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Ohio Rev Code § 2317.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.06 | Proving Testimony of Absent Witness.

Effective: August 7, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 53 - 127th General Assembly|(A) If a party or witness, after testifying orally, dies, is beyond the jurisdiction of the court, cannot be found after diligent search, is unable to testify because of any physical or mental infirmity, or has been summoned but appears to have been kept away by the adverse party and if the evidence of the party or witness has been taken down by an official stenographer, the evidence so taken may be read in evidence by either party on the further trial of the case and shall be prima-facie evidence of what the deceased party or witness testified to orally on the former trial. If the evidence has not been taken by an official stenographer, it may be proved by witnesses who were present at the former trial, having knowledge of the testimony. All testimony so offered shall be open to all objections that might be taken if the witness was personally present. (B)(1) If it is necessary in a civil action before the court to procure the testimony of a person who is imprisoned in a workhouse, juvenile detention facility, jail, or state correctional institution within this state, or who is in the custody of the department of youth services, the court shall require that the person's testimony be taken by deposition pursuant to the Civil Rules at the place of the person's confinement, unless the court determines that the interests of justice demand that the person be brought before the court for the presentation of the person's testimony.(2) If the court determines that the interests of justice demand that a person specified in division (B)(1) of this section be brought before the court for the presentation of the person's testimony, the court shall order the person to be brought before it under the procedures set forth in division (B) or (C) of section 2945.47 of the Revised Code.(C) When a person's deposition is taken pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, the person shall remain in the custody of the officer who is in charge of the person, and the officer shall provide reasonable facilities for the taking of the deposition.(D) The person requesting the testimony of the person whose deposition is taken pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section shall pay the expense of taking the deposition, except that the court may tax the expense as court costs in appropriate cases.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.07 | Examination of Party.

Effective: June 30, 1971|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 602 - 109th General Assembly|At the instance of the adverse party, a party may be examined as if under cross-examination, orally, by way of deposition, like any other witness, by way of written interrogatories filed in the action or proceeding, or by any one or more of such methods. The party calling for such examination shall not thereby be concluded but may rebut it by evidence.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.21 | Attachment of Witness Who Disobeys Subpoena.

Effective: October 27, 1981|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly|When a witness, except a witness who has demanded and has not been paid his traveling fees and fee for one day's attendance when a subpoena is served upon him, as authorized by the provisions of section 2317.18 of the Revised Code, fails to obey a subpoena personally served, the court or officer, before whom his attendance is required, may issue to the sheriff or a constable of the county, a writ of attachment, commanding him to arrest and bring the person named in the writ before such court or officer at the time and place the writ fixes, to give his testimony and answer for the contempt. If such writ does not require the witness to be immediately brought, he may give bond for a sum fixed by the court of common pleas or the court which issued the subpoena, with surety, for his appearance, which sum shall be endorsed on the back of the writ, except that, if no sum is so endorsed, it shall be one hundred dollars. When the witness was not personally served, the court, by a rule, may order him to show cause why such writ should not issue against him.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.22 | Punishment for Contempt.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Punishment for the acts of contempt specified in section 2317.20 of the Revised Code shall be as follows: When the witness fails to attend in obedience to a subpoena, the court or officer may fine him not more than fifty dollars; in other cases, not more than fifty dollars nor less than five dollars; or the court or officer may imprison such witness in the county jail, there to remain until he submits to be sworn, testifies, or gives his deposition.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.23 | Disposition of Fines.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A fine imposed under section 2317.22 of the Revised Code by the court shall be paid into the county treasury; that imposed by an officer shall be for the use of the party for whom the witness was subpoenaed. The witness also shall be liable to the party injured for any damages occasioned by his failure to attend, or refusal to be sworn, to testify, or to give his deposition.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.24 | Release of Witness From Imprisonment.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A witness imprisoned by an officer under section 2317.22 of the Revised Code may apply to a judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, court of common pleas, or probate court, who may discharge him if it appears that such imprisonment is illegal.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.25 | Contents of Attachment or Order to Commit.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Every attachment for the arrest or order to commit a witness to prison by a court or officer, pursuant to sections 2317.21 and 2317.22 of the Revised Code, must be under seal of the court or official seal of the officer, if he has one, and must particularly specify the cause of the arrest or commitment. When committed for a refusal to answer a question, the question must be stated in the order.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.26 | Order of Commitment.

