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Section 5139.35 - Prior consent of committing court required for placement in less restrictive setting.

Ohio Rev Code § 5139.35 (2019) (N/A)
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(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section and division (C)(2) of section 5139.06 of the Revised Code, the department of youth services shall not place a child committed to it pursuant to section 2152.16 or divisions (A) and (B) of section 2152.17 of the Revised Code who has not been institutionalized or institutionalized in a secure facility for the prescribed minimum period of institutionalization in an institution with a less restrictive setting than that in which the child was originally placed, other than an institution under the management and control of the department, without first obtaining the prior consent of the committing court.

(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the department of youth services shall notify the committing court, in writing, of any placement of a child committed to it pursuant to division (A)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 2152.16 or divisions (A) and (B) of section 2152.17 of the Revised Code who has been institutionalized or institutionalized in a secure facility for the prescribed minimum period of institutionalization under those divisions in an institution with a less restrictive setting than that in which the child was originally placed, other than an institution under the management and control of the department, at least fifteen days before the scheduled date of placement.

(C) If, pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 5139.06 of the Revised Code, the department of youth services transfers a child committed to it pursuant to division (A)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 2152.16 or divisions (A) and (B) of section 2152.17 of the Revised Code to a correctional medical center established by the department of rehabilitation and correction, the department of youth services shall send the committing court a certified copy of the transfer order.

Effective Date: 01-01-2002.

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Section 5139.35 - Prior consent of committing court required for placement in less restrictive setting.