Ohio Revised Code Title VII. Municipal Corporations § 742.445

(A) The member shall forfeit all amounts that have accrued under section 742.443 of the Revised Code to the member's benefit under the deferred retirement option plan, and those amounts shall be treated as if the member had continued in the active service of a police or fire department and not participated in the plan.

(B) The member shall be granted service credit for the period the member was participating in the plan.