Effective: October 27, 1981|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly|The order of commitment mentioned in section 2317.25 of the Revised Code may be directed to the sheriff or a constable of the county where the witness resides, or is at the time, and shall be executed by committing him to the jail of such county, and delivering a copy of it to the jailer.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.29 | May Not Sue or Serve Witness Out of His County.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A witness shall not be liable to be sued, in a county in which he does not reside, by being served with a summons in such county while going, returning or attending in obedience to a subpoena.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.30 | Oath of Witness.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Before testifying, a witness shall be sworn to testify the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.36 | Admissible Reports.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A written report or finding of facts prepared by an expert who is not a party to the cause, nor an employee of a party, except for the purpose of making such report or finding, nor financially interested in the result of the controversy, and containing the conclusions resulting wholly or partly from written information furnished by the co-operation of several persons acting for a common purpose, shall, in so far as the same is relevant, be admissible when testified to by the person, or one of the persons, making such report or finding without calling as witnesses the persons furnishing the information, and without producing the books or other writings on which the report or finding is based, if, in the opinion of the court, no substantial injustice will be done the opposite party.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.37 | Cross-Examination by Adverse Party.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any person who has furnished information on which a report or finding mentioned in section 2317.36 of the Revised Code is based may be cross-examined by the adverse party, but the fact that his testimony is not obtainable shall not render the report or finding inadmissible, unless the trial court finds that substantial injustice would be done to the adverse party by its admission.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.38 | Notice of Intention to Offer Report.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The report or finding mentioned in section 2317.36 of the Revised Code is not admissible unless the party offering it has given notice to the adverse party a reasonable time before trial of his intention to offer it, together with a copy of the report or finding, or so much thereof as relates to the controversy, and has afforded him a reasonable opportunity to inspect and copy any records or other documents in the offering party's possession or control, on which the report or finding was based, and also the names of all persons furnishing facts upon which the report or finding was based.This section and sections 2317.36 and 2317.37 of the Revised Code shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make the law of this state uniform with those states which enact similar legislation.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.39 | Report of Investigations Conducted by Court Made Available to All Parties.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Whenever an investigation into the facts of any case, civil or criminal, pending at the time of such investigation in any court, is made, conducted, or participated in, directly or indirectly, by any court or any department thereof, through public employees, paid private investigators, social workers, friends of the court, or any other persons, and a report of such investigation is prepared for submission to the court, the contents of such report shall not be considered by any judge of the court wherein such case is pending either before the trial of the case or at any stage of the proceedings prior to final disposition thereof, unless the full contents of such report have been made readily available and accessible to all parties to the case or their counsel. The parties or their counsel shall be notified in writing of the fact that an investigation has been made, that a report has been submitted, and that the contents of the report are available for examination. Such notice shall be given at least five days prior to the time the contents of any report are to be considered by any judge of the court wherein the case is pending. In the event that a report following any investigation is prepared for submission orally, such oral report shall be reduced to writing prior to the issuance of notice of the availability of such report for examination.This section does not apply only to the utilization of the contents of such reports as testimony, but shall prevent any judge from familiarizing himself with such contents in any manner unless this section has been fully complied with.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.40 | Records as Evidence.

Effective: September 16, 1957|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 702 - 102nd General Assembly|As used in this section "business" includes every kind of business, profession, occupation, calling, or operation of institutions, whether carried on for profit or not.A record of an act, condition, or event, in so far as relevant, is competent evidence if the custodian or the person who made such record or under whose supervision such record was made testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business, at or near the time of the act, condition, or event, and if, in the opinion of the court, the sources of information, method, and time of preparation were such as to justify its admission.This section shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make the law of this state uniform with those states which enact similar legislation.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.41 | Photographic Copies of Records Admissible as Competent Evidence.

Effective: October 4, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 495 - 121st General Assembly|"Photograph" as used in this section includes but is not limited to microphotograph, a roll or strip of film, a roll or strip of microfilm, a photostatic copy, or an optically-imaged copy.To the extent that a record would be competent evidence under section 2317.40 of the Revised Code, a photograph of such record shall be competent evidence if the custodian of the photograph or the person who made such photograph or under whose supervision such photograph was made testifies to the identity of and the mode of making such photograph, and if, in the opinion of the trial court, the record has been destroyed or otherwise disposed of in good faith in the regular course of business, and the mode of making such photograph was such as to justify its admission. If a photograph is admissible under this section, the court may admit the whole or a part thereof.Such photograph shall be admissible only if the party offering it has delivered a copy of it, or so much thereof as relates to the controversy, to the adverse party a reasonable time before trial, unless in the opinion of the court the adverse party has not been unfairly surprised by the failure to deliver such copy. No such photograph need be submitted to the adverse party as prescribed in this section unless the original instrument would be required to be so submitted.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.42 | Reports or Certified Copies to Be Admitted.

Effective: June 30, 1971|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 602 - 109th General Assembly|Official reports made by officers of this state, or certified copies of the same, on a matter within the scope of their duty as defined by statute, shall, in so far as relevant, be admitted as evidence of the matters stated therein.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.421 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.421 | Prima-Facie Evidence of the Reasonableness of Medical Bills.

