Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.44

Current with legislation from 2024 received as of August 15, 2024.

Section 5122.44 - Patients buried on department hospital grounds - definitions

As used in sections 5122.44 to 5122.47 of the Revised Code:

(A) "Compilation" means a written list of the following information, as the department of mental health and addiction services is able to reasonably ascertain, for every patient who was buried, entombed, or inurned prior to March 31, 2005, in a cemetery located on the grounds of or adjacent to the grounds of a public hospital:

(1) Name;

(2) Date of birth;

(3) Date of death or burial;

(4) Specific physical location of the burial, entombment, or inurnment, including the plot or grave site number if available.

(B) "Patient" means an individual who died while admitted to a public hospital that was under the control of the department of mental health and addiction services.

(C) "Record" has the same meaning as in section 149.011 of the Revised Code.

(D) "State agency" means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government.

R.C. § 5122.44

Amended by 130th General Assembly, HB 59,§101.01, eff. 9/29/2013.

Effective Date: 03-31-2005 .