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Ohio Rev Code § 313.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.12 | Notice to Coroner of Violent, Suspicious, Unusual or Sudden Death.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|(A) When any person dies as a result of criminal or other violent means, by casualty, by suicide, or in any suspicious or unusual manner, when any person, including a child under two years of age, dies suddenly when in apparent good health, or when any person with a developmental disability dies regardless of the circumstances, the physician called in attendance, or any member of an ambulance service, emergency squad, or law enforcement agency who obtains knowledge thereof arising from the person's duties, shall immediately notify the office of the coroner of the known facts concerning the time, place, manner, and circumstances of the death, and any other information that is required pursuant to sections 313.01 to 313.22 of the Revised Code. In such cases, if a request is made for cremation, the funeral director called in attendance shall immediately notify the coroner.(B) As used in this section, " developmental disability" has the same meaning as in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.122 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.122 | Rules for Protocol Governing the Performance of Autopsies for Sudden Infant Death.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|The director of health, after reviewing and considering any recommendations made by the Ohio state coroners association, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing a protocol governing the performance of autopsies under section 313.121 of the Revised Code. The rules shall specify the information derived from an autopsy that a coroner is required to report to the state department of health. The director shall not amend the rules adopted under this section unless it notifies the Ohio state coroners association of the proposed changes and consults with the association.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.123 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.123 | Removal and Disposal of Autopsy Specimens - Good Faith Immunity of Coroner.

Effective: August 17, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 235 - 126th General Assembly|(A)(1) As used in this chapter, "autopsy" means the external and internal examination of the body of a deceased person, including, but not limited to, gross visual inspection and dissection of the body and its internal organs, photographic or narrative documentation of findings, microscopic, radiological, toxicological, chemical, or other laboratory analyses performed in the discretion of the examining individual upon tissues, organs, blood, other bodily fluids, gases, or any other specimens and the retention for diagnostic and documentary purposes of tissues, organs, blood, other bodily fluids, gases, or any other specimens as the examining individual considers necessary to establish and defend against challenges to the cause and manner of death of the deceased person.(2) As used in this section, "DNA specimen" has the same meaning as in section 109.573 of the Revised Code.(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, retained tissues, organs, blood, other bodily fluids, gases, or any other specimens from an autopsy are medical waste and shall be disposed of in accordance with applicable federal and state laws, including any protocol rules adopted under section 313.122 of the Revised Code.(2) If an autopsy is performed on a deceased person and pursuant to section 313.131 of the Revised Code the coroner has reason to believe that the autopsy is contrary to the deceased person's religious beliefs, the coroner shall not remove any specimens, including, but not limited to, tissues, organs, blood, or other bodily fluids, from the body of the deceased person unless removing those specimens from the body of the deceased person is a compelling public necessity. Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(3) of this section, if the coroner removes any specimens from the body of the deceased person, the coroner shall return the specimens, as soon as is practicable, to the person who has the right to the disposition of the body.(3) The coroner may retain a DNA specimen for diagnostic, evidentiary, or confirmatory purposes.(C) A cause of action shall not lie against any employee of a coroner's office for requesting, ordering, or performing an autopsy in good faith under the authority of this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.13 | Autopsy - Blood Test of Operator of Motor Vehicle Killed in Accident.

Effective: April 7, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 529 - 127th General Assembly|(A) The coroner, any deputy coroner, an investigator appointed pursuant to section 313.05 of the Revised Code, or any other person the coroner designates as having the authority to act under this section may go to the dead body and take charge of it. Whether and when an autopsy is performed shall be determined under sections 313.121 and 313.131 of the Revised Code. If an autopsy is performed by the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologists, a detailed description of the observations written during the progress of such autopsy, or as soon after such autopsy as reasonably possible, and the conclusions drawn from the observations shall be filed in the office of the coroner. (B) If the office of the coroner is notified that a person who was the operator of a motor vehicle that was involved in an accident or crash was killed in the accident or crash or died as a result of injuries suffered in it, the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologist shall go to the dead body and take charge of it and administer a chemical test to the blood of the deceased person to determine the alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug content of the blood. This division does not authorize the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologist to perform an autopsy, and does not affect and shall not be construed as affecting the provisions of section 313.131 of the Revised Code that govern the determination of whether and when an autopsy is to be performed.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.132 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.132 | Screening for Presence of Buprenorphine, Naltrexone, and Methadone.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|If an autopsy includes a toxicological analysis, the coroner, deputy coroner, or pathologist shall screen for the presence of buprenorphine, naltrexone, and methadone.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.15 | Determination of Responsibility for Death.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|All dead bodies in the custody of the coroner shall be held until such time as the coroner, after consultation with the prosecuting attorney, or with the police department of a municipal corporation, if the death occurred in a municipal corporation, or with the sheriff, has decided that it is no longer necessary to hold such body to enable him to decide on a diagnosis giving a reasonable and true cause of death, or to decide that such body is no longer necessary to assist any of such officials in his duties.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.16 | Laboratory Examinations by Coroner of Another County.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|In counties where no coroner's laboratory has been established or where the coroner's laboratory does not have the equipment or personnel to follow the protocol established in rules adopted by the director of health under section 313.122 of the Revised Code, the coroner may request a coroner of a county in which such a laboratory is established or that has a laboratory able to follow the director's protocol to perform necessary laboratory examinations, the cost of which shall be no greater than the actual value of the services of technicians and the materials used in performing such examination. Money derived from the fees paid for these examinations shall be kept in a special fund, for the use of the coroner's laboratory, from which fund replacements can be made. Such funds shall be used to purchase necessary supplies and equipment for the laboratory and to pay any associated costs incurred in the administration of this section at the coroner's discretion.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.161 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.161 | Cost of Autopsy When Death Occurred in Another County; Death of Inmate of Correctional Facility.

