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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2917 | Offenses Against the Public Peace › Section 2917.14 | Unlawfully Impeding Public Passage of an Emergency Service Responder.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly obstruct any highway, street, sidewalk, or any other public passage in such a manner as to render the highway, street, sidewalk, or passage impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or hazard if both of the following apply:
(1) The obstruction prevents an emergency vehicle from accessing a highway or street, prevents an emergency service responder from responding to an emergency, or prevents an emergency vehicle or an emergency service responder from having access to an exit from an emergency.
(2) Upon receipt of a request or order from an emergency service responder to remove or cease the obstruction, the person refuses to remove or cease the obstruction.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not limit or affect the application of section 2921.31 of the Revised Code or any other section of the Revised Code. Any conduct that is a violation of division (A) of this section and that also is a violation of section 2921.31 of the Revised Code or any other section of the Revised Code may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawfully impeding public passage of an emergency service responder, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(D) As used in this section, "emergency service responder" has the same meaning as in section 2903.13 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 4, 2023 at 11:06 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2917 | Offenses Against the Public Peace › Section 2917.32 | Making False Alarms.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 33 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false and likely to cause public inconvenience or alarm;
(2) Knowingly cause a false alarm of fire or other emergency to be transmitted to or within any organization, public or private, for dealing with emergencies involving a risk of physical harm to persons or property;
(3) Report to any law enforcement agency an alleged offense or other incident within its concern, knowing that such offense did not occur;
(4) Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false and likely to impede the operation of a critical infrastructure facility.
(B) This section does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or emergency drill.
(C)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of making false alarms.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section, making false alarms is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(4) of this section, if a violation of this section results in economic harm of one thousand dollars or more but less than seven thousand five hundred dollars, making false alarms is a felony of the fifth degree.
(4) If a violation of this section pertains to a purported, threatened, or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction, making false alarms is a felony of the third degree.
(5) If a violation of this section results in economic harm of seven thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars and if division (C)(4) of this section does not apply, making false alarms is a felony of the fourth degree.
(6) If a violation of this section results in economic harm of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or more, making false alarms is a felony of the third degree.
(D)(1) It is not a defense to a charge under this section that pertains to a purported or threatened use of a weapon of mass destruction that the offender did not possess or have the ability to use a weapon of mass destruction or that what was represented to be a weapon of mass destruction was not a weapon of mass destruction.
(2) Any act that is a violation of this section and any other section of the Revised Code may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections.
(E) As used in this section:
(1) "Critical infrastructure facility" has the same meaning as in section 2911.21 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Economic harm" and "weapon of mass destruction" have the same meanings as in section 2917.31 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2917 | Offenses Against the Public Peace › Section 2917.321 | Swatting.

