Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2135 - Declaration For Mental Health Treatment

• Section 2135.01 - Declaration For Mental Health Treatment Definitions.
  As used in sections 2135.01 to 2135.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adult" means a person who is eighteen years of age or older....
• Section 2135.02 - Declaration Governing Use Or Continuation, Or The Withholding Or Withdrawal, Of Mental Health Treatment.
  (A) An adult who has the capacity to consent to mental health treatment decisions voluntarily may execute at any time a declaration governing the...
• Section 2135.03 - Validity And Effect - Revocation.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in this division and subject to division (C) of this section, a declaration for mental health treatment remains valid...
• Section 2135.04 - When Declaration Becomes Operative.
  (A) A declaration becomes operative when both of the following apply: (1) The declaration is communicated to a mental health treatment provider of the...
• Section 2135.05 - Designation Of Proxy To Make Mental Health Decisions.
  (A) A declaration may designate an adult to act as a proxy to make decisions about the mental health treatment of the declarant and...
• Section 2135.06 - Execution Of Declaration.
  (A) A declaration for mental health treatment is valid only if it is signed by the declarant, states the date of its execution, and...
• Section 2135.07 - Treatment Provider Unwilling To Comply With Declaration.
  (A) If a mental health treatment provider of a declarant or a health care facility providing services to a declarant is unwilling at any...
• Section 2135.08 - Liability And Duty Of Proxy.
  (A) The proxy under a declaration is not, as a result of acting in that capacity, personally liable for the cost of treatment provided...
• Section 2135.09 - Revoking Declaration.
  (A) A declarant may revoke a declaration at any time the declarant has the capacity to consent to mental health treatment decisions. Any revocation...
• Section 2135.10 - Liability Of Mental Health Treatment Provider.
  A mental health treatment provider of a declarant, a health care facility providing services to a declarant, or other authorized persons acting under the...
• Section 2135.11 - No Requirement To Execute Declaration.
  No person shall require an individual to execute or to refrain from executing a declaration as a criterion for insurance, as a condition for...
• Section 2135.12 - Declaration Does Note Supersede Other Advanced Health Directives.
  (A) A declaration executed in accordance with this chapter shall not supersede a valid declaration governing the use or continuation, or the withholding or...
• Section 2135.13 - Application Opposing Decisions.
  (A) A person who opposes any decision arising under this chapter may make an application opposing the decision to the probate division of the...
• Section 2135.14 - Printed Form Of Declaration.
  A printed form of a declaration may be sold or otherwise distributed in this state for use by adults who are not advised by...

Last modified: October 10, 2016