Medical malpractice · Ohio
For Medical malpractice · Ohio, limitation period is within one year; when the clock starts is after the cause of action accrued; how the statute describes it is an action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Medical malpractice our reading
- State
- Ohio verified
- Limitation period
- within one year verified
- How the statute describes it
- an action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim verified
- When the clock starts
- after the cause of action accrued verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued.
— codes.ohio.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- codes.ohio.govhttps://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2305.113