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O.C.G.A. § 37-7-43 · Procedure upon admission; notice of proposed discharge.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-44 · Giving patient and his representatives notice of their rights upon patient’s admission to emergency receiving facility.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-60 · Designation of evaluating facilities.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-61 · Petition for court ordered evaluation.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-62 · Hearing on petition for court ordered evaluation; notice; appointment of representatives; patient’s right to counsel; waiver of hearing by patient; procedure upon issuance of order for evaluation.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-63 · Admission of persons to evaluating facilities for evaluation and emergency treatment.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-64 · Length of period of detention in evaluating facility; discharge; procedure upon determination of need for hospitalization or involuntary treatment; notice of discharge from evaluating facility.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-65 · Request for transfer to another evaluating facility; direction of notice of transfer.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-80 · Designation of treatment facilities.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-81 · Procedure for detention of patient beyond evaluation period; hearing.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-81.1 · Disposition of patient upon hearing.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-82 · Procedure upon failure of or noncompliance with involuntary outpatient treatment plan.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-83 · Procedure for continued involuntary hospitalization.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-84 · Appointment of hearing examiners for hearings as to continued hospitalization; powers of hearing examiners generally; issuance of subpoenas.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-85 · Periodic review of treatment plan; procedure upon termination of need for involuntary treatment; designation of discharge decisionmaker; notice of discharge or transfer to voluntary status.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-90 · Physician’s or psychologist’s determination and certification as to involuntary outpatient care; treatment of patient as inpatient or outpatient.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-91 · Discharge of persons meeting outpatient care criteria; time; preparation of service plan; interim outpatient treatment; notice of discharge; petition for hearing.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-92 · Hearing; notice; waiver of hearing; apprehension and detention of patient failing to appear; treatment upon waiver.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-93 · Court order for outpatient treatment; physician’s or psychologist’s petition to extend order; review of petition; hearing on extension petition; patients under juvenile court jurisdiction.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-94 · Reviews of individual service plans; discharge of patients from treatment; notice of discharge.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-95 · Discharge of patients under criminal charges.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-100 · Placement and transfer of patients generally.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-101 · Transportation of patients generally.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-102 · Transfer to custody of federal agencies for diagnosis, care, or treatment; retention of jurisdiction by State courts; jurisdiction over patients in federal hospitals and institutions located in Georgia.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-103 · Procedure for transfer of Georgia residents from out-of-state hospitals to Georgia hospitals.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-104 · Procedure upon discovery that a patient hospitalized in Georgia is not a resident.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-120 · Effect of inability to pay on right to care and treatment.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-121 · Liability for expenses of transporting, examining, and caring for patients.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-122 · Payment of expenses incurred in connection with hearings held under this chapter.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-140 · Retention of rights and privileges by patients generally; right to due process.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-141 · Patients’ right to legal counsel.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-142 · Right of patients to communicate with persons outside facility and to receive visitors; inspection, restriction, and censorship of patient correspondence; establishment by chief medical officer of regulations governing visits and use of telephones.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-143 · Patients’ rights in regard to personal effects; liability of facility’s employees and staff members for loss of or damage to patients’ personal effects.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-144 · Patients’ right to vote.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-145 · Employment of patients outside facilities.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-146 · Education of children undergoing treatment in a facility.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-147 · Appointment of patient representatives and guardians ad litem; notice provisions; duration and scope of guardianship ad litem.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-148 · Rights of patients or representatives to petition for writ of habeas corpus and for judicial protection of rights and privileges granted by this chapter.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-149 · Establishment of patients and staff complaint procedures; making of final decisions; complaint procedures as alternative to legal remedies.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-150 · [Effective until July 1, 2023. See note.] Right to appeal orders of probate court, juvenile court, or hearing examiner; payment of costs of appeal; right of patient to subsequent appeal; right of patient to legal counsel on appeal.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-150 · [Effective July 1, 2023. See note.] Right to appeal orders of probate court, juvenile court, or hearing examiner; payment of costs of appeal; right of patient to subsequent appeal; right of patient to legal counsel on appeal.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-160 · Individual dignity of patients to be respected; treatment of alcoholics and drug abusers as medical patients; use of criminal facilities and procedures.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-161 · Securing of least restrictive alternative placement; assisting patient in securing placement in noninstitutional community facilities and programs.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-162 · Patient’s care and treatment rights.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-163 · Recognition of patients’ physical integrity; patients’ right to refuse medication; obtaining consent to treatment and surgery; performance of emergency surgery; immunity of physician; direction of notice of actions taken under Code section.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-164 · “Representative,” “substantial change” defined; consultation by patient’s representative with treatment facility; notification of treatment change; guardian’s consultation and notification rights.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-165 · Mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of patients; use of medication, seclusion, or physical restraints.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-166 · Maintenance, confidentiality, and release of clinical records; disclosure of confidential or privileged patient information.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-167 · Right of patient to examine his records and to request correction of inaccuracies; promulgation of rules and regulations; judicial supervision of files and records relating to proceedings under this chapter.
