Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.44

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

Section 5120.44 - Liberal construction of chapter

Chapter 5120. of the Revised Code attempts:

(A) To provide humane and scientific treatment and care and the highest attainable degree of individual development for the dependent wards of the state;

(B) To provide for the delinquent, conditions of modern education and training that will restore the largest possible portion of them to useful citizenship;

(C) To promote the study of the causes of dependency and delinquency, and of mental, moral, and physical impairments, with a view to cure and ultimate prevention;

(D) To secure by uniform and systematic management the highest attainable degree of economy in the administration of the state institutions.

Such sections shall be liberally construed to attain such purposes.

R.C. § 5120.44

Amended by 134th General Assembly, HB 281,§1, eff. 4/6/2023.

Effective Date: 7/12/1972.