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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.70 | Superintendent and Other Personnel.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 444 - 133rd General Assembly
The judge, in a county maintaining a school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities created under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code, shall appoint the superintendent of any such facility. In the case of a district facility created under such section, the board of trustees shall appoint the superintendent. Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, a superintendent, before entering upon official duties, shall give bond with sufficient surety to the judge or to the board, as the case may be, in such amount as may be fixed by the judge or the board, such bond being conditioned upon the full and faithful accounting of the funds and properties coming into the superintendent's hands.
Compensation of the superintendent and other necessary employees of a school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities shall be fixed by the judge in the case of a county facility, or by the board of trustees in the case of a district facility. Such compensation and other expenses of maintaining the facility shall be paid in the manner prescribed in section 2151.13 of the Revised Code in the case of a county facility, or in accordance with rules and regulations provided for in section 2151.77 of the Revised Code in the case of a district facility.
The superintendent of a facility shall appoint all employees of such facility. All such employees, except the superintendent, shall be in the classified civil service.
The superintendent of a school, forestry camp, or other facility shall have entire executive charge of such facility, under supervision of the judge, in the case of a county facility, or under supervision of the board of trustees, in the case of a district facility. The superintendent shall control, manage, and operate the facility, and shall have custody of its property, files, and records.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.71 | Operation of District Facilities Same as County Facilities.

Effective:
October 14, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 879 - 105th General Assembly
District schools, forestry camps, or other facilities created under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code shall be established, operated, maintained, and managed in the same manner, so far as applicable, as county schools, forestry camps, or other facilities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.72 | Site Selection.

Effective:
October 14, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 879 - 105th General Assembly
When the board of trustees appointed under section 2151.68 of the Revised Code does not choose an established institution in one of the counties of the district, it may select a suitable site for the erection of a district school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities created under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.73 | Apportioned Representation on Board of Trustees.

Effective:
October 14, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 879 - 105th General Assembly
Each county in the district, organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code, shall be entitled to one trustee, and in districts composed of but two counties, each county shall be entitled to not less than two trustees. In districts composed of more than four counties, the number of trustees shall be sufficiently increased so that there shall always be an uneven number of trustees constituting such board. The county in which a district school, forestry camp, or other facility created under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code is located shall have not less than two trustees, who, in the interim period between the regular meetings of the board of trustees, shall act as an executive committee in the discharge of all business pertaining to the school, forestry camp, or other facility.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.74 | Removing a Trustee.

Effective:
October 14, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 879 - 105th General Assembly
The joint board of county commissioners organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code may remove any trustee appointed under section 2151.68 of the Revised Code, but no such removal shall be made on account of the religious or political convictions of such trustee. The trustee appointed to fill any vacancy shall hold his office for the unexpired term of his predecessor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.75 | Delegation of Powers and Duties to Board of Trustees.

Effective:
October 14, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 879 - 105th General Assembly
In the interim, between the selection and purchase of a site, and the erection and occupancy of a district school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities created under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code, the joint board of county commissioners provided by section 2151.65 of the Revised Code may delegate to a board of trustees appointed under section 2151.68 of the Revised Code, such powers and duties as, in its judgment, will be of general interest or aid to the institution. Such joint board of county commissioners may appropriate a trustees' fund, to be expended by the board of trustees in payment of such contracts, purchases, or other expenses necessary to the wants or requirements of the school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities which are not otherwise provided for. The board of trustees shall make a complete settlement with the joint board of county commissioners once each six months, or quarterly if required, and shall make a full report of the condition of the school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities and inmates, to the board of county commissioners, and to the juvenile court of each of the counties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.76 | Joint Board of County Commissioners Has Authority for Choice, Construction and Furnishing of Facility.

Effective:
October 14, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 879 - 105th General Assembly
The choice of an established site and buildings, or the purchase of a site, stock, implements, and general farm equipment, should there be a farm, the erection of buildings, and the completion and furnishing of the district school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities for occupancy, shall be in the hands of the joint board of county commissioners organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code. Such joint board of county commissioners may delegate all or a portion of these duties to the board of trustees provided for under section 2151.68 of the Revised Code, under such restrictions and regulations as the joint board of county commissioners imposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.77 | Expenses Paid by Each County.

