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As Passed by the House
123rd General Assembly
Regular Session
1999-2000 | Sub. H. B. No. 202 |
REPRESENTATIVES WINKLER-ALLEN-BRADING-FORD-HAINES-
MOTTLEY-O'BRIEN-PADGETT-PRINGLE-SULZER-TERWILLEGER-
TIBERI-VANVYVEN-YOUNG-FERDERBER-CALLENDER-DePIERO-
PERRY-CLANCY-HARRIS-BARNES-PERZ-MYERS-BARRETT-EVANS-
THOMAS-AUSTRIA-SCHULER-OPFER-SALERNO-ROMAN
A BILL
To amend sections 2913.42, 2925.01,
and 2951.041 and to enact section 2925.24 of the Revised Code to
prohibit substituting, adulterating, or altering any dangerous drug or
any
package or receptacle containing dangerous drugs,
to prohibit in certain circumstances treatment in lieu of conviction
for a person charged with violating the new prohibition,
and to
increase the penalty for tampering with records when it
involves records required to be kept under the drug laws.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 2913.42,
2925.01, and 2951.041 be amended and section 2925.24 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as
follows:
Sec. 2913.42. (A) No person, knowing the person has no WITHOUT
privilege
to do so, and with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person is
facilitating a fraud, shall do any of the following:
(1) Falsify, destroy, remove, conceal, alter, deface, or
mutilate any writing, computer software, data,
or record;
(2) Utter any writing or record, knowing it to have been
tampered with as provided in division (A)(1) of this section.
(B)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with records.
(2) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this
section, if the offense does not involve data or computer
software, tampering with records is
whichever of the following is applicable:
(a) If division (B)(2)(b) OR (c) of this section does not
apply, a misdemeanor of
the first degree;
(b) If the OFFENSE INVOLVES A writing or record THAT is a will
unrevoked at the
time of the offense
OR THAT IS A RECORD REQUIRED TO BE KEPT
BY CHAPTER 3719. OR 4729. OF
THE REVISED CODE, a felony of the fifth degree.
(3) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this
section, if the offense involves a violation of division (A) of
this section involving data or computer software, tampering with
records is whichever of the following is
applicable:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(3)(b), (c), or (d) of this
section, a misdemeanor of the first degree;
(b) If THE DATA INVOLVES RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE KEPT BY
CHAPTER 3719. OR 4729. OF THE
REVISED CODE AND DIVISION
(B)(3)(c)
OR (d) OF THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY OR
IF the value of the data or computer software involved in the
offense
or the loss to the victim is five hundred dollars or more and is less than
five thousand dollars, a felony of the fifth degree;
(c) If the value of the data or computer software involved in the
offense or the loss to the
victim is five thousand dollars or more and is less than one hundred thousand
dollars, a felony of the fourth degree;
(d) If the value of the data or computer software involved in the
offense or
the loss to the victim is one hundred thousand dollars or more or if the
offense is committed for the purpose of
devising or executing a scheme to defraud or to obtain property
or services and the value of the property or services or the loss
to the victim is five thousand dollars or more, a felony
of the third degree.
(4) If the writing, data, computer software, or
record is kept by or belongs to a local, state, or federal governmental
entity, a felony of the third degree.
Sec. 2925.01. As used in this chapter:
(A) "Administer," "controlled substance," "dispense,"
"distribute," "hypodermic,"
"manufacturer," "official written order," "person,"
"pharmacist," "pharmacy," "sale,"
"schedule I," "schedule II," "schedule III," "schedule IV,"
"schedule V," and "wholesaler" have the same meanings as in
section 3719.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Drug dependent person" and "drug of abuse" have the
same meanings as in section 3719.011 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Drug," "dangerous drug," "licensed health professional authorized to
prescribe
drugs," and "prescription" have the same meanings as in section
4729.01 of the Revised Code.
