Ohio § 5139.54 Medical release or discharge

Ohio Statutes

§ 5139.54 — Medical release or discharge

Ohio § 5139.54

Title 51Public Welfare

Ch. 5139Youth Services

This text of Ohio § 5139.54 (Medical release or discharge) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Ohio primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5139.54 (2026).

Text

(A)Notwithstanding any other provision for determining when a child shall be released or discharged from the legal custody of the department of youth services, including jurisdictional provisions in section2152.22of the Revised Code, the release authority, for medical reasons, may release a child upon supervised release or discharge the child from the custody of the department when any of the following applies:

(1)The child is terminally ill or otherwise in imminent danger of death.

(2)The child is incapacitated due to injury, disease, illness, or other medical condition and is no longer a threat to public safety.

(3)The child appears to be a person with a mental illness subject to court order, as defined in section5122.01of the Revised Code, or a person with an intellectual disabil

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision for determining when a child shall be released or discharged from the legal custody of the department of youth services, including jurisdictional provisions in section2152.22of the Revised Code, the release authority, for medical reasons, may release a child upon supervised release or discharge the child from the custody of the department when any of the following applies:

(1) The child is terminally ill or otherwise in imminent danger of death.

(2) The child is incapacitated due to injury, disease, illness, or other medical condition and is no longer a threat to public safety.

(3) The child appears to be a person with a mental illness subject to court order, as defined in section5122.01of the Revised Code, or a person with an intellectual disability subject to institutionalization by court order, as defined in section5123.01of the Revised Code.

(B) When considering whether to release or discharge a child under this section for medical reasons, the release authority may request additional medical information about the child or may ask the department to conduct additional medical examinations.

(C) The release authority shall determine the appropriate level of supervised release for a child released under this section. The terms and conditions of the release may require periodic medical reevaluations as appropriate. Upon granting a release or discharge under this section, the release authority shall give notice of the release and its terms and conditions or of the discharge to the court that committed the child to the custody of the department.

(D) The release authority shall submit annually to the director of youth services a report that includes all of the following information for the previous calendar year:

(1) The number of children the release authority considered for medical release or discharge;

(2) The nature of the injury, disease, illness, or other medical condition of each child considered for medical release or discharge;

(3) The decision made by the release authority for each child, including the reasons for denying medical release or discharge or for granting it;

(4) The number of children on medical release who were returned to a secure facility or whose supervised release was revoked.

Last updated March 10, 2023 at 1:04 PM