Effective:
April 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 462 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Emergency response" means an action taken by a law enforcement agency to preserve the life, health, safety, or property of any person.
(2) "Public safety answering point" and "emergency service provider" have the same meanings as in section 128.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Telecommunications device" and "telecommunications service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) No person by means of a telecommunications device or telecommunications service shall report or cause to be reported false or misleading information to a law enforcement agency, emergency service provider, or public safety answering point, knowing the information to be false or misleading, with reckless disregard as to whether the report may cause bodily harm to any individual as a direct result of an emergency response to the report, and under circumstances where the report is reasonably likely to cause an emergency response from a law enforcement agency, emergency service provider, or public safety answering point and the report does cause an emergency response.
(C) This section does not apply to any person conducting an authorized emergency drill.
(D)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of swatting.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(3) of this section, swatting is a felony of the fourth degree.
(3) If a violation of this section results in serious physical harm to any person, it is a felony of the second degree.
(E) Prior to the sentencing of a person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section, the court shall enter an order that directs any law enforcement agency or emergency service provider involved in the emergency response that wishes to be reimbursed for the costs incurred by the agency or provider during the emergency response, to file with the court within a specified time an itemized statement of those costs. The court may then order the offender to reimburse the agency for all or a portion of those costs under section 2929.18 of the Revised Code.
(F) Any act that is a violation of this section and any other section of the Revised Code may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections.
Last updated January 31, 2023 at 12:56 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2917 | Offenses Against the Public Peace › Section 2917.41 | Misconduct Involving Public Transportation System.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) No person shall evade the payment of the known fares of a public transportation system.
(B) No person shall alter any transfer, pass, ticket, or token of a public transportation system with the purpose of evading the payment of fares or of defrauding the system.
(C) No person shall do any of the following while in any facility or on any vehicle of a public transportation system:
(1) Play sound equipment without the proper use of a private earphone;
(2) Smoke, eat, or drink in any area where the activity is clearly marked as being prohibited;
(3) Expectorate upon a person, facility, or vehicle.
(D) No person shall write, deface, draw, or otherwise mark on any facility or vehicle of a public transportation system.
(E) No person shall fail to comply with a lawful order of a public transportation system police officer, and no person shall resist, obstruct, or abuse a public transportation police officer in the performance of the officer's duties.
(F) Whoever violates this section is guilty of misconduct involving a public transportation system.
(1) Violation of division (A), (B), or (E) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(2) Violation of division (C) of this section is a minor misdemeanor on a first offense. If a person previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of any division of this section or of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any division of this section, violation of division (C) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(3) Violation of division (D) of this section is a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(G) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, seventy-five per cent of each fine paid to satisfy a sentence imposed for a violation of this section shall be deposited into the treasury of the county in which the violation occurred and twenty-five per cent shall be deposited with the county transit board, regional transit authority, or regional transit commission that operates the public transportation system involved in the violation, unless the board of county commissioners operates the public transportation system, in which case one hundred per cent of each fine shall be deposited into the treasury of the county.
(H) As used in this section, "public transportation system" means a county transit system operated in accordance with sections 306.01 to 306.13 of the Revised Code, a regional transit authority operated in accordance with sections 306.30 to 306.71 of the Revised Code, or a regional transit commission operated in accordance with sections 306.80 to 306.90 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2917 | Offenses Against the Public Peace › Section 2917.46 | Unauthorized Use of a Block Parent Symbol.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) No person shall, with intent to identify a building as a block parent home or building, display the block parent symbol adopted by the former state board of education pursuant to former section 3301.076 of the Revised Code prior to its repeal on July 1, 2007.
(B) No person shall, with intent to identify a building as a block parent home or building, display a symbol that falsely gives the appearance of being the block parent symbol adopted by the former state board of education pursuant to former section 3301.076 of the Revised Code prior to its repeal on July 1, 2007.
(C) No person, with intent to identify a home or building as a mcgruff house program home or building, shall display the mcgruff house symbol adopted by the division of criminal justice services in the state department of public safety pursuant to section 5502.62 of the Revised Code unless authorized in accordance with that section, any rule adopted pursuant to that section, or former section 3313.206 of the Revised Code prior to its repeal on April 8, 2019.
(D) No person, with intent to identify a home or building as a mcgruff house program home or building, shall display a symbol that falsely gives the appearance of being the mcgruff house symbol adopted by the division of criminal justice services in the state department of public safety pursuant to section 5502.62 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted pursuant to that section.
(E)(1) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of this section is guilty of unauthorized use of a block parent symbol, a minor misdemeanor.
(2) Whoever violates division (C) or (D) of this section is guilty of unauthorized use of a mcgruff house symbol, a minor misdemeanor.
Last updated September 15, 2023 at 1:56 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2917 | Offenses Against the Public Peace › Section 2917.47 | Improperly Handling Infectious Agents.

Effective:
September 10, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 456 - 121st General Assembly
As used in this section, "infectious agent" means a microorganism such as a virus, bacterium, or similar agent that causes disease or death in human beings.
(A) No person shall knowingly possess, send, receive, or cause to be sent or received an isolate or derivative of an isolate of an infectious agent, except as permitted by division (B) of this section.
(B) A person may possess, send, receive, or cause to be sent or received an isolate or derivative of an isolate of an infectious agent as permitted by state or federal law, including for purposes of biomedical or biotechnical research or production, provision of health care services, or investigation of disease by public health agencies.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of improperly handling infectious agents, a felony of the second degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.01 | Bigamy.

