Ohio Revised Code Title XXIII. Courts Common Pleas § 2307.63

(1) At the time of that sexual conduct or sexual contact, the plaintiff was the spouse of the mental health professional.

(2) The mental health professional proves by a preponderance of the evidence all of the following:

(1) “Emotionally dependent” means that the emotional condition of a mental health client or patient of a mental health professional and the treatment provided by the mental health professional to the client or patient are of such a nature that the mental health professional knows or has reason to know that the client or patient is unable to withhold consent to one or more of the following:

(2) “Mental health client or patient” has the same meaning as in section 2305.51 of the Revised Code.

(3) “Mental health professional” has the same meaning as in section 2305.115 of the Revised Code.

(4) “Sexual conduct” and “sexual contact” have the same meanings as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code.

(5) “Therapeutic deception” means a representation by a mental health professional that one or more of the following is consistent with or part of the treatment for a mental health client or patient of the mental health professional: