Ohio § 2317.54

§ 2317.54.

No hospital, home health agency, ambulatory surgical facility, or provider of a hospice

care program, pediatric respite care program, or pediatric transition care program

shall be held liable for a physician's failure to obtain an informed consent from

the physician's patient prior to a surgical or medical procedure or course of procedures,

unless the physician is an employee of the hospital, home health agency, ambulatory

surgical facility, or provider of a hospice care program, pediatric respite care program,

or pediatric transition care program. Written consent to a surgical or medical procedure or course of procedures shall,

to the extent that it fulfills all the requirements in divisions (A), (B), and (C)

of this section, be presumed to be valid and effective, in the absence of proof by

a preponderance of the evidence that the person who sought such consent was not acting

in good faith, or that the execution of the consent was induced by fraudulent misrepresentation

of material facts, or that the person executing the consent was not able to communicate

effectively in spoken and written English or any other language in which the consent

is written.  Except as herein provided, no evidence shall be admissible to impeach, modify, or

limit the authorization for performance of the procedure or procedures set forth in

such written consent. (A) The consent sets forth in general terms the nature and purpose of the procedure or

procedures, and what the procedures are expected to accomplish, together with the

reasonably known risks, and, except in emergency situations, sets forth the names

of the physicians who shall perform the intended surgical procedures. (B) The person making the consent acknowledges that such disclosure of information has

been made and that all questions asked about the procedure or procedures have been

answered in a satisfactory manner. (C) The consent is signed by the patient for whom the procedure is to be performed, or,

if the patient for any reason including, but not limited to, competence, minority,

or the fact that, at the latest time that the consent is needed, the patient is under

the influence of alcohol, hallucinogens, or drugs, lacks legal capacity to consent,

by a person who has legal authority to consent on behalf of such patient in such circumstances,

including either of the following: (1) The parent, whether the parent is an adult or a minor, of the parent's minor child; (2) An adult whom the parent of the minor child has given written authorization to consent

to a surgical or medical procedure or course of procedures for the parent's minor

child. Any use of a consent form that fulfills the requirements stated in divisions (A),

(B), and (C) of this section has no effect on the common law rights and liabilities,

including the right of a physician to obtain the oral or implied consent of a patient

to a medical procedure, that may exist as between physicians and patients on July

28, 1975. As used in this section the term “hospital” has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code ;  “ambulatory surgical facility” has the same meaning as in section 3702.30 of the Revised Code ;  “hospice care program,” “pediatric respite care program,” and “pediatric transition

care program” have the same meanings as in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code , and “home health agency” has the same meaning as in section 3740.01 of the Revised Code .  The provisions of this division apply to hospitals, doctors of medicine, doctors

of osteopathic medicine, and doctors of podiatric medicine.