Effective: June 1, 1970|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 352 - 108th General Assembly|In an action for damages arising from personal injury or wrongful death, a written bill or statement, or any relevant portion thereof, itemized by date, type of service rendered, and charge, shall, if otherwise admissible, be prima-facie evidence of the reasonableness of any charges and fees stated therein for medication and prosthetic devices furnished, or medical, dental, hospital, and funeral services rendered by the person, firm, or corporation issuing such bill or statement, provided, that such bill or statement shall be prima-facie evidence of reasonableness only if the party offering it delivers a copy of it, or the relevant portion thereof, to the attorney of record for each adverse party not less than five days before trial.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.422 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.422 | Authentication of Nursing, Rest, Community Alternative Home and Residential Care Facilities Records.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|(A) Notwithstanding sections 2317.40 and 2317.41 of the Revised Code but subject to division (B) of this section, the records, or copies or photographs of the records, of a hospital, homes required to be licensed pursuant to section 3721.01 of the Revised Code, and residential facilities licensed pursuant to section 5119.34 of the Revised Code that provides accommodations, supervision, and personal care services for three to sixteen unrelated adults, in lieu of the testimony in open court of their custodian, person who made them, or person under whose supervision they were made, may be qualified as authentic evidence if any such person endorses thereon the person's verified certification identifying such records, giving the mode and time of their preparation, and stating that they were prepared in the usual course of the business of the institution. Such records, copies, or photographs may not be qualified by certification as provided in this section unless the party intending to offer them delivers a copy of them, or of their relevant portions, to the attorney of record for each adverse party not less than five days before trial. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the right of any party to call the custodian, person who made such records, or person under whose supervision they were made, as a witness. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any certified copy of the results of any test given to determine the presence or concentration of alcohol, a drug of abuse, a combination of them, a controlled substance, or a metabolite of a controlled substance in a patient's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine at any time relevant to a criminal offense that is submitted in a criminal action or proceeding in accordance with division (B)(2)(b) or (B)(3)(b) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.44 | Admissibility of Guidelines, Regulations, or Standards.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 7 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section: (1) "Health care provider" means any person or entity against whom a medical claim may be asserted in a civil action. (2) "Medical claim" has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (B) Any guideline, regulation, or other standard under any provision of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 119 (2010), 42 U.S.C. 18001 et seq., as amended, Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq., as amended, and Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq., as amended, shall not be construed to establish the standard of care or duty of care owed by a health care provider to a patient in a medical claim and is not admissible as evidence for or against any party in any civil action based upon the medical claim or in any civil or administrative action involving the licensing or licensure status of the health care provider.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.45 | Admissibility of Reimbursement Policies or Determinations.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 7 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section: (1) "Health care provider" means any person or entity against whom a medical claim may be asserted in a civil action. (2) "Insurer" means any public or private entity doing or authorized to do any insurance business in this state. "Insurer" includes a self-insuring employer and the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services. (3) "Medical claim" has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (4) "Reimbursement determination" means an insurer's determination of whether the insurer will reimburse a health care provider for health care services and the amount of that reimbursement. (5) "Reimbursement policies" means an insurer's policies and procedures governing its decisions regarding the reimbursement of a health care provider for health care services and the method of reimbursement. (B) Any insurer's reimbursement policies or reimbursement determination or regulations issued by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services or the Ohio department of medicaid regarding the health care services provided to the patient in any civil action based on a medical claim are not admissible as evidence for or against any party in the action and may not be used to establish a standard of care or breach of that standard of care in the action.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.47 | Blood Tests by Court Order.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Whenever it is relevant in a civil or criminal action or proceeding to determine the paternity or identity of any person, the trial court on motion shall order any party to the action and any person involved in the controversy or proceeding to submit to one or more blood-grouping tests, to be made by qualified physicians or other qualified persons not to exceed three, to be selected by the court and under such restrictions or directions as the court or judge deems proper. In cases where exclusion is established, the results of the tests together with the findings of the experts of the fact of nonpaternity are receivable in evidence. Such experts shall be subject to cross-examination by both parties after the court has caused them to disclose their findings to the court or to the court and jury. Whenever the court orders such blood-grouping tests to be taken and one of the parties refuses to submit to such test, such fact shall be disclosed upon the trial unless good cause is shown to the contrary. The court shall determine how and by whom the costs of such examination shall be paid.
Ohio Rev Code § 2317.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas|Chapter 2317 | Evidence|Section 2317.48 | Action for Discovery.

Effective: April 4, 1985|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 47 - 115th General Assembly|When a person claiming to have a cause of action or a defense to an action commenced against him, without the discovery of a fact from the adverse party, is unable to file his complaint or answer, he may bring an action for discovery, setting forth in his complaint in the action for discovery the necessity and the grounds for the action, with any interrogatories relating to the subject matter of the discovery that are necessary to procure the discovery sought. Unless a motion to dismiss the action is filed under Civil Rule 12, the complaint shall be fully and directly answered under oath by the defendant. Upon the final disposition of the action, the costs of the action shall be taxed in the manner the court deems equitable.