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OH SB58
Bill
Status
9/17/2010
Primary Sponsor
Louis Blessing
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AI Summary
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Creates new crime of "unlawful collection of a bodily substance" prohibiting knowing collection of blood, urine, tissue, or other bodily substance without privilege or consent, with exceptions for law enforcement and peace officer-directed chemical testing; first offense is misdemeanor of first degree, second offense is felony of fifth degree.
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Permits emergency medical technician-intermediate and emergency medical technician-paramedic to withdraw blood for OVI testing under watercraft law (section 1547.11), vehicle law (section 4511.19), and commercial motor vehicle law (section 4506.17), and extends immunity from civil and criminal liability to these personnel and their employers.
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Corrects erroneous cross-references in domestic violence penalty provisions relating to crimes against pregnant women by changing references from "division (A)(6)" to "division (D)(6)" in sections 2919.25 and 2929.13.
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Transfers responsibility for administering biological evidence preservation training from the division of criminal justice services to the office of the attorney general.
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Adds representative from division of criminal justice services of the department of public safety to the preservation of biological evidence task force established within the bureau of criminal identification and investigation.
Legislative Description
To prohibit a person from collecting any bodily substance of another person without privilege or consent to do so, to correct erroneous cross-references in provisions enacted in Am. Sub. H.B. 280 of the 127th General Assembly regarding increased penalties for domestic violence committed against a pregnant woman, to permit emergency medical technicians-intermediate and emergency medical technicians-paramedic to withdraw blood for the purposes of the watercraft or vehicle OVI law or the commercial motor vehicle law, to require the office of the attorney general to administer and conduct preservation of biological evidence training, and to add a representative from the Division of Criminal Justice Services to the Biological Evidence Task Force.
Bodily substances-prohibit collecting unless privileged to do so
Last Action
Effective Date
9/17/2010