{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2903.16","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.16","heading":"Failing to provide for a functionally impaired person.","body":"(A) No caretaker shall knowingly fail to provide a person with a functional impairment under the caretaker's care with any treatment, care, goods, or service that is necessary to maintain the health or safety of the person with a functional impairment when this failure results in physical harm or serious physical harm to the person with a functional impairment.\n(B) No caretaker shall recklessly fail to provide a person with a functional impairment under the caretaker's care with any treatment, care, goods, or service that is necessary to maintain the health or safety of the person with a functional impairment when this failure results in serious physical harm to the person with a functional impairment.\n(C)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of knowingly failing to provide for a person with a functional impairment, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the person with a functional impairment under the offender's care suffers serious physical harm as a result of the violation of this section, a violation of division (A) of this section is a felony of the fourth degree.\n(2) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of recklessly failing to provide for a person with a functional impairment, a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the person with a functional impairment under the offender's care suffers serious physical harm as a result of the violation of this section, a violation of division (B) of this section is a felony of the fourth degree.","path":["Title 29 Crimes-Procedure","Chapter 2903 Homicide and Assault"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2903.16","current_through":"2023-04-06 (House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:31Z","sha256":"40eae4f09e31ed066bbb82c1213b30e8f38034da3cd4b487827fae583664f7cf","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2903.15","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2903.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}