Ohio § 5101.65 Investigations

Ohio Statutes

§ 5101.65 — Investigations

Ohio § 5101.65

Title 51Public Welfare

Ch. 5101Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.65 (2026).

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The county department of job and family services or its designee shall be responsible for the investigation of all reports provided for in section173.20or5101.63and all cases referred to it under section5126.31of the Revised Code and for evaluating the need for and, to the extent of available funds, providing or arranging for the provision of protective services.

Investigation of the report provided for in section5101.63or a case referred to the department under section5126.31of the Revised Code shall be initiated within twenty-four hours after the department receives the report or case if any emergency exists; otherwise investigation shall be initiated within three working days.

Investigation of the need for protective services shall include a face-to-face visit with the adult who is th

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The county department of job and family services or its designee shall be responsible for the investigation of all reports provided for in section173.20or5101.63and all cases referred to it under section5126.31of the Revised Code and for evaluating the need for and, to the extent of available funds, providing or arranging for the provision of protective services.

Investigation of the report provided for in section5101.63or a case referred to the department under section5126.31of the Revised Code shall be initiated within twenty-four hours after the department receives the report or case if any emergency exists; otherwise investigation shall be initiated within three working days.

Investigation of the need for protective services shall include a face-to-face visit with the adult who is the subject of the report, preferably in the adult's residence, and consultation with the person who made the report, if feasible, and agencies or persons who have information about the adult's alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

The department shall give written notice of the intent of the investigation and an explanation of the notice in language reasonably understandable to the adult who is the subject of the investigation, at the time of the initial interview with that person.

Upon completion of the investigation, the department shall determine from its findings whether or not the adult who is the subject of the report is in need of protective services. No adult shall be determined to be abused, neglected, or in need of protective services for the sole reason that, in lieu of medical treatment, the adult relies on or is being furnished spiritual treatment through prayer alone in accordance with the tenets and practices of a church or religious denomination of which the adult is a member or adherent. The department shall write a report which confirms or denies the need for protective services and states why it reached this conclusion.