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666.085   LOITERING TO ENGAGE IN SOLICITATION.
   (a)   No person, with purpose to solicit another to engage in sexual activity for hire and while in or near a public place, shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Beckon to, stop or attempt to stop another;
      (2)   Engage or attempt to engage another in conversation;
      (3)   Stop or attempt to stop the operator of a vehicle or approach a stationary vehicle;
      (4)   If the offender is the operator of or a passenger in a vehicle, stop, attempt to stop, beckon to, attempt to beckon to, or entice another to approach or enter the vehicle of which the offender is the operator or in which the offender is the passenger;
      (5)   Interfere with the free passage of another.
   (b)   No person, with knowledge that the person has tested positive as a carrier of a virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, shall engage in conduct in violation of division (a) of this section.
   (c)   As used in division (a) of this section:
      (1)   "Public place" means any of the following:
         A.   A street, road, highway, thoroughfare, bikeway, walkway, sidewalk, bridge, alley, alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot or transportation facility.
         B.   A doorway or entrance way to a building that fronts on a place described in division (1)A. of this definition.
         C.   A place not described in division (1)A. or (1)B. of this definition that is open to the public.
      (2)   "Vehicle" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4501.01.
   (d)   (1)   Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of loitering to engage in solicitation, a misdemeanor of the third degree.
      (2)   Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of loitering to engage in solicitation after a positive HIV test, a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(R.C. § 2907.241)
Statutory reference:
   Testing offenders for venereal disease and AIDS, see Ohio R.C. 2907.27
666.09   PROSTITUTION.
   (a)   No person shall engage in sexual activity for hire.
   (b)   No person, with knowledge that the person has tested positive as a carrier of a virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, shall engage in sexual activity for hire.
   (c)   (1)   Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of prostitution, a misdemeanor of the third degree.
      (2)   Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of engaging in prostitution after a positive HIV test, a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(R.C. § 2907.25)
Statutory reference:
   Testing offenders for venereal disease and AIDS, see Ohio R.C. 2907.27
666.10   RULES OF EVIDENCE.
   (a)   In any case in which it is necessary to prove that a place is a brothel, evidence as to the reputation of such place and as to the reputation of the persons who inhabit or frequent it is admissible on the question of whether such place is or is not a brothel.
   (b)   In any case in which it is necessary to prove that a person is a prostitute, evidence as to the reputation of such person is admissible on the question of whether such person is or is not a prostitute.
   (c)   In any prosecution for a violation of Sections 666.07 to 666.09, proof of a prior conviction of the accused of any such offense or substantially equivalent offense is admissible in support of the charge.
   (d)   The prohibition contained in Ohio R.C. 2317.02(D) against testimony by a husband or wife concerning communications between them does not apply, and the accused’s spouse may testify concerning any such communication in any of the following cases:
      (1)   When the husband or wife is charged with a violation of Section 666.07 and the spouse testifying was the prostitute involved in the offense or the person who used the offender’s premises to engage in sexual activity for hire;
      (2)   When the husband or wife is charged with a violation of Section 666.08 or Section 666.09.
(ORC 2907.26)
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