Ohio Code 3129.02 – Physician prohibitions
(A) A physician shall not knowingly do any of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3129.02
- Cross-sex hormone: means testosterone, estrogen, or progesterone given to a minor individual in an amount greater than would normally be produced endogenously in a healthy individual of the minor individual's age and sex. See Ohio Code 3129.01
- Gender reassignment surgery: means any surgery performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with gender transition that seeks to surgically alter or remove healthy physical or anatomical characteristics or features that are typical for the individual's biological sex, in order to instill or create physiological or anatomical characteristics that resemble a sex different from the individual's birth sex, including genital or non-genital gender reassignment surgery. See Ohio Code 3129.01
- Gender transition: means the process in which an individual goes from identifying with and living as a gender that corresponds to his or her biological sex to identifying with and living as a gender different from his or her biological sex, including social, legal, or physical changes. See Ohio Code 3129.01
- Minor individual: means an individual under eighteen years of age. See Ohio Code 3129.01
- Physician: means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731 of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. See Ohio Code 3129.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) Perform gender reassignment surgery on a minor individual;
(2) Prescribe a cross-sex hormone or puberty-blocking drug for a minor individual for the purpose of assisting the minor individual with gender transition;
(3) Engage in conduct that aids or abets in the practices described in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, provided that this section may not be construed to impose liability on any speech protected by federal or state law.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A)(2) of this section, a physician may continue to prescribe a cross-sex hormone or puberty-blocking drug to a minor individual if the minor individual has been a continuous Ohio resident since the effective date of this section and the physician has done both of the following:
(1) Initiated a course of treatment for the minor individual prior to the effective date of this section that includes the prescription of a cross-sex hormone or puberty-blocking drug prohibited by division (A)(2) of this section;
(2) Determined and documented in the minor individual’s medical record that terminating the minor individual’s prescription for the cross-sex hormone or puberty-blocking drug would cause harm to the minor individual.
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