Ohio § 2151.3527 Medical information forms

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§ 2151.3527 — Medical information forms

Ohio § 2151.3527

Title 21Courts-Probate-Juvenile

Ch. 2151Juvenile Court

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2151.3527 (2026).

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(A)The director of children and youth shall promulgate forms designed to gather pertinent medical information concerning a deserted child and the child's parents. The forms shall clearly and unambiguously state on each page that the information requested is to facilitate medical care for the child, that the forms may be fully or partially completed or left blank, that completing the forms or parts of the forms is completely voluntary, and that no adverse legal consequence will result from failure to complete any part of the forms.

(B)The director shall promulgate written materials to be made available to the parents of a child delivered pursuant to section2151.3516of the Revised Code. The materials shall describe services available to assist parents and newborns and shall include inform

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(A) The director of children and youth shall promulgate forms designed to gather pertinent medical information concerning a deserted child and the child's parents. The forms shall clearly and unambiguously state on each page that the information requested is to facilitate medical care for the child, that the forms may be fully or partially completed or left blank, that completing the forms or parts of the forms is completely voluntary, and that no adverse legal consequence will result from failure to complete any part of the forms.

(B) The director shall promulgate written materials to be made available to the parents of a child delivered pursuant to section2151.3516of the Revised Code. The materials shall describe services available to assist parents and newborns and shall include information directly relevant to situations that might cause parents to desert a child and information on the procedures for a person to follow in order to reunite with a child the person delivered under section2151.3516of the Revised Code, including notice that the person will be required to submit to a DNA test, at that person's expense, to prove that the person is the parent of the child.

(C) The director of children and youth shall distribute the medical information forms and written materials promulgated pursuant to this section to all of the following:

(1) Entities permitted to receive a deserted child as specified in section2151.3517of the Revised Code;

(2) Public children services agencies;

(3) Other public or private agencies that, in the discretion of the director, are best able to disseminate the forms and materials to the persons who are most in need of the forms and materials.

(D) If the department determines that money in the putative father registry fund created under section2101.16of the Revised Code is more than is needed for its duties related to the putative father registry, the department may use surplus moneys in the fund for costs related to the development, distribution, and publication of forms and materials promulgated pursuant to divisions (A) and (B) of this section.

(E) The department shall develop an educational plan, in collaboration with the Ohio family and children first cabinet council, for informing at-risk populations who are most likely to voluntarily deliver a child under section2151.3516of the Revised Code concerning the provisions of sections2151.3515to2151.3533of the Revised Code.

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