Effective:
January 1, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly
(A) No married person shall marry another or continue to cohabit with such other person in this state.
(B) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the actor's spouse was continuously absent for five years immediately preceding the purported subsequent marriage, and was not known by the actor to be alive within that time.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of bigamy, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.101 | Abortion Report.

Effective:
March 23, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 214 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) In the abortion report required under section 3701.79 of the Revised Code, the attending physician shall indicate that the attending physician does not have knowledge that the pregnant woman was seeking the abortion, in whole or in part, because of any of the following:
(1) A test result indicating Down syndrome in an unborn child;
(2) A prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome in an unborn child;
(3) Any other reason to believe that an unborn child has Down syndrome.
(B) Within ninety days of the effective date of this section, the department of health shall adopt rules pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code to assist in compliance with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.11 | Abortion Defined.

Effective:
September 16, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 989 - 110th General Assembly
As used in the Revised Code, "abortion" means the purposeful termination of a human pregnancy by any person, including the pregnant woman herself, with an intention other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus or embryo. Abortion is the practice of medicine or surgery for the purposes of section 4731.41 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.122 | Application of Unlawful Abortion on a Minor Law.

Effective:
May 6, 1998
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 421 - 122nd General Assembly
Section 2919.121 of the Revised Code applies in lieu of division (B) of section 2919.12 of the Revised Code whenever its operation is not enjoined. If section 2919.121 of the Revised Code is enjoined, division (B) of section 2919.12 of the Revised Code applies.
If a person complies with the requirements of division (B) of section 2919.12 of the Revised Code under the good faith belief that the application or enforcement of section 2919.121 of the Revised Code is subject to a restraining order or injunction, good faith compliance shall constitute a complete defense to any civil, criminal, or professional disciplinary action brought under section 2919.121 of the Revised Code.
If a person complies with the requirements of section 2919.121 of the Revised Code under the good faith belief that it is not subject to a restraining order or injunction, good faith compliance shall constitute a complete defense to any criminal, civil, or professional disciplinary action for failure to comply with the requirements of division (B) of section 2919.12 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.124 | Unlawful Performance of a Drug-Induced Abortion.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 260 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Abortion-inducing drug" means a drug or regimen of drugs that causes the termination of a clinically diagnosable pregnancy, including any drug identified in section 2919.123 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Physician" has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Professionally licensed person" has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) No physician shall personally furnish or otherwise provide an abortion-inducing drug to a pregnant woman unless the physician is physically present at the location where the initial dose of the drug or regimen of drugs is consumed at the time the initial dose is consumed.
(C) No physician who personally furnishes or otherwise provides an abortion-inducing drug to another for the purpose of inducing an abortion shall knowingly fail to comply with division (B) of this section.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion or affirming the lawfulness of an abortion that would otherwise be unlawful.
(E) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful performance of a drug-induced abortion, a felony of the fourth degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section or of section 2919.12, 2919.121, 2919.123, 2919.13, 2919.14, 2919.15, 2919.151, 2919.17, or 2919.18 of the Revised Code, unlawful performance of a drug-induced abortion is a felony of the third degree.
If the offender is a professionally licensed person, in addition to any other sanction imposed by law for the offense, the offender is subject to sanctioning as provided by law by the regulatory or licensing board or agency that has the administrative authority to suspend or revoke the offender's professional license, including the sanctioning provided in section 4731.22 of the Revised Code for offenders who have a certificate to practice or certificate of registration issued under that chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.13 | Abortion Manslaughter; Failure to Render Medical Care to an Infant Born Alive; Civil Action.