Effective:
June 14, 1988
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 365 - 117th General Assembly
When an established site and buildings are used for a district school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities created under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code the joint board of county commissioners organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code shall cause the value of such site and buildings to be properly appraised. This appraisal value, or in case of the purchase of a site, the purchase price and the cost of all betterments and additions thereto, shall be paid by the counties comprising the district, in proportion to the taxable property of each county, as shown by its tax duplicate. The current expenses of maintaining the school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities and the cost of ordinary repairs thereto shall be paid by each such county in accordance with one of the following methods as approved by the joint board of county commissioners:
(A) In proportion to the number of children from such county who are maintained in the school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities during the year;
(B) By a levy submitted by the joint board of county commissioners under division (A) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code and approved by the electors of the district;
(C) In proportion to the taxable property of each county, as shown by its tax duplicate;
(D) In any combination of the methods for payment described in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section.
The board of trustees shall, with the approval of the joint board of county commissioners, adopt rules for the management of funds used for the current expenses of maintaining the school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.78 | County Withdrawing From District.

Effective:
January 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly
The board of county commissioners of any county within a school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities district may, upon the recommendation of the juvenile court of such county, withdraw from such district and dispose of its interest in such school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities selling or leasing its right, title, and interest in the site, buildings, furniture, and equipment to any counties in the district, at such price and upon such terms as are agreed upon among the boards of county commissioners of the counties concerned. Section 307.10 of the Revised Code does not apply to this section. The net proceeds of any such sale or lease shall be paid into the treasury of the withdrawing county.
Any county withdrawing from such district or from a combined district organized under sections 2152.41 and 2151.65 of the Revised Code shall continue to have levied against its tax duplicate any tax levied by the district during the period in which the county was a member of the district for current operating expenses, permanent improvements, or the retirement of bonded indebtedness. Such levy shall continue to be a levy against such duplicate of the county until such time that it expires or is renewed.
Members of the board of trustees of a district school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities who are residents of a county withdrawing from such district are deemed to have resigned their positions upon the completion of the withdrawal procedure provided by this section. Vacancies then created shall be filled according to sections 2151.68 and 2151.74 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.79 | Fiscal Officer of District.

Effective:
January 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly
The county auditor of the county having the greatest population, or, with the unanimous concurrence of the county auditors of the counties composing a facilities district, the auditor of the county wherein the facility is located, shall be the fiscal officer of a district organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code or a combined district organized under sections 2152.41 and 2151.65 of the Revised Code. The county auditors of the several counties composing a school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities district, shall meet at the district school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities not less than once in each six months, to review accounts and to transact such other duties in connection with the institution as pertain to the business of their office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.80 | Expenses of Board Members.

Effective:
October 14, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 879 - 105th General Assembly
Each member of the board of county commissioners who meets by appointment to consider the organization of a district school, forestry camp, or other facility or facilities shall, upon presentation of properly certified accounts, be paid his necessary expenses upon a warrant drawn by the county auditor of his county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.81 | Independent Living Services Definitions.

Effective:
November 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 38 - 124th General Assembly
As used in sections 2151.82 to 2151.84 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Independent living services" means services and other forms of support designed to aid children and young adults to successfully make the transition to independent adult living and to achieve emotional and economic self-sufficiency. "Independent living services" may include the following:
(1) Providing housing;
(2) Teaching decision-making skills;
(3) Teaching daily living skills such as securing and maintaining a residence, money management, utilization of community services and systems, personal health care, hygiene and safety, and time management;
(4) Assisting in obtaining education, training, and employment skills;
(5) Assisting in developing positive adult relationships and community supports.
(B) "Young adult" means a person eighteen years of age or older but under twenty-one years of age who was in the temporary or permanent custody of, or was provided care in a planned permanent living arrangement by, a public children services agency or private child placing agency on the date the person attained age eighteen.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.82 | Services to Be Based on Evaluation of Strengths and Weaknesses of Child.