(D) "Bulk amount" of a controlled substance means any of
the following:
(1) For any compound, mixture, preparation, or substance
included in schedule I, schedule II, or schedule III,
with the exception of marihuana, cocaine, L.S.D., heroin, and hashish and
except as provided in division (D)(2) or (5) of this
section, whichever of the following is applicable:
(a) An amount equal to or exceeding ten grams or
twenty-five unit doses of a compound, mixture, preparation, or
substance that is or contains any amount of a schedule I opiate
or opium derivative;
(b) An amount equal to or exceeding ten grams
of a
compound, mixture, preparation, or substance that is or contains
any amount of raw or gum opium;
(c) An amount equal to or exceeding thirty
grams or ten
unit doses of a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance that
is or contains any amount of a schedule I hallucinogen other than
tetrahydrocannabinol or
lysergic acid
amide, or a schedule I stimulant or
depressant;
(d) An amount equal to or exceeding twenty
grams or five
times the maximum daily dose in the usual dose range specified in
a standard pharmaceutical reference manual of a compound,
mixture, preparation, or substance that is or contains any amount
of a schedule II opiate or opium derivative;
(e) An amount equal to or exceeding five grams or ten unit
doses of a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance that is
or contains any amount of phencyclidine;
(f) An amount equal to or exceeding one hundred twenty
grams or thirty times the maximum daily dose in the usual dose
range specified in a standard pharmaceutical reference manual of
a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance that is or
contains any amount of a schedule II stimulant that is in a final
dosage form manufactured by a person authorized by the "Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21
U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, and the federal drug abuse control
laws, as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code, that is or contains
any amount of a schedule II depressant
substance or a schedule II hallucinogenic substance;
(g) An amount equal to or exceeding three
grams of a
compound, mixture, preparation, or substance that is or contains
any amount of a schedule II stimulant, or any of its salts or
isomers, that is not in a final dosage form manufactured by a
person authorized by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and
the federal drug abuse control laws.
(2) An amount equal to or exceeding one
hundred twenty
grams or thirty times the maximum daily dose in the usual dose
range specified
in a standard pharmaceutical reference manual of a compound,
mixture,
preparation, or substance that is or contains any amount of a
schedule
III or IV substance other than an anabolic
steroid or a schedule III opiate or opium derivative;
(3) An amount equal to or exceeding twenty grams or five times the maximum
daily dose in the usual dose range specified in a standard pharmaceutical
reference manual of a compound, mixture,
preparation, or substance that is
or contains any amount of a schedule III opiate or opium derivative;
(4) An amount equal to or exceeding two hundred fifty
milliliters or two hundred fifty grams of a compound, mixture,
preparation, or substance that is or contains any amount of a
schedule V substance;
(5) An amount equal to or exceeding two
hundred solid
dosage units, sixteen grams, or sixteen milliliters of a
compound, mixture, preparation, or substance that is or contains
any amount of a schedule III anabolic steroid.
(E) "Unit dose" means an amount or unit of a compound,
mixture, or preparation containing a controlled substance that is
separately identifiable and in a form that
indicates that it is the amount or unit by which
the controlled substance is separately administered to or taken by an
individual.
(F) "Cultivate" includes planting, watering, fertilizing,
or tilling.
(G) "Drug abuse offense" means any of the following:
(1) A violation of division (A) of section 2913.02 that
constitutes theft of drugs, A VIOLATION OF SECTION 2913.42 OF THE
REVISED CODE THAT INVOLVES ANY RECORD REQUIRED TO BE KEPT BY
CHAPTER 3719. OR 4729. OF THE REVISED
CODE,
or a violation of section 2925.02,
2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, 2925.11, 2925.12, 2925.13,
2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.24, 2925.31,
2925.32, 2925.36, or 2925.37 of the Revised Code;
(2) A violation of an existing or former law of this or
any other state or of the United States that is substantially
equivalent to any section listed in division (G)(1) of this
section;
(3) An offense under an existing or former law of this or
any other state, or of the United States, of which planting,
cultivating, harvesting, processing, making, manufacturing,
producing, shipping, transporting, delivering, acquiring,
possessing, storing, distributing, dispensing, selling, inducing
another to use, administering to another, using, or otherwise
dealing with a controlled substance is an element;
(4) A conspiracy to commit, attempt to commit, or complicity in
committing or attempting to commit any offense under division
(G)(1), (2), or (3) of this section.
(H) "Felony drug abuse offense" means any drug abuse
offense that would constitute a felony under the laws of this
state, any other state, or the United States.
