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...t an auction sponsored by a charitable, religious, or civic organization that is tax exempt under subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or by a public school, chartered nonpublic school, or community school, if no person in the business of organizing, arranging, or conducting an auction for compensation and no consignor of consigned items sold at the auction, except such organization or school, receives ...

... (B) Licensees, as well as charitable, religious, or civic organizations and schools that sponsor an auction under division (B)(5)(b) of section 4707.02 of the Revised Code, shall keep records relative to any auction for at least two years from its date. These records shall include settlement sheets, written contracts, and copies of any advertising that lists the items for auction, as applicable.

...done in connection with the practice of religious tenets of any church and by or for its members; (F) The practice of nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse by a student currently enrolled in and actively pursuing completion of a program of study leading to initial authorization by the board of nursing to practice nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse in a designated specialty, if all of the fo...

...medical care is inconsistent with their religious beliefs. (2) It is accredited by a national accrediting organization. (3) It is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 26 U.S.C. 501. (4) It provides twenty-four hour nursing care pursuant to the exemption in division (E) of section 4723.32 of the Revised Code from the licensing requirements of Chapter 47...

...ce practitioners, clergy, or members of religious orders and other individuals participating with them in pastoral counseling when the counseling activities are within the scope of the performance of their regular or specialized ministerial duties and are performed under the auspices or sponsorship of an established and legally cognizable church, denomination, or sect or an integrated auxiliary of a church as defined...

...ce practitioner, clergy, or member of a religious order and other individuals participating with them in pastoral counseling when the chemical dependency counseling activities are within the scope of the performance of their regular or specialized ministerial duties and are performed under the auspices or sponsorship of an established and legally cognizable church, denomination, or sect or an integrated auxiliary of ...

...(D) of this section, no person, church, religious society, established fraternal organization, or political subdivision of the state shall own, operate, or maintain a cemetery unless the cemetery is registered pursuant to section 4767.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The superintendent of the division of real estate in the department of commerce shall perform all of the following duties: (1) Administer this chapter; (2...

...cemetery that is owned or operated by a religious, fraternal, or benevolent society and shall be selected from a list of four names submitted by the Ohio cemetery association. (4) Two members, at least one of whom shall be at least sixty-five years of age, shall be representatives of the public with no financial interest in the death care industry. Each member of the commission, except for the two members who repre...

...The department of job and family services shall publish in a manner accessible to the public all of the following that concern family services duties for which grants included in grant agreements entered into under section 5101.21 of the Revised Code are awarded: state plans for receipt of federal financial participation, agreements between the department and a federal agency, and executive orders issued by ...

...the tenets and practices of a church or religious denomination of which the adult is a member or adherent. The department shall write a report which confirms or denies the need for protective services and states why it reached this conclusion.

...se for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions; (c) Immunization against the disease is not medically appropriate for the child's age. (2) In the case of influenza, a child is not required to be immunized against the disease if the seasonal vaccine is not available. (D)(1) The medical statement shall include all of the following information: (a) The dates that a child received immunizations...

...rogram" does not include instruction in religious or moral doctrines, beliefs, or values that is conducted at child care centers owned and operated by churches and does include methods of disciplining children at child care centers. (E) Admissions policies and procedures; (F) Health care policies and procedures, including procedures for the isolation of children with communicable diseases; (G) First aid and ...

...or children in places of worship during religious activities while at least one parent, guardian, or custodian of each child is participating in such activities and is readily available; (3) Supervised training, instruction, or activities of children in specific areas, including, but not limited to: art; drama; dance; music; athletic skills or sports; computers; or an educational subject conducted on an organized ...

...d on age, race, sex, color, disability, religious beliefs, or national origin; (2) Work demands or conditions that render continued employment unreasonable, such as working without being paid on schedule; (3) Employment that has become unsuitable due to any of the following: (a) The wage is less than the federal minimum wage; (b) The work is at a site subject to a strike or lockout, unless the strike has been...

...ntal entities; (2) Shelters and legal, religious, medical, and other professionals from whom an assistance group member sought assistance in dealing with domestic violence; (3) Other persons with knowledge of the domestic violence. (B) Rely on an assistance group member's allegation of domestic violence unless the county department has an independent, reasonable basis to find the allegation not credible.

...'s family, consistent with the parent's religious and moral views. A county department shall document each referral it makes under this section.

...reentry program or endorse any specific religious message. The department may not require an inmate to participate in a faith-based program.

...peal to a particular ethnic, racial, or religious audience. (2) If the warden or the warden's designee determines that an incoming material is not a prohibited inflammatory material, the warden or the warden's designee shall cause the material to be promptly forwarded to the prisoner who is its intended recipient. If the warden or the warden's designee determines that an incoming material is a prohibited inflammator...

... alone, in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing, may be involuntarily committed unless the court has determined that the person represents a substantial risk of impairment or injury to self or others; (C) Any person who is involuntarily detained in a hospital or otherwise is in custody under this chapter, immediately upon being taken into custody, shall be informed and provided with a written st...

...r alone in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing without specific court authorization. (G) For purposes of this section, "convulsive therapy" does not include defibrillation.

...r alone in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing may be ordered detained or involuntarily committed unless the court has determined that the person represents a very substantial risk of self-impairment, self-injury, or impairment or injury to others.

...r alone in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing.

...the tenets and practices of a church or religious denomination of which the adult is a member or adherent. (C) The county board shall arrange for the provision of services for the prevention, correction or discontinuance of abuse or neglect or of a condition resulting from abuse or neglect for any adult who has been determined to need the services and consents to receive them. These services may include, but are not...

...permit the payment of public funds to a religious or sectarian hospital association.

...reentry program or endorse any specific religious message. The department may not require any child in its custody to participate in a faith-based program.

...removal shall be made on account of the religious or political opinion of such trustee. The trustee appointed to fill any vacancy shall hold his office for the unexpired term of his predecessor.

...uch as are owned or under the care of a religious or benevolent society, or an incorporated company or association, or under the control of the authorities of any municipal corporation, shall, severally be vested in the board of township trustees.

...ised Code, the company, association, or religious society that most recently owned and operated a cemetery currently owned by a board of township trustees may petition the probate court of the county in which the cemetery is located to transfer the ownership of the cemetery to the petitioner. If the court determines that the petitioner has met all of the following conditions, the court shall transfer the ownership...

...stees or other temporal officers of the religious society then using it, shall be made parties to such petition, and be notified of its filing, as in a civil action.

...If the court of common pleas finds that partition, in cases mentioned in section 5307.23 of the Revised Code, can be so made as to occasion no confusion or inconvenience to either party in the separate use of the common property, it may order the partition thereof. The judgment shall specify for what purpose partition of the use is made, and how and for what purpose the use of the premises allotted to each party are ...

...ty; residential character and location; religious institutions and practices; rights and freedoms of individuals; conduct and financing of government; conservation; property values; replacement housing; education and disruption of school district operations; specific numbers of families and businesses displaced; engineering, right-of-way, and construction costs for proposed highway facilities and related transportati...

... organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, health, hospital, educational, or public purposes, exclusively for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, exclusively for a home for the aged, as defined in section 5701.13 of the Revised Code, or exclusively for contributing financial support to any such purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit...

... to the state, a municipal corporation, religious, scientific, or benevolent society or institution, whether incorporated or unincorporated, or trustees for free education only, or held by the state in trust, are held under a lease for a term of years renewable forever and not subject to revaluation, such lands shall be considered for taxation purposes as the property of the lessees and shall be assessed in their nam...

... is formed primarily or exclusively for religious purposes and that is not formed for the private profit of any person. (2) "State university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (3) "Qualifying joint use agreement" means an agreement that satisfies all of the following: (a) The agreement was entered into before June 30, 2004; (b) The agreement is between a state university an...