O.C.G.A. § 37-7-168 · Right of patient’s attorney to interview physician or psychologist and staff attending patient; establishment of regulations as to release of information to patient’s attorney.
O.C.G.A. §§ 37-8-1 through 37-8-53 · [Reserved]
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-1 · Short title.
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-2 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-3 · Payment for cost of care as not affecting nature or quality of care.
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-4 · Liability of patient for cost of care; time of payment; inability of department to collect assessment from patient or failure of patient’s assessment to cover cost of care.
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-5 · Assessment of persons liable for cost of care generally.
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-6 · Standards for determination of assessments for less than full cost of care.
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-7 · Inquiry into and determination of income and assets; declarations by persons liable for cost of care; access to income tax records; confidentiality; attestation of indigent financial status.
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-8 · Use of assets other than income for determination of assessments; assets exempt from determination; levy of assessment.
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-9 · Exhaustion of benefits under other programs or plans required prior to expenditure of public funds; determination of assessments; assignment of benefits; subrogation.
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-10 · Hearings.
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-11 · Billing by department; authority to maintain action for collection.
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-12 · [Reserved] Deposit of funds collected.
O.C.G.A. § 37-9-13 · Promulgation of rules and regulations by board.
O.C.G.A. § 37-10-1 · Short title.
O.C.G.A. § 37-10-2 · Interstate Compact on Mental Health.
O.C.G.A. § 37-10-3 · Applicability of certain enforcement and administrative provision to this chapter.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-1 · Short title.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-2 · Purpose.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-3 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-4 · Execution of psychiatric advance directive; appointment of mental health care agent.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-5 · Designation of agent; authority; removal by court.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-6 · Rights of agent.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-7 · Persons ineligible to serve as agents.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-8 · Withdrawal by agent.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-9 · Witness requirement; period of validity; civil liability of witnesses; copies.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-10 · Revocation; effect of marriage or appointment of guardian.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-11 · Inclusion in medical record; continuing consent.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-12 · Compliance by providers and facilities with directive; obligations; transfers; payment assurances.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-13 · Immunity from liability or disciplinary action for health care providers.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-14 · Immunity for law enforcement.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-15 · Application; usage of form; use of substantially similar forms.
O.C.G.A. § 37-11-16 · Form.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-1 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-2 · Co-responder partnership programs; operations and transportation.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-3 · Identification of entities responding to emergency calls.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-4 · Contracting with behavioral health professionals for participation as community service board team member; list of emergency receiving facilities.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-5 · Role of law enforcement agencies.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-6 · Crisis intervention team training.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-7 · Notification of co-responder team of emergencies.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-8 · Co-responder protocol committee; role.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-9 · Role of community service boards following response.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-10 · Identification of individuals better served by behavioral health system than criminal justice system; referral system.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-11 · Record keeping; annual reporting.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-12 · Funding and budgeting; collaboration.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-13 · Liability.
O.C.G.A. § 37-12-14 · Statutory construction.
O.C.G.A. § 38-1-1 · Marital, birth, divorce, or death records supplied free to veterans, dependents, Department of Veterans Affairs, or veterans’ organizations; requirements; county to pay certain fees.
O.C.G.A. § 38-1-2 · Political subdivisions authorized to furnish quarters, utilities, and services to nationally recognized veterans’ organizations.
O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1 · Short title.