You could be discharged or held up to 3 days. The time a hospital can keep you is sometimes called a 3-day hold or 72-hour hold. During those 3 court days: You could decide to be admitted as a voluntary patient. The hospital could discharge you.
The rights and duties set out in the Act apply only to a “public office or person responsible for public records,” which includes governmental subdivisions, private entities that are the “substantial equivalent” of public institutions, and other “persons responsible for public records.” The act does not apply to ...
Ohio Senate Bill 61, signed into law in 2022, prevents HOAs from restricting homeowners' ability to go solar. The bill makes solar more accessible for homeowners living in HOAs that want to go solar.
The bill, which is effective on April 9, 2025, enacted Ohio Revised Code (RC) 121.221, which allows some public bodies to hold meetings by video conference or similar electronic technology.
Ohio's Sunshine Laws give all citizens the right to broad access to government records and meetings. To support this right, the Auditor of State (AOS) offers public records training and processes public records requests.
The FCRA contains a seven-year lookback provision that prohibits CRAs from reporting certain information that is seven or more years old. CRAs are not allowed to report arrests not resulting in convictions, liens, collections, civil judgments, or bankruptcies that are at least seven years old.
Ohio law does not generally require that private employers provide their employees copies of their own personnel file unless there is an employment contract, employee handbook or collective bargaining agreement that says otherwise.
A public office may refuse disclosure of the requested records if one or more of the following statutory exemptions applies: Medical records. Probation or parole records. Adoption files and records related to adoption proceedings.
Ohio Revised Code 149.43 is known as the Ohio Public Records Act or the "Sunshine Laws." ORC 149.43 requires that public meetings be open to the public, that public records be open and available to the public and that public records be maintained in such a manner that they will be available to the public upon request.