Ohio

Devices covered and Devices excluded

(A) "Assistive device" means a product designed and intended to be used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of an individual with a disability in seeing, hearing, speaking, walking, breathing, performing manual tasks, learning, working, or self-care. "Assistive device" includes a wheelchair, motorized scooter, assistive listening device, voice synthesized computer module, optical scanner, talking software, braille printer, environmental control, adaptive transportation aid, communication board, or any device that has a function similar to that of any of the foregoing devices. "Assistive device" does not include an invasive or noninvasive medical device that attempts to treat a medical condition or a hearing aid as defined in section 4747.01 of the Revised Code.

Minimum purchase price

(C) "Consumer transaction" means a sale, lease, or other transfer of an assistive device to a consumer for consideration of five hundred dollars or more.

Coverage period

(B) A manufacturer that enters into a consumer transaction, either directly or through a supplier, shall provide an express written warranty to the consumer covering the full cost of any repair of the assistive device, or the cost, as specified in section 1345.92 of the Revised Code, of the replacement of the assistive device, necessitated by a defect in the assistive device. The warranty shall also cover the consumer's collateral costs associated with repair or replacement. The warranty shall be for a period of not less than one year from the day the consumer first possesses the assistive device. The warranty document shall specify whether the consumer is to return the assistive device to the manufacturer or to the supplier to invoke the warranty. A manufacturer who fails to provide the warranty is deemed to have provided it.

Repair attempts required, Days out of service and Remedy

(C) If the manufacturer or supplier is unable to repair the defect in an assistive device despite three attempts to repair it or the assistive device is in the possession of the manufacturer or supplier for a cumulative total of forty-five or more days, the manufacturer or supplier, at the consumer's option, shall do one of the following: (1)(a) If the assistive device was purchased, accept return of the device and refund to the consumer and to the holder of any perfected security interest in the assistive device, as their interest may appear, the full purchase price plus any finance charges and collateral costs, less a reasonable allowance for use;

Loaner required

(C) A manufacturer or supplier that receives an assistive device under the warranty required by this section that has a defect shall replace or attempt to repair the assistive device. If the manufacturer or supplier chooses to attempt to repair the assistive device, it shall lend the consumer a comparable assistive device for use during the repair period if either of the following applies: (1) The repair period exceeds twenty-one days, including the day the assistive device is tendered to the manufacturer or supplier for repair; (2) The defect is the same defect for which the assistive device was returned to the manufacturer or supplier for repair on three or more previous occasions.