5122.44 Patients buried on department hospital grounds - definitions. - Ohio Statutes

5122.44 Patients buried on department hospital grounds - definitions.

As used in sections 5122.44 to 5122.47 of the Revised Code:

(A) “Compilation” means a written list of the following information, as the department of mental health is able to reasonably ascertain, for every patient who was buried, entombed, or inurned prior to the effective date of this section in a cemetery located on the grounds of or adjacent to the grounds of a public hospital:

(1) Name;

(2) Date of birth;

(3) Date of death or burial;

(4) Specific physical location of the burial, entombment, or inurnment, including the plot or grave site number if available.

(B) “Patient” means an individual who died while admitted to a public hospital that was under the control of the department of mental health.

(C) “Record” has the same meaning as in section 149.011 of the Revised Code.

(D) “State agency” means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government.

Effective Date: 03-31-2005