20-77 Amend sections of General Off. to comply w/ state

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id) No disclOsure of information pursuant to subsection ia) or (b) hereof shall give ~ise to any liability or recrimination for a breach of privilege or confidence. (e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of,failure to report a crime. Violation of subsection ia) hereof is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Violation of subsection (b) hereof is a misdemeanor of the second degree. (ORC 29,21.22)' shall be and the same is hereby amend~d'.to' read as follows: 525.05 FAII,IUIE Ti) REP()IITA CRIME OR KNOWLEI)GE ()F DEAT[t. ia) No person, knowing that a felony has been or is being committed, shall knowingly fall co report such information to law enforcement authorities. (b) No physician, limited practitioner, nurse or person g'iving aid to a sick or injured person, shall negligently fail to report to law enforcement authorities any gunshot or stab wound treated or observed by him, or any serious physical harm to persons which l~e knows or has reasonable cause to believe resulted from an offense of violence, or any second or third degree burn which was inflicted by an explosion or other Incendiary device, or any burn which shows evidence of havhag been inflicted ha a violent, malicious or crlminal"~ manner. (c) No person ;vho discovers the body or acquires the first knowledge of the' death of any person shall fail to report such death immediately to m~y physician known by such per- son to be treating the deceased for a condition from which death at such time would not be unexpected, or to a law enforcement officer, a~nbulance service, emergency squad or the County Coroner in the county in which the body is discovered, death is believed to have occurred or knowledgelconcerning it is obtained. id) No person shall fail to provide upon request of the person to whom he has ~tiade a report require[l by subsection (c) hereof, or to any law enforcement officer who has reason- able cause to assert the authority to investigate the circumstmaccs surrounding such death, any facts within his knowledge that may have a bearing on the investigation of such death~ (e) Subsection ia) or (d) hereof does not require disclosure of information, when any of the following applies:' (1) The inforrpation is privileged by reason of the relationship between attorney and client, doctor and patient, licensed psychologist or licensed school psychologist and client, priest and penitent, or husband and wife. (2)~ Tho in.format]on would tend to incrimlnat(~ a member of the actor's immediate family. ,(3) I)isclosurt? of thc informalfion would amount to revealing a news source privileged under t)hio l{.C. 2739.0,t or 273.q. 12. i (,i) I)isclosUre of tho information wotdd amount to disclosure by an ordained clergyman of an organized religious body of confidential communication made to him in ids capacity as such by a person seeking his aid or counsel. (5) Disclosure would amount to revealing information acquired by the actor in the course of his duties in connection with a bona fide program of treatment or services for drug dependent persons or [mrsons in danger of drug depen- dence, which program is maintained or conducted by a hospital, clinic, person, agency or organization registered pursuant to Otfio R.C. 5122.51. (t) No disclosure of information pursuant to this section gives rise to any liability or recrimination for a breach of privilege or confidence. (g) Whoever violates subsection ia) or (i.~) hereof is [,milty of failure to report a crime. Violation of subsection ia) hereof is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Violation of sub' section (b) hereof is a misdemeanor of the second degree. (h) Whoever violates subsection (c) or id) hereof is I~ilty of failure to report knowl- edge of a death, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (()ITC 2921.22)