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Ohio Rev Code § 5123.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.50 | Registry of Employees Guilty of Abuse, Neglect or Misappropriation Definitions.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|As used in sections 5123.50 to 5123.542 of the Revised Code:(A) "Abuse" means all of the following:(1) The use of physical force that can reasonably be expected to result in physical harm or serious physical harm;(2) Sexual abuse;(3) Verbal abuse.(B) "Misappropriation" means depriving, defrauding, or otherwise obtaining the real or personal property of an individual by any means prohibited by the Revised Code, including violations of Chapter 2911. or 2913. of the Revised Code.(C) " Developmental disabilities employee" means all of the following:(1) An employee of the department of developmental disabilities;(2) An employee of a county board of developmental disabilities;(3) An employee in a position that includes providing specialized services to an individual with a developmental disability;(4) An independent provider as defined in section 5123.16 of the Revised Code.(D) "Neglect" means, when there is a duty to do so, failing to provide an individual with any treatment, care, goods, or services that are necessary to maintain the health and safety of the individual.(E) "Offense of violence" has the same meaning as in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code.(F) "Physical harm" and "serious physical harm" have the same meanings as in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code.(G) "Prescribed medication" has the same meaning as in section 5123.41 of the Revised Code.(H) "Sexual abuse" means unlawful sexual conduct or sexual contact.(I) "Specialized services" means any program or service designed and operated to serve primarily individuals with developmental disabilities, including a program or service provided by an entity licensed or certified by the department of developmental disabilities. A program or service available to the general public is not a specialized service.(J) "Verbal abuse" means purposely using words to threaten, coerce, intimidate, harass, or humiliate an individual.(K) "Sexual conduct," "sexual contact," and "spouse" have the same meanings as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.52 | Registry of Employees Guilty of Abuse, Neglect or Misappropriation.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|(A) The department of developmental disabilities shall establish a registry of developmental disabilities employees consisting of the names of individuals included in the registry pursuant to section 5123.51 of the Revised Code.(B) Before a person or government entity hires, contracts with, or employs an individual as a developmental disabilities employee, the person or government entity shall inquire whether the individual is included in the registry.(C) When it receives an inquiry regarding whether an individual is included in the registry, the department shall inform the person making the inquiry whether the individual is included in the registry.(D)(1) Except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code that is in effect on November 22, 2000, no person or government entity shall hire, contract with, or employ as a developmental disabilities employee an individual who is included in the registry. Notwithstanding sections 4117.08 and 4117.10 of the Revised Code, no agreement entered into under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code after November 22, 2000, may contain any provision that in any way limits the effect or operation of this section.(2) Neither the department nor any county board of developmental disabilities may enter into a new contract or renew a contract with a person or government entity that fails to comply with division (D)(1) of this section until the department or board is satisfied that the person or government entity will comply.(3) A person or government entity that fails to hire or retain as a developmental disabilities employee an individual because the individual is included in the registry shall not be liable in damages in a civil action brought by the employee or applicant for employment. Termination of employment pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section constitutes a discharge for just cause for the purposes of section 4141.29 of the Revised Code.(E) Information contained in the registry is a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and is subject to inspection and copying under section 1347.08 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.53 | Petitioning for Removal From Registry.

Effective: October 6, 2009|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly|An individual who is included in the registry may petition the director of developmental disabilities for removal from the registry. If the director determines that good cause exists, the director shall remove the individual from the registry and may properly reply to an inquiry that the individual is not included in the registry. Good cause includes meeting rehabilitation standards established in rules adopted under section 5123.54 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.54 | Rehabilitation Standard Rules.

