Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 2152 | Delinquent Children; Juvenile Traffic Offenders
Section 2152.55 | Evaluation Process.

Effective: September 30, 2011
Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly
(A) If a court orders a child to receive an evaluation under section 2152.53 of the Revised Code, the child and the child's parents, guardians, or custodians shall be available at the times and places established by the evaluator who conducts the evaluation. The evaluation shall be performed in the least restrictive setting available that will both facilitate an evaluation and maintain the safety of the child and community. If the child has been released on temporary or interim orders and refuses or fails to submit to the evaluation, the court may amend the conditions of the orders in whatever manner necessary to facilitate an evaluation.
(B) The court shall provide in its evaluation order that the evaluator shall have access to all relevant private and public records related to the child, including competency evaluations and reports conducted in prior delinquent child proceedings. The court may include an order for all relevant private and public records related to the child in the journal entry ordering the evaluation.
(C) Within ten business days after the court appoints an evaluator, the prosecuting attorney shall deliver to the evaluator copies of relevant police reports and other background information that pertain to the child and that are in the prosecuting attorney's possession, except for any information that the prosecuting attorney determines would, if released, interfere with the effective prosecution of any person or create a substantial risk of harm to any person.
(D) Within ten business days after the court appoints an evaluator, the child's attorney shall deliver to the evaluator copies of relevant police reports and other background information that pertain to the child and that are in the attorney's possession and that is not protected by attorney-client privilege.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile

Chapter 2152 | Delinquent Children; Juvenile Traffic Offenders

Section 2152.01 | Purpose of Juvenile Dispositions.

Section 2152.02 | Delinquent Children - Juvenile Traffic Offender Definitions.

Section 2152.021 | Complaint of Delinquency or Juvenile Traffic Offender.

Section 2152.03 | Cases Involving Child Originate in Juvenile Court.

Section 2152.04 | Confining Delinquent Child for Purposes of Preparing Social History.

Section 2152.10 | Mandatory and Discretionary Transfers.

Section 2152.11 | Dispositions for Child Adjudicated Delinquent.

Section 2152.12 | Transfer of Cases.

Section 2152.121 | Retention of Jurisdiction for Purposes of Making Disposition.

Section 2152.13 | Serious Youthful Dispositional Sentence and Serious Youthful Offender Dispositional Sentence.

Section 2152.14 | Motion to Invoke Adult Portion of Dispositional Sentence.

Section 2152.16 | Committing Delinquent Child to Youth Services Department for Secure Confinement.

Section 2152.17 | Committing Delinquent Child to Youth Services Department if Guilty of Specification.

Section 2152.18 | No Designation of Institution of Commitment.

Section 2152.19 | Disposition Orders.

Section 2152.191 | Delinquent Child Subject to Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law.

Section 2152.192 | Notice That Child Has Committed Sexually Oriented Offense.

Section 2152.20 | Authorized Dispositions for Delinquent Child or Juvenile Traffic Offender.

Section 2152.201 | Imposing Costs of Investigating, Prosecuting and Responding to Acts of Terrorism.

Section 2152.202 | Reimbursement for Costs of Positive Drug Tests.

Section 2152.21 | Dispositions for Child Adjudicated Juvenile Traffic Offender.

Section 2152.22 | Child Committed to Legal Custody of Department of Youth Services; Judicial Release.

Section 2152.26 | Places of Detention for Delinquent Child or Juvenile Traffic Offender.

Section 2152.41 | Detention Facilities.

Section 2152.42 | Superintendent and Other Employees of Facility.

Section 2152.43 | Application for Assistance to Department of Youth Services.

Section 2152.44 | Board of Trustees of District Detention Facility.

Section 2152.51 | Definitions Regarding Child Competency Proceedings.

Section 2152.52 | Determination of Competency.

Section 2152.53 | Time Periods for Determination; Hearing.

Section 2152.54 | Evaluators; Qualifications.

Section 2152.55 | Evaluation Process.

Section 2152.56 | Competency Assessment Report.

Section 2152.57 | Extension for Filing Report; Admission Into Evidence; Expenses; Objections.

Section 2152.58 | Hearing to Determine Competency.

Section 2152.59 | Procedure Upon Determination of Competency or Lack of Competency.

Section 2152.61 | Court Orders Restraining or Controlling Conduct of Parent, Guardian or Other Custodian.

Section 2152.67 | Jury Trial for Adults.

Section 2152.71 | Maintenance and Custody of Records.

Section 2152.72 | Information to Be Provided to Foster Caregivers or Prospective Adoptive Parents.

Section 2152.73 | Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency.

Section 2152.74 | DNA Specimen Collection Procedure for Adjudicated Delinquents.

Section 2152.75 | Restraining Pregnant Children.

Section 2152.81 | Deposing Child Victim.

Section 2152.811 | Taking Testimony of a Victim With a Developmental Disability.

Section 2152.82 | Juvenile Sex Offender Registration as Part of Dispositional Order.

Section 2152.83 | Juvenile Sex Offender Registration at Time of Release From Secure Facility.

Section 2152.831 | Juvenile Sex Offenders - Tier Classification Hearing.

Section 2152.84 | Hearing to Review Effectiveness of Disposition and of Any Treatment.

Section 2152.85 | Petition for Reclassification or Declassification.

Section 2152.851 | Effect of Redesignation of Offense.

Section 2152.86 | Juvenile Offender Registrants - Dispositional Orders.

Section 2152.99 | Penalty.