Ohio § 5101.26

Full text of Ohio Ohio Revised Code § 5101.26, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 5101.26.

As used in this section and in sections 5101.27 to 5101.30 of the Revised Code : (A) “Community control sanction” has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code . (B) “ County agency ” means a county department of job and family services or a public children services

agency. (C) “ Fugitive felon ” means an individual who is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement

after conviction, under the laws of the place from which the individual is fleeing,

for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime that is a felony under the laws of the

place from which the individual is fleeing or, in the case of New Jersey, a high misdemeanor,

regardless of whether the individual has departed from the individual's usual place

of residence. (D) “ Information ” means records as defined in section 149.011 of the Revised Code , any other documents in any format, and data derived from records and documents that

are generated, acquired, or maintained by the department of job and family services,

the department of children and youth, a county agency, or an entity performing duties

on behalf of the department or a county agency. (E) “Law enforcement agency” has the same meaning as in section 109.573 of the Revised Code . (F) “Post-release control sanction” has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code . (G) “ Public assistance ” means financial assistance or social services that are provided under a program

administered by the department of job and family services, department of children

and youth, or a county agency pursuant to Chapter 329., 5101., 5104., 5107., or 5108.

of the Revised Code or an executive order issued under section 107.17 of the Revised Code .  “ Public assistance ” does not mean medical assistance provided under a medical assistance program, as

defined in section 5160.01 of the Revised Code . (H) “ Public assistance recipient ” means an applicant for or recipient or former recipient of public assistance. (I) “Publicly funded child care” has the same meaning as in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code . (J) “ Tuberculosis control unit ” means the county tuberculosis control unit designated by a board of county commissioners

under section 339.72 of the Revised Code or the district tuberculosis control unit designated pursuant to an agreement entered

into by two or more boards of community commissioners under that section.

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