(I) "Harmful intoxicant" does not include beer or
intoxicating liquor but means any compound, mixture,
preparation, or substance the gas, fumes, or vapor of which when
inhaled can induce intoxication, excitement, giddiness,
irrational behavior, depression, stupefaction, paralysis,
unconsciousness, asphyxiation, or other harmful physiological
effects, and includes, but is not limited to, any of the
following:
(1) Any volatile organic solvent, plastic cement, model
cement, fingernail polish remover, lacquer thinner, cleaning
fluid, gasoline, or other preparation containing a volatile
organic solvent;
(2) Any aerosol propellant;
(3) Any fluorocarbon refrigerant;
(4) Any anesthetic gas.
(J) "Manufacture" means to plant, cultivate, harvest,
process, make, prepare, or otherwise engage in any part of the
production of a drug, by propagation, extraction, chemical
synthesis, or compounding, or any combination of the same, and
includes packaging, repackaging, labeling, and other activities
incident to production.
(K) "Possess" or "possession" means having control over a
thing or substance, but may not be inferred solely from mere
access to the thing or substance through ownership or occupation
of the premises upon which the thing or substance is found.
(L) "Sample drug" means a drug or pharmaceutical
preparation that would be hazardous to health or safety if used
without the supervision of a licensed health
professional authorized to prescribe drugs, or a drug of abuse,
and that, at one time, had been placed in a container plainly
marked as a sample by a manufacturer.
(M) "Standard pharmaceutical reference manual" means the
current edition, with cumulative changes if any, of any of the
following reference works:
(1) "The National Formulary";
(2) "The United States Pharmacopeia," prepared by
authority of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.;
(3) Other standard references that are approved by the
state board of pharmacy.
(N) "Juvenile" means a person under eighteen years of age.
(O) "Counterfeit controlled substance" means any of the
following:
(1) Any drug that bears, or whose container or label
bears, a trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark used
without authorization of the owner of rights to that trademark,
trade name, or identifying mark;
(2) Any unmarked or unlabeled substance that is
represented to be a controlled substance manufactured, processed,
packed, or distributed by a person other than the person that
manufactured, processed, packed, or distributed it;
(3) Any substance that is represented to be a controlled
substance but is not a controlled substance or is a different
controlled substance;
(4) Any substance other than a controlled substance that a
reasonable person would believe to be a controlled substance
because of its similarity in shape, size, and color, or its
markings, labeling, packaging, distribution, or the price for
which it is sold or offered for sale.
(P) An offense is "committed in the vicinity of a school" if the
offender commits the offense on school premises, in a school building, or
within one thousand feet of the boundaries of any school premises.
(Q) "School" means any school operated by a board of
education or any school for which the state board of education
prescribes minimum standards under section 3301.07 of the Revised
Code, whether or not any instruction, extracurricular activities,
or training provided by the school is being conducted at the time
a criminal offense is committed.
(R) "School premises" means either of the following:
(1) The parcel of real property on which any school is
situated, whether or not any instruction, extracurricular
activities, or training provided by the school is being conducted
on the premises at the time a criminal offense is committed;
(2) Any other parcel of real property that is owned or
leased by a board of education of a school or the governing body
of a school for which the state board of education prescribes
minimum standards under section 3301.07 of the Revised Code and
on which some of the instruction, extracurricular activities, or
training of the school is conducted, whether or not any
instruction, extracurricular activities, or training provided by
the school is being conducted on the parcel of real property at
the time a criminal offense is committed.
(S) "School building" means any building in which any of
the instruction, extracurricular activities, or training provided
by a school is conducted, whether or not any instruction,
extracurricular activities, or training provided by the school is
being conducted in the school building at the time a criminal
offense is committed.
(T) "Disciplinary counsel" means the disciplinary counsel
appointed by the board of commissioners on grievances and
discipline of the supreme court under the Rules for the
Government of the Bar of Ohio.
(U) "Certified grievance committee" means a duly
constituted and organized committee of the Ohio state bar
association or of one or more local bar associations of the state
of Ohio that complies with the criteria set forth in Rule V,
section 6 of the Rules for the Government of the Bar of Ohio.
(V) "Professional license" means any license, permit,
certificate, registration, qualification, admission, temporary
license, temporary permit, temporary certificate, or temporary
registration that is described in divisions (W)(1) to (35) of
this section and that qualifies a person as a professionally
licensed person.
