Ohio Code 5153.28 – Reporting child in need of public care
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Boards of township trustees, the superintendent of any county home, and other officers and employees of any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivisions of the state shall make a report to the public children services agency respecting any child in the county coming to their attention, who is deemed to be in need of public care.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5153.28
- Child: means any person under eighteen years of age or a person with a mental or physical disability, as defined by rule adopted by the director of job and family services, under twenty-one years of age. See Ohio Code 5153.01
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- public children services agency: means an entity specified in section 5153. See Ohio Code 5153.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
No child shall be kept or maintained in any county home, except with the approval of the public children services agency of such county.