Effective:
September 13, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 50 - 131st General Assembly
A public children services agency or private child placing agency, that has temporary or permanent custody of, or is providing care in a planned permanent living arrangement to, a child who is fourteen years of age or older, shall provide independent living services to the child. The services to be provided shall be determined based on an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the child, completed or obtained by the agency. If housing is provided to a child who is sixteen or seventeen as part of the services, the child shall be placed in housing that is supervised or semi-supervised by an adult.
The services shall be included as part of the case plan established for the child pursuant to section 2151.412 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.83 | Jointly Prepared Written Agreement With Young Adult to Provide Independent Living Services.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) A public children services agency or private child placing agency, on the request of a young adult, shall enter into a jointly prepared written agreement with the young adult that obligates the agency to ensure that independent living services are provided to the young adult and sets forth the responsibilities of the young adult regarding the services. The agreement shall be developed based on the young adult's strengths, needs, and circumstances. The agreement shall be designed to promote the young adult's successful transition to independent adult living and emotional and economic self-sufficiency.
(B) If the young adult appears to be eligible for services from one or more of the following entities, the agency must contact the appropriate entity to determine eligibility:
(1) An entity, other than the agency, that is represented on a county family and children first council established pursuant to section 121.37 of the Revised Code. If the entity is a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, an alcohol and drug addiction services board, or a community mental health board, the agency shall contact the provider of alcohol, drug addiction, or mental health services that has been designated by the board to determine the young adult's eligibility for services.
(2) The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency;
(3) A metropolitan housing authority established pursuant to section 3735.27 of the Revised Code.
If an entity described in this division determines that the young adult qualifies for services from the entity, that entity, the young adult, and the agency to which the young adult made the request for independent living services shall enter into a written addendum to the jointly prepared agreement entered into under division (A) of this section. The addendum shall indicate how services under the agreement and addendum are to be coordinated and allocate the service responsibilities among the entities and agency that signed the addendum.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.84 | Department of Job and Family Services to Establish Model Agreements.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
The department of job and family services shall establish model agreements that may be used by public children services agencies and private child placing agencies required to provide services under an agreement with a young adult pursuant to section 2151.83 of the Revised Code. The model agreements shall include provisions describing the specific independent living services to be provided, the duration of the services and the agreement, the duties and responsibilities of each party under the agreement, and grievance procedures regarding disputes that arise regarding the agreement or services provided under it.
Last updated September 25, 2023 at 4:41 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.87 | Prohibiting Child From Possessing, Using, Purchasing or Receiving Tobacco Products.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
"Tobacco product" has the same meaning as in section 2927.02 of the Revised Code.
(B) No child shall do any of the following unless accompanied by a parent, spouse, or legal guardian of the child, each of whom shall be twenty-one years of age or older:
(1) Use, consume, or possess tobacco products;
(2) Purchase or attempt to purchase tobacco products;
(3) Order, pay for, or share the cost of tobacco products;
(4) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, accept or receive tobacco products.
(C) No child shall knowingly furnish false information concerning that child's name, age, or other identification for the purpose of obtaining tobacco products.
(D) A juvenile court shall not adjudicate a child a delinquent or unruly child for a violation of this section.
(E)(1) It is not a violation of division (B)(4) of this section for a child to accept or receive tobacco products if the child is required to do so in the performance of the child's duties as an employee of that child's employer and the child's acceptance or receipt of tobacco products occurs exclusively within the scope of the child's employment.
(2) It is not a violation of division (B)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section if the child possesses, purchases or attempts to purchase, orders, pays for, shares the cost of, or accepts or receives tobacco products while participating in an inspection or compliance check conducted by a federal, state, local, or corporate entity at a location at which tobacco products are sold or distributed.
(F) If a juvenile court finds that a child violated division (C) of this section, the court may require the child to perform not more than twenty hours of community service.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.88 | Immunity From Liability for Damage Resulting From Forcible Entry of a Motor Vehicle for Purpose of Removing a Minor.