(W) "Professionally licensed person" means any of the
following:
(1) A person who has obtained a license as a manufacturer
of controlled substances or a wholesaler of controlled substances
under Chapter 3719. of the Revised Code;
(2) A person who has received a certificate or temporary
certificate as a certified public accountant or who has
registered as a public accountant under Chapter 4701. of the
Revised Code and who holds an Ohio permit issued under that
chapter;
(3) A person who holds a certificate of qualification to
practice architecture issued or renewed and registered under
Chapter 4703. of the Revised Code;
(4) A person who is registered as a landscape architect
under Chapter 4703. of the Revised Code or who holds a permit as
a landscape architect issued under that chapter;
(5) A person licensed as an auctioneer or apprentice
auctioneer or licensed to operate an auction company under
Chapter 4707. of the Revised Code;
(6) A person who has been issued a certificate of
registration as a registered barber under Chapter 4709. of the
Revised Code;
(7) A person licensed and regulated to engage in the
business of a debt pooling company by a legislative authority,
under authority of Chapter 4710. of the Revised Code;
(8) A person who has been issued a cosmetologist's
license, manicurist's license, esthetician's license, managing
cosmetologist's license, managing manicurist's license, managing
esthetician's license, cosmetology instructor's license,
manicurist instructor's license, esthetician instructor's
license, or tanning facility permit under Chapter 4713. of the
Revised Code;
(9) A person who has been issued a license to practice
dentistry, a general anesthesia permit, a conscious intravenous
sedation permit, a limited resident's license, a limited teaching
license, a dental hygienist's license, or a dental hygienist's
teacher's certificate under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code;
(10) A person who has been issued an embalmer's license, a
funeral director's license, a funeral home license, or a crematory license, or
who has been registered for an embalmer's or funeral director's apprenticeship
under Chapter 4717. of the Revised Code;
(11) A person who has been licensed as a registered nurse
or practical nurse, or who has been issued a certificate for the
practice of nurse-midwifery under Chapter 4723. of the Revised
Code;
(12) A person who has been licensed to practice optometry
or to engage in optical dispensing under Chapter 4725. of the
Revised Code;
(13) A person licensed to act as a pawnbroker under
Chapter 4727. of the Revised Code;
(14) A person licensed to act as a precious metals dealer
under Chapter 4728. of the Revised Code;
(15) A person licensed as a pharmacist, a pharmacy
intern, a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs, or a terminal
distributor of dangerous drugs under Chapter 4729. of the Revised
Code;
(16) A person who is authorized to practice as a physician assistant under
Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code;
(17) A person who has been issued a certificate to
practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery,
a limited branch of medicine, or podiatry under
Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code;
(18) A person licensed as a psychologist or school
psychologist under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code;
(19) A person registered to practice the profession of
engineering or surveying under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code;
(20) A person who has been issued a license to
practice chiropractic under Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code;
(21) A person licensed to act as a real estate broker,
real estate salesperson, limited real estate broker, or limited real
estate salesperson under Chapter 4735. of the Revised Code;
(22) A person registered as a registered sanitarian under
Chapter 4736. of the Revised Code;
(23) A person licensed to operate or maintain a junkyard
under Chapter 4737. of the Revised Code;
(24) A person who has been issued a motor vehicle salvage
dealer's license under Chapter 4738. of the Revised Code;
(25) A person who has been licensed to act as a steam
engineer under Chapter 4739. of the Revised Code;
(26) A person who has been issued a license or temporary
permit to practice veterinary medicine or any of its branches, or
who is registered as a graduate animal technician under Chapter
4741. of the Revised Code;
(27) A person who has been issued a hearing aid dealer's
or fitter's license or trainee permit under Chapter 4747. of the
Revised Code;
(28) A person who has been issued a class A, class B, or
class C license or who has been registered as an investigator or
security guard employee under Chapter 4749. of the Revised Code;
(29) A person licensed and registered to practice as a
nursing home administrator under Chapter 4751. of the Revised
Code;
(30) A person licensed to practice as a speech-language
pathologist
or audiologist under Chapter 4753. of the Revised Code;
(31) A person issued a license as an occupational
therapist or physical therapist under Chapter 4755. of the
Revised Code;
(32) A person who is licensed as a professional clinical counselor or
professional counselor, licensed as a social worker or independent social
worker, or registered as a social work
assistant under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code;
(33) A person issued a license to practice dietetics under
Chapter 4759. of the Revised Code;
(34) A person who has been issued a license or
limited permit to practice respiratory therapy under Chapter 4761. of
the
Revised Code;
(35) A person who has been issued a real estate appraiser
certificate under Chapter 4763. of the Revised Code.
