480.21 PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES FOR CHILDREN UNDER TEN.
   (a)   No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel under 18 feet in length while there is present in the vessel any person under 10 years of age, not wearing a United States Coast Guard-approved wearable personal flotation device in good and serviceable condition of appropriate size securely attached to the person under 10 years of age.
(ORC 1547.24)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 1547.99(C))