2903.10 Functionally impaired person, caretaker defined. - Ohio Statutes

2903.10 Functionally impaired person, caretaker defined.

As used in sections 2903.13 and 2903.16 of the Revised Code:

(A) “Functionally impaired person” means any person who has a physical or mental impairment that prevents him from providing for his own care or protection or whose infirmities caused by aging prevent him from providing for his own care or protection.

(B) “Caretaker” means a person who assumes the duty to provide for the care and protection of a functionally impaired person 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.

Effective Date: 03-17-1989