(A) No person described in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code and no other person employed by an entity described in that section shall do the following with respect to a parent who voluntarily delivers a child under that section:
(1) Coerce or otherwise try to force the parent into revealing the identity of the child's parents;
(2) Pursue or follow the parent after the parent leaves the place at which the child was delivered;
(3) Coerce or otherwise try to force the parent not to desert the child;
(4) Coerce or otherwise try to force the parent to complete all or any part of the medical information forms made available under division (A)(3) of section 2151.3518 of the Revised Code;
(5) Coerce or otherwise try to force the parent to accept the materials made available under division (A)(4) of section 2151.3518 of the Revised Code.
(B) Divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply with respect to a person who delivers or attempts to deliver a child who has suffered any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the child.
Renumbered from § 2151.3527 by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 332, §1, eff. 4/6/2017.
Effective Date: 06-26-2003; 2008 SB304 03-24-2009
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