(X) "Cocaine" means any of the following:
(1) A cocaine salt, isomer, or derivative, a salt of a
cocaine isomer or derivative, or the base form of cocaine;
(2) Coca leaves or a salt, compound, derivative, or
preparation of coca leaves, including ecgonine, a salt, isomer,
or derivative of ecgonine, or a salt of an isomer or derivative
of ecgonine;
(3) A salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of a
substance identified in division
(X)(1) or (2) of this section
that is chemically equivalent to or identical with any of those
substances, except that the substances shall not include
decocainized coca leaves or extraction of coca leaves if the
extractions do not contain cocaine or ecgonine.
(Y) "L.S.D." means
lysergic acid diethylamide.
(Z) "Hashish" means the resin or a preparation of the resin
contained in marihuana, whether in solid form or in a liquid concentrate,
liquid extract, or liquid distillate form.
(AA) "Marihuana" has the same meaning as in section
3719.01 of the Revised Code,
except that it does not include hashish.
(BB) An offense is "committed in the vicinity of a
juvenile" if
the offender commits the offense within one hundred feet of a juvenile or
within the view of a juvenile, regardless of whether the
offender knows the age of the juvenile, whether the offender knows the offense
is being committed within one hundred feet of or within view of the juvenile,
or whether the juvenile actually views the commission of the offense.
(CC) "Presumption for a prison term" or "presumption that a
prison term shall be imposed" means a presumption, as described in division
(D) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code, that a prison term is a necessary
sanction for a felony in order to comply with the purposes and principles of
sentencing under section 2929.11 of the Revised Code.
(DD) "Major drug offender" has the same meaning as in section
2929.01 of the Revised Code.
(EE) "Minor drug possession offense" means either of the
following:
(1) A violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code as
it existed prior to July 1, 1996;
(2) A violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code as it exists on and
after July 1, 1996, that is a misdemeanor or a felony of the fifth
degree.
(FF) "Mandatory prison term" has the same meaning as
in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
(GG) "Crack cocaine" means a compound, mixture, preparation, or
substance that is or contains any amount of cocaine that is analytically
identified as the base form of cocaine or that is in a form that resembles
rocks or pebbles generally intended for individual use.
(HH) "ADULTERATE" MEANS TO CAUSE A DRUG TO BE ADULTERATED AS
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3715.63 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 2925.24. (A) NO PERSON SHALL KNOWINGLY ADULTERATE
OR ALTER ANY DANGEROUS DRUG OR SUBSTITUTE ANY DANGEROUS DRUG WITH ANOTHER
SUBSTANCE.
(B) NO PERSON SHALL KNOWINGLY ADULTERATE OR ALTER ANY
PACKAGE OR RECEPTACLE CONTAINING ANY DANGEROUS DRUG OR SUBSTITUTE ANY PACKAGE
OR RECEPTACLE CONTAINING ANY DANGEROUS DRUG WITH
ANOTHER PACKAGE OR RECEPTACLE.
(C) DIVISIONS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SECTION
DO NOT APPLY TO
MANUFACTURERS, PRACTITIONERS, PHARMACISTS, OWNERS OF
PHARMACIES, NURSES, AND OTHER PERSONS, WHEN THE CONDUCT OF THE
MANUFACTURER, PRACTITIONER, PHARMACIST, OWNER OF A PHARMACY, NURSE, OR
OTHER PERSON IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTERS 3719., 4715., 4723.,
4729.,
4731., AND 4741. OF THE REVISED CODE.
(D) IT IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO A CHARGE UNDER THIS SECTION
ALLEGING THAT A PERSON CHANGED OR ALTERED A DANGEROUS DRUG THAT THE
DANGEROUS DRUG THE PERSON ALLEGEDLY CHANGED OR ALTERED WAS
LAWFULLY PRESCRIBED FOR THE PERSON'S PERSONAL USE AND THAT THE
PERSON DID NOT SELL OR TRANSFER OR INTEND TO SELL OR TRANSFER THE
DANGEROUS DRUG TO ANOTHER PERSON.
