As used in this section and sections 3707.71 to 3707.77 of the Revised Code:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3707.70

  • Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

(A) “Board of health” means a board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code.

(B) “Fetal death” means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after such expulsion or extraction does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles.

(C) “Infant” means a child who is less than one year of age.