Effective: October 6, 2009|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly|The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 5123.51, 5123.52, and 5123.53 of the Revised Code. The rules shall establish rehabilitation standards for the purposes of section 5123.53 of the Revised Code and specify circumstances, other than meeting the standards, that constitute good cause for the purposes of that section.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.541 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.541 | Employees Engaging in Sexual Conduct or Contact With Individual Under Department Care.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|(A) No developmental disabilities employee shall engage in any sexual conduct or have any sexual contact with an individual with a developmental disability for whom the developmental disabilities employee is employed or under a contract to provide care unless the individual is the developmental disabilities employee's spouse.(B) Any developmental disabilities employee who violates division (A) of this section shall be eligible to be included in the registry regarding misappropriation, abuse, neglect, or other specified misconduct by developmental disabilities employees established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code, in addition to any other sanction or penalty authorized or required by law.(C)(1) Any person listed in division (C)(2) of section 5123.61 of the Revised Code who has reason to believe that a developmental disabilities employee has violated division (A) of this section shall immediately report that belief to the department of developmental disabilities.(2) Any person who has reason to believe that a developmental disabilities employee has violated division (A) of this section may report that belief to the department of developmental disabilities.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.542 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.542 | Notice Explaining Prohibited Conduct.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Each of the following shall annually provide a written notice to each of its developmental disabilities employees explaining the conduct for which a developmental disabilities employee may be included in the registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code:(1) The department of developmental disabilities;(2) Each county board of developmental disabilities;(3) Each provider and subcontractor, as defined in section 5123.081 of the Revised Code;(4) Each owner, operator, or administrator of a residential facility, as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code;(5) Each owner, operator, or administrator of a program certified by the department to provide supported living.(B) The department of developmental disabilities or a county board of developmental disabilities shall provide the notice required by division (A) of this section to a developmental disabilities employee who is an independent provider, as defined in section 5123.16 of the Revised Code.(C) The notice described in division (A) of this section shall be in a form and provided in a manner prescribed by the department of developmental disabilities. The form shall be the same for all persons and entities required to provide notice under division (A) of this section. (D) The fact that a developmental disabilities employee does not receive the notice required by this section does not exempt the employee from inclusion in the registry established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.55 | Protective Services Definitions.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|As used in sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code:(A) "Guardian" means a guardian of the person, limited guardian, interim guardian, or emergency guardian pursuant to appointment by the probate court under Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code.(B) "Trustee" means a trustee appointed by and accountable to the probate court, in lieu of a guardian and without a judicial determination of incompetency, with respect to an estate of ten thousand dollars or less.(C) "Protector" means an agency under contract with the department of developmental disabilities acting with or without court appointment to provide guidance, service, and encouragement in the development of maximum self-reliance to a person with a developmental disability, independent of any determination of incompetency.(D) "Protective service" means performance of the duties of a guardian, trustee, or conservator, or acting as a protector, with respect to a person with a developmental disability.(E) "Conservator" means a conservator of the person pursuant to an appointment by a probate court under Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.56 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.56 | Statewide System of Protective Service.

Effective: October 6, 2009|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly|The department of developmental disabilities shall develop a statewide system of protective service in accordance with rules and standards established by the department. With respect to this program, the department may enter into a contract with any responsible public or private agency for provision of protective service by the agency, and the contract may permit the agency to charge the person receiving services fees for services provided. No costs or fees shall be charged by a probate court for the filing of a petition for guardianship, trusteeship, protectorship, or conservatorship under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code, or for any service performed by a probate court, or by any state agency in the course of petitioning for protective services, or for any protective services provided under those sections.An agency that provides protective services pursuant to a contract with another agency or a court may charge the agency or court fees for the services provided.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.57 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.57 | Evaluation Before Guardianship or Trusteeship Begins.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|No guardianship or trusteeship appointment shall be made under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code and no person shall be accepted for service by a protector under those sections unless a comprehensive evaluation has been made in a clinic or other facility approved by the department of developmental disabilities. The evaluation shall include a medical, psychological, social, and educational evaluation, and a copy of the evaluation shall be filed with the department.Any agency that is appointed as a guardian, trustee, or conservator under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code or accepted as a protector under those sections shall provide for a review at least once each year in writing of the physical, mental, and social condition of each person with a developmental disability for whom it is acting as guardian, trustee, or protector. An agency providing protective services under contract with the department shall file these reports with the department of developmental disabilities. Any record of the department or agency pertaining to a person with a developmental disability shall not be a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Information contained in those records shall not be disclosed publicly in such a manner as to identify individuals, but may be made available to persons approved by the director of developmental disabilities or the court.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.58 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.58 | Nomination of Protective Services Agency as Guardian, Trustee or Protector.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|An agency providing protective services under contract with the department of developmental disabilities may be nominated under any of the following conditions as guardian, trustee, protector, conservator, or as trustee and protector of a person with a developmental disability:(A) The person who needs or believes the person needs protective service may make application in writing.(B) Any interested person may make application in writing on behalf of a person with a developmental disability.(C) A parent may name the department or agency as guardian or successor guardian in a will.(D) A parent may name the department or agency as guardian, trustee, or protector, to assume such duties during the parent's lifetime.If the results of the comprehensive evaluation required under section 5123.57 of the Revised Code indicate that the person named in the nomination is in need of protective services, the agency or service either shall reject or accept the nomination as guardian, trustee, or conservator, subject to appointment by the probate court, or reject or accept the nomination as protector, or trustee and protector.At the time the nomination is accepted or when an appointment is made by the court, the person with a developmental disability and any person who made application for service on behalf of the person with a developmental disability under this section shall be informed by the agency, service, or court of the procedure for terminating the appointment or service. The agency or service shall cease to provide protective service as a protector pursuant to nomination under division (A), (B), or (D) of this section when a written request for termination is received by the agency from or on behalf of the person with a developmental disability. If the agency or service believes the person to be in need of protective service, the agency or service may file an application for guardianship, trusteeship, or protectorship with the probate court. Termination of any court appointment as guardian, trustee, or protector shall be by order of the probate court.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.59 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.59 | Bond.