Effective:
March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 157 - 134th General Assembly
(A) No person shall purposely take the life of a child born by attempted abortion who is alive when removed from the uterus of the pregnant woman.
(B) No person who performs an abortion shall purposely fail to take the measures required by the exercise of medical judgment in light of the attending circumstances to preserve the health or life of a child who is alive when removed from the uterus of the pregnant woman.
(C)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of abortion manslaughter, a felony of the first degree.
(2) Whoever violates division (B) of this section and the child dies as a result of the person's failure to take the measures described in that division is guilty of abortion manslaughter, a felony of the first degree.
(3) Whoever violates division (B) of this section and the child survives notwithstanding the person's failure to take the measures described in that division is guilty of failure to render medical care to an infant born alive, a felony of the first degree.
(D)(1) A woman on whom an abortion is performed or attempted may file a civil action for the wrongful death of the woman's child against a person who violates division (A) of this section.
(2) A woman on whom an abortion is performed or attempted may file a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property against a person who violates division (B) of this section.
(3) A woman who prevails in an action filed under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section shall receive both of the following from the person who committed the act:
(a) Compensatory and exemplary damages in an amount determined by the trier of fact;
(b) Court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
Last updated January 13, 2022 at 5:37 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.14 | Abortion Trafficking.

Effective:
September 16, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 989 - 110th General Assembly
(A) No person shall experiment upon or sell the product of human conception which is aborted. Experiment does not include autopsies pursuant to sections 313.13 and 2108.50 of the Revised Code.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of abortion trafficking, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.15 | Dismemberment Abortion.

Effective:
March 22, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 145 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
"Dismemberment abortion" means, with the purpose of causing the death of an unborn child, to dismember a living unborn child and extract the unborn child one piece at a time from the uterus through use of clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors, or similar instruments that, through the convergence of two rigid levers, slice, crush, or grasp a portion of the unborn child's body to cut or rip it off. "Dismemberment abortion" does not include a procedure performed after the death of the unborn child to extract any remaining parts of the unborn child.
"Serious risk of the substantial and irreversible i mpairment of a major bodily function" has the same meaning as in section 2919.151 of the Revised Code.
"Unborn child" has the same meaning as in section 2919.16 of the Revised Code.
(B) No person shall knowingly perform or attempt to perform a dismemberment abortion when the dismemberment abortion is not necessary, in reasonable medical judgment, to preserve the life or physical health of the mother as a result of the mother's life or physical health being endangered by a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.
(C) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of dismemberment feticide, a felony of the fourth degree.
(D) None of the following are guilty of committing, attempting to commit, complicity in the commission of, or conspiracy in the commission of a violation of division (B) of this section:
(1) A pregnant woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion is performed in violation of division (B) of this section;
(2) An individual who is employed by the person who violates division (B) of this section and who acts at the direction of the person who violates division (B) of this section;
(3) A pharmacist or other individual who fills a p rescription or provides instruments or materials used in violating division (B) of this section.
(E) This section does not prohibit the suction curettage procedure of abortion or the suction aspiration procedure of abortion.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.16 | Post-Viability Abortion Definitions.

Effective:
October 20, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 78 - 129th General Assembly
As used in sections 2919.16 to 2919.18 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Fertilization" means the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.
(B) "Gestational age" or "gestation" means the age of an unborn child as calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of a pregnant woman.
(C) "Health care facility" means a hospital, clinic, ambulatory surgical treatment center, other center, medical school, office of a physician, infirmary, dispensary, medical training institution, or other institution or location in or at which medical care, treatment, or diagnosis is provided to a person.
(D) "Hospital" has the same meanings as in sections 3701.01, 3727.01, and 5122.01 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Live birth" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 3705.01 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Medical emergency" means a condition that in the physician's good faith medical judgment, based upon the facts known to the physician at that time, so complicates the woman's pregnancy as to necessitate the immediate performance or inducement of an abortion in order to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to avoid a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman that delay in the performance or inducement of the abortion would create.
(G) "Physician" has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code.
(H) "Pregnant" means the human female reproductive condition, that commences with fertilization, of having a developing fetus.
(I) "Pregnancy" means the condition of being pregnant.
(J) "Premature infant" means a human whose live birth occurs prior to thirty-eight weeks of gestational age.
(K) "Serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function" means any medically diagnosed condition that so complicates the pregnancy of the woman as to directly or indirectly cause the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. A medically diagnosed condition that constitutes a "serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function" includes pre-eclampsia, inevitable abortion, and premature rupture of the membranes, may include, but is not limited to, diabetes and multiple sclerosis, and does not include a condition related to the woman's mental health.
(L) "Unborn child" means an individual organism of the species homo sapiens from fertilization until live birth.
(M) "Viable" means the stage of development of a human fetus at which in the determination of a physician, based on the particular facts of a woman's pregnancy that are known to the physician and in light of medical technology and information reasonably available to the physician, there is a realistic possibility of the maintaining and nourishing of a life outside of the womb with or without temporary artificial life-sustaining support.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.18 | Failure to Perform Viability Testing.