Effective: August 31, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 240 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Whenever an autopsy is performed, and the injury causing death occurred within the boundaries of a county other than the one in which the autopsy was performed, such other county shall pay the costs of the autopsy. The cost of such autopsy shall be no greater than the actual value of the services of the technicians and materials used. Money derived from the fees paid for such autopsies shall be credited to the coroner's laboratory fund created in section 313.16 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Whenever an autopsy is performed, and the person who died was an inmate of a state correctional facility, the department of rehabilitation and correction or the department of youth services, as appropriate, shall pay the costs of the autopsy. The costs of the autopsy shall be no greater than the actual value of the transportation of the body, services of the technicians, and the facilities and materials used. Money derived from the fees paid for such autopsies shall be credited to the coroner's laboratory fund created in section 313.16 of the Revised Code. (2) As used in this division, "state correctional facility" means a "state correctional institution," as defined in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code, a state correctional institution that is privately operated and managed pursuant to section 9.06 of the Revised Code, and an "institution," as defined in section 5139.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.17 | Subpoenas - Oath and Testimony of Witnesses.

Effective: August 6, 1976|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 390 - 111th General Assembly|The coroner or deputy coroner may issue subpoenas for such witnesses as are necessary, administer to such witnesses the usual oath, and proceed to inquire how the deceased came to his death, whether by violence to self or from any other persons, by whom, whether as principals or accessories before or after the fact, and all circumstances relating thereto. The testimony of such witnesses shall be reduced to writing and subscribed to by them, and with the findings and recognizances mentioned in this section, shall be kept on file in the coroner's office, unless the county fails to provide such an office, in which event all such records, findings and recognizances shall be kept on file in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas. The coroner may cause such witnesses to enter into recognizance, in such sum as is proper, for their appearance to give testimony concerning the matter. He may require any such witnesses to give security for their attendance, and, if any of them fails to comply with his requirements he shall commit such person to the county jail until discharged by due course of law. In case of the failure of any person to comply with such subpoena, or on the refusal of a witness to testify to any matter regarding which he may lawfully be interrogated, the probate judge, or a judge of the court of common pleas, on application of the coroner, shall compel obedience to such subpoena by attachment proceedings as for contempt. A report shall be made from the personal observation by the coroner or his deputy of the corpse, from the statements of relatives or other persons having any knowledge of the facts, and from such other sources of information as are available, or from the autopsy.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.18 | Disinterment of Body.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The prosecuting attorney or coroner may order the disinterment of any dead body, under the direction and supervision of the coroner, and may authorize the removal of such body by the coroner to the quarters established for the use of such coroner, for the purpose of examination and autopsy.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.19 | Coroner's Verdict the Legally Accepted Cause of Death.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The cause of death and the manner and mode in which the death occurred, as delivered by the coroner and incorporated in the coroner's verdict and in the death certificate filed with the division of vital statistics, shall be the legally accepted manner and mode in which such death occurred, and the legally accepted cause of death, unless the court of common pleas of the county in which the death occurred, after a hearing, directs the coroner to change his decision as to such cause and manner and mode of death.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.20 | Coroner's Writs.

Effective: August 26, 1975|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 750 - 111th General Assembly|The coroner may issue any writ required by sections 313.01 to 313.22 of the Revised Code, to any constable of the county in which a body is found as described in section 313.12 of the Revised Code, or if the emergency so requires, to any discreet person of the county, and such person is entitled to receive for the services rendered the same fees as elected constables. Every constable, or other person so appointed, who fails to execute any warrant directed to him, shall forfeit and pay twenty-five dollars, which amount shall be recovered upon the complaint of the coroner, before any court having jurisdiction thereof. All such forfeitures shall be for the use of the county.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.21 | Tests for Emergency Involving Suspected Toxic Substances or for Law Enforcement-Related Testing.

Effective: November 15, 1991|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 233 - 119th General Assembly|(A) The coroner may use or may allow the use of the coroner's laboratory and facilities for tests in an emergency involving suspected toxic substances or for law enforcement-related testing, and may direct his assistants and other personnel to perform such testing in addition to testing performed in execution of their duties as set forth in sections 313.01 to 313.22 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this division shall permit such testing except in compliance with state and federal quality assurance requirements for medical laboratories.(B) The coroner shall keep a complete record of all chemical tests and other tests performed each fiscal year pursuant to division (A) of this section, the public agency, hospital, or person for whom the test was performed, and the cost incurred for each test. This record shall be kept in the office of the coroner.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.211 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.211 | Powers of Coroner Regarding Dangerous Drugs.

