Ohio § 2929.17

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§ 2929.17.

Except as provided in this section, the court imposing a sentence for a felony upon

an offender who is not required to serve a mandatory prison term may impose any nonresidential

sanction or combination of nonresidential sanctions authorized under this section.  If the court imposes one or more nonresidential sanctions authorized under this

section, the court shall impose as a condition of the sanction that, during the period

of the nonresidential sanction, the offender shall abide by the law and shall not

leave the state without the permission of the court or the offender's probation officer. The court imposing a sentence for a fourth degree felony OVI offense under division

(G)(1) or (2) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code or for a third degree felony

OVI offense under division (G)(2) of that section may impose upon the offender, in

addition to the mandatory term of local incarceration or mandatory prison term imposed

under the applicable division, a nonresidential sanction or combination of nonresidential

sanctions under this section, and the offender shall serve or satisfy the sanction

or combination of sanctions after the offender has served the mandatory term of local

incarceration or mandatory prison term required for the offense.  The court shall not impose a term in a drug treatment program as described in division

(D) of this section until after considering an assessment by a properly credentialed

treatment professional, if available.  Nonresidential sanctions include, but are not limited to, the following: (A) A term of day reporting; (B) A term of house arrest with electronic monitoring or continuous alcohol monitoring

or both electronic monitoring and continuous alcohol monitoring, a term of electronic

monitoring or continuous alcohol monitoring without house arrest, or a term of house

arrest without electronic monitoring or continuous alcohol monitoring; (C) A term of community service of up to five hundred hours pursuant to division (B) of section 2951.02 of the Revised Code or, if the court determines that the offender is financially incapable of fulfilling

a financial sanction described in section 2929.18 of the Revised Code , a term of community service as an alternative to a financial sanction; (D) A term in a drug treatment program with a level of security for the offender as determined

by the court; (E) A term of intensive probation supervision; (F) A term of basic probation supervision; (G) A term of monitored time; (H) A term of drug and alcohol use monitoring, including random drug testing; (I) A curfew term; (J) A requirement that the offender obtain employment; (K) A requirement that the offender obtain education or training; (L) Provided the court obtains the prior approval of the victim, a requirement that the

offender participate in victim-offender mediation; (M) A license violation report; (N) If the offense is a violation of section 2919.25 or a violation of section 2903.11 , 2903.12 , or 2903.13 of the Revised Code involving a person who was a family or household member at the time of the violation,

if the offender committed the offense in the vicinity of one or more children who

are not victims of the offense, and if the offender or the victim of the offense is

a parent, guardian, custodian, or person in loco parentis of one or more of those

children, a requirement that the offender obtain counseling.  This division does not limit the court in requiring the offender to obtain counseling

for any offense or in any circumstance not specified in this division. (O) If the offense is a violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code and the offender was under twenty-one years of age at the time of committing the

offense, a requirement that the offender participate in a sex offender treatment program

certified by the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 2950.16 of the Revised Code .

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