Effective:
August 31, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 215 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, a person shall be immune from civil liability for any damage resulting from the forcible entry of a motor vehicle for the purpose of removing a minor from the vehicle if the person does all of the following:
(1) Determines the vehicle is locked or there is otherwise no reasonable method for the minor to exit the vehicle.
(2) Has a good faith belief that forcible entry into the vehicle is necessary because the minor is in imminent danger of suffering harm if not immediately removed from the vehicle and, based upon the circumstances known to the person at the time, the belief is a reasonable one.
(3) Has made a good faith effort to contact the local law enforcement agency, the fire department, or a 9-1-1 operator prior to forcibly entering the vehicle. If contact is not possible prior to forcibly entering the vehicle, the person shall make contact as soon as possible after forcibly entering the vehicle.
(4) Makes a good faith effort to place a notice on the vehicle's windshield with the person's contact information, the reason the entry was made, the location of the minor, and the fact that the authorities have been notified.
(5) Remains with the minor in a safe location until law enforcement or emergency responders arrive.
(6) Used not more force to enter the vehicle and remove the minor from the vehicle than was necessary under the circumstances.
(B) Nothing in this section shall affect the person's civil liability if the person attempts to render aid to the minor in addition to what is authorized by this section.
(C) A person shall not be immune from civil liability for any damage resulting from the forcible entry of a motor vehicle for the purpose of removing a minor from the vehicle if the person's actions constitute recklessness or willful or wanton misconduct with regard to the forcible entry of the motor vehicle.
(D) As used in this section, "harm" means injury or death.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.901 | Alteration by Court of Host Family Agreement.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
Upon the request of the child's parent, guardian, legal custodian, host family, or the qualified organization that arranged the host family agreement, a juvenile court may alter the period during which a host family agreement is in effect if the court determines there are extenuating circumstances.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.902 | Hosting May Not Be Basis of Complaint by Agency.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
A public children services agency shall not file a complaint under section 2151.27 of the Revised Code because a child is hosted by a host family in compliance with section 2151.90 of the Revised Code, unless the agency determines that factors other than the hosting warrant filing the complaint.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.903 | Presumption; Rebuttal.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
The presumption that a child hosted under a host family agreement is abandoned under section 2151.011 of the Revised Code may be rebutted if the hosting complied with section 2151.90 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.904 | Information Provided to Qualified Organization.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Before a qualified organization provides for hosting of a child with a host family and every four years thereafter, a prospective host family and all other persons eighteen years of age or older who reside in the host family's home shall request, and shall provide to the qualified organization the results of, the following for the host family and all other persons eighteen years of age or older who reside in the home:
(1) A criminal records check, as defined under division (G) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, and information from the federal bureau of investigation, as part of the criminal records check, including fingerprint-based checks of national crime information databases as described in 42 U.S.C. 671;
(2) A background check in the central registry of abuse and neglect of this state from the department of job and family services.
(B) A person subject to division (A) of this section may request the criminal records check and information required under division (A)(1) of this section from either of the following:
(1) The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation;
(2) Any entity authorized, on behalf of the person, to request the superintendent to conduct the criminal records check and provide the information.
(C) If a person subject to division (A) of this section fails to provide the results of the criminal records and background checks and the information required under that division to the qualified organization, the organization shall not authorize hosting with the host family.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 10:21 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.906 | Felony Conviction.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
A qualified organization shall not authorize hosting with a host family if any person eighteen years of age or older who resides with the prospective host family previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the violations described in division (A)(4) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, unless all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(A) If the offense was a misdemeanor, or would be a misdemeanor if the conviction occurred at the time that hosting is being considered, at least three years have elapsed from the date the person was fully discharged from any imprisonment or probation arising from the conviction.
(B) If the offense was a felony, at least ten years have elapsed since the person was fully discharged from imprisonment or probation arising from the conviction.
(C) The victim of the offense was not one of the following:
(1) A person under the age of eighteen;
(2) A functionally impaired person as defined in section 2903.10 of the Revised Code;
(3) A person with a developmental disability as defined in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code;
(4) A person with a mental illness as defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code;
(5) A person sixty years of age or older.
(D) Hosting in the host family's home will not jeopardize in any way the health, safety, or welfare of the child to be hosted. The following factors shall be considered in determining whether this condition is satisfied:
(1) The person's age at the time of the offense;
(2) The nature and seriousness of the offense;
(3) The circumstances under which the offense was committed;
