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Section 2305.44 | Duty of medical practitioner.

Ohio Revised Code
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Title 23 Courts-Common Pleas
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Chapter 2305 Jurisdiction; Limitation Of Actions
 
Effective:
September 30, 1976
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1217 - 111th General Assembly
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(A) A medical practitioner or a trained paramedic, in discharging his duty to a disabled person whom he has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device or identification card and examine them for emergency information.

(B) A cause of action against a medical practitioner or a trained paramedic does not arise from his making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an identification card.

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