Whenever a person has been involuntarily detained at or admitted to a hospital, community mental health services provider, or other facility at the request of anyone other than the person’s legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin under this chapter, the chief clinical officer of the hospital, services provider, or other facility in which the person is temporarily detained under section 5122.17 of the Revised Code shall immediately notify the person’s legal guardian, spouse or next of kin, and counsel, if these persons can be ascertained through exercise of reasonable diligence. If a person voluntarily remains at or is admitted to a hospital, services provider, or other facility, such notification shall not be given without the person’s consent. The chief clinical officer of the hospital, services provider, or other facility shall inform a person voluntarily remaining at or admitted to a hospital, services provider, or other facility that the person may authorize such notification.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 5122.18

  • Chief clinical officer: means the medical director of a hospital, community mental health services provider, or board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, or, if there is no medical director, the licensed physician responsible for the treatment provided by a hospital or community mental health services provider. See Ohio Code 5122.01
  • 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.
  • Hospital: means a hospital or inpatient unit licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119. See Ohio Code 5122.01
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59

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