(4) The degree of participation of the person involved in the offense;
(5) The time elapsed since the person was fully discharged from imprisonment or probation;
(6) The likelihood that the circumstances leading to the offense will recur;
(7) Whether the person is a repeat offender;
(8) The person's employment record;
(9) The person's efforts at rehabilitation and the results of those efforts;
(10) Whether any criminal proceedings are pending against the person;
(11) Any other factors the qualified organization considers relevant.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.907 | Confidentiality of Records Check.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
The report of any criminal records check conducted pursuant to a request made under section 2151.904 of the Revised Code is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person other than the following:
(A) The person who is the subject of the criminal records check or the person's representative;
(B) The administrative director of the qualified organization or the director's representative;
(C) Any court, hearing officer, or other necessary individual involved in a case regarding a qualified organization's decision not to authorize hosting with the host family to which either of the following apply:
(1) The host family was subject to the criminal records check.
(2) The host family resided with the person subject to the criminal records check.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.908 | Policies and Procedures for Employees.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
A qualified organization shall develop and implement written policies and procedures for employees, including policies and procedures on all of the following topics:
(A) Familiarization of the employee with emergency and safety procedures;
(B) The principles and practices of child care;
(C) Administrative structure, procedures, and overall program goals of the qualified organization;
(D) Appropriate techniques of behavior management;
(E) Techniques and methodologies for crisis management;
(F) Familiarization of the employee with the disciplinary procedures outlined in rule 5101:2-9-21 of the Ohio Administrative Code, the discipline and behavior intervention policies required by rule 5101:2-5-13 of the Ohio Administrative Code, and any other similar requirements;
(G) Procedures for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect under section 2151.421 of the Revised Code;
(H) An emergency medical plan;
(I) Universal precautions;
(J) Knowledge and skills to understand and address the issues confronting adolescents.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.909 | Policies and Procedures for Host Families; Training.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
A qualified organization shall develop and implement written policies and procedures for host family training. Training shall include all of the following topics:
(A) The legal rights and responsibilities of host families;
(B) The qualified organization's policies and procedures regarding host families;
(C) The effects that separation and attachment issues have on children and their families;
(D) The effects of physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and substance abuse on normal human growth and development, as well as information on reporting child abuse and neglect;
(E) Behavior management techniques;
(F) Cultural competence;
(G) Prevention, recognition, and management of communicable diseases;
(H) Community health and social services available to children and their families;
(I) Training on appropriate and positive behavioral intervention techniques;
(J) Education advocacy training;
(K) The host family's responsibility to report abuse or neglect of a child under section 2151.9011 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.9010 | Host Family Not Subject to Certification or Supervision.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
A host family shall not be subject to certification or supervision by the director of job and family services under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 25, 2023 at 4:45 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.9011 | Duty to Report Actual or Threatened Harm.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
A host family shall immediately report knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect based on facts that would cause a reasonable person in a similar position to suspect, that the child who is subject to the host family agreement, has suffered or faces a threat of suffering any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the child to an employee of a qualified organization.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2151 | Juvenile Court › Section 2151.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
March 14, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 493 - 131st General Assembly
(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, whoever violates division (D)(2) or (3) of section 2151.313 or division (A)(4) or (I)(2) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(2) Whoever violates division (A)(4) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code knowing that a child has been abused or neglected and knowing that the person who committed the abuse or neglect was a cleric or another person, other than a volunteer, designated by a church, religious society, or faith acting as a leader, official, or delegate on behalf of the church, religious society, or faith, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if the person who violates division (A)(4) of this section and the person who committed the abuse or neglect belong to the same church, religious society, or faith.
(B) Whoever violates division (D)(1) of section 2151.313 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(C) Whoever violates division (A)(1) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(2) The offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if the child who is the subject of the required report that the offender fails to make suffers or faces the threat of suffering the physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition that would be the basis of the required report when the child is under the direct care or supervision of the offender who is then acting in the offender's official or professional capacity or when the child is under the direct care or supervision of another person over whom the offender while acting in the offender's official or professional capacity has supervisory control.
Last updated June 11, 2021 at 10:03 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2152 | Delinquent Children; Juvenile Traffic Offenders › Section 2152.01 | Purpose of Juvenile Dispositions.

