Ohio § 5502.37 Emergency management prohibitions

Ohio Statutes

§ 5502.37 — Emergency management prohibitions

Ohio § 5502.37

Title 55Roads-Highways-Bridges

Ch. 5502Department of Public Safety

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.37 (2026).

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(A)No person shall wear or display an emergency management insignia, bear official emergency management identification, or identify himself as being affiliated with or otherwise a member of an emergency management agency established under this chapter who is not a registered member of such an agency.

(B)No person shall willfully and knowingly spread false rumors of a hazard for the purpose of instigating public panic or disorder.

(C)No person shall destroy, attempt to destroy, or tamper with any hazard warning system.

(D)No person shall willfully and knowingly send or cause to be sent an unauthorized hazard warning on any warning system or simulate any official hazard signal.

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(A) No person shall wear or display an emergency management insignia, bear official emergency management identification, or identify himself as being affiliated with or otherwise a member of an emergency management agency established under this chapter who is not a registered member of such an agency.

(B) No person shall willfully and knowingly spread false rumors of a hazard for the purpose of instigating public panic or disorder.

(C) No person shall destroy, attempt to destroy, or tamper with any hazard warning system.

(D) No person shall willfully and knowingly send or cause to be sent an unauthorized hazard warning on any warning system or simulate any official hazard signal.