Ohio Revised Code|Section 109.36 | Defense of officers and employees definitions.

                                                
As used in this section and sections 109.361 to  109.366 of the Revised Code: 
(A)(1) "Officer or employee" means any of the following:
(a) A person who, at the time a cause of action against the  person arises, is serving in an elected or appointed office or  position with the state or is employed by the state.
(b) A person that, at the time a cause of action against the  person, partnership, or corporation arises, is rendering medical,  nursing, dental, podiatric, optometric, physical therapeutic,  psychiatric, or psychological services pursuant to a personal  services contract or purchased service contract with a department,  agency, or institution of the state.
(c) A person that, at the time a cause of action against the  person, partnership, or corporation arises, is rendering peer  review, utilization review, or drug utilization review services in  relation to medical, nursing, dental, podiatric, optometric,  physical therapeutic, psychiatric, or psychological services  pursuant to a personal services contract or purchased service  contract with a department, agency, or institution of the state.
(d) A person who, at the time a cause of action against the  person arises, is rendering medical, nursing, dental, podiatric,  optometric, physical therapeutic, psychiatric, or psychological  services to patients in a state institution operated by the  department of mental health and addiction services pursuant to an  agreement with the department.
(2) "Officer or employee" does not include any person  elected, appointed, or employed by any political subdivision of  the state.
(B) "State" means the state of Ohio, including but not  limited to, the general assembly, the supreme court, courts of  appeals, the offices of all elected state officers, and all  departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, institutions,  and other instrumentalities of the state of Ohio. "State" does not  include political subdivisions.
(C) "Political subdivisions" of the state means municipal  corporations, townships, counties, school districts, and all other  bodies corporate and politic responsible for governmental  activities only in geographical areas smaller than that of the  state.
(D) "Employer" means the general assembly, the supreme court,  courts of appeals, any office of an elected state officer, or any  department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or  other instrumentality of the state of Ohio that employs or  contracts with an officer or employee or to which an officer or  employee is elected or appointed.