Effective:
January 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) The overriding purposes for dispositions under this chapter are to provide for the care, protection, and mental and physical development of children subject to this chapter, protect the public interest and safety, hold the offender accountable for the offender's actions, restore the victim, and rehabilitate the offender. These purposes shall be achieved by a system of graduated sanctions and services.
(B) Dispositions under this chapter shall be reasonably calculated to achieve the overriding purposes set forth in this section, commensurate with and not demeaning to the seriousness of the delinquent child's or the juvenile traffic offender's conduct and its impact on the victim, and consistent with dispositions for similar acts committed by similar delinquent children and juvenile traffic offenders. The court shall not base the disposition on the race, ethnic background, gender, or religion of the delinquent child or juvenile traffic offender.
(C) To the extent they do not conflict with this chapter, the provisions of Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code apply to the proceedings under this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2152 | Delinquent Children; Juvenile Traffic Offenders › Section 2152.022 | Mandatory and Discretionary Transfers - Meaning of Case.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
(A) If a complaint or multiple complaints have been filed in juvenile court alleging that a child is a delinquent child for committing an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult and if the juvenile court under section 2152.10 and division (A)(1) or (B) of section 2152.12 of the Revised Code is required to transfer the "case" or is authorized to transfer the "case" and decides to do so, as used in all provisions of the Revised Code that apply with respect to the transfer, "case" means all charges that are included in the complaint or complaints containing the allegation that is the basis of the transfer under division (A)(1) or (B) of section 2152.12 of the Revised Code and for which the court found probable cause to believe that the child committed the act charged, regardless of whether the complaint or complaints are filed under the same case number or different case numbers.
(B) If a complaint or multiple complaints have been filed in juvenile court alleging that a child is a delinquent child for committing an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult, if the juvenile court, as described in division (A) of this section, is required to transfer the case or is authorized to transfer the case and decides to do so, and if the complaint or complaints containing the allegation that is the basis of the transfer under division (A)(1) or (B) of section 2152.12 of the Revised Code include one or more other counts alleging that the child committed an act that would be an offense if committed by an adult, both of the following apply:
(1) Each count included in the complaint or complaints with respect to which the court found probable cause to believe that the child committed the act charged shall be transferred and the court to which the case is transferred has jurisdiction over all of the counts so transferred as provided in division (H) of section 2151.23 of the Revised Code.
(2) Each count included in the complaint or complaints that is not transferred as described in division (B)(1) of this section shall remain within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, to be handled by that court in an appropriate manner.
Last updated February 16, 2023 at 6:08 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2152 | Delinquent Children; Juvenile Traffic Offenders › Section 2152.03 | Cases Involving Child Originate in Juvenile Court.