(E) WHOEVER VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF TAMPERING WITH
DRUGS, A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE. IF THE VIOLATION RESULTS IN PHYSICAL
HARM TO ANY PERSON, TAMPERING WITH DRUGS IS A FELONY
OF THE SECOND DEGREE.
Sec. 2951.041. (A) If the court has reason to believe
that an offender charged with a felony or misdemeanor is a drug
dependent person or is in danger of becoming a drug dependent
person, the court shall accept, prior to the entry of a plea,
that offender's request for treatment in lieu of conviction. If
the offender requests treatment in lieu of conviction, the court
shall stay all criminal proceedings pending the outcome of the
hearing to determine whether the offender is a person eligible
for treatment in lieu of conviction. At the conclusion of the
hearing, the court shall enter its findings and accept the
offender's plea.
(B)(1) An offender who requests treatment in lieu of conviction
under division (A) of this section is eligible for that treatment if the court
finds that:
(1)(a) The offender's drug dependence or danger of drug
dependence was a factor leading to the criminal activity with
which the offender is charged, and rehabilitation through treatment
would substantially reduce the likelihood of additional criminal
activity.
(2)(b) The offender has been accepted into a program licensed
by the department
of alcohol and drug addiction services pursuant to section 3793.11 of the
Revised
Code, a program certified by the department pursuant to section
3793.06 of the Revised Code, a public or private hospital, the
veterans administration or other agency of the federal
government, private care or treatment rendered by a physician
or a psychologist licensed in the state, or other appropriate drug
treatment facility or program.
(3)(c) If the offender is convicted of a misdemeanor, the
offender would be
eligible for probation under section 2951.02 of the Revised
Code, except that a finding of any of the criteria listed in
division (D) of that section shall cause the offender to be
conclusively ineligible for treatment in lieu of conviction.
If the offender is convicted of a felony, the offender would be eligible
for a community control sanction.
(4)(d) The offender is not a repeat offender or dangerous
offender, as defined in section 2935.36 of the
Revised Code;
(5)(e) The offender is not charged with a violation of
section 2925.02,
2925.03, 2925.04, or 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a minor drug
possession offense, as defined in
section 2925.01 of the Revised Code;
(f) IF THE OFFENDER IS CHARGED WITH A VIOLATION OF SECTION
2925.24 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE ALLEGED VIOLATION DID
NOT RESULT
IN PHYSICAL HARM TO ANY PERSON, AND THE OFFENDER PREVIOUSLY HAS NOT BEEN
TREATED FOR DRUG ABUSE.
(2) Upon a finding of that nature UNDER DIVISION
(B)(1) OF THIS SECTION THAT THE OFFENDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR TREATMENT IN
LIEU OF CONVICTION and if the offender enters a
plea of
guilty or no contest, the court may stay all criminal proceedings
and order the offender to a period of rehabilitation. If a plea
of not guilty is entered, a trial shall precede further
consideration of the offender's request for treatment in lieu of
conviction.
(C) The offender and the prosecuting attorney shall be
afforded the opportunity to present evidence to establish
eligibility or ineligibility for treatment in lieu of conviction,
and the prosecuting attorney may make a recommendation to the
court concerning whether the offender should receive treatment in
lieu of conviction. Upon the request of the offender and to aid
the offender in establishing the offender's eligibility for
treatment in lieu of conviction, the court may refer the offender for medical
and psychiatric examination to the department of mental health,
to a state facility designated by the department, to a
psychiatric clinic approved by the department, or to a facility
or program described in division (B)(2) of this section.
However, the psychiatric portion of an examination pursuant to a
referral under this division shall be performed only by a
court-appointed individual who has not previously treated the
offender or a member of the offender's immediate family.
(D) An offender found to be eligible for treatment in lieu
of conviction and ordered to a period of rehabilitation shall be
placed under the control and supervision of the county probation
department or the adult parole authority as provided in this
chapter as if the offender were on probation or as if the
offender were under a community control sanction. The court shall order a
period of rehabilitation to continue for any period that the
judge or magistrate determines. The period of rehabilitation may
be extended, but the total period shall not exceed three years. The period of
rehabilitation shall be conditioned upon the
offender's voluntary entrance into an appropriate drug treatment
facility or program, faithful submission to prescribed treatment,
and any other conditions that the court orders.
