Ohio Code § 3707.20
Ohio Code § 3707.20. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 3707.20.
No person, who has a contagious or infectious disease, or who has been exposed to
a contagious or infectious disease, may be sent or admitted to a prison; jail; workhouse;
infirmary; children's home; state hospital or institution for persons who are blind,
persons with mental illnesses, or persons with intellectual disabilities; school
for the blind or deaf; or other state or county benevolent institution without first
making known the facts concerning the illness or exposure to the superintendent or
other person in charge thereof. When a dangerous, contagious, or infectious disease is in a jail or prison and a
prisoner in the jail or prison exposed to the disease is sentenced to a state correctional
institution, the prisoner shall be confined and isolated in the jail or prison or
other proper place, upon the order of the proper court, for any time that is necessary
to establish the fact that the prisoner has not contracted the disease.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 3707.20
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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