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2012 Ohio Revised Code
Title [51] LI PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 5122 - HOSPITALIZATION OF MENTALLY ILL
Section 5122.17 - Temporary detention.


Ohio Rev Code § 5122.17 (2012) What's This?

Pending his removal to a hospital, a person taken into custody or ordered to be hospitalized pursuant to this chapter may be detained for not more than forty-eight hours in a licensed rest or nursing home, a licensed or unlicensed hospital, a community mental health agency, or a county home, but he shall not be detained in a nonmedical facility used for detention of persons charged with or convicted of penal offenses unless the court finds that a less restrictive alternative cannot be made available.

Effective Date: 07-01-1989

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