(A) A residential infant care center may provide residential care for up to ninety consecutive days to an infant placed by any of the following with legal custody of the infant:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 5103.609

  • Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.

(1) A parent, guardian, or legal custodian;

(2) A public children services agency;

(3) A private child placing agency.

(B) As used in this section, “legal custody” has the same meaning as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code.

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