... without compensation, to a charitable, religious, fraternal, or educational institution. For the purposes of division (C)(2) of this section, "compensation" does not include furnishing room and board, clothing, health care, or other necessities, or stipends or other de minimis payments to defray the cost thereof. (D)(1) A private corporation established under federal law, as defined in 36 U.S.C. 1101, Pub. L. No. 1...

... the name or designation of the school, religious society, or institution to which each house, lot, or tract belongs. If such property is held and used for other public purposes, the auditor shall state by whom or how it is held.

...ation into a house of public worship or religious education, or a building used exclusively for charitable purposes under a construction contract with an organization whose purpose is as described in division (B)(12) of this section; building materials and services sold to a construction contractor for incorporation into a building under a construction contract with an organization exempt from taxation under section ...

...satisfies the following: (1) It is a religious or nonreligious nonprofit organization exempt from federal taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. (2) It primarily awards academic scholarships for primary and secondary school students. (3) It prioritizes awarding its scholarships to low-income primary and second...

...d operated exclusively for educational, religious, charitable, or other eleemosynary purposes or a governmental organization to the extent that it holds funds exclusively for any of those purposes. (B) "Governing board" means the body responsible for the management of an institution. (C) "Institutional trust fund" means a trust fund, or a part of a trust fund, that is held by a trustee for the exclusive use, benefi...

...tution in carrying out its educational, religious, charitable, or other eleemosynary purposes; the institution's present and anticipated financial requirements; the expected total return on the investments held by the institution and held by the trustee under the applicable trust instrument; price level trends; and general economic conditions. (B) In determining the expected total return on the investments held by a...

...laims exemption from service because of religious belief or other moral conviction held as a matter of conscience ; (J) Any person who is unable to serve because of a disability, as that term is defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code.

... is formed primarily or exclusively for religious purposes and that is not formed or operated for the private profit of any person. (2) This section does not apply to a church that operates or maintains a public water system solely to provide water for that church or for a campground that is owned by the church and operated primarily or exclusively for members of the church and their families. (J) This section ...

...cept those owned or under the care of a religious or benevolent society, or an incorporated company or association, are hereby vested in the municipal corporation in which such cemetery or burial ground is located.

...rounds where activities of an organized religious group are conducted. (2) "Public official" means any elected or appointed officer, employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law.

...her physical assets, except medicine or religious materials. (5) "Payment instrument" means a check, draft, money order, traveler's check, cashier's check, teller's check, or other instrument or order for the transmission or payment of money regardless of whether the item in question is negotiable. (6) "Specified offense" means either of the following: (a) A violation of section 2909.02, 2909.03, 2909.05, 2909...

...ements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a methods of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.

...ibit, abridge, or in any way hinder the religious freedom of any person or group. Notwithstanding any other provisions of such section, in order to protect freedom of religion, ritual slaughter, and the handling or other preparation of livestock for ritual slaughter are exempted from the terms of section 945.01 of the Revised Code. For the purposes of this section, "ritual slaughter" means slaughter in accordance wi...

...ation service organizations, social and religious groups, or any other events or activities consistent with the general welfare and interests of the people of the state, and includes such services as are necessary for the care and comfort or amusement of the public. Such services include rest areas, sanitary and other such comforts, and concessions for food, drink, amusements, and sale of trinkets. (C) "Exhibition" ...

...When the title to real estate is vested in trustees for the use of churches or congregations of churches, and owing to its peculiar situation or to the nature of the trust or conditions upon which it is held, such real estate for twenty years has not been claimed by or appropriated to the use of churches or congregations as originally contemplated and such trustees are in doubt as to what disposition to make of it, o...

...An ecclesiastical society incorporated under the laws of this state connected with a church of Christ located in this state may, by a three-fourths vote of its adult members present and voting at a meeting announced and held for that purpose, assign and transfer to the church with which it is connected, if such church is incorporated under the laws of this state, all the property and trust funds of such society, to b...

