Ohio § 2951.05

§ 2951.05.

(A)(1) A county department of probation, a multicounty department of probation, or the adult

parole authority that has general control and supervision of offenders who are required

to submit to random drug testing under division (A)(1)(a) of section 2929.25 of the Revised Code or who are subject to a nonresidential sanction that includes random drug testing

under section 2929.17 or 2929.27 of the Revised Code , may cause each offender to submit to random drug testing performed by a laboratory

or entity that has entered into a contract with any of the governmental entities or

officers authorized to enter into a contract with that laboratory or entity under section 341.26 , 753.33 , or 5120.63 of the Revised Code . (2) If no laboratory or entity described in division (A)(1) of this section has entered

into a contract as specified in that division, the county department of probation,

the multicounty department of probation, or the adult parole authority, as appropriate,

that has general control and supervision of offenders shall cause the offender to

submit to random drug testing performed by a reputable public laboratory to determine

whether the individual who is the subject of the drug test ingested or was injected

with a drug of abuse. (3) A laboratory or entity that has entered into a contract as specified in division

(A)(1) of this section shall perform the random drug testing in accordance with the

applicable standards that are included in the terms of that contract.  A public laboratory shall perform the random drug tests in accordance with the standards

set forth in the policies and procedures established by the department of rehabilitation

and correction pursuant to section 5120.63 of the Revised Code .  An offender who is subject to a nonresidential sanction that includes random drug

testing under section 2929.17 or 2929.27 of the Revised Code shall pay the fee for the drug test if the test results indicate that the offender

ingested or was injected with a drug of abuse and if the county department of probation,

the multicounty department of probation, or the adult parole authority that has general

control and supervision of the offender requires payment of a fee.  A laboratory or entity that performs the random drug testing on an offender shall

transmit the results of the drug test to the appropriate county probation department,

multicounty probation department, or adult parole authority that has general control

and supervision of the offender. (B) As used in this section: (1) “ Multicounty department of probation ” means a probation department established under section 2301.27 of the Revised Code to serve more than one county. (2) “Random drug testing” has the same meaning as in section 5120.63 of the Revised Code .