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2019 Ohio Revised Code
Title [23] XXIII COURTS - COMMON PLEAS
Chapter 2305 - JURISDICTION; LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
Section 2305.44 - Duty of medical practitioner.
Universal Citation: Ohio Rev Code § 2305.44 (2019)
(A) A medical practitioner or a trained paramedic, in discharging his duty to a disabled person whom he has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device or identification card and examine them for emergency information.
(B) A cause of action against a medical practitioner or a trained paramedic does not arise from his making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an identification card.
Effective Date: 09-30-1976 .
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