Ohio Statutes
§ 5122.18 — Notice of hospitalization
Ohio § 5122.18
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Bluebook
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.18 (2026).
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Whenever a person has been involuntarily detained at or admitted to a hospital, community mental health services provider, or other facility at the request of anyone other than the person's legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin under this chapter, the chief clinical officer of the hospital, services provider, or other facility in which the person is temporarily detained under section5122.17of the Revised Code shall immediately notify the person's legal guardian, spouse or next of kin, and counsel, if these persons can be ascertained through exercise of reasonable diligence. If a person voluntarily remains at or is admitted to a hospital, services provider, or other facility, such notification shall not be given without the person's consent. The chief clinical officer of the ho
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Legislative History
Effective: September 29, 2013 | Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Nearby Sections
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§ 5122.011
Application of chapter§ 5122.02
Application for voluntary admission§ 5122.03
Release of voluntary patients§ 5122.05
Involuntary admission§ 5122.09
Release before hearing§ 5122.10
Emergency hospitalization§ 5122.111
Affidavit of mental illness§ 5122.12
Hearing notice§ 5122.13
Investigation§ 5122.14
Pre-hearing medical examination§ 5122.141
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Ohio § 5122.18, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/oh/5122.18.