Effective:
October 20, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 78 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Except in a medical emergency that prevents compliance with this division, no physician shall perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman after the beginning of the twentieth week of gestation unless, prior to the performance or inducement of the abortion or the attempt to perform or induce the abortion, the physician determines, in the physician's good faith medical judgment, that the unborn child is not viable, and the physician makes that determination after performing a medical examination of the pregnant woman and after performing or causing to be performed those tests for assessing gestational age, weight, lung maturity, or other tests that the physician, in that physician's good faith medical judgment, believes are necessary to determine whether an unborn child is viable.
(B) Except in a medical emergency that prevents compliance with this division, no physician shall perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman after the beginning of the twentieth week of gestation without first entering the determination made in division (A) of this section and the associated findings of the medical examination and tests in the medical record of the pregnant woman.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to perform viability testing, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(D) The state medical board shall suspend a physician's license to practice medicine in this state for a period of not less than six months if the physician violates this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.191 | Applicability.

Effective:
July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
Sections 2919.192 to 2919.195 of the Revised Code apply only to intrauterine pregnancies.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.192 | Determination of Presence of Fetal Heartbeat.

Effective:
July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) A person who intends to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman shall determine whether there is a detectable fetal heartbeat of the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying. The method of determining the presence of a fetal heartbeat shall be consistent with the person's good faith understanding of standard medical practice, provided that if rules have been adopted under division (B) of this section, the method chosen shall be one that is consistent with the rules. The person who determines the presence or absence of a fetal heartbeat shall record in the pregnant woman's medical record the estimated gestational age of the unborn human individual, the method used to test for a fetal heartbeat, the date and time of the test, and the results of the test.
The person who performs the examination for the presence of a fetal heartbeat shall give the pregnant woman the option to view or hear the fetal heartbeat.
(B) Not later than one hundred twenty days of the effective date of S.B. 23 of the 133rd general assembly, the director of health shall adopt rules pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code specifying the appropriate methods of performing an examination for the purpose of determining the presence of a fetal heartbeat of an unborn individual based on standard medical practice.
(C) A person is not in violation of division (A) of this section if that person has performed an examination for the purpose of determining the presence of a fetal heartbeat of an unborn human individual utilizing standard medical practice in accordance with rules adopted under division (B) of this section, that examination does not reveal a fetal heartbeat or the person has been informed by a physician who has performed the examination for a fetal heartbeat that the examination did not reveal a fetal heartbeat, and the person notes in the pregnant woman's medical records the procedure utilized to detect the presence of a fetal heartbeat.
Last updated January 13, 2023 at 1:29 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.193 | Determination of Detectable Fetal Heartbeat; Penalties.

Effective:
July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall knowingly and purposefully perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman before determining in accordance with division (A) of section 2919.192 of the Revised Code whether the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying has a detectable heartbeat.
Whoever violates this division is guilty of performing or inducing an abortion before determining whether there is a detectable fetal heartbeat, a felony of the fifth degree. A violation of this division may also be the basis of either of the following:
(1) A civil action for compensatory and exemplary damages;
(2) Disciplinary action under section 4731.22 of the Revised Code.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a physician who performs or induces the abortion if the physician believes that a medical emergency, as defined in section 2919.16 of the Revised Code, exists that prevents compliance with that division.
(C) A physician who performs or induces an abortion on a pregnant woman based on the exception in division (B) of this section shall make written notations in the pregnant woman's medical records of both of the following:
(1) The physician's belief that a medical emergency necessitating the abortion existed;
(2) The medical condition of the pregnant woman that assertedly prevented compliance with division (A) of this section.
For at least seven years from the date the notations are made, the physician shall maintain in the physician's own records a copy of the notations.
(D) A person is not in violation of division (A) of this section if the person acts in accordance with division (A) of section 2919.192 of the Revised Code and the method used to determine the presence of a fetal heartbeat does not reveal a fetal heartbeat.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.194 | Procedures After Detection of Fetal Heartbeat.