...An association incorporated for the purpose of receiving and holding donations, bequests, and funds derived from other sources, and disbursing the interest and income arising therefrom as provided in this section, shall hold all such principal sums as a permanent fund. The interest arising from such fund, and the annual income arising from all property held by such association, shall be applied and distributed annual...

...When a parish, congregation, or society becomes extinct by reason of the death or dispersion of its members, the court of common pleas of the county in which any real property of such extinct parish, congregation, or society is situated may, upon the petition of the board of trustees of the denomination to which the extinct parish, congregation, or society belonged, make an order for the sale of such real property, w...

...Members of the chapter or trustees of corporations organized under sections 1715.18 and 1715.19 of the Revised Code, if chosen to take charge of any endowment fund, may invest, manage, and dispose of such fund in accordance with the purpose for which it was created, subject to such constitutional regulations as the representative body organizing the corporation prescribes.

...An incorporated young men's Christian association may adopt a code of regulations for its government. The management and control of the association shall be vested in a board of five or more trustees. They may be elected for a term of not less than one nor more than five years, but the term of office of an equal number must expire each year. The board may provide rules for the business of the association and for th...

...An incorporated young men's Christian association may conduct such work and organize such department as its board of trustees deems necessary to attain the purposes of the association, and may organize through such board under such rules as such board adopts, branches which may become co-ordinate parts of the association. The association may receive dues, fees, fines, assessments, and contributions from the members ...

...Subject to the contract rights of its members, an incorporated young men's Christian association may dissolve by a majority vote of the membership and by filing with the secretary of state a copy of the certificate of its action.

...The young men's Christian association in this state may unite and constitute the state young men's Christian association for the supervision and conduct of its work in the state. The associations affiliated with the state association, through their representatives, may make such rules as they consider necessary, choose such officers as they determine, and delegate such duties as they desire to delegate, for the condu...

...A benevolent or charitable association incorporated in this state, may vest the custody, control, and management of all its endowment, capital, funds, and property in three trustees, to be styled fiscal trustees. One of such fiscal trustees shall be appointed by the court of common pleas of the county where such association is located, one by the probate court of such county, and one by the vote of a majority of the ...

...Fiscal trustees appointed for a benevolent association under section 1715.29 of the Revised Code shall have the exclusive authority, in the name and behalf of such association, to demand, take, and possess all the endowment, capital, funds, or property which the association has or may be entitled to, and securely to manage, invest, change, and dispose of these at their will, for the benefit of the association, so as ...

...A benevolent or charitable association incorporated under general or special law and coming within the purview of section 1715.29 of the Revised Code, may accept the provisions of sections 1715.29 and 1715.30 of the Revised Code by a vote of the majority of the members present at a regular meeting. When a certified copy of such acceptance is filed in the office of the secretary of state, such sections shall be a part...

...When two or more charitable, benevolent, or educational organizations formed or incorporated in this state desire to be consolidated as a single corporation, or when two or more charitable, benevolent, or educational organizations one or more of which is or may be incorporated in this state desire to be consolidated as a single corporation, the trustees, directors, or other known legal representatives or governing bo...

...No agreement for the consolidation of charitable, benevolent, or educational organizations under section 1715.32 of the Revised Code shall be valid until it has been submitted to a separate meeting of the members of each of the component organizations, of which meeting notice has been given according to the form and usage for calling meetings of the component organizations concerned, and ratified by a two-thirds vote...

...At the first meeting of a united corporation formed under sections 1715.32 to 1715.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code, each member of each of the component organizations is entitled to vote. If at such meeting the proceedings and acts of the several component organizations are submitted to and approved by it, and a board of trustees, directors, or other officers are chosen in accordance with the consolidation agreeme...

...A united corporation formed under sections 1715.32 to 1715.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may adopt a constitution, bylaws, and rules, and may amend them under such provisions for amendment as it adopts.

