...or teachings of a bona fide religion or religious body which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting an employee organization and which is exempt from taxation under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code shall not be required to join or financially support any employee organization as a condition of employment. Upon submission of proper proof of religious conviction t...

...f his practice or given for established religious purposes, or unless the underage person is accompanied by a parent, spouse who is not an underage person, or legal guardian. No permit issued by the division of liquor control shall be suspended, revoked, or canceled because of a violation of this division or division (G) of this section. (G) No person who is the owner or occupant of any public or private place shal...

...ian's practice or given for established religious purposes or unless the underage person is supervised by a parent, spouse who is not an underage person, or legal guardian. In proceedings before the liquor control commission, no permit holder, or no employee or agent of a permit holder, charged with a violation of this division shall be charged, for the same offense, with a violation of division (A)(1) of section 4...

...ollowing: (1) The ceremonies, customs, religious rights, or religion of any people, denomination, or sect; (2) Any religious denomination or sect, or any body composed of members of a denomination; (3) Any church or synagogue committee in preparing dead human bodies for burial; (4) The conducting of funerals and the burial of dead human bodies in accordance with the ceremonies or rights described in division...

...ed in telephone solicitation solely for religious or political purposes; a charitable organization, fund-raising counsel, or professional solicitor in compliance with the registration and reporting requirements of Chapter 1716. of the Revised Code; or any person or other entity exempt under section 1716.03 of the Revised Code from filing a registration statement under section 1716.02 of the Revised Code; (3) A pers...

...e as informed by the moral, ethical, or religious beliefs or principles held by the practitioner, institution, or payer. Exercise of the right of conscience is limited to conscience-based objections to a particular health care service. (C) Whenever a situation arises in which a requested course of treatment includes a particular health care service that conflicts with the moral, ethical, or religious beliefs or co...

...ursuant to this chapter, instruction in religious or moral doctrines, beliefs, or values.

...acy. (H) The right to free exercise of religious worship within the facility, including a right to services and sacred texts that are within the reasonable capacity of the facility to supply, provided that no patient shall be coerced into engaging in any religious activities. (I) The right to social interaction with members of either sex, subject to adequate supervision, unless such social interaction is spec...

...he following: (1) If the provider is a religious organization operating a religious or denominational ICF/IID, giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination; (2) Giving preference to persons with whom the provider has contracted to provide continuing care; (3) Retaining residents who have resided in the provider's ICF/IID for not less than one year as private pay residents and who subseque...

...he following: (1) If the provider is a religious organization operating a religious or denominational nursing facility from giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination; (2) Giving preference to persons with whom the provider has contracted to provide continuing care; (3) If the nursing facility is a county home organized under Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code, admitting residents exclusively...

...When two or more religious denominations, or other societies, or associations, have united in a corporation, and as such corporation acquire title to real estate in this state, and they subsequently agree to separate and form two or more corporations under the laws of this state, either corporation, after such separate organization, may file its petition for partition under section 5307.03 of the Revised Code of such...

...When two or more religious societies or congregations, by gift or purchase have acquired land upon which to erect a house of public worship, and other buildings for church or school purposes, and for a cemetery, in common, and either of such societies or congregations desires to abandon the joint use of such house of worship, or other erections, it may commence an action for the partition of the use of such common pr...

... association, or trust of a charitable, religious, or fraternal nature, that is organized and operated not for profit, is not formed for the pecuniary gain or profit of, and whose net earnings or any part of whose net earnings is not distributable to, its members, trustees, officers, or other private persons, and is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 10...

...nal property belonging to a charitable, religious, or educational institution or to the state or a political subdivision, shall be considered as used exclusively for charitable or public purposes by such institution, the state, or political subdivision, if it meets one of the following requirements: (1) It is used by such institution, the state, or political subdivision, or by one or more other charitable, religio...

... organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, including the encouragement of art and the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual, and no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legisl...

...is owned by, operated by, or services a religious organization or a facility used for religious purposes. Prior to its adoption, the director shall make the drinking water assistance management plan available for public review and comment at a minimum of two public meetings and shall take adequate steps to ensure that reasonable public notice of each public meeting is given at least thirty days prior to the meeting. ...

...ion, "organization" means a church or a religious, benevolent, fraternal, or professional organization that is tax exempt under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(3), (4), (8), (10), or (19) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986." This division does not apply to a public official or employee who is an employee of an organization, serves as a trustee, director, or officer of an organization, or other...

...y within this state for any charitable, religious, or educational purpose. (B) "Charitable trust" includes the fiduciary relationship, the entity serving as trustee, the status as trustee, the corpus of such trust, or a combination of any or all of such meanings, regardless of the primary meaning of any use of the term, that is necessary in any circumstances to effect the purposes of such sections. (C) An executor,...

...ether the property held for charitable, religious, or educational purposes has been and is being properly administered in accordance with fiduciary principles as established by the courts and statutes of this state. The attorney general is empowered to require the production of any books or papers which are relevant to the inquiry. Each such request shall be in writing, and shall do all of the following: (A) Identif...

... organized and operated exclusively for religious purposes. (B) It is an educational institution that normally maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly organized body of pupils or students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are regularly carried on. (C) For any taxable year it has gross receipts of less than twenty-five thousand dollars and at the end of whi...