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2017 Ohio Revised Code
Title [51] LI PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 5119 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES
Section 5119.92 - Criteria for involuntary treatment.
Universal Citation: Ohio Rev Code § 5119.92 (2017)
No person shall be ordered to undergo treatment under sections 5119.90 to 5119.98 of the Revised Code unless all of the following apply to that person:
(A) The person suffers from alcohol and other drug abuse.
(B) The person presents an imminent danger or imminent threat of danger to self, family, or others as a result of alcohol and other drug abuse, or there exists a substantial likelihood of such a threat in the near future.
(C) The person can reasonably benefit from treatment.
Renumbered from § 3793.33 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013.
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.65, SB 117, §1, eff. 3/22/2012.
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