Ohio Code § 2135.07

§ 2135.07.

(A) If a mental health treatment provider of a declarant or a health care facility providing

services to a declarant is unwilling at any time to comply with the declarant's declaration,

the mental health treatment provider or health care facility promptly shall notify

the declarant and any proxy and document the notification in the declarant's medical

record.  The mental health treatment provider or health care facility that is unwilling to

comply with the declarant's declaration shall not prevent or attempt to prevent, or

unreasonably delay or attempt to unreasonably delay, the transfer of the declarant

to the care of a mental health treatment provider or a health care facility that is

willing and able to comply or allow compliance with the declarant's declaration. (B) The mental health treatment provider of a declarant or a health care facility providing

services to a declarant may subject the declarant to treatment in a manner contrary

to the declarant's expressed wishes only if either of the following applies: (1) The declarant has been committed as a patient under Chapter 2945. or 5122. of the

Revised Code, and, if the court knows of the declaration, the committing court acknowledges

the existence of the declaration and specifically orders treatment in a manner contrary

to the declaration. (2) An emergency situation endangers the life or health of the declarant or others.