Ohio Code § 2133.10

Ohio Code § 2133.10. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 2133.10.

(A) An attending physician who, or a health care facility in which a qualified patient

or other patient is confined that, is not willing or is not able to comply or allow

compliance with a declaration of a qualified patient, with a consent given in accordance

with section 2133.08 or 2133.09 of the Revised Code , with any probate court order issued pursuant to section 2133.05 , 2133.08 , or 2133.09 of the Revised Code , or with any other applicable provision of sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code shall not prevent or attempt to prevent, or unreasonably delay or attempt to unreasonably

delay, the transfer of the qualified patient or other patient to the care of a physician

who, or a health care facility that, is willing and able to so comply or allow compliance. (B) If a declaration provides for the use or continuation of life-sustaining treatment

should its declarant subsequently be in a terminal condition or in a permanently unconscious

state, if a consent decision of a priority individual or class of individuals under section 2133.08 of the Revised Code is to use or continue life-sustaining treatment in connection with a patient described

in that section, or if a probate court issues a reevaluation order pursuant to section 2133.05 or 2133.08 of the Revised Code that is intended to result in the use or continuation of life-sustaining treatment

in connection with a qualified patient or other patient, then the attending physician

of the qualified patient or other patient who, or health care facility in which the

qualified patient or other patient is confined that, is not willing or is not able

to comply or allow compliance with the declaration, consent decision, or reevaluation

order shall use or continue the life-sustaining treatment or cause it to be used or

continued until a transfer as described in division (A) of this section is made.

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2133.10
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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