(E) Treatment of a person ordered to a period of
rehabilitation under this section may include hospitalization
under close supervision or otherwise, release on an outpatient
status under supervision, and other treatment or after-care
that the appropriate drug treatment facility or program considers
necessary or desirable to rehabilitate that person. Persons
released from hospitalization or treatment but still subject to
the ordered period of rehabilitation may be rehospitalized or
returned to treatment at any time it becomes necessary for their
treatment and rehabilitation.
(F) If the appropriate drug treatment facility or program
reports to the probation officer that the offender has
successfully completed treatment and is rehabilitated, the court
may dismiss the charges pending against the offender. If the
facility or program reports to the probation officer that the
offender has successfully completed treatment and is
rehabilitated or has obtained maximum benefits from treatment
and that the offender has completed the period of rehabilitation
and other conditions ordered by the court, the court shall
dismiss the charges pending against the offender. If the
facility or program reports to the probation officer that the
offender has failed treatment, has failed to submit to or follow
the prescribed treatment, or has become a discipline problem, if
the offender does not satisfactorily complete the period of
rehabilitation or the other conditions ordered by the court, or
if the offender violates the conditions of the period of
rehabilitation, the offender shall be arrested as provided in
section 2951.08 of the Revised Code and removed from the facility
or program, and the court immediately shall hold a hearing to
determine if the offender failed treatment, failed to submit to
or follow the prescribed treatment, did not satisfactorily
complete the period of rehabilitation or any other condition
ordered by the court, or violated any condition of the period of
rehabilitation. If the court so determines, it immediately shall
enter an adjudication of guilt and shall impose upon the offender
a term of imprisonment.
At any time and for any appropriate reason, the offender,
the offender's probation officer, the authority or department that
has the
duty to control and supervise the offender as provided for in
section 2951.05 of the Revised Code, or the facility or program
may petition the court to reconsider, suspend, or modify its
order for treatment concerning that offender.
(G) The appropriate drug treatment facility or program
shall report to the authority or department that has the duty to
control and supervise the offender as provided for in section
2951.05 of the Revised Code at any periodic reporting period the
court requires and whenever the offender is changed from an
inpatient to an outpatient, is transferred to another treatment
facility or program, fails treatment, fails to submit to or
follow the prescribed treatment, becomes a discipline problem,
does not satisfactorily complete the period of rehabilitation or
other conditions ordered by the court, has violated the
conditions of the period of rehabilitation, is rehabilitated, or
obtains the maximum benefit of treatment.
(H) If, on the motion of an offender ordered to a period
of rehabilitation under this section, the court finds that the
offender has successfully completed the period of rehabilitation
ordered by the court, is rehabilitated, is no longer drug
dependent or in danger of becoming drug dependent, and has
completed all other conditions, the court shall dismiss the
proceeding against the offender. Successful completion of a period of
rehabilitation under this section shall be without adjudication
of guilt and is not a criminal conviction for purposes of
disqualifications or disabilities imposed by law and upon
conviction of a crime, and the court may order the sealing of
records in the manner provided in sections 2953.31 to 2953.36 of
the Revised Code.
(I) Any person ordered to treatment by the terms of this
section shall be liable for expenses incurred during the course
of treatment, and, if the offender is treated in a benevolent
institution under the jurisdiction of the department of mental health, the
offender is subject to Chapter 5121. of the Revised Code.
(J) An offender who is charged with a drug abuse offense,
other
than a minor misdemeanor offense involving marihuana, and who otherwise
is eligible for treatment in lieu of conviction may request and may
be ordered to a period of rehabilitation even though the findings
required by divisions (B)(1)(a) and (2)(b) of this
section are not
made. An order to rehabilitation under this division shall be
subject to the conditions that the court requires but
shall not be conditioned upon entry into an appropriate drug treatment
facility or program.
(K) As used in this section, "community control sanction"
has the
same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
Section 2. That existing sections 2913.42, 2925.01,
and 2951.041 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Section 2925.01 of the Revised Code is presented in this act
as a composite of the section as amended by both
Sub. H.B. 606 and Sub. S.B. 200 of the 122nd General Assembly, with the new
language of
neither of the acts shown in capital letters. This is in
recognition of the principle stated in division (B) of section
1.52 of the Revised Code that such amendments are to be
harmonized where not substantively irreconcilable and constitutes
a legislative finding that such is the resulting version in
effect prior to the effective date of this act.
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