Ohio Code § 2151.99

Ohio Code § 2151.99. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 2151.99.

(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, whoever violates

division (D)(2) or (3) of section 2151.313 or division (A)(4) or (I)(2) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (2) Whoever violates division (A)(4) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code knowing that a child has been abused or neglected and knowing that the person who

committed the abuse or neglect was a cleric or another person, other than a volunteer,

designated by a church, religious society, or faith acting as a leader, official,

or delegate on behalf of the church, religious society, or faith, is guilty of a misdemeanor

of the first degree if the person who violates division (A)(4) of this section and

the person who committed the abuse or neglect belong to the same church, religious

society, or faith. (B) Whoever violates division (D)(1) of section 2151.313 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (C) Whoever violates division (A)(1) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the offender is

guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (2) The offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if the child who is the

subject of the required report that the offender fails to make suffers or faces the

threat of suffering the physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition

that would be the basis of the required report when the child is under the direct

care or supervision of the offender who is then acting in the offender's official

or professional capacity or when the child is under the direct care or supervision

of another person over whom the offender while acting in the offender's official or

professional capacity has supervisory control.

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

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2151.99
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
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