Ohio Code § 2133.26
Ohio Code § 2133.26. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2133.26.
(A)(1) No physician shall purposely prevent or attempt to prevent, or delay or unreasonably
attempt to delay, the transfer of a patient in violation of division (B) of section 2133.23 of the Revised Code . (2) No person shall purposely conceal, cancel, deface, or obliterate the DNR identification
of another person without the consent of the other person. (3) No person shall purposely falsify or forge a revocation of a declaration that is
the basis of the DNR identification of another person or purposely falsify or forge
an order of a physician that purports to supersede a do-not-resuscitate order issued
for another person. (4) No person shall purposely falsify or forge the DNR identification of another person
with the intent to cause the use, withholding, or withdrawal of CPR for the other
person. (5) No person who has personal knowledge that another person has revoked a declaration
that is the basis of the other person's DNR identification or personal knowledge that
a physician has issued an order that supersedes a do-not-resuscitate order that the
physician issued for another person shall purposely conceal or withhold that personal
knowledge with the intent to cause the use, withholding, or withdrawal of CPR for
the other person. (B)(1) Whoever violates division (A)(1) or (5) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
of the third degree. (2) Whoever violates division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
of the first degree.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2133.26
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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