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(a) No person, by any means and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly solicit, coax, entice or lure any child under fourteen years of age to enter into any vehicle, as defined in Ohio R. C. 4501,01, whether or not the offender knows the age of the child, if both of the following apply:
(1) The actor does not have the express or implied permission of the parent, guardian or other legal custodian of the child in undertaking the activity;
(2) The actor is not a law enforcement officer, medic, firefighter or other person who regularly provides emergency services, and is not an employee or agent of, or a volunteer acting under the direction of any Board of Education, or the actor is any of such persons, but, at the time the actor undertakes the activity, he is not acting within the scope of his lawful duties in that capacity.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under subsection (a) hereof that the actor undertook the activity in response to a bona fide emergency situation or that the actor undertook the activity in a reasonable belief that it was necessary to preserve the health, safety or welfare of the child.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of criminal child enticement, a misdemeanor of the first degree if the offender has not previously been convicted of an offense under this section or Ohio R.C. 2905.05.
(ORC 2905.05)
(a) No person shall do either of the following:
(1) Aid, abet, induce, cause, encourage or contribute to a child or a ward of the juvenile court becoming an unruly child as defined in Ohio R.C. 2151.022, or a delinquent child as defined in Ohio R.C. 2151.02.
(2) Act in a way tending to cause a child or a ward of the juvenile court to become an unruly child as defined in Ohio R.C. 2151.022, or a delinquent child as defined in Ohio R.C. 2151.02.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a child, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each day of violation of this section is a separate offense.
(b) Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of intimidation. A violation of intimidation under subsection (a) is an offense of the next higher degree than the offense the commission of which is a necessary element of intimidation. In case of an offense that is a misdemeanor of the first degree, whoever violates this section may be prosecuted under Ohio R.C. 2927.12.
(Ord. 1-16. Passed 6-20-2016.)
(a) As used in this section and Section 537.03:
(1) “Caretaker” means a person who assumes the duty to provide for the care and protection of a functionally impaired person on a voluntary basis, by contract, through receipt of payment for care and protection, as a result of a family relationship or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. “Caretaker” does not include a person who owns, operates or administers, or who is an agent or employee of, a care facility, as defined in Ohio R.C. 2903.33.
(2) “Functionally impaired person” means any person who has a physical or mental impairment that prevents him or her from providing for his or her own care or protection, or whose infirmities caused by aging prevent him or her from providing for his or her own care or protection.
(ORC 2903.10)
(b) No caretaker shall knowingly fail to provide a functionally impaired person under his or her care with any treatment, care, goods or service that is necessary to maintain the health or safety of the functionally impaired person when such failure results in physical harm or serious physical harm to the functionally impaired person.
(c) No caretaker shall recklessly fail to provide a functionally impaired person under his or her care with any treatment, care, goods or service that is necessary to maintain the health or safety of the functionally impaired person when such failure results in serious physical harm to the functionally impaired person.
(d) Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof is guilty of knowingly failing to provide for a functionally impaired person, a misdemeanor of the first degree, provided the offender has not previously been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section, or a violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.11, 2903.13 or 2903.16, and if the victim of the previous offense was a functionally impaired person under the offender's care.
(e) Whoever violates subsection (c) hereof is guilty of recklessly failing to provide for a functionally impaired person, a misdemeanor of the second degree, provided the offender has not previously been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section, or a violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.11, 2903.13 or 2903.16, and if the victim of the previous offense was a functionally impaired person under the offender's care.
(ORC 2903.16)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 501.99 for penalties applicable to any misdemeanor classification.)