Ohio Code 2903.10 – Functionally impaired person, caretaker defined
As used in sections 2903.13 and 2903.16 of the Revised Code:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2903.10
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) “Person with a functional impairment” means any person who has a physical or mental impairment that prevents the person from providing for the person’s own care or protection or whose infirmities caused by aging prevent the person from providing for the person’s own care or protection.
(B) “Caretaker” means a person who assumes the duty to provide for the care and protection of a person with a functional impairment on a voluntary basis, by contract, through receipt of payment for care and protection, as a result of a family relationship, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. “Caretaker” does not include a person who owns, operates, or administers, or who is an agent or employee of, a care facility, as defined in section 2903.33 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:14 AM