OHIO LAW
Ohio has laws against hazing. The Ohio Anti-Hazing Act (Collin’s Law) makes acts of hazing a second-degree misdemeanor and acts of hazing that include coerced consumption of alcohol or drugs or abuse that result in serious physical harm a felony of the third degree. Moreover, Collin’s Law expands the definition of hazing, increases penalties for hazing and failure to report hazing, expands requirements for reporting, and mandates training for students, employees, and volunteers at colleges and universities.
The Ohio Revised Code, Section 2903.31 defines hazing as “doing any act or coercing another, including the victim, to do any act of initiation into any student or other organization or any act to continue or reinstate membership in or affiliation with any student or other organization that causes or creates a substantial risk of causing mental or physical harm to any person, including coercing another to consume alcohol or a drug or abuse, as defined in section 3719.011 of the Revised Code.”