Effective: October 6, 2009|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 79 - 128th General Assembly|Before entering upon the duties of trustee, an agency under contract with the department of developmental disabilities may require any of its employees having custody or control of funds or property to give bond to the probate court with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the full and faithful accounting of all trust funds which the employee holds. The amount of the bond shall be determined by the court and may be modified by the court.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.60 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.60 | Ohio Protection and Advocacy System.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section and section 5123.601 of the Revised Code, "Ohio protection and advocacy system" means the nonprofit entity designated by the governor in accordance with Am. Sub. H.B. 153 of the 129th general assembly to serve as the state's protection and advocacy system and client assistance program.(B) The Ohio protection and advocacy system shall provide both of the following:(1) Advocacy services for people with disabilities, as provided under section 101 of the "Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000," 114 Stat. 1678 (2000), 42 U.S.C. 15001;(2) A client assistance program, as provided under section 112 of the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," 29 U.S.C. 732.(C) The Ohio protection and advocacy system may establish any guidelines necessary for its operation.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.602 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.602 | Compensation in Class Action Cases.

Effective: October 1, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|If compensation for the work of attorneys employed by the Ohio protection and advocacy system or an agency or political subdivision of the state is awarded to the system in a class action lawsuit pursued by the system, the compensation shall be limited to the actual hourly rate of pay for that legal work.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.603 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.603 | Joint Committee to Examine Protection and Advocacy System.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|(A) Every two years, the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representative shall establish a joint committee to examine the activities of the state's protection and advocacy system and client assistance program. (B)(1) The joint committee shall consist of three members of the senate appointed by the senate president, two from the majority party and one from the minority party, and three members of the house of representatives, two from the majority party and one from the minority party, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The senate president and speaker of the house of representatives also shall determine the dates on which members' terms on the joint committee are to begin and end. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointments. In odd-numbered years, the senate president shall designate a member of the senate as the chairperson of the committee and in even-numbered years, the speaker of the house of representatives shall designate a member of the house of representatives as the chairperson of the joint committee. (2) In its sole discretion, the current entity serving as the state's protection and advocacy system and client assistance program may appear before, and offer testimony to, the joint committee. (C) Every two years, the senate president and speaker of the house of representatives shall specify a deadline for the joint committee to complete a new report containing the joint committee's recommendations, if any. The joint committee shall submit the report to the senate president, speaker of the house of representatives, governor, and joint medicaid oversight committee by the deadline. Last updated September 9, 2021 at 4:13 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.611 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.611 | Reviewing Report of Abuse, Neglect, or a Major Unusual Incident.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, " developmental disabilities employee" means all of the following:(1) An employee of the department of developmental disabilities;(2) An employee of a county board of developmental disabilities;(3) An employee in a position that includes providing specialized services, as defined in section 5123.50 of the Revised Code, to an individual with a developmental disability.(B) At the conclusion of a review of a report of abuse, neglect, or a major unusual incident that is conducted by a review committee established pursuant to section 5123.61 of the Revised Code, the committee shall issue recommendations to the department. The department shall review the committee's recommendations and issue a report of its findings. The department shall make the report available to all of the following:(1) The individual with a developmental disability who is the subject of the report;(2) That individual's guardian or legal counsel;(3) The licensee, as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code, of a residential facility in which the individual resides;(4) The employer of any developmental disabilities employee who allegedly committed or was responsible for the abuse, neglect, or major unusual incident.(C) Except as provided in this section, the department shall not disclose its report to any person or government entity that is not authorized to investigate reports of abuse, neglect, or other major unusual incidents, unless the individual with a developmental disability who is the subject of the report or the individual's guardian gives the department written consent.
Ohio Rev Code § 5123.612 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5123 | Department of Developmental Disabilities|Section 5123.612 | Reporting Unusual Incidents.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|The director of developmental disabilities shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding the reporting of major unusual incidents and unusual incidents concerning persons with developmental disabilities. The rules shall specify what constitutes a major unusual incident or an unusual incident.