Effective:
January 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly
When a child is arrested under any charge, complaint, affidavit, or indictment for a felony or a misdemeanor, proceedings regarding the child initially shall be in the juvenile court in accordance with this chapter. If the child is taken before a judge of a county court, a mayor, a judge of a municipal court, or a judge of a court of common pleas other than a juvenile court, the judge of the county court, mayor, judge of the municipal court, or judge of the court of common pleas shall transfer the case to the juvenile court, and, upon the transfer, the proceedings shall be in accordance with this chapter. Upon the transfer, all further proceedings under the charge, complaint, information, or indictment shall be discontinued in the court of the judge of the county court, mayor, municipal judge, or judge of the court of common pleas other than a juvenile court subject to section 2152.12 of the Revised Code. The case relating to the child then shall be within the exclusive jurisdiction of the juvenile court, subject to section 2152.12 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2152 | Delinquent Children; Juvenile Traffic Offenders › Section 2152.04 | Confining Delinquent Child for Purposes of Preparing Social History.

Effective:
January 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly
A child who is alleged to be, or who is adjudicated, a delinquent child may be confined in a place of juvenile detention provided under section 2152.41 of the Revised Code for a period not to exceed ninety days, during which time a social history may be prepared to include court record, family history, personal history, school and attendance records, and any other pertinent studies and material that will be of assistance to the juvenile court in its disposition of the charges against that alleged or adjudicated delinquent child.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2152 | Delinquent Children; Juvenile Traffic Offenders › Section 2152.10 | Mandatory and Discretionary Transfers.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
(A) A child who is alleged to be a delinquent child is eligible for mandatory transfer and the child's case shall be transferred as provided in section 2152.12 of the Revised Code in any of the following circumstances:
(1) The child is charged with a category one offense and either of the following apply:
(a) The child was sixteen years of age or older at the time of the act charged.
(b) The child was fourteen or fifteen years of age at the time of the act charged and previously was adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act that is a category one or category two offense and was committed to the legal custody of the department of youth services upon the basis of that adjudication.
(2) The child is charged with a category two offense, other than a violation of section 2905.01 of the Revised Code, the child was sixteen years of age or older at the time of the commission of the act charged, and either or both of the following apply:
(a) The child previously was adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act that is a category one or a category two offense and was committed to the legal custody of the department of youth services on the basis of that adjudication.
(b) The child is alleged to have had a firearm on or about the child's person or under the child's control while committing the act charged and to have displayed the firearm, brandished the firearm, indicated possession of the firearm, or used the firearm to facilitate the commission of the act charged.
(3) Division (A)(2) of section 2152.12 of the Revised Code applies.
(B) Unless the child is subject to mandatory transfer, if a child is fourteen years of age or older at the time of the act charged and if the child is charged with an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult, the child is eligible for discretionary transfer, and for transfer of the child's case, to the appropriate court for criminal prosecution. In determining whether to transfer the child for criminal prosecution, the juvenile court shall follow the procedures in section 2152.12 of the Revised Code. If the court does not transfer the child and if the court adjudicates the child to be a delinquent child for the act charged, the court shall issue an order of disposition in accordance with section 2152.11 of the Revised Code.
Last updated February 13, 2023 at 4:06 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2152 | Delinquent Children; Juvenile Traffic Offenders › Section 2152.191 | Delinquent Child Subject to Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law.

Effective:
January 1, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 10 - 127th General Assembly
If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense, if the child is fourteen years of age or older at the time of committing the offense, and if the child committed the offense on or after January 1, 2002, both of the following apply:
(A) Sections 2152.82 to 2152.86 and Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code apply to the child and the adjudication.
(B) In addition to any order of disposition it makes of the child under this chapter, the court may make any determination, adjudication, or order authorized under sections 2152.82 to 2152.86 and Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code and shall make any determination, adjudication, or order required under those sections and that chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2152 | Delinquent Children; Juvenile Traffic Offenders › Section 2152.192 | Notice That Child Has Committed Sexually Oriented Offense.

Effective:
August 3, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 126th General Assembly
If a court or child welfare agency places a delinquent child in an institution or association, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, that is certified by the department of job and family services pursuant to section 5103.03 of the Revised Code and if that child has been adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that is a sexually oriented offense in either a prior delinquency adjudication or in the most recent delinquency adjudication, the court or child welfare agency shall notify the operator of the institution or association and the sheriff of the county in which the institution or association is located that the child has been adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that is a sexually oriented offense.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 10:27 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile › Chapter 2152 | Delinquent Children; Juvenile Traffic Offenders › Section 2152.201 | Imposing Costs of Investigating, Prosecuting and Responding to Acts of Terrorism.

Effective:
May 15, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 184 - 124th General Assembly
(A) In addition to any other dispositions authorized or required by this chapter, the juvenile court making disposition of a child adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a violation of section 2909.22, 2909.23, or 2909.24 of the Revised Code or a violation of section 2921.32 of the Revised Code when the offense or act committed by the person aided or to be aided as described in that section is an act of terrorism may order the child to pay to the state, municipal, or county law enforcement agencies that handled the investigation and prosecution all of the costs that the state, municipal corporation, or county reasonably incurred in the investigation and prosecution of the violation. The court shall hold a hearing to determine the amount of costs to be imposed under this section. The court may hold the hearing as part of the dispositional hearing for the child.
(B) If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a violation of section 2909.23 or 2909.24 of the Revised Code and if any political subdivision incurred any response costs as a result of, or in making any response to, the threat of the specified offense involved in the violation of section 2909.23 of the Revised Code or the actual specified offense involved in the violation of section 2909.24 of the Revised Code, in addition to any other dispositions authorized or required by this chapter, the juvenile court making disposition of the child for the violation may order the child to reimburse the involved political subdivision for the response costs it so incurred.
(C) As used in this section, "response costs" and "act of terrorism" have the same meanings as in section 2909.21 of the Revised Code.