Effective:
July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding division (A)(3) of this section, if a person who intends to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman has determined, under section 2919.192 of the Revised Code, that the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying has a detectable heartbeat, the person shall not, except as provided in division (B) of this section, perform or induce the abortion without meeting all of the following requirements and without at least twenty-four hours elapsing after the last of the requirements is met:
(1) The person intending to perform or induce the abortion shall inform the pregnant woman in writing that the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying has a fetal heartbeat.
(2) The person intending to perform or induce the abortion shall inform the pregnant woman, to the best of the person's knowledge, of the statistical probability of bringing the unborn human individual possessing a detectable fetal heartbeat to term based on the gestational age of the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying or, if the director of health has specified statistical probability information pursuant to rules adopted under division (C) of this section, shall provide to the pregnant woman that information.
(3) The pregnant woman shall sign a form acknowledging that the pregnant woman has received information from the person intending to perform or induce the abortion that the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying has a fetal heartbeat and that the pregnant woman is aware of the statistical probability of bringing the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying to term.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply if the person who intends to perform or induce the abortion believes that a medical emergency exists that prevents compliance with that division.
(C) The director of health may adopt rules that specify information regarding the statistical probability of bringing an unborn human individual possessing a detectable heartbeat to term based on the gestational age of the unborn human individual. The rules shall be based on available medical evidence and shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code.
(D) This section does not have the effect of repealing or limiting any other provision of the Revised Code relating to informed consent for an abortion, including the provisions in section 2317.56 of the Revised Code.
(E) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of performing or inducing an abortion without informed consent when there is a detectable fetal heartbeat, a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.195 | Performance of Abortion After Detection of Fetal Heartbeat; Penalty.

Effective:
July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall knowingly and purposefully perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying and whose fetal heartbeat has been detected in accordance with division (A) of section 2919.192 of the Revised Code.
Whoever violates this division is guilty of performing or inducing an abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, a felony of the fifth degree.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a physician who performs a medical procedure that, in the physician's reasonable medical judgment, is designed or intended to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman.
A physician who performs a medical procedure as described in this division shall declare, in a written document, that the medical procedure is necessary, to the best of the physician's reasonable medical judgment, to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman. In the document, the physician shall specify the pregnant woman's medical condition that the medical procedure is asserted to address and the medical rationale for the physician's conclusion that the medical procedure is necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman.
A physician who performs a medical procedure as described in this division shall place the written document required by this division in the pregnant woman's medical records. The physician shall maintain a copy of the document in the physician's own records for at least seven years from the date the document is created.
(C) A person is not in violation of division (A) of this section if the person acts in accordance with division (A) of section 2919.192 of the Revised Code and the method used to determine the presence of a fetal heartbeat does not reveal a fetal heartbeat.
(D) Division (A) of this section does not have the effect of repealing or limiting any other provision of the Revised Code that restricts or regulates the performance or inducement of an abortion by a particular method or during a particular stage of a pregnancy.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.196 | Documentation of Reasons for Abortion.

Effective:
July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
The provisions of this section are wholly independent of the requirements of sections 2919.192 to 2919.195 of the Revised Code.
(A) A person who performs or induces an abortion on a pregnant woman shall do whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) If a purported reason for the abortion is to preserve the health of the pregnant woman, the person shall specify in a written document the medical condition that the abortion is asserted to address and the medical rationale for the person's conclusion that the abortion is necessary to address that condition.
(2) If division (A)(1) of this section does not apply, the person shall specify in a written document that maternal health is not a reason of the abortion.
(B) The person who specifies the information in the document described in division (A) of this section shall place the document in the pregnant woman's medical records. The person who specifies the information shall maintain a copy of the document in the person's own records for at least seven years from the date the document is created.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.197 | Contraceptives.

Effective:
July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
Nothing in sections 2919.19 to 2919.196 of the Revised Code prohibits the sale, use, prescription, or administration of a drug, device, or chemical for contraceptive purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.198 | Immunity of Pregnant Woman.