...The various organizations entering into a union under sections 1715.32 to 1715.38 of the Revised Code, shall be merged in the united body and the new corporation, with its officers and chosen directors, trustees, or other representatives, shall succeed to and be vested with all the interests in every species of property, including property expressly given to them in trust or otherwise either before or after the conso...

...A united corporation formed under sections 1715.32 to 1715.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code, at the request of a majority of its members, or by act of its board of trustees, directors or other governing body, may in its corporate name petition the court of common pleas of the proper county, setting forth the fact of the union, and such court may make an order requiring such governing body to convey to the new ...

...After the creation of a united corporation under sections 1715.32 to 1715.37, inclusive, of the Revised Code, any one or more organizations of like character may unite with and become a part of such corporation in accordance with such sections.

...When the trustees or other officers mentioned in sections 1715.37 to 1715.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code, have sold and conveyed by deed in fee simple or mortgaged any real estate therein mentioned, without proceeding as required by those sections, and the deed of conveyance or mortgage has been of record for five years without legal action to set aside said deed or mortgage, such sale and conveyance or mortgage ...

...A secret benevolent association or society incorporated in this state may accept and receive any donation or voluntary contribution; collect its assessments, which shall not exceed one fifth of one per cent of the amount payable at the death of a member; and pay endowments in the mode and to the persons named and provided by its laws, but in no case shall such payments exceed, in the aggregate, five thousand dollars ...

...Any unincorporated lodge or other subordinate body of any society or order, which is chartered by its grand lodge or body, may take and hold real estate for its own use and benefit, by lease, purchase, grant, devise, gift, or otherwise; may loan its funds and secure such loans, or any unpaid purchase money, by mortgage on otherwise unencumbered real estate; and may borrow money, and execute and deliver notes or bonds...

...As used in sections 1715.51 to 1715.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Charitable purpose" means any purpose the achievement of which is beneficial to the community, including the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, the promotion of health, and the promotion of a governmental purpose. (B) "Institution" means any of the following: (1) A person, other than an individual, organized and operated...

...(A) Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in a gift instrument, an institution, in managing and investing an institutional fund, shall consider the charitable purposes of the institution and the purposes of the institutional fund. (B) In addition to complying with any other duty of loyalty imposed by law, each person responsible for managing and investing an institutional fund shall manage and invest the ...

...(A) Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in the gift instrument and to division (D) of this section, an institution may appropriate for expenditure or accumulate so much of an endowment fund as the institution determines is prudent for the uses, benefits, purposes, and duration for which an endowment fund is established. Unless stated otherwise in the gift instrument, the assets in an endowment fund are d...

...(A)(1) Subject to any specific limitation set forth in a gift instrument or in any other provision of law, an institution may delegate to an external agent the management and investment of an institutional fund to the extent that an institution could prudently delegate under the circumstances. An institution shall act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exerci...

...(A) If a donor consents in a record, an institution may release or modify, in whole or in part, a restriction contained in a gift instrument on the management, investment, or purpose of an institutional fund. A release or modification shall not, however, permit a fund to be used for a purpose other than a charitable purpose of the institution. (B) The appropriate court, upon application of an institution, may...

...Compliance with sections 1715.51 to 1715.59 of the Revised Code shall be determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time a decision is made or action is taken, and not by hindsight.

...(A) Sections 1715.51 to 1715.59 of the Revised Code shall be construed as modifying, limiting, and superseding the "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act," 114 Stat. 464, 15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq., with the exception of section 101 of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7001(a). (B) Sections 1715.51 to 1715.59 of the Revised Code shall not be construed as authorizing electronic delivery of any of the orders,...

...In so far as is possible on and after June 1, 2009, sections 1715.51 to 1715.59 of the Revised Code shall be applied and construed to effectuate the general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of those sections among the states that enact the uniform prudent management of institutional funds act.

...Sections 1715.51 to 1715.59 of the Revised Code may be cited as the uniform prudent management of institutional funds act.