Effective: April 7, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 127th General Assembly|The coroner may secure, catalog, record, and, with the approval of the prosecuting attorney, destroy any dangerous drugs found at the scene of an investigation the coroner conducts, if the dangerous drugs are no longer needed for investigative or scientific purposes.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.212 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.212 | Notice of Death by Overdose.

Effective: April 6, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 216 - 131st General Assembly|If the coroner determines that a drug overdose is the cause of death of a person, the coroner may provide a notice of the death to the state medical board, board of nursing, or state dental board. The coroner may include in the notice any information relating to the drug that resulted in the overdose, including whether it was obtained by prescription and, if so, the name of the individual who prescribed it.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.22 | Rights of Administrator or Executor.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Sections 311.01 to 311.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not interfere with the rights of any appointed and qualified administrator or executor, but moneys and effects taken by the coroner shall be delivered to such administrator or executor, whether before or after return thereof to the probate court.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.23 | View of Autopsy by Interested Person.

Effective: April 7, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 529 - 127th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section: (1) "Interested person" means an employee of the coroner's office, a physician, dentist, nurse, professor at a medical school, medical student, medical resident, nursing student, an employee of a procurement organization, a member of a law enforcement agency, or any other person the coroner, in the coroner's discretion, determines is appropriate.(2) "Procurement organization" has the same meaning as in section 2108.01 of the Revised Code.(B) The coroner may allow an interested person to view an autopsy of a decedent without the interested person receiving permission to view the decedent's autopsy from the decedent's next of kin.(C) No person who is under eighteen years of age and who is not an interested person may view an autopsy.
Ohio Rev Code § 313.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 313 | Coroner|Section 313.30 | Coroner to Designate Eye or Tissue Bank - Immunity.

Effective: April 7, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 529 - 127th General Assembly|A coroner acting in good faith is not liable in damages for injury resulting from acting or attempting to act in accordance with sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code regarding an anatomical gift.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.01 | Election and Term of Office.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|There shall be elected quadrennially in each county a county engineer who shall assume office on the first Monday in January next after his election and shall hold such office for four years.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.02 | Eligibility for Office of County Engineer.

Effective: October 27, 1981|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly|No person holding the office of clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, county treasurer, or county recorder is eligible to hold the office of county engineer. No person is eligible in any county as a candidate for such office or shall be elected or appointed thereto unless he is a registered professional engineer and a registered surveyor, licensed to practice in this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.03 | Bond of County Engineer.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly|Except as provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the county engineer, before entering upon the duties of the office of county engineer, shall give bond, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or, at the engineer's option, signed by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond, over and above all encumbrances to the state, in the sum of not less than two thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars as fixed by the board of county commissioners. Such surety company shall be approved by the board and the bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of such engineer's official duties.The expense or premium for such bond shall be paid by the board and charged to the general fund of the county. Such bond, with the oath of office required by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code and Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and the approval of the board indorsed thereon, shall be deposited with the county treasurer and kept in the treasurer's office.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.05 | Delivery of Effects to Successor in Office.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|On leaving office, the county engineer shall deliver to his successor all books, papers, and other property and effects belonging to such office. In case of the failure of such engineer to do so, an action may be brought by his successor for the delivery of such property and effects, and for a forfeiture of five hundred dollars.If the successor to such engineer recovers in such action, he shall have judgment for the articles so withheld, or for their value, and for any sum not more than five hundred dollars that the jury or the court assesses as a forfeiture.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.06 | Removal of Engineer by Civil Action.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any person may bring a civil action in the court of common pleas against the county engineer, alleging such engineer's incapacity, misconduct in office, or neglect of duty. A copy of the petition with the summons shall be served on such engineer. Such cause shall have precedence over other business, and, if upon trial thereof, the court finds an engineer guilty of any of the charges, by the judgment of the court he shall be removed from office.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.07 | Action on Engineer's Bond.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any person injured by the misconduct or neglect of the county engineer or his deputy may bring an action on the official bond of such engineer or deputy and recover judgment for any loss or damage sustained by reason of such misconduct or neglect.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.08 | Duties of County Engineer.

Effective: June 29, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 68 - 126th General Assembly|The county engineer shall perform for the county all duties authorized or declared by law to be done by a registered professional engineer or registered surveyor, except those duties described in sections 307.37 and 307.38 and Chapters 343., 6103., and 6117. of the Revised Code. The engineer shall prepare all plans, specifications, details, estimates of cost, and submit forms of contracts for the construction, maintenance, and repair of all bridges, culverts, roads, drains, ditches, roads on county fairgrounds, and other public improvements, except buildings, constructed under the authority of any board within and for the county. The engineer shall not be required to prepare plans, specifications, details, estimates of costs, or forms of contracts for emergency repairs authorized under section 315.13 of the Revised Code, unless the engineer determines them necessary.