Effective:
July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
A pregnant woman on whom an abortion is performed or induced in violation of section 2919.193, 2919.194, or 2919.195 of the Revised Code is not guilty of violating any of those sections; is not guilty of attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, or complicity in committing a violation of any of those sections; and is not subject to a civil penalty based on the abortion being performed or induced in violation of any of those sections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.199 | Civil Action for Wrongful Death of Unborn Child.

Effective:
July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) A woman who meets either or both of the following criteria may file a civil action for the wrongful death of her unborn child:
(1) A woman on whom an abortion was performed or induced in violation of division (A) of section 2919.193 or division (A) of section 2919.195 of the Revised Code;
(2) A woman on whom an abortion was performed or induced who was not given the information described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 2919.194 of the Revised Code or who did not sign a form described in division (A)(3) of section 2919.194 of the Revised code.
(B) A woman who prevails in an action filed under division (A) of this section shall receive both of the following from the person who committed the one or more acts described in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section:
(1) Damages in an amount equal to ten thousand dollars or an amount determined by the trier of fact after consideration of the evidence at the mother's election at any time prior to final judgment subject to the same defenses and requirements of proof, except any requirement of live birth, as would apply to a suit for the wrongful death of a child who had been born alive;
(2) Court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
(C) A determination by a court of record that division (A) of section 2919.193 of the Revised Code, division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of section 2919.194 of the Revised Code, or division (A) of section 2919.195 of the Revised Code is unconstitutional shall be a defense to an action filed under division (A) of this section alleging that the defendant violated the division that was determined to be unconstitutional.
(D) If the defendant in an action filed under division (A) of this section prevails and all of the following apply the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees to the defendant in accordance with section 2323.51 of the Revised Code:
(1) The court finds that the commencement of the action constitutes frivolous conduct, as defined in section 2323.51 of the Revised Code.
(2) The court's finding in division (D)(1) of this section is not based on that court or another court determining that division (A) of section 2919.193 of the Revised Code, division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of section 2919.194 of the Revised Code, or division (A) of section 2919.195 of the Revised Code is unconstitutional.
(3) The court finds that the defendant was adversely affected by the frivolous conduct.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.1910 | Joint Legislative Committee on Adoption Promotion and Support.

Effective:
July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) To ensure that citizens are informed of available options in this state, there is hereby created the joint legislative committee on adoption promotion and support. The committee may review or study any matter that it considers relevant to the adoption process in this state, with priority given to the study or review of mechanisms intended to increase awareness of the process, increase its effectiveness, or both.
(B) The committee shall consist of three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and three members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate. Not more than two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and not more than two members appointed by the president of the senate may be of the same political party.
Each member of the committee shall hold office during the general assembly in which the member is appointed and until a successor has been appointed, notwithstanding the adjournment sine die of the general assembly in which the member was appointed or the expiration of the member's term as a member of the general assembly. Any vacancies occurring among the members of the committee shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment.
(C) The committee has the same powers as other standing or select committees of the general assembly.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.1912 | Forfeiture for Violations.

Effective:
July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The state medical board may assess against a person a forfeiture of not more than twenty thousand dollars for each separate violation or failure of the person to comply with any of the requirements of sections 2919.171, 2919.192, 2919.193, 2919.194, 2919.195, or 2919.196 of the Revised Code. The board shall comply with the adjudication requirements of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code when assessing the forfeiture. The forfeiture may be in addition to criminal penalties that are imposed under other sections of the Revised Code.
(B) An action to recover a forfeiture shall be prosecuted in the name of the state and shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county. The action shall be commenced and prosecuted by the attorney general when directed by the board.
(C) Moneys collected under division (A) of this section or recovered by an action under division (B) of this section shall be paid to the treasurer of state for deposit into the foster care and adoption initiatives fund created under section 5103.11 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family › Section 2919.1913 | Human Rights and Heartbeat Protection Act.

Effective:
July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
Sections 2919.171, 2919.19 to 2919.1913, and 4731.22 of the Revised Code, as amended or enacted by this act, shall be known as the "Human Rights and Heartbeat Protection Act."