2006 Ohio Revised Code - 9.84. Witness has right of counsel; participation in hearing limited.

§ 9.84. Witness has right of counsel; participation in hearing limited.
 

Any person appearing as a witness before any public official, department, board, bureau, commission, agency, or representative thereof, in any administrative or executive proceeding or investigation, public or private, if he so requests, shall be permitted to be accompanied, represented, and advised by an attorney, whose participation in the hearing shall be limited to the protection of the rights of the witness, and who may not examine or cross-examine witnesses, and the witness shall be advised of his right to counsel before he is interrogated. This section shall not apply to proceedings before a grand jury. 
 

HISTORY: 129 v 1052. Eff 8-11-61.