Ohio Rev. Code § 5122.17

Current with legislation from 2024 received as of March 20, 2024.
Section 5122.17 - Temporary detention

Pending removal to a hospital, a person taken into custody or ordered to be hospitalized pursuant to this chapter may be detained for not more than forty-eight hours in a licensed rest or nursing home, a licensed or unlicensed hospital, a community mental health services provider, or a county home, but the person shall not be detained in a nonmedical facility used for detention of persons charged with or convicted of penal offenses unless the court finds that a less restrictive alternative cannot be made available.

R.C. §5122.17

Amended by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59,§101.01, eff. 9/29/2013.
Effective Date: 07-01-1989 .